Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1963
Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn't connect with the main line. The branch line carries the "Cannonball" train, and is vital to the Shady Rest Hotel, run by Kate Bradley, her three grown daughters and "Uncle Joe" Carson. If Bedloe succeeds in shutting down the Cannonball, Kate faces ruin.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1963
Kate uses a combination of charm, subterfuge, and wiles to prevent Homer Bedloe from catching the Hooterville Cannonball and getting to Pixley in order to initiate proceedings that would permanently terminate the train's operation. She has to keep him at the Shady Rest long enough to convince him that the Cannonball is an integral part of the valley's life. When all else fails, Kate gets Sam, the Hooterville Jack of all professions, to scare Bedloe into changing his mind.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1963
C&F W Railroad President Norman P. Curtis is incensed that ace troubleshooter Homer Bedloe utterly failed to scrap the Hooterville Cannonball. Taking matters into his own hands, he decides to do it himself, incognito. Although Curtis doesn't intend on appearing as such, he comes across to Kate and others in the valley as a hobo after he takes a tumble in a field, ripping and dirtying his suit and losing his wallet in the process. But, he has a change of heart when he experiences Kate's hospitality and kindness.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1963
Norman Curtis, who has fallen in love with life at the Shady Rest, is still staying there for free without Kate yet knowing his true identity. He accidentally breaks the throttle handle of the Hooterville Cannonball and folks can't get to Kate's annual Shady Rest Jamboree. Norman decides to come clean about his identity. The problem is no one believes him. In fact, they all believe he's crazy. But the executive tries to make amends with a determined effort to obtain the nearly-nonexistent replacement part. Norman brings three of his friends in to help, who everyone also think are hobos. Thanks to Norman, the Jamboree is a success.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1963
Floyd Smoot, the conductor, is courting a woman through the mail. But, when she ends it after receiving a photo of him, he loses all confidence. Kate tries to help him think all the women from Hooterville and the surrounding area have eyes for him, but instead he gets the idea that Kate has been secretly in love with him. Kate comes up with a plan to get Flyod's mind off of her. Meanwhile, the Hooterville Hornets football team and their coach Uncle Joe are on a losing streak.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1963
Uncle Joe spends Kate's money to buy cases of lousy smelling men and women's cologne to make a fast buck reselling it. The money was intended to put screens in the hotel that will keep mosquitoes from chasing away paying guests. Kate figures out a way to sell all the cologne to salesmen Mr. Blake and Mr. Gordon. The men are going to sell it as insecticide.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1963
Betty Jo enters the annual Shady Rest Horseshoe Tournament and becomes the first female contestant in the tournament's history. But she experiences conflicting emotions when she finds herself with an opportunity to defeat the legendary Pixley Fats. After a talk with Kate, Betty Jo decides that winning means more to Pixley Fats than to her, because that's all he really has in life.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1963
When Billie Jo has to come up with a fourth for her double date with Junior Hocker and Junior's visiting friend Roger Budd, Kate suggests Bobbie Jo to her. Billie Jo doesn't think Bobbie Jo would be a good fit as she knows all the boys see Bobbie Jo as a book worm instead of a fun girl. Convincing Bobbie Jo may be more difficult as Bobbie Jo admits that she just doesn't feel comfortable around boys yet. She goes on the date, but comes home early saying she just can't compete with Billie Jo. Kate tries to teach Bobbie Jo how to flatter a man the way Billie Jo does. On her next date with Roger, things go much better.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1963
Two young men, Arthur Gilroy and Lowell Rightmeyer, are on their way to rob the bank in Pixley. They change their plans when they learn that the next day, the Cannonball, without any armed guards, will make its run from Hooterville to Pixley for the bank shipment. Arthur and Lowell decide to stay the night at the Shady Rest. Kate and the family are happy to have two polite and handsome young men stay with them. Arthur and Lowell do hold up the train the next day. But, Kate and Uncle Joe are also on the train and they recognize the masked bandits. When Arthur and Lowell learn that the bank shipment is only deposit slips, they decide to rob the Shady Rest instead. But will Kate, her family, Charley and Floyd be able to turn around Arthur and Lowell's criminal lives?
