My Three Sons season 10 Silver Threads - Metacritic

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TV-G
ABC
Dec 27, 1969
30 m

TV-G
ABC
Dec 27, 1969
30 m

My Three Sons

Summary "MY THREE SONS" is the story of a Mid-West Aeronautical Engineer who watches his family grow up. This seemingly innocuous and simple, but effective sitcom, was a huge hit and a cornerstone of television's 'family programming' era in the 1960s. Second next to "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" as television's longest running family sit...

Directed By: Frederick De Cordova

Written By: Doug Tibbles

TV-G
ABC
Dec 27, 1969
30 m

TV-G
ABC
Dec 27, 1969
30 m

S10 • Episode 12

Silver Threads

Air Date: Dec 27, 1969

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Summary "MY THREE SONS" is the story of a Mid-West Aeronautical Engineer who watches his family grow up. This seemingly innocuous and simple, but effective sitcom, was a huge hit and a cornerstone of television's 'family programming' era in the 1960s. Second next to "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet" as television's longest running family sit...

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Episode 1 • Oct 4, 1969 • 30 m

The First Meeting

Rob, Katie and the triplets move to their own place. Katie feels Steve needs a woman in his life so she arranges a blind date with Millicent. Meanwhile, Ernie has a problem in school so Steve has to meet with his teacher, Barbara Harper.

Episode 2 • Oct 11, 1969 • 30 m

Instant Co-Worker

Steve's romance with Barbara continues and despite his father's efforts not to recommend him (to avoid the appearance of nepotism), Robbie is offered a job as a structural engineer at his father's firm. He tries to talk it over with his father, who is head over heels in a very engrossing friendship and cannot be reached.

Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1969 • 30 m

The family is delighted when the romance between Steve (Fred MacMurray) and Barbara (Beverly Garland) blossoms. Steve and Barbara are both anxious to declare their love to each other.

Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1969 • 30 m

A Ring for Barbara

Episode 5 • Nov 1, 1969 • 30 m

The Littlest Rebel

Now that Steve (Fred MacMurray) and Barbara (Beverly Garland) are engaged, they just have to learn to adjust to each other's families. Barbara's daughter, Dodie (Dawn Lyn), is not so sure she wants to share her mother.

Episode 6 • Nov 8, 1969 • 30 m

Two Weeks to Go

Steve and Barbara plan their wedding to take place in two weeks. She wants a large wedding with a lot of family and friends. Steve is thinking of a simple wedding at the office of a justice of the peace..

Episode 7 • Nov 15, 1969 • 30 m

Steve and Barbara (Fred MacMurray, Beverly Garland) have an argument serious enough for them to consider cancelling their wedding

Episode 8 • Nov 22, 1969 • 30 m

After a few hectic hours of last-minute preparations, Steve and Barbara (Fred MacMurray, Beverly Garland) are married

Episode 9 • Nov 29, 1969 • 30 m

Mexican Honeymoon

Steve and Barbara (Fred MacMurray, Beverly Garland) honeymoon in a "remote" Mexican fishing village.

Episode 10 • Dec 13, 1969 • 30 m

After You, Alphonse

Katie (Tina Cole) tells Charley (William Demarest) that he has to be more respectful and polite with a new woman in the house. When Steve (Fred MacMurray) and Barbara (Beverly Garland) arrive back home from their honeymoon, both are puzzled by the change in Charley's personality.

Episode 11 • Dec 20, 1969 • 30 m

The Douglas household adjusts to having a young girl in the house, and Dodie (Dawn Lyn) learns living with 3 big brothers, a sister-in-law and a grumpy uncle can be rough.

Episode 12 • Dec 27, 1969 • 30 m

Katie (Tina Cole) finds a few gray hairs on her head and tells Robbie (Don Grady) they have to plan for their retirement and set up their wills; Dodie (Dawn Lyn) is worried about going from the first grade to the second grade.

Episode 13 • Jan 3, 1970 • 30 m

It's a Woman's World

The women in the family seem to have a way of getting the men to do the things they want. When Steve has to take part in a play at Dodie's school, Robbie thinks it shows that women are born with the skill.

