Successful New York lawyer, Oliver Douglas, decides that he misses the country life of living on a farm, so he sells his penthouse, and moves to Hooterville. Lisa however, his wife who is used to living like the rich and famous, explodes when she sees the farm.
After Lisa takes just one look at the farm Oliver bought, she decides that farm life is not for her.
Lisa becomes upset when she realizes that living on a farm means cooking, which she's no good at. Meanwhile, Oliver's mother sends them a famous decorator to fix up their home.
A unexpected visitor interrupts Oliver's plans to work on the farm.
Things get bad when Oliver's farm is condemned and Mr. Haney rents him a rooster that will not crow.
Confusion occurs when Oliver's mother sends them their furniture from New York, and it ends up getting delivered to Mr. Haney's instead.
After Oliver buys phony farming equipment from Mr. Haney, Lisa gets the neighbors to chip in with the plowing of the fields by advertising for a plowing contest, just in the nick of time for planting season.
After Oliver's mother tricks him into thinking that the farm is no good for growing anything, Lisa tries to help him by "fixing up" his soil samples which he wants analyzed.
Oliver has a difficult time getting Lisa to remember that she can only plug in seven things at a time or the generator will overheat.
Oliver is upset when Lisa lists him as an Attorney At Law in the newest edition of the Hooterville phone book. He fears that he will not be able to accomplish anything around the farm with the phone ringing all day, but the phone doesn't ring once.
Oliver learns from the Conservation of Stabilization Committee that he is not allowed to plant his 160 acres of wheat right after he finishes.
When Oliver and Lisa hide their cow's pregnancy from everyone, including Haney, people begin to think that they are expecting a baby.
Lisa books the dining room at the Shady Rest for their anniversary, but before they can get there, they accidentally get arrested.
Lisa is so upset to discover that Hooterville has no beauty parlor that she calls her mother to send a hairdresser down. But once the new hairdresser gets there, he gives all of the women new hairdos and they refuse to work around the farm. Meanwhile, Oliver is busy trying to fertilize his wheat crop.
Oliver finally gives in to Lisa's wishes for the bedroom to be enlarged after she continually bugs him about it.
Lisa misunderstands Oliver by thinking the farmhouse on the 140 acres of land that he has just purchased is their new home.
When Oliver tries to join the volunteer Hooterville Fire Department, he doesn't know that one of the catches is that he also has to be in the volunteer fire department band, but he makes it in easily. Meanwhile, the work on Oliver and Lisa's bedroom continues by the Monroe Brothers.
Lisa attempts to make a 20 pound cake.
After Oliver falls through the roof while trying to fix the TV antenna, and spraining his ankle in the process, he has to stay in bed for a week. When the residents of Hooterville show up to try to make him feel better with the food that they've brought, they end up eating the food, watching TV, and ignoring Oliver all at the same time.
Oliver decides to market his apple crop himself when it is ready to be harvested.
When Ralph Monroe falls for Hank Kimball, but then finds out that he doesn't date girls with a boy's name, she begs Oliver to help her legally change her name. But then Oliver discovers that his license to practice law isn't valid in Hooterville, so he prepares to take the state's bar exam.
When they first moved to Green Acres, Lisa only agreed to stay for six months, and then she would make her decision on whether to stay or move back to New York. The big day arrives, and everyone is nervous about what her decision will be. At first she decides to move back to New York, but then changes her mind when she realizes what will happen to all of the animals and people that she cares about so much in Hooterville.
When Oliver is invited as a guest speaker at the Harvard alumni banquet, he arrives with a surprise stowaway. Meanwhile, Fred and Doris Ziffel fear that Arnold will be taken away from them by Mr. Haney who claims that they owe him money.
When Sam Drucker goes away for a two-week vacation to visit his sister, Oliver takes over his duties as deputy sheriff. While showing Lisa how to properly use a pair of handcuffs, he doesn't realize that he has lost the keys.
Oliver has a difficult time getting the electricity turned on.
