Family Affair Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Family Affair: Season 5 (1970 - 1971)

• Season 5 Episode 24: You Can Fight City Hall

  A poor Mexican boy must care for his baby brother.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Buffy's Fair Lady

  An unhappy little girl has a crush on Jody.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley

  An older girl persuades Buffy she has outgrown Mrs. Beasley.

• Season 5 Episode 21: Cinder-Emily

  Emily doesn't have an escort for her son's graduation.

• Season 5 Episode 20: The Joiners

  Bill schemes to get Buffy into a club.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Put Your Dreams Away

  Cissy's old flame (David Ladd) has joined the Peace Corps.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Littlest Exile

  Jody's new pal (Radames Pera) has a strange 'mother.'

• Season 5 Episode 17: Too Late, Too Soon

  Emily plays Cupid for French; her son falls for Cissy.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Nobody Here But Us Uncles

  The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.

• Season 5 Episode 15: Heroes Are Born

  Jody meets a pro football player's (Larry Pennell) nephew.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Feat of Clay

  The siblings take a valuable statue to school.

• Season 5 Episode 13: Wish You Were Here

  Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Unsinkable Mr. French

  Events conspire to make French lose his cool.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Class Clown

  Bill asks a comedian (Joyce Van Patten) for a date.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Say Uncle

  Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's (Clint Howard) father.

• Season 5 Episode 9: And Baby Makes Eight

  Cissy brings home a soldier's pregnant wife.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Stamp of Approval

  Jody woos a girl to get a stamp for his collection.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Travels With Cissy

  In Hollywood, Cissy falls for a western star.

• Season 5 Episode 6: It Can't Be Five Years

  Bill inadvertently misses a fifth-anniversary party.

• Season 5 Episode 5: The Return of Maudie

  French knows a noblewoman (Ida Lupino) as a former barmaid.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Meet Emily

  Bill hires his office cleaning woman to help French.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Eastward Ho

  A Chinese restaurateur wants his bride to stay with the clan.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Desert Isle: Manhattan Style

  Cissy must baby-sit when French wants to go away.

• Season 5 Episode 1: The Good Neighbors

  Buffy dislikes her neighbors' unfriendliness.

Family Affair: Season 4 (1969 - 1970)

• Season 4 Episode 26: Family in Paradise

  Bill proposes to a Frenchwoman in Tahiti.

• Season 4 Episode 25: Family in Paradise

  The siblings and French join Bill in Tahiti.

• Season 4 Episode 24: Angel in the Family

  French asks Bill to intercede for an aspiring-actor friend.

• Season 4 Episode 23: The Old Cowhand

  Bill asks a former western idol (Bob Steele) to speak to Jody.

• Season 4 Episode 22: The Boys Against the Girls

  A girl-hating captain dumps Buffy from the stickball team.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Wouldn't It be Loverly

  The twins persuade Bill to suspend the house rules.

• Season 4 Episode 20: There Goes New York

  A tidal wave is predicted for New York; guest Erin Moran.

• Season 4 Episode 19: The Inheritance

  The twins get a small inheritance.

• Season 4 Episode 18: The Language of Love

  Bill asks a doctor to help Buffy's pal who is disabled.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Mr. Osaki's Tree

  A bonsai given to Jody begins to die.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Marooned

  French and the twins are snowbound in Vermont.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Grandpa, Sir

  The siblings' long-absent grandfather pays a visit.

• Season 4 Episode 14: The Girl Graduate

  Graduate Cissy plans to stay out all night.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Goodbye Harold

  Buffy's hamster runs away in the park.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Maudie

  A rich, titled English widow (Ida Lupino) proposes to French.

• Season 4 Episode 11: A Tale of Two Travels

  Two vacation trips end in disaster.

• Season 4 Episode 10: Number One Boy

  Bill's valet from Hong Kong usurps French's place.

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Stowaway

  The twins hide a runaway orphan in the apartment.

• Season 4 Episode 8: The Birthday Boy

  The twins plan a surprise birthday party for French.

• Season 4 Episode 7: What's Funny About a Broken Leg?

  A broken leg keeps Buffy from going to the circus.

• Season 4 Episode 6: With This Ring

  Cissy and Gregg decide to get engaged.

• Season 4 Episode 5: The Jody Affair

  Jody is accused of breaking a cafeteria window.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Cissy's Apartment

  Cissy gets her own apartment and new problems.

