S1 E21
A Family Out of Us
The son of an affluent couple, whose father has little time for him, joins the Cub Scouts.
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36 episodes · First aired 1953-09-20
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S1 E22
Act of Faith
Eddie Albert plays a mild-mannered soul whose happy marriage to an earthy woman seems to be coming to an end.
S1 E23
The New York Story
A glamorous mother and wife who dallies with other men's attention takes her own husband and son for granted. Clever opening schoolroom sequence in which the moms comment in theirs heads about each other. The climax in which the woman's mind races with impending terror about her son's lateness might seem melodramatic, but it's all too real for many of us who worry about loved ones. Mabel Albertson of "Bewitched" and so many other series plays the PTA spokesperson.
S1 E24
Nobody's Boy
Fictionalized story of a Chicago juvenile delinquent who meets Jack Robbins, founder of the BBR, a boy's club that still exists today. A familiar face in one scene is the ubiquitous Argentina Brunetti, to whom Dean Martin sang "That's Amore" in "The Caddy." At the end of the story, Young introduces actor Chick Chandler and the real-life Jack Robbins.
S1 E25
The Count of Ten
Tiger Tipton retired from a successful boxing career at his wife's insistence. Now broke from her expensive medical care, he arranges one last fight with the champ, but he can't let his wife find out.
S1 E26
The Clara Schumann Story
The great composer and his concert pianist wife, whose seemingly idyllic marriage descends into mental breakdown.
S1 E27
Son, This is Your Father
Flashbacks tell the story of a charming but irresponsible ex-husband who re-enters the lives of his wife and son. The father/son relationship is similar to that of Gloria's son and her first husband on the series, "Modern Family." In this episode, Young's character's name is "Ginger," a decade before her co-star, Alan Hale Jr., addressed Tina Louise by the name on "Gilligan's Island."
S1 E28
The First Man to Ask Her
Offbeat comic tale of a sheltered young woman whose house is turned upside down by an eccentric lady, her cowboy son -- and his horse. Jock Mahoney makes the first of his many appearances in the series, playing nephew "Andy" to Frances Bavier, who would ironically play Aunt Bee to Andy Griffith less than a decade later.
S1 E29
Man's Estate
Profile of a teenager who wants to be treated as an adult.
S1 E30
Forest Ranger
A forest ranger's wife unknowing allows into her house an escaped convict who seeks revenge on her husband.
S1 E31
The Enchanted Schoolteacher
A near-sighted, reclusive teacher is romanced by the father of her shyest pupil and discovers what she's been missing.
S1 E32
The Judgment
A woman is plagued by guilt when her politician husband killed a pedestrian in a car accident. Instead of taking responsibility, he was elated to see someone else arrested and blamed for it.
S1 E33
Oh, My Aching Heart
Nora is hired as a secretary under the condition that she disguise herself to be old and unattractive, so as not to distract her boss. When her boss has need to drop in to Nora's home, he is taken with the young lady he finds there, who claims to be Nora's sister.
S1 E34
Dear Midge
Midge is an unmarried social worker with an overactive imagination, including having a curmudgeonly fairy to guide her. Her fairy gets her into sticky situations, and she is afraid of making a poor impression on her attractive neighbor.
S1 E35
Something Always Happens
A young widow's beau won't marry her until he establishes some financial capital, so she deceives him into believing he won a $5000 raffle.
S1 E36
Lady in Wet Paint
A new teacher in a remote Native American community struggles to get children out of work and into school, and she ends up instigating a strike against the local farmer who employs most of the natives.