On Thin Ice

23 Sep 1989 20 min 0086 Isaac the Insecure After getting cut from the soccer team, an insecure middle schooler is paired for a class report with the popular team captain he's convinced is everything he isn't. 2 Dec 1989 23 min 0095 The Very Best of Friends A well-meaning surprise from her best friend forces Donna to face a hurt she's spent a whole year refusing to feel. 9 Dec 1989 21 min 0096 The Reluctant Rival When a violin prodigy from California visits her grandfather Whit for the holidays, an invitation to join Odyssey's children's Christmas orchestra strikes a sour note with a local girl who has waited all year for her moment in the spotlight. 16 Dec 1989 20 min 0097 Monty's Christmas A family Christmas at Grandpa Whit's house begins to unravel when a shattered ornament exposes the hurt a boy has been carrying since his parents' divorce. 23 Dec 1989 20 min 0098 The Visitors On Christmas morning, the Barclays' holiday is upended when a mysterious young family with a baby turns up sheltering in their backyard shed. 30 Dec 1989 19 min 0099 The Barclay Ski Vacation A family ski vacation takes an unexpected turn for George Barclay when his twelve-year-old daughter - who didn't even want to come - suddenly discovers a reason to love the slopes. 20 Jan 1990 22 min 0100 Ice Fishing A boy tired of living in his talented little sister's shadow joins an ice fishing trip hoping to finally prove himself by landing the lake's legendary uncatchable fish. 27 Jan 1990 22 min 0101 Scattered Seeds When Connie despairs of ever writing stories like Whit's, he walks her back through her chaotic first attempt at directing a play to show her that great stories have been happening to her all along. 10 Feb 1990 20 min 0103 Front Page News Desperate to escape gym class forever, a scheming student and his reluctant best friend talk their way onto the school newspaper - only to discover that journalism is harder than running laps. 17 Feb 1990 23 min 0104 Lincoln, Part 1 of 2 A ride in the Imagination Station drops Jimmy Barclay into 1865 Washington, where a chance meeting with a friendly squirrel hunter pulls him into the final, dangerous weeks of the Civil War. 24 Feb 1990 20 min 0105 Lincoln, Part 2 of 2 While lost in America's past, a boy from the present finds himself swept from the last days of the Civil War into the company of history's giants - and a stranger whose name he can't quite place. 17 Mar 1990 20 min 0108 Isaac the Courageous A boy desperate to shed his reputation as a coward endures a bully's brutal gang initiation, until a winter afternoon forces him to discover what courage really means. 15 Sep 1990 24 min 0128 One Bad Apple When several Odyssey children fall ill after eating at Whit's End, Whit and Tom Riley trace the trouble upstream to a source no one in town would ever have suspected. 17 Nov 1990 23 min 0132 Thanksgiving at Home When the flu strikes on Thanksgiving morning, two kids decide they can cook the family feast themselves - how hard can one turkey be?