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COLLECTION · Series · 1991

Homefront

Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros. Television for ABC. The show was set in the fictional city of River Run, Ohio in 1945, 1946, and 1947. The show's theme song, "Accentuate the Positive", was written by Johnny Mercer and performed by Jack Sheldon. Forty-two episodes were broadcast in the United States over two seasons from 1991 to 1993. TV Guide, Abigail Van Buren, and fans showed determination in getting ABC to continue the show for a third season before it was cancelled.

Source: TMDB
* 5.6 (10)DramaFamilyUnited Kingdom
Creators
Lynn Marie Latham · Bernard Lechowick
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ABC
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
24/09/1991
Score
5.6 / 10 (10)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
24 episodes · 1991
Episode 1. S.N.A.F.U.
1991-09-24 · 60 min

Three soldiers return home from World War II and each is faced with his own set of problems. Two brothers in love with the same girl; race discrimination; gender discrimination in the work force; family betrayal; and a soldier's death.

Episode 2. Bedsprings
1991-10-01 · 60 min

The Sloans try to pay Gina to leave town when they learn she's pregnant, touching off a swell of support for the widowed war bride. Jeff's anonymous love poem to his brother's sweetheart goes astray.

Episode 3. So All Alone
1991-10-08 · 60 min

The Sloans fire the Davises for helping Gina. Caroline and Charlie discuss birth control. Hank and Sarah's impending wedding depresses Jeff and Ginger.

Episode 4. Patriots
1991-10-15 · 60 min

Mike Sloan, Sr. tries to keep the workers from organizing when union organizer Al Kahn comes to town. Jeff and Ginger date publicly, Abe plots to get his job back by bringing Gina back into the Sloan family.

Episode 5. Holier Than Thou, Too
1991-10-29 · 60 min

Union activity at the plant divides the town. Linda tries to talk her brother Hank out of becoming management while their mother confronts organizer Al about the danger he's brought to her family. Robert Davis joins the union after being…

Episode 6. Toledo
1991-11-12 · 60 min

Caroline's angry when her husband jealousy attacks Charlie over Ginger. Jeff and Ginger travel to Toldeo for a pregnancy test while Caroline strikes out at her husband by leaving town with a travelling salesman.

Episode 7. Kids
1991-11-19 · 60 min

Gina finds a place, unaware that it was arranged by her hated former father-in-law. Charlie tells Ginger he married the wrong woman, but continues to make plans to start a family. Linda and Hank fight but manage to make improvements at…

Episode 8. Man, This Joint is Jumping
1991-11-26 · 60 min

A dance contest promising a chance at a Hollywood screentest steps up competition between Ginger and Caroline, and sends Jeff to a dance studio for lessons. It also gives Mike Sr. a chance to charm workers out of unionizing, and allows Al…

Episode 9. Splitting Hairs
1991-12-03 · 60 min

The Sloans' tactic of hiring blacks to scare the workers into leaving the union backfires when the new employees start joining up. Hank confronts his boss over his attempt to bring race into the union issue, Anne falls for organizer Al,…

Episode 10. Szabo's Travels
1991-12-10 · 60 min

Ginger sticks it out in California but Jeff heads back to Ohio. Anne crosses religious lines to date Al. The Davises go into business for themselves.

Episode 11. Sinners Reconciled
1991-12-17 · 60 min

Gina has her baby, which is born with a serious illness. Anne attempts to reconcile with Al via Christmas cookies.

Episode 12. All These Things Will I Give Thee
1992-01-07 · 60 min

Linda is tempted by an offered management position just as the workers rebel over news of Ruth Sloan's new fur. Ruth accepts Gina and the baby into her home, and Mike Sloan tells Caroline he'll be ready to repay the Hailey's kindness to…

Episode 13. When It Rains, It Pours
1992-01-14 · 60 min

Linda gets a new view of her old boyfriend, Mike Sloan Jr., when old Army buddy Bill Caswell arrives in town. The Davis family searches for a misplaced gall bladder, and Anne and Al's relationship goes a step further. Jeff is accepted as…

Episode 14. That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles
1992-01-28 · 60 min

Jeff departs for spring training in Florida. The Davises face discrimination in getting a loan for their business.

Episode 15. Bad Connection
1992-02-04 · 60 min

Jeff's worries at training camp turn him toward a sports-savvy bar owner who happens to be female. Ginger copes with an amorous boss.

Episode 16. Getting to First Base
1992-02-18 · 60 min

Caroline Hailey becomes a management spy, ruining the planned strike at the plant. Jeff makes the cut in camp but loses Ginger when she catches him red-handed.

Episode 17. No Man Loyal and Neutral
1992-03-04 · 60 min

Linda is suspected of being the management spy, and the tension over the union results in violence at the Metcalf home. Judy reunites Jeff and Ginger.

Episode 18. First Sign of Spring
1992-03-11 · 60 min

Sarah dies, and the Sloans beg Gina to leave the dangerous Metcalf house. Anne announces she's pregnant.

Episode 19. At Your Age
1992-03-18 · 60 min

Jeff's hometown debut with the Indians brings everyone out to the ballgame. Meanwhile, Hank feels alienated from his family after learning that Al will soon be part of it; Grandma Davis plays matchmaker for Robert, who has another gal in…

Episode 20. Obstinacy or Constancy?
1992-03-25 · 60 min

Al lies to the wokers about union money, trying to pull them into a strike. Caroline tries to dissaude Charlie from participating in the strike by telling him she's pregnant. Anne is determined to raise her baby Catholic. Judy Owens moves…

Episode 21. If You Want It Done Right...
1992-04-01 · 60 min

The union goes on strike and as tensions inside the Sloan factory rise, Gina's resourcefulness keeps the situation from turning violent. Abe relents when he goes to argue with his striking son.

