The Donna Reed Show

Épisode 1 - Weekend Trip

24 septembre 1958

This is the very first episode of the long-running series, in which audiences were introduced to the beloved Stone family. In this episode, we get a glimpse of the sometimes chaotic day-to-day life of the Stones, always buffered by the sweet and loving persona of Donna Reed as Donna Stone, TV's first ""highly visible"" Mom of the 1950s. She dispenses advice, discipline, humor and wisdom to her family, something that was usually reserved for the TV Dads of the era. In the premiere episode, Donna hopes to get away to a ski weekend with her brood, but pediatrician husband Alex's on-call schedule makes this tricky, especially since one of his young patients, Eddie Barclay (played by one of the Corcoran siblings of Disney film and TV fame; sister Noreen was on ""Bachelor Father"" with John Forsythe), has a mysterious illness and Alex doesn't want to leave him in the care of another doctor. Not wanting to disappoint Mary and Jeff (who are both experts at verbally matching wits and insults wit

Épisode 2 - Pardon My Gloves

1 octobre 1958

Jeff gets a black eye from a boy who mocked Donna's acting in a local play, so Donna tries to teach Jeff how to box.

Épisode 3 - The Hike

8 octobre 1958

Donna tries to prove women can out smart men when Dr. Stone is called away to treat a patient.

Épisode 4 - Male Ego

15 octobre 1958

Alex feels bad about his ego and proves his independence when Donna buys the suit he wants.

Épisode 5 - The Football Uniform

22 octobre 1958

Jeff wants a uniform for the team picture. Jeff must work for the money to buy it.

Épisode 6 - The Foundling

29 octobre 1958

A woman abandones her child at the Stones place. Attached to the baby is a note, that upsets the entire household, including their Irish maid: Dear Mrs.Stone, His name is Willie. He's a good boy and hardly ever cries. When the local police is informed, Donna can't part from the baby. She wants to stay with him until his mother is found. Alex caves in to Donna and allows the baby to stay for the time being. Jeff, meanwhile, doesn't like the thought of a person who might become a sibling, but he soon warms up to it. Meanwhile, Donna does some invesitagtion on her own. She realizes that a baby name Guillermo might be called Willy. And who has a son named Willy? The milkman! Donna goes to his house to investigate. She finds out that the milkman is upset due to his young wife dying while having little Willy. But why did he choose Donna Stone to look after it? Because he knows Donna has a happy and loving home, and that she'd look after the child. The milkman says he realizes he did the wr

Épisode 7 - Three Part Mother

5 novembre 1958

Donna tries to go to 3 places on the same night.

Épisode 8 - Change Partners and Dance

12 novembre 1958

Mary has a crush on George the basketball star George who wants to take her to the varsity Prom but can't dance.

Épisode 9 - Dough Re-Mi

19 novembre 1958

Donna tries to get a concert pianist to perform at a benefit at the same time Jeff is trying to raise money for a football tackling dummy.

Épisode 10 - Guest in the House

26 novembre 1958

An ex-patient seeks refuge at the stones.

Épisode 11 - The Baby Contest

3 décembre 1958

Alex is judge at a Beautiful Baby contest run by Donna's club.

Épisode 12 - The Beaded Bag

10 décembre 1958

Donna tries to get an expensive bag for birthday.

Épisode 13 - The Busy Body

17 décembre 1958

Uncle Fred brings trouble to the stones.

Épisode 14 - A Very Merry Christmas

24 décembre 1958

Donna searches for the person who gave money for the hospital party.

Épisode 15 - Mary's Double Date

31 décembre 1958

Mary's Junior prom is coming up, She feels two boys on the football team are two possible dates to choose from. She waits until the day of the prom to decide.

Épisode 16 - Jeff's Double Life

7 janvier 1959

After nosy neighbor Mrs. Wilgus (the inimitable Kathleen Freeman) alerts Donna and Alex about Mary having a noisy party while they were out, the kids get lectured about being the children of a doctor, and that they should behave accordingly. Not too long after this, Jeff takes a ride from Mary's troublemaker friend Tommy Hendricks, who doesn't have a license and has taken his father's car out for a joyride, and they get into a minor accident while fleeing a cop. He hides it from Donna and Alex, but must tell Mary when she notices him favoring his injured left arm. Not wanting to disappoint his parents or ruin his father's practice with a small-town scandal (i.e., Jeff (to Mary): ""I can see the headlines now: 'Doctor's Son Injured as Police Chase Hot Car'. It would ruin Dad!""), Jeff goes incognito to the new pediatrician who has just set up shop in Hilldale.

Épisode 17 - Nothing But the Truth

14 janvier 1959

David Barker returns to the Stones home for his birthday.

Épisode 18 - It's the Principle of the Thing

21 janvier 1959

Mr. Popkin won't let Alex treat Joey because he has no money. Donna hires him to repairs around the house, Later Alex fires him. Donna sees that he is an inventor and helps Mr. Popkin market his product.

Épisode 19 - Jeff vs. Mary

28 janvier 1959

Jeff fells Donna and Alex love Mary more than Jeff. Donna and Alex turn on an intercom after finding out the information and hope Jeff listens.

Épisode 20 - Have Fun

4 février 1959

Mary comes home from a date in tears. Donna And Alex tell 2 different stories on how they met each other on there first date.

Épisode 21 - Donna Plays Cupid

11 février 1959

Donna Tries to get Bo and Celia to fall in love.

Épisode 22 - Love Thy Neighbor

18 février 1959

Donna And Alex help celebrate the 20th anniversary of Willber & Celia Wilgus only to find that Celia walked out.

Épisode 23 - The Report Card

25 février 1959

Donna feels that Jeff is just an average Student.

Épisode 24 - Boys Will Be Boys

4 mars 1959

David Barker is brought to Alex to be treated for rabies only to learn that student bit David.

Épisode 25 - The Ideal Wife

11 mars 1959

Everyone praises Donna,""the ideal wife,""so much that she goes on a rampage and purposely loses her temper at people.After a day of this she regrets her tirage and apologizes to all.

Épisode 26 - Mary's Campaign

18 mars 1959

Marry is elected class secretary, and may drive her family crazy trying to Win the election.

Épisode 27 - The Flowered Print Dress

25 mars 1959

Donna Tries to make her marriage more romantic.

