Family Portraits was a 13-part audio series, created as an "experiment" to see if a radio drama would work. Each episode aired on Focus on the Family broadcast. A few episodes were remade as Adventures in Odyssey episodes, some of which still air on the radio.
The 1987 Season contains 20 episodes that have an average rating of {{#w4grb_cat_rating:1987 Season Episodes}}%.
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Whit finds a young boy named Davey Morrison hiding in his garage. The boy's parents are getting separated, and Whit realizes Davey needs some help coping with the pain.
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Emily Forbes loves the dentist. But when her older brother frightens her with lies about her teeth, she fears Dr. Graves is going to pull all of them out!
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Budgie likes to exaggerate and his cousin Jamie Wentworth feels he just can't trust him anymore. After an incredibly over-the-top tale, Whit helps both Jamie and Budgie deal with their differences and accept each other for who they are.
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Phillip Callas gets angry during baseball practice and tells his younger brother Dean Callas to go home. When Dean doesn't return home, the police get involved and try to track down the boy.
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After her father embarrasses her in front of a friend, Stacey refuses to speak to him. Her mother intervenes and tries to prove to her how much her father actually loves her.
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The Hudson family is having trouble with peer pressure. The daughter, Blair Hudson, decides to not be friends with a guy who is not considered 'in', and her father, Richard Hudson, puts down a co-worker to fit in.
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Amanda and Vic Hardwick are a married couple who disagree about Christianity. Amanda is convinced that she must persuade Vic to accept the gospel so he won't go to hell.
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Whit's grandson Monty comes to visit him but starts causing problems for Whit and the rest of the town when Monty starts acting strangely, feeling his grandfather has been treating him unfairly.
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Whit's grandson Monty comes to visit him but starts causing problems for Whit and the rest of the town when Monty starts acting strangely, feeling his grandfather has been treating him unfairly.
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In an effort to get attention, young Nicky Rogers does whatever he can to get his parents to stop thinking about their soon-to-be-born child.
Odyssey USA
After Family Portraits, Focus on the Family created another series called Odyssey USA. This title was used for the first 22 episodes, after which the title changed to Adventures in Odyssey in 1988 so as not to alienate the Canadian listeners (and those of other nationalities). New show "wraps" have been recorded for all Odyssey USA shows that have re-aired since the original broadcasts. The Odyssey USA episodes that were re-broadcast in 1988 or 1989 received completely new "wraps" to match the current format, while shows re-broadcast after that received just minor adjustments for the "wraps" and kept the original format.
The 1987 Season contains 20 episodes that have an average rating of {{#w4grb_cat_rating:1987 Season Episodes}}%.
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Craig Moorhead’s middle school friends like having him around because he makes them laugh. However, when Craig faces a problem that isn’t funny at all, and his friends aren’t so friendly anymore, he realizes that just having a sense of humor isn’t enough to keep his friends.
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A huge power failure leaves Odyssey without any light. Several kids stranded at Whit's End find out what life without electricity is all about -- and how much fun it can be.
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Even though teenager Connie Kendall has just moved into Odyssey, she can hardly wait to go back to California…and 10-year-old Bobby has secretly made up his mind that he's going with her.
