The Beverly Hillbillies: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Beverly Hillbillies Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Admiral Jed Clampett
Sep 15, 1965
Mr Drysdale wants Jed to buy a yacht & join the Yacht club. Jethro sees Mr Drysdale's captains hat & goes out to find a something similar for Jed. He returns with an Admirals unif
That Old Black Magic
Sep 22, 1965
Granny thinks Mrs Drysdale's astrology is Black Magic, Mrs Drysdale's horoscope says to make friends with the neighbours. Granny chases her away, but later goes to apologise & is
The Sheik
Sep 29, 1965
After entering an oil deal with Jed and O.K. Oil, the Sheik befriends the Clampetts, giving Jed four of his dancing girls for wives and tries to get the beautiful Elly May as one o
The Private Eye
Oct 6, 1965
Jethro is a 'double nought' spy waiting for a call from 'M' so he can go on an adventure. Mr Drysdale gives him an office in the bank & Elly May is his secretary. After a visit fr
Possum Day
Oct 13, 1965
Granny thinks Mrs.Drysdale is running against her for Possum Queen.Granny and the family put on a rip-snotin' campaign to elect Granny Possum Queen.Mr.Drysdale,in the meantime,is t
The Possum Parade
Oct 20, 1965
Granny is wondering why her opponent Mrs Drysdale hasn't started her campaign for Possum Queen yet. When Mr Drysdale learns this he immediately starts campaigning for his wife wi
The Clampetts Play the Rams
Oct 27, 1965
Drysdale's maid is spending too much time with Jethro.
The Courtship of Elly
Nov 3, 1965
Elly May again becomes the target of one of Granny's matchmaking schemes.
A Real Nice Neighbor
Nov 10, 1965
The Clampetts think the house keeper from next door is their new neighbour.
Hoe Down a-Go-Go
Nov 24, 1965
Jethro has girl trouble—he can't get one! Jed and Granny decide throw a wing-ding where he and Elly Mae can meet nice young folks. The bank's Ms. Hathaway and Mr. Drysdale hel
Mrs. Drysdale's Father
Dec 1, 1965
Mrs Drysdale's father arrives & is a little short of cash. After hearing that Jed next-door is a millionaire he invites himself over for a game of poker. Mrs Drysdale's Father is
Mr. Farquhar Stays On
Dec 8, 1965
Mrs. Drysdale's father, an aristocratic Bostonian, is coming to visit, and she's afraid that one glimpse of the unrefined Clampetts will send him back to Boston.
The Common Cold
Dec 29, 1965
Granny has a cure for the common cold & opens up an office in Mr Drysdale's Building.
The Richest Woman
Jan 5, 1966
The world's richest woman has her eye on the Clampett estate.
The Trotting Horse
Jan 12, 1966
Granny asks Jethro to give her driving lessons. After the first lesson he quits & Mr Drysdale talks Jed into buying a trotter. The Clampetts just want the horse to take Granny to
The Buggy
Jan 19, 1966
The Clampetts buy a horse for Mrs Drysdale named Lightning. Jed wants Mr Drysdale to ask his wife if she'll compete with Granny in a buggy race.
The Cat Burglar
Jan 26, 1966
Elly-May is worried because she heard there was a Cat-Burglar on the loose. So she gathered up all her cats & took them inside the house. Later the Cat Burglar posing as a detectiv
The Big Chicken
Feb 2, 1966
Granny thinks an ostrich in their yard is a big chicken & tries to catch it for supper.
Brewster's Baby
Feb 16, 1966
Granny and Elly head for the Ozarks to help deliver a friend's baby.
The Great Jethro
Feb 23, 1966
Jethro decides to be a magician after seeing Marvo the Magnificent.Marvo puts on a magic show for the Clampetts-and later sells Jethro his entire warehouse of equipment(which had b
The Folk Singers
Mar 23, 1966
Jethro abandons his career as an astronaut to become a folk singer.
The Beautiful Maid
Mar 30, 1966
Julie Newmar as an actress studying backwoods behavior for a movie role.
Jethro's Pad
Apr 6, 1966
While cleaning out Mr Drysdale's garage to earn some extra money for his new pad, Jethro finds a large pile of ""mens magazines"". With his new pad (a beat-up old caravan) Jeth
The Bird Watchers
Apr 13, 1966
Mr Drysdale wants Dash to ask Elly for another date. Miss Jane meets her hero, Prof. Biddle (of the Biddle birdwatchers)& they go out on a field trip looking for birds to watch.
Jethro Gets Engaged
Apr 20, 1966
Jethro get's a job as Dash Riprock's stunt double. He changes his name to ""Beef Jerky"".
Granny Tonics a Birdwatcher
Apr 27, 1966
Prof.Biddle drinks some of Granny's tonic thinking it's water & his personality changes.
Jethro Goes to College
May 18, 1966
Jethro goes to college & when he graduates Mr Drysdale makes him Vice President of the Bank. Elly wants to go to college too, but she ends up in a karate school.!