Jim tries to encourage Bud to take after him in salesmanship.

Jim comes home tired one day and is harangued by the kids. So, he and Margaret set up new rules to give him some time to relax—but it ends up backfiring.

A new highway is getting built, and for that the old community hall is going to be pulled down. That's something Jim wouldn't like to see since the hall is a historical monument, and also, memories from his youth are connected with this hall. Everyone from the family sees how much the hall means to Jim, and they use different ways to organize help.

Bud loses a job to a boy who fakes his resume, which leads him to believe it is alright to do this himself

Margaret is forced to invite a woman who makes her uncomfortable because she is Jim's friend's wife.

Bud learns that the girl he likes is dating his best friend.

Kathy gets a new magic set, from a trade with a friend, and becomes convinced she can truly wield magic.

Betty has recently taken up tennis at school and is chosen for a photo shoot for the paper. This causes friction between her and her doubles partner, Eula, who is the team’s best player.

Bud is accused of cheating because he is suddenly getting high grades in class.

After commenting on a sitcom (“Father Does It Again”) the family watches together one night, Jim speaks about how TV fathers are often portrayed as dumb in comparison with their families. Later, he plans on going hunting and starts believing that Margaret and the kids are secretly trying to get him to stay.

When Jim gets an invitation to a dance for his class reunion—class of ‘33—the kids start behaving as if their parents are ancient. Then, when the kids at their alma mater treat them the same, Jim and Margaret deal with the thought of getting older.

Bud gets irritated by a girl (whom he refers to as “Dumb Dora”) who has a crush on him, hurts her feelings when his irritation leads to cruelty, and must make amends.

Margaret has a premonition of danger for Jim’s upcoming business trip, and tries to get Jim to postpone it. But Jim believes it’s a bunch of superstitious nonsense, and insists on going anyway.

Tate Idsen saves a stagecoach from savage Indians in a flashback sequence.

Bud gets in trouble when his latest friend turns out to be a kleptomaniac.

Betty is indignant when Jim arranges a date for her with an old insurance salesman buddy’s son, Carter.

Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort fro. His family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.

Bud is having trouble in school and the family are hard pressed to find out why. Eventually, Jim and Margaret come to the conclusion that, since he’s entered high school, he’s lost his confidence over being constantly compared to Betty and her accomplishments.

Betty gets a job to pay for her new formal. Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin.

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The last few days Betty has no fun, she's sullen and does nothing. No one gets through to her, not even her parents. Betty faces a personal crisis when she has to find answers, basically, to the meaning-of-life question. The only way out for her is to put Bud's story (which he has written as an assignment) into reality: Enter a bus and go as far as the money takes her.

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Bud new friend won't leave the Anderson house because he has no family.

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Betty decides to become an engineer. Doyle: Roger Smith. Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin.

Betty and her boyfriend refuse to see again after Jim and his father fight.

Margaret admits before the PTA that she can't control her children.

Former baseball star Duke Snider appears in this episode. Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin. Sandy: Tommy Ivo. Bramer: Kenneth Tobey. Kippy: Paul Wallace.

Jim fights the elements to collect plants for Kathy's nature folder. Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray.

The family member who doesn't tattle for one week will receive ten dollars.

Kathy finds a receipt for $25 from the adoption center and believes she was adopted.

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