A New Beginning
Plans for a new life are threatened when widower Jonathan Garvey and his son are harassed by young toughs. Michael Landon. Tim Mahoney: John Dukakis. Caroline: Karen Grassle. Andy Garvey: Patrick Laborteaux., Widowed farmer Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Oleson) and his son Andy (Patrick Laborteaux) move to the town of Sleepy Eye so that Jonathan can start a freight business. Unfortunately, he is repeatedly robbed of his meager belongings by a gang of local toughs. Deciding to end this crime wave on his own, Jonathan becomes the local deputy sheriff — and his first arrest results in a brutal beating for Andy., Trying to start a new life after Alice’s death, Jonathan moves to Sleepy Eye to start his own freight business., Plans for a new life are threatened when widower Jonathan Garvey and his son are harassed by young toughs.
