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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. 5.0/10(22 votes)

    #1 - The Big Test

    S6:E20

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

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  2. 5.5/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Betty, Girl Engineer

    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

    S4:E12

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

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  4. 5.7/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Adopted Daughter

    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. 5.9/10(34 votes)

    #5 - Cupid Knows Best

    S6:E19

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

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  6. 6.0/10(22 votes)

    #6 - Father, the Naturalist

    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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  8. 6.1/10(37 votes)

    #7 - Sentenced to Happiness

    S4:E5

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

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  9. 6.2/10(26 votes)

    #8 - First Disillusionment

    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(26 votes)

    #9 - Bud, the Snob

    S5:E11

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  11. 6.5/10(37 votes)

    #10 - Kathy Grows Up

    S5:E23

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

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  12. 6.5/10(23 votes)

    #11 - The Promised Playhouse

    S5:E32

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  13. 6.6/10(49 votes)

    #12 - Margaret's Premonition

    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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  14. 6.6/10(47 votes)

    #13 - Stage to Yuma

    S2:E14

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

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  15. 6.7/10(57 votes)

    #14 - No Partiality

    S1:E25

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

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  16. 6.7/10(45 votes)

    #15 - Kathy, the Indian Giver

    S2:E23

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  17. 6.7/10(38 votes)

    #16 - Big Sister

    S4:E14

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

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  18. 6.7/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Frank's Family Tress

    S5:E5

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

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  19. 6.7/10(42 votes)

    #18 - Second Wedding

    S5:E7

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

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  20. 6.7/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Live My Own Life

    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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  21. 6.8/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Baby in the House

    S3:E32

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

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  22. 6.8/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Bud, the Mind Reader

    S4:E18

    Bud practices mind reading, and Betty tries to make the debating team.

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  23. 6.8/10(49 votes)

    #22 - Margaret Wins a Car

    S5:E12

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

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  24. 6.8/10(26 votes)

    #23 - Margaret Goes Dancing Flashback

    S5:E37

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  25. 6.9/10(57 votes)

    #24 - Jim, the Tyrant

    S2:E17

    Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort from his family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.

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  26. 6.9/10(32 votes)

    #25 - Kathy, Girl Executive

    S5:E16

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Big Test" is the worst rated episode of "Father Knows Best". It scored 5/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by N/A, it aired on 2/22/1960. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Betty, Girl Engineer".