7.6/10108 votes#1 - Caper at the Bijou
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1959
Dobie and Maynard conspire to rig the raffle at the local movie theatre so that Dobie can win enough money to take Thalia to the prom.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 8.0/10101 votes
#2 - The Best Dressed Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1959
Dobie competes with Milton Armitage to see whose wardrobe can impress Thalia the most.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 7.9/1071 votes
#3 - Love is a Science
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1959
Thalia urges Dobie to become a doctor, but he meets Zelda Gilroy and learns about the scientific concept of propinquity, the psychological tendency for people to form relationships with those whom they encounter often.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 7.6/1063 votes
#4 - The Right Triangle
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1959
Dobie's older brother Davey convinces him to invent an affair with a married woman to impress a new girl in school.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1062 votes
#5 - Maynard's Farewell to the Troops
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1959
Maynard gets drafted.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman, Rod Amateau
- 7.4/1053 votes
#6 - The Sweet Singer of Central High
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1959
After a throat operation, Dobie can sing better than Milton, thus attracting Thalia.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1048 votes
#7 - Greater Love Hath No Man
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1959
Dobie tries to earn $6 to take Thalia to the Junior Prom.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Joel Kane
- 7.2/1049 votes
#8 - The Old Goat
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1959
Before the big football game, Dobie hatches a scheme for winning by stealing the opposing mascot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1054 votes
#9 - Dobie Gillis: Boy Actor
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1959
Dobie is up against Milton to be leading man in a school play.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1042 votes
#10 - It Takes Two
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1959
Dobie falls for Poppy Herming but has to win her father's approval too.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1045 votes
#11 - Dobie's Birthday Party
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1959
Dobie thinks everyone has forgotten his birthday.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Ed James
- 7.7/1042 votes
#12 - Deck the Halls
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1959
Mr. Gillis is driven crazy by all the Christian celebrations, and almost spends the holidays in jail.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1038 votes
#13 - Couchville, USA
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1959
Herbert seeks free advice from a child psychiologist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Irving Brecher
- 6.5/1043 votes
#14 - The Gaucho
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1960
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis take in a young and handsome border from South America.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1051 votes
#15 - The Smoke-Filled Room
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1960
Dobie runs against Milton for junior class president. Thalia is Dobie's campaign manager.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 7.7/1047 votes
#16 - The Fist Fighter
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1960
Dobie becomes Top Fist by knocking out the legendary Moose. Milton tries to gain the title and Thaila's affections by challenging Dobie.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1053 votes
#17 - The Hunger Strike
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1960
Dobie goes on a hunger strike until Thalia agrees to be his.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1051 votes
#18 - The Flying Millicans
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1960
Dobie falls for trapeze artist Aphrodite Millican,.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1049 votes
#19 - Room at the Bottom
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1960
Thalia talks Dobie's parents into sending him to Willoughby prep school.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 6.9/1041 votes
#20 - The Power of Positive Thinking
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1960
In order to win Thaila from Chatsworth, Dobie reads a book on mental power so he can be the dominating man Thalia wants.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1039 votes
#21 - Dobie Spreads a Rumor
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1960
Dobie and Maynard are puzzled when a rumor they spread about Zelda inheriting a fortune seems to become reality.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Rod Amateau
- 7.6/1045 votes
#22 - Love is a Fallacy
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1960
Thalia tries to educate Dobie in logical thinking.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 8.0/1048 votes
#23 - The Chicken from Outer Space
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1960
Maynard gives a chicken an overdose of growth hormones as a biology class project .
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Max Shulman
- 6.6/1036 votes
#24 - Dobie's Navy Blues
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1960
Dobie and a girl friend take a baby-sitting job. However, the Gillies suspect Dobie is secretly a father.
Director: Rod Amateau
Writer: Terry Ryan
- 7.3/1036 votes
#25 - Taken to the Cleaners
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/29/1960
Dobie, Maynard, and Thalia capture a crooked dry-cleaner who had almost conned them before.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1
Every episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Season 1!
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were...
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Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Caper at the Bijou" is the best rated episode of "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 108 votes. Directed by Rod Amateau and written by Max Shulman, it aired on 9/29/1959. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Best Dressed Man".