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S2 · E10All Mothers Worry 1959-11-26 · 30 min

Jeff's friend, Phillip, has a problem. He wants to play football, but his mother is over-protective and won't let him.

S2 · E11Jeff Joins a Club 1959-12-03 · 30 min

Jeff finds out the reason why he wasn't made a member of a club: He is friends with a boy no one else likes.

S2 · E12The Punishment 1959-12-10 · 30 min

Dilemma in the Stone household: How to discipline the children without having Donna look like a villian by meting out the punishments, or having Donna look like a squealer when Alex does .

S2 · E13A Difference of Opinion 1959-12-17 · 30 min

Donna gets cornered into accepting an invitation from a couple that neither she nor Alex really care for. Alex refuses to go, sparking an argument that they try to keep quiet from the children.

S2 · E14The Homecoming Dance 1959-12-24 · 30 min

Alex and Donna chaperone Mary's date with a college man.

S2 · E15The Lucky Girl 1959-12-31 · 30 min

Lately, all Donna has been hearing is how wonderful Alex is, and how lucky she is to be his wife. After a while, this gets Donna wondering if what people really mean is that Alex got the short end of the stick by marrying her.

S2 · E16The Broken Spirit 1960-01-07 · 30 min

Jeff causes problems for everyone else in the house due to his selfishness and inconsideration for others. Because of this he gets a lecture, which he blows off. But then these same issues end up making him go overboard on being a model son when he fears the repercussions of hurting someone.

S2 · E17The Secret 1959-01-14 · 30 min

Mary gets an engagement ring and a phone call from Matt, a freshman at UCLA, but doesn't tell anyone in the family about the ring or why Matt is calling. So what's going on? As Donna says, "Alex, our daughter has a secret."

S2 · E18The New Mother 1960-01-21 · 30 min

Little David Barker is very excited. His father is getting married and he hopes this means he can leave military school and live in a real home, but things don't work out the way David thought they would.

S2 · E19Just a Housewife 1960-01-28 · 30 min

Donna becomes offended by the way people seem to use the word ‘housewife’ condescendingly.

S2 · E20The Free Soul 1960-02-04 · 30 min

Alex's Uncle Dan takes a break from traveling all over the world. Jeff likes the idea of going to Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Malaya, Australia, and doing whatever he wants, just like Uncle Dan. Jeff decides to join him. Will Donna and Alex allow him to go? Would you believe, yes?

S2 · E21The First Quarrel 1960-02-11 · 30 min

Donna and Alex advise a newly married couple after their first big argument.

S2 · E22A Place to Go 1960-02-18 · 30 min

Jeff and his friends get into trouble when they are discovered breaking into an abandoned house. This prompts Donna and the other mothers to create a nice meeting place for the children.

S2 · E23A Night to Howl 1960-02-25

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S2 · E24The Editorial 1960-03-03 · 30 min

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S2 · E25The Gentle Dew 1960-03-10 · 30 min

Alex lays down the law when Jeff and Mary slack off on their responsibilities at home and their schoolwork. Now Alex is furious when it appears that Mary didn't come home from a bowling date with Roger on time.

S2 · E26The Fatal Leap 1960-03-17 · 30 min

Alex's wild room-mate from college is getting married, and Alex is invited to the bachelor party. Donna doesn't like this idea at all.

S2 · E27The Perfect Pitch 1960-03-24 · 30 min

Donna makes Jeff take trumpet lessons when she discovers he has perfect pitch. Jeff would rather be on the track team.

S2 · E28Pickles for Charity 1960-04-07 · 30 min

While Alex was the ""belle of the ball"" with his fantastic dancing at the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance, the dance cost more to produce than the income from ticket sales provided. Each member agrees to contribute $27 using her skills in moneymaking to make up the budget shortfall. Donna will sell 54 jars of her famous pickle recipe at fifty cents per jar and donate the money to the Auxiliary. Will Donna's plan work?

S2 · E29Mary's Growing Pain 1960-04-14 · 30 min

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S2 · E30Alex Runs the House 1960-04-21 · 30 min

Donna is away and Alex has to manage the house and children.

S2 · E31The Career Woman 1960-04-28 · 30 min

Donna's old school mate, who has been a single career woman all these years, is now engaged to a doctor. She visits Donna to see what life is really like for a doctor's wife.

S2 · E32Jeff, the Financial Genius 1960-05-05 · 30 min

Jeff starts swapping possessions to pay off a debt. Zack: Mike Montgomery. Mrs. Pruitt: Marjorie Winters. Alvin: Mike Peters. Sprague: Percy Helton. Paul Petersen.

S2 · E33Mary's Crusade 1960-05-12 · 30 min

Mary vows not to go to the school dance unless Ellen has a date for the dance. Ellen is rather plain so Mary goes to work to transform Ellen into a glamorous young lady.

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