Donna Reed Show Episode Guide
Season One

Weekend Trip
9/24/58

Donna & Alex plan a weekend ski trip for the family but Alex doesn't want to leave a boy who is sick.  Donna arranges for another doctor to handle Alex's calls and figures out the sick boy is afraid of the school bully. 
Guest Stars: Hugh Corcoran, Louse Fitch, Howard Wendael, Alice Reinheart & Jackie Kelk

Pardon My Gloves
10/1/58

Donna gives Jeff boxing lessons after a boy in his class gives him a black eye.
Guest Stars:  Kim Charney & Mary Shipp

The Hike
10/8/58

Alex is unavailable so Donna takes Jeff & some of his friends on a camping trip.  
Guest Stars:  Martin Smith, Ricky Klein, Alan Aaronson, & Scott Morrow

Male Ego
10/15/58

Mary gives a speech about the role of the mother in society and Alex is starting to feel like he is not the King of the Castle anymore.
Guest Stars:  Alvy Moore, Lawrence Dobkin, Sid Tomack & Jack Straws

Football Uniform
10/22/58

Jeff wants a football uniform and Alex won't give him the money so Jeff sets out to earn the money himself.
Guest Stars: Robert McKenny & Hugh Corcoran

The Foundling
10/29/58

In one of the most touching episodes of Season One Donna finds a newborn baby on her doorstep.  After some investigating she finds out that it was her milkman who left the baby there since he felt he couldn't take care of it since he wife died delivering the baby.   
Guest Stars:  Paul Picerni, Don Hildreth & Fintan Meyler

Three Part Mother
11/5/58

It's chaos for Donna as she has 3 places to go in one night.
Guest Stars:  Ross Elliott

Change Partners & Dance
11/12/58

Donna agrees to teach Mary's prom date, an awkward basketball player  how to dance, now he is a major crush on Donna. 
Guest Stars:  Jimmy Hawkins & Dena Bliss

Dough Re-Mi
11/19/58

Donna is trying to get a concert pianist for a benefit show, meanwhile Jeff's football team wants a tackling dummy & its up to Jeff to figure out how they will get the money for it.
Guest Stars:  Roger Til, Reba Waters & Mary Shipp

Guest In The House
11/26/58

A young boy who doesn't like military school shows up at the Stones house, only problem is that he is a runaway.
Guest Stars:  Charles Herbert, John Bryant, Stephen Courtleigh & John Reach

Baby Contest
12/3/58

Alex gets into a no-win situation when  he has to be the judge of a baby contest  run by Donna's club.
Guest Stars:  Ruth Terry, Gerry Lock, Dorothy Morris, Anne Whitfield & Virginia Christine

Beaded Bag
12/10/58

Donna cons Alex into buying her an expensive beaded bag for her birthday.
Guest Stars:  Angela Greene, Mary Treen, Robert Nash & Rickie Sorensen

Busy Body
12/17/58

The stress level at the Stones is really high when Uncle Fred comes to visit and butts his nose in just about everything.
Guest Stars:  Rhys Williams, Irving Bacon & Ann Doran

A Very Merry Christmas
12/24/58

Buster Keaton stars in this Christmas episode about a janitor who has been putting on Christmas parties for the sick children for many years.
Guest Stars:  Buster Keaton, Butler Hixon & Murray Alper

Mary's Double Date
12/31/58

Mary's Junior prom is approaching and she can't figure out which football player to take, she waits till the day of the prom and things turn out differently than what she planned.
Guest Stars:  Tom Brandt, Buzz Martin & Bobby Burgess

Jeff's Double Life
1/7/59

Jeff gets into some trouble when he and a neighbor kid take a car for a joyride and get into a minor accident.  Jeff gets injured slightly but doesn't tell his parents for fear it will hurt his fathers reputation so he goes for medical treatment to another doctor using a fake name.
Guest Stars:  Kathleen Freeman & Peter Adams

Nothing But The Truth
1/14/59

David Barker, the boy who ran away from military school in a previous episode celebrates his birthday with the Stones.
Guest Stars: Charles Herbert, Gregory Irvin & Jimmy Fields

It's The Principle Of The Thing
1/21/59

Hans Conried stars in this episode about a man who doesn't have money to pay the doctor for his son's treatment so Donna hires him to do some work around the house.
Guest Stars:  Richard Deacon, Hans Conried, Robert Crawford Jr. & David Mc Mahon

Jeff Vs Mary
1/28/59

Jeff believes his parents love Mary more than him.
Guest Stars:  Stephen Pearson, Jackie Kelt & Pat McCaffrie

Have Fun
2/4/59

Donna tells Mary about her first date with Alex however Alex remembers it differently.
Guest Stars:  George Hamilton, Arthur Lovejoy & Sherwood Price

Donna Plays Cupid
2/11/59

Donna tries to fix up Dr. Boland with a friend of hers.
Guest Stars:  Jackie Kelt, Susan Dorn, Hal Baylor & Joanna Lee 

Love Thy Neighbor
2/18/59

The Stones neighbors Wilbur & Celia are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, problem now is Mrs. Wilgus has just walked out on him.  It's Doona to the rescue but she'll need help as its Howard McNear & Kathleen Freeman, (What A Couple)
Guest Stars:  Kathleen Freeman, Howard McNear, Maudie Prickett & Cosmo Sardo

Report Card
2/25/59

In this episode Jeff brings home his report card, he gets all C's, Donna is upset but she must realize he is just a normal kid.
Guest Stars:  Ann Doran, Stephen Pearson & Harvey Grant

Boys Will Be Boys 
3/4/59

David Barker makes his third appearance of Season One this time brought to Dr. Stone because his father thought he was bitten by a dog, it turns out another kid caused the bite.
Guest Stars:  Charles Herbert, John Harmon, Carleton Young, Darlene Fields & Ric Roman

The Ideal Wife
3/11/59

Donna loses her temper one day after everyone thinks she is so perfect.  The next day she apologizes to everyone and she is back to being the ideal wife.
Guest Stars:  Sid Tomack, Keith Richards, Frances Robinson, Don Havey & Gerry Lock

Mary's Campaign
3/18/59

Mary drives the family crazy when she runs for office at her school, her campaign manager doesn't help things either.
Guest Stars:  Gigi Perreau, Natalie Masters, Jimmy Hawkins & Melinda Byron 

The Flowered Print Dress
3/25/59

Donna is out to recapture the spark in her marriage after seeing a newlywed couple at a fancy restaurant.
Guest Stars:  Olive Sturgess, Keith Vincent, Addison Richards & Lillian Bronson

April Fool
4/1/59

A popular teen singer comes to Hilldale to perform but the show is cancelled after he comes down with the measles.  The Stones allow him to stay at their residence but Mary isn't permitted to let anyone know is there so he can recover.
Guest Stars:  James Darren, Ted Knight, Jesse White, Melinda Plowman, & Doreen Tracy

The Parting Of The Ways
4/8/59

Mary's friend Babs is concerned her parents are splitting up.
Guest Stars:  Melinda Plowman, Pat McCaffrie, Mary Lawrence

The Hero 
4/15/59

Alex's old roommate at school shows up at the Stones.  Donna & Alex can't figure out this former football star and why he came.
Guest Stars:  Ben Gage, Gordon Gerbert, Jimmy Hawkins & Tom palmer

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