Father Knows Best The Awkward Hero (Season 4, Episode 2)
TV-G
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Father Knows Best

The Awkward Hero (Season 4, Episode 2)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Betty is excited to be chosen as tutor for the football team. Her enthusiasm wanes when she is teamed up with Muley Orkin, a socially awkward young man. The tutoring goes poorly as Muley has trouble concentrating and is clearly infatuated ...See moreBetty is excited to be chosen as tutor for the football team. Her enthusiasm wanes when she is teamed up with Muley Orkin, a socially awkward young man. The tutoring goes poorly as Muley has trouble concentrating and is clearly infatuated with Betty. Although she is dismissive of his advances she is pleased to hear him succeed in a football game. After the game Muley stops by and ask Betty to a dance which she refuses because she already has a date. After a group of girls visit the house looking for Muley, Betty decides she needs to protect Muley and agrees to change her plans and go with him. At the dance Muley begins have a change of heart over Betty who he sees becoming more like his mother. Eventually Muley sees another girl at the dance and abandons Betty for a more suitable date. Written by glen_chapman See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Young Jim Anderson Jim Anderson See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson Margaret Anderson See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Elinor Donahue Betty Anderson Betty Anderson See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Billy Gray Bud Anderson Bud Anderson See fewer	The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Lauren Chapin Kathy Anderson Kathy Anderson See fewer	Father Knows Best (1954)
Keith Vincent Muley Orkin (Merle) Muley Orkin (Merle) See fewer	Playhouse 90 (1956)
Jean Hayworth Mrs. Orkin (as Jean Owens) Mrs. Orkin (as Jean Owens) See fewer	Hunter (I) (1984)
Anne Whitfield Shirley Shirley See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Ted Husing Self - Announcer (uncredited) Self - Announcer (uncredited) See fewer	XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)
Jana Lund Midge Patterson (uncredited) Midge Patterson (uncredited) See fewer	Frankenstein 1970 (1958)