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.

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

A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

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

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

Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

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

Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

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.

Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

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

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

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

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

Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

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

Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

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!"

Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

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