8.5/1084 votesLoading...#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1968
Carolyn Muir, a young widow from Philadelphia, moves into Gull Cottage on the coast of Maine with her two young children, family dog, and housekeeper. Unknown to her Gull Cottage is already inhabited by the ghost of the former owner Captain Daniel Gregg, a charming but somewhat aggravating ghost who is not sure if he wants this family in his home.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
8.3/1054 votesLoading...#2 - Vanessa
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1968
Vanessa Peekskill, the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Gregg's true love, comes to Gull Cottage to research their romance, and the Captain is quite taken with her.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: N/A
8.3/1039 votesLoading...#3 - Chowderhead
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1969
The Captain's face is being used on the label of a new brand of chowder, and both he and Mrs. Muir are annoyed but for different reasons.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
8.3/1048 votesLoading...#4 - The Medicine Ball
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1969
Carolyn comes down with a bug, and Captain Gregg, dissatisfied with the doctor, concocts his own remedy which sends Mrs. Muir back to the mid-1800's where she is the "ghost" and the very much alive Captain is the only one who can see her.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
8.2/1041 votesLoading...#5 - Medium Well Done
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1969
Carolyn invites a medium to visit Gull Cottage. That medium, at Claymore's urging, performs an exorcism.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
8.2/1036 votesLoading...#6 - Martha Meets the Captain
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1970
Martha must leave the Muirs, but their putting on brave faces to pull off a surprise farewell party makes her feel unwanted, so the Captain steps in.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1033 votesLoading...#7 - Wedding Day?????
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1970
Thanks to Cousin Harriet's gossip, Carolyn's parents get the idea that the Captain is a real man that their daughter is seeing and come for a visit wanting to meet him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1065 votesLoading...#8 - Haunted Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1968
A young couple on the way to their wedding get stranded at Gull Cottage for the night and Captain Gregg is beside himself at what to do with them. So he decides they must get married that night.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
8.1/1041 votesLoading...#9 - Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1968
When Carolyn is desperate in need of money to fix the plumbing but can't think of one idea for her article, Captain Gregg comes to her rescue with disastrous results.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1048 votesLoading...#10 - Treasure Hunt
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1968
With the house badly in need of repair, Carolyn tries to play off Claymore's vanity by telling him that a national magazine wants to do a photo shoot of Gull Cottage and if he could attend to some of the work that needs done it would be much more impressive. The Captain finds her plan amusing and bets her $5 dollars that Claymore will not do the repairs, but when it appears that he really won't fix the necessary items, the Captain comes up with a brilliant scheme of his own.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
8.0/1040 votesLoading...#11 - The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1968
Captain Gregg reluctantly consents to removal of the antiques and replacing them with modern furniture to make the cottage a home, but when she has his prized monkey puzzle tree cut down after a window is broken the angry Captain leaves.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: N/A
7.9/1041 votesLoading...#12 - Mister Perfect
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1968
A former beau literally sails back into Carolyn Muir's life on his yacht and asks her to marry him much to the jealously of the Captain.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
7.9/1038 votesLoading...#13 - Son of the Curse
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/1969
The kids find a clock with a curse on it. After the clock is started the last living Gregg will die at midnight, Claymore Gregg.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1057 votesLoading...#14 - The Ghost Hunter
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1968
Claymore brings a stranger to look at the house who claims he is a student of architecture and wants to take photos of the house. When he comes back to the house after the Muirs leave for the evening Captain Gregg thinks he's a burglar and tries to scare him away, not realizing that he is actually a parapsychologist who is determined to find the ghost of Gull Cottage and make him known to an unsuspecting public.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.8/1040 votesLoading...#15 - Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1968
The local historical society wants to erect a statue of legendary local Navy hero Captain Figg. Captain Gregg is insulted that he wasn't chosen and wants Mrs. Muir to expose Figg as the coward he was, but Mrs. Muir must have proof.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.8/1042 votesLoading...#16 - The Real James Gatley
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1968
When antique hounds visit the cottage, Claymore tries to sell them the Captain's barometer by switching it for a replica he had made, but the Captain switches them back and Claymore is arrested for selling the fake.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
7.8/1045 votesLoading...#17 - Way Off Broadway
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1968
When Claymore gets Mrs. Muir to star in his amateur theatre production, the Captain feels abandoned and decides to disrupt the show.
Director: Lee Philips
Writer: N/A
7.8/1036 votesLoading...#18 - Strictly Relative
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1969
When Jonathan accidentally tells Carolyn's visiting in-laws about the Captain, they believe he's a living person and jump to the conclusion that Carolyn plans on marrying him.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: N/A
7.8/1043 votesLoading...#19 - Buried on Page One
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1969
Taking a job at the Schooner Bay Beacon, Carolyn finds herself overworked by the editor. The Captain misses her, and has never forgiven the Beacon's inaccurate reporting of his death.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peggy Elliott
7.8/1035 votesLoading...#20 - The Spirit of the Law
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1969
Captain Gregg helps Claymore act like a lawyer in order to protect that beauty that is Gull Cottage from power lines, towers, and eminent domain.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1041 votesLoading...#21 - Madeira, My Dear?
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1968
The Captain extends a series of invitation to Carolyn for conversation and Madiera, to celebrate the end of the passing day, but things never quite seem to work out as he intended, due to ""petty household chores.""
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.7/1033 votesLoading...#22 - Madam Candidate
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1969
Carolyn decides to run against Claymore and an old-timer for local office, only to find out that Gull Cottage might not be in the city, invalidating her candidacy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1049 votesLoading...#23 - The Ghost of Christmas Past
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1969
Each of those living at Gull Cottage has their own special Christmas dream thanks to the Captain. In Mrs. Muir's dream the Captain and her confess their love to each other and exchange a kiss.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.6/1036 votesLoading...#24 - Dear Delusion
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/4/1969
Prompted by her family doctor, Carolyn sees a psychiatrist, who convinces her that the Captain is a delusion she should ignore. When the psychiatrist shows up at Gull Cottage, the Captain takes delusion into his own hands.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: N/A
7.6/1036 votesLoading...#25 - Dog Gone!
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1969
Everyone knows that the Captain and Scruffy don't like each other, and the Captain's really in the doghouse when Scruffy mysteriously disappears.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Every episode of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir!
Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir". It scored 8.5/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1968. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Vanessa".