Épisode 28 - April Fool

1 avril 1959

Buzz Barry America's Idol comes to Hildale to sing at a school Dance but then is ill with the measles.

Épisode 29 - The Parting of the Ways

8 avril 1959

The Stones campaign to help the Kelppers marrige backfires on them!

Épisode 30 - The Hero

15 avril 1959

Alex's roommate Biff Jameson comes to Hilldale but Alex and Donna have trouble finding out what he does for a living.

Épisode 31 - Do You Trust Your Child?

22 avril 1959

Donna gives advice on how raise children.

Épisode 32 - Grateful Patient

29 avril 1959

Alex takes advantage of a tip on the market.

Épisode 33 - The Testimonial

6 mai 1959

Donna plans a speech for Dr. Jason

Épisode 34 - Miss Lovelace Comes to Tea

13 mai 1959

A housekeeper is hired to help Donna.

Épisode 35 - Tomorrow Comes Too Soon

20 mai 1959

Donna wants a day alone without kids. But is she and Alex ready for that?

Épisode 36 - Advice To Young Lovers

27 mai 1959

Mary gets advice on how to handle love.

Épisode 37 - Operation Deadbeat

3 juin 1959

Alex collects money Jeff owes.

Épisode 1 - That's Show Business

24 septembre 1959

Mary Tries to Act.

Épisode 2 - Sleep No More My Lady

1 octobre 1959

Donna is too excited to sleep because Alex is giving a speech at a convention. While trying to sleep on the plane Alex gives Donna a tranquilizer to help her sleep.

Épisode 3 - A Penny Earned

8 octobre 1959

Donna has trouble deciding whether or not buy a new dress.

Épisode 4 - A Friend Indeed

15 octobre 1959

Jeff's 'friend' Doug keeps getting him into trouble at school, and Jeff silently takes the blame for him because he knows Doug's mother constantly picks on him and wonders why he can't be more like Jeff, who behaves like an innocent cherub at their house. One day when Dr. Alex is at Doug's house, he witnesses Doug's mother berating Doug unfairly, so Donna invites Doug's mother over just before Mary and Jeff get home from school so she can be there to see Jeff's behavior at home. Doug's mother learns that Jeff is obnoxious to his sister, loud, and unruly at home (just like any other adolescent boy) and all ends well when Doug arrives and his mother sees that he too, is just like any other boy, but knows when to be polite in somebody else's house.

Épisode 5 - The First Child

22 octobre 1959

Alex must contend with overly anxious new parents who constantly call him in a state of panic, thinking that there is something wrong with their baby.

Épisode 6 - Going Steady

29 octobre 1959

Mary wants to meet a boy, so she talks Jeff into going to his kid sister's party.

Épisode 7 - The Neighborly Gesture

5 novembre 1959

Alex is hurt that Jeff likes the new neighbor.

Épisode 8 - Nothing Like a Good Book

12 novembre 1959

Donna mistakenly accepts an invitation to 'culture vulture' Lydia Langley's cocktail party, at which Lydia mentions that she also conducts a book discussion group. She goads Donna into joining it and then reporting on Tolstoy's ""War and Peace"" at her first meeting. Donna then attempts to immerse the whole family in culture, by buying Jeff a Dickens book, Mary a Tchaikovsky record, and a copy of Tolstoy's epic for her and Alex to read together. She then tries to read the lengthy novel in a week...

Épisode 9 - Flowers For the Teacher

19 novembre 1959

Jeff's class has a new teacher, Miss McGuinness. The boys in particular complain that she is too strict, so Donna meets with the new teacher to get matters settled.

Épisode 10 - All Mothers Worry

26 novembre 1959

Jeff's friend, Phillip, has a problem. He wants to play football, but his mother is over-protective and won't let him.

Épisode 11 - Jeff Joins a Club

3 décembre 1959

Jeff finds out the reason why he wasn't made a member of a club: He is friends with a boy no one else likes.

Épisode 12 - The Punishment

10 décembre 1959

Dilemma in the Stone household: How to discipline the children without having Donna look like a villian by meting out the punishments, or having Donna look like a squealer when Alex does .

Épisode 13 - A Difference of Opinion

17 décembre 1959

Donna gets cornered into accepting an invitation from a couple that neither she nor Alex really care for. Alex refuses to go, sparking an argument that they try to keep quiet from the children.

Épisode 14 - The Homecoming Dance

24 décembre 1959

Épisode 15 - The Lucky Girl

31 décembre 1959

Lately all Donna has been hearing is how wonderful Alex is, and how lucky she is to be his wife. After a while this gets Donna to wondering if what people really mean is that Alex got the short end of the stick by marrying Donna.

Épisode 16 - The Broken Spirit

7 janvier 1960

Épisode 17 - The Secret

14 janvier 1959

Mary gets an engagement ring and phone calls from Matt, a freshman at UCLA, but doesn't tell anyone in the family about the ring or why Matt is calling. So what's going on? As Donna says, ""Alex, our daughter has a secret.""

Épisode 18 - The New Mother

21 janvier 1960

Little David Barker is very excited. His father is getting married and he hopes this means he can leave military school and live in a real home, but things don't work out the way David thought they would.

Épisode 19 - Just a Housewife

28 janvier 1960

The radio show ""Housewives Corner"" is broadcast from McClure's Market. Host Jerry Parker is asking the ladies if housewives find questions like ""While baking an upside down cake,do you recommend standing on your head?"" This presents an opportunity for Donna to defend homemakers like herself as being a bit more than ""just a housewife""!

Épisode 20 - The Free Soul

4 février 1960

Alex's Uncle Dan takes a break from traveling all over the world. Jeff likes the idea of going to Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Malaya, Australia, and doing whatever he wants, just like Uncle Dan. Jeff decides to join him. Will Donna and Alex allow him to go? Would you believe, yes?

Épisode 21 - The First Quarrel

11 février 1960

Épisode 22 - A Place to Go

18 février 1960

Jeff and his friends get into trouble when they are discovered using an abandoned house as a hang-out. This prompts Donna and the other mothers to create a nice meeting place for the children.

Épisode 23 - A Night to Howl

25 février 1960

Donna and Alex decide to shake up their daily routine by going out on the town...and on a Monday night, no less! Nothing works out the way they planned.

