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31 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
Mon, Oct 3, 195530 mins
Lily is concerned when she discovers her women's club plans to close down its charity summer camp due to lack of funds, so in order to raise money she snags boxer Art Aragon for a charity boxing match.
Episode 2
Mon, Oct 10, 195530 mins
Lily decides to combat the fact that she is "over 50" by getting a job. She convinces a restaurant owner that he should turn his eatery into a pizzeria and she and Hilda become waitresses there.
Episode 3
Mon, Oct 17, 195530 mins
Lily takes a job as secretary to a semi-retired businessman who has employed 12 secretaries within 6 months. Lily is undaunted even when she discovers the man's wolfish tendencies.
Episode 4
Mon, Oct 24, 195530 mins
Ruth neglects Matt because of her new duties as chairwoman of her club's charity bazaar, so Matt, Pete and Lily conspire to bring Ruth away from the gavel and back into the kitchen.
Episode 5
Mon, Oct 31, 195530 mins
Because of a name mix-up, Lily is accused of shoplifting.
Episode 6
Mon, Nov 7, 195530 mins
Lily's newspaper article titled "Letting Yourself Go" causes a commotion when everyone takes it seriously.
Episode 7
Mon, Nov 14, 195530 mins
Lily accidentally forgets to instruct the Laundry not to starch Matt's favorite shirt, so she goes to a local laundromat to re-wash the shirt. Complications arise when the shirt is mixed with actor Herbert Marshall's laundry.
Episode 8
Mon, Nov 21, 195530 mins
Lily's article for the newspaper gets her involved with some skid row characters. After getting a call from a bookie, Ruth and Matt are convinced that Lily is playing the horses.
Episode 9
Mon, Nov 28, 195530 mins
Matt and Ruth are concerned that Lily's newspaper column is taking up too much of her free time and that she's not dating enough, so Lily creates an imaginary suitor named Roger, whom she claims is a big game hunter.
Episode 10
Mon, Dec 5, 195530 mins
Matt and Pete enter an essay contest on "What I Think of My Mother-in-Law." Lily mistakes Pete's rather scathing entry for Matt's, which was complimentary, and comes to the conclusion that she is a very unwelcome guest in the Henshaw home.
Episode 11
Mon, Dec 12, 195530 mins
Hilda joins Lily for a trip to the High Sierras to get material for Lily's newspaper column.
Episode 12
Mon, Dec 26, 195530 mins
There is some consternation over a compatibility test taken by Lily and her new beau, and by Ruth and Matt. Neither mother nor daughter is satisfied with her score.
Episode 13
Mon, Jan 2, 195630 mins
Lily attempts to devise a plan to prevent a disagreeable man from moving next-door.
Episode 14
Mon, Jan 9, 195630 mins
A family from Philadelphia stays with the Henshaws for an afternoon when their trailer breaks down outside the house. Ruth and Matt squabble over where to spend a second honeymoon.
Episode 15
Mon, Jan 16, 195630 mins
Matt is persuaded to step in at the last minute when an actor cancels out of Lily's club play. His performance is such a success that Matt begins thinking of a theotrical career, much to Ruth's dismay.

Episode 16
Mon, Jan 23, 195630 mins
It's time for another of Lily's charity drives and she's on the search for a celebrity to help out. This time, Rudy Vallee becomes a target.
Episode 17
Mon, Jan 30, 195630 mins
Lily and Hilda's friend, Kitty, sets Lily up on a date with a visiting oil man from Texas, who offers her a chance to invest in an oil well.
Episode 18
Mon, Feb 6, 195630 mins
While preparing for a trip to Texas, Lily is concerned that if she and Bill marry, that Hilda will be left out and feel alone. Bill has a friend who is available, but likes his women thin, prompting Lily to get Hilda to go on a diet.
Episode 19
Mon, Feb 13, 195630 mins
The group stays at Bill Jeffries' ranch in Texas. Lily realizes that Bill's late wife, Kathleen, casts a long shadow over the ranch. Matt and Pete enter a poker game with some of Bill's friends.
Episode 20
Mon, Feb 20, 195630 mins
Desi Arnaz appears as a neighbor whose house begins to sink due to a construction error seemingly made by Lily's son-in-law. Lily conspires to meet with Arnaz to resolve the conflict.

Episode 21
Mon, Feb 27, 195630 mins
A 200-pound singing wrestler asks Lily to be his manager.
Episode 22
Mon, Mar 12, 195630 mins
When Matt refuses her the money for a new refrigerator, Ruth gets a job in order to pay for one herself. But her motive is misunderstood, and Matt learns that people think he doesn't earn enough to support his wife.
Episode 23
Mon, Mar 19, 195630 mins
Pete handcuffs Hilda to Lily and promptly loses the key.
Episode 24
Mon, Mar 26, 195630 mins
Pete's brother-in-law, Marvin, pays him a visit.
Episode 25
Mon, Apr 2, 195630 mins
Lily and Hilda invest in the business of a gas station.
Episode 26
Mon, Apr 9, 195630 mins
Ruth wants to make a good impression on Matt's mother, who is scheduled to arrive for a visit, but Matt is highly disturbed when Ruth goes against his wishes and gets an Italian haircut.
Episode 27
Mon, Apr 16, 195630 mins
Lily gets a ticket for illegally crossing the street but she objects and decides to fight it. The one most concerned is Matt as he thinks it will ruin his membership chances at the toney country club.
Episode 28
Mon, Apr 23, 195630 mins
When ticket sales for Lily's women's club annual charity show are slow to sell Matt comes up with a plan of combining his photography club and several pretty models.
Episode 29
Mon, Apr 30, 195630 mins
After Ruth and Matt have an argument, Lily attempts to get it resolved.
Episode 30
Mon, May 7, 195630 mins
Lily receives a visit from her plain Jane friend Florence and after hearing her lament about her spinster hood, Lily hatches a plan. She and Hilda think of the eligible men they know but have little luck matchmaking.
Episode 31
Mon, May 14, 195630 mins
When a dispute over how to spend extra money, Matt wants a swimming pool and Ruth wants to install new carpeting, Lily steps in to mediate.