The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove
Bachelor Cuda Weber, curmudgeonly in nature, likes his life in Hawaii. But five orphans who need a guardian to stay together convince Cuda to pose as their uncle. The kids devote their energy to convincing the authorities that they are happy where they are.
- 1979-1979
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
Bachelor Cuda Weber, curmudgeonly in nature, likes his life in Hawaii. But five orphans who need a guardian to stay together convince Cuda to pose as their uncle. The kids devote their energy to convincing the authorities that they are happy where they are.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1979
Episode 1
Bridget's Romance
Sun, Oct 21, 1979 60 mins
Drastic action seems called for when Cuda is convinced that Bridget has fallen in love with a married man.
Episode 2
The Last of the Red Hot Luaus
Wed, Apr 4, 1979
Bridget learns that having a "bossy-older-sister" routine has devastating results when the younger MacKenzies, who are helping her stage a big money-making luau for a reunion of former paratroopers, decide to mutiny at the last minute.
Episode 3
Crate Expectations
Wed, Apr 11, 1979
The MacKenzie kids desperately try to raise enough money so they can claim a large sealed crate (although they don't know what it contains) which may represent the last known link to their missing parents.
Episode 4
The Little People
Fri, Apr 27, 1979
Timothy runs away to the mountains to find the Menehune, the little people of Hawaiian legend, in hopes that they can tell him where his parents are.
Episode 5
A Debt in the Family
Fri, May 4, 1979
Cuda's romantic luck doesn't carry over when he needs money to save his home from tax foreclosure, so the MacKenzie kids enter him in a cutthroat poker game.
Episode 6
The Agony of Victory, the Joy of Defeat
Fri, May 18, 1979
The MacKenzie kids are upset when they discover Cuda making a foolish bet with his fishing-boat rival Big Jim on the outcome of a race between Michael and Big Jim's son.