The Donna Reed Show
Comedy • Series

The Donna Reed Show

6.5/10 1958 8 Seasons 275 Episodes Ended

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.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Season 2 Episodes

E1
That's Show Business
30 min 1959

Mary does a kind deed by encouraging a shy, insecure fellow student, Kenny, to appear in the school play. When she does,…

E2
Sleep No More My Lady
30 min 1959

Donna is too excited to sleep because Alex is giving a speech at a convention. While trying to sleep on the plane, Alex …

E3
A Penny Earned
30 min 1959

Donna has trouble deciding whether or not buy a new dress.

E4
A Friend Indeed
30 min 1959

Jeff's 'friend' Doug keeps getting him into trouble at school, and Jeff silently takes the blame for him because he know…

E5
The First Child
30 min 1959

Alex must contend with overly anxious new parents who constantly call him in a state of panic, thinking that there is so…

E6
Going Steady
30 min 1959

Mary wants to meet a boy, so she talks Jeff into going to his kid sister's party.

E7
The Neighborly Gesture
30 min 1959

Alex is hurt that Jeff likes the new neighbor.

E8
Nothing Like a Good Book
30 min 1959

Donna mistakenly accepts an invitation to 'culture vulture' Lydia Langley's cocktail party, at which Lydia mentions that…

E9
Flowers For the Teacher
30 min 1959

Jeff's class has a new teacher, Miss McGuinness. The boys in particular complain that she is too strict, so Donna meets…

E10
All Mothers Worry
30 min 1959

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

E11
Jeff Joins a Club
30 min 1959

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.

E12
The Punishment
30 min 1959

Dilemma in the Stone household: How to discipline the children without having Donna look like a villian by meting out t…

E13
A Difference of Opinion
30 min 1959

Donna gets cornered into accepting an invitation from a couple that neither she nor Alex really care for. Alex refuses …

E14
The Homecoming Dance
30 min 1959

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

E15
The Lucky Girl
30 min 1959

Lately, all Donna has been hearing is how wonderful Alex is, and how lucky she is to be his wife. After a while, this g…

E16
The Broken Spirit
30 min 1960

Jeff causes problems for everyone else in the house due to his selfishness and inconsideration for others. Because of th…

E17
The Secret
30 min 1959

Mary gets an engagement ring and a phone call from Matt, a freshman at UCLA, but doesn't tell anyone in the family about…

E18
The New Mother
30 min 1960

Little David Barker is very excited. His father is getting married and he hopes this means he can leave military school…

E19
Just a Housewife
30 min 1960

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

E20
The Free Soul
30 min 1960

Alex's Uncle Dan takes a break from traveling all over the world. Jeff likes the idea of going to Alaska, Saudi Arab…

E21
The First Quarrel
30 min 1960

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

E22
A Place to Go
30 min 1960

Jeff and his friends get into trouble when they are discovered breaking into an abandoned house. This prompts Donna and…

E23
A Night to Howl
1960

Mary gets scared of how people get in ruts and seem to lose their sense of wonder and magic as they get older. She share…

E24
The Editorial
30 min 1960

Jeff makes editor at the school paper. Excited about his first editorial, he decides to write about how he believes some…

E25
The Gentle Dew
30 min 1960

Alex lays down the law when Jeff and Mary slack off on their responsibilities at home and their schoolwork. Now Alex is…

E26
The Fatal Leap
30 min 1960

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

E27
The Perfect Pitch
30 min 1960

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

E28
Pickles for Charity
30 min 1960

When the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance costs more to produce than the income from ticket sales provided, each member a…

E29
Mary's Growing Pain
30 min 1960

Mary suffers a lack of confidence when Roger shows up at her door, before a ski trip she and her friends are supposed to…

E30
Alex Runs the House
30 min 1960

Donna goes away to be with Jeff, who’s on Spring vacation at uncle Bill’s farm, and Alex has to manage the house and Mar…

E31
The Career Woman
30 min 1960

Donna's old school mate, who has been a single career woman all these years, is now engaged to a doctor. She visits Don…

E32
Jeff, the Financial Genius
30 min 1960

Jeff starts swapping possessions to pay off his debts.

E33
Mary's Crusade
30 min 1960

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 wo…

E34
The First Time We Met
30 min 1960

Donna and Alex have different stories about how they first met. Also, Donna plays matchmaker to a new doctor in town an…

E35
The Gossip
30 min 1960

Donna tells Emily, the town gossip, that Kay Watson is having a baby. Then Donna learns from Alex that Kay is keeping it…

E36
Love's Sweet Awakening
30 min 1960

Sixteen- year-old Petie is home from military school and visiting the Stone family. Petie and Mary have been friends for…

E37
The Wedding Present
30 min 1960

Aunt Lettie is coming to visit, so Donna and Alex try to find the wedding present she gave them so she would be certain …

E38
Cool Cat
30 min 1960

Jeff wants to keep a cat that followed him home, so can Harry the Cat stay? The Stone family will decide by using the d…

Cast

Donna Reed
Donna Reed
Donna Stone
Carl Betz
Carl Betz
Alex Stone
Paul Petersen
Paul Petersen
Jeff Stone
Patty Petersen
Patty Petersen
Trisha Stone

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