Épisode 24 - The Editorial

3 mars 1960

Épisode 25 - The Gentle Dew

10 mars 1960

Alex lays down the law when Jeff and Mary slack off on their responsibilities at home and their schoolwork. Now Alex is furious when it appears that Mary didn't come home from a bowling date with Roger on time.

Épisode 26 - The Fatal Leap

17 mars 1960

Alex's wild room-mate from college is getting married, and Alex is invited to the bachelor party. Donna doesn't like this idea at all.

Épisode 27 - The Perfect Pitch

24 mars 1960

Donna makes Jeff take trumpet lessons when she discovers he has perfect pitch. Jeff would rather be on the track team.

Épisode 28 - Pickles for Charity

7 avril 1960

While Alex was the ""belle of the ball"" with his fantastic dancing at the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance, the dance cost more to produce than the income from ticket sales provided. Each member agrees to contribute $27 using her skills in moneymaking to make up the budget shortfall. Donna will sell 54 jars of her famous pickle recipe at fifty cents per jar and donate the money to the Auxiliary. Will Donna's plan work?

Épisode 29 - Mary's Growing Pain

14 avril 1960

Épisode 30 - Alex Runs the House

21 avril 1960

Donna is away and Alex has to manage the house and children.

Épisode 31 - The Career Woman

28 avril 1960

Donna's old school mate, who has been a single career woman all these years, is now engaged to a doctor. She visits Donna to see what life is really like for a doctor's wife.

Épisode 32 - Jeff, the Financial Genius

5 mai 1960

Épisode 33 - Mary's Crusade

12 mai 1960

Mary vows not to go to the school dance unless Ellen has a date for the dance. Ellen is rather plain so Mary goes to work to transform Ellen into a glamorous young lady.

Épisode 34 - The First Time We Met

19 mai 1960

Donna and Alex have different stories about how they first met. Also Donna plays matchmaker to a new doctor in town and a pretty nurse at the hospital.

Épisode 35 - The Gossip

26 mai 1960

Donna tells Emily, the town gossip, that Kay Watson is having a baby. Then Donna learns from Alex that Kay is keeping it a secret so that she can stay working longer. Donna is crushed, knowing that she may have let Kay's secret out.

Épisode 36 - Love's Sweet Awakening

2 juin 1960

Sixteen- year-old Petie is home from military school and visiting the Stone family. Petie and Mary have been friends for years, but seeing how beautiful Mary has become, he would now like to be more than just friends. As Alex puts it, ""springtime has come to Petie!"" How can Petie catch Mary's eye?

Épisode 37 - The Wedding Present

10 juin 1960

Aunt Lettie is coming to visit, so Donna and Alex try to find the wedding present she gave them so she would be certain to see it. It would help if they could just remember what it was! And by the way, Alex, can Donna buy a $250 Porcelain Dresden figurine?

Épisode 38 - Cool Cat

18 juin 1960

Jeff wants to keep a cat that followed him home, so can Harry the Cat stay? The Stone family will decide by using the democratic process.

Épisode 1 - Weekend

15 septembre 1960

The family wants to get away for the weekend. The brochure shows Lakeview Lodge to be a great place to go, so Donna and Alex head up there early with Mary and Jeff to join them later, but Lakeview Lodge turns out to be a major disappointment. Now what can they do?

Épisode 2 - The Mystery Woman

22 septembre 1960

A lady spots Donna and Mary having lunch in a restaurant, so she stops to say hello. She recognized Donna, even though ""it's been 13 years."" Donna doesn't recognize her but is polite and too embarrassed to ask her name. Later, Donna realizes she must find out who the mystery woman was.

Épisode 3 - Donna Decorates

29 septembre 1960

Donna tries to redecorate the house, but neighbor boy Dennis Mitchell (Jay North) tries to help her...and ends up making things more of a mess. Donna finally calls Dennis' nearer neighbor Mr.Wilson (Joseph Kearns) to ask if Dennis would help him with anything. (I'm sure Mr.Wilson sympathized.) This was a crossover show-with two people from ""Dennis the Menace"" guesting. It turns out both shows are set in the town of Hilldale...but Dennis probably lived in a different neighborhood than Donna.

Épisode 4 - The Love Letter

6 octobre 1960

Nick the Greek is the handyman at the Stone's house. He's still learning how to write English, so he asks Jeff for help in writing a love letter to his girlfriend. Later, Mary finds this love letter in Jeff's handwriting and wonders if Jeff is involved in a new romance.

Épisode 5 - How the Other Side Lives

20 octobre 1960

Mary's friend Ginny lives in a mansion with a maid, a tennis court, and a swimming pool. Now Ginny is going to spend the weekend at Mary's house. What can Mary do to impress Ginny, with the Stone family having no maid, no pool, no tennis court, and with a wild unruly younger brother Jeff at home?

Épisode 6 - Alex's Twin

27 octobre 1960

Mary is enamored with the new boy at school, Elroy! Why? Because he reminds her so much of what her dad must have been like as a teenager. Alex can't see the resemblance at all.

Épisode 7 - Worried Anyone?

3 novembre 1960

Like, are we worried about Mary riding in Scotty's car? After all, its only a hot rod made with parts taken from wrecked cars!

Épisode 8 - Higher Learning

10 novembre 1960

Alex is cited for his research in a Medical Journal article that he tries to read throughout the whole episode, but he's constantly interrupted. Mary gives up boys when Roger and Elroy let a coin toss decide which one will play tennis with her. She decides to become a scientist. Boys are back in her life when she discovers the new boy Stanley mowing their yard and conducting a science project at the same time.

Épisode 9 - Never Marry a Doctor

17 novembre 1960

The Stones' cleaning lady has troubles. Her baby is sick and her husband lost his job due to illness. Alex takes care of the baby's health, and Donna hires the husband to do odd jobs in their house. Now the Stones have troubles. The twenty dollars that Alex left on the counter for Mrs. Cruikshank's charity is missing. Could the handyman be a thief? Mrs. Cruikshank thinks so and makes Donna wonder if it's true.

Épisode 10 - It Only Hurts When I Laugh

24 novembre 1960

The tables are turned as Alex becomes a hospital patient, and a difficult one at that.

Épisode 11 - The Model Daughter

1 décembre 1960

Mary goes to a session at Taffy Cinders Charm School and wins a scholarship to learn how to be a model. Most of the girls who went with Mary also ""won"" scholarships, too! Then the expenses mount up, as she needs the School instruction book, the School grooming aids, etc.