Oliver decides to write a song about a girl of local folklore, Molly Turgis, but then he discovers that it will be harder then he thought because nobody will talk about her since strange things seem to happen whenever her name is mentioned.
Mr. Ziffle mistakes the gift of a new tractor for Oliver as his own when Lisa sends it to their home to keep it as a surprise for her husband.
Oliver and Lisa decide to send Eb to vet school at County College since he is so good around animals.
When Oliver claims to have been followed home by a spotted horse, Lisa is afraid that he may be going insane.
A drought in Hooterville leads to a lawsuit when Mr. Haney claims that the Indian he hired on Oliver's behalf, made it rain.
When The Every-Other-Wednesday-Afternoon-Discussion-Club decides to start a Hooterville orchestra, Lisa calls on a conductor friend of hers, Sir Geffory "Poopsie," to come help. But when he gets there he discovers that the orchestra members are actually the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Marching Band.
When Oliver's beat-nick nephew visits, Eb ends up copying his beat-nick style.
Oliver runs into trouble flying Mr. Haney's cheap plane while crop dusting.
Oliver suggests building a reservoir when Hooterville doesn't have enough water for everyone, but right after everyone turns on their faucets to try out the new system, the electricity goes out.
Arnold is drafted by the U.S. Army while the Ziffels are away on their second honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
Lisa doesn't realize that Mrs. Ziffel is talking about an episode of her favorite show and wrongly believes that Oliver plans to kill her, elope with his client, and move to South America.
When Lisa tries to help Ralph Monroe win Hank Kimball by making her more feminine, he ends up liking her even less than he did before.
Everyone is worried when Oliver loses his temper easily.
Oliver tries to help when Lisa is extremely homesick for Park Avenue.
Eb seeks Oliver's advice when he suddenly finds that he's in love with Betty Jo Bradley.
When the citizens of Hooterville decide that Oliver needs to wear overalls instead of his suits to fit in with their "image," he doesn't know what to think.
The confused citizens of Hooterville wrongly believe that they will be in a movie with Jimmy Stewart.
If Oliver doesn't finally get around to fixing up the house, Lisa says that she will leave.
Oliver and Lisa have trouble figuring out which one of their chickens lays square eggs.
Oliver learns from Mr. Haney that he has to get a permit to chop down a tree from his own property to use as a Christmas tree.
Oliver is surprised to learn that the Hooterville citizens rely on a singing weatherman and a little old lady with an umbrella for their weather forecasts.
Oliver enrolls Lisa in a course at Hooterville High School to help her learn the art of homemaking.
Oliver wrongfully believes that he's been appointed a circuit court judge when the Hooterville City Council really wants him to judge the apple competition at the annual fair.
In order to help her get the rest she needs, Oliver and Lisa invite Oliver's mother to come stay with them for a while.
The population of Hooterville is threatened by a rival town, Bleedwell, who tries to lure away Hooterville's citizens with lucrative defense job offers.
Lisa turns the farmhouse into an animal shelter after she becomes the Humane Officer in Hooterville.
Oliver and Lisa run into a gangster and his wife while away at a farm convention in the city.
Oliver claims that computers would be the most efficient way to run his farm.
The citizens of Hooterville become suspicious of the contents of a letter sent to Oliver from Washington when he begins acting strangely.
Hooterville does their impression of "The Beverly Hillbillies" at a charity event with Lisa cast as Granny, Oliver as Jethro, and Mr. Kimball as Jed.
Oliver suggests that Lisa begin growing her own vegetable garden after he becomes upset that she still buys her vegetables from Mr. Drucker.
After Eb claims to have seen a flying saucer and little green men, the Air Force becomes extremely interested in the Douglas farm.
Oliver represents the Ziffels in a damage suit when it's his "day in court" with Mr. Haney.
Oliver and Lisa have to try to figure out a way to get Mr. Kimball back after he is fired and replaced as County Agent by a member of the Agricultural Department.
Lisa reveals the story of how the women in her family had to marry American men every fourth generation.
