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The Worst Episodes of Father Knows Best

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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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  1. 5.3/10(21 votes)

    #1 - The Big Test

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    S6:E20

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

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  2. 5.5/10(60 votes)

    #2 - Betty, Girl Engineer

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    S2:E30

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

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  3. 5.7/10(42 votes)

    #3 - Kathy Makes a Wish

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    S4:E12

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

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  4. 6.0/10(23 votes)

    #4 - Adopted Daughter

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    S6:E25

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

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  5. 6.1/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Cupid Knows Best

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    S6:E19

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

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  6. 6.3/10(36 votes)

    #6 - Sentenced to Happiness

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    S4:E5

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

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  8. 6.3/10(21 votes)

    #7 - Father, the Naturalist

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    S6:E14

    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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  9. 6.4/10(25 votes)

    #8 - First Disillusionment

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    S6:E7

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

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  10. 6.5/10(55 votes)

    #9 - No Partiality

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    S1:E25

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

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  11. 6.5/10(48 votes)

    #10 - Margaret's Premonition

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    S2:E13

    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.

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  12. 6.5/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Bud, the Snob

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    S5:E11

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  13. 6.5/10(37 votes)

    #12 - Kathy Grows Up

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    S5:E23

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

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  14. 6.5/10(23 votes)

    #13 - The Promised Playhouse

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    S5:E32

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  15. 6.6/10(45 votes)

    #14 - Stage to Yuma

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    S2:E14

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

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  16. 6.7/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Big Sister

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    S4:E14

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

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  17. 6.7/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Kathy, Girl Executive

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    S5:E16

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

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  18. 6.7/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Live My Own Life

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    S5:E34

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

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  19. 6.8/10(43 votes)

    #18 - Kathy, the Indian Giver

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    S2:E23

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  20. 6.8/10(26 votes)

    #19 - Margaret Goes Dancing Flashback

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    S5:E37

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  21. 6.9/10(47 votes)

    #20 - Baby in the House

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    S3:E32

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

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  22. 6.9/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Frank's Family Tress

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    S5:E5

    Frank tries to console Kathy by telling her that his family are entertainers.

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  23. 6.9/10(41 votes)

    #22 - Second Wedding

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    S5:E7

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

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  24. 6.9/10(48 votes)

    #23 - Margaret Wins a Car

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    S5:E12

    In a raffle, Margaret wins a car and uses it to help the orphans home.

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  25. 7.0/10(80 votes)

    #24 - Thanksgiving Day

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    S1:E8

    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.

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  26. 7.0/10(61 votes)

    #25 - A Friend of Old George's

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    S1:E15

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Big Test" is the worst rated episode of "Father Knows Best". It scored 5.3/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by N/A, it aired on 2/22/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Betty, Girl Engineer".