NaN/100 votes#1 - Are We Having Fun Yet?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/1995
Hope and Gloria strike up a tentative friendship, complicated when Gloria realizes that the man coming on to her in the laundry room of their apartment building is Hope's husband.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - No Degrees of Separation
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/1995
The presence of Dennis, a spiked cake, and Louis's amorous cousin Pete snuff out Hope's birthday plans for a quiet dinner party, her first since her separation.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: J. J. Paulsen
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Salon, It's Been Good to Know You
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/1995
Hope's plan to get Gloria a job as hair stylist on the show becomes complicated as the temperamental Isaac first quits to move to South America, then returns unexpectedly - just after Gloria has quit her job at the salon where she's worked for nine years. It's up to Hope to convince Gloria's caustic former boss Cookie to take her back. Meanwhile, Louis stays over at Gloria's to tend ailing Sonny.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - A Fine ROM-ance
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/1995
Goaded by Dennis into finding a men man via computer, Hope drags a reluctant Gloria on a double blind date - and finds Gloria's match more to her liking.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: John Frink, Don Payne
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Falling in Bed Again
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/1995
Gloria convinces Hope not to see her ex-husband again, inspiring Hope to help another spurned wife do the same, but then Gloria herself succumbs to temptation. Meanwhile, Dennis tries to help Hope by having her produce a segment called ""Sex With Your Ex,"" with Gloria as one of the guests.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - I Never Sang for Our Father
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/1995
An embarrassed and shy Louis secretly joins Hope's church choir, but Gloria isn't singing Hope's praises when she suspects that her friend and ex-husband are having an affair. Meanwhile, Dennis decides to have plastic surgery live on the show.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: Rob DesHotel, Dean Batali
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - My Mamma Done Told Me (1)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/1995
Hope has not told her parents she is divorcing Jeffrey, but when he turns up during their visit, the truth comes out. Big time, as it happens, because Hope's mother then reveals to her that Hope's father is not her biological father.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Who's Poppa? (2)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/20/1995
Hope becomes convinced that her father is Bill Anderson, the real name of actor Adam West of Batman fame, unaware that her mother insists it was another actor. Meanwhile, Dennis's lawyer accompanies Dennis and Gloria on a date to insure against charges of sexual harassment.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Love With an Improper Stranger
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/1995
A lonely Hope spends the night with a handsome stranger, but it's possible that she's in for more of a relationship than she bargained for - he may be her brother. Distraught Hope does the unforgivable: she forgets to enter Dennis in the local Emmy Award competition, which he is sure he will win after 23 years of being passed over.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1010 votes
#10 - The Face with Two Men
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/4/1995
The new station manager orders Hope to arrange a Growing Pains reunion show, but there's a problem - Dennis refuses to be in the same room with his rival, Alan Thicke. Meanwhile, Scott, the little boy Gloria used to baby-sit turns up, grown up and still infatuated with her.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Sisyphus, Prometheus and Me
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/11/1995
Gloria learns she's pregnant and contemplates a third marriage to Louis - a decision that could be advantageous for new station manager Gwillem who persuades them to have the ceremony live on the show. But the minister slated to conduct the nuptials doesn't show and is replaced by guest Burt Reynolds, while Hope, locked in the prop room, struggles desperately to get Gloria an important message from her doctor.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: George McGrath
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Don't Take Any Wooden Elephants
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/10/1995
Hope's upset when Gwillem 'asks' her to care for his pampered poodle, so she attempts to play a practical joke on him - which, of course, backfires big time when she steals one of his prized wooden elephants without realizing the nature of its contents.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Rob DesHotel, Dean Batali
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - A Midsummer Night's Trim
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/7/1995
Gloria finds Hope's lack of faith in her the unkindest cut of all after Hope reveals she's having recurring nightmares of Gloria ruining her hair. They agree to consult a therapist and dream expert appearing on the show in hopes of identifying the source of Hope's neurotic fear. Meanwhile, Dennis insists on hosting a show-length infomercial for a male enhancement device, and Louis discusses diet with Gloria's next-door neighbor Scott.
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writer: J. J. Paulsen
The Best Episodes of Hope and Gloria Season 1
Every episode of Hope and Gloria Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hope and Gloria Season 1!
Hope and Gloria is an American sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television and aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Are We Having Fun Yet?" is the best rated episode of "Hope and Gloria" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Barnet Kellman and written by N/A, it aired on 3/9/1995. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "No Degrees of Separation".