Season 1

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  4.9/1035 votes

  Pilot

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/1990

  On the first day of school, Ferris becomes infatuated with transfer student Sloan.

  Director: Jonathan Lynn

  Writer: John Masius

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  5.2/1025 votes

  Behind Every Dirtbag

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1990

  Ferris grooms a rebel to oppose the principal's preferred candidate.

  Director: Bill Bixby

  Writer: N/A

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  5.7/1023 votes

  Custodian of the People

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1990

  Ferris has his janitor buddy impersonate the former Marine drill sergeant Rooney hired as the new dean of students.

  Director: Bethany Rooney

  Writer: N/A

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  5.9/1020 votes

  Without You I'm Nothing

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1990

  Ferris attempts to help Cameron, who feels trapped in Ferris's shadow, by suggesting to him that he should do something he will be remembered for.

  Director: Steve Dubin

  Writer: Steve Pepoon

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  5.6/1019 votes

  Between a Rock and Rooney's Place

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1990

  Ferris throws a surprise birthday party for Cameron.

  Director: James Whitmore Jr.

  Writer: N/A

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  5.8/1019 votes

  A Dog and His Boy

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1990

  Sloan leaves Lucy, the campus canine, in Ferris' care.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: John Masius

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  5.2/1017 votes

  Ferris Bueller Can't Win

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1990

  After a fortuneteller sees a black aura around him, Ferris has a run of disastrously bad luck.

  Director: Steve Dubin

  Writer: N/A

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  6.2/1026 votes

  Sloan Again, Naturally

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1990

  Sloan, feeling smothered by Ferris, dates a dashing Italian exchange student whom Jeannie likes.

  Director: Andy Tennant

  Writer: N/A

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  6.3/1025 votes

  Scenes from a Grandma

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1990

  Ferris' nosy, know-it-all grandmother wants to turn her two-week visit into a permanent stay.

  Director: Arlene Sanford

  Writer: Steve Pepoon

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  6.3/1051 votes

  Stand-In Deliver

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1990

  The father of Cameron's new girlfriend Ann forbids Cameron to see her. So Ferris poses as her boyfriend to get past her father.

  Director: Bethany Rooney

  Writer: N/A

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  6.0/1017 votes

  Baby You Can't Drive My Car

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1990

  Ferris buys a 1962 Corvette that may be haunted.

  Director: Bill Bixby

  Writer: Steve Pepoon

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  6.9/1025 votes

  Grace Under Pressure

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1990

  Rooney tries to cancel the annual high school beach day when the superintendent's office schedules an inspection.

  Director: Victor Lobl

  Writer: N/A

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  6.2/1020 votes

  A Night in the Life

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/11/1991

  Ferris and Cameron survive an eventful night while trying to churn out an important class paper.

  Director: Christopher T. Welch

  Writer: N/A