Épisode 12 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

8 décembre 1960

Mary is so indecisive, always asking her mother about what clothes to wear which boys to date. Tonight though, she starts making her own decisions when she, Roger, and Larry go out on the town. They go to the Hungry Onion coffeehouse and listen to poetry. They get into money troubles with dinner at the Flamingo Club, and that's when Mary makes the right decision.

Épisode 13 - Donna Goes to a Reunion

15 décembre 1960

Donna heads to a Blaine Women's College reunion, and while she's away, Jeff adopts Duke, the dog.

Épisode 14 - Someone is Watching

22 décembre 1960

Jeff wants a motor scooter like Gordie just got, but Alex won't agree to that. Gordie shows off his riding skill until he drives the scooter into a tree in the Stones front yard. Gordie proceeds to fake a leg injury that puts him in Jeff's bed overnight, with Donna taking care of him. Why would Gordie do that? Does it have anything to do with his new stepmother or his dad giving him anything he wants? Does Donna have an idea about how to help Gordie's mom with this problem? You bet she does!

Épisode 15 - The Lean and Hungry Look

29 décembre 1960

Donna can't fit into the dinner dress she bought a few months ago, and she wants to wear it! She decides it's time to exercise and diet the extra pounds off. Then, Alex notices his tuxedo is a little too tight now, so he decides, well, you get the picture! And will Jeff ever repay the money he borrowed from Mary so she can buy that sweater she's been wanting for a long time. And what do you think happens when she finally does get that sweater and tries it on?

Épisode 16 - Character Building

5 janvier 1961

When Donna's letter-to-the-editor about parents needing to make sure that their children follow through by finishing what they start gets published, it prompts Donna to follow through herself. Now Mary can't play tennis till she finds her lost jacket and returns a library book, and Jeff can't rest till he finds the tire pump he borrowed from a friend.

Épisode 17 - World's Greatest Entertainer

12 janvier 1961

Jeff just can't seem to do anything right --- he slams the door and the angel food cake in the oven droops; his model airplane has cockeyed wings; airplane glue gets on the carpet, so he bleaches it out! The family needs to build up his spirits, so when he does mediocre imitations of movie stars like James Cagney, Peter Lorre, and Edward G. Robinson, he gets all the family's praise. So he decides to enter the upcoming school talent show! Now what can Mary, Donna, and Alex do?

Épisode 18 - Variations On a Theme

19 janvier 1961

The piano becomes a parking lot with everyone dropping things on it, like books, the newspaper, so Alex decides to sell it. All of a sudden Mary has a problem with that idea and won't let it go. She'll start practicing again , everyday. It turns out a boy she'd like to date just loves to play the piano!

Épisode 19 - The Stones Go to Hollywood

26 janvier 1961

Alex needs to go to Hollywood to discuss suggestions for a Children's Clinic, so the whole family takes the opportunity to go along and see Hollywood, except it rains, for 2 days! They had so much wanted to meet a movie and TV star before they leave, They do! Also enjoy Donna dreaming that she is a big Hollywood star.

Épisode 20 - Donna Directs a Play

2 février 1961

Donna fills in for the director of Mary's drama group when he is called to Hollywood for a part in a movie.

Épisode 21 - Trip to Nowhere

9 février 1961

Jeff has been complaing that there's nothing to do. To top it off, Ricky comes over and brags about how his dad is taking him on an exciting camping trip this weekend. Now Jeff wants to go camping, but Alex is away at a conference. So Donna decides to take Jeff and Mary camping at Truesdale Park right in town. This isn't the kind of camping trip Jeff had in mind.

Épisode 22 - The Geisha Girl

16 février 1961

The new doctor has a Japanese Geisha girl for a wife. She is constantly seeing to her husband's needs, can't do enough for him. The married couples of Hilldale have a difficult time adjusting to her. Leave it to Donna to ""Americanize"" her in matters of wifely duties.

Épisode 23 - The Busy People

23 février 1961 - 4.5/5

In a try for more togetherness, Donna signs Alex and herself up for painting lessons.

Épisode 24 - Tony Martin Visits

2 mars 1961

While driving through Hilldale, Tony Martin is arrested for speeding by a policeman using radar. He knows he wasn't speeding, but figures he'll just pay the fine and be on his way. In court, Tony sees Donna fighting a parking meter violation and insisting on a jury trial rather than pay a $2 fine. Tony decides to ask for a jury trial, too. It's a matter of man versus machine: is the parking meter keeping correct time or did Donna? Was the radar unit accurate or not? Will popular singer Tony Martin sing a song in this episode? Yes!

Épisode 25 - Aunt Belle's Earrings

9 mars 1961

Épisode 26 - Poodle Parlor

16 mars 1961

Donna and her friend consider opening a poodle parlor where owners can bring their poodles to get clipped and buy them fancy accessories. The husbands think the whole idea is ludicrous which make the ladies all the more determined to succeed.

Épisode 27 - Mary's Heart Throb

23 mars 1961

While babysitting for the Damons, Mary meets their older son, Rick, who has dropped out of college because he wasn't accepted by his father's old fraternity. He plans to join the Foreign Legion and wants Mary to help him.

Épisode 28 - Donna's Helping Hand

30 mars 1961

Dr. Steinhaus is retiring as the head of the Board of Health. Donna thinks this is the perfect opportunity for Alex to have a position that offers him more regular hours and she intends to help him get it.

Épisode 29 - The Merry Month of April

6 avril 1961

Income tax time, so Alex decides to save money and prepare his own taxes this year rather than have Harvey do it. When Alex figures out he owes money, he gets mad about a hat he thinks Donna bought for $49.50. When Harvey arrives at the Stone residence, having done Alex's taxes anyway and announces that Alex will be getting a refund, Alex's attitude becomes very pleasant indeed! Turns out Harvey's wife Nora had Donna buy the hat, but it was for Nora!

Épisode 30 - Music Hath Charms

13 avril 1961

Donna gives Alex an apothecary jar with a wind-up music box inside, which plays "their song." However, it turns out that Alex doesn't like the song.

