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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
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Season 1

  • Dear Diary-Et Al
    7.5/1078 votes
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    Dear Diary-Et Al

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1965

    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.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
    7.6/1067 votes
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    In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1965

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

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • The Great Kahuna
    7.3/1069 votes
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    The Great Kahuna

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1965

    A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: Albert Mannheimer

  • Daddy Come Home
    7.4/1052 votes
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    Daddy Come Home

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1965

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

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • Gidget Gadget
    6.8/1056 votes
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    Gidget Gadget

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1965

    Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
    6.5/1071 votes
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    A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1965

    Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Gidget is a Proper Noun
    7.4/1059 votes
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    Gidget is a Proper Noun

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1965

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Image Scrimmage
    7.0/1049 votes
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    Image Scrimmage

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1965

    Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: Barbara Avedon

  • Is it Love or Symbiosis?
    6.8/1052 votes
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    Is it Love or Symbiosis?

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1965

    Gidget's meddling sister and brother-in-law convince her father he's too dependent on her. So he decides to send Gidget away to a private girl's school in Paris.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All the Best Diseases are Taken
    7.1/1048 votes
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    All the Best Diseases are Taken

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1965

    Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • My Ever Faithful Friend
    7.8/1059 votes
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    My Ever Faithful Friend

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1965

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

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • Chivalry Isn't Dead
    7.5/1060 votes
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    Chivalry Isn't Dead

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1965

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
    7.2/1051 votes
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    The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1965

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Gidget's Foreign Policy
    6.3/1056 votes
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    Gidget's Foreign Policy

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1965

    Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Now There's a Face
    7.4/1057 votes
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    Now There's a Face

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/22/1965

    Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Too Many Cooks
    7.4/1044 votes
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    Too Many Cooks

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/29/1965

    Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Albert Mannheimer

  • I Love You, I Think
    7.4/1052 votes
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    I Love You, I Think

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1966

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

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: N/A

  • Like Voodoo
    7.5/1048 votes
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    Like Voodoo

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1966

    Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Albert Mannheimer

  • Gidget's Career
    7.5/1055 votes
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    Gidget's Career

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/20/1966

    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!"

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joanna Lee

  • Ego-A-Go-Go
    7.5/1049 votes
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    Ego-A-Go-Go

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/1966

    Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barbara Avedon

  • In and Out with the In-Laws
    7.7/1058 votes
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    In and Out with the In-Laws

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/3/1966

    Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: N/A

  • We Got Each Other
    7.5/1047 votes
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    We Got Each Other

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/10/1966

    Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Operation Shaggy Dog
    7.1/1050 votes
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    Operation Shaggy Dog

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/17/1966

    Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
    6.8/1051 votes
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    Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/1966

    Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Barbara Avedon

  • Love and the Single Gidget
    7.3/1045 votes
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    Love and the Single Gidget

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1966

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Take a Lesson
    8.0/1069 votes
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    Take a Lesson

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/10/1966

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Independence -- Gidget Style
    7.7/1051 votes
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    Independence -- Gidget Style

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/17/1966

    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.

    Director: Bruce Bilson

    Writer: Joanna Lee

  • One More for the Road
    7.3/1047 votes
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    One More for the Road

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/24/1966

    Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ask Helpful Hannah
    7.0/1047 votes
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    Ask Helpful Hannah

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 3/31/1966

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

    Director: Lee Philips

    Writer: N/A

  • A Hard Night's Night
    8.0/1059 votes
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    A Hard Night's Night

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/7/1966

    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.

    Director: Don Porter

    Writer: Barbara Avedon

  • I Have This Friend Who . . .
    7.6/1046 votes
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    I Have This Friend Who . . .

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/14/1966

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Defrost the Alligator
    6.6/1048 votes
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    Don't Defrost the Alligator

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/21/1966

    A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A