Green Acres
The Ex-Con
TV Flash files “The Ex-Con” as hour 136 of 170 in the TV Flash guide — Green Acres (1965–1971) on CBS, season 5, episode 18, aired 1970-01-31, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E18: listed hour 136 of 170 in the Green Acres guide, hour 18 of 26 in season 5. It aired 1970-01-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Bundle of Joy” (S05E17). Next is “The Cow Killer” (S05E19).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Oliver gives another of his speeches, this one to the County Bar Association, encouraging the hiring of ex-convicts. This leads to his hiring of Willie Dunhill, a man who's spent so many years in prison, he can't adjust to life on the outside; he keeps calling Oliver "warden".
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Ex-Con sit in the Green Acres guide?
S05E18 is listed hour 136 of 170 — hour 18 of 26 in season 5, season 5 episode 18.
When did Green Acres S05E18 air?
The Ex-Con aired 1970-01-31 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Oliver-and-Lisa arriving in Hooterville is the culture-clash contract: Albert's lawyer despair, Gabor's socialite charm. Arnold Ziffel, the pig treated as a child, is the surrealism at full civic personage.
In the series
Why this series still plays
New York lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas drags glamorous Lisa to a farm where pigs outrank local officials. Eddie Albert's despair against Eva Gabor's charm made Jay Sommers's Hooterville cousin the smartest, strangest rural sitcom. Absurdist television hiding in overalls — canceled in the rural purge, immortal in reruns.
New York lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas buys a farm and the window goes surreal. Jay Sommers's *Green Acres* (CBS, 1965–1971) ran **six seasons, 170 episodes** as the smartest, strangest cousin in the Paul Henning rural-verse. Eddie Albert's despair. Eva Gabor's charm. Hooterville logic bent reality weekly; Arnold the pig became a civic personage. Pat Buttram's Mr. Haney and Tom Lester's Eb completed the county. Rex will toast overalls. It was absurdist television hiding in a rural slot — meta-farm life before…
Filed against
- Eddie Albert as Oliver Wendell Douglas
Eddie Albert dragged a New York lawyer into Hooterville as Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres — pigs outranking officials, Eva Gabor's charm as the counterweight, and the smartest rural sitcom hiding in overalls. TV Flash files him as…
- Eva Gabor as Lisa Douglas
Eva Gabor glamorized Hooterville as Lisa Douglas on Green Acres — New York chic versus pigs that outrank officials, Eddie Albert's despair as the counterweight, Jay Sommers's rural sitcom as the smartest weird hour in overalls. TV Flash…
- Pat Buttram as Mr. Haney
Pat Buttram played Mr. Haney on Green Acres, the 1960s Hooterville cousin where a New York lawyer drags glamorous Lisa to a farm and pigs outrank local officials. Eddie Albert’s despair, Eva Gabor’s charm, absurdist television hiding in…
- Tom Lester as Eb Dawson
Tom Lester played Eb Dawson on Green Acres — Hooterville farmhand in a 1960s rural sitcom that hid absurdist television in overalls. Eddie Albert’s despair, Eva Gabor’s charm, a pig that outranked local officials. TV Flash files him as…