S2 E1 • That's Show Business

Mary Tries to Act.

Première diffusion : 24 septembre 1959

S2 E2 • Sleep No More My Lady

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.

Première diffusion : 1 octobre 1959

S2 E3 • A Penny Earned

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

Première diffusion : 8 octobre 1959

S2 E4 • A Friend Indeed

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. One day when Dr. Alex is at Doug's house, he witnesses Doug's mother berating Doug unfairly, so Donna invites Doug's mother over just before Mary and Jeff get home from school so she can be there to see Jeff's behavior at home. Doug's mother learns that Jeff is obnoxious to his sister, loud, and unruly at home (just like any other adolescent boy) and all ends well when Doug arrives and his mother sees that he too, is just like any other boy, but knows when to be polite in somebody else's house.

Première diffusion : 15 octobre 1959

S2 E5 • The First Child

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.

Première diffusion : 22 octobre 1959

S2 E6 • Going Steady

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

Première diffusion : 29 octobre 1959

S2 E7 • The Neighborly Gesture

Alex is hurt that Jeff likes the new neighbor.

Première diffusion : 5 novembre 1959

S2 E8 • Nothing Like a Good Book

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, by buying Jeff a Dickens book, Mary a Tchaikovsky record, and a copy of Tolstoy's epic for her and Alex to read together. She then tries to read the lengthy novel in a week...

Première diffusion : 12 novembre 1959

S2 E9 • Flowers For the Teacher

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.

Première diffusion : 19 novembre 1959

S2 E10 • All Mothers Worry

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

Première diffusion : 26 novembre 1959

S2 E11 • Jeff Joins a Club

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.

Première diffusion : 3 décembre 1959

S2 E12 • The Punishment

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 .

Première diffusion : 10 décembre 1959

S2 E13 • A Difference of Opinion

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.

Première diffusion : 17 décembre 1959

S2 E14 • The Homecoming Dance

Première diffusion : 24 décembre 1959

S2 E15 • The Lucky Girl

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 to wondering if what people really mean is that Alex got the short end of the stick by marrying Donna.

Première diffusion : 31 décembre 1959

S2 E16 • The Broken Spirit

Première diffusion : 7 janvier 1960

S2 E17 • The Secret

Mary gets an engagement ring and phone calls 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.""

Première diffusion : 14 janvier 1959

S2 E18 • The New Mother

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.

Première diffusion : 21 janvier 1960

S2 E19 • Just a Housewife

The radio show ""Housewives Corner"" is broadcast from McClure's Market. Host Jerry Parker is asking the ladies if housewives find questions like ""While baking an upside down cake,do you recommend standing on your head?"" This presents an opportunity for Donna to defend homemakers like herself as being a bit more than ""just a housewife""!

Première diffusion : 28 janvier 1960

S2 E20 • The Free Soul

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?

Première diffusion : 4 février 1960

S2 E21 • The First Quarrel

Première diffusion : 11 février 1960

S2 E22 • A Place to Go

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

Première diffusion : 18 février 1960

S2 E23 • A Night to Howl

Donna and Alex decide to shake up their daily routine by going out on the town...and on a Monday night, no less! Nothing works out the way they planned.

Première diffusion : 25 février 1960

S2 E24 • The Editorial

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1960

S2 E25 • The Gentle Dew

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.

Première diffusion : 10 mars 1960

S2 E26 • The Fatal Leap

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.

Première diffusion : 17 mars 1960

S2 E27 • The Perfect Pitch

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

Première diffusion : 24 mars 1960

S2 E28 • Pickles for Charity

While Alex was the ""belle of the ball"" with his fantastic dancing at the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance, the dance cost 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. Donna will sell 54 jars of her famous pickle recipe at fifty cents per jar and donate the money to the Auxiliary. Will Donna's plan work?

Première diffusion : 7 avril 1960

S2 E29 • Mary's Growing Pain

Première diffusion : 14 avril 1960

S2 E30 • Alex Runs the House

Donna is away and Alex has to manage the house and children.

Première diffusion : 21 avril 1960

S2 E31 • The Career Woman

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.

Première diffusion : 28 avril 1960

S2 E32 • Jeff, the Financial Genius

Première diffusion : 5 mai 1960

S2 E33 • Mary's Crusade

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.

Première diffusion : 12 mai 1960

S2 E34 • The First Time We Met

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.

Première diffusion : 19 mai 1960

S2 E35 • The Gossip

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.

Première diffusion : 26 mai 1960

S2 E36 • Love's Sweet Awakening

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?

Première diffusion : 2 juin 1960

S2 E37 • The Wedding Present

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?

Première diffusion : 10 juin 1960

S2 E38 • Cool Cat

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.

Première diffusion : 18 juin 1960