Lisa is disappointed when Oliver is too busy to take her to the opening of opera season in New York.
Eb is surprised when Oliver buys him a radio for his birthday.
The Committee considers Oliver for the job when selecting a new State Senator.
When Lisa gets help from Mrs. Ziffel on making preservatives, Oliver is surprised to learn that Mrs. Ziffel, who is supposed to be the best preservative maker in town, goes to Pixley to buy preservatives and puts them in her own jars.
When Fred Ziffel's pig, Arnold, falls in love with Mr. Haney's basset hound, Cynthia, it upsets both Mr. Haney and Fred Ziffel, both of which have been feuding for ten years.
Oliver tries to petition for a modern phone system in Hooterville, but then finds out that Hooterville doesn't have enough citizens for the petition to go through.
Mr. Trendell hands over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver.
Now that he's president, Oliver attempts to make changes at the Hooterville Phone Company.
When his tomato crop is ready to be harvested, Oliver attempts to do it himself.
Oliver and Lisa are surprised to learn when they wake up in the morning that their handyman has eloped during the night.
Oliver and Lisa decide to stop paying storage for an item that they never even remember buying.
Lisa tells of how she started her and Oliver's romance by rescuing him from the Nazis during World War II in another one of her war stories.
Everybody goes searching for Arnold while Mrs. Ziffel is out of town when they wrongly believe that he has been kidnapped.
Oliver tells Lisa that he will be attending a farm symposium without her.
Mr. Haney suddenly offers to buy the Douglas farmhouse after he finds out that it may be the site of a new highway.
Work on Oliver and Lisa's bedroom is abruptly stopped right after Ralph and Alf announce that they will finish it when Ralph and Alf break up.
Lisa talks Oliver into going for a picnic after he shows symptoms of overwork.
When Eb comes home from his honeymoon, everyone is surprised to learn that he didn't get married.
When Eb shows up with a brand new car that costs $300, he is accused of stealing $300 from Sam Drucker's safe.
Oliver has to try to figure out what to do with a little boy that has run away from home that he finds in his barn.
A supposed 10 year old genius wrecks the Douglas farm with inventions while trying to modernize their farm after Lisa invests in his company.
Arnold saves the day and helps capture criminals who have robbed a bank, and taken Oliver, Lisa, and Eb hostage.
All of the citizens of Hooterville misunderstand the cost of a trip, except Oliver, when they are offered a good deal on a government chartered trip to Europe as part of an agricultural exchange program.
Lisa's mother, who is a countess, comes by to visit her in Hooterville.
When Lisa tries to produce a spring festival celebration, spring fever sets in at Green Acres.
When Eb decides that he wants to become a barber for his career, he has to try to convince Oliver to pay to put him through mail order college lessons.
Oliver regrets promising Lisa that he would take her to New York if she stayed in Green Acres with him for two years.
When a fellow Hungarian, Lazlo Broslav, comes to stay with the Douglas', he reveals that he saved the lives of one of Lisa's uncles, and now they must repay the debt.
When it's time for planting crops in Hooterville, Oliver can't decide on what he should plant. But he then discovers that Hooterville soil is perfect for planting rutabagas.
Oliver and Lisa watch their new neighbor's four rambunctious children while she is at the hospital to have another baby.
When Arnold appears in a Hooterville Theater play and does an outstanding job, Lisa arranges for a friend of hers to give him a shot in show business.
Arnold lands the starring role in a motion picture while Oliver and Lisa chaperon his trip to Hollywood.
Practically all of the citizens of Hooterville enter a contest that promises the winners a free trip to Hawaii.
Oliver and Lisa take a nostalgic look at the past while going through old stuff in a closet to find something for the rummage sale.
In order to send the Hooterville fire chief to the Annual Convention of Fire Chiefs that is located in Miami, Florida, Uncle Joe Carson tries to raise money.
When Eb announces wedding plans, Oliver is cast in the unwanted role of, "father to the potential groom."
Oliver ends up running against Ben Hanks, Hooterville's State District Representative, after trying to launch an attack on him.
