6.7/10113 votesLoading...#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
7.0/10122 votesLoading...#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
7.0/10105 votesLoading...#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
7.1/10129 votesLoading...#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
7.1/10120 votesLoading...#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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Treva Silverman
7.2/10153 votesLoading...#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: Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
7.2/10130 votesLoading...#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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Coslough Johnson
7.2/10128 votesLoading...#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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Neil Burstyn
7.3/10120 votesLoading...#9 - Monkees 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
7.3/10109 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.3/10118 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.4/10225 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.4/10126 votesLoading...#13 - 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: Gerald Gardner, Bernie Orenstein
7.4/10131 votesLoading...#14 - 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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
7.5/10140 votesLoading...#15 - 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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Bernie Orenstein
7.5/10127 votesLoading...#16 - 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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
7.5/10128 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.5/10133 votesLoading...#18 - 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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
7.5/10118 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.5/10139 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10112 votesLoading...#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: Peter Meyerson, Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso
7.6/10128 votesLoading...#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: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso, Dave Evans
7.6/10134 votesLoading...#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: Robert Schlitt, Peter Meyerson
7.6/10109 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10112 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of The Monkees
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Monkees in Paris (a.k.a. The Paris Show)" is the worst rated episode of "The Monkees". It scored 6.7/10 based on 113 votes. Directed by Bob Rafelson and written by N/A, it aired on 2/19/1968. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Card Carrying Red Shoes".