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Season 5
134 :05x01 - Vine Covered Cottage (Sep/15/1958)
Betty and her boyfriend are discussing the possibility of getting married but Jim and Margaret make her see that matrimony may not be as romantic as she thinks.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: June De Roche
 
135 :05x02 - Be Kind to Bud Week (Sep/22/1958)
Bud wonders what's going on when Betty suddenly starts being extra nice to him.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: Roswell Rogers
 
136 :05x03 - Kathy's Romance (Sep/29/1958)
Kathy gets herself a boyfriend but he seems to be more interested in Jim than her.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: Roswell Rogers
 
137 :05x04 - Voice From the Past (Oct/06/1958)
Bud prepares to escort his school's homecoming queen.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: Dorothy Cooper Foote
 
138 :05x05 - Frank's Family Trees (Oct/13/1958)
When Betty begins wondering about her new beau's family, he tells her they are entertainers.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: Roswell Rogers
 
139 :05x06 - Always Plan Ahead (Oct/20/1958)
Jim decides to teach the Anderson children a lesson to always plan ahead.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
140 :05x07 - Second Wedding (Oct/27/1958)
Betty talks her parents into going through another marriage ceremony for their anniversary.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
141 :05x08 - Bud, the Caretaker (Nov/03/1958)
A friend gives Bud his car to watch over.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
142 :05x09 - Betty, the Pioneer Woman (Nov/10/1958)
Betty wins a role in a play about the founding of Springfield.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
143 :05x10 - Fair Exchange (Nov/17/1958)
An Indian student from Betty's college spends the weekend with the Andersons.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
144 :05x11 - Bud, the Snob (Nov/24/1958)
Jim and Margaret worry that Bud is turning into a snob when he begins hanging with an elite clique.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
145 :05x12 - Margaret Wins a Car (Dec/01/1958)
Margaret wins a car in a raffle and uses it to help out an orphanage.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
146 :05x13 - The Great Experiment (Dec/08/1958)
Things don't exactly work out as planned when Jim attempts to get family members to expand their horizons.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
147 :05x14 - The Christmas Story (Dec/15/1958)
While putting up their Christmas tree, the Anderson family recalls how they acquired it.
Guest Stars: Wallace Ford as Nick
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
148 :05x15 - The Basketball Coach (Dec/22/1958)
Jim gets named coach of Bud's recreation league basketball team.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
149 :05x16 - Kathy, Girl Executive (Dec/29/1958)
The family puts Kathy in charge of Bud's lawn mowing company.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
150 :05x17 - The Good Samaritan (Jan/05/1959)
As part of a school assignment, Bud must do a good deed. The experience turns him into a cynic.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
151 :05x18 - The Ideal Father (Jan/12/1959)
The Anderson children all forget Jim's birthday.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
152 :05x19 - Big Shot Bud (Jan/19/1959)
Bud wants to buy Margaret a bottle of expensive perfume for her birthday but ends up getting himself into trouble yet again.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
153 :05x20 - Hard Luck Leo (Jan/26/1959)
A visitor to the Anderson home begins taking advantage of the family.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
154 :05x21 - Bud, the Campus Romeo (Feb/02/1959)
Bud finds himself blacklisted by the girls at his school.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
155 :05x22 - Crisis Over a Kiss (Feb/09/1959)
Bud tries to save Betty after she makes a date with a notorious campus hound.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
156 :05x23 - Kathy Grows Up (Feb/16/1959)
Tired of being treated like a child, Kathy demands to be treated like an adult.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
157 :05x24 - A Man of Merit (Feb/23/1959)
Jim learns that he's been nominated for an important award by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
Guest Stars: Oliver McGowan as Kramer
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: Roswell Rogers
 
158 :05x25 - Betty Makes a Choice (Mar/02/1959)
Betty gets overconfident of winning the lead in her junior class college basketball because she got it the year before.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
159 :05x26 - It's a Small World (Mar/09/1959)
Margaret's dilemma: attend a luncheon with her women's group or go on an important business trip with Jim.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
160 :05x27 - Two Loves Has Bud (Mar/16/1959)
Bud must choose between two girls to take to his prom.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
161 :05x28 - An Extraordinary Woman (Mar/23/1959)
An author on African culture is the latest visitor to the Anderson home.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
162 :05x29 - The Art of Romance (Mar/30/1959)
Betty finds romance in her college art class.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
163 :05x30 - Formula for Happiness (Apr/06/1959)
Jim's dreams amazingly begin coming true.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
164 :05x31 - Bud and the Debutante (Apr/13/1959)
Bud tries to impress his wealthy galpal by taking her to a fancy restaurant.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
165 :05x32 - The Promised Playhouse (Apr/20/1959)
Flashback to an earlier episode about Jim building a playhouse for Kathy.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
166 :05x33 - The Meanest Professor (Apr/27/1959)
Bud writes an ucomplimentary article about a professor for his school newspaper.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
167 :05x34 - Live My Own Life (May/04/1959)
Another flashback episode about Bud going out and trying to make good on his own.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
168 :05x35 - Bud Has A Problem (May/11/1959)
Bud is doing poorly in physics and blames his academic woes on the class professor.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
169 :05x36 - The Great Anderson Mystery (May/18/1959)
The Andersons decide to act out a detective story themselves when their television set goes on the fritz.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
170 :05x37 - Margaret Goes Dancing (May/25/1959)
Margaret tries to get Jim to take her dancing.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
171 :05x38 - The Gold Turnip (Jun/01/1959)
Bud comes to the conclusion that the only good tradition is no tradition at all.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
 
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