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The Best Episodes of The Donna Reed Show Season 3

Every episode of The Donna Reed Show Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Donna Reed Show Season 3!

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Weekend
    0.0/10(39 votes)

    #1 - Weekend

    S3:E1

    The family wants to get away for the weekend. The brochure shows Lakeview Lodge to be a great place to go, so Donna and Alex head up there early with Mary and Jeff to join them later, but Lakeview Lodge turns out to be a major disappointment. Now what can they do?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 2 - The Mystery Woman
    0.0/10(38 votes)

    #2 - The Mystery Woman

    S3:E2

    A lady spots Donna and Mary having lunch in a restaurant, so she stops to say hello. She recognized Donna, even though it had "been 13 years." Donna doesn't recognize her, but is polite and too embarrassed to ask her name. Later, after accepting a dinner invitation, Donna realizes she must find out who the mystery woman was.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Barbara Hammer

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  3. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Donna Decorates
    0.0/10(47 votes)

    #3 - Donna Decorates

    S3:E3

    Donna tries to redecorate the house, but neighbor boy Dennis Mitchell tries to help her...and ends up making things more of a mess. Donna finally calls Dennis' nearer neighbor Mr.Wilson to ask if Dennis would help him with anything. This was a crossover show-with two people from "Dennis the Menace”.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 4 - The Love Letter
    0.0/10(35 votes)

    #4 - The Love Letter

    S3:E4

    Nick the Greek is the handyman at the Stone's house. He's still learning how to write English, so he asks Jeff for help in writing a love letter to his girlfriend. Later, Mary finds this love letter in Jeff's handwriting and wonders if Jeff is involved in a new romance.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writers:Tom August, Helen August

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  5. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 5 - How the Other Side Lives
    0.0/10(44 votes)

    #5 - How the Other Side Lives

    S3:E5

    Mary's friend Ginny lives in a mansion with a maid, a tennis court, and a swimming pool. Now Ginny is going to spend the weekend at Mary's house. What can Mary do to impress Ginny, with the Stone family having no maid, no pool, no tennis court, and with wild, unruly younger brother Jeff at home?

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:John Whedon

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  6. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Alex's Twin
    0.0/10(37 votes)

    #6 - Alex's Twin

    S3:E6

    Mary is enamored with the new boy at school, Elroy. Why? Because he reminds her so much of what her dad must have been like as a teenager. Alex can't see the resemblance at all.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Nate Monaster

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  7. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 7 - Worried Anyone?
    0.0/10(34 votes)

    #7 - Worried Anyone?

    S3:E7

    Like, are we worried about Mary riding in Scotty's car? After all, its only a hot rod made with parts taken from wrecked cars!

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 8 - Higher Learning
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Higher Learning

    S3:E8

    Donna is worried about Jeff’s dropping grades and class ranking.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writers:Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder

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  9. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 9 - Never Marry a Doctor
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #9 - Never Marry a Doctor

    S3:E9

    The Stones' cleaning lady has troubles. Her baby is sick and her husband lost his job due to illness. Alex takes care of the baby's health, and Donna hires the husband to do odd jobs in their house. Now the Stones have troubles. The twenty dollars that Alex left on the counter for Mrs. Cruikshank's charity is missing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 10 - It Only Hurts When I Laugh
    0.0/10(27 votes)

    #10 - It Only Hurts When I Laugh

    S3:E10

    The tables are turned as Alex becomes a hospital patient, and a difficult one at that.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 11 - The Model Daughter
    0.0/10(27 votes)

    #11 - The Model Daughter

    S3:E11

    Mary goes to a session at Taffy Cinders Charm School and wins a scholarship to learn how to be a model. Most of the girls who went with Mary also "won" scholarships, too! Then the expenses mount up.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 12 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
    0.0/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

    S3:E12

    Mary is so indecisive, always asking her mother about what clothes to wear which boys to date. Tonight though, she starts making her own decisions when she, Roger, and Larry go out on the town.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writers:Theodore Ferro, Mathilde Ferro

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  13. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 13 - Donna Goes to a Reunion
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Donna Goes to a Reunion

    S3:E13

    Donna heads to a Blaine Women's College reunion, and while she's away, Jeff adopts Duke, the dog.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:John Whedon

