An instant hit, the rural comedy was the ultimate fish-out-of-water story. The Clampett family strikes it rich in oil and move from their mountain cabin in the Ozark Mountains to the upscale neighborhood of Beverly Hills. Each hilarious episode revolves around the culture clash between the "uncivilized" Clampetts and the "civilized" culture of their elitist neighbors.
Jed Clampett is told by a representative of an oil company that the swamp behind his shack is full of oil. (The oil company employee has been hauled in by Jed's daughter Elly May who asks whether she can keep him.) Later, Mr. Brewster, the head of the oil company, does a deal with Jed. Jed tells Cousin Pearl that he'll receive 25 to 100 of "some new kind of dollar." Pearl, thinking Jed has been "slickered", asks what kind of dollar he's talking about. "Million dollars," Granny, Jed's mother-in-law, replies. "Jed, you're a millionaire," Pearl says. "Yeah, that's what that Brewster fella said." Pearl convinces Jed to move to Beverly Hills, California (she pronounces it "Cal-i-forn-ee") and volunteers her son, Jethro, to drive Jed, Elly May and Granny there. Upon arriving, Granny complains the hills aren't that high. Jed says at least there are hills and "we'll be among our own kind of people." The Clampett clan mistakes their new home for a prison and the groundskeepers for prisoners. The Clampetts end up in jail, but Milburn Drysdale, their new banker, gets them freed. But, as Drysdale tries to take the Clampetts to their new mansion, the foursome flee, fearing they're going to prison.
The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills, California. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators (Granny remarks how a ham will require two days to thaw out), ovens and the "cement pond." Jed also is having to confront how his daughter Elly May is maturing. He tells her that he, in effect, raised her as a boy and should not have. Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills, California. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators (Granny remarks how a ham will require two days to thaw out), ovens and the "cement pond." Jed also is having to confront how his daughter Elly May is maturing. He tells her that he, in effect, raised her as a boy and should not have. Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.
While Grannie boils pool water for washing (due to the "lack of a pump") and Ellie May gets a feminine make-over by Miss Hathaway, cousin Pearl is back at the cabin making eyes with the visiting oil man while he gives her a ride to the nearest phone.
Mr. Drysdale panics when Mrs. Drysdale comes back from Boston early, because she'll meet the Clampetts. He sets Miss Hathaway on a plan to get them to go to Palm Springs. Meanwhile, Grannie and Jed come to think Mrs. Drysdale is a drunk and make plans to cure her.
Grannie prepares her special mash to help cure Mrs. Drysdale of her drinking problem while Jed does as Mr. Drysdale suggests and buys stock: cows, goats, pigs, and chickens! Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale recovers from the shock of her first meeting with the Clampetts and is convinced she's imagining things.
Grannie wants to go home because folks is so unfriendly no one has come to call. Jed convinces her they should call on them, and they find that people welcome them and give them all manner of gifts when they show up on Halloween in their normal hillbilly clothes. Also, Jed works on getting Pearl to come visit while she's trying to get hitched to the oilman and find a young man for Jethrine.
Ellie May starts wearing dresses but takes it as an insult when someone says she looks like a city girl. Mr. Drysdale talks Jed into taking in his butler and upstairs girl in a plan to civilize the Clampetts, but they don't quite understand the idea of servants. Miss Hathaway takes Jethro bowling and begins to show an interest in him.
Jed enrolls Jethro at an exclusive Beverly Hills elementary school. Millicent Schuyler-Potts, the proprietor of the school, is aghast when Jed and Jethro show up, convinced this is part of some ghastly hoax. After Jed says that banker Milburn Drysdale is his neighbor, she calls the banker. It turns out that Drysdale's bank holds the mortgage on the school. Schulyer-Potts suddenly warms to the charms of the Clampetts, even if it means accepting Jethro as a fifth grader.
Mr. Drysdale convinces his self-absorbed stepson Sonny to date Elly May to Mrs. Drysdale's consternation, while Granny and Jed make preparations for Thanksgiving.
Sonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society, while Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship.
When Sonny says he'll give Elly a ring tomorrow, Granny thinks he's going to propose. Sonny actually meant he'd call Elly. Jed thinks Elly will beat Jethrine to the alter. Meanwhile, Pearl sees pictures of Elly and Sonny that Jed had sent her. Pearl wonders why things haven't progressed further between Jethrine and Jasper Depew. Sonny comes by to take Elly for a drive. Back in Sonny's room, he's trying to court Elly, but she isn't quite understanding. Jethrine is nervous about Jasper coming over. Pearl gives her some elderberry wine to calm her down. Jasper comes over and Jethrine just sits there while he plays the pump organ. It's getting late and Granny wonders what's going on with Elly and Sonny. The two show up and Sonny again says he'll give Elly a ring in the morning. Jed has a talk about marriage with Elly. Granny talks to Sonny and he mentions that Elly can't dance. Jasper wants to dance with Jethrine, but she's in a daze from the wine. Back at the mansion, Jed, Granny, Elly and Sonny are square dancing. Jethro asks why they're dancing and Granny says they're celebrating Elly marrying Sonny. Sonny runs home screaming for his mother.
The Clampett clan takes great offense when Sonny jilts Elly, and they want to start a feud with the Drysdales to avenge their kinfolk's honor. Jed and Jethro drive to the Commerce Bank. Jethro brought a shot gun with him, but Jed takes it away. Jed brings the gun with him into the bank. Everyone thinks he's a robber and he gets arrested. Granny thinks the Drysdale's took Jed, so she decides to take one of the Drysdale's. When they get to the house, Jethro tries to take Marie the maid. Granny takes Ravenswood instead. At the jail, two psychiatrists are interviewing Jed. The men have a confusing conversation with Jed. Drysdale and Miss Jane arrive at the jail. When Drysdale tells the men Jed has 25 million in his bank, the psychiatrists think Drysdale's crazy. Drysdale does get Jed freed and Jed tells him about Sonny. Drysdale says he will get Sonny to propose. Drysdale, Miss Jane and Jed arrive at the Clampett's gate and Granny starts shooting. The three go to Drysdale's mansion. Things eventually get straightened out when Elly says she doesn't want to marry Sonny.
The Clampetts take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart. Mr. Brewster insults Pearl when he asks her to be his housekeeper, while she thought it was going to be a proposal. Paul Winchell appears as Homer Winch, a man who has desires for Pearl.
The Clampetts are back at their old cabin. Jed tells John Brewster how his Grandfather built the cabin. While the Clampetts are staying in the cabin, Mr. Brewster needs a place to stay. Pearl finds a way to have him stay at her place. Elly May bonds with her old animal friends. Jed tells Elly that they're going to Pearl's for dinner. Then they'll go to the movie house where Pearl will play the piano for the "new" movie in town (the silent version of Ben Hur). Before the movie is to start, Pearl introduces John to the audience. A jealous Homer Winchtries to throw a tomato at John but hits the movie screen. Pearl then introduces the Clampetts and Granny shows off her mink coat. The advertisements before the movie are about Pearl and then a wedding chapel. Pearl looks at John and makes him uneasy. After the movie when the lights come up, they notice that Mr. Brewster is gone. Homer declares his love for Pearl and asks her to marry him. Jethrine comes in carrying Brewster and he denies trying to sneak out. The next morning, Granny says she wants to go back to Beverly Hills because she had to share the bed with Elly and her critters. And a mother eagle took Granny's mink for her nest.
Jethro wants to go back to the mansion. Jed says they have to stay until Pearl wins over John Brewster. Meanwhile, Pearl sings for John and he tells her he used to do some acting when he was younger. He performs a piece from Romeo and Juliet. The next morning Pearl comes by the Clampett cabin crying. She didn't get John to propose to her. John tells Jed that he doesn't want to get married, but the whole county knows that Cousin Pearl had her heart set for him. Jed comes up with a plan for her to save face by having Mr. Brewster propose in public and then have her turn him down. And they have to make Elverna Bradshaw believe it. John thinks they should do it in the town theater. Elverna comes by Pearl's house and gives her a hard time about Mr. Brewster. That night, everyone is at the theater. John makes his entrance. Jed didn't count on Mr. Brewster's background in acting and him making a huge production out of the proposal. Mr. Brewster does such a convincing job that Pearl, after repeatedly saying no, then says yes.
The Clampetts pack up to return to Beverly Hills. Jed tells Mr. Brewster that Pearl and Jethrine are coming with for a visit. Jed finds Elly saying goodbye to her critters. Meanwhile, Pearl finds that Jethrine has packed Jazzbo Depew in a large trunk to take with. Jazzbo tries to explain to Jethrine that he can't leave his business now. Mr. Brewster comes by and thanks Pearl for breaking off their engagement. Back in Beverly Hills, Miss Jane dresses the vamp to meet Jethro at the airport. Drysdale welcomes the family at the airport. Jethro doesn't recognize Miss Jane and she pretends to be a Gypsy woman. At the mansion, Pearl annoys Granny with her talk about things needing cleaning around the place. Pearl does other things to annoy Granny. Jethro and Miss Jane arrive. The feuding starts between Granny and Pearl over who's running Granny's kitchen.
Granny and Cousin Pearl are at each other's throats over who's going to take care of cooking and the house. Jethrine is singing and Granny tells Pearl she sounds like she's sick. Jed tries to calm things down by taking the family on a sightseeing tour of Beverly Hills. But the truck is out of gas. Jed puts some of Granny's moonshine in the truck just so they can get to a gas station. While driving around town, Granny continues to insult Pearl. They drive past a silent movie theater with some wax figurines outside. They think the figurines are real movie stars. Back at the mansion, Granny and Pearl fight over who's going to prepare some food. Jed tries to get the two to make up, but it doesn't work. Jed suggests Pearl go swimming with Elly and Jethro. There's a barbecue grill by the pool and Pearl wants to do some cooking. Meanwhile, Jed and Jethrine sing Dixie, then Jed does some dancing. Granny finishes cooking some food, but everyone has already eaten Pearl's food. Granny pushes Pearl and the grill into the pool.
