When Jackie Kelk (as Burt "Bo" Boland) return from a trip to France, Mary (Shelley Fabares) is allowed to stay up late, and entertain the adults with her piano playing. Neither mother Donna (Donna Reed) nor Alex (Carl Betz) seem interested in watching Jeff (Paul Peterson) performing his new "magic show" act. Paul thinks his parents don't love him as much as they do Mary.
His enterprising friend Stephen Peterson (as Zachary "Zack" Blake ) tells Jeff it's "The Law of Vanishing Returns" - or, how a second child (Jeff) isn't as loved as the first born (Mary). To prove she and Alex love their son as much as their daughter, Donna plans to have Jeff overhear a conversation she and Alex have, on the family's newly installed intercom system...
Here is the expected sibling rivalry episode, which Mr. Peterson and Ms. Fabares can do just as well (if not better) in 30 seconds. The best scene has Jeff being lured out for a night on the town with the seductive older boy, Mr. Pearson, who steals the show in his second "Donna Reed" series appearance.
***** Jeff vs. Mary (1/28/59) Oscar Rudolph ~ Paul Peterson, Stephen Pearson, Donna Reed
His enterprising friend Stephen Peterson (as Zachary "Zack" Blake ) tells Jeff it's "The Law of Vanishing Returns" - or, how a second child (Jeff) isn't as loved as the first born (Mary). To prove she and Alex love their son as much as their daughter, Donna plans to have Jeff overhear a conversation she and Alex have, on the family's newly installed intercom system...
Here is the expected sibling rivalry episode, which Mr. Peterson and Ms. Fabares can do just as well (if not better) in 30 seconds. The best scene has Jeff being lured out for a night on the town with the seductive older boy, Mr. Pearson, who steals the show in his second "Donna Reed" series appearance.
***** Jeff vs. Mary (1/28/59) Oscar Rudolph ~ Paul Peterson, Stephen Pearson, Donna Reed