Épisode 31 - Let's Look at Love

20 avril 1961

Épisode 32 - For Better or Worse

27 avril 1961

A story about every married couple's dilemma: what decisions can a husband make on his own and which require a conference for his wife's permission? Like Alex and Joe, who tell the guys they will go fishing and they don't need to ask their wives. But see, Joe has a system: he bribes his wife Myra with an expensive gift first. Now Alex, on the other hand, faces an episode-long issue with Donna about this matter. Does he resort to a bribe, too?

Épisode 33 - Jeff, the Treasurer

4 mai 1961

Yes, Jeff is elected class Treasurer. He has the class dues to protect all $32 of it. Now what could possibly happen? Could he, oh, I don't know lose it? It's Thursday. The class picnic is Saturday. Mrs. Haskell needs the money to pay for the bus that will take the class to the picnic. Can Jeff find it in time?

Épisode 34 - The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

11 mai 1961

The school bully, Jocko, makes fun of Jeff being in the choir. Jeff starts ""pumping iron"" because it looks like there will be a fight. Can Mr. Trestle's sage advice possibly do Jeff and the guys any good and stop the conflict?

Épisode 35 - Military School

18 mai 1961

When Herbie suggests his visiting friend Ken goes along with them to the dance, Mary decides not to go to the dance at all. Then she meets Ken, who's in full uniform from the Carter Military Academy. Yeah, she wants to go to the dance now! But where does that leave Herbie? It's another good ""Mary learns a lesson""

Épisode 36 - Mary's Driving Lesson

25 mai 1961

Scotty, smitten by Mary, agrees to teach Mary how to drive. Oh boy! Does he have his hands full! Will their romantic friendship last through this experience?

Épisode 37 - The Mustache

1 juin 1961

Alex growing a mustache turns out to be quite a controversial event in the Stone household.

Épisode 38 - Mary's Little Lambs

8 juin 1961

Mary and Mark decide to have a Saturday nursery school (i.e., day care) to earn enough money to paint Mark's car. Alex, on the other hand, would like to sleep late on Saturday morning, unaware of the bedlam that's about to take place!

Épisode 1 - One Starry Night

14 septembre 1961

Épisode 2 - A Rose is a Rose

21 septembre 1961

Jeff needs help with his poetry homework and Mary is there to help. Unfortunately, the poetry does not sound like Jeff wrote it.

Épisode 3 - The Close Shave

28 septembre 1961

Jeff has discovered he is growing whiskers, and decides that since he is no longer a little boy that he needs to start acting like a man. He insists on taking a job to pay his way at home.

Épisode 4 - Mouse at Play

5 octobre 1961

Iris advises Donna that it's up to the wife to keep the marriage going with surprises and changes every now and then. When Iris goes from blond to black hair, Donna decides to go Platinum Blond! But once she comes home with her new hair color, she decides not to show it to Alex. She avoids him and quickly changes it back to the color it was whew! What a close call!

Épisode 5 - The Monster

12 octobre 1961

First some large animal has trampled Mary's flowers. Now when Alex is out of town, Donna and the kids keep hearing noises late at night. Upon investigating, they peek out the front door window and see a large, furry creature sitting on the porch!

Épisode 6 - New Girl in Town

19 octobre 1961

Épisode 7 - One of Those Days

26 octobre 1961

Épisode 8 - All is Forgiven

2 novembre 1961

Donna and Alex get involved in their friends' marital problems.

Épisode 9 - The Electrical Storm

9 novembre 1961

Épisode 10 - The Paper Tycoon

16 novembre 1961

Épisode 11 - Private Tutor

23 novembre 1961

Épisode 12 - Alex, the Professor

30 novembre 1961

Épisode 13 - The Fabulous O'Hara

7 décembre 1961

Épisode 14 - Way of a Woman

14 décembre 1961

Épisode 15 - A Very Bright Boy

21 décembre 1961

Épisode 16 - The Toughest Kid in School

28 décembre 1961

A new kid in school tries to impress Jeff and his friends by pretending to be a misbehaving delinquent.

Épisode 17 - Dr. Stone and His Horseless Carriage

11 janvier 1962

Alex gets a 1910 automobile from a friend and starts restoring it.

Épisode 18 - For Angie With Love

18 janvier 1962

Épisode 19 - Aloha Kimi

25 janvier 1962

Épisode 20 - Donna's Prima Donna

1 février 1962

Mary decides to forsake college and embark on a singing career.

Épisode 21 - Explorer's Ten

8 février 1962

Épisode 22 - The New Office

15 février 1962

Alex moves his pediatric practice out of the house and into a new office downtown.

Épisode 23 - The Golden Trap

22 février 1962

While Donna and Alex are away, Mary's little get-together with a friend somehow turns into open house party.

Épisode 24 - Free Flight

1 mars 1962

Épisode 25 - The Wide Open Spaces

8 mars 1962

Épisode 26 - The Fireball

15 mars 1962

Épisode 27 - Once Upon a Timepiece

22 mars 1962

Épisode 28 - Hilldale 500

29 mars 1962

Épisode 29 - Winner Takes All

5 avril 1962

Jeff's team-mate on the baseball team has an overbearing father who drives the son hard and constantly berates him, thinking this will help him be a star player someday. Alex tries to set him straight.

Épisode 30 - Skin Deep

12 avril 1962

Épisode 31 - The Fortune Teller

19 avril 1962

Épisode 32 - Man of Action

26 avril 1962

Épisode 33 - Donna Meets Roberta

3 mai 1962

This was actually an unsold pilot episode of ""The Roberta Sherwood Show."" Roberta Sherwood and Gale Gordon star as a typical couple raising three children in a typical small town. The only untypical thing about them is that they break into song.

Épisode 34 - The Caravan

10 mai 1962

Épisode 35 - The Swingin' Set

17 mai 1962

Épisode 36 - On to Fairview

24 mai 1962

Épisode 37 - The Man in the Mask

31 mai 1962

Épisode 38 - The Father Image

7 juin 1962

Épisode 39 - Dear Wife

14 juin 1962

Épisode 1 - Mister Nice Guy

20 septembre 1962

Mary can't understand why her brother Jeff is being so polite to her - unless there is some ulterior motive behind his good behavior.

Épisode 2 - Mrs. Stone and Doctor Hyde

27 septembre 1962

When Donna fills in for Alex's vacationing nurse, she is taken aback to find him an office tyrant.

