Father Knows Best (1954)
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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Episode 1 - A Day in the Country
Release Date: 1959-10-05While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.
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Episode 2 - Bud Branches Out
Release Date: 1959-10-12Bud falls in love with his college French professor.
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Episode 3 - The Gardener's Big Day
Release Date: 1959-10-19Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.
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Episode 4 - The Imposter
Release Date: 1959-10-26Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.
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Episode 5 - Bud Plays It Safe
Release Date: 1959-11-02Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.
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Episode 6 - Bicycle Trip for Two
Release Date: 1959-11-09Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing
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Episode 7 - First Disillusionment
Release Date: 1959-11-16Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.
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Episode 8 - Margaret's Old Flame
Release Date: 1959-11-23Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.
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Episode 9 - Kathy Becomes a Girl
Release Date: 1959-11-30The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.
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Episode 10 - Bud, the Willing Worker
Release Date: 1959-12-07Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.
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Episode 11 - Turn the Other Cheek
Release Date: 1959-12-14Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.
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Episode 12 - Good Joke on Mom
Release Date: 1959-12-28Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.
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Episode 13 - Betty's Double
Release Date: 1960-01-04Betty wins a trip to Hollywood because she looks like a famous movie star.
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Episode 14 - Father, the Naturalist
Release Date: 1960-01-11This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
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Episode 15 - Bud Hides Behind a Skirt
Release Date: 1960-01-18Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.
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Episode 16 - Togetherness
Release Date: 1960-01-25A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.
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Episode 17 - Second Best
Release Date: 1960-02-01Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.
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Episode 18 - Kathy's Big Deception
Release Date: 1960-02-08Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Episode 19 - Cupid Knows Best
Release Date: 1960-02-15Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Episode 20 - The Big Test
Release Date: 1960-02-22Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.
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Episode 21 - Jim's Big Surprise
Release Date: 1960-02-29Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.
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Episode 22 - Time to Retire
Release Date: 1960-03-07When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.
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Episode 23 - Bud, the Speculator
Release Date: 1960-03-14Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars
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Episode 24 - The $500 Letter
Release Date: 1960-03-21The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.
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Episode 25 - Adopted Daughter
Release Date: 1960-03-28While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.
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Episode 26 - Family Contest
Release Date: 1960-04-04Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest
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Episode 27 - Love and Learn
Release Date: 1960-04-11Bud falls in love with his English Tutor
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Episode 28 - Blind Date
Release Date: 1960-04-18Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser
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Episode 29 - Betty's Career Problem
Release Date: 1960-04-25Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too
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Episode 30 - Bud Lives It Up
Release Date: 1960-05-09Bud spends more money than he has in order to impress a girl in Chicago.
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Episode 31 - Not His Type
Release Date: 1960-05-16Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.
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Episode 32 - Betty's Graduation
Release Date: 1960-05-23When Kathy refuses to graduate from high school, the family tells her about Betty's reluctance to graduate from High School, too. This is a recut version of episode 63. It is not part of the syndication package and is considered ""lost"".