Father Knows Best (1954)
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
Seasons & Episode
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While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.
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Bud falls in love with his college French professor.
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Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.
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Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.
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Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.
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Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing
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Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.
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Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.
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The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.
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Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.
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Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.
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Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.
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Betty wins a trip to Hollywood because she looks like a famous movie star.
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This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
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Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.
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A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.
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Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.
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Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.
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Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.
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When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.
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Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars
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The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.
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While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.
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Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest
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Bud falls in love with his English Tutor
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Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser
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Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too
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Bud spends more money than he has in order to impress a girl in Chicago.
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Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.