Jake and The Kid
Season 2
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Season aired: 1998-10-11
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Overview
Life in Crocus as seen through the eyes of a young lad, Ben, and his friend Jake. Jake and the Kid is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on the CanWest Global system of stations in the 1990s. The second (1995) television adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's 1961 short story collection Jake and the Kid the series is set in the small town of Crocus, Saskatchewan, and centres on the friendship between Ben "the Kid" Osborne (Ben Campbell), a young boy growing up on a farm with his widowed mother Julia (Patricia Harras), and Jake Trumper (Shaun Johnston), a farmhand who becomes Ben's surrogate father figure.
Episodes · 13
The Fire
While trying to prove that he is grown-up enough to drive a tractor, Ben accidentally starts a prairie grass fire that traps him and threatens the town.
The Difference Between Corn and People
Paul, the new schoolteacher, competes with Jake for Julia's affections while they stage a town production of ""Romeo and Juliet"". Meanwhile, Ben breaks his arm while showing off in front of his buddies.
The Sky's the Limit
Rituals
The Great Uranium Caper
What's Real
Special Delivery
The Runaways
Crossroads
The Boxer
The Circus
The Ship