Épisode 3 - To Be a Boy

4 octobre 1962

Trying to save enough money to build a boat, Jeff and Smitty make a pact to give up dating. Then Jeff finds Mary's friend Joanne hiding under his bed.

Épisode 4 - Who Needs Glasses?

11 octobre 1962

Jeff decides wearing glasses would make him look older, and sets out to prove he needs them.

Épisode 5 - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

18 octobre 1962

Mary decides it's time to leave home, and moves into the college dormitory.

Épisode 6 - My Dad

25 octobre 1962

Alex tries over and over to spend a day with Jeff,but his plans are always interrupted by emergency calls.Jeff later shows that he still loves his father by singing the song,""My Dad.""

Épisode 7 - Fine Feathers

1 novembre 1962

Jeff discovers a lost bird.He thinks it might be a rare cockatoo and sends the story to the newspapers and audobon societies-only to find out that the bird is really a cockateel,not quite a cockatoo.

Épisode 8 - Rebel With a Cause

8 novembre 1962

Donna is selected to take part in a survey of housewives to dtermine how long they spend doing their household chores.

Épisode 9 - Big Star

15 novembre 1962

Mary succeeds in helping a shy boy she knows become a singing star.

Épisode 10 - Man to Man

22 novembre 1962

Alex and Jeff go camping in order to spend more time together, but the trip turns out to be a plot cooked up by Jeff to meet his friends.

Épisode 11 - The Baby Buggy

29 novembre 1962

Everyone chips in to buy the elderly baby doctor a new car.

Épisode 12 - The Makeover Man

6 décembre 1962

Épisode 13 - The Winning Ticket

13 décembre 1962

Jeff has a moral dilemma. He won a sports car with a raffle ticket he picked up off the ground after the original owner dropped it. Does Jeff keep the car or does he track down the original ticket holder?

Épisode 14 - The Soft Touch

20 décembre 1962

If Jeff wants to be able to afford to go to a special event this weekend, he had better collect on the loans he gave his friends. This prompts Donna to suggest that Alex collect from his deadbeat patients.

Épisode 15 - Jeff Stands Alone

27 décembre 1962

After a conversation with a telephone lineman, Jeff decides that it's about time he becomes independent himself. He tests himself by going to a strange town without any money to see whether or not he can make it on his own.

Épisode 16 - Just a Little Wedding

3 janvier 1963

Mary's friend, Marcia, is getting married. She and her fiance want a small, simple wedding, but her mother, upon arriving in town, has other ideas.

Épisode 17 - A Woman' Place

10 janvier 1963

When Donna decides to run for town council, Jeff and Mary agree to take care of the house. And how! But when Alex dreams about Donna's political future, as Mayor, perhaps Governor, he decides he'd rather have her back home again.

Épisode 18 - The Chinese Horse

17 janvier 1963

At an auction a mysterious woman asks Donna to buy a huge Chinese horse statue and gives her the money for it, so Donna does buy it and takes it home. Mary, Jeff and Alex all wonder why?

Épisode 19 - The New Look

24 janvier 1963

A boyfriend of Mary's calls her wholesome,and she doesn't know weather to take it as a compliment or an insult.

Épisode 20 - A Way of Her Own

31 janvier 1963

A little girl named Trisha follows the Stones home from the park and says that she is one of the family.After a long effort to find her real parents,her uncle arrives.He realizes that the orphaned Trisha loves being in a family and that the Stones are fond of her.He arranges it so Trisha can stay with the Stones.Thus a new family member is added.

Épisode 21 - Three is a Family

7 février 1963

Mary learns the joys and pains of having a little sister,as she has to baby-sit Trisha on a night when she'd planned to go on a date.

Épisode 22 - Big Sixteen

14 février 1963

On Jeff's 16th birthday he has a big fight with his girlfriend. Then he falls for an older woman.

Épisode 23 - Pioneer Woman

21 février 1963

Alex and Jeff spend the weekend at the cabin of Alex's friend Red. Donna and Mary follow them and prove that women can, ""rough it"" in the wilderness as well as men can.

Épisode 24 - The House on the Hill

28 février 1963

Donna visits a reclusive woman who lives in an old Victorian house.She feels trapped in a haunted house after a while.

Épisode 25 - Where the Stones Are

7 mars 1963

The Stones all end up at Shelter Bay during ""mid-term vacation"", better known today as ""Spring Break"". Mary doesn't know the rest of the family is there; she thought it was just her and her girlfriends. Donna, Jeff, and Alex get to stay on a fishing boat named ""Big Daddy"", and boy, does Donna hook a big one!

Épisode 26 - The Two Doctors Stone

14 mars 1963

Alex and Donna prepare to go away for the weekend, but Donna suspects Trisha will be sick. Donna sees Trisha eating bananas and she always saw Jeff eating bananas before he became ill. Alex's collegue Dave (Bob Crane) tries to convince them otherwise ... and it turns out that Jeff is the one who came down with a fever. Trisha had been eating bananas because of her promised treehouse and she had wanted to climb trees like a monkey.

Épisode 27 - Everywhere That Mary Goes

21 mars 1963

A new boy at college has taken a shine to Mary. To Mary's consternation, he follows her everywhere and scares off any other boy who approaches her. Mary decides to find him another girl to protect.

Épisode 28 - The Handy Man

28 mars 1963

There is a local handyman Trisha knows who loves fooling around and making children laugh.Trisha offers him to help fix the little things around the house that need fixing,but it turns out that he is clumsy and inept.Donna and Mary feel helpless as he wrecks much around the house,but soon afterwards the ice-cream man arrives.He knows much more about reapir work- and he hates kids.Donna makes a suggestion,which is followed.The ice-cream man ends up fixing everything around the house-while the handyman ends up delivering the ice cream,and singing to all the kids as they play and have fun.

Épisode 29 - Friends and Neighbors

4 avril 1963

Dr.Dave Kelsey,who has been more and more frustrated by his in-laws(or outlaws as he calls them)moves into the house next door with his wife Midge.Midge is a neophyte when it comes to household chores,so for the first week or so Donna helps her all she can-and Dave is truly grateful that the Stones have helped both of them settle down.

Épisode 30 - Boys and Girls

11 avril 1963

While Jeff and Joanne are dating as seniors in high school and Mary and Scotty are dating in college, turns out Scotty would rather date Joanne, and Joanne would rather go out with Scotty got it? Then they all go to a college dance and Jeff and Mary wind up being the wallflowers. What can Jeff and Mary do?

