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Season 1

Season 1

October 15, 1952·39 épisodes·19h 30min
Épisodes · 39
E1

Pilot

A young couple's quarrel over a fur coat ends up in Brad's court and brings back memories of another fur coat that caused a crisis in the Stevens marriage. Joan remembers when she was an airline hostess and buys a fur coat.

30min·Oct 15, 1952
E2

Career

Judge Stevens invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner, only to find that his wife, trying to be helpful, has invited another sponsor.

30min·Oct 22, 1952
E3

Ballet

The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.

30min·Oct 29, 1952
E4

Jitterbug

Joan finds an ingenious way to retaliate after Brad fines her for speeding, she takes up jitterbugging after trying babysitting and selling "all you can eat" to phone men.

30min·Nov 5, 1952
E5

Crime Panel

Joan is scheduled to appear on a crime prevention forum. To prepare herself she spends the day visiting poolrooms.

30min·Nov 12, 1952
E6

Brad's Class Reunion

Joan struggles to change herself into "The Perfect Woman" to fit a description written by her husband.

30min·Nov 19, 1952
E7

Hunting

Joan insists that she is an experienced camper. Unconvinced, Brad decides to test her aptitude for the great outdoors.

30min·Nov 26, 1952
E8

Joan's Curiosity

Joan is in for a surprise when she opens an interesting-looking package that arrived for Brad.

30min·Dec 3, 1952
E9

Birthday

Joan buys some dresses, puts them on her charge account, then sells them to friends for cash. The reason is she needs money to buy Brad a birthday present.

30min·Dec 10, 1952
E10

Bazar Pie

Joan wants to arrange a romance, by introducing her new neighbor, a handsome Latin, to her visiting aunt.

30min·Dec 17, 1952
E11

Acrobats

When Brad announces that he is bringing home important guests for dinner, Joan feels it necessary to buy a new wardrobe for the occasion. While shopping for a hat she winds up in a fight with a woman who turns out to be one of Brad's dinner guests. At dinner Joan tries to disguise herself by joining the nightclub's entertainers, acrobats.

30min·Dec 31, 1952
E12

Dreams

After meeting three former schoolmates who are now successful career woman, Joan decides that she is happier just being a housewife

30min·Dec 24, 1952
E13

Bad Boy

Joan tries to reform a juvenile delinquent and nearly winds up in jail herself.

30min·Jan 7, 1953
E14

Circumstantial Evidence

Joan takes an interest in her husband's work and tries to prove that a man he is about to sentence was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

30min·Jan 14, 1953
E15

Uncle Edgar

Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.

30min·Jan 21, 1953
E16

Moosehead

Joan tries to kill two problems with the same fifty-dollar bill and winds up deeply wounded by a dead moose at an auction.

30min·Jan 28, 1953
E17

Fireman

Joan tries to patch up the quarrels of her newlywed-neighbors and succeeds in creating some for herself at the firehouse.

30min·Feb 4, 1953
E18

Memory

Joan's faulty memory wreaks gastric disaster when she forgets a dinner invitation, resulting in not one, not two, but three spaghetti dinners in the same evening.

30min·Feb 11, 1953
E19

Draftboard

Brad receives a letter from his local draft board. Joan assumes he's being called to armed service and panics.

30min·Feb 18, 1953
E20

Opera

In order to save her club's benefit show, Joan takes a whirl at the opera. Bing Crosby helps out.

30min·Feb 25, 1953
E21

Shopping

Joan needs newly out-fitted for a fancy party. So does husband Brad, but both have second thoughts about Joan's shopping trip.

30min·Mar 4, 1953
E22

The Stamp

Joan mails a letter using a Mozambique stamp that Brad just purchased for $350. Her husband blows his top, but why is Joan now on trial?

30min·Mar 11, 1953
E23

Little Girl

Joan tries to spark a romance between a guest and a neighbor's son. Joan Davis.

30min·Mar 18, 1953
E24

Diet

30min·Mar 25, 1953
E25

Model

30min·Apr 1, 1953
E26

Lateness

30min·Apr 8, 1953
E27

The Eviction Show

30min·Apr 15, 1953
E28

The Recipe

30min·Apr 22, 1953
E29

Repairs

30min·Apr 29, 1953
E30

Secrets

30min·May 6, 1953
E31

The Artist Show

30min·May 13, 1953
E32

The Threat

30min·May 20, 1953
E33

Country Club

30min·May 27, 1953
E34

Theatrical Can-Can

30min·Jun 3, 1953
E35

Neighbors

30min·Jun 10, 1953
E36

Talent Scout

30min·Jun 17, 1953
E37

Honeymoon

Joan locks Brad in a burglar-proof closet. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.

30min·Jun 24, 1953
E38

Business Executive

30min·Jul 1, 1953
E39

Brad's Broken Toe

All is not quiet in a hospital when Joan and Brad become patients. Jim Backus.

30min·Jul 8, 1953