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1963
The Cannonball and its primary passenger, Uncle Joe, are pelted with eggs after the Hooterville Hornets, coached by Uncle Joe, are drubbed in what may be their worst game ever. Another unexpected passenger on that run is Homer Bedloe, who is surprisingly cordial and pleasant. Uncle Joe doesn't see anything wrong with Bedloe being cordial and taking it like a man in defeat in his efforts to scrap the Cannonball. Kate on the other hand believes Bedloe is up to no good. News gets to Sam that John Fisher and Max Thornton, two bigwigs from the railroad, are coming for a surprise inspection the following day. When Kate learns this news, they have to go clean-up the Cannonball. Plus, they have to keep Bedloe preoccupied so that he won't know what they're up to. And third, they have to railroad the visiting bigwigs about how deluxe the service on the Cannonball is. Fisher and Thornton are very impressed with the service.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1963
Kate and the girls go to Drucker's store to pick up the pocket watch they ordered for Uncle Joe's birthday present. While there Kate, in an effort to boost Herby's confidence, inadvertently offers him a job as Assistant Manager at the hotel. Now Kate doesn't have the heart not to give him the job, so she decides that she can give him some menial tasks at the hotel. Uncle Joe believes he is being put out to pasture with Herby showing up. He goes in search of another job. He gets one, telling everyone that he is an executive with some large company. Kate follows him and finds out his big job is actually mopping floors in a cafe. Kate and Sam have to figure out a way to get both Herby and Uncle Joe back to their real jobs.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1963
Uncle Joe has come up with another scheme to attract guests to the hotel: advertise it as a wedding/honeymoon destination. Uncle Joe manages to get Sam, the county judge, to swear him in as temporary Justice of the Peace before Sam goes away on a hunting vacation at Lost Lake. All Uncle Joe has to do is file the documentation at the courthouse to make it legal. After Uncle Joe performs his first wedding, for a young couple named Walter Shepherd and Elsie Gregg, Uncle Joe realizes that he forgot to file the documentation at the courthouse. Kate and the gang do what they can to stall Walter and Elsie consummating what they believe is their marriage, while Uncle Joe searches for Sam.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1963
A brochure made by Uncle Joe describing the incomparable Shady Rest Hotel of the future is accidentally mailed to The Centerville Sun Express travel columnist Gladys Stroud. In the brochure was the vision of what he hoped the hotel would one day be, including indoor ice rink, bowling alley, and swimming pool. Gladys decides to come and review the Shady Rest. Now the family has to scramble to keep her from finding out the truth and closing them down for lying. Despite their best efforts, Gladys finds out. Uncle Joe manages to sweet talk Gladys into not closing them down.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1963
The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for its annual Christmas Eve trip of caroling, gift-giving and merriment around the valley. But, Homer Bedloe is determined to be a Scrooge and take possession of the train on Christmas Eve. Railroad President Norman Curtis finds out what Bedloe is up to and goes to Hooterville to stop him.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Dec 31, 1963
Herby is depressed when he gets drafted, so the girls cheer him up by suggesting he could be an astronaut. Uncle Joe hears this and decides he needs to promote Herby's future political career to the whole town. When Herby gets a discharge for minor medical problems, Kate finds a way for him to save face with Billie Jo and the rest.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1964
Bobbie Jo brings home Alan Landman, a mad-at-the-world young poet and slacker who has won her heart. Despite Bobbie Jo liking him in every respect, he dismisses her way of life. Bobbie Jo wants to prove him wrong, while deep down she wants to find out for herself if Alan is really right about how meaningless her conventional life is. The family's impression of Alan is quite dismal. Kate has to figure out a way to make Bobbie Jo come to the conclusion on her own that Alan and his life do not deserve to be romanticized.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1964
Billie Jo receives a $500 insurance endowment, which her late father set aside for his first-born to become a doctor. But Billie Jo wants to go to Hollywood to become an actress. Kate thinks that Hooterville's long time doctor, Dr. Depew, can talk Billie Jo into it. But Kate's thinks that Dr. Depew's handsome new assistant, Dr. Clayton Harris, would be able to convince Billie Jo even more. So using Uncle Joe as a patient with non-existing symptoms, Kate hopes to have Dr. Harris make a thorough examination with Billie Jo as his assistant, exposing her to the wonders of modern medicine. But, Billie Jo faints at the first sight of blood.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Jan 21, 1964
