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I Married Joan Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1952 - 1953
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Oct 15, 1952
Brad tells a bickering couple how he met Joan when she was a hostess on a plane. Back in the present, Joan buys a fur coat.
Episode 2
Career
Wed, Oct 22, 1952
Brad encourages Joan to become an actress. Then, he invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner only to find that Joan has invited another possible contributor.
Episode 3
Ballet
Wed, Oct 29, 195223 mins
To get more exercise, Joan turns to ballet.
Episode 4
Jitterbug
Wed, Nov 5, 1952
After Brad refuses to dismiss Joan's traffic ticket, she gets revenge by charging him for meals.
Episode 5
Crime Panel
Wed, Nov 12, 195223 mins
Joan tries to learn all she can about the criminal world to prepare for her appearance with Brad on a TV panel show.
Episode 6
Brad's Class Reunion
Wed, Nov 19, 1952
Joan tries to keep Brad from going to his class reunion because she thinks his old girlfriend will be there.
Episode 7
Hunting
Wed, Nov 26, 1952
Joan schemes in order to join Brad and his friends on their camping trip.
Episode 8
Joan's Curiosity
Wed, Dec 3, 1952
Bradley is not happy about Joan always opening anything addressed to him. A large box is delivered, and Joan's Curiosity gets the best of her. Bradley is upset she opens his deliveries, and says he can avoid any thing delivered to Joan. She has a large box delivered but Bradley shows no interest.
Episode 9
Birthday
Wed, Dec 10, 1952
Joan tries to raise money for Brad's birthday by reselling clothes she pays for using her charge account.
Episode 10
Bazaar Pie
Wed, Dec 17, 1952
Joan tries to get her aunt a date with a wealthy neighbor but the neighbor thinks it's Joan who wants the date.
Episode 11
Dreams
Wed, Dec 24, 195224 mins
Joan thinks she'll impress her old schoolmates with the fact she married a judge until she finds out they have all achieved great personal success on their own.
Episode 12
Acrobats
Wed, Dec 31, 195226 mins
Joan goes hat shopping and has an argument with a lady. When it ends up she and Brad are having dinner with the lady and her husband, Joan takes up acrobatics in the restaurant in order to avoid embarrassment.
Episode 13
Bad Boy
Wed, Jan 7, 1953
Joan and Judge Bradley try to reform a young juvenile delinquent whose father recently received a stiff prison sentence.
Episode 14
Circumstantial Evidence
Wed, Jan 14, 195330 mins
Joan tries to convince Brad that the circumstantial evidence in a case he's trying is unreliable.
Episode 15
Uncle Edgar
Wed, Jan 21, 195323 mins
The Stevens' try to keep Brad's visiting Uncle Edgar entertained and out of trouble.
Episode 16
Moosehead
Wed, Jan 28, 1953
Joan accidentally buys a moose head at an auction.
Episode 17
Fireman
Wed, Feb 4, 1953
Joan tries to help end an argument between the husband and wife next door that she helped start.
Episode 18
Memory
Wed, Feb 11, 1953
Brad tries to help Joan overcome her problem remembering messages and appointments.
Episode 19
Draft Board
Wed, Feb 18, 1953
Brad is being considered for a vacancy on the draft board but he and Joan believe he's being called to serve another tour of duty.
Episode 20
Opera
Wed, Feb 25, 195330 mins
Joan is elected chairman of the women's league fund raiser.
Episode 21
Shopping
Wed, Mar 4, 1953
Joan takes Brad suit shopping, where he ends up with a loud, sporty suit. He later makes Joan return it, which leads her to trying to sell it in the shop herself, plus adding alterations.
Episode 22
The Stamp
Wed, Mar 11, 195323 mins
Joan uses a valuable stamp in Brad's collection to mail a letter.
Episode 23
Little Girl
Wed, Mar 18, 195330 mins
Brad and Joan play cupid for a pair of teenagers.
Episode 24
Diet
Wed, Mar 25, 1953
Joan needs to lose weight in order to fulfill her contract to endorse a low calorie salad dressing.
Episode 25
Model
Wed, Apr 1, 1953
Joan gets a job in order to prove to Brad she's just as important as he is, but is forced to lie to him about the kind of job she was able to get.
Episode 26
Lateness
Wed, Apr 8, 195323 mins
Joan's consistent lateness irritates Brad.
Episode 27
Eviction
Wed, Apr 15, 195323 mins
Judge evicts Joan's women's club from their clubhouse.
Episode 28
The Recipe
Wed, Apr 22, 1953
Joan volunteers to make soup for a contest. Joan tries to steal the chef's recipe by getting a job at his restaurant. She ends up being in the soup pot, literally, to get the recipe.
Episode 29
Repairs
Wed, Apr 29, 1953
Joan tries to save money by repairing a leaky ceiling herself.
Episode 30
Secrets
Wed, May 6, 195323 mins
Keeping a secret from Brad almost costs him a missed appointment.
Episode 31
The Artist Show
Wed, May 13, 1953
Joan tries to impress a state senator and his wife in an effort to further Brad's career.
Episode 32
The Threat
Wed, May 20, 1953
After seeing a movie in which a judge is killed by a man he sentenced, Joan overreacts to the news of the release of a man convicted in one of Brad's early trials.
Episode 33
Country Club
Wed, May 27, 1953
Joan goes to great lengths to gain membership to the country club.
Episode 34
Theatrical Can-Can
Wed, Jun 3, 1953
Joan's women's club needs to raise $250. Brad's lawyer's banquet has $250 to spend on entertainment. Hilarity ensues.
Episode 35
Neighbors
Wed, Jun 10, 195330 mins
Three nights a week, the Stevens pass sleeplessly because of their neighbors wild parties. Joan manages to convince them to move out, but the new neighbors are even worse - they have dogs that bark all night every night.
Episode 36
Talent Scout
Wed, Jun 17, 195324 mins
Joan is tricked by a couple of con men pretending to be talent scouts and finds herself filming a movie scene where a jungle girl costume sharing screen time with a scene-stealing chimpanzee. Little does she know, but her husband is assisting the District Attorney's office build a case against the pair of crooks.
Episode 37
Honeymoon
Wed, Jun 24, 1953
The judge counsels a couple about to married about the insignificance of a honeymoon by reminiscing about his own disastrous one, where he found himself locked in a burglar-proof closet. In the second half of the episode, the judge forgets he promised Joan a diamond bracelet if she kept the house spotless for half a year and Joan exacts her revenge.
Episode 38
Business Executive
Wed, Jul 1, 1953
Brad is frustrated that his business-executive friends can afford to buy their wives such luxuries as fur coats, so he quits his job as judge and goes to work as a corporate executive. Joan knows that he can only be truly happy being a judge, so she schemes to make him give up his executive position and go back to the bench.
Episode 39
Broken Toe
Wed, Jul 8, 1953
Brad is hospitalized for a broken toe. Joan tries to visit after hours, when they won't let her visit, she feigns an illness so she can be admitted to the hospital. She almost has gallbladder surgery by trading rooms to be next to him.
