The Donna Reed Show

Season 3

38 episodes · Sep 15, 1960

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  • S3E1

    Weekend

    Sep 15, 196030m

    The family wants to get away for the weekend. The brochure shows Lakeview Lodge to be a great place to go, so Donna and Alex head up there early with Mary and Jeff to join them later, but Lakeview Lodge turns out to be a major disappointment. Now what can they do?

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  • S3E2

    The Mystery Woman

    Sep 22, 196030m

    A lady spots Donna and Mary having lunch in a restaurant, so she stops to say hello. She recognized Donna, even though it had "been 13 years." Donna doesn't recognize her, but is polite and too embarrassed to ask her name. Later, after accepting a dinner invitation, Donna realizes she must find out who the mystery woman was.

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  • S3E3

    Donna Decorates

    Sep 29, 196030m

    Donna tries to redecorate the house, but neighbor boy Dennis Mitchell tries to help her...and ends up making things more of a mess. Donna finally calls Dennis' nearer neighbor Mr.Wilson to ask if Dennis would help him with anything. This was a crossover show-with two people from "Dennis the Menace”.

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  • S3E4

    The Love Letter

    Oct 6, 196030m

    Nick the Greek is the handyman at the Stone's house. He's still learning how to write English, so he asks Jeff for help in writing a love letter to his girlfriend. Later, Mary finds this love letter in Jeff's handwriting and wonders if Jeff is involved in a new romance.

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  • S3E5

    How the Other Side Lives

    Oct 20, 196030m

    Mary's friend Ginny lives in a mansion with a maid, a tennis court, and a swimming pool. Now Ginny is going to spend the weekend at Mary's house. What can Mary do to impress Ginny, with the Stone family having no maid, no pool, no tennis court, and with wild, unruly younger brother Jeff at home?

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  • S3E6

    Alex's Twin

    Oct 27, 196030m

    Mary is enamored with the new boy at school, Elroy. Why? Because he reminds her so much of what her dad must have been like as a teenager. Alex can't see the resemblance at all.

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  • S3E7

    Worried Anyone?

    Nov 3, 196030m

    Like, are we worried about Mary riding in Scotty's car? After all, its only a hot rod made with parts taken from wrecked cars!

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  • S3E8

    Higher Learning

    Nov 10, 196030m

    Donna is worried about Jeff’s dropping grades and class ranking.

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  • S3E9

    Never Marry a Doctor

    Nov 17, 196030m

    The Stones' cleaning lady has troubles. Her baby is sick and her husband lost his job due to illness. Alex takes care of the baby's health, and Donna hires the husband to do odd jobs in their house. Now the Stones have troubles. The twenty dollars that Alex left on the counter for Mrs. Cruikshank's charity is missing.

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  • S3E10

    It Only Hurts When I Laugh

    Nov 24, 196030m

    The tables are turned as Alex becomes a hospital patient, and a difficult one at that.

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  • S3E11

    The Model Daughter

    Dec 1, 196030m

    Mary goes to a session at Taffy Cinders Charm School and wins a scholarship to learn how to be a model. Most of the girls who went with Mary also "won" scholarships, too! Then the expenses mount up.

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  • S3E12

    Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

    Dec 8, 196030m

    Mary is so indecisive, always asking her mother about what clothes to wear which boys to date. Tonight though, she starts making her own decisions when she, Roger, and Larry go out on the town.

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  • S3E13

    Donna Goes to a Reunion

    Dec 15, 196030m

    Donna heads to a Blaine Women's College reunion, and while she's away, Jeff adopts Duke, the dog.

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  • S3E14

    Someone is Watching

    Dec 22, 196030m

    Jeff wants a motor scooter like Gordie just got, but Alex won't agree to that. Gordie shows off his riding skill until he drives the scooter into a tree in the Stones’s front yard. Gordie proceeds to fake a leg injury that puts him in Jeff's bed overnight, with Donna taking care of him.

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  • S3E15

    The Lean and Hungry Look

    Dec 29, 196030m

    Donna can't fit into the dinner dress she bought a few months ago, and she wants to wear it! She decides it's time to exercise and diet the extra pounds off. Then, Alex notices his tuxedo is a little too tight now. And will Jeff ever repay Mary the money he borrowed from her so she can buy that sweater she's been wanting for so long?

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  • S3E16

    Character Building

    Jan 5, 196130m

    When Donna's letter-to-the-editor about parents needing to make sure that their children follow through by finishing what they start gets published, it prompts Donna to follow through herself. Now Mary can't play tennis till she finds her lost jacket and returns a library book, and Jeff can't rest till he finds the tire pump he borrowed from a friend.

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  • S3E17

    World's Greatest Entertainer

    Jan 12, 196130m

    Jeff just can't seem to do anything right. The family needs to build up his spirits, so when he does mediocre imitations of movie stars like James Cagney, Peter Lorre, and Edward G. Robinson, he gets all the family's praise. So, he decides to enter the upcoming school talent show! Now what can Mary, Donna, and Alex do?

