Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 30: Kate and the Dowager

Episode synopsis

Mr. Bunce with the bank is doing an inspection of the hotel and is not planning on extending Kate's financing. Wealthy socialite Clara Watkins checks into the hotel with her son Sonny. Bunce will only extend Kate's financing if Mrs. Watkins recommends the hotel to her friends. Meanwhile, annoying Sonny is constantly chasing after Billie Jo. Mrs. Watkins wants the two of them to get married. While Kate has done whatever she can to please Mrs. Watkins, she has to say no to that. Uncle Joe decides to romance Mrs. Watkins instead and she soon accepts his marriage proposal. Kate comes up with a plan to save Joe and the hotel.

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