Mrs. Drysdale leaves for a health farm, saying Mr. Drysdale is "going to have a new wife," while Mr. Drysdale tells Cousin Pearl he'd like her to keep his house. However, the Clampetts think he's wanting to marry Pearl, so Jed comes up with a plan to "save" the Drysdale's marriage.
Pearl is going to start giving music lessons. This will include piano, singing and yodeling. Pearl's yodeling drives Duke the dog over to the Drysdale's mansion. At the bank, Margaret tells Milburn that she called the dog catcher on Duke. Plus, she called the police on Pearl for her yodeling. The police arrive at the mansion. Miss Jane tells Drysdale that Elly followed the dog catcher to the pound and beat everyone up. At the pound, Frank and Joe tell Miss Jane what Elly did. Elly has Miss Jane bring her and all the dogs at the pound back to the mansion. Sergeant Dean tells Officer Kelly that he met a bunch of nice people in the mansion. The Sergeant then starts yodeling. Later, Pearl's yodeling starts the dogs howling again. The two policemen show up again. This time Officer Kelly says he'll do the talking. But when he sees Elly by the pool, he is quite smitten with her and does nothing about the dogs.
The Clampett's get a letter saying that Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs are coming to Beverly Hills. Granny thinks they're coming to see Pearl as the two were former suitors of hers. They then think that one of them will propose as the letter mentions an engagement. But, the duo were actually referring to a concert they have in the Los Angeles area. And in fact, they are already married to Louise Scruggs and Gladys Flatt. Jed plans to throw a wingding for the men that evening. Knowing that Lester and Earl had a thing for Pearl, Louise and Gladys arrive at the mansion to look Pearl over. The ladies pretend to be cosmetics saleswomen. They see Granny and hope that she is Pearl. But then they see Elly and thinking she is Pearl, they leave to go to the beauty parlor. That evening, because their wives are still at the beauty parlor, Lester and Earl arrive without them. The wingding starts and everyone is dancing. They were going to have dinner, but Elly's critters ate all the food. The duo play music for the Clampetts. Pearl decides she can't marry either one because she doesn't want to break up their act. Lester and Earl leave to pick up their wives. When they come back, Jed and Pearl think the men got married on the rebound.
Granny's been letting Elly's dogs go after Pearl every time she yodels. Jed catches Granny and makes her stop. So now Granny calls the police. Sergeant Dean and Officer Kelly arrive at the mansion again. Dean really likes Pearl's yodeling and joins her in song. Kelly is still fond of Elly and goes to see her by the pond. Elly is putting firewood under Granny's still. Kelly doesn't know what a still is, but he tells Elly she shouldn't have an open fire in the yard. When Dean takes Pearl outside to the squad car, Granny thinks she got Pearl in trouble and becomes sad and contrite. Kelly describes what he saw to Dean and Dean says it's for making moonshine. Granny continues to apologize to Pearl. Dean and Kelly figure Granny doesn't know it's illegal to run a still. Granny hears the men talking. She misunderstands and thinks Pearl turned her in. To protect Granny, Jed, Elly and Jethro each say the still is theirs to Dean and Kelly. The men won't do anything if Granny promises to stop making moonshine.
Granny says Jed and Duke his dog are both down without a woman in their lives. Mrs. Drysdale tells Milburn that her dog Claude is getting married. She's having the dog and it's owner flown in from Paris. French woman Mlle. Denise and her poodle Colette arrive at the Clampett mansion. Mlle. Denise speaks very little English, but she manages to ask Jed where the Drysdale home is. While they are talking, Colette wanders off with Duke. Pearl tells Granny about Jed talking to a pretty woman. Mlle. Denise comes back for Colette and when Jed puts the dog in her car, she kisses him. Pearl and Granny see this. Meanwhile, Margaret has arranged the "marriage" between Claude and Colette, complete with a decorated bedroom. But when she starts the wedding music, Duke walks in the room. Jed takes a fancy to Denise and starts to clean himself up. Denise and Miss Jane bring Duke home. Back at the Drysdale mansion, Margaret has Claude meet Colette. But when Colette hears Duke howling, she runs to him. Jed gets all dressed up to return Colette to Denise.
Harry Jones arrives at the mansion and pretends to be an old family friend. Meanwhile, Miss Jane tells Drysdale about a conman named Harry Jones who is in the area. Harry suggests to Jed that he buy the Hollywood Bowl from him because Pearl could do her yodeling there and sell tickets. Harry and the family drive there to take a look. They get out onto the stage of the Bowl and are very impressed. Harry tells Jed that if he likes hunting, there's no better place than Griffith Park. Pearl is distracted by fantasizing the Bowl is full of people chanting her name. While driving to the Park, Harry tells Elly that if Jed buys the park, he'll throw in all the animals in Griffith Park Zoo. Drysdale and Miss Jane go to the Clampett mansion and find no one there. At first Drysdale doesn't think that Harry could've singled out the Clampetts for his con game. But then they head to the Hollywood Bowl. The Clampetts are impressed by all the animals at the zoo, but Elly thinks they should be set free. On the drive home, the other drivers are honking and yelling at the Clampetts. Harry offers to sell Jed the freeway so he could make the people drive the way he wants. The others drop off Jed and Harry at the mansion. Granny, Jethro and Elly go back to the freeway with their guns to teach the drivers some manners. Miss Jane and Drysdale tell Jed that Harry is a crook. Jed said he found out that Harry is no mountain man because he couldn't hold his liquor.
Rival banker Bill Hacker's bank will be competing against Drysdale's bank in a skeet shoot competition. Bill claims one of his employees is a crack shot. Drysdale isn't worried as his Vice President, Mr. Crandell, is a great shot as well. But then Drysdale learns Crandell is in the hospital with several broken bones. When Drysdale finds out about Jed's sharpshooting skills, he makes him bank vice president. Drysdale and Miss Jane take the Clampetts to the skeet shooting range to explain what to do. Milburn finds out that the rest of the family are excellent shots as well. After Hacker talks to Jed, he figures out Drysdale's scheme. Hacker demands that he be allowed to pick a different employee. Hacker sees Granny cleaning Jed's office and, assuming she is the cleaning lady, picks her. The only thing is, Granny is just as good a shot as Jed.
Pearl and Jethro think that Jed should get a new fancy car, but he's happy with the truck. Pearl would also like to get the family into high society. Margaret tells Milburn that Mrs. Priscilla Smith-Standish, the head of a 'first family' historical society, will be staying at their house. Drysdale is not impressed. Margaret wants to get rid of the Clampett's before her arrival. She goes to the Clampetts, insults Granny and is chased away by Granny and Pearl. Smith-Standish goes to the Clampett's first and becomes enchanted with their antiques and way of life. Margaret goes to the bank and tells Drysdale what the Clampett's did to her. She insists that he get rid of them. Miss Jane tells Margaret that the chauffeur dropped Priscilla off at the Clampett's because he thought Margaret was there. Miss Jane drives the Drysdale's to the Clampett's. Priscilla tells Margaret that she found evidence that Jed's ancestors came to America prior to the arrival of the Mayflower. She ropes Margaret into helping Granny with the chores done the old fashioned way, much to Margaret's horror. Drysdale is enjoying seeing Margaret have to work that way.
Mrs. Smith-Standish and Mrs. Drysdale come visit the Clampetts again. Because of their possible new fame, Pearl wants the family to look and act like "high society". Margaret lets Pearl use her chauffeur and car. But now Margaret needs to get to the bank, so Elly and Jethro drive her in the truck. Margaret is completely embarrassed driving down the street. When she gets to the bank, Margaret is so disheveled that Milburn thinks she's drunk. Pearl comes back so dressed and made up that Jed doesn't recognize her. Pearl brings fancy clothes for the rest of the family. Pearl introduces the family in their new clothes to Pricilla. Pricilla tries not to laugh. Mrs. Drysdale continues to be forced into doing "practices from the past" by Mrs. Smith-Standish. Pricilla and the family then dance to some mountain music. In order to confirm Jed's ancestry, Mrs. Smith-Standish asks him the name of his great grandfather. If his name was Ezekiel, they will be famous worldwide. Jed lies to her to get things back to normal.
Granny has made a batch of her annual spring tonic. The family is reluctant to take any. Miss Jane introduces Drysdale to her brilliant-but-frumpy bank protegee, Gloria Buckles. Gloria volunteers to take Jed some papers that need to be signed. What Miss Jane doesn't know is that Gloria is really a sultry gold-digger with eyes for Jed's $34 million. Granny mentions to Pearl that she gave Jed a double dose of her tonic. Pearl and Granny meet beautiful Gloria and are a little suspicious of her. They keep talking up to Gloria how old Jed is. Gloria takes Jed for a drive. Gloria claims that she has to marry a mountain man. Jed says he hates to see her be alone and that he'll think about it. Back at the mansion, Pearl tries to tell Gloria that Jed has no money. Jed says gather up the family because he might have an announcement. Pearl calls Drysdale, and he and Miss Jane come right over. Jed says marriage is a good idea. Jed must have seen through her scheme because he says she'll have to wait 3 or 4 years until Jethro is old enough.
