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S5 E24 The House on the Hill

Comedy

TV-PG

26m

Feb 27, 1963

Donna visits a reclusive woman who lives in an old Victorian house.She feels trapped in a haunted house after a while.

Season 5, 34 Episodes

The Donna Reed Show - Mr. Nice Guy

Mary can't understand why her brother Jeff is being so polite to her - unless there is some ulterior motive behind his good behavior.

The Donna Reed Show - Mrs. Stone & Dr. Hyde

Mrs. Stone & Dr. Hyde,

When Donna fills in for Alex's vacationing nurse, she is taken aback to find him an office tyrant.

The Donna Reed Show - To Be a Boy

Trying to save enough money to build a boat, Jeff and Smitty make a pact to give up dating. Then Jeff finds Mary's friend Joanne hiding under his bed.

The Donna Reed Show - Who Needs Glasses

Who Needs Glasses,

Jeff decides wearing glasses would make him look older, and sets out to prove he needs them.

The Donna Reed Show - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,

The Stone family is having growing pains, now that Mary is 18 and going to college. After several riffs, Mary decides it's time to leave home for the college dormitory for women.

The Donna Reed Show - My Dad

Alex tries over and over to spend a day with Jeff, but his plans are always interrupted by emergency calls. Jeff later shows that he still loves his father by singing the song, "My Dad."

The Donna Reed Show - Fine Feathers

Jeff discovers a lost bird. He thinks it might be a rare cockatoo and sends the story to the newspapers and audobon societies-only to find out that the bird is really a cockateel, not quite a cockatoo.

The Donna Reed Show - Rebel with a Cause

Rebel with a Cause,

Donna is selected to take part in a survey of housewives to determine how long they spend doing their household chores.

The Donna Reed Show - Big Star

Mary succeeds in helping a shy boy she knows become a singing star.

The Donna Reed Show - Man to Man

Alex and Jeff go camping in order to spend more time together, but the trip turns out to be a plot cooked up by Jeff to meet his friends.

The Donna Reed Show - The Baby Buggy

The Baby Buggy,

Everyone chips in to buy the elderly baby doctor a new car.

The Donna Reed Show - The Makeover Man

The Makeover Man,

Mary decides to make-over ill-mannered basketball star, Steve, into a polished gentleman.

The Donna Reed Show - The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket,

Jeff finds a winning raffle ticket for a new sports car, when he sees a woman drop the winning raffle ticket. Jeff learns the cost of owning an expensive sports car. When Jeff thinks he sees the child and woman again, he reaches a crossroad in his life.

The Donna Reed Show - The Soft Touch

The Soft Touch,

If Jeff wants to be able to afford to go to a special event this weekend, he had better collect on the loans he gave his friends. This prompts Donna to suggest that Alex collect from his deadbeat patients.

The Donna Reed Show - Jeff Stands Alone

Jeff Stands Alone,

After a conversation with a telephone lineman, Jeff decides that it's about time he becomes independent himself. He tests himself by going to a strange town without any money to see whether or not he can make it on his own.

The Donna Reed Show - Just a Little Wedding

Just a Little Wedding,

Mary's friend Marcia is getting married. Donna takes on the role of wedding planner for the small gathering of friends and family at the Stone's home.

The Donna Reed Show - A Woman's Place

A Woman's Place,

When Donna decides to run for town council, Jeff and Mary agree to take care of the house. And how! But when Alex dreams about Donna's political future, as Mayor, perhaps Governor, he decides he'd rather have her back home again.

The Donna Reed Show - The Chinese Horse

The Chinese Horse,

At the annual unclaimed freight auction, a mysterious woman asks Mrs. Stone to buy a wooden Chinese horse statue and gives her $100 cash. Mrs. Stone wins it for $50, but she has no idea where or to whom she should deliver the horse.

The Donna Reed Show - The New Look

A boyfriend of Mary's calls her wholesome, and she doesn't know whether to take it as a compliment or an insult.