Épisode 31 - All Those Dreams

18 avril 1963

Pitcher Don Drysdale appears in this episode along with his real-life wife and daughter. On a trip to Chicago, Jeff is excited about seeing his pal, Don Drysdale, again. He is supposed to get an interview with Don for the school paper. Jeff's excitement turns to disappointment when it appears that Don Drysdale can't deliver the interview.

Épisode 32 - All Women Are Dangerous

25 avril 1963

A tale of Joyce and Sabrina in a classic contest, which one will get Jeff to ask her to the big dance? Will it be poor, helpless Joyce or the dominant Sabrina? They both ply Jeff in their own manipulative ways. Poor Jeff can't make up his mind. When he asks his family for advice, all he gets for an answer is ""Why don't you toss a coin?""

Épisode 33 - The Big Wheel

2 mai 1963

Jeff buys an old bus at an auction and plans to use it as a school bus. However, it breaks down the first day-and no one can fix it. Trisha loves playing like she's driving the bus while wearing a bus-driver's hat. Mary is so worried because she had planned a party that night. Donna decides to decorate the bus-so it became part of the party.

Épisode 34 - Day of the Hero

9 mai 1963

Jeff makes a date with Rosemary for the senior prom. Smitty then lets Jeff know that Jeff has been nominated to run for Senior Class President. Now gorgeous Dolores wants Jeff to take her to the prom. What can Jeff do? He's already committed to Rosemary, or is he? Will Jeff actually dump Rosemary for Dolores?

Épisode 1 - The Playmate

19 septembre 1963

Épisode 2 - Brighten the Corner

26 septembre 1963

Épisode 3 - Whatever You Wish

3 octobre 1963

Épisode 4 - House Divided

10 octobre 1963

Épisode 5 - The Boys in 309

17 octobre 1963

Épisode 6 - The Bigger They Are

24 octobre 1963

Épisode 7 - It Grows on Trees

31 octobre 1963

Jeff has a plan to sell trees to many people and soon the backyard is filled with trees.This plan is slightly changed, however,after Hobie Smith-neighborhood boy with a crush on Trisha-carves hearts into all of the trees.

Épisode 8 - Mary Comes Home

7 novembre 1963

Épisode 9 - Post Time

14 novembre 1963

Épisode 10 - Sweet Mystery of Wife

21 novembre 1963

Épisode 11 - What Are Friends For?

28 novembre 1963

Épisode 12 - A Touch of Glamor

5 décembre 1963

Épisode 13 - Air Date

12 décembre 1963

Épisode 14 - Moon-Shot

19 décembre 1963

Épisode 15 - Nice Work

26 décembre 1963

Épisode 16 - First Addition

2 janvier 1964

Épisode 17 - The Combo

9 janvier 1964

Épisode 18 - Who's Rockin' the Partnership

16 janvier 1964

Épisode 19 - Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Altar

23 janvier 1964

Épisode 20 - Today I Am a Girl

30 janvier 1964

Épisode 21 - Will the Real Chicken Please Stand Up?

6 février 1964

Épisode 22 - Guest in the Nursery

13 février 1964

Neighbor Dave Kelsey gives Trisha a tiny fawn he found on the roadside. How can Donna and Alex break it to her that they can't keep Tiny?

Épisode 23 - Home Sweet Homemaker

20 février 1964

Épisode 24 - Teamwork

27 février 1964

Trisha decides to go into business for herself.She and all her neighborhood friends say they'll fix anything Dave needs fixing around the house.They spend the entire day trying to fix things,but cause trouble for the most part.Dave,in the meantime,has bought himself new golfballs-which he tries to hide from Midge.Trisha sees that Midge resents Dave spending less time with her.Midge wishes she and Dave would just have marshmallows together.Trisha gets an idea,and substitutes marshmallows for golf balls-and Midge and Dave have a wonderful time.Dave truly appreciates the favor Trisha did for him and says it was worth all the previous hassles.

Épisode 25 - Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be

5 mars 1964

Épisode 26 - Pandemonium

12 mars 1964

Épisode 27 - A Day for Remembering

19 mars 1964

Épisode 28 - One Little Word

26 mars 1964

Alex mutters the word Pinafink in his sleep,and Donna tries to figure out what it means.Alex doesn't remember at first-but later he realizes what he was saying.He keeps the secret from Donna for a while.

Épisode 29 - Love Letters Are for Burning

2 avril 1964

Épisode 30 - Four's a Crowd

9 avril 1964

Épisode 31 - My Son the Catcher

16 avril 1964

Épisode 32 - The Pros and the Cons

23 avril 1964

Épisode 1 - Operation Anniversary

17 septembre 1964

Donna and Alex's anniversary is coming up, and Jeff has something special planned for the occasion.

Épisode 2 - Dad Drops By

24 septembre 1964

Alex's father drops by for a visit, terrorizing the population of Hilldale by driving recklessly in his antique Duesenburg. Now Donna needs to find a tactful way of getting him to agree to give up driving.

Épisode 3 - Play Ball

1 octobre 1964

Épisode 4 - Who's Who on 202

8 octobre 1964

Épisode 5 - The Daughter Complex

15 octobre 1964

Épisode 6 - The Tycoons

22 octobre 1964

Alex's dabbling in the stock market has resulted in a profit. So the Kelseys want to be let in on his good stock tips. Will this put a strain on their relationship?

Épisode 7 - Instant Family

29 octobre 1964

Épisode 8 - Royal Flush

5 novembre 1964

Épisode 9 - Circumstantial Evidence

12 novembre 1964

Épisode 10 - Anyone Can Drive?

19 novembre 1964

Épisode 11 - Surprise, Surprise

26 novembre 1964

Épisode 12 - Quads of Trouble

3 décembre 1964

The Stone household is turned topsy-turvy when quadruplets are born.

Épisode 13 - Donna's Bank Account

10 décembre 1964

Donna has overdrawn her bank account, and she goes to any length to prevent Alex from finding out.

