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The Worst Episodes of Gidget

Every episode of Gidget ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Gidget's Foreign Policy" is the worst rated episode of "Gidget". It scored 6.3/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/15/1965. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse".

  • Gidget's Foreign Policy
    6.3/1056 votes
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    #1 - 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

  • A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
    6.5/1071 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • Don't Defrost the Alligator
    6.6/1048 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • Gidget Gadget
    6.8/1056 votes
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    #4 - 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

  • Is it Love or Symbiosis?
    6.8/1052 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
    6.8/1051 votes
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    #6 - 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

  • Image Scrimmage
    7.0/1049 votes
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    #7 - Image Scrimmage

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1965

    Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: Barbara Avedon

  • Ask Helpful Hannah
    7.0/1047 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • All the Best Diseases are Taken
    7.1/1048 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Operation Shaggy Dog
    7.1/1050 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
    7.2/1051 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • The Great Kahuna
    7.3/1069 votes
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    #12 - The Great Kahuna

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1965

    A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

    Director: William Asher

    Writer: Albert Mannheimer

  • Love and the Single Gidget
    7.3/1045 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • One More for the Road
    7.3/1047 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Daddy Come Home
    7.4/1052 votes
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    #15 - 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 is a Proper Noun
    7.4/1059 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Now There's a Face
    7.4/1057 votes
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    #17 - 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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    #18 - 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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    #19 - 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

  • Dear Diary-Et Al
    7.5/1078 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Chivalry Isn't Dead
    7.5/1060 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Like Voodoo
    7.5/1048 votes
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    #22 - 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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    #23 - 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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    #24 - 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

  • We Got Each Other
    7.5/1047 votes
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    #25 - 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