The Life Of Riley - Season 5

1. A Wire for Gillis

Aired: 9/14/1956

Gillis gets a telegram from out of the blue and is secretive about its contents. Riley speculates wildly that his friend came into money and gets mad at Jim for being so mysterious.

2. The First Quarrel

Aired: 9/21/1956

Don wants to go fishing with his buddies and Babs gets upset that her new husband wants to spend time away from her. Despite being warned, Riley gets involved in the newlywed's marital troubles.

3. Buttering Up a Millionaire

Aired: 9/28/1956

4. The New Job

Aired: 10/5/1956

5. Destination Del Mar Vista

Aired: 10/12/1956

The Riley and Gillis families are looking for a new place to live. They find the perfect two house arrangement and move in after arguing about who lives where. The Rileys discover downstairs comes with a tenant, landlord Mr. Winkley.

6. Uncle Bixby Takes Over

Aired: 10/19/1956

7. Friends Are Where You Find Them

Aired: 10/26/1956

Furious with one another after arguing, best friends Riley and Gillis compete to meet other people and make new friends.

8. Juvenile Delinquent

Aired: 11/2/1956

Chester worries when Junior trades his car for a hot rod. Junior and friends just wanted a safe place to race but Chester ruins their plans to use an unused Cunningham runway. Chester assumes he's fired after he fixes his mess.

9. Riley's Lonely Night

Aired: 11/9/1956

A lonely Riley wanders in to a wild party.

10. A Man's Pride

Aired: 11/16/1956

When Riley confronts foreman Hawkins on the factory floor and angrily demands a raise, Hawkins insists he apologize for his rude behavior. Riley refuses to apologize so Hawkins fires him on the spot. Now Riley is looking for a new job and each expect the other to offer an apology.

11. Riley Hires a Nurse

Aired: 11/23/1956

With Babs expecting, Chester decides to become involved in planning day-care for his soon-to-be-grandchild. However, when he attends a "baby nursing course" that he thought would be for nurses, he discovers that it is instead a class for mothers. Complications ensue.

12. Blessed Event

Aired: 11/30/1956

Riley and Gillis march in the Brooklyn Patriots of Los Angeles parade and get soaked when rains. Riley stays home in bed the following day to prevent catching pneumonia while Peg tends to Babs. When Peg takes Babs to the hospital for delivery, Riley rushes over in his pajamas and is mistaken for a loose patient. Babs delivers a healthy baby boy among all the chaos.

13. Benefit for Egbert

Aired: 12/7/1956

Egbert is stranded in Chicago without the cash to get home. As a surprise to his friends Gillis and Honeybee, Riley holds a fundraiser to get Egbert home to California.

14. Honeybee's Mother

Aired: 12/14/1956

Honeybee's mother comes for a visit but because she can't climb stairs the mother-in-law stays in the Riley's home. Chester is soon exasperated by the difficult to please woman.

15. World's Greatest Grandson

Aired: 12/21/1956

Riley believes that his new grandson is the greatest baby ever and won't stop talking about how amazing he is. The constant bragging is starting to create a strain on the guys at work.

16. Double, Double Date

Aired: 12/28/1956

17. Riley Wins a Trip

Aired: 1/4/1957

There's a grand opening celebration at a new Friendly Franklyn's Grocery Store and they're giving away an all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii. Customers get a numbered ticket each time they buy groceries so, to get more tickets, Riley grocery shops one item at a time.

18. Aloha Riley, Goodbye

Aired: 1/11/1957

The Honolulu police are questioning Riley about a crime and possible murder. The Riley's and the Gillis' have spent three weeks in Hawaii and are getting ready to return to Los Angeles. But first, they need to buy gifts for friends and family and end-up involved with two con-men who try to scam them.

19. Change in Command

Aired: 1/18/1957

Hawkins tells Riley and Gillis that he's no longer foreman, their old friend, Otto Schmidlap, is the new foreman. But the secret is, Otto is only temporary foreman while Hawkins is on vacation. Riley and Gillis devise a plan to make Otto look more capable so he will be made their full-time foreman, but the plan takes a wrong turn.

