6.4/10426 votes#1 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/1988
Tonights episode is all about a fellow who decides that the best way to get ahead is to stomp on everyone in his path.
Director: Tobe Hooper
Writer: Rhet Topham, David Ehrman, Michael De Luca
- 5.2/10287 votes
#2 - It's a Miserable Life
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/1988
To most people a bullet to the head spells death, but to these unfortunate drive-by shooting victims, it becomes something far worse.
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/10252 votes
#3 - Killer Instinct
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1988
Chris Ketchum wants to be the best runner on her track team just like her mother was. Her coach gives her a talisman that once belonged to her mother. Soon Chris discovers that whatever she imagines becomes reality.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10233 votes
#4 - Freddy's Tricks and Treats
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1988
It's Halloween and the students are having a blast at the costume party over at Springwood College. Marsha would rather study than party however. Someone wants to be her study friend and soon Marsha starts to have nightmares. Her dead crazy grandmother comes back to life, Marsha's boyfriend is killed and soon she finds herself in the hands of Freddy Krueger. She tries to escape by going to a dream clinic where dreams are recorded only to find out that there is no escape from Freddy.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/10171 votes
#5 - Judy Miller, Come On Down
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/1988
Judy Miller wants more than anything to win the lottery. Her obsession is challenged when a housekeeper comes to warn her about her greed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/10170 votes
#6 - Saturday Night Special
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1988
Two nobodies yearn for perfection. Gordon fantasizes a dream date with a sex goddess, Lana.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10191 votes
#7 - Sister's Keeper
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1988
In this follow-up to ""No More Mr. Nice Guy"", Freddy continues to stalk the last remaining Elm Street children by going after the Blocker twins.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/10152 votes
#8 - Mother's Day
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/1988
Billy has just moved into the old Krueger house. He falls for a pretty teenage girl who convinces him to throw a party while his parents are away. The girl's mother is being harassed by a mysterious caller on the radio.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: David Ehrman
- 5.7/10144 votes
#9 - Rebel Without a Car
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/1988
Alex is a shy teenager who just wants to fit in. He wants to have a cool car just like everyone else does and he gets his wish but he soon regrets it. Meanwhile Connie wants to be accepted into a college frat house but she also gets more than she bargained for.
Director: John Lafia
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/10135 votes
#10 - The Bride Wore Red
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/1988
An about to be married man goes to a bar where his friends are throwing a bachelor party. There he meets a female stripper who wants to keep him away from his fiancee. Meanwhile Jessica starts to have a nervous breakdown when her parents announce that they are getting a divorce.
Director: George Kaczender
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/10150 votes
#11 - Do Dreams Bleed
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1989
A mysterious killer called The Chopper is terrorizing Springwood using an ax to kill his victims. High school student John Warring witnesses the latest murder and starts having nightmares about the killer. His girlfriend starts to do a little investigation on The Chopper
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/10127 votes
#12 - The End of the World
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/1989
As a child, Amy was in a terrible car accident that claimed the life of her mother. She is haunted by nightmares of that tragic event. She soon learns that her dreams are a way of changing the past. Amy is also haunted by visions of a deadly holocaust.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/10113 votes
#13 - Deadline
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1989
A newshound finds himself too involved with the obituaries he has to write. Also Emily is the only survivor of a car accident that claims the lives of her friends but their spirits and a strange man torment her.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/10146 votes
#14 - Black Tickets
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1989
Rick and Miranda are teenage lovers who leave Springwood. Their car stalls so they check into a hotel, but the hotel is run by sadistic hicks. Also Miranda is pregnant but is trying to hold down her job.
Director: George Kaczender
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/10108 votes
#15 - School Daze
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1989
Steve Dart a student at Springwood High School decides to take it easy to escape stress. When he is called to the principal's office he starts having nightmares and soon discovers the high school's shocking secret. Also Max must work for his uncle's pizza restaurant and he too discovers a shocking secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/10115 votes
#16 - Cabin Fever
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1989
Carl is a nervous man on a plane who is freaking out over some delusions of weird events. Meanwhile, a woman is stalked by a bunch of weirdos who abduct women and keep them for show and tell.
Director: Robert Englund
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/10114 votes
#17 - Love Stinks
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1989
A deeply disturbed girl sets her sights on a teenage boy which leads to a horde of terrible nightmares. Max must work for his uncle's pizza restraunt and discovers a shocking secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1094 votes
#18 - The Art of Death
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/1989
Jack meets a man named The Phantom who says he was created by Jack through his drawings. The Phantom gets Jack to draw events that he wish could happen, and then they do. Jack try's to get the girl he likes in school, but it all goes wrong. The second half is about Joan living with her severe case of closterfobia. Her nightmares get a little out of hand and ends deadly all thanks to our freind freddy.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1093 votes
#19 - Missing Persons
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/1989
Our freind Freddy return in another fun fill ride. Gina is faced with her childhood past while babysitting. Is about a man who is tired of his life so on his way to work he imagines that he's someone else. But when his fantasy of being another person is over, he finds that it's more real than he thought.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1082 votes
#20 - The Light At the End of the Tunnel
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/14/1989
Michael, a man in his thirties who is dead scared of the dark. All that has to change when he starts work, fixing pipes in the dark sewers.A sleazy video store owner who gets his, by reliving nightmares without the possibility of ever waking up.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1087 votes
#21 - Identity Crisis
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/1989
Buddy Powers is having a hard time dealing with his son and new boss.Both of them value money and Buddy values peace and love. Buddy wnats his boss dead. Christina is wondering if she is adopted because there are no similarities between her and her mother.When Christina asks her mom questions about her past, she doesn't get the answers she wants.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10119 votes
#22 - Safe Sex
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/28/1989
A teenager is in love with a goth girl who is obsessed with Freddy Krueger. The teenager is soon plagued with dreams involving Freddy. The second half is about the goth girl having nightmares about Freddy, who she soon learns there's nothing great about Freddy.
Director: N/A
Writer: David J. Schow
The Best Episodes of Freddy's Nightmares Season 1
Every episode of Freddy's Nightmares Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Freddy's Nightmares Season 1!
The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of...
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Network:Syndication
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" is the best rated episode of "Freddy's Nightmares" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 426 votes. Directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Rhet Topham, David Ehrman, Michael De Luca, it aired on 10/9/1988. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "It's a Miserable Life".