IRS agent Mr. Landman gets chased away by Granny and her shotgun. Mr. Landman then goes to talk to Drysdale. Landman wants to know how Jed could be poor one year and then very wealthy the next. Drysdale, in flashbacks, explains to Landman how Jed made millions in oil. Then how Pearl suggests Jed move to Beverly Hills. Drysdale tells Landman how Elly didn't want to leave her critters. Drysdale takes Landman back to the mansion to meet the family. On the drive, Drysdale relates how Granny didn't want to move. Drysdale and Landman arrive at the mansion and Jed invites them in for dinner. They accept but then regret it when they hear what they're having.
Drysdale wants to take Jed and Jethro to shoot some golf. Jed thinks they'll be hunting something called a golf. They'll also be with Los Angeles Dodgers coach Leo Durocher. They believe that he dodges the golfs. Meanwhile at the ball park, Leo is trying to sign pitcher Walsh Wesson. Jed and Jethro are at the golf course. Jed thinks the little white balls are golf eggs. Turns out Drysdale can't make it. Leo and Walsh think that Jed and Jethro are the caddies. A golf ball winds up in a tree a distance away. When Jethro knocks it out with a ball, Leo wants to sign him as a pitcher. Back at home, Jed tells Granny and Elly that Jethro is going to be a baseball player, even though they aren't sure what that is. Elly wants to be one as well. Leo and Buzzie Bavasi, the Dodgers General Manager, show up at the mansion. Jethro throws a ball at Leo and knocks him into the swimming pool. When he finds out that Jethro can only throw a ball that has possum fat on it, Leo is no longer interested in him.
Duke the bloodhound has been very lethargic lately. Jed gets a letter from Mlle. Denise. She sends a picture of herself, but the letter is in French. Meanwhile, Margaret tells Milburn that her dog Claude is to be a father. She wants Milburn's help in picking names. Jed goes to the bank to have Miss Jane translate the letter for him. The letter says that Denise is coming back for the birth of her dog's puppies and hopes to see Jed. Denise arrives at the mansion and tries to speak English to Granny and Elly. Jed comes home and hopes to continue "courtin' and sparkin" Denise. Margaret shows the puppies nursery to Milburn. Duke shows up at the window and Margaret shoos him away. Margaret isn't nearly so happy when she finds the puppies share more in common with Duke than Claude. Miss Jane tries to teach some French to Jed. The Drysdale's bring Denise's dog and the puppies to the Clampetts. Jed takes Denise out to dinner and winds up with Duke and her poodle Colette.
Granny starts to feel down in the dumps and not needed to the Clampett's seek Mr. Drysdale and Miss Jane's help in setting up a shin-ding so her spirits can be lifted by entertaining. Mr. Drysdale also fears that when his boss comes to town, he is going to be sent to far off Moose Jaw.
While making a visit to the bank, a couple accidentally bumps into the Clampetts' car. After the couple learns how much money the Clampetts are worth, they decide to sue them.
Pearl comes to visit. She tells the family that Jethrine didn't marry the local undertaker. Jethrine eloped with Jasper Depew. Jethro needs a health certificate to graduate from the fifth grade. He goes to the only doctor the Clampetts know about - Mrs. Drysdale's psychiatrist, Dr. Eugene Twombly. While talking to Twombly, Jethro falls asleep on the couch. The psychiatrist may have bitten off more than he can chew when he starts treating Jethro. Jethro returns home and says that all Twombly talked about was Jethro's mother. He would like to meet Pearl right away. Pearl would like to hook up with a wealthy Beverly Hills man. Pearl gets all dressed up and goes to see Twombly. She is a little surprised when Twombly closes the curtains and dims the office lights. She thinks he is testing her virtue when he tries to lay her on his couch. Pearl leaves. Later, Jed comes by to see Twombly and tells him he's upset that he made advances toward Pearl. Twombly tries to explain that he's a psychiatrist. Twombly comes to the mansion to apologize for the misunderstanding. Granny questions his doctoring skills. More confusing things happen and Twombly leaves.
Jethro wants to go back to Dr. Twombly to get his health certificate. Miss Jane tries to explain to Jethro that Twombly is a psychiatrist. Meanwhile, Granny says it's going to rain and Miss Jane tells her the paper says it won't. Jethro and Twombly have another confusing conversation. Jethro finally gets his bill of health from Twombly so he can graduate the fifth grade. Twombly tells Drysdale that he's very interested in Granny's home remedies for various ailments. Pearl tells Granny she kind of likes Twombly. Drysdale brings Twombly to the Clampetts' just as Granny shows Pearl how to use a love potion, so everyone thinks Twombly's interest in Granny is love. Granny tries to break the spell by blowing a special powder on Twombly. Pearl gets all dressed up and Granny makes herself look like a witch. Twombly still wants to talk to Granny so everyone thinks the spell isn't broken. Pearl tries to impress Twombly with her yodeling, but that doesn't work. Twombly wants to take Granny for a drive in his convertible, but Granny says it's going to rain. Twombly tells Granny it isn't supposed to rain. They step outside and it starts to rain.
Miss Jane gets sick and Mr. Drysdale has to speak at a conference. Miss Jane hasn't finished writing the speech he is to give. Jed comes by the bank to see if there's anything he can do. Drysdale meets the new teller, Bob Billington, who sucks-up to the men and flirts with the women. To help out, Granny is mixing up a cure for Miss Jane and Jethro comes up with a speech for Drysdale. Jed, Elly and Jethro come by the bank. Jed volunteers to have Elly fill in for Miss Jane. Jethro hands Drysdale his speech which Drysdale thinks is the one he was working on. Drysdale leaves and Jed figures that he'll run the bank until Drysdale gets back. Bob tries to make time with secretary Kitty Northcross. But then Bob sees Elly and starts to flirt with her. Elly misunderstands Bob's "hipster" talk. At the convention, Drysdale starts to read Jethro's speech and then has to improvise. Jed lends money to a Mr. Wilson, who claims to be a poor chicken rancher. When Bob hears how much money Jed has, he tries to get some. Wilson was actually a test case for the convention. Because Jed was the only one to give him money, Drysdale is named "Banker of the Year".
Jed tells Granny that Jethro has invited a friend named Armstrong Dueser McHugh III to come over. Jed thinks Jethro is bringing him to meet Elly. They are surprised when Armstrong turns out to be a little boy from Jethro's school. Wilkins, the chauffeur, coddles the boy and treats him as frail. Wilkins takes out a bunch of pills for Armstrong and tries to protect him from some of Elly's critters. "Duesy" tells the family that his parents travel a lot so he never sees them. Later, Wilkins comes to pick up Armstrong, but Granny says he's having too much fun. Granny forces Wilkins to leave. Wilkins goes to complain to Drysdale. Jethro teaches Duesy how to swim. Elly demonstrates on the Pool Man how Dusey can protect himself from bullies. Granny teaches him how to fish and Jed plays horseshoes with him. Wilkins brings Drysdale and Miss Jane to the mansion. Wilkins finds Dusey napping with Elly's critters. When Wilkins tries to forcibly take him away, Dusey uses one of the moves Elly taught him.
Jed pretends to feel ill, so he can help Granny feel useful so she can keep her doctoring skills sharp. However, Mr. Drysdale soon stops by and eventually becomes an unwilling patient of Granny as well. Eventually, Mr. Drysdale's doctor stops by to see what became of his patient, and the two city boys get a big dose of mountain medicine.
Granny cuts off the top of Drysdale and Dr. Roy Clyburn's hair for some homegrown remedy. Drysdale would like to tell Granny that she's not aloud to practice medicine in Beverly Hills, but he's afraid to. He sends Miss Jane to tell Granny. Miss Jane comes by the mansion and sees the family celebrating and dancing. Jed tells her it's Possum Day and Jane pretends to know what that is. The Clampetts are looking forward to the Possum Day parade, which of course isn't celebrated in Beverly Hills. Clyburn tells Drysdale he better speak to Granny. The family is about to drive to the bank to watch the parade when Drysdale and Jane drive up. Drysdale tries to tell Granny she can't practice medicine anymore, but all she can talk about is giving him a hair growing medicine. Miss Jane and Drysdale try to set up a parade for the Clampetts, but are having no luck. Granny puts some of her hair medicine on Clyburn's head but he takes it off. Granny wants to head back to the hills after Clyburn tells her to stop her doctoring. Jed finds out there's no Possum Day celebration. They now definitely want to leave and take their money out of the bank. Clyburn sees that Granny's medicine worked as Drysdale now has a full head of hair. Clyburn begs Granny to give him the hair medicine again and Drysdale tells the Clampetts there will be a Possum Day Parade. The next day everyone gets to march in the parade.
Mr. Drysdale buys Mammoth Pictures, a movie studio. Jed, Granny, Elly and Jethro try to "help" the studio, which is losing money, by working at the studio.
Mr. Drysdale tells the Clampetts that he is building a city on the location where Jed's movie studio is located. The Clampetts mistake a western prop town for the city.
The Clampetts decide to run the store on the empty studio Western set but can't understand why they don't have any customers.
The Clampetts are still at the studio hoping their "city" prospers. Mr. Drysdale is still trying to tear the studio down for his building project. A famous Hollywood columnist enlists Jed's help to save the studio.
Mr. Drysdale tries to get Jed to buy a yacht and join the yacht club. As usual, a misunderstanding takes place, and the Navy gets involved.
Granny confuses Mrs. Drysdale's forays into astrology with the practice of black magic. An intended gift for Ellie Mae from Mr. Drysdale only adds to the confusion.
Jed meets another oil millionaire - a sheikh from an Arab kingdom - who presents him with an unusual gift: his very own harem.
