The Donna Reed Show

In the premiere episode, Donna hopes to get away to a ski weekend with her brood, but pediatrician husband Alex's on-call schedule makes this tricky, especially since one of his young patients, Eddie Barclay (played by one of the Corcoran siblings of Disney film and TV fame; sister Noreen was on "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe), has a mysterious illness and Alex doesn't want to leave him in the care of another doctor.

Jeff gets a black eye from a boy who mocks Donna's acting in a local play. So, Donna tries to teach Jeff how to box.

Donna tries to prove women can outsmart men when Dr. Stone is called away to treat a patient.

Alex tries to prove his independence when Donna buys a suit for him.

Jeff wants a uniform for the team picture, but is told he must work for the money to buy it.

A baby is abandoned at the Stone’s place.

Donna spreads herself thin, running between three places on the same night, for her family.

Mary has a crush on the school basketball star, George, who wants to take her to the prom, but hasn’t asked her because he can't dance.

Donna tries to get a famous concert pianist to perform at a benefit, and, at the same time, Jeff is trying to raise money for a football tackling dummy. These two seemingly unrelated projects intertwine.

A problem child takes refuge at the Stone’s house, and Donna tries to get through to him.

Alex is judge at a Beautiful Baby contest run by Donna's club.

When Donna longingly admires a lovely, expensive bag at a store, the saleswoman (along with a female friend of hers) schemes to coax Alex into getting it for her for a birthday gift. But Alex is suspicious that Donna is pulling the strings behind the scenes, instead of being forthright about it.

Charismatic Uncle Fred visits the Stone family and a brouhaha ensues.