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The Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4

Every episode of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 4 - The Private Eye
    8.5/10(112 votes)

    S4:E4

    Jethro is a 'double nought' spy waiting for a call from 'M' so he can go on an adventure. Mr Drysdale gives him an office in the bank & Elly May is his secretary. After a visit from two other 'agents' Jethro thinks he's on his way. However the two 'agents' know Jethro's office is above the Bank's Vault & want to break in to it until the double nought spy foils their plan.!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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  2. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 18 - The Buggy
    8.5/10(90 votes)

    S4:E18

    The Clampetts buy a horse for Mrs Drysdale named Lightning. Jed wants Mr Drysdale to ask his wife if she'll compete with Granny in a buggy race.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 2 - That Old Black Magic
    8.4/10(100 votes)

    S4:E2

    Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's astrology is Black Magic, Mrs Drysdale's horoscope says to make friends with the neighbours. Granny chases her away, but later goes to apologise & is shocked to find a Minah bird in the Drysdales house.! Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's turned herself into a crow.!

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Ronny Pearlman

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  4. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 5 - Possum Day
    8.4/10(112 votes)

    S4:E5

    Granny thinks Mrs.Drysdale is running against her for Possum Queen.Granny and the family put on a rip-snotin' campaign to elect Granny Possum Queen.Mr.Drysdale,in the meantime,is trying to get any city he can to hold a Possum Day parade.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 12 - Mrs. Drysdale's Father
    8.4/10(104 votes)

    S4:E12

    Mrs Drysdale's father arrives & is a little short of cash. After hearing that Jed next-door is a millionaire he invites himself over for a game of poker. Mrs Drysdale's Father is winning until Granny sits in on the game & then she ends up with all the winnings. Mrs Drysdale's father then shoots some pool with Jed but he loses again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 13 - Mr. Farquhar Stays On
    8.4/10(98 votes)

    S4:E13

    Mrs. Drysdale's father, an aristocratic Bostonian, is coming to visit, and she's afraid that one glimpse of the unrefined Clampetts will send him back to Boston.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 29 - The Bird Watchers
    8.4/10(102 votes)

    S4:E29

    Mr Drysdale wants Dash to ask Elly for another date. Miss Jane meets her hero, Prof. Biddle (of the Biddle birdwatchers)& they go out on a field trip looking for birds to watch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 30 - Jethro Gets Engaged
    8.4/10(95 votes)

    S4:E30

    Jethro get's a job as Dash Riprock's stunt double. He changes his name to ""Beef Jerky"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 31 - Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    S4:E31

    Prof.Biddle drinks some of Granny's tonic thinking it's water & his personality changes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 1 - Admiral Jed Clampett
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    S4:E1

    Mr Drysdale wants Jed to buy a yacht & join the Yacht club. Jethro sees Mr Drysdale's captains hat & goes out to find a something similar for Jed. He returns with an Admirals uniform.! The clampetts agree to meet Mr Drysdale & Miss Jane at the Dock but get lost & end up at a navy base. They see a Navy vessel & think it's a yacht. When Jed walks up the Gangway in his admirals uniform the sailors think it's a surprise inspection. After a 'test drive' Jed decides to pass on buying the 'boat'. Note: This is the first episode filmed and aired in color.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writers:Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle

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  11. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 15 - The Common Cold
    8.3/10(90 votes)

    S4:E15

    Granny has a cure for the common cold & opens up an office in Mr Drysdale's Building.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 20 - The Big Chicken
    8.3/10(92 votes)

    S4:E20

    Granny thinks an ostrich in their yard is a big chicken & tries to catch it for supper.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 28 - Jethro's Pad
    8.3/10(101 votes)

    S4:E28

    While cleaning out Mr Drysdale's garage to earn some extra money for his new pad, Jethro finds a large pile of ""mens magazines"". With his new pad (a beat-up old caravan) Jethro is eager to lure a girl there so he visit's the kitty cat club & parks his pad on the beach. Things are going all right until the tide comes in & his ""pad"" starts floating.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 6 - The Possum Parade
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    S4:E6

    Granny is wondering why her opponent Mrs Drysdale hasn't started her campaign for Possum Queen yet. When Mr Drysdale learns this he immediately starts campaigning for his wife without his wifes knowledge. Granny gets all fired up & the insults are hurled back and forth,When Mrs Drysdale finds out what's going on she goes home to her bed & stays there. Granny thinks she has been too mean to Mrs Drysdale so she pulls out of the race for Possum Queen.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 16 - The Richest Woman
    8.2/10(117 votes)

    S4:E16

    The world's richest woman has her eye on the Clampett estate.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 19 - The Cat Burglar
    8.2/10(87 votes)

    S4:E19

    Elly-May is worried because she heard there was a Cat-Burglar on the loose. So she gathered up all her cats & took them inside the house. Later the Cat Burglar posing as a detective arrives at the Clampett's place pretending to secure it against burglars,but is really ""casing the joint."" Elly May sets some traps & catches the cat burglars assistant & Jethro catches Miss Jane. (Much to her delight !)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 23 - The Great Jethro
    8.2/10(107 votes)

    S4:E23

    Jethro decides to be a magician after seeing Marvo the Magnificent.Marvo puts on a magic show for the Clampetts-and later sells Jethro his entire warehouse of equipment(which had been just sitting there for years).Jethro tries to put on a similar magic show-and he doesn't succeed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 25 - Flatt and Scruggs Return
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    S4:E25

    Musicians Flatt and Scruggs pay a visit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 26 - The Folk Singers
    8.2/10(88 votes)

    S4:E26

    Jethro abandons his career as an astronaut to become a folk singer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 27 - The Beautiful Maid
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    S4:E27

    Julie Newmar as an actress studying backwoods behavior for a movie role.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 32 - Jethro Goes to College
    8.2/10(85 votes)

    S4:E32

    Jethro goes to college & when he graduates Mr Drysdale makes him Vice President of the Bank. Elly wants to go to college too, but she ends up in a karate school.!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 8 - The Courtship of Elly
    8.1/10(94 votes)

    S4:E8

    Elly May again becomes the target of one of Granny's matchmaking schemes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 9 - A Real Nice Neighbor
    8.1/10(97 votes)

    S4:E9

    The Clampetts think the house keeper from next door is their new neighbour.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 22 - Brewster's Baby
    8.1/10(95 votes)

    S4:E22

    Granny and Elly head for the Ozarks to help deliver a friend's baby.

    Director:Joseph Depew
    Writer:Paul Henning

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  25. The Beverly Hillbillies Season 4 Episode 24 - The Old Folks Home
    8.1/10(86 votes)

    S4:E24

    A spring-fever epidemic hits the Clampett home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Private Eye" is the best rated episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies" season 4. It scored 8.5/10 based on 112 votes. Directed by Joseph Depew and written by Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle, it aired on 10/6/1965. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Buggy".