Billie Jo is still determined to use the $500 from her father to go to Hollywood to become a movie star. It doesn't help that Uncle Joe, who wants to go with her, is fueling her dream. Kate talks with Judge Drucker to see if she can legally prevent Billie Jo from going to Hollywood, but he advises against it. Dr. Depew believes Kate's mistake between Dr. Harris and Billie Jo was throwing them together in a professional relationship. He thinks they should throw them together in a doctor/patient relationship. First, they have to trick Billie Jo into thinking she's sick. Then, they have to get Dr. Harris to come by each day to check on her. Kate believes there is one more piece to complete the puzzle, courtesy of a fake edition of the Hooterville World Guardian.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1964
Uncle Joe has made a deal with Lucy Wayne, the secretary of movie star Lane Haggard, for them to stay for two weeks at the Shady Rest. Incognito as Mr. Jones, Haggard, according to Miss Wayne, needs to get some rest and relaxation away from prying public eyes. But upon their arrival, Miss Wayne believes Uncle Joe has duped her. It seems that Joe has told the entire valley about their stay. Miss Wayne also wanted no attractive women around to fall under Haggard's movie idol charms. Kate and the girls are not quite as homely as Uncle Joe described them. The problem arises that those charms do surface without Haggard realizing what he is doing. The three girls, not used to such words from a big city man, believe what he tells each of them. But, the words are just niceties which he says to every attractive female. Kate tries to protect her girls and she also tries to help the one person to who those charms really do mean something, Lucy.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Feb 4, 1964
Business is bad at the Shady Rest and Kate needs to make a $200 bank loan payment. Uncle Joe meets Henrietta Boswell and Gertrude Hawley, who are lost and looking for Madame Bovary's Hideaway Reducing Farm. He convinces them that the Shady Rest is the most exclusive reducing farm and charges them $200 for a week. The catch is that Uncle Joe provides them with a money back guarantee. Uncle Joe tries to hide from Kate why the women are staying at the hotel. With a rigged scale, Joe has to convince the two that the secret to weight loss is to eat whatever they want as long as it is combined with turnip greens. He also has them do what would normally be considered all his chores. Ultimately, the two women do whatever they can to find what they believe is Kate's miracle weight loss and youth secret.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Feb 11, 1964
When Kate unexpectedly sees Homer Bedloe in Hooterville, she knows trouble is in store. Bedloe plans on selling the Cannonball, a seemingly one-of-a-kind antique locomotive. His buyer is millionaire retired train man and antique train aficionado, Phillip Waterhouse. Waterhouse is an old, ornery and snobbish man who generally gets what he wants. With Charley and Floyd's help, Kate hopes she can convince Waterhouse that the train is in such disrepair that it's not worth buying. Kate's plan backfires when she learns Waterhouse enjoys repairing old trains. She hopes that with the family's help, she can get through to Waterhouse the necessity of the train to the valley.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1964
A traveling salesman guest leaves Uncle Joe a set of six paint-by-number canvases in lieu of a cash payment. Joe decides to take up painting and hopes to make money with his new venture. Mr. Cheever, an antique dealer, buys Joe's first painting. Joe now thinks he is a new art master on his way to success. However, the dealer only wanted the valuable picture frame. Before wrapping up the painting, Joe trades the frame for one he believes is nicer. News of the painting sale spreads throughout Hooterville. People come by to see Joe's other paintings, including E. T. Gibbs from a local museum. Gibbs hates the paintings, which depresses Joe. Cheever comes back to get the original frame he bought. Kate comes up with a plan for Cheever to get the frame and for Joe to feel better.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1964
Betty Jo has her first crush on a boy named Orville Miggs. But the object of her affections is more interested in tinkering with cars than he is in romance. As such, all Orville sees in Betty Jo is a mechanic's expert assistant. Kate doesn't want to see Betty Jo get hurt. Kate thinks he will see her in a different and more romantic light if she wears a dress and becomes a bit more feminine. But nothing they try makes Orville really notice Betty Jo, and ultimately give her her much wanted first kiss. If the family is able to accomplish their task, will Betty Jo ultimately think it was worth it?