Jethro is anxious to become a new "Double Naught" spy and Mr. Drysdale gives him his own office. A bank robber hopes to con an unwitting Jethro into helping him get into the bank vault.
Granny receives a box from Cousin Pearl in the hills. One of the items in the box is an old fashioned crank telephone. Granny asks Jethro to hook it up to a party line on the pole so she can listen in on the party line.
Granny despairs of Elly Mae ever finding a husband and decides to promote her non-existent cooking skills. She is entered into a TV show cook-off, but nothing she fixes is edible.
Jethro is in love with Susie, the carhop waitress at the local drive-in, but Susie keeps rejecting his advances. Jed advises a dejected Jethro to take dating advice from Dash Riprock, the movie star/playboy neighbor to the Clampetts. Dash advises Jethro to buy a convertible, invite Susie to go on a double date with Elly Mae and him, and even lets Jethro use his bachelor pad. Despite Dash's efforts, Jethro still can't get past his hillbilly ways to Susie's heart.
Jed Clampett has inherited a castle in the English countryside. Jethro insists that everyone, except Granny, wear the royal raiment's of Elizabeth (the First, of course).
The Clampetts head to England to visit the castle Jed inherited. Misunderstandings abound, from Jethro mistaking San Francisco for London, to the impounding of Granny's medical supplies, to the real intentions of the elderly chemist.
The Clampetts finally make it to their new castle and try to adjust to the English way of castle life, at the least the way Jethro thinks it is, based on his understanding of English myths and legends.
The Clampetts are concerned Mr. Drysdale is worrying too much about their money. When Jethro misunderstands and believes Britain's queen is broke, the family heads to their English castle to help her out.
Heading to England Jethro smuggles Ellie's turkey buzzard on the plane upsetting Mr. Drysdale and a fellow passenger. After landing they try to meet with the Queen to give her their 80 million dollars. Their butler Faversham tries to clear things up.
The Clampetts fly to London to give the Queen the deed to Canada they purchased. Waiting for an appointment with the Queen they stay at Clampett castle, where Granny is thinks they are at war with a neighboring castle.
Granny is worried that Elly Mae is an old maid at 20 while Jed is concerned about Jethro joining college protesters. They both miss the hills, so they decide to head back to the Ozarks, which upsets Mr. Drysdale.
After settling in at Silver Dollar City Jed, Granny, and Ellie greet old friends. Granny meets up with her old rival Elverna Bradshaw and restarts her feud. Jethro continues his college protests back in California.
The Clampets travel back to the hills to attend the Silver Dollar Fair. Granny and Elverna Bradshaw compete to find mates for their kin.
Miss Jane lends a hand in Granny's race to get Elly May married-off before Elverna Bradshaw's daughter, and finds an unwed winner wandering in the woods.
The Clampetts are determined to help the nation solve the smog problem. When Jed offers to give his millions to President Nixon for the cause, Mr. Drysdale resorts to some outrageous schemes to keep the money in his bank.
The Shafers meet the Clampetts in in Washington D.C. to "broker" more prime real estate.
After Honest John explains to Jed why they couldn't visit the White House, he sells them other Washington landmarks each conveniently only $1 million. Mr. Drysdale finds out and sends Miss Jane to bring the Clampetts home.
Rev. Matthew's lookalike brother Mark, a Naval officer, shows up to meet Elly May. The two head to the cement pond, but later when Granny sees Mark in his diving gear, she is convinced that the water turns him into a man-frog.
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Granny has everyone up at the crack of dawn to plow the front yard for her garden. Jethro tells Jed that he got a mule to help them plow. The mule wakes Drysdale up and he rans over to the Clampett mansion. Granny can't get the mule to do any work. Drysdale says that the whole neighborhood will get upset if they plow up their front yard. Miss Jane comes by and tries to explain to Jed why they can't dig up the yard. Granny tries to stare down the mule to get it to work. Miss Jane takes the family on a road trip to show them the modern famers doing their work. Miss Jane then takes them to a large Supermarket to show Granny how unnecessary it is to grow her own food. Granny tries to pay for some food with Confederate money.
Mrs. Drysdale sets the Clampetts up to become a laughing stock in hopes that they will move when Elly is due to start classes at a girls finishing school. Instead with the unknown help of Miss Jane, Elly's back hills look becomes the new school trend.
Mother and daughter Fenwick come to visit and the Clampett's are mistaken for new avant-garde social leaders. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale thinks she is finally going to get rid of the bothersome Clampetts while the Clampett's mistake the Fenwicks for poor people.
Jethro decides he wants to go a courtin', so Jed gives him a little education. Jed sends Jethro to the bank with an envelope that Miss Jane needs. Meanwhile, Exotic dancer Chickadee Laverne comes by the bank to see Drysdale. She wants to be paid for her services at the Banker's Dinner Conference the night before. Jethro comes by and meets Chickadee. Thinking she's the one for him, he brings her home to meet the folks. At the mansion, there's some confusion between the family and Chickadee when the word engagement is used. Chickadee thinks she'll get a job at the mansion and the family thinks she's talking about marriage to Jethro. Granny and Jed think Chickadee is too old for Jethro. Jed talks to Chickadee in private and they have another confusing conversation. Elly tells Chickadee that she likes her. Elly would like her to marry Jed so she could be her mother. Chickadee likes Elly's pets and thinks she could use them in her act. Drysdale and Miss Jane come by and they find out Chickadee is there. Chickadee leaves with Elly's raccoon.
Chickadee Laverne shows up at Drysdale's office with Elly's raccoon. She complains that she didn't get an "engagement" at the Clampett mansion. Meanwhile, Jethro thinks he's in love with Chickadee. Miss Jane calls Jethro to say she has Elly's raccoon. Jethro tells her that he's in love and wants to get married right away. She thinks he's talking about her until he mentions Chickadee. Chickadee comes by the mansion. Jed hears music coming from her car radio and thinks that means he's falling in love with her. Chickadee and Jed still have some confusion over what an "engagement" is. Miss Jane arrives at the mansion and gives Elly her raccoon back. She then wants to trick Jethro into thinking he's in love with her using music from a transistor radio. But things don't go as planned. Jethro sees Chickadee in her exotic dancer outfit. Granny says they are to be married right away. The code of the hills demand that because he saw her in her under clothes. Because of a misunderstanding, Granny believes that Chickadee doesn't know how to cook. And that's a deal-breaker for Jethro.
Granny chases away the Pool Man because she thinks he's poisoning the cement pond. Jethro reads a letter from the bank saying that Jed is overdrawn and all his money is gone. An unemployed actor named Jake "J.D." Clampett and his wife Opal benefit from a paperwork mixup at the bank becoming $36 million richer. Granny thinks that the family has been spending money foolishly. Jed calls the bank and finds out that Drysdale is going out of town. They now believe that Mr. Drysdale has forsaken them and taken the money. The family drives to the bank where they are chased away by a Policeman who thinks they're vagrants. Jake goes to the bank hoping to cash a $1000 check. Opal thinks they're doing the wrong thing. Granny wants to go back to the hills but Jed wants to stay until he finds out if Drysdale really turned against them. A Paving Man comes by the mansion to tar up some cracks in the driveway. He says that Drysdale told him to do it and the family thinks Jed's going to be tarred and feathered. Jed wants to stay until they pay back the overdrawn fee. Meanwhile, Jake is spending a lot of money. When Miss Jane figures out what has happened, Jake Clampett is arrested. Jed wants Jake freed as he might be kinfolk. Jake passes himself off as a long lost cousin and intends to stay at the mansion for a while.
"Cousin" Jake and Opal are still living in the mansion. Jake thinks that with Jed's money, he can make a movie with Marlon Brando. Jethro would like to be in the movies. When Jed offers Jake 10 million, Jake agrees to put Jethro in the movie instead of Brando. Jake buys Jed a new car. Elly wants to be a movie star as well and Jake has Opal take her into town to get her made up. Granny still thinks Jake and Opal are a bunch of loafers. Elly returns all dressed up and glamorous and Jake introduces her a Venus Adore. Granny changes her opinion of Jake when he tells her he can put her in a Hoot Gibson movie. After seeing a Marlon Brando movie, Jethro dresses in leather and drives a motorcycle into the mansion. Mr. Drysdale learns from Jake that Jed is financing his movie and wants to put a stop to it. Jed thinks the others are starting to act and dress ridiculously. Miss Jane comes up with a plan to make the others see how foolish they look by having Jed act and dress just as foolish.
It's almost Thanksgiving and Elly wants to save the turkey from being cooked. Jed catches Elly trying to carry the turkey away in a sack and makes her put it back in its pen. Jethro tells Jed that their fancy eating room is called a billiard room. They think that the rhino head on the wall is a billiard. After Elly names the turkey Herman, Jed finds he can't take an axe to it. Jed tells Granny she should cook a billiard, but she insists on the turkey. Meanwhile, Mrs. Drysdale hires two men believing they are Indian Chiefs, but they're really actors. She and Mr. Drysdale will dress as pilgrims and take a holiday picture with the men. Jed and Miss Jane have a confusing conversation about shooting billiards. Elly sees the Indians with Drysdale and tells Granny that the Indians are attacking. Granny and Elly jump the Indians and tie them up. Jed calms everything down. The Clampett's, Drysdale's and the two actors have Thanksgiving dinner together.
