1x1 - Pilot

October 15, 1952

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.

1x2 - Career

October 22, 1952

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

1x3 - Ballet

October 29, 1952

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

1x4 - Jitterbug

November 5, 1952

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.

1x5 - Crime Panel

November 12, 1952

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

1x6 - Brad's Class Reunion

November 19, 1952

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

1x7 - Hunting

November 26, 1952

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

1x8 - Joan's Curiosity

December 3, 1952

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

1x9 - Birthday

December 10, 1952

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.

1x11 - Acrobats

December 31, 1952

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.

1x12 - Dreams

December 24, 1952

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

1x13 - Bad Boy

January 7, 1953

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

1x14 - Circumstantial Evidence

January 14, 1953

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.

1x15 - Uncle Edgar

January 21, 1953

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

1x16 - Moosehead

January 28, 1953

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

1x17 - Fireman

February 4, 1953

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

1x18 - Memory

February 11, 1953

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.

1x19 - Draftboard

February 18, 1953

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

1x20 - Opera

February 25, 1953

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

1x21 - Shopping

March 4, 1953

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

1x22 - The Stamp

March 11, 1953

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

1x23 - Little Girl

March 18, 1953

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

1x24 - Diet

March 25, 1953

1x25 - Model

April 1, 1953

1x26 - Lateness

April 8, 1953

1x27 - The Eviction Show

April 15, 1953

1x28 - The Recipe

April 22, 1953

1x29 - Repairs

April 29, 1953

1x30 - Secrets

May 6, 1953

1x31 - The Artist Show

May 13, 1953

1x32 - The Threat

May 20, 1953

1x33 - Country Club

May 27, 1953

1x34 - Theatrical Can-Can

June 3, 1953

1x35 - Neighbors

June 10, 1953

1x36 - Talent Scout

June 17, 1953

1x37 - Honeymoon

June 24, 1953

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

1x38 - Business Executive

July 1, 1953

1x39 - Brad's Broken Toe

July 8, 1953

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