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1964
Homer Bedloe is back in Hooterville trying yet again to find a way to shut down the Cannonball. He believes there must be something in the financial books since Charley and Floyd have not submitted a report in twelve years. That plan ends up being more confusing to Bedloe than it's worth pursuing. Meanwhile, Uncle Joe is given the task of digging a drainage ditch down by the tracks. He finds the lazy way to do it by advertising that guests can dig for silver down by the tracks. He figures others will do the digging for him. Bedloe decides to sell leases all along the track from Hooterville to Pixley for people to prospect for silver. In the process, all the digging will just rip up the track, leaving the train unable to run without major repairs to the track. Kate can see through Bedloe's scheme and she devises a way to outsmart him once again to keep the Cannonball running.
Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1964
A regional talent contest is being held in Hooterville with the winner being awarded $50 and a trip to Chicago for the television broadcast final. Kate worries that competition among the girls will affect the family. Uncle Joe has other thoughts where he wants the girls to compete their hearts out with the goal of winning. The girls agree in that they figure Kate could use the $50. With the ulterior motive of being the adult chaperon for his winning niece in going to Chicago for the final, Uncle Joe tries to convince all the credible competition not to enter the contest. Kate wants the contest to be fair and undoes all of Joe's scheming. After their performances, the girls decide they were only thinking of themselves and drop out of the competition.
Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Mar 17, 1964
An old school chum named Emily Mapes thinks it's time Kate was married again. She tells the girls to round up some prospects to go to the Shady Rest to court Kate. The girls do this by offering special rates to single men. However, Uncle Joe thinks that if Kate finds a man, he will lose his job. Joe even pretends to be the house detective and tells guest Grover Woodstock to leave Kate alone. Kate finds out from Grover what her daughters have been up to. She comes up with a plan with all the men to teach her girls a lesson.
Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1964
Beatlemania has hit Hooterville by storm. Uncle Joe recruits Billy, Bobbie, and Betty Joe along with their friend Sally Ragsdale to form their own band called the Ladybugs. Colonel Partridge, a booking agent, comes to the Shady Rest to see the girls in action. Partridge likes what he hears and wants to book the girls. Sally's father, Sheriff Ragsdale, comes by and says he wants his daughter to finish school and not tour the country. Uncle Joe thinks he has a way to save the group and dresses up as a Ladybug.
Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Mar 31, 1964
Uncle Joe gets angry at Charlie and Floyd when he is left behind by the Cannonball. He decides to start his own transport business by using Orville Miggs' "Flivverball", an old car converted into a railway car. At first the Flivverball is a success. Kate must now deal with the feuding groups before the Cannonball goes out of business.
Episode: 1x29 | Airdate: Apr 7, 1964
Norman Curtis, President of the C&FW Railroad, is currently on vacation in Europe. He left instructions not to do anything to the Cannonball while he's gone. However, Homer Bedloe has a scheme to shut down the Cannonball for good. He hopes to do it without disobeying Curtis' orders. The plan entails Bedloe being appointed Superintendent of the Cannonball. He would then enforce an efficiency program with an impossible to meet new schedule. He expects Charley and Floyd will eventually just give up. Kate and the gang go to the stockholders meeting where she believes they've got a secret weapon to ruin Bedloe's plans.
Episode: 1x30 | Airdate: Apr 14, 1964
Mr. Bunce with the bank is doing an inspection of the hotel and is not planning on extending Kate's financing. Wealthy socialite Clara Watkins checks into the hotel with her son Sonny. Bunce will only extend Kate's financing if Mrs. Watkins recommends the hotel to her friends. Meanwhile, annoying Sonny is constantly chasing after Billie Jo. Mrs. Watkins wants the two of them to get married. While Kate has done whatever she can to please Mrs. Watkins, she has to say no to that. Uncle Joe decides to romance Mrs. Watkins instead and she soon accepts his marriage proposal. Kate comes up with a plan to save Joe and the hotel.