Episode 22. Spanish Moss
1992-04-08 · 60 min

Hank moves out of the house as Anne prepares to marry Al. Charlie's growing closeness to Gina gets serious when he learns of Caroline's lies. The Davises are reluctant to accept help from their former employer despite the impossibility of…

Episode 23. Songs Unsung Are Sweetest
1992-04-15 · 60 min

Charlie leaves Caroline when he learns she's the spy. Hank goes to his mother's wedding, Al lies to Anne about his father's acceptance of a non-Jewish bride and the Davises open their restaurant.

Episode 24. Take My Hand
1992-07-28 · 60 min

The Sloans refuse their son's last wish to have Gloria Davis, their black cook, sing at his funeral. Mike's Italian war bride, now a widow, confronts the girl he left behind.

Season 2
Season 2
18 episodes · 1992
Episode 1. By Popular Demand
1992-09-17 · 60 min

Caroline tries to recover her husband and the Sloans become obsessed with what their employees are up to every weekend as the Davises sneak off to run their restaurant. Jeff battles a jealous rival to stay on the team, and Ginger strikes…

Episode 2. The Lemo Tomato Juice Hour
1992-09-24 · 60 min

Ginger becomes the ""Lemo Tomato Juice Girl,"" but can't marry Jeff if she wants to keep her job. Robert Davis brings his white French bride back to America, Linda writes a newspaper column, and Charlie falls for Gina and the baby.

Episode 3. Can't Say No
1992-10-01 · 60 min

The newlywed Davises run into trouble, Ginger is torn between Jeff and her career and Charlie threatens to expose Caroline's spying if she doesn't quit spreading rumors about Linda.

Episode 4. Appleknocker to Wed Tomatohawker
1992-10-08 · 60 min

Ginger becomes the prize for a local contest, inciting Jeff's jealousy. Robert and his bride decide to move when they get threats. Mike Sloan and Judy Owen hit it off at the baseball games.

Episode 5. A Nickel Plate Romance
1992-10-22 · 60 min

Ginger and Jeff break up again, and try to make each other jealous with Caroline and Charlie. Al takes a job at the bar and advises the warring couples.

Episode 6. When the Stars Begin to Fall
1992-10-29 · 60 min

Mike quits pursuing Judy when he witnesses his wife deliver the Kahns' baby. The young couples collide on the same train out of town as Ginger heads off on tour, Jeff goes with the team, and Caroline starts off to Reno for a divorce.

Episode 7. The Traveling Lemo All-Stars
1992-11-12 · 60 min

Jeff and the Lemo All-Stars board a train bound for promotional games west of the Mississippi, as do the Lemo Tomato Juice Girl, and Caroline, who's bound for Reno in search of a quickie divorce. Back in River Run, an apple cobbler in…

Episode 8. First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage
1992-12-03 · 60 min

The Sloans try to talk the Davises into giving up their restaurant. Jeff and Ginger's romance suffers from massive misunderstandings.

Episode 9. Life is Short
1992-12-17 · 60 min

The scourge of polio invades the Metcalf-Kahn home as new mother Anne is stricken with the disease, her family is quarantined and others who come in contact with her fear the worst. Meanwhile, Mike dreads the coming of another birthday;…

Episode 10. Signed, Crazy in Love
1993-03-09 · 60 min

Anne comes home in a wheelchair, the Davises test the competition, and Charlie gets a job as a Fuller Brush salesman.

Episode 11. Like Being There When You're Not
1993-03-16 · 60 min

TV seems to be the wave of the future, which could signal the end of Ginger and Jeff's radio show; a local sportswriter receives kudos after Judy ghostwrites his column on the Indians; and suspicions of infidelity lurk at the Sloan home.

Episode 12. Who, What, When, Where, Why and How
1993-03-23 · 60 min

Mike tells his angry wife that he's afraid of being blamed in the death of writer Nadolski, and that Judy Owen suspects him. Jeff's irritated when Linda begins dating the newspaper editor.

Episode 13. Garfield Slept Here
1993-03-30 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. By Word or Act
1993-04-06 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 15. The Lacemakers
1993-04-13 · 60 min

Lacemaker Gina is unnerved by terrifying flashbacks to her days in a Nazi concentration camp, and Charlie is baffled by her mood swings. Meanwhile, saved items hold treasured memories for Grandmother , who doesn't want to impose when…

Episode 16. Shabbat Shalom
1993-04-26 · 60 min

After a chat with Ruth, Gina refuses Charlie's marriage proposal because she wants her baby, Emma, to grow up in a Jewish home with a Jewish father who knows all the customs. After imagining what life would be like if the Sloans were…

Episode 17. All Good Things
1993-04-26 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 18. On the Rebound
60 min

Episode airs in syndication; Ginger continues a hot and heavy courtship with Arthur Schillabe, Charlie pursues Gina with some force, and Jeff tries unsuccesfully to manage a rendezvous with Caroline Hailey. Unlike his tender romance with…

Cast by season
David Newsom
David Newsom
Kyle Chandler
Kyle Chandler
Jeff Metcalf
Mimi Kennedy
Mimi Kennedy
Wendy Phillips
Wendy Phillips
Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson
Hattie Winston
Hattie Winston
Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren
Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins
Jessica Steen
Jessica Steen
John Slattery
John Slattery
Al Kahn
Sammi Davis
Sammi Davis
Caroline Hailey
Kelly Rutherford
Kelly Rutherford
Dick Anthony Williams
Dick Anthony Williams
Perrey Reeves
Perrey Reeves
Perrette Davis
Brian McNamara
Brian McNamara
Montrose Hagins
Montrose Hagins
Robert Duncan McNeill
Robert Duncan McNeill
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