Father Knows Best

1954
4.8
96 reviews
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Season 4 episodes (33)

1 Follow The Leader
9/25/57
Bud must decide between defending the new teacher at school, or joining the rest of the class in revolt.
2 The Awkward Hero
10/2/57
Betty tutors a football star who wants to take her to the school dance.
3 The Good Neighbor
10/9/57
Margaret inherits a new rental property from her parents.
4 Bud, The Executive
10/16/57
Bud enjoys his new leadership as chairman of the school picnic committee, until the power goes to his head.
5 Sentenced To Happiness
10/23/57
The Andersons' gardener, Frank, gets a new job and ends up in court.
6 Mother Goes To School
10/30/57
Betty and Margaret end up in the same English class at college.
7 The Indispensable Man
11/6/57
Bud is benched for the big game after breaking the coach's bedtime rule.
8 Kathy's Big Chance
11/13/57
Kathy wins a contest to appear with Greer Garson at her latest film opening, but gets the chicken pox.
9 Margaret Learns To Drive
11/20/57
Jim teaches Margaret how to drive, but they end up in a fight.
10 The Way Of A Dictator
12/4/57
After learning about dictators in school, Bud takes over raising Kathy.
11 Mr. Beal Meets His Match
12/11/57
Jim sells his soul to the devil -- at least, in Betty's version of the Faustian legend.
12 Kathy Makes A Wish
12/25/57
Kathy makes a wish on a horseshoe, and it comes true.
13 Man With A Plan
1/1/58
Bud's new girlfriend throws him a going-away party when she thinks he's enlisted in the Army.
14 Big Sister
1/8/58
At summer camp, counselor Betty pushes her sister to be the best -- and pushes her into rebellion.
15 Calypso Kid
1/15/58
Bud learns the bongos to impress a girl.
16 Father's Biography
1/22/58
Jim must choose between a PTA meeting and an important business meeting, both scheduled for the same night.
17 The Rivals
1/29/58
Betty has two dates on the same night.
18 Bud, The Mind Reader
2/5/58
Bud takes up mind-reading, while Betty tries to make the debate team.
19 Margaret's Other Family
2/12/58
The family feels sidelined when Margaret starts to help an elderly furniture maker and his wife.
20 The Trial
2/19/58
Bud is accused of damaging a neighbor's property.
21 Revenge Is Sweet
2/26/58
Betty teases Bud about his sloppy nature after he meets her rich, refined boyfriend.
22 Country Cousin
3/5/58
The Andersons' country cousin Milly comes to stay.
23 Poor Old Dad
3/12/58
Bud thinks his father is henpecked, so Jim shows him the true value of marriage.
24 Betty's Crusade
3/19/58
Betty helps save an elderly restaurant owner from eviction by Jim's company.
25 Young Love
3/26/58
Bud falls in love with an older woman at the supermarket -- then finds out she's married.
26 Tell It To Mom
4/2/58
Bud accidentally sells a pair of skates that Betty was hiding for a friend.
27 A Friend In Need
4/16/58
The Andersons take in a stray dog who shows up on their doorstep.
28 A Medal For Margaret
4/23/58
Margaret has no trophies in the family display case, so she tries to win a fly-fishing award.
29 The Weaker Sex
4/30/58
Betty uses her womanly wiles to get the neighbor boy to take her out.
30 Jim, The Answer Man
5/14/58
Jim wants to finish his work before leaving on a business trip, but is constantly interrupted by his family.
31 Bud Quits School
5/21/58
Bud quits school after meeting a successful businessman who did the same.
32 A Matter Of Pride
6/4/58
Bud is chosen as the most popular boy in his class.
33 Betty Finds A Cause
6/11/58
Betty lobbies a neighbor to remove his dangerously high hedge.

About this show

Maybe he didn't always know best, but beginning in 1954 insurance salesman Jim Anderson (Robert Young) of Springfield, Ohio, was America's favorite head of household.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
96 reviews
Stephen “Dezz's husband” Crawford
December 21, 2014
More seasons and seasons of The Donna Reed show. I was so happy to see Father Knows Best on here, I like Leave It To Beaver and Bewitched but those shows are always available be it on Netflix or at the store so am glad to see these 4 seasons. Granted it was before I was born but you don't see tv like this much less reality. The kids are relatable they aren't perfect but they aren't complete jerk like the disrespect on tv 2day*mrs.crawford.
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Norma Jacobs
March 8, 2018
I have always loved this show, I still watch it everyday! I would give it a 10 rating if I could! Life just seemed so much simpler in those days. I cry when I watch certain shows, I and laugh a lot @ other shows, but I love the morals and values that are deeply played out by each character in each episode! Families today could learn a lot by watching this show! We live in a very sad world. Respect is a thing of the past! Family ties don`t compare too how it was back then! 😂😂
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Dallas Lakey
February 21, 2015
since the other old shows aren't. I watched every episode and I wish that there were more seasons of it. It's too bad that they took it off of TV.
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