Episode: 1x31 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1964
Charley begins to believe that everyone seems too busy to spend any time with him. Floyd has started to call on the widow Sarah Lawrence. Uncle Joe has a speech he has to prepare, so has no time to go fishing with him. Kate has far too much work to do around the hotel. Charley doesn't want to spend his time alone and miserable running the Cannonball. He decides to quit and move to the big city. Kate tries to manufacture ways of keeping Charley in the valley before his replacement Bill Tuttle comes and takes over his job. When Charley realizes how much he is loved and needed, he finds a way to talk Tuttle out of staying.
Episode: 1x32 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1964
Kate receives a telegram from Railroad President Norman Curtis that he is sending Homer Bedloe with someone named Fred. Fred is actually Mr. Curtis' housekeeper's aged basset hound. Curtis believes Fred needs some good country air and space to re-energize himself. Curtis also hopes that Bedloe will soften his ways in the process. Bedloe comes up with the plan to "ruin" Fred and have him return to Curtis in worse shape than he arrived. That will hopefully sour Curtis' view of the Shady Rest and what it stands for. Kate figures out a way to bring back spirit to Fred and a way to break Bedloe's spirit.
Episode: 1x33 | Airdate: May 5, 1964
An old friend of Kate's from high school is coming for a visit. Kate admits that she had a crush on H.J. Grant back then. His letter implies that he is now wealthy, and is coming back to the valley on personal business. Uncle Joe, however, believes that Herbie is a con artist after Kate's money. Uncle Joe decides he needs to break up any chance of a romance between Kate and Herbie. Orville finds a newspaper article that proves Herbie is wealthy. Now Joe wants Kate to marry Herbie. But Kate and Herbie want to remain just friends.
Episode: 1x34 | Airdate: May 12, 1964
Homer Bedloe arrives at the Shady Rest with his son, Homer Bedloe Jr., who is as hateful and devious as his father. He even looks like his father down to the horn-rimmed glasses. Bedloe Sr.'s plan is that he wants to appear the loving and caring father, bringing his son up right. Then he will leave Jr. alone at the Shady Rest to snoop around and find a way to shut down the Shady Rest and the Cannonball for good. But Jr. comes to like everyone because he is treated with kindness and goodwill for no apparent reason.
Episode: 1x35 | Airdate: May 19, 1964
Business executive Mary Jane Hastings returns home to Hooterville to receive the Chamber of Commerce award. She commands attention just by her very presence, with everyone being at her beck and call. Kate doesn't like the effect Mary Jane has on her girls. Kate blames Mary Jane's assistant Steve, who is setting the example that what Mary Jane wants, she gets. Kate learns that Steve is in love with Mary Jane. Kate tells Steve he needs to stop being the ever obedient servant. But when Steve stands up to Mary Jane, she fires him. After learning that Mary Jane is in love with Steve, Kate finds a way to bring them back together.
Episode: 1x36 | Airdate: May 26, 1964
Uncle Joe wants to dig out an old cave to use as a wine cellar for the hotel. Kate receives a telegram from Brooks T. Webster, who wants to possibly hold a convention at the Shady Rest. He will be arriving that afternoon. Uncle Joe causes a landslide covering up the cave entrance with Kate inside the cave. They will need Ding Woodhouse's tractor to remove all the rubble to get Kate out. But Ding's tractor needs some work done on it and won't be ready until the morning. Mr. Webster arrives and insists on dinner, but Kate isn't there to cook. Uncle Joe comes up with a plan to feed Mr. Webster and get the convention business. But is Mr. Webster the only one they need to impress?
