6.4/10123 votes#1 - Safe Sex
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/27/1992
When a beautiful, consummately professional woman accepts a ride in the rain from a handsome stranger, she steps into a world where nothing is forbidden... except their real identities. As their passion grows, she finds out that there is no such thing as “safe sex.”
Director: Zalman King
Writer: Melanie Finn, Henry Cobbold
6.6/1098 votes#2 - Double Dare
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/1992
A woman considers infidelity with a man in a nearby office building
Director: Tibor Takács
Writer: N/A
6.1/10106 votes#3 - You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/1992
Lynn is a very disciplined policewoman who's obsessive about her work, her relationships and her body. She's noticed by every guy at the gym—except for Nick, a power lawyer and power athlete. Nick always gets what he wants when he wants it and always wins. Lynn has finally met her match until she decides to use her badge to her advantage. She pulls Nick over for a minor traffic violation, arrests him and takes him to an abandoned loft. Now that she has power over him, Lynn won't let Nick go until she gets what she wants.
Director: Zalman King
Writer: N/A
5.5/1088 votes#4 - Talk to Me Baby
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/22/1992
Ida is a beautiful and wild European. Bud, her boyfriend, loves Ida—but can't help himself when it comes to the ladies. When Ida finds him in the men's room with the winner of a wet T-shirt contest she is understandably livid. He'll do anything to win back Ida, even if it means killing them both in the process.
Director: Rafael Eisenman
Writer: Zalman King
6.6/1094 votes#5 - Just Like That
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/17/1993
Receptionist Trudie's straightforward life becomes complicated when two men fall for her on the same day. Unable to choose between bizarrely dress courier, Kyle, and businessman Phillip, she initially ignores the advances of both. Eventually she surprises herself by joining Kyle in a ""broken down"" elevator and later that same day finds herself in bed with the toe-sucking Phillip. Throughout the episode Trudie two-times the men, never knowing whether to go dancing with Kyle or dining with Phillip, and growing more attached to both. Things inevitably come to an awkward end when she runs into both men at the same time.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writer: Chloe King
6.1/1071 votes#6 - Another Woman's Lipstick
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/1993
A woman obsessed with her lover's mistress is torn between sadness and desire. After watching the two rendez-vous, the wife dons men's clothing and follows her. Before you know it the husband is finding lipstick traces on her collar!
Director: Zalman King
Writer: Ed Silverstein
7.2/1096 votes#7 - Accidents Happen
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/1993
Daria becomes the maid for a very in love couple but she has trouble understanding their language of love until she finds a novel way to fit into the happy household.
Director: Mary Lambert
Writer: Patricia Louisianna Knop
6.4/1072 votes#8 - Auto Erotica
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/1993
After a late night at work, Claudia is ready to burn off some steam, and her new sports car is a perfect release. She gets more action than she bargained for when she has a near-miss accident with a foxy pedestrian. Suddenly he's behind the wheel and pursuing her through the predawn streets of L.A. and the empty highways of the Mojave desert, into the new day and a new sexual awakening.
Director: Zalman King
Writer: Ned Bowman
6.2/1058 votes#9 - Emily's Dance
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/1993
Emily is elated and terrified when she is chosen to be the lead dancer in a hot new video, the pressure builds when she meets the beautiful star of her video. She panics until he finds a way to bring Emily out of her shell and into the spotlight.
Director: Zalman King
Writer: Richard Baskin
6.5/1071 votes#10 - The Bounty Hunter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/26/1993
A statuesque female bounty hunter is given her toughest hands-on assignment yet. She must nab a seductive con-man who has made a career out of charming women out of their fortunes. He catches on to her game before she even rolls the dice, and works his magic on her until the two are entwined in an intense match of intelligence, psychological instinct, and pure lust.
Director: Peter Care
Writer: David Codikow, Melanie Finn
5.8/1056 votes#11 - Jake's Story
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/10/1993
Go deep into the mind of the man in search of the truth... A woman fascinated by Jake's Red Shoes personal ad makes it her mission to track him down. Once she meets him, she realizes he's too emotionally scarred to be seduced. However, Kate's direct, sensual nature breaks down his defenses. Once he opens himself up, he finds himself trapped in a situation that only serves to remind him of his painful past.
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff
Writer: Ed Silverstein
6.6/1055 votes#12 - Weekend Pass
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/24/1993
A woman at an army base gets a weekend pass on Christmas Eve. Feeling alone during a most festive time of year, she gathers a couple of girlfriends to hit the town for a night of wild abandon at a local bar. Wild indeed! After a bar-room brawl, she comes into contact with a drifter named Eddie and the two end up having a Christmas they'll never forget.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writer: Zalman King, Melanie Finn
6.2/1061 votes#13 - Double or Nothing
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/6/1993
A formerly pampered woman is left high and dry by a skunk of an ex-boyfriend. Left to rely only on her own devices, she takes to hustling pool. She revels in her newfound independence and financial prosperity and then Tommy comes along. Threatened by the pool shark he is, it's only a matter of time before he has his eight ball in her side pocket and the duo are a smooth combo shot of passion.
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Writer: Zalman King
10.0/101 votes#14 - How I Met My Husband
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1993
A shy dominatrix trainee meets a husband.
Director: Bernard Auroux
Writer: Zalman King
1.0/101 votes#15 - Midnight Bells
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1993
A woman reflects on a New Year's affair.
Director: Anne Goursaud
Writer: Joëlle Bentolila
The Best Episodes of Red Shoe Diaries Season 1
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Jake takes out an ad in the newspaper after the suicide of his unfaithful fiancée, in an effort to understand the reasons for the betrayal....
Genre:Drama
Network:Showtime
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Safe Sex" is the best rated episode of "Red Shoe Diaries" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 123 votes. Directed by Zalman King and written by Melanie Finn, Henry Cobbold, it aired on 6/27/1992. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Double Dare".