Season 5
15 episodes · Sep 9, 1956
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- S5E1
French Leave
Sep 9, 1956In the season premiere, Peter loans Susie out to a French producer who's visiting in town. The loyal Susie prevents Mr. Sands from being double-crossed.
- S5E2
All That Glitters
Sep 16, 1956Susie has dreams of becoming a stock market big shot as she sinks her savings into a questionable uranium stock. Peter and Vi get caught up in the excitement and do the same.
- S5E3
The Reunion
Sep 30, 1956Susie gets together with three old classmates and they convince her she's a social failure.
- S5E4
The Sow's Ear
Oct 14, 1956Susie does a favor for her arch enemy Cagey Calhoun. He returns the favor by stealing one of her clients. This means war.
- S5E5
How to Handle the Boss
Oct 28, 1956Susie has been chosen by a magazine to write an article on how to handle the boss. The deadline is looming and she's got writer's block. Her boyfriend, Tony, agrees to be her ghostwriter. The article he turns in offends everyone in the office.
- S5E6
What Every Secretary Knows
Nov 11, 1956Opera impresario Bernard Hugo is producing a new musical on Broadway and Mr. Sands is determined to place a couple of his clients into the show. When Hugo would not take Sands' calls, Susie gets involved in the project. She volunteers her boss to host a huge banquet of opera lovers. Nan Leslie appears as Phyllis Gerarde and Madge Blake as Mrs. Hugo.
- S5E7
Dollars and Sense
Nov 25, 1956Susie's shopping and spending is out of control. She hands her paycheck to Vi with orders to ration her to just one dollar a day. Vi is unable to control Susie and her money so Mr. Sands is given the job.
- S5E8
Her Best Enemy
Dec 9, 1956Cagey Calhoun is desperate to get a look at the Meredith contract, the envy of performers in New York. Sure that Susie wouldn't let him see it, he uses psychology, sweet talk, and an accidental fire to try to get his hands on it. When they don't work, he sends in his dear, ancient "mother" to snoop through her files.
- S5E9
Three's a Crowd
Dec 23, 1956A producer and a playwright have both become enchanted with Susie. Each becomes so jealous of the other that they cancel their contracts with Susie's boss.
- S5E10
The Big Shot
Jan 6, 1957An aspiring young actress is promised a starring role in a play — by the agency's office boy.
- S5E11
That's No Lady - That's an Agent
Jan 20, 1957Blanche Colvey is a conniving theatrical agent who turns on her feminine charms to steal a Russian singer before he can sign with Peter. Hearing that Blanche wants to hire a secretary who speaks Russian to help her grab the client, Susie dons a black wig and a thick accent, and shows up as Sonia.
- S5E12
Not Quite Paradise
Feb 3, 1957Vi's Aunt Martha and busybody neighbor Della jump to conclusions when she innocently invites Mr. Sands and Susie over for dinner. The two old hens are sure Vi and Peter are a couple and do everything they can to prompt a marriage proposal. This includes making Susie look like an incompetent booze hound.
- S5E13
The Efficiency Expert
Feb 17, 1957Mr. Sands takes the advice of a possible future partner and brings in an efficiency expert to streamline the operation. Susie's passive resistance prevents anything from changing.
- S5E14
Two and Two Make Five
Mar 3, 1957Susie pictures herself serving a long prison sentence when Inspector Bascom of the Internal Revenue Department comes for an audit. She's asked to explain her return, which puts her mixed-up filing system on display. Meanwhile, Mr. Sands searches for a voice for an animated commercial.
- S5E15
Thy Name Is Sands
Mar 17, 1957Peter's eyesight has gotten so bad he can't read anything. Only after Susie prevent him from signing a lousy contract does he agree to see an eye doctor. Even after failing the eye test he refuses to get glasses because he's too vain to admit he's getting older.