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  • S3E18

    Variations On a Theme

    Jan 19, 196130m

    Donna and Alex remember their honeymoon and this wonderful musical tobacco jar for Alex. When the jar is broken, the search for a replacement ensues.

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  • S3E19

    The Stones Go to Hollywood

    Jan 26, 196130m

    Alex needs to go to Hollywood to discuss suggestions for a Children's Clinic, so the whole family takes the opportunity to go along and see Hollywood, except it rains—for 2 days! They had so much wanted to meet a movie and TV star before they leave.

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  • S3E20

    Donna Directs a Play

    Feb 2, 196130m

    Donna fills in for the director of Mary's drama group when he is called to Hollywood for a part in a movie.

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  • S3E21

    Trip to Nowhere

    Feb 9, 196130m

    Jeff has been complaining that there's nothing to do. To top it off, Ricky comes over and brags about how his dad is taking him on an exciting camping trip this weekend. Now Jeff wants to go camping, but Alex is away at a conference.

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  • S3E22

    The Geisha Girl

    Feb 16, 196130m

    The new doctor has a Japanese Geisha girl for a wife. She is constantly seeing to her husband's needs, can't do enough for him. The married couples of Hilldale have a difficult time adjusting to her. Leave it to Donna to "Americanize" her in matters of wifely duties.

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  • S3E23

    The Busy People

    Feb 23, 196130m

    In a try for more togetherness, Donna signs Alex and herself up for painting lessons.

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  • S3E24

    Tony Martin Visits

    Mar 2, 196130m

    While driving through Hilldale, Tony Martin is arrested for speeding by a policeman using radar. He knows he wasn't speeding, but figures he'll just pay the fine and be on his way. In court, Tony sees Donna fighting a parking meter violation and insisting on a jury trial rather than pay a $2 fine.

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  • S3E25

    Aunt Belle's Earrings

    Mar 9, 196130m
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  • S3E26

    Poodle Parlor

    Mar 16, 196130m

    Donna and her friend consider opening a poodle parlor, where owners can bring their poodles to get clipped and buy them fancy accessories. The husbands think the whole idea is ludicrous, which makes the ladies all the more determined to succeed.

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  • S3E27

    Mary's Heart Throb

    Mar 23, 196130m

    While babysitting for the Damons, Mary meets their older son, Rick, who has dropped out of college because he wasn't accepted by his father's old fraternity. He plans to join the Foreign Legion and wants Mary to help him.

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  • S3E28

    Donna's Helping Hand

    Mar 30, 196130m

    Dr. Steinhaus is retiring as the head of the Board of Health. Donna thinks this is the perfect opportunity for Alex to have a position that offers him more regular hours and she intends to help him get it.

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  • S3E29

    The Merry Month of April

    Apr 6, 196130m

    Income tax time, so Alex decides to save money and prepare his own taxes this year, rather than have Harvey do it. When Alex figures out he owes money, he gets mad about a hat he thinks Donna bought for $49.50.

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  • S3E30

    Music Hath Charms

    Apr 13, 196130m

    The piano becomes a "parking lot”, with everyone dropping things on it, so Alex decides to sell it. All of a sudden, Mary has a problem with that idea.

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  • S3E31

    Let's Look at Love

    Apr 20, 196130m

    Mary gives up boys when Roger and Elroy let a coin toss decide which one will play tennis with her. She decides to become a scientist.

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  • S3E32

    For Better or Worse

    Apr 27, 196130m

    A story about every married couple's dilemma: what decisions can a husband make on his own and which require a conference for his wife's agreement?

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  • S3E33

    Jeff, the Treasurer

    May 4, 196130m

    As class Treasurer, Jeff is responsible for the class dues and ends up losing it. It's Thursday. The class picnic is Saturday. Mrs. Haskell needs the money to pay for the bus that will take the class to the picnic.

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  • S3E34

    The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

    May 11, 196130m

    When the school bully, Jocko, makes fun of Jeff being in the choir, Jeff starts “pumping iron” because it looks like there will be a fight.

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  • S3E35

    Military School

    May 18, 196130m

    When Herbie suggests his visiting friend Ken goes along with them to the dance, Mary decides not to go to the dance at all. Then she meets Ken, who's in full uniform from the Carter Military Academy. Yeah, she wants to go to the dance now! But where does that leave Herbie?

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  • S3E36

    Mary's Driving Lesson

    May 25, 196130m

    Scotty, smitten by Mary, agrees to teach Mary how to drive. Oh boy! Does he have his hands full! Will their romantic friendship last through this experience?

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  • S3E37

    The Mustache

    Jun 1, 196130m

    Alex growing a mustache turns out to be quite a controversial event in the Stone household.

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  • S3E38

    Mary's Little Lambs

    Jun 8, 196130m

    Mary and Mark decide to have a Saturday nursery school (i.e., day care) to earn enough money to paint Mark's car. Alex, on the other hand, would like to sleep late on Saturday morning, unaware of the bedlam that's about to take place!

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