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Season 2 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 38
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

The Donna Reed Show Season 2 (1959-1960)

The Donna Reed Show That's Show Business 2x01 That's Show Business
Mary Tries to Act.
Sep. 24, 1959
The Donna Reed Show Sleep No More My Lady 2x02 Sleep No More My Lady
Donna is too excited to sleep because Alex is giving a speech at a convention. While trying to sleep on the plane Alex gives Donna a tranquilizer to help her sleep.
Oct. 01, 1959
The Donna Reed Show A Penny Earned 2x03 A Penny Earned
Donna has trouble deciding whether or not buy a new dress.
Oct. 08, 1959
The Donna Reed Show A Friend Indeed 2x04 A Friend Indeed
Jeff's 'friend' Doug keeps getting him into trouble at school, and Jeff silently takes the blame for him because he knows Doug's mother constantly picks on him and wonders why he can't ...
Oct. 15, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The First Child 2x05 The First Child
Alex must contend with overly anxious new parents who constantly call him in a state of panic, thinking that there is something wrong with their baby.
Oct. 22, 1959
The Donna Reed Show Going Steady 2x06 Going Steady
Mary wants to meet a boy, so she talks Jeff into going to his kid sister's party.
Oct. 29, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The Neighborly Gesture 2x07 The Neighborly Gesture
Alex is hurt that Jeff likes the new neighbor.
Nov. 05, 1959
The Donna Reed Show Nothing Like a Good Book 2x08 Nothing Like a Good Book
Donna mistakenly accepts an invitation to 'culture vulture' Lydia Langley's cocktail party, at which Lydia mentions that she also conducts a book discussion group. She goads Donna into ...
Nov. 12, 1959
The Donna Reed Show Flowers For the Teacher 2x09 Flowers For the Teacher
Jeff's class has a new teacher, Miss McGuinness. The boys in particular complain that she is too strict, so Donna meets with the new teacher to get matters settled.
Nov. 19, 1959
The Donna Reed Show All Mothers Worry 2x10 All Mothers Worry
Jeff's friend, Phillip, has a problem. He wants to play football, but his mother is over-protective and won't let him.
Nov. 26, 1959
The Donna Reed Show Jeff Joins a Club 2x11 Jeff Joins a Club
Jeff finds out the reason why he wasn't made a member of a club: He is friends with a boy no one else likes.
Dec. 03, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The Punishment 2x12 The Punishment
Dilemma in the Stone household: How to discipline the children without having Donna look like a villian by meting out the punishments, or having Donna look like a squealer when Alex ...
Dec. 10, 1959
The Donna Reed Show A Difference of Opinion 2x13 A Difference of Opinion
Donna gets cornered into accepting an invitation from a couple that neither she nor Alex really care for. Alex refuses to go, sparking an argument that they try to keep quiet from the ...
Dec. 17, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The Homecoming Dance 2x14 The Homecoming Dance
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Dec. 24, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The Lucky Girl 2x15 The Lucky Girl
Lately all Donna has been hearing is how wonderful Alex is, and how lucky she is to be his wife. After a while this gets Donna to wondering if what people really mean is that Alex got ...
Dec. 31, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The Broken Spirit 2x16 The Broken Spirit
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Jan. 07, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Secret 2x17 The Secret
Mary gets an engagement ring and phone calls from Matt, a freshman at UCLA, but doesn't tell anyone in the family about the ring or why Matt is calling. So what's going on? As Donna ...
Jan. 14, 1959
The Donna Reed Show The New Mother 2x18 The New Mother
Little David Barker is very excited. His father is getting married and he hopes this means he can leave military school and live in a real home, but things don't work out the way David ...
Jan. 21, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Just a Housewife 2x19 Just a Housewife
The radio show ""Housewives Corner"" is broadcast from McClure's Market. Host Jerry Parker is asking the ladies if housewives find questions like ""While baking an upside down cake,do ...
Jan. 28, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Free Soul 2x20 The Free Soul
Alex's Uncle Dan takes a break from traveling all over the world. Jeff likes the idea of going to Alaska, Saudi Arabia, Malaya, Australia, and doing whatever he wants, just like Uncle ...
Feb. 04, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The First Quarrel 2x21 The First Quarrel
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Feb. 11, 1960
The Donna Reed Show A Place to Go 2x22 A Place to Go
Jeff and his friends get into trouble when they are discovered using an abandoned house as a hang-out. This prompts Donna and the other mothers to create a nice meeting place for the ...
Feb. 18, 1960
The Donna Reed Show A Night to Howl 2x23 A Night to Howl
Donna and Alex decide to shake up their daily routine by going out on the town...and on a Monday night, no less! Nothing works out the way they planned.
Feb. 25, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Editorial 2x24 The Editorial
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Mar. 03, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Gentle Dew 2x25 The Gentle Dew
Alex lays down the law when Jeff and Mary slack off on their responsibilities at home and their schoolwork. Now Alex is furious when it appears that Mary didn't come home from a bowling ...
Mar. 10, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Fatal Leap 2x26 The Fatal Leap
Alex's wild room-mate from college is getting married, and Alex is invited to the bachelor party. Donna doesn't like this idea at all.
Mar. 17, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Perfect Pitch 2x27 The Perfect Pitch
Donna makes Jeff take trumpet lessons when she discovers he has perfect pitch. Jeff would rather be on the track team.
Mar. 24, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Pickles for Charity 2x28 Pickles for Charity
While Alex was the ""belle of the ball"" with his fantastic dancing at the Woman's Medical Auxiliary Dance, the dance cost more to produce than the income from ticket sales provided. ...
Apr. 07, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Mary's Growing Pain 2x29 Mary's Growing Pain
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Apr. 14, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Alex Runs the House 2x30 Alex Runs the House
Donna is away and Alex has to manage the house and children.
Apr. 21, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Career Woman 2x31 The Career Woman
Donna's old school mate, who has been a single career woman all these years, is now engaged to a doctor. She visits Donna to see what life is really like for a doctor's wife.
Apr. 28, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Jeff, the Financial Genius 2x32 Jeff, the Financial Genius
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May. 05, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Mary's Crusade 2x33 Mary's Crusade
Mary vows not to go to the school dance unless Ellen has a date for the dance. Ellen is rather plain so Mary goes to work to transform Ellen into a glamorous young lady.
May. 12, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The First Time We Met 2x34 The First Time We Met
Donna and Alex have different stories about how they first met. Also Donna plays matchmaker to a new doctor in town and a pretty nurse at the hospital.
May. 19, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Gossip 2x35 The Gossip
Donna tells Emily, the town gossip, that Kay Watson is having a baby. Then Donna learns from Alex that Kay is keeping it a secret so that she can stay working longer. Donna is crushed, ...
May. 26, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Love's Sweet Awakening 2x36 Love's Sweet Awakening
Sixteen- year-old Petie is home from military school and visiting the Stone family. Petie and Mary have been friends for years, but seeing how beautiful Mary has become, he would now ...
Jun. 02, 1960
The Donna Reed Show The Wedding Present 2x37 The Wedding Present
Aunt Lettie is coming to visit, so Donna and Alex try to find the wedding present she gave them so she would be certain to see it. It would help if they could just remember what it ...
Jun. 10, 1960
The Donna Reed Show Cool Cat 2x38 Cool Cat
Jeff wants to keep a cat that followed him home, so can Harry the Cat stay? The Stone family will decide by using the democratic process.
Jun. 18, 1960
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Season 2 Characters