• Season 4 Episode 3: Uncle Prince Charming

  Cissy's friend (Darlene Carr) has a huge crush on Bill.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Wings of an Angel

  An ex-convict ask Bill for help finding a job; guest Dana Andrews.

• Season 4 Episode 1: No Uncle Is an Island

  Unwanted visitors derail Bill's quiet weekend.

Family Affair: Season 3 (1968 - 1969)

• Season 3 Episode 28: My Man, the Star

  French stars as Henry VIII in an underground film.

• Season 3 Episode 27: Flower Power

  Cissy wants to be a hippie; guests Veronica Cartwright, Jamie Farr.

• Season 3 Episode 26: The Matter of Dignity

  Poison-pen letters implicate French in a scandal.

• Season 3 Episode 25: The Flip Side

  Cissy dates a teen singing idol (Eddie Hodges).

• Season 3 Episode 24: Speak for Yourself, Mr. French

  A young woman (Leslie Parrish) pursues French.

• Season 3 Episode 23: The Young Man From Bolivia

  Jody is jealous of attention paid to his Bolivian pen pal.

• Season 3 Episode 22: A Diller, a Dollar

  Buffy plays dumb to attract a boy.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Lost in Spain

  Bill searches the Spanish countryside for the missing twins.

• Season 3 Episode 20: Lost in Spain

  Bill searches the Spanish countryside for the missing twins.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Lost in Spain

  Bill searches the Spanish countryside for the missing twins.

• Season 3 Episode 18: A Matter of Privacy

  The twins learn how to eavesdrop with a tape recorder.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Oh, to Be in England

  A year in England doesn't include Bill; guest Barbara Babcock.

• Season 3 Episode 16: A Lesson for Grown-Ups

  The siblings take action to solve a financial crisis.

• Season 3 Episode 15: A Family Group

  A jet-setter wants to spend time with the family.

• Season 3 Episode 14: To Love With Buffy

  Bill takes Buffy to a resort hotel on Puerto Rico.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Family Plan

  The siblings insist on nursing injured Bill.

• Season 3 Episode 12: A Nanny for All Seasons

  French contemplates marriage to raise his professional esteem.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Ciao, Uncle Bill

  Bill plans to wed in Rome; the twins fear separation.

• Season 3 Episode 10: A Matter of Choice

  Bill worries about modern influences on the siblings.

• Season 3 Episode 9: Albertine

  A shy girl who can beat French at chess fascinates the twins.

• Season 3 Episode 8: The Unsound of Music

  A nightclub singer (Kaye Stevens) coaches tone-deaf Buffy.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Christmas Came a Little Early

  Bill arranges a Christmas party for Buffy's ailing friend (Eve Plumb).

• Season 3 Episode 6: Oliver

  The twins bring home a large dog that dislikes Bill.

• Season 3 Episode 5: The Substitute Teacher

  Bill thinks Jody has a crush on a pretty teacher.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Your Friend, Jody

  A boxer advises Bill to send Jody to a boys camp.

• Season 3 Episode 3: A Waltz From Vienna

  Cissy falls in love with a sophisticated Viennese.

• Season 3 Episode 2: By a Whisker

  Jody must clip French's whiskers to get into a club.

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Latch Key Kid

  A school friend urges Buffy to ask for her own key.

Family Affair: Season 2 (1967 - 1968)

• Season 2 Episode 30: Family Portrait

  A girlfriend urges Bill to stay home more.

• Season 2 Episode 29: The Baby Sitters

  When the baby sitter falls ill, her father fills in.

• Season 2 Episode 28: The Beasley Story

  Mrs. Beasley must go to the doll hospital for repairs.

• Season 2 Episode 27: Mr. French's Holiday

  The siblings join French on a frontier vacation.

• Season 2 Episode 26: The Family Outing

  Only Bill and Jody enjoy a family camping trip.

• Season 2 Episode 25: The New Cissy

  Models advise Cissy on a makeover.

• Season 2 Episode 24: His and Hers

  Bill meets a widow with three children.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Member of the Family

  French is hurt when Cissy's art exhibit excludes him.

• Season 2 Episode 22: A Matter of Tonsils

  Buffy has to have her tonsils out; Jody has a sore throat too.

• Season 2 Episode 21: A House in the Country

  Bill thinks the clan should live in the country.

