The Donna Reed Show

Season 2

38 episodes · Sep 24, 1959

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  • S2E1

    That's Show Business

    Sep 24, 195930m

    Mary does a kind deed by encouraging a shy, insecure fellow student, Kenny, to appear in the school play. When she does, he ends up being paired with her in a dance number. But she regrets her good deed because she’s worried about how they’ll appear next to each other, as he’s shorter than her.

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  • S2E2

    Sleep No More My Lady

    Oct 1, 195930m

    Donna is too excited to sleep because Alex is giving a speech at a convention. While trying to sleep on the plane, Alex gives Donna a tranquilizer to help her sleep, which leads to an embarrassing chain of events.

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  • S2E3

    A Penny Earned

    Oct 8, 195930m

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

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  • S2E4

    A Friend Indeed

    Oct 15, 195930m

    Jeff's 'friend' Doug keeps getting him into trouble at school, and Jeff silently takes the blame for him because he knows Doug's mother constantly picks on him and wonders why he can't be more like Jeff, who behaves like an innocent cherub at their house.

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  • S2E5

    The First Child

    Oct 22, 195930m

    Alex must contend with overly anxious new parents who constantly call him in a state of panic, thinking that there is something wrong with their baby.

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  • S2E6

    Going Steady

    Oct 29, 195930m

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

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  • S2E7

    The Neighborly Gesture

    Nov 5, 195930m

    Alex is hurt that Jeff likes the new neighbor.

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  • S2E8

    Nothing Like a Good Book

    Nov 12, 195930m

    Donna mistakenly accepts an invitation to 'culture vulture' Lydia Langley's cocktail party, at which Lydia mentions that she also conducts a book discussion group. She goads Donna into joining it and then reporting on Tolstoy's "War and Peace" at her first meeting. Donna then attempts to immerse the whole family in culture.

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  • S2E9

    Flowers For the Teacher

    Nov 19, 195930m

    Jeff's class has a new teacher, Miss McGuinness. The boys in particular complain that she is too strict, so Donna meets with the new teacher to get matters settled.

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  • S2E10

    All Mothers Worry

    Nov 26, 195930m

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

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  • S2E11

    Jeff Joins a Club

    Dec 3, 195930m

    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.

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  • S2E12

    The Punishment

    Dec 10, 195930m

    Dilemma in the Stone household: How to discipline the children without having Donna look like a villian by meting out the punishments, or having Donna look like a squealer when Alex does .

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  • S2E13

    A Difference of Opinion

    Dec 17, 195930m

    Donna gets cornered into accepting an invitation from a couple that neither she nor Alex really care for. Alex refuses to go, sparking an argument that they try to keep quiet from the children.

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  • S2E14

    The Homecoming Dance

    Dec 24, 195930m

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

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  • S2E15

    The Lucky Girl

    Dec 31, 195930m

    Lately, all Donna has been hearing is how wonderful Alex is, and how lucky she is to be his wife. After a while, this gets Donna wondering if what people really mean is that Alex got the short end of the stick by marrying her.

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  • S2E16

    The Broken Spirit

    Jan 7, 196030m

    Jeff causes problems for everyone else in the house due to his selfishness and inconsideration for others. Because of this he gets a lecture, which he blows off. But then these same issues end up making him go overboard on being a model son when he fears the repercussions of hurting someone.

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  • S2E17

    The Secret

    Jan 14, 195930m

    Mary gets an engagement ring and a phone call from Matt, a freshman at UCLA, but doesn't tell anyone in the family about the ring or why Matt is calling. So what's going on? As Donna says, "Alex, our daughter has a secret."

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  • S2E18

    The New Mother

    Jan 21, 196030m

    Little David Barker is very excited. His father is getting married and he hopes this means he can leave military school and live in a real home, but things don't work out the way David thought they would.

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  • S2E19

    Just a Housewife

    Jan 28, 196030m

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

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  • S2E20

    The Free Soul

    Feb 4, 196030m

    Alex's Uncle Dan takes a break from traveling all over the world. Jeff likes the idea of going to Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Malaya, Australia, and doing whatever he wants, just like Uncle Dan. Jeff decides to join him. Will Donna and Alex allow him to go? Would you believe, yes?

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  • S2E21

    The First Quarrel

    Feb 11, 196030m

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

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  • S2E22

    A Place to Go

    Feb 18, 196030m

    Jeff and his friends get into trouble when they are discovered breaking into an abandoned house. This prompts Donna and the other mothers to create a nice meeting place for the children.

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  • S2E23

    A Night to Howl

    Feb 25, 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 shares this feeling with her parents, who decide to do something spontaneous and go out for the evening.

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  • S2E24

    The Editorial

    Mar 3, 196030m

    Jeff makes editor at the school paper. Excited about his first editorial, he decides to write about how he believes some teachers assign too much homework. But his topic is rejected.

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  • S2E25

    The Gentle Dew

    Mar 10, 196030m

    Alex lays down the law when Jeff and Mary slack off on their responsibilities at home and their schoolwork. Now Alex is furious when it appears that Mary didn't come home from a bowling date with Roger on time.

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  • S2E26

    The Fatal Leap

    Mar 17, 196030m

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

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  • S2E27

    The Perfect Pitch

    Mar 24, 196030m

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

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  • S2E28

    Pickles for Charity

    Apr 7, 196030m

    When the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance costs more to produce than the income from ticket sales provided, each member agrees to contribute $27 using her skills in moneymaking to make up the budget shortfall.

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  • S2E29

    Mary's Growing Pain

    Apr 14, 196030m

    Mary suffers a lack of confidence when Roger shows up at her door, before a ski trip she and her friends are supposed to go to together, and informs her she’s now going with Tooey and Babs, as he wants to drive Darlene’s new car up there. She later develops a crush on a young intern working with her father.

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  • S2E30

    Alex Runs the House

    Apr 21, 196030m

    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 Mary.

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  • S2E31

    The Career Woman

    Apr 28, 196030m

    Donna's old school mate, who has been a single career woman all these years, is now engaged to a doctor. She visits Donna to see what life is really like for a doctor's wife.

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  • S2E32

    Jeff, the Financial Genius

    May 5, 196030m

    Jeff starts swapping possessions to pay off his debts.

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  • S2E33

    Mary's Crusade

    May 12, 196030m

    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 work to transform Ellen into a glamorous young lady.

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  • S2E34

    The First Time We Met

    May 19, 196030m

    Donna and Alex have different stories about how they first met. Also, Donna plays matchmaker to a new doctor in town and a pretty nurse at the hospital.

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  • S2E35

    The Gossip

    May 26, 196030m

    Donna tells Emily, the town gossip, that Kay Watson is having a baby. Then Donna learns from Alex that Kay is keeping it a secret so that she can stay working longer. Donna is crushed, knowing that she may have let Kay's secret out.

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  • S2E36

    Love's Sweet Awakening

    Jun 2, 196030m

    Sixteen- year-old Petie is home from military school and visiting the Stone family. Petie and Mary have been friends for years, but seeing how beautiful Mary has become, he would now like to be more than just friends. As Alex puts it, "Springtime has come to Petie!" How can Petie catch Mary's eye?

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  • S2E37

    The Wedding Present

    Jun 10, 196030m

    Aunt Lettie is coming to visit, so Donna and Alex try to find the wedding present she gave them so she would be certain to see it. It would help if they could just remember what it was! And by the way, Alex, can Donna buy a $250 Porcelain Dresden figurine?

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  • S2E38

    Cool Cat

    Jun 18, 196030m

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

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