Jake and The Kid(1995)
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First Air Date: 1995-12-16
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 26
Life in Crocus as seen through the eyes of a young lad, Ben, and his friend Jake. Jake and the Kid is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CanWest Global system of stations in the 1990s. The second (1995) television adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's 1961 short story collection Jake and the Kid the series is set in the small town of Crocus, Saskatchewan, and centres on the friendship between Ben "the Kid" Osborne (Ben Campbell), a young boy growing up on a farm with his widowed mother Julia (Patricia Harras), and Jake Trumper (Shaun Johnston), a farmhand who becomes Ben's surrogate father figure.
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Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
We All Live in Crocus
Air Date: 1995-12-16
When the war memorial is unveiled during the Golden Jubilee celebration, Julia is disturbed at being labelled Crocus'...
E02
No Place Like Home
Air Date: 1995-12-23
Julia has a difficult decision to make after receiving a generous offer to purchase the Osborne farm. Riding his new...
E03
Grand Plans
Air Date: 1995-12-30
A mysterious stranger arrives in Crocus just in time to save the town's struggling baseball team, but there are rumor...
E04
Long Live the Queen
Air Date: 1996-01-06
Lottery fever strikes Crocus when the grand prize of its first contest is a trip to England to observe the Queen's co...
E05
Oil Boom
Air Date: 1996-01-13
Jake becomes concerned when a slick oil-company executive, who believes that Crocus may overlie a vast new oilfield, ...
E06
Prairie Lawyer
Air Date: 1996-01-20
Repeat is sued after he cuts off the local undertaker's beard in a fit of rage. Meanwhile, Julia's Hollywood-starlet...
E07
The Smoking Gun
Air Date: 1996-01-27
Despite Julia's objections, Jake teaches Ben how to use a rifle, something he considers a necessary rite of passage f...
E08
Liar Hunter
Air Date: 1996-02-03
A drifter befriended by Ben and Lazarus turns out to be Professor Winesinger, an old acquaintance of Jake's, who got ...
E09
Buying the Farm
Air Date: 1996-02-10
The whole town is concerned about the health of Daddy Johnson, a wealthy 107-year-old who has fallen seriously ill, b...
E10
Full Circle
Air Date: 1996-02-17
When orphans Ben and Lazarus feel left out of Saskatchewan's annual father-and-son fishing contest, Jakes and Moses i...
E11
Ways of the World
Air Date: 1996-02-24
A famous hypnotist and his pretty assistant proceed to charm the town, while two mysterious businessmen from Winnipeg...
E12
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Air Date: 1996-03-02
As Crocus prepares for its major annual social event, the Snow Ball, speculation abounds regarding who will escort th...
E13
True Confessions
Air Date: 1996-03-09
When a blizzard hits Crocus, the Sanitary Cafe is transformed into a temporary hospital and Jake tries to rescue Albe...
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