Granny is cooking up some lye soap and Jed is worried the fumes will bother Mrs. Drysdale. Margaret is having a garden party that afternoon and goes to talk to Granny about the smell. The fumes are also destroying her hibiscus plant. Jed and Granny misunderstand Margaret and believe they are invited to the party. And Granny thinks that a hibiscus is in the body and wants to doctor Margaret. Drysdale sends Miss Jane to talk to the Clampetts. Jed thinks that a garden party is when you help someone make a garden. Miss Jane tries to talk the Clampetts out of going to the party and tells them it has nothing to do with actual gardening. They still want to go. Miss Jane shows Drysdale the Clampetts all dressed up. The Clampetts arrive at the party with some of Granny's "rheumatism medicine" and some country cooking. Margaret talks them into taking their stuff back and waiting by their 'cement pond' to handle the 'overflow' from her party. After Granny shoots a fake alligator in the pond, the crowd from Margaret's party come over to see what happened. They start drinking the spiked punch and the people are having a great time. With all her guests at the Clampetts, Margaret finally comes over and joins them.
Mr. Drysdale needs investors for his real estate development project, so he enlists the Widow Fenwick, and aims to cement the deal by hitching her to Jed Clampett, who is looking to find a mother for his daughter, Elly May.
Mr. Drysdale needs investors for his real estate development project, so he enlists the Widow Fenwick, and aims to cement the deal by hitching her to Jed Clampett, who is looking to find a mother for his daughter, Elly May.
Drysdale has set up a Christmas tree with gifts in the Clampett mansion. The family is confused by some of the gifts. Granny thinks the TV is some kind of fancy washing machine. The family intends to give Mrs. Drysdale a mink, as in the actual animal. At the Drysdale home, Milburn gives Margaret a mink coat. Drysdale tells Margaret that he also got the Clampetts a boat. He hopes that if the Clampetts enjoy the boat enough, they won't want to go back to the hills. Drysdale also got a chimpanzee for the family. The family discovers the boat in the driveway. Jed and Granny then see the chimp in the boat wearing a sailor's suit. At first Margaret doesn't want to go to the Clampetts for Christmas. But Milburn says they have a present for her and it might be the Hope Diamond. After they arrive at the mansion, Drysdale tells Jed he put the boat there as a gift. Granny gives Margaret an assortment of Hillbilly foods as a gift. Elly tells Margaret that she can't find her present and Margaret is quite upset. To teach her a lesson, Drysdale wants to hide Margaret's mink because she just left it laying on the floor. The Clampetts search for a place to sail their boat. But all they see are cars pulling boats.
Granny spends all her time watching her television idol, Western actor Quirt Manly. This leaves Jethro to have to do the cooking, which isn't working out so well. Granny believes Quirt would be just the man for Elly. Miss Jane tells Jed that Quirt lives in Beverly Hills. Mr. Drysdale arranges for Quirt to stop by the Clampett mansion. Granny is very disappointed when Quirt is revealed to be much less of a man than expected. Elly shows Quirt some of her pets and he says how much he likes animals, especially small ones. He tells Elly about the men who are his stunt and voice doubles on his TV show. His real name is Henry and he's only on the show because his father is the sponsor. Henry recites a poem about raccoons. Henry lets Jethro drive his car around. Jethro winds up picking up a lot of women because they think he's Quirt. Jed keeps trying to make Henry look like a man's man to Granny, but things just don't work out the way he planned.
A Australian banker friend of Mr. Drysdale sends him a kangaroo as a joke, when it escapes and discovers Granny's garden, Granny thinks she has found a giant jackrabbit but no one believes her.
Some old love letters from Jethro lead mountain man Lafe Crick and his daughter Essiebelle to Beverly Hills. Though he doesn't actually remember proposing to Essiebelle in the letters, Jethro is now looking forward to marrying her. Jed doesn't think Jethro is ready for marriage. The family goes into town to buy a ring. Essiebelle tries to tell her father that she loves Mel Pratt, a boy back in the hills. Lafe and Essiebelle are let into the mansion by Elly's chimp. The family comes home and Marian Billington from Beverly Caterers arrives for her date with Jethro. When Marian finds out about Essiebelle, she leaves. Jethro is stunned when he sees how much weight Essiebelle's gained. Jethro then goes running after Marian. Jed goes to try and comfort Essiebelle and she tells him she's in love with Mel. Granny and Lafe return with Jethro. Jed and Essiebelle come up with a way to have Lafe call off the wedding.
Freeloader Lafe Crick and his daughter are headed back home and Granny's glad to see them go. But it's not long before Miss Jane drives Lafe back to the mansion. Lafe pretends to be weak and hungry and claims he doesn't want charity. Lafe manages to con Mr. Drysdale into thinking he's a hard worker and into giving him a job at the bank guarding Jed's money. Granny doesn't think Lafe can be trusted in a bank. When left alone in Drysdale's office, Lafe starts looking around for Jed's money. But when he finds out that most of Jed's money isn't actually in the bank, Lafe then believes Jed has his money buried behind the mansion. Granny had wanted a root cellar dug in the back yard. When her and Jed get up the next morning, they find Lafe has dug a giant hole in the yard.
Jethro is working in the hole that will be Granny's root cellar. He thinks he struck oil. Jed doesn't need more oil and they start to fill in the hole. Mr. Drysdale learns that Candy Davis, one of the Commerce Bank secretaries, will be a contestant for Queen of Beverly Hills. When Margaret hears that the winner gets a trip around the world, she suggests Elly should run. That way the family would be gone for a while. Jethro tries digging in a different spot, but hits oil again. Milburn thinks the Clampetts are digging the hole to put their money in. He tells Granny about the advantages of the vault at the bank and Granny thinks he means to use as her root cellar. Miss Jane suggests to Jed that Elly run for Queen. The Clampetts think the race for the Queen is an actual foot race. So, Granny wants to run as well. Mr. Drysdale tries to talk Candy out of running, while Miss Jane gets Granny to not run. Robert Cummings, the Contest Announcer, names Candy and Elly as the finalists. Milburn states that Candy has withdrawn, but the bank will pay for a trip around the world for her. Miss Jane will take Candy's place in the contest. Elly states that she'd rather have Miss Jane win. Robert announces fellow judge Karen Crandall as the winner
To get Elly's mind off of her critters, Jed calls Drysdale to see if there are any eligible men at the bank. Miss Jane comes up with the bank's new CPA, Fred Penrod. Jed meets Fred and there's some confusion over Fred's name. Meanwhile, Lafe Crick comes back to the Clampett mansion and brings Granny a Pawpaw tree. Granny is not happy to see Lafe. Lafe wants to plant the tree himself because he's still thinks Jed has his money buried in the ground. Jed tells Elly that Fred is coming to court her. Lafe overhears Jed and reminds him that he has a single son back home. Jed is not interested. Fred arrives and Lafe tries to scare him off by giving a bad description of Elly. Fred is about to leave and then he sees Elly. Granny hears Lafe call back home trying to get his son to come and marry Elly. Miss Jane and Drysdale arrive and run into Lafe. They still mistakenly believe Lafe is a hard worker and a dear friend of Jed's. Lafe digs a giant hole in the back yard.
Elly is getting ready for a date with Fred Penrod. Granny has Elly dress up the way Granny used to when she was younger. Jed thinks the clothes are a bit out of date. Fred comes by and Jed and Jethro still are confused about his name. Fred is a little surprised by Elly's outfit. Jethro drives the two away in the truck. Lafe arrives at the mansion with his son Dub. Dub is not too bright. Lafe wants Dub to court Elly and marry her. Jed is not thrilled about them being there. But he'll let them spend the night if they don't bother Granny. So Granny doesn't see it, Jed has Jethro move Lafe's car. Jethro winds up pushing it down a hill and it gets destroyed. Drysdale learns from Lafe about his son Dub. Thinking Dub is as hard working as Lafe, Drysdale would like to get him a job at the bank. Drysdale gives Lafe some money to fly the boy over, not knowing Dub's already here. Granny sees Dub and gets mad that there's a Crick in the house. Jed tries to make her think she imagined it. Granny then sees Lafe but Jed tells her he's not there. Granny sets a trap for the Crick's using food, but she catches Jethro instead.
Drysdale wants to get the Clampetts interested in deep sea fishing. Jed has been disappointed that there's no good hunting in Beverly Hills. Drysdale and Miss Jane bring them a taxidermied trophy fish to mount on the wall. Granny tries cooking the fish. Because of Granny's fear of boats, the Clampetts go fishing on the bridge that goes over the Los Angeles River. At the bank, Drysdale tells Granny and Jed that he has chartered a boat for them. Granny's fear of boats only temporarily thwarts Drysdale's plan to take the Clampetts deep sea fishing. He wants to take them to Marineland to see the types of fish they could catch in the ocean. They want to save Drysdale the trip and go to Marineland by themselves. Thinking that they're large fishing holes, Granny wants to "catch the whale". The family is stunned when they see how big a whale really is. Granny still wants to get one. Elly wants to take a walrus home, but Jed stops her. Elly does sneak a baby seal home.
Dr Martin of the zoo keeps giving Ellie more critters than Granny can stand. While Jim Gardner (or Jim Garrrrr!) comes to sell "bug vittles" but ends up falling for Ellie.
Mr. Drysdale and Miss Jane help country musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs try to find a city woman for Jed the same way they found theirs, by holding auditions for backup singers.
It's tonic time in Beverly Hills. Granny's made a batch of tonic and sends a sample to their new neighbor, the Countess Maria. She loves it and throws a party to celebrate.
Mr. Drysdale is having a ground-breaking ceremony for a new bank building and the Clampetts think they need to pitch in to help build it. Meanwhile Mr. Drysdale's associates try to get stock market tips off of Jed.
The Clampetts get a big food package from home and Mr. Drysdale's two associates, Mr. Lucus and Mr. Pendleton, think that the crawdads have something to do with the development of military reconnaissance technology.
