
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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Air Date: 1989-09-12
Corky tries to mainstream into the 9th grade, the same grade as Becca. Becca worries that Corky may stop her from get...
Air Date: 1989-09-24
Corky runs for freshman class president with the help of an unpopular, smart student,Lester Fishbein. He has a crush ...
Air Date: 1989-10-01
Corky gets a babysitting job; his classmates barge in at the house where he is babysitting. The intrusive folks inclu...
Air Date: 1989-10-08
An episode showcasing the singing talents of Patti LuPone. A Tony winner for the musical ""Evita"", actually centers ...
Air Date: 1989-10-15
Becca falls for the lead singer (Gabe) in a neighborhood band. She stays out with Maxine to listen to the band past c...
Air Date: 1989-10-22
Drew sets up Paige with a charmer whose head is in the clouds; unfortunately his sense of responsibility seems to be ...
Air Date: 1989-11-05
Paige's mom comes back. They have a great time, and make plans for a trip to New England. Paige's mom winds up living...
Air Date: 1989-11-12
Drew works on a construction project at an Indian burial ground. A wolf who mysteriously gaurds the grounds saves Cor...
Air Date: 1989-11-26
Corky tries out for the football team. The footbal coach hits a student, one of his former players, and all the team ...
Air Date: 1989-12-03
A frustrated Drew decides to quit his construction job and go into the restaurant business; and he joins Libby in cou...
Air Date: 1989-12-10
Paige goes to work for a veteranarian who is very kind with suffering animals but kind of insufferable with humans. T...
Air Date: 1990-01-14
Becca and Corky (in the same class somehow) do a classroom exercise in which paired students must pretend to be marri...
Air Date: 1990-01-21
At the high school football reunion, Drew finally makes peace with his best friend after a falling out over a busines...
Air Date: 1990-02-04
Drew's younger brother Richard, a lovable family black sheep, breezes in at a time when Corky is beginning to wonder ...
Air Date: 1990-02-11
The Special Olympics, a time for warmhearted competition and fun, also bring love to Corky and a challenge to Tyler, ...
Air Date: 1990-02-18
At 18, Corky wants out from under his parents' wings-- even if it just means taking the bus to school. Unfortunately,...
Air Date: 1990-03-04
Becca enters a Miss Teen contest and finds out that she is sharing a room with none other than Rona Lieberman. Schola...
Air Date: 1990-03-25
Drew finally gets a chance to own his own restaurant, but it's Corky who brings home the bacon: a huge runaway porker...
Air Date: 1990-04-01
As a reporter for an underground newspaper, Becca zealously pens an expose of the school janitor's criminal past for ...
Air Date: 1990-04-15
Becca's aged dance teacher (Viveca Lindfors) must enter a nursing home.
Air Date: 1990-04-29
Drew is sure that his father, who stops by on his way to join the Peace Corps in the Solomon Islands, isn't telling t...
Air Date: 1990-05-13
Becca finally gets asked to the dance by Tyler. Only had already accepted an invitation with someone else. She breaks...