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The Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 1

Every episode of My Three Sons Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 1!

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A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 4 - Countdown
    8.5/10(175 votes)

    S1:E4

    A Missile launch, sleeping in and Daylight Saving make for an interesting Monday morning. The Douglas household is a chaotic affair of lost indian arrow heads for Chip's turn in show and tell at School, Robbie's missing trumpet and some important lost plans of Steve's that Mike has nearly burned in the incinerator.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writers:George Tibbles, Peter Tewksbury, David Duncan

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  2. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 8 - Chip's Harvest
    8.2/10(134 votes)

    S1:E8

    Thanksgiving Day's turkey dinner is threatened when the electricity is short-circuited throughout the neighborhood. Chip decides to bring along his Indian friend as his sole guest much to the annoyance of his brothers who say he is a bum who lives near the railway tracks in a rundown old shack.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 27 - Soap Box Derby
    7.8/10(83 votes)

    S1:E27

    Unaware of each other's problems, Steve and Robbie engage in what seem to be widely varied projects. Robbie is trying to construct a race kart and Steve is in a rush to help a missile manufacturer get his project off the launch pad in a race to beat a rival company.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  4. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 1 - Chip-Off the Old Block
    7.7/10(164 votes)

    S1:E1

    Aeronautical Engineer Steve Douglas and his youngest son Chip face a parallel problem -- how to rid themselves of two designing females.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  5. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 22 - Man In a Trench Coat
    7.7/10(102 votes)

    S1:E22

    On a dark night when Steve is away, Robbie and his date are frightened by a man in a trench coat. It all happens when Robbie is seen putting on the hubcap of his next door neighbour. Steve isn't too concerned when he hears about the incident as he thinks it all stems from Robbie's steady diet of spy and mystery stories.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 2 - The Little Ragpicker
    7.6/10(136 votes)

    S1:E2

    The Annual School rag drive starts Chip off on a scavenger hunt of the neighbourhood. Every time the neighbor, Miss Pitts, looks out the window she sees strange happenings at the Douglas household.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:David Duncan

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  7. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 11 - Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
    7.6/10(96 votes)

    S1:E11

    Robbie is baffled when his girlfriend rejects the excitement of his new motor in favor of standard feminine frills. He tries to win her over by telling the boys on the football team that no girls are allowed, knowing this will upset her as she is considered one of the guys.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  8. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 7 - Lady Engineer
    7.5/10(114 votes)

    S1:E7

    Steve is enamored of his new business associate, an attractive woman who is strictly business. He is tempted to mix business with pleasure but finds that she thinks only about the job at hand and doesn't have any plans to expand her love life, despite this romantic interlude.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 9 - Raft on the River
    7.5/10(102 votes)

    S1:E9

    Feeling left out when Mike and Robbie decide to go camping at Gunman's Gulch—and at the urging of his father to use his imagination, to conjure up an adventure—a lonely Chip decides to spend the night on a raft his brothers made him in the backyard.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 13 - The Elopement
    7.5/10(87 votes)

    S1:E13

    Mike and the girl next door arouse the suspicions of Steve and Bub when secrets are exchanged and the two are seen leaving with suitcases. Meanwhile, Robbie is on a clock salvaging attempt to find historic clocks after he gets into a spot of bother with his teacher.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writers:Phil Leslie, John McGreevey

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  11. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 24 - The Lostling
    7.5/10(96 votes)

    S1:E24

    Chip begins to think it would be great to be an older brother, so he wishes for a little sister. After the new Hawkins family move into the vacant house across the street, a wild sequence of events results from an improbable case of mistaken identity -- an infant is somehow confused with a leg of lamb left in the boot of Steve's station wagon.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:David Duncan

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  12. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 5 - Brotherly Love
    7.4/10(104 votes)

    S1:E5

    When Mike and Robbie cross swords over a blonde schoolgirl, the issue widens until the whole family is involved in the argument. But it is difficult for Steve to teach his sons that violence solves nothing with a pugnacious father-in-law around.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 15 - Domestic Trouble
    7.4/10(97 votes)