Episode: 1x37 | Airdate: Jun 2, 1964
Kate has sprained her ankle which means she will be off her feet for three or four days. Now that Mr. Webster's gone, the family has to prepare for Mr. Feasel's visit. He is the one that will decide if the convention will be held at the Shady Rest. Uncle Joe decides to make some changes to the hotel he's sure will appeal to conventioneers. He also hires Smokey Harner, a country singer and guitarist. Hearing about all the new ideas, Kate believes Uncle Joe and the girls may be running the hotel better than she did. Mr. Feasel arrives early and is not impressed with anything about the hotel. Kate recovers quicker than Dr. John Rhone expected. But she wants to keep her recovery a secret because she thinks everything is running smoothly and wants the family to feel good about themselves. With everything going wrong in the hotel, Mr. Feasel leaves. Kate finds out that Feasel has left. But he later returns for a very unusual reason.
Episode: 1x38 | Airdate: Jun 9, 1964
Kate's former grade school teacher returns to Hooterville. Kate and her children reminisce how Miss Adelaide "Genghis" Keane was so strict on all the children, and she was a dreaded teacher. Kate and the girls are surprised to find that the elderly schoolteacher is no longer the tyrannical disciplinarian she used to be. They all get together to bring Miss Keane's confidence back. It doesn't take long for Miss Keane to become a disciplinarian again and Kate and the girls are beginning to regret what they did. Before Kate can confront her, Adelaide acknowledges that she has gone too far and is scaring people off. Kate finds a way for Miss Keane to be happy again.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1964
It's the first day of school and Kate is having trouble getting a couple of her daughters motivated to go. Betty Jo has a new friend, a little dog that follows her back from school. Kate refuses to let Betty Jo keep the dog, despite it being cute and well trained. Kate believes that he must belong to someone. Betty Jo brings him back to school, but he stills follows her home. Kate decides to let the dog stay until the owner claims him or until the dog starts to cause problems for the family. The dog does end up causing some problems, but Kate has a change of heart and let's him stay.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1964
Henry Barton is dropping off his pregnant wife Elsie at the Shady Rest. While the baby isn't due for two weeks, Henry still wants someone to watch Elsie as he will be gone for three days. The women aren't at all worried, but Uncle Joe is quite concerned. Joe gets even more panicked when Kate tells him most babies arrive in the middle of the night. He comes up with an elaborate plan involving some of the men of the valley to get Doc Stuart to the Shady Rest if Elsie has the baby in the middle of the night. Without telling anyone, Joe has a trial run of his plan at 3am just to make sure it all goes smoothly. Everyone is quite mad at Uncle Joe. To make matters worse, Joe does it a second time. When Elsie does actually go into labor, it looks as though someone else will have to help with the delivery
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1964
Uncle Joe isn't thrilled with the idea of turning the Cannonball's baggage car into a mobile library. He likes even less having to build the library shelves. But after meeting her, Uncle Joe grows extremely fond of pretty librarian Phyllis Marsh. Despite their age difference, among other things, Joe is not shy about romancing Phyllis. Phyllis has to find a way to let him down easy without hurting his feelings, because she is actually engaged. Phyllis introduces her fiance Hal Jackson to Kate. Kate comes up with a plan to show Uncle Joe how inappropriate he and Miss Marsh are as a couple.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1964
Sam, Charley, Floyd and Uncle Joe are rehearsing a reenactment of the signing of the treaty between the Umquaw Indians and the C&FW Railroad. The treaty gave Indian land in the vicinity of Deadman's Curve to the company. Joe thinks the reenactment will bring in tourists to the area and guests to the hotel. Meanwhile, Norman Curtis wants the company's stockholders' meeting to be held at the Shady Rest with Homer Bedloe presiding. Norman tells Bedloe he doesn't want anyone to vote for anything that would harm Kate or the people of the valley. Bedloe finds out about Joe's treaty reenactment plan. He then finds out that the Umquaw never signed the treaty according to C&FW files. Bedloe lets the Umquaw know. Despite not really wanting to do it, Chief Fleeteagle and Black Salmon make what will be a profitable deal for them and the end of the Cannonball. Kate may come up with the best deal of them all.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1964
Hooterville has a long standing record of being the first community to have their political votes submitted to the state. Pip Winslow from Crabwell Corners is taking bets that they will beat Hooterville this year, because they have a new automatic voting machine. Hooterville may lose regardless because of a disagreement between Kate and Selma Plout. Selma threatens to cast her ballot late in the day just to spite Kate. A letter from the Governor comes addressed to the Hooterville Chamber of Commerce, which doesn't exist. So they can open the letter, Joe, Charley and Floyd create the Chamber. The Governor hopes they can extend their 20 year record. Kate believes she has a way for Selma to change her mind. Despite a couple of set-backs, Hooterville gets their votes in first.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1964
Betty Jo wants to enter Dog in a contest to make a commercial for Tailwagger Dog Food. The winner also receives a $500 cash award. Kate tries to discourage Betty Jo because Dog doesn't have a chance against purebreds. The girls are thrilled when they receive a letter telling them that Dog is one of the five finalists. The letter also says that Mr. Talbot with the dog food company will be coming by to see Dog. What they don't know is that Henry Brewster, the local photo-finisher, who sent in both his and the Bradleys' entries, got the pictures interchanged. This means that Mr. Talbot was really naming Henry's collie one of the five finalists. But after meeting Dog, Mr. Talbot has an idea for a whole series of other commercials. He would like to use Dog and the entire family. Uncle Joe's meddling may ruin everything and Dog may have a say in how things go.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1964
Uncle Joe shocks Kate by bringing home a buffalo! Kate tells him to take it back, but all sales were final. It's part of his scheme to dupe wealthy British sportsman Lord Harold Faversham into coming to "Shady Rest Hunting Lodge" to hunt wild buffalo. But, the buffalo is far from wild and the girls want to keep him as a pet. Another problem arises when Joe spooks the buffalo, who runs off, leaving Lord Faversham nothing to hunt for. Joe stalls Faversham for three days. The Lord is growing tired of Joe and threatens to sue, while the girl try to protect their new pet. Kate comes up with a way for Faversham to have all the hunting he wants.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1964