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  14. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 14 - Someone is Watching
    0.0/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Someone is Watching

    S3:E14

    Jeff wants a motor scooter like Gordie just got, but Alex won't agree to that. Gordie shows off his riding skill until he drives the scooter into a tree in the Stones’s front yard. Gordie proceeds to fake a leg injury that puts him in Jeff's bed overnight, with Donna taking care of him.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:John Whedon

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  15. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 15 - The Lean and Hungry Look
    0.0/10(29 votes)

    #15 - The Lean and Hungry Look

    S3:E15

    Donna can't fit into the dinner dress she bought a few months ago, and she wants to wear it! She decides it's time to exercise and diet the extra pounds off. Then, Alex notices his tuxedo is a little too tight now. And will Jeff ever repay Mary the money he borrowed from her so she can buy that sweater she's been wanting for so long?

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writers:Tom August, Helen August

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  16. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 16 - Character Building
    0.0/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Character Building

    S3:E16

    When Donna's letter-to-the-editor about parents needing to make sure that their children follow through by finishing what they start gets published, it prompts Donna to follow through herself. Now Mary can't play tennis till she finds her lost jacket and returns a library book, and Jeff can't rest till he finds the tire pump he borrowed from a friend.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Clifford Goldsmith

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  17. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 17 - World's Greatest Entertainer
    0.0/10(28 votes)

    #17 - World's Greatest Entertainer

    S3:E17

    Jeff just can't seem to do anything right. The family needs to build up his spirits, so when he does mediocre imitations of movie stars like James Cagney, Peter Lorre, and Edward G. Robinson, he gets all the family's praise. So, he decides to enter the upcoming school talent show! Now what can Mary, Donna, and Alex do?

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  18. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 18 - Variations On a Theme
    0.0/10(28 votes)

    #18 - Variations On a Theme

    S3:E18

    The piano becomes a "parking lot”, with everyone dropping things on it, so Alex decides to sell it. All of a sudden, Mary has a problem with that idea.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:John Whedon

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  19. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 19 - The Stones Go to Hollywood
    0.0/10(35 votes)

    #19 - The Stones Go to Hollywood

    S3:E19

    Alex needs to go to Hollywood to discuss suggestions for a Children's Clinic, so the whole family takes the opportunity to go along and see Hollywood, except it rains—for 2 days! They had so much wanted to meet a movie and TV star before they leave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 20 - Donna Directs a Play
    0.0/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Donna Directs a Play

    S3:E20

    Donna fills in for the director of Mary's drama group when he is called to Hollywood for a part in a movie.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 21 - Trip to Nowhere
    0.0/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Trip to Nowhere

    S3:E21

    Jeff has been complaining that there's nothing to do. To top it off, Ricky comes over and brags about how his dad is taking him on an exciting camping trip this weekend. Now Jeff wants to go camping, but Alex is away at a conference.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:John Whedon

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  22. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 22 - The Geisha Girl
    0.0/10(36 votes)

    #22 - The Geisha Girl

    S3:E22

    The new doctor has a Japanese Geisha girl for a wife. She is constantly seeing to her husband's needs, can't do enough for him. The married couples of Hilldale have a difficult time adjusting to her. Leave it to Donna to "Americanize" her in matters of wifely duties.

    Director:Norman Tokar
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 23 - The Busy People
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #23 - The Busy People

    S3:E23

    In an attempt for more togetherness, Donna signs Alex and herself up for painting lessons.

    Director:James Neilson
    Writers:Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder

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  24. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 24 - Tony Martin Visits
    0.0/10(34 votes)

    #24 - Tony Martin Visits

    S3:E24

    While driving through Hilldale, Tony Martin is arrested for speeding by a policeman using radar. He knows he wasn't speeding, but figures he'll just pay the fine and be on his way. In court, Tony sees Donna fighting a parking meter violation and insisting on a jury trial rather than pay a $2 fine.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Donna Reed Show Season 3 Episode 25 - Aunt Belle's Earrings
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #25 - Aunt Belle's Earrings

    S3:E25

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    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Weekend" is the best rated episode of "The Donna Reed Show" season 3. It scored /10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1960. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Mystery Woman".