6.2/1037 votes#1 - I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1986
The original Ghostbusters decide to retire and turn their ghostbusting business over to their sons. When their fathers are kidnapped by Prime Evil's ghosts, Jake and Eddie must overcome their fears and go ghostbusting sooner than they expected by journeying to the future.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.0/1026 votes#2 - Frights of the Roundtable
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1986
Arriving in the future the Ghostbusters bust their first ghosts and meet Futura, the bewitching Ghostbuster of the future. They learn of an ancient Stone Tablet which has clues to their fathers' whereabouts leading them back in time to Camelot.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Forward
6.6/1022 votes#3 - No Pharoah at All
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/1986
In Camelot the Ghostbusters team-up with Merlin's apprentice Fuddy in order to battle Sir Trance-A-Lot and recover the next piece of the Stone Tablet. Then they must travel back in time to ancient Egypt where Apparitia and Airhead capture Tracy intent on mummifying him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rowby Goren
7.3/1022 votes#4 - The Secret of Mastodon Valley
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/1986
As Jake and Futura attempt to rescue Tracy. Eddie gets lost and is worshipped by the Egyptians as the ghost of the Great Pharoah. The Ghostbusters must race to get their act together in an effort to locate the next piece of the Stone Tablet.
Director: Tom Sito
Writer: N/A
6.4/1021 votes#5 - The Ones Who Saved the Future
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/12/1986
Avoiding danger in prehistoric times and escaping the Ghost of the Missing Link, the Ghostbusters and Futura are overpowered and imprisoned in Prime Evil's Hauntquaters. The Ghostbusters must locate their fathers and defeat all of the ghosts before being turned into ghosts themselves.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Forward
6.4/1021 votes#6 - Witch's Stew
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/1986
The Ghostbusters race back in time to rescue Futura from Prime Evil at a Salem witch trial. They must not only stop the villain's latest plan, but they must convince the townsfolk that they are not evil spirits.
Director: Tom Sito
Writer: N/A
6.2/1022 votes#7 - Mummy Dearest
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/1986
Knowing the world would come to a standstill without any oil Prime Evil transforms Airhead into a giant so that he can scare the workers from the oil fields. The Ghostbusters travel to the Middle East to defeat the giant mummy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/1021 votes#8 - Wacky Wax Museum
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/1986
The Ghostbusters happily journey to Paris for the unveiling of their statues in Madame Tutu's Wax Museum. During their visit they have to stop the Tooth Scaries from bringing evil statues to life and prevent the Eiffel Tower from being destroyed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/1021 votes#9 - Statue of Liberty
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/1986
Jake's grandfather is due to be sworn in as a citizen of the United States of America, but during the ceremony everyone is shocked to discover that Prime Evil has stolen the Statue of Liberty. The Ghostbusters must rush to save the day.
Director: Tom Tataranowicz
Writer: N/A
6.4/1021 votes#10 - The Ransom of Eddie Spenser
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/1986
Prime Evil's latest plan has his Thunder Ghosts scaring the clouds into making it rain in an attempt to flood the Earth. Jake and Tracy are torn between saving the Earth or saving Eddie who has been captured by Prime Evil.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.5/1020 votes#11 - Eddie Takes Charge
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/1986
When Jake and Jessica go on a date Eddie and Tracy go to the rescue of a little girl which turns out to be a trap laid by Prime Evil and find themselves in an old ghost town where they meet a good ghost named Sheriff Stumbleweed and learn that Prime Evil has brought together the most fearsome ghosts from across the universe.
