The Best Episodes of Gidget Season 1
Every episode of Gidget Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gidget Season 1!
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 Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 to April 21, 1966. Gidget was among the first regularly scheduled color programs on ABC, but did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Gidget" season 1 is "Dear Diary-Et Al", rated 7.5/10 from 76 user votes. It was directed by William Asher and written by N/A. "Dear Diary-Et Al" aired on 9/15/1965 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust".
7.5/10 76 votes#1 - 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
7.6/10 67 votes#2 - 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
7.3/10 69 votes#3 - The Great Kahuna
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1965
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Albert Mannheimer
7.4/10 52 votes#4 - 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
- 6.8/10 56 votes
#5 - 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
6.5/10 71 votes#6 - 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
- 7.4/10 59 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.0/10 49 votes
#8 - Image Scrimmage
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1965
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
Director: William Asher
Writer: Barbara Avedon
- 6.8/10 51 votes
#9 - 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
7.0/10 47 votes#10 - 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
- 7.8/10 58 votes
#11 - 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
- 7.5/10 59 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.2/10 50 votes
#13 - 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
- 6.3/10 56 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.4/10 57 votes
#15 - 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
- 7.4/10 44 votes
#16 - 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
- 7.4/10 52 votes
#17 - 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
- 7.5/10 47 votes
#18 - Like Voodoo
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1966
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Director: N/A
Writer: Albert Mannheimer
- 7.5/10 54 votes
#19 - 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
- 7.5/10 49 votes
#20 - 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
- 7.7/10 58 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.5/10 47 votes
#22 - 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
- 7.0/10 49 votes
#23 - 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
- 6.8/10 51 votes
#24 - 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
- 7.3/10 45 votes
#25 - 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