The Donna Reed Show

Season 4 (39 Episodes)

8 Seasons1961TV-PG30m7.4

A loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.

The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like when they found a baby on their doorstep or take in a rebellious youth or when Donna tries to patch up marital spats among friends.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 One Starry Night

1. One Starry Night

Aired: Sep 14, 1961

Mary's careless driving leads to an unexpected romantic evening with a young ...

Episode 2 A Rose Is a Rose

2. A Rose Is a Rose

Aired: Sep 21, 1961

Jeff turned in a terrible paper to his English class that has his teacher and...

Episode 3 The Close Shave

3. The Close Shave

Aired: Sep 28, 1961

Jeff starts to grow facial hair and buys every type of shaving and grooming s...

Episode 4 Mouse at Play

4. Mouse at Play

Aired: Oct 5, 1961

Donna's friend is upset because her husband never notices anything new. Donna...

Episode 5 The Monster

5. The Monster

Aired: Oct 12, 1961

The discovery of mysterious animal prints in the backyard leads to a harrowin...

Episode 6 New Girl in Town

6. New Girl in Town

Aired: Oct 19, 1961

Mary offers to pay Jeff's way to a movie if he takes a new girl in the neighb...

Episode 7 One of Those Days

7. One of Those Days

Aired: Oct 26, 1961

Alex has a frustrating day where everything goes wrong and decides to go home...

Episode 8 All Is Forgiven

8. All Is Forgiven

Aired: Nov 2, 1961

Donna & Alex have dinner with their friends Millie & Jack, but the evening tu...

Episode 9 The Electrical Storm

9. The Electrical Storm

Aired: Nov 9, 1961

Jeff is suspended from school when he and his friends pull a prank that cause...

Episode 10 The Paper Tycoon

10. The Paper Tycoon

Aired: Nov 16, 1961

Jeff starts a paper route and realizes it is not as easy as it seems.

Episode 11 Private Tutor

11. Private Tutor

Aired: Nov 23, 1961

Mary is excited about an upcoming dance party and hopes the new boy in school...

Episode 12 Alex, the Professor

12. Alex, the Professor

Aired: Nov 30, 1961

Donna talks Alex into being a speaker for a woman's group about child psychol...

Episode 13 The Fabulous O'Hara

13. The Fabulous O'Hara

Aired: Dec 7, 1961

Alex's patient lives with his grandfather. Mr O'Hara thinks Alex is underchar...

Episode 14 Way of a Woman

14. Way of a Woman

Aired: Dec 14, 1961

Scotty breaks a skiing date with Mary. Donna see Mary's disappointment and as...

Episode 15 A Very Bright Boy

15. A Very Bright Boy

Aired: Dec 21, 1961

Johnny Crawford stars as the son of Donna's college roommate who arrives to s...

Episode 18 For Angie with Love

18. For Angie with Love

Aired: Jan 18, 1962

Jeff tries to match a rich boy's gift of a Cashmere sweater to Angie who he i...

Episode 19 Aloha, Kimi

19. Aloha, Kimi

Aired: Jan 25, 1962

When the daughter of a family friend is paralyzed in a surfing accident, Alex...

Episode 20 Donna's Prima Donna

20. Donna's Prima Donna

Aired: Feb 1, 1962

Mary considers skipping college to pursue a singing career. Donna is skeptica...

Episode 21 Explorer's Ten

21. Explorer's Ten

Aired: Feb 8, 1962

After listening to a talk on space travel, Jeff and his Explorer friends deci...

Episode 22 The New Office

22. The New Office

Aired: Feb 15, 1962

Alex considers moving his practice out of the house and into an office downto...

Episode 23 The Golden Trap

23. The Golden Trap

Aired: Feb 22, 1962

Mary is confident she can handle Jeff and the house when her parents go out o...

Episode 24 Free Flight

24. Free Flight

Aired: Mar 1, 1962

After Donna sends a telegram complaining about an airline's service directly ...

Episode 25 The Wide Open Spaces

25. The Wide Open Spaces

Aired: Mar 8, 1962

Donna and Alex travel to spend a weekend with their friends who moved to a fa...

Episode 26 The Fireball

26. The Fireball

Aired: Mar 15, 1962

As Jeff and Angie rehearse their lines for a school play, they reminisce abou...

Episode 28 Hilldale 500

28. Hilldale 500

Aired: Mar 29, 1962

Jeff is interested in entering go-cart races. He does not have the money to d...

Episode 29 Winner Takes All

29. Winner Takes All

Aired: Apr 5, 1962

Jeff and his friend Moose enjoy playing school baseball, but Moose's father k...

Episode 30 Skin Deep

30. Skin Deep

Aired: Apr 12, 1962

A friend sets Mary up on a blind date, and she is looking forward to it. When...

Episode 31 The Fortune Teller

31. The Fortune Teller

Aired: Apr 19, 1962

Donna is coaxed into being a fortune teller at the town's bazaar. Not knowing...

Episode 32 Man of Action

32. Man of Action

Aired: Apr 26, 1962

Jeff and his friend Smitty seem to have Smitty's little brother tagging along...

Episode 33 Donna Meets Roberta

33. Donna Meets Roberta

Aired: May 3, 1962

A friend tells Alex a woman is selling her house cheap, but in another year t...

Episode 34 The Caravan

34. The Caravan

Aired: May 10, 1962

A trip across the country in a recreational trailer turns out to be more work...

Episode 35 The Swingin' Set

35. The Swingin' Set

Aired: May 17, 1962

Jeff and Smitty find new girls in town to take to the prom. The two couples a...

Episode 36 On to Fairview

36. On to Fairview

Aired: May 24, 1962

Jeff gets a job at a bicycle shop to earn spending money. He wants a special ...

Episode 37 The Man in the Mask

37. The Man in the Mask

Aired: May 31, 1962

Jeff manages to get an interview with Don Drysdale, an all-star pitcher for t...

Episode 38 The Father Image

38. The Father Image

Aired: Jun 7, 1962

Alex has a patient who needs constant care. Jeff wants his father to help him...

Episode 39 Dear Wife

39. Dear Wife

Aired: Jun 14, 1962

After attending a friend's wedding, Mary seems anxious to get married herself...

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Info about The Donna Reed Show

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Family

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