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Day Nothing Happened

  Bill looks after the children on a snowy Saturday.

• Season 2 Episode 19: The Fish Watchers

  Bill discovers thefts on his construction site.

• Season 2 Episode 18: The Great Kow-Tow

  A grandfatherly Chinese (Keye Luke) 'adopts' the twins.

• Season 2 Episode 17: A Man's Place

  French and a friend decide to open a restaurant; guest Ann Sothern.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Family Reunion

  In Indiana, Aunt Fran makes a bid to keep the children.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Best of Breed

  The apartment manager won't let the twins keep a stray dog.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Star Dust

  An actress will give up her career to wed Bill.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Somebody Upstairs

  A Broadway star (Joan Blondell) interests the girls in show business.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Our Friend Stanley

  A disabled boy's mother thinks Jody is too rough.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Freddie

  Visiting Freddie falls for the children.

• Season 2 Episode 10: You Like Buffy Better

  The siblings compete for Bill's attention.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Take Me Out of the Ball Game

  Buffy, not Jody, turns out to be a star ballplayer.

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Toy Box

  Bill lays down tough rules for the siblings.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Fat, Fat, the Water Rat

  A jobless man (Jackie Coogan) thinks Bill needs money.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Candy Striper

  Cissy and Buffy pay for having wishes granted.

• Season 2 Episode 5: The Other Cheek

  An older girl at school bullies Jody.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Arthur, the Invisible Bear

  Jody uses an imaginary bear as an excuse to misbehave.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Go Home, Mr. French

  A former girlfriend urges French to return to his old job.

• Season 2 Episode 2: First Love

  Bill woos a geologist; puppy love hits Buffy.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Birds, Bees and Buffy

  Bill and French must explain the facts of life.

Family Affair: Season 1 (1966 - 1967)

• Season 1 Episode 30: The Butler Method

  Bill asks a movie star to escort Cissy to a dance.

• Season 1 Episode 29: The Award

  Bill thinks his discipline caused the twins' allergy.

• Season 1 Episode 28: What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?

  A rodeo cowboy entrances the twins.

• Season 1 Episode 27: The Prize

  The twins win a lamb in a contest.

• Season 1 Episode 26: All Nephews Are Created Equal

  French's nephew doesn't want to be a manservant.

• Season 1 Episode 25: The Way It Was

  Bill sends the noisy twins to camp.

• Season 1 Episode 24: Everybody Needs Somebody

  The twins try to interest French in Miss Faversham.

• Season 1 Episode 23: The Mother Tongue

  French unwittingly insults a Chinese diplomat's daughter.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Ballerina Buffy

  Buffy fears she will be sent away to be a dancer.

• Season 1 Episode 21: Once in Love With Buffy

  Bill lets Aunt Fran take the twins.

• Season 1 Episode 20: A Helping Hand

  A formerly rich woman (Myrna Loy) wants to learn housekeeping.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Fancy Free

  The twins seek math help from a window washer.

• Season 1 Episode 18: One for the Little Boy

  When French is called away, his brother fills in.

• Season 1 Episode 17: All Around the Town

  The twins seek the owner of a lost $20 bill.

• Season 1 Episode 16: That Was the Dinner That Wasn't

  Cissy won't tell Bill what is bothering her.

• Season 1 Episode 15: Hard Hat Jody

  Jody befriends a millionaire sought by Bill.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Think Deep

  Cissy develops a crush on her psychology teacher.

• Season 1 Episode 13: The Thursday Man

  Cissy writes about French for an assignment.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Love Me, Love Me Not

  Jody tries to earn a spanking.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Take Two Aspirin

  Garbled communications worry Bill.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Beware the Other Woman

  Cissy suspects Bill's girlfriend is setting a marriage trap.

• Season 1 Episode 9: A Matter for Experts

  A psychologist suggests separating the twins.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?

  French takes a cooking lesson and unwittingly becomes engaged.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?

  French knocks Buffy's doll off the balcony.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Room With a Viewpoint

  Buffy is jealous of Cissy's telephone.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Marmalade

  French endorses a brand of marmalade.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Matter of School

  Bill enrolls Cissy in boarding school.

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Gift Horse

  The twins give Uncle Bill a hansom-cab horse.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Jody and Cissy

  Bill considers sending teenage Cissy away.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Buffy

  A globe-trotting engineer and his butler fall heir to three orphans.