1x1 - Uncle Daddy

September 29, 1953

1x2 - Party Dress

October 6, 1953

Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.

1x4 - Mother-in-Law

October 20, 1953

Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

1x5 - Anniversary

October 27, 1953

When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.

1x6 - Margaret, Non-Pro

November 3, 1953

1x7 - The Visiting Englishman

November 10, 1953

Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.

1x8 - The Sea Captain

November 17, 1953

Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.

1x9 - Thanksgiving Story

November 24, 1953

1x10 - Last Dollar

December 1, 1953

1x11 - Margaret's Job

December 8, 1953

When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.

1x12 - Wonderland

December 15, 1953

While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.

1x13 - Christmas

December 22, 1953

Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.

1x14 - Toledo

December 29, 1953

Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.

1x15 - Margaret's Jealousy

January 5, 1954

Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

1x16 - Terry for President

January 12, 1954

1x17 - True Blue Benny

January 19, 1954

1x18 - Rusty Runs Away

January 26, 1954

1x19 - The Professor

February 2, 1954

After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.

1x20 - Burlesque

February 9, 1954

1x21 - Black Eyes

February 16, 1954

1x22 - Margaret's Birthday

February 23, 1954

Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.

1x23 - The Matchmaker

March 2, 1954

1x24 - Night Club

March 9, 1954

1x25 - Terry's Career

March 16, 1954

1x26 - School Festival

March 23, 1954

1x27 - Rusty's Pal

March 30, 1954

1x28 - Julia's Birthday

April 6, 1954

1x29 - Pittsburgh

April 13, 1954

1x30 - Danny's Vacation

April 20, 1954