Épisode 14 - It's All in the Cards

17 décembre 1964

Épisode 15 - Old Faithful

24 décembre 1964

Épisode 16 - Overture in A-Flat

31 décembre 1964

Épisode 17 - Thy Name is Woman

7 janvier 1965

Épisode 18 - Joe College

14 janvier 1965

Épisode 19 - Painter Go Home

21 janvier 1965

Épisode 20 - Home Wreckonomics

28 janvier 1965

Épisode 21 - The Windfall

4 février 1965

Épisode 22 - Now You See It, Now You Don't

11 février 1965

Épisode 23 - The Gift Shop

18 février 1965

Jeff gets a job in a gift shop and he goes overboard in drumming up new business.

Épisode 24 - The Stamp Collector

25 février 1965

Alex has found the perfect putter in the trading stamps store. Donna has five books of stamps that she was saving for a new pressure cooker, but the putter costs ten books. Can the family get the rest of the stamps in time for Alex to get the new putter to use in an upcoming golf tournament?

Épisode 25 - Peacocks on the Roof

4 mars 1965

Épisode 26 - Guests, Guests, Who Wants Them? (a.k.a.) Guests, Guests, Who Needs Guests?

11 mars 1965

Épisode 27 - The Unheroic Hero

18 mars 1965

Épisode 28 - The Mysterious Smile (a.k.a.) That Mysterious Smile

25 mars 1965

Épisode 29 - The Rolling Stones

1 avril 1965

Épisode 30 - Indoor Outing

8 avril 1965

Trisha is sick,so Donna stays home with her for the weekend while Alex and Jeff go on a camping trip.Donna tells Trisha about all the vacations the Stones had took in the past,as there are scenes from previous programs shown.

Épisode 1 - Pop Goes Theresa

16 septembre 1965

Jeff has finally gotten a date with Theresa, a new girl who has an over-protective father. One taste of freedom makes Theresa go wild, and her father puts all the blame on Jeff.

Épisode 2 - With This Ring

23 septembre 1965

Épisode 3 - Boy Meets Girl Machine

30 septembre 1965

Jeff balks at organizing the freshman-sophomore party until he meets his lovely co-chairman.

Épisode 4 - Think Mink

7 octobre 1965

There is confusion over whose ticket won the mink coat that was the door prize at the Ladies League Luncheon so Donna and Midge decide to share the coat.

Épisode 5 - Four on the Floor

14 octobre 1965

Jeff wants to buy a new car so bad that it will only cause trouble because Karen's Uncle Henshaw as no idea that car Jeff buys is a lemon (bad) car. Now Jeff has to figure out how to get rid of the car. Donna & Alex go and look at the car and find that the car is good.

Épisode 6 - Charge

21 octobre 1965

Why can't the Stones get a Lesley Store credit card? The Stone's application for a card was rejected. But don't monkey around with Donna Stone! She'll figure out how to get one!

Épisode 7 - Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors

28 octobre 1965

Professor Caldwell is retiring because of a school policy; he's too old. Jeff starts a petition to get the professor back into teaching by student demand.

Épisode 8 - Author, Author

4 novembre 1965

Jeff asks Donna and Alex to take an aptitude test and finds out she can write and so she starts to write about the family, soon Alex Jeff and Trisha read what Donna wrote, they find out she wrote her family but the comments Donna wrote don't go over well with the family. Later Donna tells them that she wrote about her college teacher Trish's friend (who has a crush on Jeff and BA's Boys in the Attic.) Donna knew her family was reading what she wrote!

Épisode 9 - Trees

11 novembre 1965

The tree outside Donna's house: does it belong to Donna or to the city? Can it be cut down without Donna's permission or not? Is this the plot of this episode? Yes!

Épisode 10 - The Big League Shock

18 novembre 1965

Jeff's friend Bill was high school valedictorian, but as a freshman in college now is only making B's and C's. How can the Stone family help?

Épisode 11 - The Gladiators

25 novembre 1965

Épisode 12 - Rally Around the Girls, Boys

2 décembre 1965

Jeff and Scotty take some girls to Lake Sherwood. When they separate, the 2 girls manage to get lost trying to drive home. So how will they do in the upcoming car rally where it's the girls against the boys?

Épisode 13 - Slipped Disc

9 décembre 1965

Jeff and his combo want to cut a record, and in order to afford to do so, they sell shares in the venture.

Épisode 14 - Uncle Jeff Needs You

16 décembre 1965

Desperate for a summer job as a counselor, Jeff tries to recruit two boys for summer camp.

Épisode 15 - Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

23 décembre 1965

After the Stones agrees to take care of a friend's cottage on Echo Lake, Jeff decides it's the perfect locale for his frat party.

Épisode 16 - How to Handle a Woman

30 décembre 1965

Jeff and his friends try to prove men are the stronger sex by dominating their girlfriends.

Épisode 17 - My Son, the Councilman

6 janvier 1966

Jeff runs for city council after the Commissioner threatens to close the city park.

Épisode 18 - Do It Yourself Donna

15 janvier 1966

Donna and Alex spend weeks attempting to assemble a complicated stereo set for Jeff's birthday—unaware that Jeff and Smitty sneak in every night to repair the mess.

Épisode 19 - When I Was Your Age

22 janvier 1966

Frantic Donna and Alex try to stop Jeff and Bebe from getting married.

Épisode 20 - Calling Willie Mays

29 janvier 1966

Willie Mays reserves two seats at a Giants game for his friends the Stones; but Donna, Alex, and Jeff each show up with a guest.

Épisode 21 - All This and Voltaire Too?

5 février 1966

Donna and Midge take French lessons from the owner of a French restaurant.

Épisode 22 - The Return of Mark

12 février 1966

When Donna's old boyfriend Mark, now a millionaire, comes to visit, Alex has trouble hiding his jealousy.

Épisode 23 - Is There a Small Hotel?

19 février 1966

The Stones decide to vacation in California, but everyone thinks they should go elsewhere.

Épisode 24 - No More Parties, Almost

26 février 1966

Exhausted after weeks of social engagements, Donna and Alex try to get out of a friend's dinner party—until they learn they weren't invited.

Épisode 25 - So You Really Think You're Young at Heart

5 mars 1966

Donna and Midge set out to prove Alex and Dave aren't getting old.

Épisode 26 - What Price Home?

12 mars 1966

The Stones put their house up for sale but, after reminiscing about their years there, change their minds.

Épisode 27 - By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone

19 mars 1966

Jeff and Smitty try to get Leslie Gore, who is appearing in town, to record their new song.