7.9/10164 votes#1 - Beginnings
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1983
Gobo's Uncle Matt discovers the opening to Outer Space and sets off to explore it, leaving Gobo behind to explore Fraggle Rock and pick up the postcards Matt will send.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.7/10123 votes#2 - Wembley and the Gorgs
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/1983
Wembley agrees with everyone, including the Gorgs, who decide he makes a great loyal subject.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.0/10115 votes#3 - Let the Water Run
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/1983
Red's Swimming Extravaganza is canceled when the Pool goes dry and there's no water to fill it.
Director: Perry Rosemond
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.0/10106 votes#4 - You Can't Do That Without a Hat
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1983
Boober is really brave until he loses his lucky hat.
Director: Perry Rosemond
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.3/1099 votes#5 - The Thirty-Minute Work Week
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/1983
Wembley has to decide what job he wants to do.
Director: Norman Campbell
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.9/10102 votes#6 - The Preachification of Convincing John
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/1983
Mokey decides that eating Doozer constructions hurts their feelings, so she gets Convincing John to help her get the Fraggles to stop.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.5/1093 votes#7 - I Want to Be You
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1983
Everyone loves Mokey, so Red decides to be just like her.
Director: Perry Rosemond
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.4/1096 votes#8 - The Terrible Tunnel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1983
Wembley accidentally finds the legendary Terrible Tunnel.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.4/1095 votes#9 - The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1983
Gobo and Red find a map that leads to the Ancient Treasure of the Fraggles.
Director: Perry Rosemond
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.5/1087 votes#10 - Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1983
Gobo gets trapped in Outer Space when Doc boards up the hole in the wall.
Director: Perry Rosemond
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.6/1086 votes#11 - Catch the Tail by the Tiger
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1983
It's been two weeks since Traveling Matt's last postcard, so Gobo decides to go into Outer Space to look for him.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: David Young
7.4/1083 votes#12 - The Finger of Light
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1983
Mokey wins Ruler of the Rock Day, but she has a lot of trouble being in charge.
Director: Peter Harris
Writer: David Young
7.7/1083 votes#13 - We Love You, Wembley
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/1983
Everybody wants Wembley to do something for them, except a Fraggle named Lou, who likes Wembley just for who he is.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.5/1081 votes#14 - The Challenge
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/1983
Red challenges Gobo's leadership.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.4/1079 votes#15 - I Don't Care
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/18/1983
Boober is sick of everyone not respecting his feelings.
Director: Stephen Katz
Writer: Carol Bolt
7.4/1079 votes#16 - Capture the Moon
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/25/1983
Gobo is the Moon-Greeter for this month's Festival of the Fraggle Moon, when Junior Gorg steals the Moon!
Director: Douglas Williams
Writer: David Brandes
8.2/1087 votes#17 - Marooned
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/2/1983
Boober's birthday is interrupted by a disaster (and didn't he just know this was going to happen?!).
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: David Young
8.3/1098 votes#18 - The Minstrels
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/9/1983
The Fraggles meet the band of traveling musicians known as The Minstrels, led by the mysterious and wise Cantus. Everyone must find their own song, but Red is having a lot of trouble with hers.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.8/1081 votes#19 - The Great Radish Famine
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/16/1983
The Trash Heap decides to teach the Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs a lesson by magically making all the radishes in the Gorg's garden disappear.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Jerry Juhl
7.6/1077 votes#20 - The Garden Plot
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/23/1983
Fraggle Rock is under attack from two sides when Sprocket tries to smash his way in, and Junior Gorg tries to pulverize it.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: bpNichol
7.6/1074 votes#21 - Gobo's Discovery
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/30/1983
Gobo thinks he's lost his nerve and decides not to be an explorer anymore.
Director: Martin Lavut
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson
7.8/1080 votes#22 - Mokey's Funeral
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/6/1983
Nobody thinks Mokey is good at practical things, so she tries to deal with Junior Gorg's Fraggle trap on her own.
Director: Jim Henson
Writer: Jerry Juhl, Susan Juhl
7.9/1077 votes#23 - The Beast of Bluerock
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/13/1983
Wembley must choose between entering Red's splash-a-thon and accompanying Gobo on a scary journey.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Sugith Varughese
7.5/1072 votes#24 - New Trash Heap in Town
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 7/4/1983
Through a misunderstanding, Mokey becomes the new Trash Heap.
Director: George Bloomfield
Writer: Laura Phillips
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The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Beginnings" is the best rated episode of "Fraggle Rock" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 164 votes. Directed by Jim Henson and written by Jerry Juhl, it aired on 1/10/1983. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Wembley and the Gorgs".