8.4/1090 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987
In the pilot, two buddies who were once in love with the same woman reunite at the reading of the woman's will, where they learn that one of them -- but not which one -- fathered her 12-year-old daughter and that both are to share custody of the girl.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1070 votes
#2 - Soho's by You
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
Michael insists the family move to his uptown apartment, which has no playmates for Nicole and no life as Joey knows it.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1067 votes
#3 - Crime and Punishment
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Nicole goes to the movies with a friend---and ends up in New Jersey.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1069 votes
#4 - Nicole's First Date
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1987
Joey's lecture before Nicole's first date fails to cover what to do when the suitor fails to show up.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1066 votes
#5 - Friends and Lovers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1987
Nicole fixes Michael up with a neighbor, which amuses him then confuses him as their pairing becomes more and more ""comfortable.""
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1064 votes
#6 - Whose Night is it, Anyway?
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1987
The two dads have dates on the same night, so they decide to let Nicole and her friends baby-sit themselves.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1063 votes
#7 - Once a Son . . .
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1987
Joey agrees to join his father's plumbing business if he fails to make a sale at his one-man art show.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1061 votes
#8 - Sex, Judge, and Rock & Roll
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1987
After Joey strikes out with a woman, Michael is a hit, but the victory is short-lived when the woman turns out to be Judge Wilbur's niece -- who's engaged.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1062 votes
#9 - The Artful Dodger
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1987
Joey's protest over Nicole's failing art grade turns into a date with the teacher, which doesn't earn Joey high marks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1058 votes#10 - Quality Time
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1987
Michael is racked with guilt when business continually forces him to break dates with Nicole.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1057 votes
#11 - 'Tis the Season
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1987
Joey and Michael anticipate their first Christmas with Nicole, but she's ignoring the holidays, her first without her mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1056 votes
#12 - The Only Child
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1988
Nicole's longing for a brother turns into a longing for equal time after the dads fulfill her request.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1058 votes
#13 - Joey's Mother-in-Law
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1988
Joey feels picked on and Nicole feels deprived of her time with Cory when Michael's mother comes to visit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1056 votes
#14 - Nicole in Charge
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1988
Nicole wants the loft's racquetball championship called off after Michael's training regimen sends him to the hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1060 votes
#15 - The Wedge
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1988
Joey's rock-star friend thinks Joey is spending too much time under the influence---of Michael.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1058 votes
#16 - Advice and Consent
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1988
Cory receives advice on kissing from Nicole's dads and his older brother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.9/1058 votes
#17 - She'll Get Over It
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1988
Michael pulls some strings to cheer up Nicole after her first modeling audition is unsuccessful.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1054 votes
#18 - Michael's Sister Comes Over and Visits
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1988
When Michael's estranged sister visits, Michael learns that Joey influenced her decision to leave her medical career.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1056 votes
#19 - Nicole's Big Adventure
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/1988
A group of friends helps the dads survive Nicole's week away at camp.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1055 votes
#20 - My Fair Joey
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1988
Joey enlists Michael to coach him on the finer points of etiquette when he meets a debutante dream girl.
Director: Andrew D. Weyman
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1054 votes
#21 - The Family in Question
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1988
When a newspaper reporter writes an article criticizing Judge Wilbur, most specially, her decision to put Nicole with Joey and Michael, a television reporter decides to do feature on them by interviewing everyone involve and record Nicole with her two fathers and see who is right.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1055 votes
#22 - Friends of the Family
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/14/1988
Corey tries to set his mom up with Klawicki.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of My Two Dads Season 1
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Joey and Michael, who fought over the same woman 13 years ago now have, upon her death, been awarded joint custody of her daughter -...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "My Two Dads" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by John Tracy and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Soho's by You".