The Beverly Hillbillies: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
The Party Line
Sep 14, 1966
Granny returns from visiting Pearl & brings Pearls old telephone with her. She wants Jethro to install a party line so she can listen to other folks conversations. However things d
The Soup Contest
Sep 21, 1966
Granny enters a Soup Contest using Elly's name and wins. Granny wants exposure for Elly so she can get married. Jed's against Granny's idea because he says it's dishonest. Granny
Jethro Takes Love Lessons
Sep 28, 1966
Jethro is trying to impress a girl & asks Dash Riprock for Love lessons. He asks Susie for a date but she's not interested until she learns that it's a double date & Dash Riprock
The Badger Game
Oct 5, 1966
Emmaline Fetty arrives at the Clampett's claiming to be from back home. In reality she is trying to blackmail Jed with some incriminating photos she took with a ""cuckoo clock came
The Badgers Return
Oct 12, 1966
Jethro thinks Duke is calling His name, when it's really Emmaline hiding in the bushes. She wants Jethro to sneak her into the house so she can borrow one of Elly's dresses & cha
The Gorilla
Oct 19, 1966
Elly wants a Gorilla, Jethro wants it to do all his chores. Jed asks Mr Drysdale if he can send one over. Mr Drysdale hires a man in a Gorilla suit & asks him if he can scare the
Come Back, Little Herbie
Oct 26, 1966
Mr Kelly (Herby) wants his money from Mr Drysdale. Mr Drysdale wants Herby to go back to the Clampetts to replace the real Gorilla. The Clampetts still think Herby's real & offer
Jed in Politics
Nov 2, 1966
Granny's mixing up a batch of her soap,Mrs Drysdale complains to the smog commisioner. The smog commish. arrives & Granny chases him off with a shotgun. The commish.is up for re-
Clampett Cha Cha Cha
Nov 9, 1966
Granny wins five free dance lessons from Marvin & Marita dance school & can't wait to start. The dance instructors arrive at the Clampett's & Granny starts dancing with Marvin.
Jed Joins the Board
Nov 16, 1966
Jed gets a job as a garbage man & Mr Drysdale is shocked, so he gets him a position as director on the board of O.K. Oil Company. The Clampetts turn the company plane into a chea
Granny Lives It Up
Nov 23, 1966
Mr Drysdale's competitor John Cushing woo's Granny so she'll put her money in his bank. When Mr Drysdale hears of this he asks his father in law Mr Farquar to woo Granny to keep
The Gloria Swanson Story
Nov 30, 1966
The Clampett's are shocked to hear Gloria Swanson's house is to be demolished to make way for a golf course. They offer to make a silent movie with her as the star to raise some mo
The Woodchucks
Dec 7, 1966
Jethro wants to mail himself to Paris to meet girls. Miss Jane arrives with Biddle Bird Watchers. Jethro likes Athena & wants to join, Miss Jane says only girls can join. Mr Drys
Foggy Mountain Soap
Dec 14, 1966
Lester & Earl return with the news they are making a commercial for Foggy Mountain Soap. Jed & Granny are invited by the owner to star in the commercial. Jethro wants to direct it
The Christmas Present
Dec 21, 1966
It's Christmas & Granny has no Christmas spirit. Jed, Jethro & Elly remember the good ol' days back home & decide to help the people of Beverly Hills. Jethro gets a job as Santa i
The Flying Saucer
Dec 28, 1966
Granny discovers Martians next door at the Drysdale mansion.
The Mayor of Bug Tussle
Jan 4, 1967
The Mayor of Bugtussle arrives & the Clampett's roll out the red carpet to welcome him. The Mayor tells Mr Drysdale he needs money for the city funds & wanted to ask Jed but couldn
Granny Retires
Jan 11, 1967
Granny wants to retire from Doctorin' & go home to the Hills. She wants to pass on her knowledge to Jethro & Elly but they aren't really interested. Mr Drysdale convinces Dr
The Clampett Curse
Jan 18, 1967
The Clampett's give all their money to N.E.E.D.Y. & move out of the mansion. On their way out of Los Angeles they run out of gas near a national park & with no money decide to st
The Indians Are Coming
Feb 1, 1967
An Indian reservation borders the O.K. oil fields land back in the Hills & the chief wants to discuss the boundary with Jed. Granny thinks the Indians are on the warpath & when
The Marriage Machine
Feb 8, 1967
Granny tries to match-make Jed after he told her not to. She sends his vital statistics to Jethro's computer dating service & waits for the results. Miss Peabody was selected as
Elly Comes Out
Feb 15, 1967
Granny wants a coming out party for Elly and tells Society Sandy it will be the social event of the year. Mrs. Drysdale wants to make it a social flop. Mr. Drysdale is afraid the C
The Matador
Feb 22, 1967
Jethro wants to be a bullfighter & asks Jed to buy him a bull. When it arrives,it's the wrong kind of bull & Elly quickly adopts it as a pet. The movie studio is making a movie
The Gypsy's Warning
Mar 1, 1967
Mrs Drysdale hires 2 Gypsy's to go to the Clampett house & tell them it's cursed & maybe they'll go back home to the hills. Granny is convinced & wants to go home straight away.
His Royal Highness
Mar 8, 1967
Mrs Drysdale invites a King to come & stay at her place. She doesn't know He's broke & when Mr Drysdale introduces him to the Clampett's He wants to marry Elly for Her money. Whe
Super Hawg
Mar 15, 1967
Granny sees a hippo next door at the Drysdale's & thinks it's the biggest hog she's ever seen. Mr Drysdale foreclosed on a zoo & is using the hippo for advertising purposes by writ
The Doctors
Mar 22, 1967
Granny mixes up a batch of her 'spring tonic' & takes it to the bank. Jed swaps it for root beer. Dr Clyburn wants to charge Granny with dispensing without a licence. Mr Drysdale b
Delovely and Scruggs
Mar 29, 1967
Lester, Gladys & Earl arrive for Gladys' screen test. Lester wants Jethro to direct so she won't get the job.! They need three days to develop the film, so Jed has them move into t
The Little Monster
Apr 12, 1967
Mr Drysdales' nephew Milby is just like his Uncle,he arrives for a visit & is quite a handfull. When he learns that the Clampetts are millionaires he wants them to baby sit him.
The Dahlia Feud
Apr 19, 1967
Elly makes a sponge cake with real sponges.! Mrs Drysdale wants a dahlia bed. Mrs Drysdale hires Mr Ted to plant her dahlias. Elly's chimp steals the stakes for the plants, When Mr