The BEST episodes of Petticoat Junction season 5

Every episode of Petticoat Junction season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Petticoat Junction season 5!

Rural sitcom revolving around a widow, her uncle and three daughters who run the Shady Rest Hotel along the Hooterville Cannonball railroad line.

Last Updated: 2/15/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Kate's Homecoming
star
8.50
4 votes

#1 - Kate's Homecoming

Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/30/1968

Kate comes home and finds everything normal--there's a mix up on where to meet her, and fireworks set the Pixley depot ablaze.

Directors: Ralph Levy
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The Power of the Press
star
8.00
4 votes

#2 - The Power of the Press

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/6/1968

As two crusading newpapers reporters,Bobbie Jo and her boyfriend take overe the "Hooterville World Guardian."

Directors: Ralph Levy
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The Barber Shop Quartet
star
8.00
4 votes

#3 - The Barber Shop Quartet

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/20/1968

Uncle Joe's proclivity for off-key singing prompts his dismissal from a barber shop quartet-- just before a local talent contest.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Bad Day at Shady Rest
star
8.00
4 votes

#4 - Bad Day at Shady Rest

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/2/1968

"Deputy" Joe Carson captures a desperate bank robber with the help of Aunt Helen and a war-surplus life raft.

Directors: Ralph Levy
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Cannonball for Sale
star
7.80
5 votes

#5 - Cannonball for Sale

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/9/1968

Directors: Ralph Levy
Uncle Joe and the Master Plan
star
7.75
4 votes

#6 - Uncle Joe and the Master Plan

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1967

Uncle Joe attempts to upgrade the facilies of the Shady Rest hotel to impress representative of a hotel association.

Directors: Ralph Levy
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My Pal Sam
star
7.60
5 votes

#7 - My Pal Sam

Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/16/1968

Sam Drucker's vacation at the Shady Rest hotel turns out to be a big disappoitment for Uncle Joe.

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Meet the In-Laws
star
7.50
4 votes

#8 - Meet the In-Laws

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1967

Steve's parents pay an unexpected visit to meet the Bradley family--and to sample Betty's Jo highly touted cooking.

Directors: Ralph Levy
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With This Gown I Thee Wed
star
7.50
4 votes

#9 - With This Gown I Thee Wed

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1967

Betty Jo faces a perplexing problems as her wedding day draws near--she has four gowns to wear.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Writer: Joanna Lee
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Ring-a-Ding-Ding
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7.50
4 votes

#10 - Ring-a-Ding-Ding

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/23/1968

Betty Jo and Steve swear never to remove their wedding rings,but the next day she accidentally drops hers down the drain of the kitchen sink.

Directors: Ralph Levy
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Hawaii Calling
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7.25
4 votes

#11 - Hawaii Calling

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1967

Kate expects a long-distance call at Sam's store from Betty Jo and Steve in Hawaii, and Hooterville goes wild with excitement.

Directors: Ralph Levy
The Honeymoon is Over
star
7.25
4 votes

#12 - The Honeymoon is Over

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1967

Newlyweds Steve and Betty Jo Elliott have first spat--over Steve's first night out with the boys.

Kate's Day in Court
star
7.25
4 votes

#13 - Kate's Day in Court

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1967

Kate decides to contest a jaywalking ticket she receives in Pixley.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Girl of Our Dreams
star
7.25
4 votes

#14 - Girl of Our Dreams

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/1968

Changes due to middle age make Uncle Joe and Sam Drucker unrecognizable to a girl they both once courted.

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel
star
7.00
4 votes

#15 - Uncle Joe Runs the Hotel

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/10/1968

Uncle Joe takes over the Shady Rest and is almost run out of town for allegedly tossing out on old for non-payment of rent.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Mind If We Join Your Wedding
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7.00
4 votes

#16 - Mind If We Join Your Wedding

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1967

Floyd Smoot, suddenly engaged to none other than Selma Plout, convinces Steve Elliott that he and Betty Jo should have a double wedding.

Pop Goes the Question
star
6.67
3 votes

#17 - Pop Goes the Question

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1967

Thanks to Uncle's Joe's loose tongue, everybody in the valley knows that steve is going to marry Betty Jo-- except Betty Jo.

A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe
star
6.50
4 votes

#18 - A Horse On You, Mr. Bedloe

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1967

Railroad executive Homer Bedloe shows up again with a new scheme to get the Cannonball discontinued.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Writer: Dick Conway
All Sales Final
star
6.50
4 votes

#19 - All Sales Final

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/30/1967

Steve and Betty Jo each bor new furniture fro their home without telling the other about it.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Steve, the Apple Polisher
star
6.33
3 votes

#20 - Steve, the Apple Polisher

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/13/1968

Newlywed Betty Jo encourages husband Steven to become an apple polisher to secure a lucative crop--dusting contract.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Billie Jo's First Record
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6.33
6 votes

#21 - Billie Jo's First Record

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/1968

A slick, big--city promotion man concocts a phony publicity build-up to promote Billie Jo's first record.

Directors: Ralph Levy
Mae's Helping Hand
star
6.33
6 votes

#22 - Mae's Helping Hand

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/24/1968

Cousin Mae wrecks havoc at the Shady Rest hotel, until Aunt Helen comes to the rescue.

Directors: Guy Scarpitta
A Cottage for Two
star
6.25
4 votes

#23 - A Cottage for Two

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1967

Betty's Jo's ramshackle"dream house"momentarily disrupts her romance with Steve.

Kate's Birthday
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6.25
4 votes

#24 - Kate's Birthday

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1967

Kate fears that her honeymooning daughter and son-in-law have forgotten her birthday.

Directors: Ralph Levy
It's Not Easy to Be a Mother
star
6.00
3 votes

#25 - It's Not Easy to Be a Mother

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1967

Kate puts herself in a foolish position when she becomes overly suspicious of one of her daughter's actions.

Directors: Ralph Levy