Mr. Drysdale has Jed buy a Beverly Hills dress store as an investment and the Clampetts show up to help "the poor widow and her starving girls".
The Clampetts try to turn their newly acquired Beverly Hills dress boutique, The House of Renee, into a country store, The House of Granny.
Jed sends Elly to the Beverly Hills dress boutique he used to own (now the House of Maurice) to learn how to be a lady, where Mrs. Drysdale mistakes her for royalty.
Mr. Drysdale wants Jed to incorporate for the tax advantages. So the Clampetts take over the top floor of the Commerce Bank and start doing what they can to stimulate the economy by getting more money into the hands of more people.
Granny's driving and Ellie's cooking makes a policeman and a cab driver think that the Clampett Mansion is a mental institution.
Mr. Drysdale has a replica made of Jed's old cabin and sets it up in the Clampett's backyard to surprise a homesick Granny on her birthday. A coed with a sociology major thinks that they live there as the Drysdale's oppressed servants.
Mrs. Drysdale hires a demolition man to remove the Clampett's cabin. Mr. Drysdale decides to occupy the cabin so it can't be removed. The Clampetts think a "home wrecker" is breaking up the Drysdale's marriage.
Jethro's running late for his graduation ceremony despite his new watch. Mrs. Potts of Jethro's school is afraid that his attendance will jeopardize her chances for a new endowment. Skipper saves the day.
Jed gets an honorary doctorate when he donates money to the college that Mr. Drysdale attended. Now the family thinks he can now practice medicine, which doesn't sit well with Granny.
Mrs. Drysdale thinks she can get the hillbillies to move out by throwing herself at Jed. Meanwhile Granny is itching to fight her because she fell into the cement pond when Jed had to stop a fight between them earlier.
Jethro decides to enlist in one of the armed forces but he isn't sure which one. The Clampetts go to Marineland thinking that's where he would go to join the Marines.
An old friend from back in the hills is now an Elvis like singing idol. The Clampetts misunderstand the situation and decide to help Johnny get on his feet.
Johnny Poke's mother arrives from the Ozarks and Granny's matchmaking begins. Jed and Emma Poke come up with a plan to discourage her.
Mrs. Drysdale needs Jed to donate $190,000 to save the Beverly Hills Ballet but he has his hands full trying to keep Granny from heading back to the hills pushing all her stuff in a wheelbarrow.
Mr. Drysdale talks the butler into staying on, posing as a boarder, so that he can teach the Clampetts how to be more civilized.
The Clampetts still don't realize that Mr. Pinckney is their butler instead of their boarder. When he tries to leave them Granny thinks he trying to skip without paying his rent.
Hospitalized for nerves from dealing with the hillbillies Mrs. Drysdale threatens Mr. Drysdale to stay there until he gets rid of them and even sending for a specialist. Unfortunately the Clampet clan is on their way to visit her.
Mrs. Drysdale wakes up to find she is no longer in the hospital. The Clampetts, unhappy with what they feel as the hospital's poor level of care, break her out and set her up in their mansion.
A young actress becomes interested in Jethro when she finds out Jed owns a movie studio.
Elly May goes to Jed's studio to be in a movie and meet a potential husband.
Ellie May loses another suitor to Miss Jane in another case of mistaken identity.
After the Clampetts accidentally run into a beatnik he's moves into the Clampett mansion, but neither he nor they know what to make of each other.
As a favor to Jed Mr. Drysdale arranges for a playboy bank director (who normally only dates women half his age) to come court Granny, while Jed goes out with a beautiful woman who dates rich older men.
Granny wants Jed to find a wife and asks for Mr. Drysdale's help. He introduces Jed to Phyllis but learns too late she a gold digger and becomes alarmed when they head to the track. But it's Granny they need to worry about.
Jethro decides to become a "double naught" spy and converts the family's truck into his idea of a Bondmobile. But he becomes the unwitting pawn in another banker's scheme.
Mr. Drysdale's biggest rival John Cushing succeeds in getting the Clampetts to transfer all of their money to his bank.
Mrs. Drydale's poodle Claude is to enter a dog show but gets sick right before. Granny offers to doctor the dog but Ellie Mae is concerned he doesn't know any tricks so she decides to help out with one of her own pets.
To cure Granny of her homesick blues Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs come to visit.
Granny is determined to go back home even if she has to walk back all by herself. When she reaches Las Vegas she has second thoughts. Jethro gets arrested by an undercover cop.
Mrs. Drysdale thinks she has a new way of getting rid of the Clampetts: talk Jed into donating their mansion to the city for an art museum. They agree, on the assumption that they are supposed to provide the artworks and not move out.
When the Clampetts decide they want to go home for Possum Day, Mr. Drysdale attempts putting together a Possum Day in Beverly Hills.
Jethro think the Drysdale's young attractive maid is interested in him. He commences to courting her but she is actually interested in watching the football game on the Clampett's color TV.
Granny's concocts a love potion for Elly Mae at the same time Mr. Drysdale hires an escort for Elly. Dean arrives at the mansion with the Clampetts believing he's Miss Jane's boyfriend so Granny tries a reverse spell.
The Clampetts (thereafter Mr. Drysdale) mistake the new neighbor's maidservant for the actual owner. Granny tries her best to set Jed up with her.
Mr. Lucas Sebastian, a billionaire entrepreneur, wants Jed to invest in his new venture, undersea farming.
Jed and Granny are concerned the young'uns aren't meeting anyone so decide to throw a wing ding. Miss Jane provides the music but the older Clampetts are confused by the band names. A mix between a square dance and rockfest ensues.
Mr. Farquar, Mrs. Drysdale's father comes for a visit. When he's alone with Drysdale, he reveals he's broke. It seems on his way over, he passed through Las Vegas and lost his whole fortune and is asking Drysdale for a handout, which he refuses. He later learns of the Clampetts, he goes there hoping to get some of their money so he can go back to Las Vegas.
Daddy Farquhar continues to visit the Clampetts's mansion to his daughter Margaret's displeasure. He has plans for Granny and her money in Las Vegas but she's expecting a marriage proposal.
Jethro wants to be a general and Mr. Drysdale decides the safest idea is to get him into a boys military academy. With Jethro twice the size of the other boys, the commander has his doubts while a mock battle confuses Granny and Jed.
When Mr. Drysdale is unhappy with Dr. Clyburn's treatment of his cold the Clampetts hear about it. Granny decides it's time to set up practice and enlists the rest of her family to help. She also claims a cure for the common cold.
The world's richest woman wants to buy the Clampett mansion and will stop at nothing to get it. Will Jed finally sell?
Granny wants to learn to drive the truck but can't get used to modern day contraptions. A horse is more of what she wants and Mr. Drysdale gets her one, a professional race horse.
When Granny hears the Drysdales are at a horse show, she declares she wants good trotter so she can ride it to the market. When Mr. Drysdale buys a racer along with a buggy, Granny decides she wants to be the driver at the track.
After it becomes known that a cat burglar is in Beverly Hills, the Clampetts take precautions to protect their home. Not surprisingly, they don't really understand what a cat burglar is.
Granny encounters an ostrich at the Drysdales and believe it's a giant chicken. She decides it got into her "medicinal tonic" and that's why it's so big. She tries to apply the idea to her vegetables.
The Clampetts believe resuming his courtship of Elly is why Sonny Drysdale returns. His stepfather arranges a job as a beauty product salesman and his sixth stop at the Clampetts is where his merchandise is mistaken as courting gifts.
Granny, along with Elly, is heading back to the hills to do some doctoring. Mr. Drysdale is frantic to stop her so he reveals that the Brewsters are having a baby. Jethro brings home some girls from the Kit Kat Club so he won't be lonely.
A shady magician sells his wares to the gullible Jethro.
Jed thinks Granny needs help in cleaning the mansion, but she believes it's because he wants to put her in a retirement home, so Granny is ready to head to the hills with her money, which Mr. Drysdale is desperate to avoid.
Musicians Flatt and Scruggs, old friends of the Clampetts, visit with their glamorous wives. Banjo music is performed, Gladys sings a song and Granny teaches her to cook. Jethro adapts the truck to avoid traffic.
Jethro is bent on becoming an astronaut but gets sidetracked into teaming up with Miss Jane to become a folk singer. Along the way Jethro invents a new musical device he dubs the Bodine o' phone.
Drysdale, at first irate that beautiful actress Bergstrom is kept on an expensive stipend without making a film, is smitten at first sight and so places the actress in the Clampett home to learn backwoods accents and ways for a movie.
Jethro becomes a Hugh Hefner wannabe when he discovers some Playpen magazines in Mr. Drysdale's garage.
Granny remains eager to get Elly to the altar and decides Professor Biddle, Miss Jane's friend, will do. Mr. Drysdale blackmails Dash into asking the Clampett lass for a date. The meek birdwatcher and the handsome actor are soon at odds.
Jethro is in love again and decides to get a job as an actor. Taking the name Beef Jerky, he finds himself Dash's stunt double and has a rough time at the studio. Jethro's "girl" Debbie only wants a screen test and plays up to Jed.
Granny brews a batch of her tonic hoping it helps Elly get a husband. Jane with Mr. Biddle are trying to hatch a condor egg but a sip of the potion changes the birdwatcher's focus and the Clampetts need to get him out of a tree.
Jed thinks Jethro needs to go back to school to get his mind off girls; but, instead of college, Jethro enrolls in a secretarial school that takes his money and graduates him early. At his new bank job, he hires all his classmates.
A con artist pretends to be someone from back home and stays with the Clampetts. She plans to get photos of Jed in a compromising position in order to blackmail him.
