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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 and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series

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Network:NBC

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "The Monkees" is "Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)", rated 6.7/10 from 113 user votes. It was directed by Bob Rafelson and written by N/A. "Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)" aired on 2/19/1968 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Card Carrying Red Shoes".

  • Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)
    6.7/10 113 votes

    #1 - Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1968

    The Monkees take a vacation from the studio grind and are chased (on location) all over the French Capital by beautiful girls and gendarme.

    Director: Bob Rafelson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Card Carrying Red Shoes
    7.0/10 121 votes

    #2 - The Card Carrying Red Shoes

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1967

    Peter is the target of a romantic prima ballerina (Ondine Vaughn) and a dastardly plot choreographed by the rest of the ballet company.

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: Lee Sanford

  • Monkees Race Again (a.k.a. Leave the Driving to Us)
    7.0/10 105 votes

    #3 - Monkees Race Again (a.k.a. Leave the Driving to Us)

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1968

    Davy drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz (David Hurst) and his Klutzmobile. Featuring a cameo appearance by co-producer Bob Rafelson as the "World's Oldest Flower Child."

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: Dave Evans

  • Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (a.k.a. Gift Horse)
    7.1/10 128 votes

    #4 - Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (a.k.a. Gift Horse)

    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

  • Son of a Gypsy
    7.1/10 119 votes

    #5 - Son 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: Treva Silverman, Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

  • Here Come the Monkees
    7.2/10 152 votes

    #6 - Here Come the Monkees

    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

  • The Monkees on the Line
    7.2/10 129 votes

    #7 - The Monkees 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: Coslough Johnson, Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

  • I Was A 99 Pound Weakling
    7.2/10 128 votes

    #8 - I Was A 99 Pound Weakling

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1967

    After losing his girlfriend Brenda to a muscle man named Bulk, Micky starts a health program under the guidance of fraudulent physical cultist Shah-Ku (Monte Landis).

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Neil Burstyn

  • Monkees Watch Their Feet
    7.3/10 109 votes

    #9 - Monkees Watch Their Feet

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1968

    A documented film report by the Department of UFO Information, headed by Pat Paulsen, shows the Monkees foiling an invasion by aliens (Stuart Margolin and Nita Talbot) from Planet Zlotnick.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: Coslough Johnson

  • Monkees Blow Their Minds
    7.3/10 117 votes

    #10 - Monkees Blow Their Minds

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/11/1968

    The Monkees swing to the rescue when mentalist Oracullo (Monte Landis) gains control of Peter's mind to use him in a nightclub act. Director James Frawley appears as Oracullo's assistant Rudy.

    Director: David Winters

    Writer: Peter Meyerson

  • The Royal Flush
    7.4/10 223 votes

    #11 - The Royal 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

  • Monkees à la Carte
    7.4/10 125 votes

    #12 - Monkees 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: Bernie Orenstein, Gerald Gardner

  • Monkees Chow Mein
    7.4/10 130 votes

    #13 - Monkees 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

  • Success Story
    7.5/10 139 votes

    #14 - Success 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

  • The Case of the Missing Monkee
    7.5/10 126 votes

    #15 - The 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

  • Monkees at the Circus
    7.5/10 126 votes

    #16 - Monkees 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

  • Monkees à la Mode
    7.5/10 132 votes

    #17 - Monkees 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

  • Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik
    7.5/10 118 votes

    #18 - Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1967

    It is a "harem-scare 'em" scene as Davy faces the prospect of marriage to a lovely Nehudian princess (Donna Loren).

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: Jack Winter

  • Hitting the High Seas
    7.5/10 111 votes

    #19 - Hitting the High Seas

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1967

    Thoughts of mutiny are bountiful as the Monkees try to stop the hijack of a cargo ship by a vengeful sea captain (Chips Rafferty).

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: Jack Winter

  • Monstrous Monkee Mash
    7.5/10 139 votes

    #20 - Monstrous Monkee Mash

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1968

    The Monkees attempt to rescue Davy from his girlfriend Lorelei (Arlene Martel), Count Batula (Ron Masak), a wolf man (David Pearl), mummy man, and a Frankenstein-looking monster in a creepy castle.

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: David Panich, Neil Burstyn

  • The Prince and the Paupers
    7.6/10 109 votes

    #21 - The 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: Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner, Peter Meyerson

  • Alias Micky Dolenz
    7.6/10 127 votes

    #22 - Alias 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: Dave Evans, Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner

  • Monkee Mother
    7.6/10 133 votes

    #23 - Monkee 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

  • A Coffin Too Frequent
    7.6/10 109 votes

    #24 - A Coffin Too Frequent

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1967

    A mad scientist (George Furth), his goony cousin (Mickey Morton), and his dotty aunt (Ruth Buzzi) use the Monkees' pad for a séance to summon their relative Elmer from beyond.

    Director: David Winters

    Writer: Stella Linden

  • Monkee See, Monkee Die
    7.7/10 186 votes

    #25 - Monkee 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, Dee Caruso, David Panich