7.9/10170 votes#1 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1966
Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume commercial where she plays a woman who gets kidnapped by two robbers. Donald happens to see the act and thinks that Ann is in real trouble, so he saves her only to get serious flack from her. But with that incident aside, Ann and Donald find out that they really belong together.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Arnold Margolin
7.2/10116 votes#2 - Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1966
Ann Marie leaves the safety and comfort of her parent's home to live on her own in New York. But she has a visit from her mother who is threatening to move in with her!
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
7.4/10101 votes#3 - Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1966
Ann has a chance to audition for Jules Benedict, but has to babysit Leon and Judy's baby as well. Will Ann be able to pull this off?
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
7.3/1088 votes#4 - I'll Be Suing You
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1966
Ann has to go to court because of an accident involving a pedestrian and a sewing machine.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
8.1/10100 votes#5 - Anatomy of a Blunder
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1966
Ann brings Donald home to meet her parents, but he goes through some serious torture when they stop for a little picnic on the way.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
7.8/1083 votes#6 - Rich Little Rich Kid
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1966
Ann is charmed by a wealthy man who gives her many luxuries and Don tries to compete. Ann realizes that money is not the most important thing in a relationship.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: N/A
7.5/1074 votes#7 - Help Wanted
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1966
One rule in life: never ever ask your girlfriend to work with you. Don learns that the hard way when he hires Ann to be his secretary.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
7.7/1074 votes#8 - Little Auction Annie
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1966
At an antique auction, Ann buys a box of junk with a baseball in it. A strange man follows her because he wants the baseball. It turns out that he is an ex-baseball player who wants the ball for sentimental reasons.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: N/A
8.0/1074 votes#9 - Time for Arrest
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1966
Ann ends up in jail trying to help a fellow waitress when she serves two rival underworld groups and the place gets raided by the police.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jack Winter
7.6/1082 votes#10 - Break a Leg
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1966
Ann's friend Sandy, an actress who has just won a lead role in a Broadway play, visits Ann. Suddenly, Sandy gets sick, leaving Ann to play her role. Everyone thinks that Ann stole teh job from her, but Ann pays them no never mind as she enjoys her chance. Unfortunately the play closes after one performance.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Arnold Margolin
7.9/1070 votes#11 - What's in a Name?
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1966
Ann's agent thinks that she needs a new name for an excellent acting career.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1076 votes#12 - Soap Gets in Your Eyes
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1966
Donald's parents meet Ann for the first time, and his mother Mildred takes a dislike to Ann because she plays a vamp on a soap opera.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.7/1081 votes#13 - All About Ann
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/1/1966
Ann thinks she will lose her sweet Donald to a famous actress when all the time, he is interviewing her for his article.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1069 votes#14 - Phantom of the Horse Opera
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1966
Ann and Donald find a strange organ player who used to play the soundtrack in silent movies. Donald does a story about him, but he disappears because he is a wanted criminal.
Director: John Erman
Writer: Peggy Elliott
6.8/1065 votes#15 - Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1966
Ann is being given presents by one of her acting class colleagues, Hobart Niles. She and Donald think that these gifts are hot, but they find out that Hobart is very wealthy.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Richard Baer
7.1/1097 votes#16 - Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/1966
This very touching Christmas episode has Ann telling Donald about a time where she was a teacher and had to keep a lonely boy company on Christmas when his parents cannot get him.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
7.4/1058 votes#17 - Among My Souvenirs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1967
Ann finds souvenirs that remind her of a boyfriend she used to have named Freddy. It turns out that Freddy still has a flame burning for her.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peggy Elliott
7.5/1067 votes#18 - These Boots Weren't Made For Walking
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/12/1967
Ann is a salesperson for shoes that somehow fall apart over time.
Director: John Erman
Writer: Peggy Elliott
6.8/1066 votes#19 - Kimomo My House
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/19/1967
Ann hires a maid for Donald, but who she hired makes her jealous.
Director: John Erman
Writer: Peggy Elliott
7.4/1064 votes#20 - Gone With the Breeze
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/1967
Donald gives Ann a manuscript of a novel that he is writing, and she loses it. Donald is waiting for a response, but Ann stalls because she did not want to admit that she lost it.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
7.7/1067 votes#21 - Rain, Snow and Rice
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/2/1967
Ann and Donald are invited by their friends, Jerry Bauman and Margie, to a private wedding in Connecticut, but they get snowed in. There are only two rooms available in the inn that they are staying and the boys share one room and the girls share another. The problem begins with Jerry and Margie decide to stay together leaving Ann and Donald in a room together, much to the chagrin of Ann's parents.
Director: John Erman
Writer: James L. Brooks
7.7/1077 votes#22 - Paper Hats and Everything
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1967
Ann thinks that her friends are going to surprise her with a birthday party when she is invited out to dinner by her father.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
7.4/1057 votes#23 - What Are Your Intentions?
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/1967
Lou thinks that Ann and Donald ought to be married, but they have different ideas.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
6.7/1068 votes#24 - A Tenor's Loving Care
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1967
Ann helps Donald get a story about a famous opera singer, if only he can control his romantic urges.
Director: John Erman
Writer: N/A
7.6/1061 votes#25 - Leaving the Nest is For the Birds
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/2/1967
Ann invites her parents and her Aunt Harriet to dinner at her house where she tries to prove to them that living in the city is pretty cool. A stranger outside the window ruins Ann's point because he has romantic woes.
Director: N/A
Writer: Barbara Avedon
The Best Episodes of That Girl Season 1
Every episode of That Girl Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of That Girl Season 1!
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Don't Just Do Something, Stand There" is the best rated episode of "That Girl" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 170 votes. Directed by Bob Sweeney and written by Arnold Margolin, it aired on 9/8/1966. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye".