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The Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 4

Every episode of My Three Sons Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 29 - The Tree
    8.0/10(68 votes)

    S4:E29

    The town of Bryant Park takes sides violently when it is proposed to cut down the tree which stands outside of Robbie's girlfriend's home. The Douglas family are soon involved as Bub joins a women's group in the neighborhood to save his favorite tree from being torn down.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 22 - House for Sale
    7.9/10(69 votes)

    S4:E22

    The family is excited when Steve might travel to Hawaii on business, but there is dismay on their faces when the 'For Sale' sign goes up outside 837 Mill Street. Going on a trip to Hawaii is one thing, but could the entire family pack up and move there?

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Danny Simon

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  3. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 6 - How Do You Know?
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    S4:E6

    Steve gives Mike advice on love after he announces his passion for his new girlfriend Darlene, who Mike wants to devote time to, so he hardly welcomes Steve's suggestion that he help find a date for the girl in his office.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  4. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 7 - My Friend Ernie
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    S4:E7

    Chip and his new sidekick Ernie find some old treasure maps but get lost in the woods when they go treasure hunting, causing the family's plans to be changed when they have to go looking for them.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  5. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 30 - The Substitute Teacher
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    S4:E30

    Disciplinarian Mrs. Proctor, Robbie's awful history teacher, breaks a leg and the replacement they receive is even worse. She is a charming, but inexperienced girl who earns her first battle star when she first encounters Robbie's class.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  6. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 15 - Top Secret
    7.6/10(61 votes)

    S4:E15

    Steve has to fly to Washington and is given a top secret military project. Steve tells the Pentagon brass that he would attract the least attention by just doing the work at home. While Bub is just beside himself with curiosity, Chip suddenly becomes the target for security men.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Harry Winkler

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  7. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 17 - Second Chorus
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    S4:E17

    While walking the dog through the park one night, Steve meets a lovely cabaret singer and before the evening ends he is out night-clubbing with her. Mike and Robbie feel they must intercede and protect Steve from a supposed matrimonial trap.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 27 - What's the Princess Really Like?
    7.5/10(59 votes)

    S4:E27

    Steve's high school sweetheart returns to town as a real-life Princess, complete with entourage and the Douglases are invited to a posh royal reception in her honor. However, Chip puts the wrong reply in his response and must try and retrieve it before the Princess reads it.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 32 - The Guys and the Dolls
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    S4:E32

    Mike and Chip take part in good deeds -- Mike goes with his fellow U.S. Air Force Reservists to deliver ten thousand dolls to children in a South American disaster area. Mike meets a mute girl and tries to collect money for an operation she desperately needs. Meanwhile Chip becomes household slave of the demanding Mrs. Sowerby.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  10. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 12 - Steve and the Viking
    7.4/10(64 votes)

    S4:E12

    Steve is chosen to act as nursemaid for the attractive daughter of a visiting Danish dignitary who turns out to be only 17. The girl's energetic idea of fun brings Steve to his knees, as he searches desperately for a substitute escort.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  11. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 18 - Never Look Back
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    S4:E18

    Steve eagerly anticipates his twenty fifth anniversary class reunion at Midwest University. Ignoring Bub's warnings that the old gang won't be as Steve remembers them, his enthusiasm increases when he meets the charming Heather Marlow, only girl in the class.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  12. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 26 - Cherry Blossoms in Bryant Park
    7.4/10(62 votes)

    S4:E26

    Kimiko, a Japanese girl Mike met in Tokyo last year comes to town to test her old feelings for Mike before she can be sure she loves another. Although Mike is now engaged to Sally, could he still feel something for her?

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  13. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 31 - Mike Wears the Pants
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    S4:E31

    Anxious to get married, but unable to afford an apartment, Mike suggests that he and his fiancee Sally move in with him and his family. Bub has to continuously change plans for a shower for Sally and Mike when she and Mike keep changing their future wedding plans.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 13 - Par for the Course
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    S4:E13

    Robbie is always forgetting to pass on Steve's telephone messages and to get back in his good graces, decides to take up his father's favourite sport. He figures it will get him out of the doghouse if he joins Steve in a father and son golf tournament.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 28 - The People's House
    7.3/10(61 votes)

    S4:E28

    In order to get himself a date with an attractive magazine editor, Steve submits his house as an entry in her magazine's distinctive homes contest. He is very perplexed when she sends her business-like secretary instead.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 37 - Guest in the House
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    S4:E37

    Steve is roped into boarding a delinquent for just one week so the boys put on their armor and ready themselves for battle. When Steve is notified to fly out of town on business, the boys are left to deal with the delinquent themselves, not knowing they've mistaken him for somebody else.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  17. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 3 - Didya Ever Have One of Those Days?
    7.2/10(62 votes)

    S4:E3

    It's a bad day for Steve when everything seems to be going wrong for him. His run of bad luck starts when he cuts himself shaving, burns his hand on the toaster, and then can't get his car started. Worse yet, he has to clinch a deal with a very important client.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Danny Simon

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  18. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 4 - Dear Robbie
    7.2/10(63 votes)

    S4:E4

    Robbie is chosen to write an 'advice to the lovelorn' column for the school newspaper, but Steve gets caught in the middle when a baffling love letter arrives. Robbie suggests that the writer should elope with her boyfriend and Steve tries to talk her out of it.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 1 - Almost the Sound of Music
    7.1/10(65 votes)

    S4:E1

    To capture the affections of a pretty blond, Robbie turns pop composer and produces a novelty song. The family agrees to do the vocal background, but when they are selected to sing the song on television, Steve gets a bad case of stagefright.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Ed James, Seaman Jacobs

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  20. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 5 - A Car of His Own
    7.1/10(64 votes)

    S4:E5

    Mike offers to give Robbie his old car but his response baffles everyone. Robbie says he needs his own car to impress a new girl and does some fancy wheeling and dealing to get it.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 11 - The Proposals
    7.1/10(64 votes)

    S4:E11

    Mike gets cold feet when he decides to propose marriage to Sally. His bungling attempts further confuse the issue. He tries a combination of methods derived from the attempts made by his father and grandfather when they proposed to their respective spouses.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 14 - Windfall
    7.1/10(58 votes)

    S4:E14

    Chip comes to the rescue of a trapped dog and receives a reward, which leads to new found popularity with his fellow members of the club that he and Ernie wish to join.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Danny Simon

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  23. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 19 - Marriage by Proxy
    7.1/10(62 votes)

    S4:E19

    Mike and Sally try to discover the truth about marriage from two of their recently wed friends, and think twice about getting married and having babies when they help another friend's expectant wife whose time has come.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  24. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 21 - My Fair Chinese Lady
    7.1/10(69 votes)

    S4:E21

    Robbie is chosen to help Americanize a traditional Chinese girl who is soon to meet her very hip Chinese-American fiancé. However, she is a girl so steeped in the traditions of her homeland that it seems unlikely she'll ever fit into American life.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  25. My Three Sons Season 4 Episode 36 - Huckleberry Douglas
    7.1/10(64 votes)

    S4:E36

    Mark Twain's stories inspire Chip, Ernie and Melinda to re-enact the adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky when the youngsters run away from home to the river where they find a few adventures of their own.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Tree" is the best rated episode of "My Three Sons" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/2/1964. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "House for Sale".