Father Knows Best Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Father Knows Best: Season 6 (1959 - 1960)

• Season 6 Episode 32: Betty's Graduation

  Jim recalls Betty's high-school graduation.

• Season 6 Episode 31: Not His Type

  A friend's fiance becomes interested in Betty.

• Season 6 Episode 30: Bud Lives It Up

  Bud tries to impress a girl in Chicago with money he does not have.

• Season 6 Episode 29: Betty's Career Problem

  Betty competes with a classmate (Jim Hutton).

• Season 6 Episode 28: Blind Date

  Betty's friends arrange a blind date as a prank.

• Season 6 Episode 27: Love and Learn

  Bud's new tutor is the school's prettiest girl.

• Season 6 Episode 26: Family Contest

  A family-photo contest divides the Andersons.

• Season 6 Episode 25: Adopted Daughter

  Kathy recalls when she thought she was adopted.

• Season 6 Episode 24: The Five Hundred Dollar-Letter

  A $500 check arrives as reward for a kindness.

• Season 6 Episode 23: Bud, the Speculator

  Bud tries to borrow cash to speculate in stocks.

• Season 6 Episode 22: Time to Retire

  Jim must tell an employee to retire.

• Season 6 Episode 21: Jim's Big Surprise

  The children try to show Jim their appreciation.

• Season 6 Episode 20: The Big Test

  Bud is unfairly accused of cheating.

• Season 6 Episode 19: Cupid Knows Best

  Frank asks Margaret's help to romance a girl.

• Season 6 Episode 18: Kathy's Big Deception

  Kathy lies when she doesn't have a picnic date.

• Season 6 Episode 17: Second Best

  Betty forgoes a tournament to keep a promise.

• Season 6 Episode 16: Togetherness

  A writer is assigned to profile the Andersons.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Bud Hides Behind a Skirt

  Bud asks Betty to take a traffic ticket for him.

• Season 6 Episode 14: Father, the Naturalist

  Margaret reminds Kathy of when Jim helped her.

• Season 6 Episode 13: Betty's Double

  Betty wins a movie star's look-alike contest.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Good Joke on Mom

  Margaret pretends to have an important position.

• Season 6 Episode 11: Turn the Other Cheek

  Jim and Kathy learn lessons about revenge.

• Season 6 Episode 10: Bud, the Willing Worker

  Bud works to get a job; guest James Franciscus.

• Season 6 Episode 9: Kathy Becomes a Girl

  Jim teaches Kathy about attracting boys.

• Season 6 Episode 8: Margaret's Old Flame

  Margaret gets gifts from an old flame.

• Season 6 Episode 7: First Disillusionment

  Bud tells Kathy about his first disillusionment.

• Season 6 Episode 6: Bicycle Trip for Two

  Jim tries to repeat a remembered bicycle trip.

• Season 6 Episode 5: Bud Plays It Safe

  Football-hopeful Bud dates the coach's daughter.

• Season 6 Episode 4: The Impostor

  A lawyer (Robert Reed) takes an interest in Betty.

• Season 6 Episode 3: The Gardener's Big Day

  The Anderson's gardener meets the governor.

• Season 6 Episode 2: Bud Branches Out

  Bud falls for a French-language instructor.

• Season 6 Episode 1: A Day in the Country

  The Andersons head to Margaret's family reunion.

Father Knows Best: Season 5 (1958 - 1959)

• Season 5 Episode 38: The Gold Turnip

  Bud wants to break tradition at graduation.

• Season 5 Episode 37: Margaret Goes Dancing

  Margaret recounts when she took dancing lessons.

• Season 5 Episode 36: The Great Anderson Mystery

  The family enacts a murder mystery.

• Season 5 Episode 35: Bud Has a Problem

  Betty dates Bud's young physics teacher.

• Season 5 Episode 34: Live My Own Life

  Jim recalls the time Bud left home.

• Season 5 Episode 33: The Meanest Professor

  Bud gains a new perspective on a stern teacher.

• Season 5 Episode 32: The Promised Playhouse

  Jim recalls when he promised Kathy a playhouse.

• Season 5 Episode 31: Bud and the Debutante

  Bud dates the richest girl in town.

• Season 5 Episode 30: Formula for Happiness

  Jim learns the reality behind a strange dream.

• Season 5 Episode 29: Art of Romance

  Margaret recalls romantic advice given to Bud.

• Season 5 Episode 28: An Extraordinary Woman

  A famous woman doctor visits the Andersons.

• Season 5 Episode 27: Two Loves Has Bud

  Bud winds up dating two girls at once.

• Season 5 Episode 26: It's a Small World

  Jim may have to attend a convention alone.

• Season 5 Episode 25: Betty Makes a Choice

  Betty learns a dance competitor's secret.

• Season 5 Episode 24: A Man of Merit

  Jim learns he is up for a prestigious award.

