Father Knows Best

1954

4.8

96 reviews

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Father Knows Best: Season 3 episodes (37)

1 Father Knows Best: S3 E1 - No Apron Strings

56/09/16

Bud's new girlfriend Georgia is jealous of Bud's family life. Because of this, she tries to make him chose between her and his mother.

2 Father Knows Best: S3 E2 - Never In Twain

56/09/19

Betty falls in love with a cowboy on a dude ranch. Neither her experience nor the love lasts.

3 Father Knows Best: S3 E3 - Betty Goes To College

56/09/26

Margaret and Jim are excited about Betty starting college. Sadly, in their excitement, they overlook what their daughter actually wants to do.

4 Father Knows Best: S3 E4 - Man About Town

56/10/03

Bud tries to date an older woman named Marisa by lying about his age. However, things get sticky when Marissa wants to go to an exclusive restaurant.

5 Father Knows Best: S3 E5 - The Homing Pigeon

56/10/10

Buds homing pigeon and Betty scare the family by not returning home immediately.

6 Father Knows Best: S3 E6 - Spaghetti For Margaret

56/10/17

Jim finds himself in a sticky situation after having loaned money to an old high school teacher who dreams of becoming an acclaimed author.

7 Father Knows Best: S3 E7 - Betty’s Birthday

56/10/24

Betty decides that she does not want to celebrate her birthday.

8 Father Knows Best: S3 E8 - Bud, The Millionaire

56/10/31

Jim gives Bud an allowance in order to teach him about the value of money.

9 Father Knows Best: S3 E9 - The Old Days

56/11/07

At a PTA fundraiser, the Anderson parents and kids chose to swap styles for the day.

10 Father Knows Best: S3 E10 - Whistle Bait

56/11/14

Betty becomes jealous when all the attention at school is directed at the new girl.

11 Father Knows Best: S3 E11 - The Great Guy

56/11/21

Bud hates his job, but feels that he can not quit because he has been bragging about it at home.

12 Father Knows Best: S3 E12 - The Family Goes To New York

56/11/28

Betty goes to New York to help out in her friends wedding. While there, she ends up in the gossip column with her friends new brother-in-law.

13 Father Knows Best: S3 E13 - Betty Goes Steady

56/12/05

Betty tries to get in with the upper class kids at school while along the way losing sight of what really matters in life.

14 Father Knows Best: S3 E14 - The Good Prospect

56/12/12

Jim and the family meet Mr. Lydum, a smooth talker, who wants to invest in his and his childrens ideas. Jim has trouble deciding whether Lydum is fake or the real deal.

15 Father Knows Best: S3 E15 - The Angel’s Sweater

56/12/19

Everyone is worrying that the visiting Aunt Neva will ruin Christmas.

16 Father Knows Best: S3 E16 - The Promising Young Man

56/12/26

Jims boss asks Jim to teach his son Woody how to be a successful salesman. To Jims horror, though Woody is a gregarious guy, Woody prefers to be carefree and does not want to be an insurance salesman.

17 Father Knows Best: S3 E17 - Margaret Hires A Gardener

57/01/02

Margaret hires a Spanish gardener. When the work is done, Jim goes to pay him, but the gardener has increased his price.

18 Father Knows Best: S3 E18 - Swiss Family Anderson

57/01/09

Margaret, Jim, and the rest of the family are shipwrecked on an island.

19 Father Knows Best: S3 E19 - Brief Holiday

57/01/16

Bored with being a housewife, Margaret goes shopping and has a portrait made of herself. Jim understands that Margaret it is not just boredom that motivates her to take this break.

20 Father Knows Best: S3 E20 - The Lawn Party

57/01/23

Bud plans a lawn party and his parents find out.

21 Father Knows Best: S3 E21 - Short Wave

57/01/30

While Bud is showing his family how he has learned to use a short wave radio, they overhear a distress call from a boat.

22 Father Knows Best: S3 E22 - Carnival

57/02/06

Bud loses the money he was supposed to use to pay the tailor. One of the Carnival booth owners cons him into thinking that he can work for him to earn the money back.

23 Father Knows Best: S3 E23 - Betty And The Jet Pilot

57/02/13

Betty is saddened when her new boyfriend, who is a jet pilot, is transferred to Alaska.

24 Father Knows Best: S3 E24 - Trip To Hillsborough

57/02/20

Margaret and Jim let Bud go to Hillsborough to do research so long as Kippy is with him. Unfortunately, at the last minute, Kippy does not go. Buds parents find out and worry about Bud.

25 Father Knows Best: S3 E25 - An Evening To Remember

57/02/27

Actor Cornell Wild gets in an accident and asks Jim for legal advice.

26 Father Knows Best: S3 E26 - Bud Buys A Car

57/03/13

Bud buys a $10 car to impress his girlfriend. Unfortunately, the car needs a lot of work and does not impress his girlfriend.

27 Father Knows Best: S3 E27 - Safety First

57/03/20

Because Bud violates a traffic law, he must do community service as a crossing guard.

28 Father Knows Best: S3 E28 - Bud, The Hero

57/03/27

Bud becomes a town hero after preventing a bank robbery.

29 Father Knows Best: S3 E29 - Betty, The Track Star

57/04/03

Betty finishes first in a track race in addition to becoming the flower queen.

30 Father Knows Best: S3 E30 - The Spelling Bee

57/04/17

Kathy is nervous about the school spelling bee, so Betty give her a penny and convinces her that it has special powers.

31 Father Knows Best: S3 E31 - Bud, The Philanthropist

57/04/27

Bud decides to donate to the church, but gets angry when Kippy makes it appear that he gave money instead of Bud.

32 Father Knows Best: S3 E32 - Baby In The House

57/05/01

Jim and Margaret decide to baby-sit for Betty so that she can go out.

33 Father Knows Best: S3 E33 - Class Prophecy

57/05/08

Jim and Margaret find out that an unsuccessful classmate, who they thought would become a doctor, is actually a bad salesman now and unhappy with his job.

34 Father Knows Best: S3 E34 - The Art Of Romance

57/05/15

Bud asks Jim how to get Judys attention while Judy asks Margaret how to get Buds attention.

35 Father Knows Best: S3 E35 - Margaret Disowns Her Family

57/05/22

Margaret helps out a young pregnant woman.

36 Father Knows Best: S3 E36 - Grandpa Retires

57/05/29

Margarets father decides to retire because of health problems. However, when Margaret and Jim figure out what is the real source of his sickness, her father will have to decide if he really wants to stop working.

37 Father Knows Best: S3 E37 - Shoot For The Moon

57/06/05

The Andersons regain their confidence with the help of Sageman.

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

21 December 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.

Norma Jacobs

08 March 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! 😂😂

Dallas Lakey

21 February 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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