Father Murphy

Pilot (1)

In the late 1800s, John Murphy wanders into a wild mining town controlled by a local tycoon. Instant enmity is born, but

Pilot (2)

Eggs, Milk and a Dry Bed

A handsome but ineffectual priest joins the school and provides comic opposition to Murphy and a pair of brothers in the

Establish Thou the Work of Our Hands

Murphy befriends an embittered black boy and teaches him a useful trade—wagon driving. But a wagon wreck causes t

A Horse from Heaven

Father Parker mistakenly trades some of the stock for a fast, beautiful horse... that no one can ride. He'd hoped to rac

By the Bear That Bit Me (1)

A mountain man deposits a young boy at the orphanage. The boy soon turns out to be a young girl, attracting the amorous

By the Bear That Bit Me (2)

Murphy and Eli must finally wade in to con the authorities into releasing the kids from the workhouse.

False Blessings

Falling on hard times again, the school is seduced by an offer of ""state aid"" by a local official. Mae accepts the aid

The Ghost of Gold Hill

Comic episode in which the son of the original owner of Gold Hill Mine comes back to reclaim the school. Mae and Murphy

Graduation

Claiming he's an orphan because his parents are dead, an old man joins the school to achieve a lifelong ambition... to l

Will's Surprise

When Will happens upon a large gold nugget, his drunk father shows up in town and kidnaps him, convinced the boys know w

Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness

Moses discovers that music is the key to reaching a withdrawn blind girl. But the only way the school can afford a piano

Knights of the White Camelia

A runaway Southern boy, formerly a bugler in the rebel army, comes to the school and has trouble accepting Moses' status

The Parable of Amanda

Amanda, a pretty accomplice to a bank robbery, is in a stage wreck near Gold Hill while escaping from her crime. She don

The Spy

When Rodman's unruly son is kicked out of boarding school, Rodman enrolls him at Gold Hill making him pose as an orphan

The Heir Apparent

A wealthy widow with a railroad fortune comes to Gold Hill hoping to adopt a son to take over the family business. She's

In God's Arms

The death of an abandoned child drives Father Parker to forsake the priesthood. He moves to Jackson where the only job h

The Dream Day

The orphanage stages an Open House for potential adopting parents, and this all-kid show examines the reactions of many

Laddie

Lizette's heart is broken when Father Parker sells Laddie, an aging horse. When the kids learn the horse is bound for sl

Matthew & Elizabeth

Richard Garrett, the infamous twin of the villain from the pilot show, comes to Jackson to take over his late brother's

The First Miracle (1)

When a teenage girl falls in love with Murphy, it forces him to examine his own feelings for Mae and he proposes marriag

The First Miracle (2)

Emma feels rejected and in her upset state she divulges the secret of ""Father"" Murphy's identity to Rodman, causing th