• Season 5 Episode 23: Kathy Grows Up

  Kathy decides that she wants to be an adult.

• Season 5 Episode 22: Crisis Over a Kiss

  Bud 'rescues' Betty from a date (Ron Ely).

• Season 5 Episode 21: Bud, the Campus Romeo

  Bud's ego infuriates the girls at school.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Hard Luck Leo

  Jim tries to help his hard-luck cousin.

• Season 5 Episode 19: Big Shot Bud

  Bud finds he cannot replace the money he borrowed.

• Season 5 Episode 18: The Ideal Father

  The children appear to neglect Jim's birthday.

• Season 5 Episode 17: The Good Samaritan

  Bud's good deeds go awry.

• Season 5 Episode 16: Kathy, Girl Executive

  Kathy becomes president of a family corporation.

• Season 5 Episode 15: The Basketball Coach

  Jim offers to coach Bud's basketball team.

• Season 5 Episode 14: Christmas Story

  The family recalls Christmas in a country store.

• Season 5 Episode 13: The Great Experiment

  Jim wants the family to expand its horizons.

• Season 5 Episode 12: Margaret Wins a Car

  Margaret wins a car in an orphanage's raffle.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Bud, the Snob

  Bud recalls his father's lesson in confidence.

• Season 5 Episode 10: Fair Exchange

  An Indian exchange student (Rita Moreno) visits.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Betty, the Pioneer Woman

  Betty decides to re-enact the town's founding.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Bud, the Caretaker

  Bud finds a dent on a car in his care.

• Season 5 Episode 7: Second Wedding

  Jim and Margaret renew their vows in church.

• Season 5 Episode 6: Always Plan Ahead

  Jim decides to teach the children to plan ahead.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Frank's Family Tree

  The Andersons' gardener lies about his family.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Voice From the Past

  Bud has radical ideas for homecoming week.

• Season 5 Episode 3: Kathy's Romance

  One of Kathy's friends looks up to Jim.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Be Kind to Bud Week

  Betty vows to improve her relationship with Bud.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Vine Covered Cottage

  Ralph decides to propose to Betty.

Father Knows Best: Season 4 (1957 - 1958)

• Season 4 Episode 33: Betty Finds a Cause

  Betty fights to remove an obstructive hedge.

• Season 4 Episode 32: A Matter of Pride

  Bud suffers in cramped, but stylish, shoes.

• Season 4 Episode 31: Bud Quits School

  A businessman's story tempts Bud to quit school.

• Season 4 Episode 30: Jim, the Answer Man

  The children all come to Jim for answers.

• Season 4 Episode 29: The Weaker Sex

  Betty receives advice on how to snare a man.

• Season 4 Episode 28: A Medal for Margaret

  Margaret tries to win a fishing contest.

• Season 4 Episode 27: A Friend in Need

  A street vendor's dog turns to the Andersons.

• Season 4 Episode 26: Tell It to Mom

  Margaret winds up in the middle of a deception.

• Season 4 Episode 25: Young Love

  Bud falls for a beautiful supermarket employee.

• Season 4 Episode 24: Betty's Crusade

  Betty fights to save a college hangout.

• Season 4 Episode 23: Poor Old Dad

  Bud teases his father about being married.

• Season 4 Episode 22: Country Cousin

  Country-cousin Milly (Susan Oliver) visits.

• Season 4 Episode 21: Revenge Is Sweet

  The family of Betty's beau is indebted to Bud.

• Season 4 Episode 20: The Trial

  The family gives crime-suspect Bud a mock trial.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Margaret's Other Family

  Margaret helps a newly arrived family.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Bud, the Mind Reader

  Bud finds himself caught in a deception.

• Season 4 Episode 17: The Rivals

  Betty juggles two dates; guest Barbara Eden.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Father's Biography

  Jim is torn by two meetings on one night.

• Season 4 Episode 15: Calypso Kid

  Bud hopes to impress a girl with bongo-playing.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Big Sister

  Betty becomes Kathy's weekend-camp counselor.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Man With a Plan

  Bud tells a girl that he joined the military.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Kathy Makes a Wish

  Kathy believes her wished-for pony has arrived.

• Season 4 Episode 11: Mr. Beal Meets His Match

  Writer Betty casts her family in 'Faust.'

• Season 4 Episode 10: Way of a Dictator

  Dictator Bud takes over Kathy's discipline.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Margaret Learns to Drive

  Jim tries to teach Margaret to drive.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Kathy's Big Chance

  Ill Kathy may miss a chance to see Greer Garson.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Indispensable Man

  Bud disobeys his football coach's orders.

• Season 4 Episode 6: Mother Goes to School

  Betty resents having her mother in her class.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Sentenced to Happiness

  A judge tries to force a man to change his life.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Bud, the Executive

  Bud becomes chairman of a school committee.

