Will's Surprise Father Murphy : Season 1 Episode 11
Not Rated NBC 48m
Aired: January 19th, 1982 @ 12:00 AM EST on NBC
When Will happens upon a large gold nugget, his drunk father shows up in town and kidnaps him, convinced the boys know where there's more. Will is locked in a dank root cellar and nearly starves when his father is injured without telling the boy's whereabouts. Murphy and his dog, Mine, manage to find and save the boy.
