

Life Goes On
“Obladi, oblada, life goes on, brah, lala, how the life goes on.”
Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky. Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome.
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Seasons

1.Pilot
12-09-198960mCorky tries to mainstream into the 9th grade, the same grade as Becca. Becca worries that Corky may stop her from getting to the boy she really wants, Tyler Benchfield, a star on t...

2.Corky for President
24-09-198960mCorky runs for freshman class president with the help of an unpopular, smart student,Lester Fishbein. He has a crush on Rona and really believes that Rona likes him as well. Rona e...

3.The Baby-Sitter
01-10-198960mCorky gets a babysitting job; his classmates barge in at the house where he is babysitting. The intrusive folks include Tyler, who regrets the whole thing, and ""Russo"", who is ba...

4.Break a Leg, Mom
08-10-198960mAn episode showcasing the singing talents of Patti LuPone. A Tony winner for the musical ""Evita"", actually centers around Corky, for whom nothing seems to be going right. First,...
- Ep 5
5.Becca's First Love
15-10-198960mBecca falls for the lead singer (Gabe) in a neighborhood band. She stays out with Maxine to listen to the band past curfew. Gabe encourages her to stay late and she gets in trouble...
- Ep 6
6.Paige's Date
22-10-198960mDrew sets up Paige with a charmer whose head is in the clouds; unfortunately his sense of responsibility seems to be mired in quicksand.
- Ep 7
7.Paige's Mom
05-11-198960mPaige's mom comes back. They have a great time, and make plans for a trip to New England. Paige's mom winds up living without Paige. A lot of flashbacks to when Paige's mom, an act...
- Ep 8
8.Call of the Wild
12-11-198960mDrew works on a construction project at an Indian burial ground. A wolf who mysteriously gaurds the grounds saves Corky from Dobermans pursuing him in a nearby wooded area.
- Ep 9
9.Corky Witnesses a Crime
26-11-198960mCorky tries out for the football team. The footbal coach hits a student, one of his former players, and all the team stands up for the coach except Corky who is compelled to tell t...
- Ep 10
10.Ordinary Heroes
03-12-198960mA frustrated Drew decides to quit his construction job and go into the restaurant business; and he joins Libby in counseling a couple whose newborn daughter has Down's Syndrome. As...
- Ep 11
11.Pets, Guys and Videotape
10-12-198960mPaige goes to work for a veteranarian who is very kind with suffering animals but kind of insufferable with humans. The vet is divorced and has a child. Meanwhile, Becca videotapes...
- Ep 12
12.Corky's Crush
14-01-199060mBecca and Corky (in the same class somehow) do a classroom exercise in which paired students must pretend to be married for a week to investigate issues of marriage and family life...
- Ep 13
13.Thacher and Henderson
21-01-199060mAt the high school football reunion, Drew finally makes peace with his best friend after a falling out over a business deal that caused Drew to lose $10,000 after 10 years. Becca w...
- Ep 14
14.The Return of Uncle Richard
04-02-199060mDrew's younger brother Richard, a lovable family black sheep, breezes in at a time when Corky is beginning to wonder who'll look after him when his parents die. Drew and Richard do...
- Ep 15
15.Brothers
11-02-199060mThe Special Olympics, a time for warmhearted competition and fun, also bring love to Corky and a challenge to Tyler, whose father won't permit Tyler's Down-syndrome brother to part...
- Ep 16
16.Corky Rebels
18-02-199060mAt 18, Corky wants out from under his parents' wings-- even if it just means taking the bus to school. Unfortunately, he ends up with the bad crowd. The height of this episode come...
- Ep 17
17.It Ain't All It's Cracked up to Be
04-03-199060mBecca enters a Miss Teen contest and finds out that she is sharing a room with none other than Rona Lieberman. Scholarship money is at stake in this pageant. Becca gets know Rona a...
- Ep 18
18.Pig o' My Heart
25-03-199060mDrew finally gets a chance to own his own restaurant, but it's Corky who brings home the bacon: a huge runaway porker that hogs Corky's affections. Corkt adopted it to fill the voi...
- Ep 19
19.Becca and the Underground Newspaper
01-04-199060mAs a reporter for an underground newspaper, Becca zealously pens an expose of the school janitor's criminal past for the that's the truth- but not the whole truth. The janitor's na...
- Ep 20
20.Save the Last Dance for Me
15-04-199060mBecca's aged dance teacher (Viveca Lindfors) must enter a nursing home.
- Ep 21
21.With a Mighty Heart
29-04-199060mDrew is sure that his father, who stops by on his way to join the Peace Corps in the Solomon Islands, isn't telling them the whole story.
- Ep 22
22.The Spring Fling
13-05-199060mBecca finally gets asked to the dance by Tyler. Only had already accepted an invitation with someone else. She breaks it off with the first guy, but then feels guilty and dances wi...
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