• Season 4 Episode 3: The Good Neighbor

  Landlord Margaret has a dispute with a neighbor.

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Awkward Hero

  Betty resists a football hero's attentions.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Follow the Leader

  Bud stands by an embattled new teacher.

Father Knows Best: Season 3 (1956 - 1957)

• Season 3 Episode 37: Shoot for the Moon

  A drifter gives the Andersons confidence.

• Season 3 Episode 36: Grandpa Retires

  Margaret's father is reluctant to retire.

• Season 3 Episode 35: Margaret Disowns Her Family

  An expectant mother has second thoughts.

• Season 3 Episode 34: Art of Romance

  Jim and Betty dispense romantic advice.

• Season 3 Episode 33: Class Prophecy

  Jim's old classmate feels like a failure.

• Season 3 Episode 32: Baby in the House

  The Andersons turn babysitters for the weekend.

• Season 3 Episode 31: Bud, the Philanthropist

  Bud wants his donation to be known.

• Season 3 Episode 30: The Spelling Bee

  Kathy helps a fellow spelling-bee contestant.

• Season 3 Episode 29: Betty, Track Star

  Betty competes in a race and a beauty contest.

• Season 3 Episode 28: Bud, the Hero

  Bud's heroic deed was really an accident.

• Season 3 Episode 27: Safety First

  Jim teaches Bud a lesson in traffic safety.

• Season 3 Episode 26: Bud Buys a Car

  Bud asks permission to buy a used car.

• Season 3 Episode 25: An Evening to Remember

  Accident-victim Cornel Wilde seeks Jim's help.

• Season 3 Episode 24: Trip to Hillsborough

  Unknown to his parents, Bud takes a trip alone.

• Season 3 Episode 23: Betty and the Jet Pilot

  Betty falls in love with an Army test pilot.

• Season 3 Episode 22: Carnival

  Bud falls victim to a carnival pitchman.

• Season 3 Episode 21: Short Wave

  Bud hears the radio message of a ship in danger.

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Lawn Party

  Bud wants to hold a party at the Anderson's.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Brief Holiday

  Margaret takes an impulsive shopping trip.

• Season 3 Episode 18: Swiss Family Anderson

  The Andersons become marooned on an island.

• Season 3 Episode 17: Margaret Hires a Gardener

  Margaret hires a charming Spanish gardener.

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Promising Young Man

  Jim gives the boss' son (Richard Crenna) a job.

• Season 3 Episode 15: The Angel's Sweater

  Jim's distrustful sister upsets Kathy.

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Good Prospect

  An elderly man pretends he is successful.

• Season 3 Episode 13: Betty Goes Steady

  Betty joins the fashionable crowd at college.

• Season 3 Episode 12: The Family Goes to New York

  Betty falls for a New York playboy.

• Season 3 Episode 11: The Great Guy

  Bud goes to work for a tough boss.

• Season 3 Episode 10: Whistle Bait

  Betty helps a beautiful new coed make friends.

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Old Days

  The Andersons have a dispute over fashion.

• Season 3 Episode 8: Bud, the Millionaire

  Bud demands a raise in his allowance.

• Season 3 Episode 7: Betty's Birthday

  Betty decides she doesn't want a birthday party.

• Season 3 Episode 6: Spaghetti for Margaret

  An author invites Kathy to an imaginary banquet.

• Season 3 Episode 5: The Homing Pigeon

  Betty wants to stay in a friend's apartment.

• Season 3 Episode 4: Man About Town

  Bud tries to seem older for a beautiful date.

• Season 3 Episode 3: Betty Goes to College

  Betty is pressured to attend state college.

• Season 3 Episode 2: Never the Twain

  Betty prepares for the arrival of a cowboy beau.

• Season 3 Episode 1: No Apron Strings

  Bud makes a date on Margaret's birthday.

Father Knows Best: Season 2 (1955 - 1956)

• Season 2 Episode 37: Betty's Graduation

  Jim recalls Betty's high-school graduation.

• Season 2 Episode 36: Adopted Daughter

  Kathy thinks she is an adopted child.

• Season 2 Episode 35: The Ten Dollar Question

  Jim accuses the children when $10 is missing.

• Season 2 Episode 34: Father, the Naturalist

  Jim helps Kathy complete a nature project.

• Season 2 Episode 33: Hero Father

  Jim invites baseball star Duke Snider to town.

• Season 2 Episode 32: Dilemma for Margaret

  Margaret thinks Betty participated in a prank.

• Season 2 Episode 31: The Martins and the Coys

  A quarrel sparks a two-family feud.

• Season 2 Episode 30: Betty, Girl Engineer

  Betty meets opposition to her plans to be an engineer.

• Season 2 Episode 29: Bud, the Boxer

  Bud decides to become a boxer.