    S1:E15

    When Bub is suddenly called out of town, Steve seeks an agency to get temporary help—unaware that he may be recruiting a wife. With his older brothers passing the buck, Chip accidentally rings Domestic Bliss, Inc. - a marriage seeking department who send out a woman inspector right away.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Peter Tewksbury

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  14. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 20 - Other People's Houses
    7.4/10(94 votes)

    S1:E20

    When Robbie Douglas sees his new friend's home he is envious of what he thinks is really the perfect teenage home and becomes almost as envious as Hank is of the turbulent, happy-go-lucky Douglas household.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  15. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 35 - The Sunday Drive
    7.4/10(86 votes)

    S1:E35

    Mr. Pearson's idea of a quiet drive in the country with his wife is altered by a station-wagon load of Douglases. Meanwhile Robbie is trying to avoid the clutches of a girl named Mary Lou.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 14 - Mike's Brother
    7.3/10(92 votes)

    S1:E14

    Constant comparison to his brother, Mike, leaves Robbie feeling inferior and angry—and their father has to face the consequences as Robbie and Mike are about to come to blows when Steve shows up just in the nick of time from work.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  17. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 28 - Unite or Sink
    7.3/10(99 votes)

    S1:E28

    Robbie and Mike want some extra pocket money but Steve tells them that they will have to earn it by themselves. The boys ask their neighbours if they could paint their front fence and before long several neighbors pitch in together to help restore the yard to its former glory.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 36 - Fire Watch
    7.3/10(79 votes)

    S1:E36

    Mike Douglas gets a Summer job with the Forestry Service and he thinks its going to be a barrel of fun until he learns that he's expected to do a real man's job. When his boss is stranded down at the creek and a wild storm brews up, Mike spends a harrowing time trying to stay calm.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 16 - Bub Leaves Home
    7.2/10(102 votes)

    S1:E16

    When Steve invites his second cousin Selena to come and visit, Bub gets the strange impression that he is being neglected and isn't really needed. He decides to take up the offer of managing a movie theater in Plainview, and nothing the boys say or do can make him change his mind.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  20. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 17 - Mike in a Rush
    7.2/10(104 votes)

    S1:E17

    Mike prepares for the transition from high school to college and the question of joining a fraternity is one that complicates his life considerably. When Mike and Jean attend a party as prospective applicants, he later finds out the they have been dropped from the waiting list and suddenly the cold war turns pretty hot.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:AJ Carothers

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  21. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 21 - The Delinquent
    7.2/10(89 votes)

    S1:E21

    Mike Douglas and the family mongrel Tramp keep disappearing at night, and Jean becomes increasingly suspicious, unaware that Mike and his friend Tim are building her a hi-fi set for her upcoming Birthday.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 29 - The Wiley Method
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    S1:E29

    Robbie can't seem to arouse the interest of the affairs of the heart with his classmate Maribel Quinby. So with the help of his best friend Hank Ferguson, he proceeds to try and get her attention by noting the theatrical method of approach that his history teacher employs to make a dull subject interesting.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  23. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 32 - The Musician
    7.2/10(74 votes)

    S1:E32

    Robbie's new girlfriend, lives in refined and elegant style, causing Robbie to turn a critical eye on his own home life. To impress her he tells her he really digs the classics, but in actual fact he doesn't know the difference between Puccini and Presley.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 34 - Trial by Separation
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    S1:E34

    Its final exam time and Mike and his girlfriend Jean have thought up a test of their own - to try the strength of their affection by not seeing each other the week before school has its graduation ceremonies.

    Director:Peter Tewksbury
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. My Three Sons Season 1 Episode 12 - My Three Strikers
    7.1/10(82 votes)

    S1:E12

    The boys want a raise in their allowance, but Steve tells them that they are spending money recklessly and not doing their chores. Bub has been picking up the slack and doing their work for them. Everyone has bad dreams that night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Countdown" is the best rated episode of "My Three Sons" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 175 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by George Tibbles, Peter Tewksbury, David Duncan, it aired on 10/20/1960. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Chip's Harvest".