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.

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.

1x10 - Bazar Pie

December 17, 1952

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

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.