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The Worst Episodes of Father Knows Best

Every episode of Father Knows Best ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Father Knows Best!

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"Betty, Girl Engineer" is the worst rated episode of "Father Knows Best". It scored 5.5/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by William D. Russell and written by N/A, it aired on 4/11/1956. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Big Test".

  • Betty, Girl Engineer
    5.5/1060 votes
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    #1 - Betty, Girl Engineer

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/11/1956

    Betty decides to become an engineer. Doyle: Roger Smith. Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Test
    5.6/1020 votes
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    #2 - The Big Test

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1960

    Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Makes a Wish
    5.8/1041 votes
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    #3 - Kathy Makes a Wish

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/1957

    When Kathy finds a horseshoe and she wishes for a horse, and gets one.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Adopted Daughter
    6.0/1023 votes
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    #4 - Adopted Daughter

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 3/28/1960

    While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Cupid Knows Best
    6.1/1033 votes
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    #5 - Cupid Knows Best

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1960

    Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Sentenced to Happiness
    6.2/1035 votes
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    #6 - Sentenced to Happiness

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1957

    The Anderson's gardener, Frank, is forced to get a real job and then winds up in court.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • First Disillusionment
    6.4/1025 votes
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    #7 - First Disillusionment

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1959

    Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Margaret's Premonition
    6.5/1048 votes
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    #8 - Margaret's Premonition

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1955

    Margaret has a premonition of danger for Jim’s upcoming business trip, and tries to get Jim to postpone it. But Jim believes it’s a bunch of superstitious nonsense, and insists on going anyway.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: Roswell Rogers

  • Stage to Yuma
    6.5/1044 votes
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    #9 - Stage to Yuma

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1955

    Tate Idsen saves a stagecoach from savage Indians in a flashback sequence.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Bud, the Snob
    6.5/1025 votes
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    #10 - Bud, the Snob

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1958

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    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Grows Up
    6.5/1037 votes
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    #11 - Kathy Grows Up

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/1959

    Kathy says she wants to be treated as if she was an adult.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • The Promised Playhouse
    6.5/1023 votes
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    #12 - The Promised Playhouse

    Season 5 Episode 32 - Aired 4/20/1959

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    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • No Partiality
    6.6/1052 votes
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    #13 - No Partiality

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1955

    Kathy and Betty fight for the attention of the same man.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: John Kohn

  • Father, the Naturalist
    6.6/1021 votes
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    #14 - Father, the Naturalist

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1960

    This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Sister
    6.7/1038 votes
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    #15 - Big Sister

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1957

    At summer camp Kathy rebels after her counselor, Betty, keeps pushing her to do better.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy, Girl Executive
    6.7/1030 votes
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    #16 - Kathy, Girl Executive

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/29/1958

    Kathy is elected by the family to control Bud's lawn moving company.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Live My Own Life
    6.7/1022 votes
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    #17 - Live My Own Life

    Season 5 Episode 34 - Aired 5/4/1959

    This is a recut version of episode 5 with the same name where Bud goes out on his own and tries to make good.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Thanksgiving Day
    6.8/1075 votes
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    #18 - Thanksgiving Day

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1954

    Kathy writes the best poem in the fourth grade on what Thanksgiving means to her, and Jim builds the poem up in his mind to unreasonable expectations for a fourth grader. When he actually finds out what the poem consists of, his hopes for Kathy’s future are deflated and he disparages the poem to Margaret, unwitting that Kathy has overheard.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy, the Indian Giver
    6.8/1043 votes
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    #19 - Kathy, the Indian Giver

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/15/1956

    No description available

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Wedding
    6.8/1040 votes
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    #20 - Second Wedding

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1958

    Betty talks Jim and Margaret into getting married again for their anniversary.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Margaret Goes Dancing Flashback
    6.8/1026 votes
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    #21 - Margaret Goes Dancing Flashback

    Season 5 Episode 37 - Aired 5/25/1959

    No description available

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Honeymoon
    6.9/1060 votes
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    #22 - Second Honeymoon

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1954

    Jim's weekend retreat, just he and his wife, seems like a perfect idea, at first. But he doesn't want to pass this on to the kids when he learns that the kids have plans with them; and then when the kids take the news too easy, Jim and Margaret are befuddled. They leave, but soon they start thinking about their kids and after reaching the lodge they want to phone in - but no one answers the call...

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • A Friend of Old George's
    6.9/1056 votes
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    #23 - A Friend of Old George's

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1955

    An unwanted visitor that won't leave spoils Kathy's birthday party.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • The Promised Playhouse
    6.9/1056 votes
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    #24 - The Promised Playhouse

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1955

    After making a big deal about people keeping their word, Jim is forced to put his words into practice to set a good example for his family.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby in the House
    6.9/1047 votes
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    #25 - Baby in the House

    Season 3 Episode 32 - Aired 5/1/1957

    Jim and Margaret takes care of a baby Betty is baby-sitting so she can go out.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A