SETTING THE SCENE
SETTING THE SCENE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
The Roloffs share their lives as they face the pressure of being little in an average-sized world. They are determined to succeed in a world that isn't always accepting of differences.
THE STORY UNFOLDS
EPISODE 01Amy helps Zach through a disturbing encounter with name-calling. We learn more about Matt's childhood growing up, and about the surgeries he had to deal with as a child. Matt goes to speak with several schoolchildren on the lessons of prejudice.
Mar 5, 2006
EPISODE 02Matt takes 15-year-old twins Zach and Jeremy to a Little People of America convention, where Zach tries to meet girls but two-foot-taller Jeremy gets all the attention. Back home, Amy has to handle Jacob's bicycle accident.
Mar 5, 2006
EPISODE 03Matt and Amy have been married for 18 years, but as the big date rolls around, both are too stressed out to do a thing about it. Tension runs high as Amy worries about money, the kids, her job, and Matt's lack of a steady job. Their four children, however, have different plans for their parents' big day.
Mar 12, 2006
EPISODE 04Matt takes Jeremy and Zach camping to bond, but things don't go as planned. When the boys fire a shotgun for the first time, Zach becomes mad that he can't control it as well as Jeremy. The, Matt and Zach must push farther than their physical limitations to hike a particularly treacherous trail.
Mar 12, 2006
EPISODE 05Matt plans a birthday surprise for wife Amy and daughter Molly, but it is not the hot-air balloon ride he sends them off on for the day. It's the remodeling of Amy's master bathroom. But, even with the aid of his sons and his father, will he be able to finish it before the birthday girls get back?
Mar 19, 2006
EPISODE 06With the twin brothers starting their first week of high school, Amy thinks that Jeremy is taking his opportunites as a person of normal height for granted. She gets mad at him for skipping soccer practice, when his shorter brother Zach would give anything merely to be able to try out.
Mar 19, 2006
EPISODE 07When the twins go to the DMV to get their learner's permits, Jeremy passes the exam easily but Zach has problems. Zach also tries becoming a soccer coach to make up for not being able to play, but dad Matt is starting to get annoyed by the rest of the family's preoccupation with the game.
Mar 26, 2006
EPISODE 08Matt and Amy fight over renting out the farm for a corporate picnic. Matt says it's easy money, but Amy considers it an invasion of their privacy. Then Matt argues with his father over how to direct parking for all the guests.
Mar 26, 2006
EPISODE 09Jeremy brings a girlfriend home to meet his family, but his shy brother Zach is still self-conscious about his height around full-statured people. So Matt takes Zach to another Little People of America gathering to try to improve his social skills. Meanwhile, Molly is recruited for a back-to-school photo shoot, so she and her mother Amy get an introduction to the image-obsessed world of modeling.
Apr 2, 2006
EPISODE 10Matt decides to build a pumpkin-throwing catapult called a trebuchet, in hopes that the activity will draw more customers to buy his pumpkins. But he and Amy have a fight over how much he paid their twin sons to help out in the pumpkin patch.
Apr 2, 2006
EPISODE 11As the Roloffs get ready to celebrate the holidays, Matt's height causes him trouble on a Christmas-shopping trip, and son Jeremy wants to spend less time with his family and more with his girlfriend.
Apr 9, 2006
EPISODE 12Matt unveils his new year's resolution to remodel the kitchen to make it "Amy"-sized. But first, he challenges his "big" son Jeremy to a wrestling match.
Apr 9, 2006
EPISODE 13Matt tries to inspire his son Zach to see his life as having no limits by introducing him to role models in the dwarf community, including a law professor who worked for President Clinton and a welder who is working on a top-secret submarine. Meanwhile, Amy is still struggling with how much time their other son Jeremy should be allowed to spend with his girlfriend.
Apr 16, 2006
EPISODE 14Getting ready to make a third attempt at passing his driver's test is stressful enough, but then while joyriding around the farm, Zach wrecks his family's van.
Apr 16, 2006
EPISODE 15Amy gets frustrated by her inability to get Jeremy motivated to try his best in an important soccer game. Matt becomes concerned when Zack passes up a rare opportuity to socialize with girls his own height, and instead opts to play football with his friends. So Matt gets the whole family to host a mixer for little people.
Apr 30, 2006
EPISODE 16Matt and Amy take off on a relaxing week-long tropical cruise, but on their return they argue over Matt's latest scheme -- to raise chickens.
Apr 30, 2006
EPISODE 17A strange illness causes Zach to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
May 7, 2006
EPISODE 18Finally agreeing with Amy that farming is not going to improve their financial situation, Matt returns to a computer job, but has trouble adjusting to the corporate office environment.
May 7, 2006
EPISODE 19Although he is still recovering from surgery, formerly shy Zach finally invites a girl on a date to the winter formal banquet, but he is still a nervous wreck at the event compared to his calm and confident brother Jeremy.
May 14, 2006
EPISODE 20Matt rushes to complete the remodeling of Amy's kitchen before he has to leave on a business trip to South America.
May 14, 2006