August 31, 1955 • 30m
Jim tries to encourage Bud to take after him in salesmanship.
September 7, 1955 • 30m
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...Read more
September 14, 1955 • 30m
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...Read more
September 21, 1955 • 30m
Bud loses a job to a boy who fakes his resumé, which leads him to believe it is alright to do this himself
September 28, 1955 • 30m
Margaret is forced to invite a woman over who makes her uncomfortable because she is Jim's friend's wife.
October 5, 1955 • 30m
Bud learns that the girl he likes is dating his best friend.
October 12, 1955 • 30m
Kathy gets a new magic set, from a trade with a friend, and becomes convinced she can truly wield magic.
October 19, 1955 • 30m
Betty has recently taken up tennis at school and is chosen for a photo shoot for the paper. This causes friction between her and h...Read more
October 26, 1955 • 30m
Bud is accused of cheating because he is suddenly getting high grades in class.
November 2, 1955 • 30m
After commenting on a sitcom (“Father Does It Again”) the family watches together one night, Jim speaks about how TV fathers are o...Read more
November 9, 1955 • 30m
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....Read more
November 16, 1955 • 30m
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 lea...Read more
November 30, 1955 • 30m
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 ...Read more
December 7, 1955 • 30m
Tate Idsen saves a stagecoach from savage Indians in a flashback sequence.
December 14, 1955 • 30m
Bud gets in trouble when his latest friend turns out to be a kleptomaniac.
December 28, 1955 • 30m
Betty is indignant when Jim arranges a date for her with an old insurance salesman buddy’s son, Carter.
January 4, 1956 • 30m
Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort from his family, but is quickly disillusioned ...Read more
January 11, 1956 • 30m
Bud is having trouble in school and the family are hard-pressed to find out why. Eventually, Jim and Margaret come to the conclusi...Read more
January 18, 1956 • 30m
Betty gets a job to pay for a new, expensive formal for the Cinderella Ball at the country club.
January 25, 1956 • 30m
Jim has a bet with Betty and Margaret concerning human nature, integrity and the man painting their house—Mr. Everett.
February 1, 1956 • 30m
Bud seems determined not to go to a Senior/Freshman dance that is Sadie Hawkins-themed.
February 8, 1956 • 30m
Betty becomes irritable with her family as she goes through an existential crisis.
February 15, 1956 • 30m
Kathy is taught about fair trading from her father—and ends up trading her doll for a real baby.
February 22, 1956 • 30m
When Bud receives an assignment to write a term paper about a Revolutionary War hero, he ends up researching the life of a relativ...Read more
February 29, 1956 • 30m
Jim’s old college friend, Charlie Bradley, a successful industrial tycoon, is in town. Charlie, along with Jim, were a part of a g...Read more
March 7, 1956 • 30m
Bud’s new friend, Fred, won't leave the Anderson house.
March 14, 1956 • 30m
The family tries to think up excuses to keep from going to Margaret's family reunion.
March 28, 1956 • 30m
Betty tells a wealthy friend, Eloise Sanders, that she’s going to a charity dinner at a club. But it’s expensive and she hasn’t asked her father, yet.
April 4, 1956 • 30m
Bud gets in a tussle with a boy, Eddie, at school, then dreads facing him the next day because the kid wants to fight him. Jim ma...Read more
April 11, 1956 • 30m
Betty takes a vocational guidance course and signs up to get practical experience to become an engineer, but she gets a lot of fla...Read more
April 18, 1956 • 30m
Jim and a family friend, Frank, fight over an insurance claim and dissolve their friendship over it. Betty and his son, Bob, are d...Read more
April 25, 1956 • 30m
Margaret is asked to represent her branch of the PTA by giving a speech, but later decides against doing so because of some mischief Betty gets into.
May 2, 1956 • 30m
Former baseball star Duke Snider appears in this episode. Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin. San...Read more
May 9, 1956 • 30m
Jim fights the elements to collect plants for Kathy's nature folder. Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray.
May 16, 1956 • 30m
The family member who doesn't tattle for one week will receive ten dollars.
May 23, 1956 • 30m
Kathy finds a receipt for $25 from the adoption center and believes she was adopted.
May 30, 1956 • 30m
Episode 37 of Season 2 premiered on May 30, 1956