7.0/102 votes#1 - Incident at Alabaster Plain
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1959
Rowdy's wartime friend, they spent time in a POW camp, is getting married. The bride's stepbrother, a murderer sixteen times over, has returned to claim his share of the family fortune.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: David Swift
6.5/102 votes#2 - Incident of the Tumbleweed
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/1959
After a marshal and deputy are wounded and killed, Gil and Rowdy volunteer to finish the delivery of the prison wagon with seven dangerous prisoners to Ft Craig for trial, while the outlaw husband of one prisoner is in pursuit to free her.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#3 - Robber Bridegroom
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/1958
Financially desperate Jack Fitch robs a stagecoach and abducts passenger Laura Church, unaware that she is "engaged" to an unscrupulous businessman who threatened to ruin her father if he did not agree to the marriage.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: N/A
5.5/101 votes#4 - Getting Settled
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1962
The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators, ovens and the "cement pond" (swimming pool). Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
4.0/101 votes#5 - Jed Buys the Freeway
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/1963
The conman Harry Jones, who pretends to be an old friend, gives Jed a "bargain" when he offers to sell Griffith Park, the Hollywood Bowl, and the freeway to the millionaire.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
1.0/101 votes#6 - Jethro's First Love
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1963
Jethro decides he wants to go a courtin', so Jed gives him a little education. Jethro develops feelings for an exotic dancer named Chickadee Laverne and brings her home to meet the folks. As usual, neither she or the Clampetts know what the other is really saying.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
1.0/101 votes#7 - Chickadee Returns
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1963
Jethro thinks he's in love with Chickadee Laverne. She and the Clampetts still have a different idea about what an "engagement" is. Meanwhile, Miss Jane tries to woo Jethro away from Chickadee. As marriage seemingly draws nearer, Jethro discovers a deal-breaking secret about Chickadee: she can't cook.
Director: Richard Whorf
Writer: Paul Henning
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"Incident at Alabaster Plain" is the best rated episode directed by Richard Whorf. It scored 7/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by David Swift. It aired on 1/16/1959 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Incident of the Tumbleweed".