Season 5

38 episodes · 1958

Betty and Ralph plan to get married, but find it is not as happy as they thought.

Bud thinks Betty has an ulterior motive when she is kind to him.

Kathy's new boyfriend is more interested in Jim than of Kathy.

Bud prepares for the arrival of the homecoming queen.

Frank tries to console Kathy by telling her that his family are entertainers.

Jim tries to teach the children a lesson when they are constantly not planning ahead.

Betty talks Jim and Margaret into getting married again for their anniversary.

Bud finds a dent on the back of the car he is watching for a friend.

Betty plays the founder of Springfield's wife in a play of what really happened.

An Indian exchange student arrives for the weekend from Betty's college.

In a raffle, Margaret wins a car and uses it to help the orphans home.

Jim attempts to get the family to broaden their horizons and disaster strikes.

The family recalls as they are putting up the Christmas tree, how Jim wanted them to cut their own tree, and in the process got stranded in a cabin.

Jim becomes the coach of Bud's basketball team.

Kathy is elected by the family to control Bud's lawn moving company.

5Jan59 Bud must do a good deed for an English report and ends up resenting the whole world.

Uncle Charlie believes the children are spoiled when they forget Jim's birthday.

Bud gets into hot water when he tries to buy Margaret a bottle of expensive perfume.

Leo visits and takes advantage of the whole family until something surprising happens.

When Bus refuses dates, the girl launch an anti-Bud campaign.

Bud tries to save Betty from her boyfriend but Betty resents the help.

Kathy says she wants to be treated as if she was an adult.

Jim learns that he is to be appointed as an outstanding person in the community.

Betty is faced with a hard decision that will affect her future.

Margaret must decide to attend a luncheon or go with Jim on an important trip.

Bud has a hard time when he must decide between two girls to take to the prom.

The Anderson's are visited by an author on African Culture.

Strange things begin to happen when Jim's dreams start to come true.

Bud tries to impress a wealthy girl by taking her to an expensive restaurant.

A flashback show about building a playhouse for Kathy.

Bud regrets writing a bad article about a professor after the professor finds the article.

This is a recut version of episode 5 with the same name where Bud goes out on his own and tries to make good.

Bud blames his professor when it appears he will not pass Physics.

The Andersons act out a detective story when the television breaks down.

Margaret wants Jim to take her dancing. She tries to trick him into dance lessons.

1Jun59 Bud feels that there is no use for tradition so he starts to break all traditions.