Coming Home

Episode 01

A Knight's Tale

Mar 6, 2011 · 60 min

A high school football phenom gets the surprise of his life when his soldier dad appears out of nowhere on National Signing Day. Two Army wives join forces to throw their kids a double daddy surprise. A Navy jokester pulls a hilarious homecoming prank on his own family. And a boy is reunited with his knight in shining armor, when his Army dad surprises him during a special show at Medieval Times.

Episode 02

Daddy's Little Girl

Mar 13, 2011 · 60 min

We surprise a 12-year-old girl with the Navy father she hasn't seen in months at the violin concert of her dreams — and there isn't a dry eye in the house.

Episode 03

The Hat Trick

Mar 20, 2011 · 60 min

An Army sergeant poses as an NHL goalie to surprise her husband at a hockey game; a soldier proposes to his girlfriend and invites her grandfather to perform the ceremony; a father surprises his daughter when she comes home from school; and an Army wife shocks her husband with her weight loss.

Episode 04

Paying Tribute

Mar 27, 2011 · 60 min

The emotional journey of Marine Lt. Colonel Frank Latt, who travels to a small Alabama town to meet the parents and family of a fallen comrade, Airman Mark Forrester.

Episode 05

A Proper Wedding

Apr 3, 2011 · 60 min

A sailor from the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman surprises his wife by returning home early and giving her the dream wedding she never had.

Episode 06

Finding Dad

Apr 10, 2011 · 60 min

A soldier surprises his three kids with a treasure hunt all over their hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee. The prize at the end: their dad, home early from Afghanistan.

Episode 07

Holy Surprise

Apr 17, 2011 · 60 min

A Baptist church-going family is surprised when their soldier father surprises them at a large Sunday service... in front of thousands of worshipers.

Episode 08

Motorcycle Parade

May 1, 2011 · 60 min

A Harley-loving soldier surprises his four daughters by returning early from Afghanistan and leading a parade of 400 motorcycles right to their school's front door.

Episode 09

Birthday Roundup

May 8, 2011 · 60 min

A soldier meets his son for the first time, twin girls get a birthday party with a very special present, new parents get a first glimpse at the newest addition to the family.

Episode 10

Short-Stack Surprise

May 15, 2011 · 60 min

At a pancake breakfast to support the troops, two children get their soldier dad -- who they think is still in Afghanistan -- to help them make pancakes via an internet video chat. Little do they know, dad is actually in the next room and about to give them the surprise of their lives.

Episode 11

A Little Bit of Country

May 22, 2011 · 60 min

Country Music star Clay Walker helps us surprise a wife with her husband, home early from Afghanistan, in front of thousands at one of his concerts.

Episode 12

Three Cheers for Dad

May 29, 2011 · 60 min

A soldier returns early and works with his teenage children to surprise their mom in front of a packed gymnasium at the kid's school.

Episode 13

A Day at the Circus

Jun 5, 2011 · 60 min

A fun-loving Marine dad goes undercover as a clown to surprise his kids at the circus -- to the cheers of a packed house.