The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: 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 Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 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
A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to a Funny Thing
Sep 26, 1962
Maynard saves a suicidal jumper but falls from the ledge himself and is taken to a psycho ward.
What's a Little Murder Between Friends
Oct 3, 1962
Dobie names Thaila as his beneficiary on a life insurance policy, then becomes paranoid that she and Maynard are trying to kill him.
Northern Comfort
Oct 10, 1962
Mrs. Gillis's cousin Virgil visits and gets the Gillises to supply him with all he needs for a singing engagement.
The Ugliest American
Oct 17, 1962
On a class trip to an African jungle, Dobie is captured by a tribe of cannibals.
A Splinter Off the Old Block
Oct 24, 1962 · 30 min
Dobie's teenage cousin Duncan moves in with the Gillises and tells Dobie's girlfriend that Dobie needs help for a drinking problem.
What Makes the Varsity Drag?
Oct 31, 1962
Dobie joins the football squad to impress a girl, but only succeeds in making her big bruiser boyfriend jealous.
Like Hi, Exlosives
Nov 7, 1962
Duncan and Maynard don't realize they loaded up the Gillis Grocery delivery truck with a case of nitroglycerin.
Where is Thy Sting
Nov 14, 1962
Dobie pretends to be terminaly ill to gain a girl's sympathy. However, due to a mixup, Dobie is led to believe he's really in poor health.
Flow Gently, Sweet Money
Nov 21, 1962
An older woman teaches Duncan how to be rotten to succeed in the world so he'll be able to provide for her younger sister. But meanwhile the younger sister is falling for nice, hon
Strictly for the Birds
Nov 28, 1962
Dobie and Maynard train a mynah bird to help them with their history exam.
The Iceman Goeth
Dec 5, 1962
Maynard and Duncan accidentally lock Mr. Gillis in the meat freezer, and think they've killed him.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Gillis
Dec 12, 1962
To avoid failing an upcoming test that will cause him to flunk out of school, Maynard drinks a potion that is supposed to turn him into a genius, but ends up transforming him into
Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney
Dec 19, 1962
To cure Maynard of his childish belief in Santa Claus, Mr. Gillis climbs down the chimney on Christmas Eve and gets stuck.
Who Did William Tell?
Jan 2, 1963
Duncan gets a role in a visiting production of William Tell and falls for a young opera star, unaware she has a jealous boyfriend.
Too Many Kooks Spoil the Broth
Jan 9, 1963
Dobie falls for a kitchenware heiress and wants to impress her by selling one of the man's Quickie-Cookers.
Vocal Boy Makes Good
Jan 16, 1963
Performing at Pryor College, the Lettermen hire Dobie as an emergency replacement singer.
All Right, Dobie, Drop the Gun
Jan 23, 1963
A fugitive criminal and his girlfriend hold up the Gillises in the store. Maynard arrives and complicates the situation.
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor
Jan 30, 1963
Dobie is the new DJ on the college radio station. A mobster tries to give him payola to make his country-singer girlfriend a star.
Two for the Whipsaw
Feb 6, 1963
Chatsworth pays Dobie to take his place at a fancy dinner with old friends of the family, whose daughter he remembers as being particularly ugly.
The Moon and No Pence
Feb 13, 1963 · 30 min
Dobie falls for brainy a Russian ballerina and solicits Zelda's aid to improve his grades. When that fails, he ends up dancing outside her window.
The Beast with Twenty Fingers
Feb 20, 1963
Maynard and Herbert get struck in one of those finger toys just as Mr. Gillis is about to leave for a grocer's convention.
Thanks for the Memory
Feb 27, 1963 · 30 min
When a foreign student likes Dobie because he is simple-minded, Zelda decides to teach him how to improve his memory
Three Million Coins in the Fountain
Mar 6, 1963
When Chatsworth's family goes broke, he gets Maynard and Duncan to help him raise money claiming it is charity for a needy family.
Beethoven, Presley, and Me
Mar 13, 1963
The song-analyzing qualities of a computer are transfered to Maynard, and cousin Virgil uses his ability to predict hit songs to become a singing star.
The Little Chimp That Couldn't
Mar 20, 1963
A test chimpanzee is doomed unless Maynard can show that he is more talented than he seems.
There's Always Room for One Less
Mar 27, 1963
Thrown out by his mother, Chatsworth moves in with the Gillises for a while.
The General Cried at Dawn
Apr 3, 1963 · 30 min
Maynard doubles for a Latin American general while on vacation.
Now I Lay Me Down to Steal
Apr 10, 1963
Staying overnight at the Osbourne mansion with Dobie and his new girlfriend, Maynard is suspected of stealing jewelry from their safe when he is found sleepwalking.
Lassie, Get Lost
Apr 17, 1963
A teenage celebrity's dog is lost and Dobie tries to find it.
The Rice and Old Shoes Caper
Apr 24, 1963
Zelda is tired of being rejected by Dobie, while Maynard realizes that no other woman would put up with him.
Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight
May 1, 1963
Maynard temporarily gains super-strength. Mr. Gillis becomes his prize fighting manager.
I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.
May 8, 1963
On a trip to Washington DC with the Gillises, Maynard gets mistaken for a rocket scientist and sought by foreign spies for his secret fuel formula.
There's a Broken Light for Every Broken Heart on Broadway
May 15, 1963
Maynard guides a fellow student to become a singing sensation, then ponders if he should step aside when a big-time agent wants to take her on.
Beauty Is Only Kin Deep
May 22, 1963
Dobie falls in love with a girl at school, but family tradition prevents her from marrying until a match can be found for her older sister.
The Call of the, Like, Wild
May 29, 1963
A chemical concoction makes Maynard irresistible to women.
The Devil and Dobie Gillis
Jun 5, 1963 · 30 min
Desperate for date money, Dobie figuratively sells his soul to Chatsworth and agrees to fix the outcome of a $5,000 charity raffle.