Lisa attempts to surprise Oliver by becoming a lady carpenter.
Eleanor, the Douglas' cow, is diagnosed by Hank Kimball as having a lack of romance in her life when she runs out of milk.
It's that time of year again in Hooterville where Sam Drucker cleans up his store and delivers all the old mail he finds to the rightful owners.
Hank Kimball learns that the Agricultural Department will be sending a student to observe his work.
Oliver is selected to organize a pageant that celebrates the early history of the town of Hooterville.
When Lisa receives a blue feather in the mail, she instantly recognizes it as the symbol of a powerful curse.
Oliver learns that his house is actually located in Pixley, and not in Hooterville, while trying to get a building permit.
Oliver believes that the horse Haney sold him as a birthday present for Lisa can talk.
Oliver purchases 1,000 baby chicks when he decides to become a chicken rancher.
Oliver sends Lisa away on vacation to see if a little separation can actually help their marriage.
Oliver and Lisa are shocked to discover priceless jewelry in inexpensive cardboard cereal boxes.
A new graduate from law school comes to Oliver with the idea of them teaming up and opening a law office in Hooterville. Oliver agrees, and Lisa ends up being their secretary.
The new law office has just opened, and after breaking the typewriter, Lisa doesn't realize that she's breaking the law when she runs an ad in the newspaper promising prizes and free service to the first five customers.
Oliver and Lisa accidentally end up on a plane bound for Washington, DC while at the airport to see Eb and Mr. Kimball off.
Mr. Haney looks after the Douglas farm while Oliver and Lisa prepare to spend an unwanted week in Washington, DC.
Lisa tries to put an end to hunting season after becoming friends with a beautiful doe that visits the farm.
Lisa moves in with the Monroe brothers until Oliver will agree to have a big church wedding after she discovers that their marriage license is actually a dentist's license.
Eb tries everything to raise twenty dollars to buy his girlfriend a birthday present.
Oliver and Lisa uncover evidence of a unique 19th-century romance while digging through an old trunk.
When a Hooterville inventor invents a milk making machine, Oliver and Lisa get caught in unexpected events.
Lisa believes that Eb has been reincarnated as a dog when he does not show up at his girlfriend's house after a major thunderstorm hits.
When Lisa's mother comes by to visit in Hooterville and stay with Oliver and Lisa, she decides that she will stay for three weeks.
When Mr. Haney and Uncle Joe Carson both attempt to get Lisa's mother to marry them, Oliver gives up all hope of ever getting her to leave.
Everyone, including Lisa, tries to get Oliver to take Arnold to Chicago to receive his $20,000,000 inheritance because he is supposedly related to a pig who could predict the weather just like he can.
Oliver discovers that it is more difficult than he thought to look after a pig while on a trip with Arnold to Chicago to receive his $20,000,000 inheritance because he is a direct descendant from a weather predicting pig.
Everyone tries to get their hands on a piece of Arnold's inheritance when he and Oliver get back from Chicago.
Oliver and Lisa attempt to get Hooterville's roads paved.
Lisa predicts that a mysterious stranger will enter Oliver's life very soon when she decides to become a fortune teller.
While in a town meeting, Oliver makes the suggestion that they build a youth center as a way to keep the young people in Hooterville.
The curiosity of the citizens of the entire Hooterville Valley is intrigued when a special delivery letter arrives addressed to a member of the Douglas family.
Lisa becomes jealous when a high school girl falls for Oliver while he is making a speech on job opportunities at the Hooterville high school.
Lisa is thrilled as she plans the wedding of Hank Kimball and Ralph Monroe.
A crop is produced that farmers only dream about when Oliver launches a crazy mixed up planting session.
Lisa signs Sam Drucker up as her aid when she launches a vigorous campaign for beauty and opens a beauty salon.
Oliver and Lisa recognize an ancient mail order catalog that they find in the wall of their farmhouse as a wish-book.
In trying to find a little bit of rest and relaxation, an old friend comes by to visit Oliver and Lisa.
