First appearance: Jon Provost as Timmy.

Timmy's parents have been killed in an accident some time in the past but the exact nature of the accident and its date are never revealed. Since the death of his parents, Timmy has been living with his elderly aunt and uncle, Abby and Jed Clausen in Olive Bridge. Timmy's aunt and uncle are both ailing and have little interest in Timmy's welfare. The fact that neither the Sheriff nor the State Police have a report about a missing child attests to the Clausens' complete indifference to the boy's safety or his needs; Timmy has felt himself a burden on his elderly relatives and has run away to save his aunt and uncle the trouble of providing him with a home.

This episode became one of the most important in children's television history when it introduced the incomparable child actor Jon Provost to the television audience. The Timmy years are the best remembered seasons by viewers.

Timmy tells Jeff he's walked from Olive Bridge which is "way past Capitol City." In another episode, we learn Capitol City is 50 miles from the farm.

The spare room Timmy occupies in this episode becomes Uncle Petrie's bedroom later in the season. After the Millers move to Capitol City in "Transition", Timmy occupies what was once Jeff's bedroom.

In the first scene, moonlight streams through a window and over Jeff's bed. This is impossible as there are only two windows in Jeff's bedroom and neither of those windows faces the direction from which the moonlight originates.