The Worst Episodes of Father Knows Best

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

Director: William D. Russell

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: William D. Russell

Writer: John Kohn

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

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

Director: William D. Russell

Writer: N/A

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Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

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

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Director: William D. Russell

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: William D. Russell

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Peter Tewksbury

Writer: N/A