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The Best Episodes of Gidget

Every episode of Gidget ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Gidget!

The Best Episodes of Gidget

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as...

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  1. Background image for Take a Lesson
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    #1 - Take a Lesson

    S1:E26

    Gidget gets a late evening phone call from a friend to hurry over to her house. She runs out of the house in her pajamas and a raincoat, not knowing that her friend wants her to go out of town with her to get a car. Along the way Gidget keeps trying to call home to tell Russ where she is but, it just ends up causing friction with the girls dad. Eventually they end up just going back home without a car.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for A Hard Night's Night
    7.9/10(60 votes)

    #2 - A Hard Night's Night

    S1:E30

    Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, to get some peace and quiet. Unfortunately Gidget comes home early from Larue's. With neither one knowing about the other they start to get scared about all the things going bump in the night.

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    Director:Don Porter
  3. Background image for My Ever Faithful Friend
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #3 - My Ever Faithful Friend

    S1:E11

    Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.

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    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for In and Out with the In-Laws
    7.7/10(59 votes)

    #4 - In and Out with the In-Laws

    S1:E21

    Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

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    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Independence -- Gidget Style
    7.7/10(53 votes)

    #5 - Independence -- Gidget Style

    S1:E27

    Russ gets the idea that Gidget is working at a nightclub. When actually she's taken a job elsewhere to make enough money to buy him a birthday present.

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    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Joanna Lee
  6. Background image for I Have This Friend Who . . .
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #6 - I Have This Friend Who . . .

    S1:E31

    Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Chivalry Isn't Dead
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    #7 - Chivalry Isn't Dead

    S1:E12

    Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.

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    Director:Unknown
  9. Background image for Like Voodoo
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #8 - Like Voodoo

    S1:E18

    Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Gidget's Career
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #9 - Gidget's Career

    S1:E19

    Gidget joins a folksy singing group. They audition for a teenage music TV show and get the gig! Gidget decides to change the group's image—they become "Gidget and the Gories!"

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Joanna Lee
  11. Background image for Ego-A-Go-Go
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #10 - Ego-A-Go-Go

    S1:E20

    Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for We Got Each Other
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #11 - We Got Each Other

    S1:E22

    Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

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  13. Background image for Love and the Single Gidget
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #12 - Love and the Single Gidget

    S1:E25

    Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Dear Diary-Et Al
    7.4/10(81 votes)

    #13 - Dear Diary-Et Al

    S1:E1

    In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative confessions are true.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
    7.4/10(70 votes)

    #14 - In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

    S1:E2

    Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Gidget is a Proper Noun
    7.4/10(60 votes)

    #15 - Gidget is a Proper Noun

    S1:E7

    An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Now There's a Face
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Now There's a Face

    S1:E15

    Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Too Many Cooks
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Too Many Cooks

    S1:E16

    Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

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    Director:Unknown
  19. Background image for I Love You, I Think
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    #18 - I Love You, I Think

    S1:E17

    Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Great Kahuna
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    #19 - The Great Kahuna

    S1:E3

    A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

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    7.3/10(55 votes)

    #20 - Daddy Come Home

    S1:E4

    Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.

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    Director:William Asher
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
    7.2/10(53 votes)

    #21 - The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

    S1:E13

    Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for One More for the Road
    7.2/10(48 votes)

    #22 - One More for the Road

    S1:E28

    Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Operation Shaggy Dog
    7.1/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Operation Shaggy Dog

    S1:E23

    Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Ask Helpful Hannah
    7.1/10(49 votes)

    #24 - Ask Helpful Hannah

    S1:E29

    Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.

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    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for All the Best Diseases are Taken
    7.0/10(50 votes)

    #25 - All the Best Diseases are Taken

    S1:E10

    Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Take a Lesson" is the best rated episode of "Gidget". It scored 8/10 based on 72 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/10/1966. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Hard Night's Night".