Donna Stone played by Donna Reed
Dr. Alex Stone played by Carl Betz
Mary Stone played by Shelley Fabares
Jeff Stone played by Paul Petersen
Waiter played by Morgan Jones (II)
Pee Wee played by Scotty Morrow
Helen played by Ina Victor
Eleanor Moody played by Ann Morriss
Zack played by Michael Montgomery
Don played by Don Burroughs
Melanie played by Carole Wells
Elsie played by Holly Harris
Ben Wiley played by Gil Frye
Walter played by Kevin Burke
Kay Wiley played by Maxine Cooper
Woman played by Helen Conrad
Roger played by Jan Stine
Herbie Bailey played by Tommy Ivo
Nurse played by Virginia Stefan
Mousie Myers played by Gregory Irvin
Mr. Barnhill played by Raymond Hatton
Mr. Brandon played by Dave Willock
Margaret Harrison played by Sheila Bromley

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Season 2 Videos

02x10 All Mothers Worry
02x10 All Mothers Worry (26:02)

02x35 The Gossip
02x35 The Gossip (26:07)

02x17 The Secret
02x17 The Secret (26:06)

02x06 Going Steady
02x06 Going Steady (25:58)

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Season 2 Trivia

  • Episode 03 - Per the title, according to philosopher Ben Franklin, a penny saved is a penny earned.
  • Episode 02 - The title is based on a line from Stephen Foster's song The Old Kentucky Home, "Weep no more my lady." The song is also the state song of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  • Episode 04 - The title comes from the proverb: "A friend in need is a friend in deed."

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