Oliver and Lisa accidentally get trapped while exploring a hidden basement that they discovered in their home, so they decide on sending smoke signals up the drain of the kitchen sink for help.
When Oliver's old law firm in New York runs into trouble, he quickly says goodbye to Lisa and hurries off to help.
After making a passionate speech at the County Bar Association about hiring ex-cons, Oliver winds up with an ex-con for a hired hand himself.
After Oliver takes harsh measures to get rid of a cow that has been trampling his crops, Lisa mistakenly labels him "The Cow Killer."
When Oliver becomes the president of the school board, the citizens of Hooterville begin a campaign, with Oliver as the target, to get Arnold Ziffel, an expelled student, reinstated back into school.
Oliver accidentally gives the residents of Hooterville motive to gain more than $500,000 illegally from the IRS.
When all of the residents of Hooterville Valley show up for what is supposed to be an intimate picnic between just Oliver and Lisa, Oliver's romantic lunch is ruined.
Things around Oliver and Lisa's farm get a little crazy when a child inventor stops by and says that he's been to the moon.
Lisa's Uncle Fedor gets her and Olive involved in spies and such when he makes an unexpected visit.
Eb represents himself as a wealthy landowner when advertising for a wife.
Oliver can't decide what to do when it's his birthday and Arnold's on the same day.
Four children come to stay with Oliver and Lisa on the farm as part of the "Kids for the Country" program.
So that she can meet all of the other children of Hooterville Valley, Lisa plans a coming-out party for Lori.
Eb begins to believe that he's being replaced by little Lori when Oliver and Lisa start giving all of their love and attention to her.
Lisa adds to the truth while telling Lori of her courtship with Oliver.
People in Hooterville begin to think that Oliver has gone broke when Lisa begins behaving strangely.
When Oliver and Lisa become candidates for mayor from two different parties, it tears the Douglas family apart.
Eb gets himself into a heap of trouble when he attempts to go with two dates to the same dance, without the other knowing.
Oliver has to pick which one of two crises is more important: Lisa learning how to drive, or harvesting his apple crop.
Eb transforms Oliver and Lisa's farm into a virtual dump because of a new girlfriend.
Oliver has to figure out a way to prove his innocence when he is arrested for a crime he didn't do, robbing a bank, because the real criminal looks and sounds exactly like him.
Eb enrolls in a correspondent acting class instead of an accounting class by mistake.
Lisa decides that she will take over the male chorus line on the farm after she discovers the Women's Liberation Movement.
After Oliver refuses to take her to an anniversary party in the city, Lisa leads Oliver to believe that he is in a world full of little people.
So that Eb will be able to marry Darlene, Lisa gives him her engagement ring.
Oliver and Lisa have their farmhouse painted for free as advertisement for a local painter.
The son of a war hero, Drobny, that Lisa has to entertain, turns out to be a wild man.
Eb gets Oliver and Lisa mixed up in his big wedding deal.
Arnold is the only witness to a bank robbery in Pixley, and eventually leads the police to capture the crooks.
Lisa discovers that her uncle's cabbage soup can be transformed into a miracle cleaning solution.
After the governor announces that Hooterville is bankrupt, and that they plan on raising taxes by 52%, the citizens of Hooterville blow up the bridge and establish their own kingdom with Oliver as their king.
Lisa tries to help her pet duck, Drobny that her uncle sent her, find love.
When Oliver refuses to take Lisa to Hooterville's annual Carpenter's Ball, everyone's happiness is threatened.
Oliver and Lisa look after an injured, and annoying, Hank Kimball.
Lisa becomes a successful psychologist while she and Oliver take courses at a Pixley college. But it eventually becomes too much for Oliver to handle, and Lisa gives up her practice to just be Oliver's wife.
Oliver and Lisa have to share a honeymoon suite with another couple after Lisa cons him into taking a fifth honeymoon to Hawaii.
Oliver searches for an ex-secretary that found a place to fix his watch when it was broken.