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The Best Episodes of Green Acres

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Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Green Acres Season 5 Episode 21 - The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud
    8.8/10(134 votes)

    #1 - The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud

    S5:E21

    Oliver unintentionally provides the motive for the residents of Hooterville to illegally receive more than $500,000 from the Internal Revenue Service. The locals think all they have to do is write in and state their losses--not understanding that they actually have to file taxes first. Eventually, to get its cash back, the IRS invests in Haney's monkey racing track.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  2. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 20 - Arnold, Boy Hero
    8.7/10(114 votes)

    #2 - Arnold, Boy Hero

    S3:E20

    Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  3. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 26 - Getting Even With Haney
    8.6/10(111 votes)

    #3 - Getting Even With Haney

    S2:E26

    Tired of Doris' nagging about having to beat their laundry on a rock in the creek, Fred buys a Grabwell washing machine from Mr. Haney. The boat motor in a barrel goes berzerk, spraying water and clothes everywhere before chasing the Ziffels out their front door. Oliver is more than happy to take their case and stick it to Haney in the courtroom.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  4. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 30 - Music to Milk By
    8.6/10(125 votes)

    #4 - Music to Milk By

    S2:E30

    Eb becomes obsessed with winning a contest on a Pixley radio station. To identify all the songs, he has to listen day and night. That becomes even harder after Elenaor the cow swallows the radio Oliver just bought Eb for his birthday.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  5. Green Acres Season 4 Episode 1 - Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?
    8.6/10(115 votes)

    #5 - Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau?

    S4:E1

    Peterson's Poi Juice is giving away a trip to Hawaii and Arnold Ziffel is chosen as the winner. When the ad agency rep meets Arnold and discovers he's not a human, he tries to disqualify the swine. Famous pig lawyer Oliver Douglas is retained to fight for Arnold's winnings.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  6. Green Acres Season 4 Episode 16 - A Prize in Every Package
    8.6/10(107 votes)

    #6 - A Prize in Every Package

    S4:E16

    Criminals rob a jewelry store in Chicago and stash their haul in a grain bin. The expensive gems end up packed in boxes of Crickly Wickly cereal shipped to Hooterville. Lisa knows real jewels when she sees them, but Oliver's sure they're just costume. After taking them to be appraised, the sheriff arrests Oliver for the jewelry store heist.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  7. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 3 - I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier
    8.5/10(124 votes)

    #7 - I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier

    S2:E3

    When the Ziffels go on a second honeymoon at Niagra Falls, they leave Arnold with Oliver and Lisa. While there, Arnold is drafted by the U.S. Army.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  8. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 3 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
    8.5/10(110 votes)

    #8 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel

    S3:E3

    An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  9. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 7 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
    8.5/10(113 votes)

    #9 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked

    S3:E7

    Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  10. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 11 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
    8.5/10(108 votes)

    #10 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?

    S3:E11

    The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  11. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 13 - Haney's New Image
    8.5/10(116 votes)

    #11 - Haney's New Image

    S3:E13

    When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 14 - Alf and Ralph Break Up
    8.5/10(113 votes)

    #12 - Alf and Ralph Break Up

    S3:E14

    Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  13. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 19 - How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
    8.5/10(119 votes)

    #13 - How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying

    S3:E19

    Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  14. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 21 - Flight to Nowhere
    8.5/10(106 votes)

    #14 - Flight to Nowhere

    S3:E21

    As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  15. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 30 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
    8.5/10(117 votes)

    #15 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)

    S3:E30

    Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  16. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 18 - Exodus to Bleedswell
    8.4/10(126 votes)

    #16 - Exodus to Bleedswell

    S2:E18

    The residents of Hooterville flock to nearby Bleedswell for jobs at the new defense plant. To keep people from leaving, Hooterville reopens its old airplane factory to fulfill its contract with the Army--signed during WWI.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 22 - Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out
    8.4/10(110 votes)

    #17 - Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out

    S2:E22

    Oliver has to choose between being a farmer or lawyer when he gets an offer to practice in Washington, D. C. The official-looking letter, however, has the locals convinced that Oliver is hiding an juicy secret from them. After ruling out tax cheat and counterfeiter, that leaves only one choice: CIA agent.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  18. Green Acres Season 4 Episode 12 - How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving
    8.4/10(104 votes)

    #18 - How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving

    S4:E12

    After Oliver orders the Monroe brothers to finish work on the bedroom, they confess that they never got a building permit. Oliver storms off to get one himself, only to discover his barn is in Hooterville but his house is in Pixley. Haney, who sold them the farm, offers to hook a rope to the house and pull it to Hooterville with his truck.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  19. Green Acres Season 5 Episode 4 - A Tale of a Tail
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    #19 - A Tale of a Tail

    S5:E4

    Oliver takes Arnold the Pig Chicago to receive Arnold's inheritance of $20,000,000. Arnold is a direct discendant of Herman, a pig who could predict the weather with his tail. However, Oliver soon finds it difficult watching after a pig in the hotel.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  20. Green Acres Season 5 Episode 20 - The Confrontation
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    #20 - The Confrontation

    S5:E20

    In just his first day as the School Board President, Oliver has started a grammar school protest. The kids are upset that their mascot, Arnold, has been thrown out for popping his teacher with a pea shooter. Fred asks Oliver to represent his "son" on grounds that he was discriminated against, but all Oliver can do is talk to the school's determined principal.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  21. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 12 - A Square is Not Round
    8.3/10(139 votes)

    #21 - A Square is Not Round

    S2:E12

    The Douglases try to determine which of their hens is laying square eggs. Once word gets out, Haney and a chicken breeder both want in on the action. Oddly, the cube-shaped eggs don't worry Oliver nearly as much as their toaster that operates when you say the number "five".

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  22. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 23 - The Beverly Hillbillies
    8.3/10(109 votes)

    #22 - The Beverly Hillbillies

    S2:E23

    When the cast takes ill, the Douglases take to the stage in a charity production of The Beverly Hillbillies. After Eb "punches up" a script from the series, Hank Kimball plays Jed Clampett, Oliver appears as Jethro and Lisa portrays Granny with a combination Hungarian/southern accent.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  23. Green Acres Season 2 Episode 27 - Kimball Gets Fired
    8.3/10(107 votes)

    #23 - Kimball Gets Fired

    S2:E27

    Ralph is distraught when her beloved "Hankie" Kimball is fired as the county agricultural agent. His replacement is so rude and insulting that even Oliver is plotting to get Kimball rehired. His scheme is to scare the new guy away by fixing him up with Ralph.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  24. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 4 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company
    8.3/10(115 votes)

    #24 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company

    S3:E4

    Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  25. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 15 - No Trespassing
    8.3/10(113 votes)

    #25 - No Trespassing

    S3:E15

    Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud" is the best rated episode of "Green Acres". It scored 8.8/10 based on 134 votes. Directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Jay Sommers, it aired on 2/28/1970. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Arnold, Boy Hero".