Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
Bud's new friend helps tutor him in classes. When the lad stays over at the Andersons', he never seems to want to go home. The Andersons find out that he is homeless and penniless.
While showing off his newly-bought shortwave radio to his family, Bud hears a distress call: a family has become caught in a tropical storm while offshore in their cabin cruiser, and the father was unable to transmit his desperate call for help to the Coast Guard--leaving the Andersons as possibly this family's only hope.
Bud's car breaks down and Molly passes by and offers a ride. The next day, Bud is driving Molly's expensive car and going places paid for by Molly. Jim talks to Bud about not taking advantage of Molly just because her family is rich.
A flashback to the episode where Bud studied a lot for a test at school.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.
One point per season. Smooths out the episode-to-episode noise to reveal the bigger arc.
Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.
How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.
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