• Season 2 Episode 28: Family Dines Out

  Betty accepts a wealthy friend's invitation.

• Season 2 Episode 27: Family Reunion

  Margaret's family reunion sparks an argument.

• Season 2 Episode 26: The Persistent Guest

  A schoolmate of Bud's moves in with the family.

• Season 2 Episode 25: The Grass Is Greener

  Jim begins to feel like a failure.

• Season 2 Episode 24: The Historical Andersons

  Bud researches an 18th-century ancestor.

• Season 2 Episode 23: Kathy, the Indian Giver

  Kathy trades a doll for a friend's baby sister.

• Season 2 Episode 22: The Bus to Nowhere

  Despondent Betty plans to leave home.

• Season 2 Episode 21: Bud, the Wallflower

  Bud thinks he has no date for an upcoming dance.

• Season 2 Episode 20: The House Painter

  Jim proves a point with an honest house painter.

• Season 2 Episode 19: Betty Earns a Formal

  Betty takes a part-time job to buy a prom dress.

• Season 2 Episode 18: Betty's Brother

  Bud struggles to equal Betty's school record.

• Season 2 Episode 17: Jim, the Tyrant

  Jim announces that he will become a tyrant.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Betty Hates Carter

  Betty objects when Jim arranges a date for her.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Bad Influence

  Bud befriends a boy who is a compulsive thief.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Stage to Yuma

  A man (Robert Young) boards a stage to free a prisoner.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Margaret's Premonition

  Margaret believes that she has premonitions.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Bud, the Lady Killer

  A plain girl develops an infatuation for Bud.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Spirit of Youth

  Jim and Margaret attend their college reunion.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Father Is a Dope

  Jim tries to prove that fathers aren't gullible.

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Big Test

  Bud is wrongfully accused of cheating in school.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Advantage to Betty

  A plain girl is passed over for Betty.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Kathy Makes Magic

  Kathy thinks she has put a magic curse on Bud.

• Season 2 Episode 6: New Girl at School

  Bud falls for a flirtatious new classmate.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Woman in the House

  Jim and Margaret misjudge a house guest.

• Season 2 Episode 4: First Disillusionment

  Bud loses a job to a boy who was dishonest.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Lesson in Civics

  The Andersons fight to save a historic landmark.

• Season 2 Episode 2: Father's Private Life

  Jim decides that he needs a private life.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Art of Salesmanship

  Jim tries to teach Bud how to be a salesman.

Father Knows Best: Season 1 (1954 - 1955)

• Season 1 Episode 26: Close Decision

  Bud's honesty angers his baseball teammates.

• Season 1 Episode 25: No Partiality

  Betty and Kathy compete for the same boy.

• Season 1 Episode 24: Father Delivers the Papers

  Jim takes over injured Bud's newspaper route.

• Season 1 Episode 23: Proud Father

  Jim helps the children learn courage.

• Season 1 Episode 22: Bud the Bridesmaid

  Margaret's cousin and her fiance have a spat.

• Season 1 Episode 21: The Matchmaker

  Margaret plays matchmaker for her shy cousin.

• Season 1 Episode 20: The Mink Coat

  A mink coat causes unexpected problems for Jim.

• Season 1 Episode 19: Father of the Year

  The children nominate Jim for Father of the Year.

• Season 1 Episode 18: Jim the Farmer

  Jim decides to live a simple life on the farm.

• Season 1 Episode 17: The Promised Playhouse

  Kathy intends to hold her father to a promise.

• Season 1 Episode 16: Bud the Snob

  Bud plans a costume party to combat his shyness.

• Season 1 Episode 15: A Friend of Old George's

  A friendly stranger arrives at the Andersons.

• Season 1 Episode 14: Boy's Week

  Jim goes on trial, with Bud as judge.

• Season 1 Episode 13: Sparrow in the Window

  Kathy finds a sick sparrow on her windowsill.

• Season 1 Episode 12: The Christmas Story

  The Andersons spend Christmas with a hermit.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Margaret Goes Dancing

  Jim objects to Margaret's dancing lessons.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Typical Father

  Jim believes that Betty is planning to elope.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Second Honeymoon

  Jim and Margaret take a second honeymoon.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Thanksgiving Day

  Jim's Thanksgiving plans fall apart.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Bud's Encounter With the Law

  The police serve Bud a summons.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Grandpa Jim's Rejuvenation

  Jim begins to believe he is getting old.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Live My Own Life

  Bud decides that he wants his own apartment.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Football Tickets

  Football tickets cause Jim unexpected problems.

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Motor Scooter

  Jim relents and buys Bud a motor scooter.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Lesson in Citizenship

  The Anderson family's good deeds cause chaos.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Bud Takes Up the Dance

  Hesitant Bud prepares to attend his first dance.