Second Noah

Betsy Brantley

Jessie Beckett

James Marsden

Ricky Beckett

Jeffrey Licon

Luis

Zelda Harris

Bethany

Joey Lauren Adams

Darby

Deirdre O'Connell

Shirley Crockmeyer

Ashley Gorrell

Hannah

Seasons

Season 1

12 episodes

Premiered Feb 5, 1996

Season 2

9 episodes

Premiered Sep 14, 1996

Episodes

1–6 of 12

Ep 1

Pilot

Feb 5, 1996

Ricky is ignoring his chores to spend time with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ranny has started looking for his biological mom, and Bethany feels rejected at school because of her race.

Ep 2

Hoops and Dreams

Feb 12, 1996

When Noah tries to get Ricky on the high school basketball team, he is asked to coach it instead. Meanwhile, Jesse faces her own mortality, as she deals with the death of one of the zoo's beloved chimps; and she reaches out to Ricky's girlfriend, Darby, who has run away from her grandparents and is staying with the Becketts.

Ep 3

Close Encounters

Feb 19, 1996

Ranny hurts Jesse's feelings by trying to locate his ""real"" mom; Darby's big break, an offer to join a band, threatens to break up her relationship with Ricky; Luis learns a lesson in honesty when Noah bends the rules and builds him a soap-box racer.

Ep 4

Stormy Weather

Feb 26, 1996

A hurricane strikes while their parents are away, leaving Ricky and Roxanna scrambling to protect the younger kids as the storm pounds the house and the alligators escape from their damaged pen. Meanwhile, Noah and Jesse race to get home, out of their minds with fear.

Ep 5

The Good Samaritan

Mar 2, 1996

Jesse's trust in human nature is shaken when she saves a woman's life and is rewarded with a malpractice suit; Roxanna's doubts are confirmed when her prom date can't seem to forget his ex-girlfriend and threatens to turn the evening into a humiliating experience.

Ep 6

Julio is My Dad

Mar 4, 1996