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Episode 1: A Day in the Country
1959-10-0530 min
While on the way to visit Margaret's parents, the car breaks down leaving the family stranded on a deserted road.
Season guide
Father Knows Best Season 6 — Episodes and Where to Watch
32 episodes · first aired 1959-10-05
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Episode guide
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Episode 2: Bud Branches Out
1959-10-1230 min
Bud falls in love with his college French professor.
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Episode 3: The Gardener's Big Day
1959-10-1930 min
Frank is chosen to represent the town at the opening of a park, but when the town council meets Frank, they want another person to represent their city- someone who looks more like an average American.
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Episode 4: The Imposter
1959-10-2630 min
Betty becomes involved with a young lawyer pretending to be the owner of a radio store.
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Episode 5: Bud Plays It Safe
1959-11-0230 min
Bud decides to date the coach's daughter in order to make sure he gets on the football team.
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Episode 6: Bicycle Trip for Two
1959-11-0930 min
Jim's plans for a quiet bicycle trip end up with Jim and Margaret arguing
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Episode 7: First Disillusionment
1959-11-1630 min
Bud tells Kathy about the job he didn't get when another boy faked his credentials.
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Episode 8: Margaret's Old Flame
1959-11-2330 min
Jim and Margaret tease one another about people they dated as their college reunion nears.
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Episode 9: Kathy Becomes a Girl
1959-11-3030 min
The family tries to change Kathy from a tomboy into a beautiful girl.
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Episode 10: Bud, the Willing Worker
1959-12-0730 min
Bud wants a part-time job at a service station in order to get enough money to buy a boat.
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Episode 11: Turn the Other Cheek
1959-12-1430 min
Both Jim and Kathy are doublecrossed by their friends.
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Episode 12: Good Joke on Mom
1959-12-2830 min
Margaret tricks the family into believing that she has been elected chairwoman of the children's clinic building program.
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Episode 13: Betty's Double
1960-01-0430 min
Betty wins a trip to Hollywood because she looks like a famous movie star.
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Episode 14: Father, the Naturalist
1960-01-1130 min
This is a recut version of episode 30. It is not part of the current syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
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Episode 15: Bud Hides Behind a Skirt
1960-01-1830 min
Betty is campaigning for safe driving, while Bud is accused of reckless driving.
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Episode 16: Togetherness
1960-01-2530 min
A reporter visits the family in order to do an article on family togetherness.
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Episode 17: Second Best
1960-02-0130 min
Betty competes in the college fencing tournament.
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Episode 18: Kathy's Big Deception
1960-02-0830 min
Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Episode 19: Cupid Knows Best
1960-02-1530 min
Kathy, desperate for a date at the community picnic, makes up a story about a boyfriend.
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Episode 20: The Big Test
1960-02-2230 min
Betty arranges a match between Frank and a worker in a flower shop.
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Episode 21: Jim's Big Surprise
1960-02-2930 min
Jim is surprised by his family's lack of interest when he is named Father of the Year.
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Episode 22: Time to Retire
1960-03-0730 min
When Bud reaffirms and old man's belief in life, he decides to open his own insurance company and hire Bud as his assistant.
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Episode 23: Bud, the Speculator
1960-03-1430 min
Bud invests money in a phony stock scheme and winds up losing fifty dollars
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Episode 24: The $500 Letter
1960-03-2130 min
The Andersons get a check from an admirer and must find out which member of the family the check was meant for.
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Episode 25: Adopted Daughter
1960-03-2830 min
While Kathy is trying to repair her birth certificate frame, she recalls the time she thought she was adopted.
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Episode 26: Family Contest
1960-04-0430 min
Kathy destroys a picture of a family competing against hers in a photo contest
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Episode 27: Love and Learn
1960-04-1130 min
Bud falls in love with his English Tutor
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Episode 28: Blind Date
1960-04-1830 min
Betty dates a boy everyone regards as a loser
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Episode 29: Betty's Career Problem
1960-04-2530 min
Betty becomes frustrated when every college contest she enters, she loses to Cliff Bowman, who may even steal her job, too
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Episode 30: Bud Lives It Up
1960-05-0930 min
Bud spends more money than he has in order to impress a girl in Chicago.
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Episode 31: Not His Type
1960-05-1630 min
Betty is caught in the middle of an argument between two of her friends who are planning to marry.
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Episode 32: Betty's Graduation
1960-05-2330 min
When Kathy refuses to graduate from high school, the family tells her about Betty's reluctance to graduate from High School, too. This is a recut version of episode 63. It is not part of the syndication package and is considered ""lost"".
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