Season 1 (2011)
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Episodes 13
A Knight's Tale
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.
Read MoreDaddy's Little Girl
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.
Read MoreThe Hat Trick
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.
Read MorePaying Tribute
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.
Read MoreA Proper Wedding
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.
Read MoreFinding Dad
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.
Read MoreHoly Surprise
A Baptist church-going family is surprised when their soldier father surprises them at a large Sunday service... in front of thousands of worshipers.
Read MoreMotorcycle Parade
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.
Read MoreBirthday Roundup
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.
Read MoreShort-Stack Surprise
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.
Read MoreA Little Bit of Country
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.
Read MoreThree Cheers for Dad
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.
Read MoreA Day at the Circus
A fun-loving Marine dad goes undercover as a clown to surprise his kids at the circus -- to the cheers of a packed house.
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