9.0/102 votes#1 - A Nice Little Dinner Party
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1965
Promising to behave when she meets Darrin's parents, Endora turns on the charm and is promptly accused by Darrin's mother Phyllis of trying to steal her husband Frank's affections. Frank takes Endora to a play when Phyllis refuses to go. Phyllis wants a divorce when Frank doesn't come home that night, but he actually locked himself out and stayed at the club. Endora and Samantha use a little witchcraft to get them together.
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Bernard Slade
7.7/103 votes#2 - Shoot a Crooked Arrow
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1966
Archer and his gang have come to Gotham City, winning the public's favor with their Robin Hood style deeds of stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Batman and Robin set out to discover the location of their hideout and stop these villains, only to find themselves caught by a trap in the Archer's lair.
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Stanley Ralph Ross
7.7/103 votes#3 - Walk the Straight and Narrow
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1966
Batman and Robin escape their previous peril and are back in action seeking to foil the Archer and his gang. After pulling off a counterfeit job, the villains head for their boat, planning to take their loot safely to Switzerland. The Dynamic Duo set off in the Bat boat to try to stop their escape.
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Stanley Ralph Ross
7.5/102 votes#4 - The Carriers
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1966
Enemy agent Janos Passik is preparing to train 200 foreign agents to infiltrate the U.S. and engage in some form of bacteriological warfare. The team figures out that Passik has created a replica of a ""typical American town"" so as to train his agents to learn how to blend into American society. Rollin, Cinnamon, Barney, and bacteriologist Rogr Lee replace the new group of recruits and must then find their way to the research lab. They soon realize that the American-trained agents will be infected with a highly contagious plague and then sent into American to kill millions. The group must not only destroy the plague samples but make sure that Passik and his superiors do not find out that the destruction was deliberate.
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Allan Balter
7.0/101 votes#5 - The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1963
Floyd Smoot, the conductor, is courting a woman through the mail. But, when she ends it after receiving a photo of him, he loses all confidence. Kate tries to help him think all the women from Hooterville and the surrounding area have eyes for him, but instead he gets the idea that Kate has been secretly in love with him. Kate comes up with a plan to get Flyod's mind off of her. Meanwhile, the Hooterville Hornets football team and their coach Uncle Joe are on a losing streak.
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Seaman Jacobs
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Little Train Robbery
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1963
Two young men, Arthur Gilroy and Lowell Rightmeyer, are on their way to rob the bank in Pixley. They change their plans when they learn that the next day, the Cannonball, without any armed guards, will make its run from Hooterville to Pixley for the bank shipment. Arthur and Lowell decide to stay the night at the Shady Rest. Kate and the family are happy to have two polite and handsome young men stay with them. Arthur and Lowell do hold up the train the next day. But, Kate and Uncle Joe are also on the train and they recognize the masked bandits. When Arthur and Lowell learn that the bank shipment is only deposit slips, they decide to rob the Shady Rest instead. But will Kate, her family, Charley and Floyd be able to turn around Arthur and Lowell's criminal lives?
Director: Sherman Marks
Writer: Seaman Jacobs
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"A Nice Little Dinner Party" is the best rated episode directed by Sherman Marks. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Bernard Slade. It aired on 1/28/1965 and is rated 1.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Shoot a Crooked Arrow".