Jethro decides to sophisticate Emaline but she has bigger plans for blackmailing Mr. Drysdale with her cuckoo clock camera. The colonel continues to woo Granny. The two swindlers though haven't met someone as sharp as Jed.
Jethro is chopping wood while a chimpanzee named May Bell watches. He wishes that he could teach May Bell to chop wood. When Elly May comes by, she and Jethro talk and decide that they want a gorilla.
The Clampetts miss Herbie and ask Mr. Drysdale to get the tame gorilla back. The banker promises to help but actually hinders the effort.
Granny's soap making sends noxious smoke into the air, which gets the attention of smog commissioner Tinsley. He shuts down the operation and Jed decides to run against him when he misunderstands Mr. Drysdale's advice.
Granny wins free lessons from a supposedly acclaimed dance school.
Jed takes a job on the board of directors of O.K. Oil Company.
Cushing makes another attempt to get the Clampetts to move their money to his bank by romancing Granny. When Drysdale learns of this, he decides to bring his father-in-law Lowell Farquhar, who had once dated Granny, to draw Granny away from Cushing.
Gloria Swanson and Drysdale are doing some business which involves her selling her house and some of her possessions and donating the proceeds to charity and then she is moving East. When the Clampetts read about her moving away, Jethro who heard the story that she's auctioning off her things, thinks that she's broke and that she's being forced to sell her possessions. Granny being a big fan is heart broken. They go to see her and try to lift up her spirits by saying they like her movies and that they're still being shown in their hometown. Jed decides to ask Chapman, who runs his movie studio, to make a silent movie with Swanson in it.
Jethro is so desperate to meet a woman that when Miss Hathaway's bird watching group arrives, he goes out of his way to try to impress the women.
Flatt and Scruggs are visiting to film a TV commercial for a detergent. Commodore Ratterman thinks the Clampett authenticity would help sell the soap. He doesn't count on their honesty or Jethro's incompetence as a director
In order to buy Mrs. Drysdale a special Christmas present, the Clampetts take seasonal jobs in a department store
Granny discovers Martians next door at the Drysdale mansion.
Amos Wentworth Hogg, Mayor of Bug Tussle, travels to Beverly Hills to visit the Clampetts with hopes of raising money to cover an embezzlement debt. The Clampetts, however, believe he has eyes for Granny.
Granny decides to take her share of the Clampett millions and move back home.
Jed and Granny decide to donate the burden of their millions to some college students and move back home.
When Crowfoot Indians come to Beverly Hills to discuss a boundary dispute at the Clampett oil field, Granny prepares for war.
Jethro goes to a computer dating service, and Granny follows to find a date for Jed.
After reading the Society page Granny decides to best way to get Elly a husband is to throw her a coming out party, complete with possum burgers and gopher gravy. Mrs. Drysdale, hoping to forever humiliate them, is all too happy to help.
Jethro learns about bullfighting and decides bring a matador would be a perfect job. El Magnifico is to teach him but then he meets Ellie Mae and wants to marry the Clampett heiress. Her concern is for the bulls.
The Clampetts come across Narda and Yerko, two gypsies, who decide to run a scam on the unsuspecting clan. Involving both a marriage prophecy and and a curse, the crooks see the families 's naivety to their advantage.
The Clampetts are visited by a real king, Alexander so Granny and Mrs. Drysdale start matchmaking. The broke royal needs a wealthy bride and courts Ellie. Drysdale niece Doreen is tricked by a costumed Jethro and ends up unimpressed.
The Drysdales have temporary custody of a baby hippo and when Granny spots it she thinks it's a giant hog. She makes plans for turning into future meals while Ellie sees it as another pet.
Granny continues her doctoring and is especially pleased with her new batch of tonic. Dr. Clyburn is determined to get her to stop so invites her to his office to show her how modern medicine works. Granny has other ideas.
Country music legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs visit the Clampetts while Lester's "citified" wife, Gladys, heads to Mammoth Studios for a screen test directed by Jethro (at Lester's request).
The Clampetts agree to watch their banker's nephew Milby but they don't know he's spoiled rotten. His behavior tests the patience of all, especially Granny who has a few ideas on teaching him manners.
Mrs. Drysdale's dahlias spark a feud with the Clampett's when Margaret Drysdale accuses Granny of theft.
Granny wants to leave England until she thinks the feudal system means feuding with the neighboring castle. Once back in America Jethro decides to continue his Robin Hood ways in a local version of Sherwood Forest.
Jethro continues his life as Robin Hood in Griffin Park. He's attracted a large group of hippies who still don't realize Jethro has no idea what he's doing.
When Jethro gets his draft notice Jed decides he should pay what it costs the Army to train inductees. When Mr. Drysdale hears this he starts figuring how he can get Jethro out on a Section 8.
Jethro reports to the induction center after getting his draft notice. The Army isn't quite sure what to make of Jethro.
Elly May has a new beau and he's Mr. Universe Dave Draper but the Clampetts are concerned about his muscles. Doctor Granny is convince he is afflicted with barbell bloat and aims to cure him.
Since Granny can't plant crops in their yard, Jed thinks the solution is to buy her a plot a land somewhere else. He figures a place called Happy Valley is the best spot to buy land, not realizing it's a cemetery.
Granny's old friend the widow Adaline Ashley comes to Beverly Hills, and Granny sets to playing matchmaker for her and Jed. Mrs. Drysdale and her snooty friends are misled to believe Adaline is a socialite jet setter.
Jethro thinks he wants to be a naval frogman but Granny is concerned her tonic has transformed him. Mr. Drysdale, concerned about finances, has Miss Jane distract Jethro with comics causing him to want to fly to the moon.
Jethro heads down to the Reserves HQ while wearing an ancestor's Confederate Army uniform. The Sergeant thinks he's an actor there to participate in a Civil War reenactment. Jethro runs home to tell Granny the Civil War is still on.
Granny confuses a movie with a restart of the Civil War, convincing Ellie and Jethro to join the Confederates. Granny wounds the actor playing Grant with Ellie's cookies, taking him to cure him with her "rheumatism" medicine.
Col. Blake asks the actor playing Gen. Grant to play along with Granny so that the Civil War movie can continue. Meanwhile, Jethro uses his 6th grade education to take the written test to enter the Reserves.
Jethro believes his moment for Hollywood stardom has arrived. Casting for Bachelor Sheriff Knows Best is occurring and Jethro mistakenly thinks he has been chosen.
Granny competes against Mrs. Drysdale as artists and tells Jed about her uncle the barn painter. Jed and Jethro go to an upscale gallery to buy a painting but are mistaken for gardeners. Bessie the chimp dabbles with a paintbrush.
After Ellie seems to be no longer interested in Dash Riprock Granny decides it's time to do a little matchmaking. She thinks the handsome actor would be perfect for Miss Jane.
Mr. Drysdale talks the Clampetts into hiring a housekeeper. Unfortunately, the housekeeper that is hired is uninterested in doing housework.
Jethro decides to turn his favorite thing eating into a job by getting the family involved in buying a diner. The family's choice of offerings lead to a lack of customers so Mr. Drysdale tries to fix things.
Jethro, worried that his diner the Hungry Gizzard has no customers, has a wonderful idea. He busts in on Mr. Drysdale trying to impress the wealthy Vanderponts, announcing the restaurant is going topless. Confusion ensues.
Granny wants to leave sunny California because she misses the winter season sending Mr. Drysdale into a panic. The banker enlists Miss Jane in an elaborate scheme to convince the Clampetts that a blizzard has occurred.
After Mrs. Drysdale complains to Granny they have a physical brawl. It leads to Jethro explaining to Jed and Granny about TV wrestling. While watching Granny thinks its real so she decides to rescue Rebecca, one of the performers.
The last televised wrestling match was such a success that the promoter wants a rematch. Granny isn't interested until Rebecca's "parents" visit.
Granny is worried about Miss Jane's spinsterhood and convinces Jethro to ask her to marry him. Granny assures him that she will decline the proposal, but Hathaway accepts, leading to panic in the Clampett household.
Jethro is on to his next big idea and wants to play the violin. Jed asks Miss Jane to find a teacher and she hires Stromboli, a famed classical virtuoso. But the Clampetts want fiddle music so they find someone else.
Granny confuses a soap opera with real life and decides her doctoring can save Dr. Rex Goodbody from a terminal illness.
Granny is on the warpath concerning the chaos caused by Ellie's critters and declares either they go or she does. Mr. Drysdale is equally irritated by the expense of his wife's poodle. Jed tries to find a solution.
Granny and Jethro believe they have psychic abilities, but Granny's predictions stop coming true. With her reputation on the line, she picks a stock for Mr. Drysdale that could cost him a small fortune.
Granny and Jethro believe they have psychic abilities, but Granny's predictions stop coming true. With her reputation on the line, she picks a stock for Mr. Drysdale that could cost him a small fortune.
Cousin Roy from back home comes to visit and to open up a distribution point for Mother Myrtle's Tonic. Granny isn't very keen on any competition against her own tonic.
While in England, Jethro falls for a young lady, but the Clampetts thinks a man wearing the kilt is the girl that Jethro has fallen for.
In an attempt to get the Clampetts to move back to California, Mr. Drysdale tells Granny about the spirit of Lady Clementine. Her husband was murdered in the Clampett castle. Lady Clementine's ghost is going to return to seek revenge on the person who killed her husband; her little old grandmother.
After the Clampetts return from London, Granny gets a letter from Hooterville asking her to help with Betty Jo Elliot's baby.
While Granny is away in Hooterville, Mr. Drysdale hires a gorgeous Italian cook who speaks no English.
