7.9/10147 votes#1 - Fried eggs and red wieners
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2009
The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.
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8.1/10143 votes#2 - Cat Food
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2009
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
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7.5/10117 votes#3 - Ochazuke
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2009
Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”
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7.6/10114 votes#4 - Potato Salad
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2009
Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.
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8.4/10129 votes#5 - Butter Rice
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2009
Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.
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7.6/1096 votes#6 - Katsudon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2009
Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.
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8.1/10105 votes#7 - Egg Sandwich
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2009
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
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8.0/1090 votes#8 - Sauced Yakisoba
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2009
Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.
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8.0/1088 votes#9 - Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2009
Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.
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8.2/1086 votes#10 - Ramen
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2009
Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.
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Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Fried eggs and red wieners" is the best rated episode of "Midnight Diner" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 147 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/9/2009. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Cat Food".