The Donna Reed Show

1958

4.3

3 reviews

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Season 4 episodes (39)

1 One Starry Night

9/14/61

Season-only

Mary dates Kip Dennis, unaware that he is also singer Jim Brandt who Jeff admires and Mary despises.

2 A Rose Is a Rose

9/21/61

Season-only

Jeff failed an English assignment and now he has to stay home and redo it even if it means missing the father/son baseball game.

3 The Close Shave

9/28/61

Season-only

Jeff has discovered he is growing whiskers, and decides that since he is no longer a little boy that he needs to start acting like a man. He insists on taking a job to pay his way at home.

4 Mouse at Play

10/5/61

Season-only

When Iris goes from blond to black hair, Donna decides to go Platinum Blond! But once she comes home with her new hair color, she decides not to show it to Alex. She avoids him and quickly changes it back to the color it was whew! What a close call!

5 The Monster

10/12/61

Season-only

First some large animal has trampled Mary's flowers. Now when Alex is out of town, Donna and the kids keep hearing noises late at night. Upon investigating, they peek out the front door window and see a large, furry creature sitting on the porch!

6 New Girl in Town

10/19/61

Season-only

Jeff is cornered into dating a new girl in town. All ends well when he discovers the new girl is a tomboy.

7 One of Those Days

10/26/61

Season-only

Donna and Alex are having one of those days where nothing is going right, so Donna suggests that she and Alex take the day off and have a picnic in the country.

8 All Is Forgiven

11/2/61

Season-only

Millie and Jack have split up over barbequed chicken of all things! Alex and Donna think that because they are childless, it kept them immature so Donna decides they should adopt a baby to Alex's dismay.

9 The Electrical Storm

11/9/61

Season-only

Jeff's been keeping a secret from Donna and Alex: He's been expelled from school for a prank he and some friends pulled which involved messing up the bells and clocks, and he won't be allowed back unless he names the other boys involved.

10 The Paper Tycoon

11/16/61

Season-only

Jeff takes on more than he can handle when he starts a newspaper delivery service.

11 Private Tutor

11/23/61

Season-only

Mary tries to wangle an invitation to the Hilldale Centennial Dance from the handsome new classmate who just happens to be her French tutor. Meanwhile, he and Jeff are competing for odd jobs.

12 Alex, the Professor

11/30/61

Season-only

Will child psychology theories prove themselves in practice? Alex is going to find out, with Mary and Jeff as his subjects.

13 The Fabulous O'Hara

12/7/61

Season-only

Alex has a new patient whose grandfather plans on paying the medical bill with money won from betting on the horses.

14 Way of a Woman

12/14/61

Season-only

The skiing trip with friends has been cancelled, and Mary is depressed. To cheer her up, Donna suggests that Alex take Mary on a trip to Chicago.

15 A Very Bright Boy

12/21/61

Season-only

Victor is a very bright boy, so why doesn't his grades reflect that?

16 The Toughest Kid in School

12/28/61

Season-only

A boy at school tries to prove he's tough.

17 Dr. Stone and His Horseless Carriage

1/11/62

Season-only

The Stones become the laughing-stock of Hilldale after Alex takes to driving an antique car that he dubbed "Eloise".

18 For Angie with Love

1/18/62

Season-only

Jeff doesn't have enough money to buy Angie a special birthday gift, so he starts selling his possessions in order to raise the money.

19 Aloha Kimi

1/25/62

Season-only

Alex goes to Hawaii to treat a friend's daughter who woke up paralyzed after an operation.

20 Donna's Prima Donna

2/1/62

Season-only

Mary decides to forsake college and embark on a singing career.

21 Explorer's Ten

2/8/62

Season-only

Jeff's club is trying to raise money to purchase them a telescope.

22 The New Office

2/15/62

Season-only

Alex moves his pediatric practice out of the house and into a new office downtown.

23 The Golden Trap

2/22/62

Season-only

While Donna and Alex are away, Mary's little get-together with a friend somehow turns into open house party.

24 Free Flight

3/1/62

Season-only

Donna is offered a free trip when she complains to an airline.

25 The Wide Open Spaces

3/8/62

Season-only

While spending the weekend with friends who have left the rat-race of the city life and who now live on a farm, Donna and Alex become tempted by the country life.

26 The Fireball

3/15/62

Season-only

Jeff's leading lady in the school play has a bad temper.

27 Once Upon a Timepiece

3/22/62

Season-only

The Stones track down the owner of a watch that they got from a pawn shop.

28 Hilldale 500

3/29/62

Season-only

The newest thing in Hilldale is go-cart racing, and Jeff wants to take it up. One problem is a go-cart cost over $100. Another is that Donna thinks racing isn't safe.

29 Winner Takes All

4/5/62

Season-only

Jeff's team-mate on the baseball team has an overbearing father who drives the son hard and constantly berates him, thinking this will help him be a star player someday. Alex tries to set him straight.

30 Skin Deep

4/12/62

Season-only

Alex relents and agrees Mary can go out on a blind date if she will meet the boy first. Now Mary wants to cancel the date because he has big ears.

31 The Fortune Teller

4/19/62

Season-only

Donna plays the fortune teller at a bazaar.

32 Man of Action

4/26/62

Season-only

How can a guy ditch a tag-a-long little brother?

33 Donna Meets Roberta

5/3/62

Season-only

This was actually an unsold pilot episode of "The Roberta Sherwood Show." Roberta Sherwood and Gale Gordon star as a typical couple raising three children in a typical small town. The only untypical thing about them is that they break into song.

34 The Caravan

5/10/62

Season-only

The Stones rent a motor home for a trip to Lake Mead.

35 The Swingin' Set

5/17/62

Season-only

Jeff and Smitty don't have dates for the junior prom.

36 On to Fairview

5/24/62

Season-only

Jeff has a plan on how to advertise Mr. Varney's bicycle shop.

37 The Man in the Mask

5/31/62

Season-only

Jeff interviews baseball great, Don Drysdale for the school newspaper.

38 The Father Image

6/7/62

Season-only

Jeff and Mary both need help on important matters from Alex, but he is preoccupied with a critically ill patient.

39 Dear Wife

6/14/62

Season-only

After attending a friend's wedding, Mary proclaims that she is in love. Now Donna and Alex are afraid that she will run off to Las Vegas in order to elope.

About this show

Originally airing on ABC-TV from 1958-1966, THE DONNA REED SHOW became one of the most popular family situation comedy series in television history during its eight season run. Starring Academy Award-winning actress Donna Reed as homemaker Donna Stone, Carl Betz as her pediatrician husband Alex, Shelley Fabares as daughter Mary, and Paul Petersen as son Jeff, The Donna Reed Show is a humorous and heartwarming slice of Americana that earned a legion of new fans in reruns on Nick at Nite, TV Land and MeTV.

Ratings and reviews

4.3

3 reviews

Joan Wayling

April 26, 2020

Great!