The girls are trying to learn some Japanese to make Betty Jo's Japanese pen pal, Nobuko Takamura, feel at home for her visit. Nobuko has come to the US to attend college to improve her English so that she can teach it back in Japan. She would also like to learn American customs. Nobuko tells Joe that in Japan, the women do the yard work. Joe gets Nobuko to do his chores until Kate puts a stop to it. On a picnic, Nobuko can't help but serve Billie Jo and Bobbie Jo's boyfriends. Kate tells Nobuko that the men should be the ones helping the women. Nobuko catches on to that custom quite quickly.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1964
Billie Jo is upset that the Cannonball is late and she believes it has outlived its usefulness. Meanwhile, Homer Bedloe, the Hooterville Cannonball's arch-enemy, has been having terrible nightmares about the train. To get rid of them, his psychiatrist Dr. Leonard suggests that he "learn to love" the Cannonball. The Cannonball has been encountering some broken tracks. Kate decides to let the C&FW Railroad know. Bedloe writes back that he will fix the tracks. When Bedloe visits the Shadyrest Hotel, he is surprised how friendly everyone is being to him. Everyone except Uncle Joe. But Kate was just gas-lighting Bedloe and didn't really believe the change in him when he said he loved the train. She finds out Bedloe is planning to remove the old damaged tracks instead of replacing them to shut down the Cannonball. Kate comes up with a plan to stop him.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1964
Jack Crandall, who is with H-D-L Food Products, is a passenger on the Cannonball. He is stunned when the train stops just so Charley and Floyd can pick apples for Kate's special recipe: Bachelor Butter. She gives it to the bachelors of the valley as a thank you for all they do for her over the course of the year. Jack Crandall tastes the butter and really likes it. He brings a couple jars back to his company to see if he can produce it for sale. Jack sends Kate a letter stating he wants to buy the recipe for H-D-L and will pay her $250. He will pay her another $250 after she shows him how to make it in their laboratory kitchen. At the test kitchen, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Kimberly are having a hard time translating Kate's measuring process into a precise recipe. When the apple butter doesn't turn out right, Kate has all her equipment from home brought to the test kitchen, including her oven. Jack understands when the next batch doesn't turn out either.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1964
Kate doesn't have anything against Dan, Billie Jo's boyfriend, that is except his mother is Selma Plout, her arch-enemy. Kate and Selma are once again arguing at the Every Other Wednesday Afternoon Discussion Club. Kate doesn't even mind talk of Billie Jo and Dan perhaps getting married. Uncle Joe tells Kate there's a real possibility that the two are going to get married and she might want to think about becoming friends with Selma. Kate makes an attempt to be nice to Selma, but that doesn't work out too well. Rumors are flying and it's starting to look as though Billie Jo and Dan are going to elope. Sam makes a call to Pixley and finds out that Dan got married. Kate and Selma start crying in each others arms. Turns out Dan married Emily Lawrence and Billie Jo was just helping
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1964
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1965
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1965
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1965
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1965
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1965
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1965
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1965
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1965
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1965
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1965
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1965
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1965
Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1965
Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1965
Episode: 2x27 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1965
Episode: 2x28 | Airdate: Apr 20, 1965
Episode: 2x29 | Airdate: Apr 27, 1965
Episode: 2x30 | Airdate: May 4, 1965
Episode: 2x31 | Airdate: May 11, 1965
Episode: 2x32 | Airdate: May 18, 1965
Episode: 2x33 | Airdate: May 25, 1965
Episode: 2x34 | Airdate: Jun 1, 1965
Episode: 2x35 | Airdate: Jun 8, 1965
Episode: 2x36 | Airdate: Jun 15, 1965
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 14, 1965
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 21, 1965
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1965
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1965
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1965
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1965
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1965
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1965
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1965
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1965
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1965
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1965
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1965
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1965
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Dec 28, 1965
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1966
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1966
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1966
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1966
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1966
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1966
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1966
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1966
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1966
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1966
Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1966
Episode: 3x27 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1966
Episode: 3x28 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1966
Episode: 3x29 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1966
Episode: 3x30 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1966
Episode: 3x31 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1966
Episode: 3x32 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1966