The Donna Reed Show - A Way of Her Own

A Way of Her Own,

A little girl named Trisha follows the Stones home from the park and says that she is one of the family. Her uncle, realizing that the orphaned Trisha loves being in a family, arranges it so she can stay with the Stones. Thus a new family member is added.

The Donna Reed Show - Three Is a Family

Three Is a Family,

Mary learns the joys and pains of having a little sister, as she has to baby-sit Trisha on a night when she'd planned to go on a date.

The Donna Reed Show - Big Sixteen

On Jeff's 16th birthday he has a big fight with his girlfriend. Then he falls for an older woman.

The Donna Reed Show - Pioneer Woman

Alex and Jeff spend the weekend at the cabin of Alex's friend Red. Donna and Mary follow them and prove that women can "rough it" in the wilderness as well as men can.

The Donna Reed Show - The House on the Hill

The House on the Hill,

Donna visits a reclusive woman who lives in an old Victorian house.She feels trapped in a haunted house after a while.

The Donna Reed Show - Where the Stones Are

Where the Stones Are,

The Stones all end up at Shelter Bay during Spring Break. Mary doesn't know the rest of the family is there; she thought it was just her and her girlfriends. Donna, Jeff, and Alex get to stay on a fishing boat.

The Donna Reed Show - The Two Doctors Stone

The Two Doctors Stone,

Alex and Donna prepare to go away for the weekend, but Donna suspects Trisha will be sick. Donna sees Trisha eating bananas and she always saw Jeff eating bananas before he became ill.

The Donna Reed Show - Everywhere That Mary Goes

Everywhere That Mary Goes,

A new boy at college has taken a shine to Mary. To Mary's consternation, he follows her everywhere and scares off any other boy who approaches her. Mary decides to find him another girl to protect.

The Donna Reed Show - The Handy Man

There is a local handyman Trisha knows who loves making children laugh. Trisha offers him work, but it turns out that he is clumsy and inept. Soon afterwards the ice-cream man arrives. He knows much more about repair work- and he hates kids.

The Donna Reed Show - Friends & Neighbors

Friends & Neighbors,

Dr. Dave Kelsey, who has been more and more frustrated by his in-laws, moves into the house next door with his wife Midge. Midge is a neophyte when it comes to household chores, so for the first week or so Donna helps her all she can.

The Donna Reed Show - Boys & Girls

While Jeff and Joanne are dating as seniors in high school and Mary and Scotty are dating in college, turns out Scotty would rather date Joanne, and Joanne would rather go out with Scotty, got it? Then they all go to a college dance.

The Donna Reed Show - All Those Dreams

All Those Dreams,

Pitcher Don Drysdale appears in this episode along with his real-life wife and daughter. On a trip to Chicago, Jeff is excited about seeing his pal, Don Drysdale, again. He is supposed to get an interview with Don for the school paper.

The Donna Reed Show - All Women Are Dangerous

All Women Are Dangerous,

A tale of Joyce and Sabrina in a classic contest, which one will get Jeff to ask her to the big dance? Will it be poor, helpless Joyce or the dominant Sabrina? Jeff can't make up his mind. When he asks his family for advice, they suggest a coin toss.

The Donna Reed Show - The Big Wheel

Mary is going away to a new college in the fall. She is putting on a "large" outdoor formal party that will be in their backyard. At the same time, Jeff is flirting with car ownership and ends up buying a bus, which he hopes to use in various ventures.

The Donna Reed Show - Day of the Hero

Day of the Hero,

Jeff makes a date with Rosemary for the senior prom. Smitty then lets Jeff know that Jeff has been nominated to run for Senior Class President. Now gorgeous Dolores wants Jeff to take her to the prom. What can Jeff do? He's already committed, or is he?

Details

The Donna Reed Show

Comedy

TV-PG

5 Seasons

26m

Originally airing on ABC-TV from 1958-1966, THE DONNA REED SHOW became one of the most popular family situation comedy series in television history during its eight season run.

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