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Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV
Season 1
7.3/10290 votesRoyal Flush
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
The Monkees rescue Princess Bettina, Duchess of Harmonica (Katherine Walsh) from her evil uncle Archduke Otto (Theodore Marcuse).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Robert Schlitt
7.7/10239 votesMonkee See, Monkee Die
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1966
The Monkees spend the night in a haunted house to collect an inheritance.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Treva Silverman
8.0/10242 votesMonkee vs. Machine
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1966
In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: David Panich
7.9/10202 votesYour Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966
A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the Monkees to prevent them from winning a talent contest in order for his clients (rival band the Four Swines) to win.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dave Evans
7.7/10198 votesThe Spy Who Came in from the Cool
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
The Monkees get mixed up in a spy ring (Jacques Aubuchon, Arlene Martel) after Davy accidentally purchases a set of red maracas containing secret microfilm. Can the Monkees outwit two professional spies ?
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.5/10178 votesSuccess Story
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1966
Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright) visits, and the Monkees try to convince him that his grandson is wealthy and successful.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Bernie Orenstein, Gerald Gardner
7.9/10211 votesMonkees in a Ghost Town
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1966
Stranded in a ghost town after their car runs out of gas, the Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers (Len Lesser, Lon Chaney Jr.) and their boss, "The Big Man" (Rose Marie).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Robert Schlitt
7.0/10164 votesDon't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1966
Davy is given a horse, which the Monkees have to hide from their landlord, Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden). It is returned to a heart-broken child (Kerry MacLane) and father (Jim Boles) after Davy rides it to victory over the horse of the father's neighbor. Famed character actor, and frequent Bob Hope sideman, Jerry Colonna plays veterinarian Doctor Mann.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Dave Evans
7.8/10176 votesThe Chaperone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1966
Davy's feelings for retired General Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter Leslie (Sherry Alberoni) leads Micky to pose as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.1/10182 votesHere Come the Monkees - The Pilot
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1966
The Monkees play a sweet sixteen party and help the birthday girl (Robyn Millan) with her studies after she falls for Davy.
Director: Mike Elliot
Writer: Larry Tucker, Paul Mazursky
7.5/10156 votesMonkees à la Carte
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1966
The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favourite Italian restaurant from a gangster (Harvey Lembeck).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Bernie Orenstein, Gerald Gardner
7.9/10181 votesI've Got a Little Song Here
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1966
Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), but Micky dons the guise of a flashy Hollywood producer to get Mike's money back.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Treva Silverman
7.9/10165 votesOne Man Shy (Peter and the Debutante)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1966
Bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Treva Silverman, Gerald Gardner
7.8/10162 votesDance, Monkee, Dance
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1966
The Monkees sign up for lessons at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go (Hal March), and then find out that their contracts are for life.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Bernie Orenstein
7.8/10150 votesToo Many Girls (Davy and Fern)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1966
A domineering stage mother tries to use Davy to further her daughter Fern's career.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Dave Evans
7.2/10152 votesSon of a Gypsy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1966
A band of gypsies, headed by the powerful Maria (Jeanne Arnold), force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette called the "Maltese Vulture."
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Treva Silverman, Gerald Gardner
7.6/10154 votesThe Case of the Missing Monkee
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1967
Peter becomes involved with the disappearance of the respected Professor Milo Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller) and then disappears himself.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
8.2/10183 votesI Was a Teenage Monster
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1967
A mad scientist (John Hoyt) hires the Monkees to teach his monster (Richard Kiel) music—and then transplants their musical talent into the monster. Can the Monkees get their talent back? Byron Foulger appears as Groot, Dr. Mendoza's assistant.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Dave Evans
7.8/10166 votesThe Audition (Find the Monkees)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1967
When television producer Hubbell Bensen (Carl Ballantine) hears a tape of the Monkees, he frantically stages auditions in the hope of finding them for his new television show, unaware they are desperately trying to audition for him.
Director: Richard Nunis
Writer: Dave Evans
7.2/10148 votesMonkees in the Ring
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1967
A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a stooge in a bout with the champ.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
7.1/10141 votesThe Prince and the Paupers
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1967
Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince in order to win the heart of Wendy Forsythe (Heather North) or forfeit his throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi Jr.).
Director: James Komack
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.5/10162 votesMonkees at the Circus
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1967
To save a bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling, supreme high-wire artists from France known as the Mozzarelli Brothers, but get in trouble when their guise requires them to actually perform.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: David Panich
7.9/10164 votesCaptain Crocodile
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
The Monkees' appearance on popular children's show The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guest's popularity is diminishing his own.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Dee Caruso, Robert Schlitt, Gerald Gardner
7.5/10162 votesMonkees à la Mode
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1967
The Monkees are chosen as "Typical Young Americans of the Year," by Chic magazine, a haughty publication that runs a bogus article on the group moulding them into a false image of clean cut young men.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.6/10162 votesAlias Micky Dolenz
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1967
The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to locate robbery loot.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Dave Evans
7.3/10161 votesMonkee Chow Mein
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1967
Peter finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen Davy and Mike to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman (Joey Forman).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.6/10168 votesMonkee Mother
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/20/1967
Middle-aged widow Millie (Rose Marie) moves in with the Monkees as a new tenant, resulting in the boys' trying to find her a husband.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Meyerson, Robert Schlitt
7.3/10156 votesMonkees on the Line
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/1967
Hired by a telephone answering service, the Monkees are soon plunged into mix-ups, hang-ups and crossed wires leading to pursuit by a crooked bettor (Milton Frome).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Coslough Johnson
8.1/10178 votesMonkees Get Out More Dirt
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/3/1967
The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for the same girl, luscious local laundromat proprietress April Conquest (Julie Newmar).
Director: Gerald Shepard
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
7.9/10147 votesMonkees in Manhattan
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/10/1967
In New York City, the Monkees fend off an irate hotel manager (Philip Ober) as they help a producer (Richard Anders) get backing for a Broadway musical.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
8.1/10176 votesMonkees at the Movies
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/17/1967
The Monkees have a run-in with a snobbish movie idol (Bobby Sherman) on the set as extras in a beach movie.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner
8.1/10169 votesMonkees on Tour
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 4/24/1967
A mini-documentary chronicling a live Monkees concert gig on location in Phoenix, Arizona during their first public appearance tour.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Bob Rafelson