Episode: 3x33 | Airdate: May 3, 1966
Episode: 3x34 | Airdate: May 10, 1966
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1966
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1966
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1966
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1966
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1966
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1966
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1966
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1966
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1966
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1966
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1966
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1966
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1966
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1966
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1967
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1967
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1967
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1967
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1967
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1967
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1967
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1967
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1967
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1967
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1967
Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1967
Episode: 4x27 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1967
Episode: 4x28 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1967
Episode: 4x29 | Airdate: Apr 18, 1967
Episode: 4x30 | Airdate: Apr 25, 1967
Episode: 4x31 | Airdate: May 2, 1967
Episode: 4x32 | Airdate: May 9, 1967
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1967
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1967
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1967
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1967
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1967
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1967
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1967
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1967
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1967
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1967
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1967
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1967
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1967
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1967
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1967
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Dec 23, 1967
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Dec 30, 1967
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1968
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1968
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1968
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1968
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1968
Episode: 5x23 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1968
Episode: 5x24 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1968
Episode: 5x25 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1968
Episode: 5x26 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1968
Episode: 5x27 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1968
Episode: 5x28 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1968
Episode: 5x29 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1968
Episode: 5x30 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1968
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1968
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1968
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1968
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1968
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1968
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1968
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1968
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1968
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1968
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1968
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1968
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Dec 21, 1968
Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Dec 28, 1968
Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1969
Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1969
Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1969
Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1969
Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1969
Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1969
Episode: 6x20 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1969
Episode: 6x21 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1969
Episode: 6x22 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1969
Episode: 6x23 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1969
Episode: 6x24 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1969
Episode: 6x25 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1969
Episode: 6x26 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1969
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1969
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1969
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1969
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1969
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1969
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1969
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1969
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1969
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1969
Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1969
Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1969
Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1969
Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1969
Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: Dec 27, 1969
Episode: 7x15 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1970
Episode: 7x16 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1970
Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1970
Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1970
Episode: 7x19 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1970
Episode: 7x20 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1970
Episode: 7x21 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1970
Episode: 7x22 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1970
Episode: 7x23 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1970
Episode: 7x24 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1970
Episode: 7x25 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1970
Episode: 7x26 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1970