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The Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 2

Every episode of My Three Sons Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 2!

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son,...
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Network:CBS

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Birds And Bees" is the best rated episode of "My Three Sons" season 2. It scored 6.8/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Richard Whorf and written by George Tibbles, it aired on 9/28/1961. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Instant Hate".

  • Birds And Bees
    6.8/1057 votes

    #1 - Birds And Bees

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1961

    When Chip announces Tramp is the father of six puppies, Steve is concerned because he has never explained the cycle of life to his son. But before long a confused Chip thinks that his teacher is going to marry his father.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Instant Hate
    7.2/1055 votes

    #2 - Instant Hate

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1961

    The good neighbour policy gets a real workout when the boys, and later Bub, tangle individually with members of the new family across the street. Steve lectures them but on his way to work as he's backing out the driveway, he is delayed by a fender-denting idiot who turns out to be none other than Mr. Kaylor - the neighbor across the street.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Myles Wilder

  • The Crush
    7.1/1056 votes

    #3 - The Crush

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1961

    Mike has found a girl at college, Mary Beth. But when he brings her home to meet the family, she makes a beeline straight for Steve, who is trapped into tutoring her in trigonometry. This gives Mike a few jealous moments until all is resolved.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Tramp The Hero
    6.7/1060 votes

    #4 - Tramp The Hero

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1961

    When a boiling pot explodes Tramp's barking wakes the family saving them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Perfect Memory
    7.3/1076 votes

    #5 - A Perfect Memory

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1961

    An old high school sweetheart calls for Steve while he is out. Feeling nostalgic, Steve tries to locate her in town, but never seems to be able to catch up with her as he reminisces about their past relationship. As he arrives home the door bell rings and he gets a disappointment then a surprise.

    Director: Peter Tewksbury

    Writer: N/A

  • Bub's Lodge
    6.3/1069 votes

    #6 - Bub's Lodge

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1961

    Bub and Mike are at odds with each other because both are trying to get into different, exclusive clubs. Bub is to be installed as the D'Artagnon of the East Door, while Mike is subjected to his initiation which involves pretend fishing in front of the local drug-store.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • A Lesson in Any Language
    7.1/1056 votes

    #7 - A Lesson in Any Language

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1961

    Mike wants to go skiing on the weekend with his friends but must also keep up his Spanish studies. So he adopts the learn while you sleep method via use of a pre-programmed record player. Steve's room has just been painted so he decides to sleep in Mike's bed. Mysteriously, he wakes up speaking Spanish, and the next night Bub does the same. Before long they are both uttering phrases they couldn't possibly know.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Danny Simon

  • The Ugly Duckling
    7.1/1053 votes

    #8 - The Ugly Duckling

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1961

    Robbie is heading for an ‘F' in world literature until the teacher assigns a beautiful blonde newcomer as his study partner. He is attracted to her right away but soon discovers that her looks don't even compensate for her loss of mind.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • Chip's Composition
    7.2/1073 votes

    #9 - Chip's Composition

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1961

    A composition titled ‘What My Mother Means to Me' has Chip baffled. After interviewing other mothers in the neighborhood, he makes a courageous effort to improvise by writing about his own Grandfather, whom he feels is the most maternal person he knows.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike in Charge
    7.2/1053 votes

    #10 - Mike in Charge

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/1961

    Steve and Bub are both called out of town and Mike urges them to leave him in charge, only to find the role of mother hen harder than it looks. His worth is really put to the test when he learns that Robbie and Hank have been taken to hospital after an accident at school.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Bub Goes to School
    6.5/1057 votes

    #11 - Bub Goes to School

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1961

    Bub decides to go to night school when he finds that his grandsons keep asking endless questions that he simply cannot answer. He meets a fellow student and passes himself off as a former show business producer, while she makes out she's a high society dame, when in fact she's really a maid.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Robbie's Band
    6.7/1058 votes

    #12 - Robbie's Band

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1961

    Robbie's band rehearsals upsets the household. Mike's fraternity is looking for a band and Robbie tries to get the job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Damon and Pythias
    6.4/1051 votes

