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The Best Episodes of The Donna Reed Show Season 5

Every episode of The Donna Reed Show Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Donna Reed Show Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 1 - Mister Nice Guy
    8.5/10(35 votes)

    #1 - Mister Nice Guy

    S5:E1

    Mary can't understand why her brother Jeff is being so polite to her - unless there is some ulterior motive behind his good behavior.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 2 - Mrs. Stone and Doctor Hyde
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #2 - Mrs. Stone and Doctor Hyde

    S5:E2

    When Donna fills in for Alex's vacationing nurse, she is taken aback to find him an office tyrant.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  3. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 3 - To Be a Boy
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #3 - To Be a Boy

    S5:E3

    Trying to save enough money to build a boat, Jeff and Smitty make a pact to give up dating. Then Jeff finds Mary's friend Joanne hiding under his bed.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 4 - Who Needs Glasses?
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #4 - Who Needs Glasses?

    S5:E4

    Jeff decides wearing glasses would make him look older, and sets out to prove he needs them.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 5 - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #5 - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

    S5:E5

    Mary decides it's time to leave home, and moves into the college dormitory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 6 - My Dad
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #6 - My Dad

    S5:E6

    Alex tries over and over to spend a day with Jeff,but his plans are always interrupted by emergency calls.Jeff later shows that he still loves his father by singing the song,""My Dad.""

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  7. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 7 - Fine Feathers
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Fine Feathers

    S5:E7

    Jeff discovers a lost bird.He thinks it might be a rare cockatoo and sends the story to the newspapers and audobon societies-only to find out that the bird is really a cockateel,not quite a cockatoo.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 8 - Rebel With a Cause
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Rebel With a Cause

    S5:E8

    Donna is selected to take part in a survey of housewives to dtermine how long they spend doing their household chores.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  9. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 9 - Big Star
    6.2/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Big Star

    S5:E9

    Mary succeeds in helping a shy boy she knows become a singing star.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  10. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 10 - Man to Man
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Man to Man

    S5:E10

    Alex and Jeff go camping in order to spend more time together, but the trip turns out to be a plot cooked up by Jeff to meet his friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 11 - The Baby Buggy
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #11 - The Baby Buggy

    S5:E11

    Everyone chips in to buy the elderly baby doctor a new car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 12 - The Makeover Man
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #12 - The Makeover Man

    S5:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 13 - The Winning Ticket
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #13 - The Winning Ticket

    S5:E13

    Jeff has a moral dilemma. He won a sports car with a raffle ticket he picked up off the ground after the original owner dropped it. Does Jeff keep the car or does he track down the original ticket holder?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 14 - The Soft Touch
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #14 - The Soft Touch

    S5:E14

    If Jeff wants to be able to afford to go to a special event this weekend, he had better collect on the loans he gave his friends. This prompts Donna to suggest that Alex collect from his deadbeat patients.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 15 - Jeff Stands Alone
    8.1/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Jeff Stands Alone

    S5:E15

    After a conversation with a telephone lineman, Jeff decides that it's about time he becomes independent himself. He tests himself by going to a strange town without any money to see whether or not he can make it on his own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 16 - Just a Little Wedding
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Just a Little Wedding

    S5:E16

    Mary's friend, Marcia, is getting married. She and her fiance want a small, simple wedding, but her mother, upon arriving in town, has other ideas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 17 - A Woman' Place
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #17 - A Woman' Place

    S5:E17

    When Donna decides to run for town council, Jeff and Mary agree to take care of the house. And how! But when Alex dreams about Donna's political future, as Mayor, perhaps Governor, he decides he'd rather have her back home again.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 18 - The Chinese Horse
    8.3/10(38 votes)

    #18 - The Chinese Horse

    S5:E18

    At an auction a mysterious woman asks Donna to buy a huge Chinese horse statue and gives her the money for it, so Donna does buy it and takes it home. Mary, Jeff and Alex all wonder why?

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 19 - The New Look
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #19 - The New Look

    S5:E19

    A boyfriend of Mary's calls her wholesome,and she doesn't know weather to take it as a compliment or an insult.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 20 - A Way of Her Own
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #20 - A Way of Her Own

    S5:E20

    A little girl named Trisha follows the Stones home from the park and says that she is one of the family.After a long effort to find her real parents,her uncle arrives.He realizes that the orphaned Trisha loves being in a family and that the Stones are fond of her.He arranges it so Trisha can stay with the Stones.Thus a new family member is added.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 21 - Three is a Family
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Three is a Family

    S5:E21

    Mary learns the joys and pains of having a little sister,as she has to baby-sit Trisha on a night when she'd planned to go on a date.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 22 - Big Sixteen
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Big Sixteen

    S5:E22

    On Jeff's 16th birthday he has a big fight with his girlfriend. Then he falls for an older woman.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  23. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 23 - Pioneer Woman
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #23 - Pioneer Woman

    S5:E23

    Alex and Jeff spend the weekend at the cabin of Alex's friend Red. Donna and Mary follow them and prove that women can, ""rough it"" in the wilderness as well as men can.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Barbara Avedon

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  24. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 24 - The House on the Hill
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    #24 - The House on the Hill

    S5:E24

    Donna visits a reclusive woman who lives in an old Victorian house.She feels trapped in a haunted house after a while.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Donna Reed Show Season 5 Episode 25 - Where the Stones Are
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #25 - Where the Stones Are

    S5:E25

    The Stones all end up at Shelter Bay during ""mid-term vacation"", better known today as ""Spring Break"". Mary doesn't know the rest of the family is there; she thought it was just her and her girlfriends. Donna, Jeff, and Alex get to stay on a fishing boat named ""Big Daddy"", and boy, does Donna hook a big one!

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Mister Nice Guy" is the best rated episode of "The Donna Reed Show" season 5. It scored 8.5/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1962. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "Mrs. Stone and Doctor Hyde".