Granny and the Italian chef compete to see who will cook for the family.
Jethro and Elly dress up in Bonnie and Clyde costumes and end up scaring Mr. Drysdale; to get back at them, Mr. Drysdale dresses up as a bank robber but gets caught.
The Clampetts spend Thanksgiving in Hooterville.
Mr. Drysdale casts Dash Riprock as Homer Noodleman, a potential new lover for Elly May.
Jethro wants a new identity with replacement of their old truck with a modern hot rod. Granny wants to stay with the old truck. To prove how good the old truck is Granny races Jethro in his hot rod.
The Clampetts prepare to go to Hooterville for Christmas.
The Clampetts return to Hooterville to celebrate Christmas. Mr. Drysdale, convinced that Mr. Clampett intends to move all of his money to Mr. Drucker's bank, drives to Hooterville to stop him.
Mr. Drysdale follows the Clampetts and Miss Jane to Hooterville where they are spending Christmas. He takes Ellie's bear Fairchild with him and gets himself thrown in jail in a little town. Sam Drucker shows up to help.
Mr. Drysdale is sick and Dr. Granny springs into action with a chimp as a nurse. But Ellie's bear Fairchild has taken a liking to granny's "flu" remedy. During this, Mrs. Drysdale tries to impress society matron Mrs. Van Ransohoff.
Jethro's new plan is to become a big-time talent agent, and his first action is hiring beautiful Babs and Bunny. Cousin Roy, told he has musical gifts, arrives but Jethro refuses to accept him as a client which upsets the other Clampetts.
Jethro agrees to take on cousin Roy as a client but then he changes everything that made the banjo player likeable. Granny, Jed, and Ellie are dismayed but a hit record happens in spite of Jethro.
Jethro is evicted because his 50-cent allowance won't cover the rent. The other Clampetts take over the space: Granny will cut hair or pull teeth, Jed will sharpen tools and whittle things, and Elly is the pretty receptionist.
With the Clampetts established "in business" in Jethro's vacated office space, a building inspector visits to find out about their business operations on the 5th floor.
Mr. Drysdale hires a "troubleshooter" for the bank. His main mission is to get the Clampetts to close their business operating out of the 5th floor.
Granny provides Homer Cratchit with a baldness cure which makes the other employees curious about what's going on on the 5th floor. One secretary sets her sights on marrying Jed.
Sam Drucker comes to Beverly Hills to visit and Granny assumes he's interested in courting her.
Jethro meets Mrs. Drysdale's guru and decides he wants to be one also. Granny thinks it's all nonsense but when she tries to put a stop to it the followers find her common sense inspiring and make her the head guru.
The Drysdales now jog, so the banker can get the account of Jason Detweiler, head of a running club. The Clampetts don't understand the concept, leading to misunderstandings, then Elly and Jethro become enthusiastic.
Famous singer Pat Boone is in the neighborhood and smells Granny's cooking. He wanders into their backyard and the Clampetts befriend him, thinking he's a hill country man down on his luck.
The family begins to make plans for Elly May's upcoming wedding to Matthew, but Mr. Drysdale finds himself preoccupied during the entire matter by the prospects that the wedding will lead him to lose his biggest account.
After Elly's wedding plans fall through because Matthew is unavailable, the Clampetts leave Silver Dollar City. They head to New York City where they encounter their old "friend", conman Shifty Shafer, who sells them Central Park.
Honest John continues to show the Clampetts around New York trying to "sell" them as many landmarks as possible. The police have given him a twenty four hour notice while Miss Jane and Mr. Drysdale try to get there to stop the con job.
The Clampetts settle on their new property of Central Park and Jed starts building a log cabin. Granny looks for possums but meets muggers instead giving them a lesson in manners. Mr. Drysdale pleads with them to return to California.
The Clampetts return to their mansion and Mr. Drysdale claims the veterinarian Dr. Graham is perfect for Elly. But Granny, after breaking her glasses, mistakes a seal for the veterinarian, leading to a series of misunderstandings.
Shorty Kellems comes to Beverly Hills for a visit. Mr. Drysdale misunderstands a conversation and mistakenly believes Shorty is wealthier than Jed, and begins to indulge him in every way possible to win his account.
Mr. Drysdale continues his misguided campaign to win Shorty Kellems as a depositor, and Shorty gleefully binges on all the attractive inducements.
Jethro is leading a wild life with Shorty. Granny is determined to get Shorty to return to the hills. Meanwhile, Mr. Drysdale would like Shorty to invest his money with the bank... enlisting the secretarial pool to persuade him!
Mrs. Drysdale's favorite nephew, Lance "Jetstream" Bradford, who after ten years is still a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force, comes for a visit. Milburn reluctantly gives him a job.
Lance is desperate to land a new depositor for the bank and tells Milburn he's bringing in an Air Force General.
Jethro comes to Hooterville in a general's uniform.
The Clampetts are rumored to be merging their interests with a rich tycoon.
Shorty Kellems delays his marriage to Elverna Bradshaw by having Mr. Drysdale throw him a wild bachelor party.
Elverna continues dragging Shorty to a Las Vegas wedding, as Mr. Drysdale deals with consequences from Shorty's bachelor party.
Shorty thinks he's figured out a way to avoid marrying Elverna Bradshaw.
Shorty Kellems spends the three day waiting period before marriage taking repeated "dips" in the bank's secretarial pool.
Shorty finally gets married, but it's to the wrong woman.
The Clampetts run Shorty's city bride, Gloria, through the rigors of rural living, trying to convince her she should annul her marriage to Shorty.
When Granny induces Jed, Elly, and Jethro to move into the nostalgic old cabin, Shorty Kellems exploits the now-unoccupied mansion.
Shorty's been sent back to the hills, but the Clampetts still have all his girl boarders to deal with in the mansion; and Mr. Drysdale has serious trouble when Jean Bell's brothers get the mistaken idea that he has enslaved their sister.
Honest John shows up with another scheme to get the Clampett millions for himself. Convincing them he's invented machines to blow the smog away, Jed finds trying to get his money from Mr. Drysdale nearly impossible.
Flo Shafer is intent on helping Shifty regain his scheming composure.
Elly continues dating Navy man Mark. Granny objects, convinced he is part frog. While Jed tries to keep Mark from eating his daughter's cooking, Granny works to find a cure for his amphibious ways.
Granny is desperate to keep Mark from being a frog so he can eventually marry Elly. She heads to the bank, believing that if Miss Jane kisses the frog, it will become human again. Jane refers her to psychiatrist Dr. Klingner.
Granny goes to extreme measures to keep Elly from Mark, who she's convinced is turning the family into frogs. Mark tells Jed more about his naval duties, especially about harvesting food from the sea.
Granny remains convinced that Mark is turning the rest of the Clampetts into frogs. She takes the amphibians to psychiatrist Dr. Klingner in the belief he is able to return them back into humans.
Mark shows Granny and the rest of the family a film about his navy job to help her understand his frogman activities. She remains unconvinced. Mr. Drysdale is alarmed that Jed wants to invest millions in underwater farms.
Shorty returns and Granny convinces him to pretend to be Elly's boyfriend to drive Mark away. Mr. Drysdale tells Jed that the idea of him giving millions to the ocean project has made Miss Jane mentally unstable.
Granny and Mr. Drysdale are desperate for different reasons. Granny hopes that if Mark tastes Elly's cooking, he will leave. Mr. Drysdale dresses as Napoleon Bonaparte to keep Jed from investing in Mark's ocean project.
Mark finally convinces Granny he's all human, then sets about resigning his Navy commission to pursue oceanography research. Mr. Drysdale creates a diversion to keep Jed from funding Mark's new ambitions.
When the Clampetts learn that the grunion are due on the California coast, and having no idea who or what grunion are, head down to the beach to defend it from invasion.
Mr. Drysdale's latest ploy, involving duping the Clampetts into believing that the annual running of the grunion fish is an invasion by the people of Grun, backfires when Miss Hathaway organizes the female bank employees in protest.
The women employees at the bank rebel against Mr. Drysdale's unfair work practices and he locks them in his office. The Clampetts are caught in the middle where Jed tries to hear both sides but Granny takes action.
Miss Jane and the bank's secretarial staff foment a revolution against Mr. Drysdale's repression that spills over into the Clampett's family life.
Jed and Jethro get help from a karate expert's geisha girls to run the mansion, while Granny, Elly, and the bank's secretaries all move into Miss Jane's small studio apartment as a headquarters for their cause.
Miss Jane and the women continue their crusade against male chauvinism, but they must overcome centuries of Japanese culture, Mr. Drysdale, and Jethro's giant "intellect".
Life gets back to "normal" with the Clampetts, but Jethro, Mr. Drysdale, and Banzai have adjustments to make.
Elly May decides to actually start working at the bank and to move in with Jane Hathaway to her apartment. While Drysdale tries to persuade Phinney the landlord to sabotage them
Jethro's childhood sweetheart Louellen comes to visit the Clampetts, who believe that she wants to marry Jethro. Jethro panics and runs away because he thinks that marrying a hillbilly girl like Louellen would damage his image as a sophisticated international playboy. Elly May starts her new job as a secretary for Mr. Drysdale, who is nice to Miss Hathaway only when Elly May is around.
Dick Bremerkamp, a penniless actor, learns the Clampetts are millionaires and courts Elly.
Unemployed actor Dick Bremerkamp expands his repertoire of guises as he works his way into the Clampett fortune.
The final show of the series. Elly May's intended husband may win out in marrying her for her money. Hathaway tries to expose his plan to Drysdale, Granny and Jed. Jethro may wed as well but may or may not return to California.