Episode 14 • Jan 10, 1970 • 30 m

Table for Eight

Barbara plans her first dinner party for Steve and his business associates. Everything seems to go wrong.

Episode 15 • Jan 17, 1970 • 30 m

Double Jealousy

A sultry secretary (Brenda Benet) causes jealousy among the Douglas women, and quite a different reaction among the Douglas men.

Episode 16 • Jan 24, 1970 • 30 m

Dodie's Tonsils

Dodie has to have her tonsils taken out, and she tells her mother that she wants Steve to stay with her in the hospital overnight. Meanwhile, Robbie and Katie go on a vacation without the triplets.

Episode 17 • Jan 31, 1970 • 30 m

Sylvia Cannon (Jane Wyman), a former girlfriend of Steve's (Fred MacMurray), comes to visit. Barbara (Beverly Garland) gets jealous.

Episode 18 • Feb 7, 1970 • 30 m

You Can't Go Home

Rob gets invited to an old friend's wedding back in Bryant Park and takes Katie with him, hoping to introduce her to other people he knew as well. Much to his surprise, virtually no one else remembers him.

Episode 19 • Feb 14, 1970 • 30 m

Guest in the House

Barbara feels like a guest in the house when she realizes the boys still go to their father for everything. She is never included. Then, she has to go to school to see Chip's teacher when he is accused of cheating on a test.

Episode 20 • Feb 21, 1970 • 30 m

Charley's Cello

Charley joins in a string quartet and plays his cello.

Episode 21 • Feb 28, 1970 • 30 m

The Honeymoon Is Over

Episode 22 • Mar 7, 1970 • 30 m

Baubles, Bangles, and Beatrice

It's school problems for everyone. Barbara becomes a substitute teacher for Chip's class, and he is the smartest student. Ernie is followed by Beatrice (Victoria Paige Meyerink), one of Dodie's friends from school with a case of puppy love.

Episode 23 • Mar 14, 1970 • 30 m

Barbara's former father-in-law (Lew Ayres) visits the Douglas family, and seems to be a man of mystery.

Episode 24 • Mar 21, 1970 • 30 m

Dodie's Dilemma

Steve (Fred MacMurray) formally adopts Dodie (Dawn Lyn), who enlists the aid of Chip (Stanley Livingston) and Ernie (Barry Livingston), after being harassed in school by a mean-spirited girl (Erin Moran).

Episode 25 • Mar 28, 1970 • 30 m

Love Thy Neighbor

Rob and Katie don't exactly hit it off right away with their new neighbors, Joe and Eve Lawrie (Jerry Mathers and Lori Martin).

Episode 26 • Apr 4, 1970 • 30 m

Chip decides he wants to become a rich man early in life, so he takes on three different jobs. While he is earning money, his expenses are high.

12 Seasons

Top Cast

Fred MacMurray

Steve Douglas, Fergus Douglas, Fergus McBain Douglas

Stanley Livingston

Chip Douglas

Don Grady

Robbie Douglas, Douglas Frasier

Barry Livingston

Ernie Thompson Douglas, Ernie Thompson, Ernie

William Demarest

Uncle Charley O'Casey

Tim Considine

Mike Douglas

William Frawley

Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey, Bub

Tina Cole

Katie Miller Douglas, Katie Miller, Curious Person

Beverly Garland

Barbara Harper Douglas, Barbara Harper

Dawn Lyn

Dodie Harper Douglas, Dodie Harper

Ricky Allen

Huey 'Sudsy' Pfeiffer, Hoby, Larry

Ronne Troup

Polly Williams Douglas, Polly Williams, Self, Student

Meredith MacRae

Sally Ann Morrison, Sally Ann Morrison Douglas

Peter Brooks

Hank Ferguson

Michael Todd

Robbie Douglas, Jr.

Daniel Todd

Steve Douglas II, Charley Douglas

Joseph Todd

Charley Douglas

John Howard

Dave Welch, Buddy Albert, Tom Hargraves

John Gallaudet

Bob Anderson, Mr. Pfeiffer, George Cleveland, Judge Leland, Mr. Guthrie

Olive Dunbar

Ruth Pfeiffer

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