Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 17: My Daughter the Doctor
Comedy, Family • 25 min • 7 seasons, 222 episodes • ★ 5.8/10
Episode synopsis
Billie Jo receives a $500 insurance endowment, which her late father set aside for his first-born to become a doctor. But Billie Jo wants to go to Hollywood to become an actress. Kate thinks that Hooterville's long time doctor, Dr. Depew, can talk Billie Jo into it. But Kate's thinks that Dr. Depew's handsome new assistant, Dr. Clayton Harris, would be able to convince Billie Jo even more. So using Uncle Joe as a patient with non-existing symptoms, Kate hopes to have Dr. Harris make a thorough examination with Billie Jo as his assistant, exposing her to the wonders of modern medicine. But, Billie Jo faints at the first sight of blood.
About Petticoat Junction
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Spur Line to Shady Rest
- E2Quick, Hide the Railroad
- E3The President Who Came to Dinner
- E4Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
- E5The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
- E6Please Buy My Violets
- E7The Ringer
- E8Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
- E9The Little Train Robbery
- E10Bedloe Strikes Again
- E11Uncle Joe's Replacement
- E12Honeymoon Hotel