    #13 - Damon and Pythias

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1961

    When Robbie and his friend Hank decide they want to join a club at school, Robbie insists he does not want to join Mike's old club. When he gets an offer to join the Chieftains, the one school Club his brother never belonged to, he jumps at the chance.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip Leaves Home
    7.0/1054 votes

    #14 - Chip Leaves Home

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1962

    Chip feels ignored by his family and decides to do them all a favour by running away from home. His solution is to strike away for far-east India very early the next morning. He takes fright while downtown and secretly returns home and hides in the attic, forgetting the farewell note he's pinned to Tramp's collar.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Joanna Lee

  • The Romance of Silver Pines
    7.3/1064 votes

    #15 - The Romance of Silver Pines

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1962

    Steve takes a week's vacation from the family where he soon finds that he can fall in love with someone as easily as fall out of love with them. Sure that an older couple he's met are trying to play matchmaker, Fran is unsociable towards Steve at first until he points out that he only came along on the trip to appease his fellow campers.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • Blind Date
    7.3/1060 votes

    #16 - Blind Date

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1962

    Two dates, confused phone calls and name mix-ups create a tangled evening for brothers Mike and Robbie, when each get's the other's date. Mike gets a shock when he picks up a fourteen year old, while Robbie nearly croaks at the sight of his 'older woman'.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Second Time Around
    6.1/1061 votes

    #17 - Second Time Around

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1962

    Attractive Pamela MacLish whom Steve took to Chip's grade school dance a year ago, is still trying to melt his bachelor heart. She arrives at the house on the pre-text of soliciting Bub's help to join an Irish Society called the 'Daughters of the Emerald Isle'. Soon Bub thinks that Pamela is after him.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Girls Next Door
    6.9/1062 votes

    #18 - The Girls Next Door

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1962

    Four beautiful airline stewardesses move into the vacant house next door and Mike and Robbie immediately are attracted to the glamorous career women. Meanwhile Steve is at the drawing board trying to meet a work deadline that requires his total concentration.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Bub Gets a Job
    6.9/1068 votes

    #19 - Bub Gets a Job

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1962

    Bub reads an article in a magazine which is directed at bored homemakers and he begins to think that he fits the description. Steve warns him that he should control his Irish temper as it could lead to the demise of his position should he find one.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: George Tibbles, Robert Specht

  • Le Petit Stowaway
    7.3/1075 votes

    #20 - Le Petit Stowaway

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1962

    Steve is going to Chicago on business and he's promised to take Chip with him. A change of plans sees Steve boarding a military plane bound for Paris. Chip takes action when he finds out that he can't go on a trip to Paris with his father, by sneaking onto the plane. He gets lost in the city and is befriended by a little girl named Marie.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Robbie Valentino
    7.0/1058 votes

    #21 - Robbie Valentino

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1962

    Bub fires Robbie's show business ambitions when he tells him to make the most of an opportunity when Robbie's 9th grade physics class is the subject of an educational film. He is excited when he and a fellow student are told they will be part of a close-up scene.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Masterpiece
    6.4/1057 votes

    #22 - The Masterpiece

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1962

    Chip tries to snow his teachers so he can win an art contest and almost succeeds with some help from Bub, who actually painted the artwork. Chip's teacher offers his painting to the Principal to show the school board. When Chip learns of this development, he plots with Sudsy to steal it back.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • A Holiday for Tramp
    6.9/1072 votes

    #23 - A Holiday for Tramp

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1962

    The Douglas family goes to the train station to meet Steve but when they prepare to leave, they can't find Tramp anywhere. Tramp has wandered into the cabin of a famous actress named Marissa Montaigne who takes a liking to him.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Game
    6.2/1056 votes

    #24 - The Big Game

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1962

    Robbie finds out that he won't be able to play in the big game unless he passes a math exam. Steve assures him that if he fails he will not be playing against his team's arch rival. When Chip comes down with the measles, it dampens Robbie's attempt to play even more than before.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip's Party
    6.4/1049 votes

    #25 - Chip's Party

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1962

    Chip's schoolmates want to help him celebrate his tenth birthday with a party but he doesn't want to share the occasion with certain young ladies. However, Steve falls foul of the German measles and when Bub speaks to Sudsy's mother about it, suddenly the gossip mongers decide that they will not send their children to the house for fear of catching the disease.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A