20. Strolling Through the Park

Aired: 1/25/1957

21. Deep in the Heart of...

Aired: 2/1/1957

Millionaire Houston Dodsworth is up from Texas to see Gillis and offer him $5000 for the piece of land they share. Riley botches the deal when he tell Dodsworth that Gillis is a millionaire himself. Gillis is furious, so Riley contacts Dodsworth to rearrange the sale, only now the deal includes Gillis playing in a upcoming polo match.

22. Candid Camera

Aired: 2/8/1957

23. Foreign Intrigue

Aired: 2/15/1957

Zsa Zsa Gabor plays a voluptuous maid who disrupts the Riley and Gillis homes.

24. All-American Brain

Aired: 2/22/1957

25. Getting Riley's Goat

Aired: 3/1/1957

Junior brings home a goat for a ten day 4-H project. Chester finds himself tangling with the stubborn animal and trying to keep the goat from eating everything around.

26. A Young Man's Fancy

Aired: 3/8/1957

Riley steps in when he suspects Junior is dating an older woman.

27. Babs's Dream House

Aired: 3/15/1957

Babs tells Peg that she and her husband have hired a famous architect to design their new home. Riley isn't convinced that the designer knows his business and soon the two men are butting heads over the project's blueprints.

28. A Watch for Gillis

Aired: 3/22/1957

Riley sets out to buy a cheap watch for Gillis but ends up buying an expensive watch and Peg is not happy. He goes back to the jewelry shop to buy an expensive watch for Peg but Gillis thinks it's for Honeybee's birthday. Honeybee ends-up with the watch and now Peg is really upset. So back Riley goes to the Jeweler to buy his 3rd expensive watch.

29. Junior's Future

Aired: 3/29/1957

30. A Day at the Beach

Aired: 4/5/1957

The Gillis and Riley couples look forward to some relaxation after getting time off. They head to the beach where the boys look forward to getting in some fishing. With Chester involved, the time proves to be anything but stress free.

31. A House Divided

Aired: 4/12/1957

After a dispute, the Riley family is evicted. Chester convinces Gillis to be an obnoxious neighbor so his former home goes unrented. Chester's plan backfires as Jim and Honeybee become homeless also.

32. Return to Blue View

Aired: 4/19/1957

Riley and Gillis are purchasing the duplex they're renting as joint-owners but Riley can't find the bonds needed for his down payment. He believes his hid them in his old house in Blue View Terrace, which is currently owned by two sisters. He and Gillis go back to the house and enlist the help of their old friend, Waldo Binny, to recover the bonds

33. The High Cost of Riley

Aired: 4/26/1957

34. Babs Comes Home

Aired: 5/3/1957

35. Father-In-Law Versus Father-In-Law

Aired: 5/10/1957

36. The Stray Dog

Aired: 5/17/1957

Riley adopts a stray dog named Baskerville but the dog howls at night causing a disturbance. An angry and sleep-deprived Gillis counters with a rooster for a pet and now a petition is going around to force the two noisy families out of the neighborhood.

37. Vacation Plans

Aired: 5/24/1957

Riley and Gillis are gathering items for their annual camping vacation together. Except this year, at the last minute, Riley gets an invitation to use a luxury beach house and Gillis is invited to an all-expense paid stay at a Texas Dude Ranch. Now, each have to figure how to get out of their vacation commitment with the other.

38. Homeless Otto

Aired: 5/31/1957

Riley and Gillis ask for, then unexpectedly receive, raises so they convince Otto to do the same. Otto though is fired and his two buddies feel responsible, so they scheme to get Otto his job back.

39. Summer Job for Junior

Aired: 6/7/1957

Chester is afraid Junior is going to be unemployed for the summer, so dad puts a $50 deposit on a busboy job. Junior has a better paying position at a logging camp lined up, so Chester tries to get his money back.