How to Handle a Woman

I really like the Donna Reed Show, but this episode of the Donna Reed show is the worst of any episodes in all eight seasons. Donna and Alex have minimal parts, and the actors seem bored with it. Trisha is about the only good spot in this ridiculous episode. The premise, weak and sexist as it is, revolves around Smitty and his new girlfriend. She is some kind of something with psychobabble. She insists women are the stronger sex, but Jeff and Scotty (same actor as who plays Jimmy in a different episode) object, but Smitty is just smitten. Their girlfriends (one played by Candy who plays various girls in the show) support the claim. The episode is a stupid battle of the sexes and the boys talk about dominating women. Utterly disgusting. No humor. No friendly banter, just ugly sexism. Totally different than the quality written in the vast majority of other episodes. Very weak. Stereotypes abound, and just meaningless drivel. The last three seasons of the show are very poor compared to the first five.