Director: Tom Sito
Writer: N/A
6.5/1022 votes#12 - The Great Ghost Gorilla
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/1986
While patrolling the skies the Ghostbusters are taken by surprise and Tracy is kidnapped. Traveling to another planet the Ghostbusters learn that it is the Great Ghost Gorilla who has kidnapped Tracy and is planning to use him as the model for an army of super gorilla robots.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1022 votes#13 - A Friend in Need
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/24/1986
Prime Evil's rival, Big Evil arrives at Hauntquarters and using his Specter Scepter overpowers and imprisons the villain. In order to save the Earth the Ghostbusters find themselves working alongside Prime Evil.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1021 votes#14 - No Mo' Snow
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/1986
Prime Evil creates a dragon to melt the polar ice caps and flood the Earth. When the Ghostbusters discover their Ghost Command underwater they race to the North Pole where they find that fighting a fire-breathing dragon is not an easy bust.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bob Forward
6.7/1021 votes#15 - Prime Evil's Good Deed
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/26/1986
Big Evil returns to Hauntquarters and curses Prime Evil with the Arcane Curse, a spell that can only be broken by performing a geniune heartfelt good deed. A battle between Prime Evil and Big Evil takes place at Ghost Command with no winner in sight for the Ghostbusters.
Director: Tom Sito
Writer: J. Larry Carroll
5.2/1021 votes#16 - Cyman's Revenge
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/29/1986
In the future the evil cyborg Cyman sends a ghostly being into the master computer of the Star Base Crusader in attempt to get revenge on Futura. The Ghostbusters travel to the future, shrink themselves down and enter the master computer, not knowing what lies ahead of them.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Larry Carroll
5.8/1021 votes#17 - The Headless Horseman Caper
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/1986
When Prime Evil sends Fangster to retrieve the Aztec Medallion, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, a former hench-ghost of Prime Evil arrives at the Ghostbusters Ghost Command warning them of the danger. But can they trust him?
Director: Tom Tataranowicz
Writer: J. Larry Carroll
6.8/1022 votes#18 - Banish That Banshee
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/1/1986
After a howling contest takes place at Hauntquarters Prime Evil summons the Wailing Banshee whose voice can cause thunderstorms. The Ghostbusters must go back in time and find a leprechaun to help them defeat the Banshee.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1021 votes#19 - Rollerghoster
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/2/1986
A newly opened ghostly-themed amusement park prompts Prime Evil to send Apparitia and Bratarat to haunt it. When the Ghostbusters realize that the ghosts are loose in the park they fight back, but they must first find Jessica's mischievous nephew Corky.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1020 votes#20 - He Went Brat-A-Way
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/3/1986
In an attempt to impress Bratarina, Bratarat capitalizes on Prime Evil's vacation claming that he owns Hauntquarters. The Ghostbusters race to England to stop Bratarat, but not before the villain has already overthrown Buckingham Palace.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1021 votes#21 - The Looking Glass Warrior
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/6/1986
When the other-dimensional Invertroids begin capturing people through mirrors the Ghostbusters join forces with Jessica's uncle John Guardian in order to defeat them. But for the Ghostbusters to prevail a great sacrifice has to be made.
Director: Tom Tataranowicz
Writer: Bob Forward
6.6/1022 votes#22 - Laser and Future Rock
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/7/1986
The Ghostbusters travel to the future to help Futura save her nephew, Laser and his friends Rae and Tempo who have been captured by Corpulon, a large slug-like energy ghost who seeks vengeance against Futura.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1021 votes#23 - Runaway Choo-Choo
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/8/1986
The Ghostbusters travel to Norway to guard peace prize winner Dr. Alex Miller and Jessica from Prime Evil's latest ghostly plan. The gang not only has to protect Dr. Miller from Apparitia and Scared Stiff, but also stop the runaway train they find themselves on.
Director: Tom Sito
Writer: N/A
5.4/1021 votes#24 - Dynamite Dinosaurs
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/9/1986
Prime Evil sends Haunter to steal a recently discovered dinosaur egg, believing that he can raise the creature and conquer the earth. The Ghostbusters journey back to the past with the egg to reunite it with its mother before it hatches.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rowby Goren
5.6/1021 votes#25 - Ghostbunglers
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/10/1986
The Ghostbusters go back in time to ancient Rome to aid Madam Why's great ancestor , Tonya and prevent Prime Evil's ghosts from stealing a magical wreath owned by Julius Ceasar. It is not long before the Ghostbusters are taking part in a deadly chariot race against Marcus Phantamus.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster" is the best rated episode of "Ghostbusters" season 1. It scored 6.2/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/8/1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Frights of the Roundtable".