The Donna Reed Show - Season 5

When Donna fills in for Alex's vacationing nurse, she is taken aback to find him an office tyrant.

Trying to save enough money to build a boat, Jeff and Smitty make a pact to give up dating. Then Jeff finds Mary's friend Joanne hiding under his bed.

Jeff decides wearing glasses would make him look older, and sets out to prove he needs them.

The Stone family is having growing pains, now that Mary is 18 and going to college. After several riffs, Mary decides it's time to leave home for the college dormitory for women. Mrs. Stone agrees, as she lived in the dorms and found it a benefit in growing up and learning. Tune in to see how each member of the Stone family reacts to Mary moving out.

Alex tries over and over to spend a day with Jeff, but his plans are always interrupted by emergency calls.Jeff later shows that he still loves his father by singing the song,"My Dad."

Jeff discovers a lost bird. He thinks it might be a rare cockatoo and sends the story to the newspapers and audobon societies-only to find out that the bird is really a cockateel, not quite a cockatoo.

Donna is selected to take part in a survey of housewives to determine how long they spend doing their household chores.

Mary succeeds in helping a shy boy she knows become a singing star.

Alex and Jeff go camping in order to spend more time together, but the trip turns out to be a plot cooked up by Jeff to meet his friends.