The Best Episodes of The Outsiders

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
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   REVEAL THE WINNER
   

   7.7/10(15 votes)

   #1 - Winner Take All

   S1:E116/24/1990

   Darrel's dream requires a loan, but Soda's dream comes true, thanks to a prank by Steve and Two Bit that sends Soda into a spending spree.

   Director:Robert Becker

   Writer:James Kearns

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   Director:Robert Becker

   Writer:James Kearns
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   7.7/10(16 votes)

   #2 - Union Blues

   S1:E137/22/1990

   A desperate Darrel joins a group of laborers, unaware he's crossing a picket line formed by Tim's union. Ponyboy sees the good life as he tutors a track star.

   Director:Bill Duke

   Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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   Director:Bill Duke

   Writer:Ira Steven Behr
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   7.6/10(18 votes)

   #3 - Breaking the Maiden

   S1:E44/15/1990

   Pony Boy regrets not taking Cherry's bait to tackle the school dance—until he's hooked by a stronger line. The Northside Greaser Band makes its pro debut.

   Director:Janet Greek

   Writers:Jeb Rosebrook, Joe Byrne

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   Director:Janet Greek

   Writers:Jeb Rosebrook, Joe Byrne
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   7.6/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Carnival

   S1:E96/3/1990

   At a carnival, Darrel and Tim fight one scam while Soda is caught in another when a seductive carny girl separates him from the car he's "borrowed" for the evening.

   Director:Bill Molloy

   Writer:Todd Robinson

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   Director:Bill Molloy

   Writer:Todd Robinson
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   7.6/10(15 votes)

   #5 - Tequila Sunset

   S1:E106/10/1990

   Needing to pay off gambling debts, Two Bit tries to get his school's hoop star to commit a foul. Tim goes to church to see the gal who got away.

   Director:Janet Greek

   Writer:Marc Thyme

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   Director:Janet Greek

   Writer:Marc Thyme
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   7.3/10(15 votes)

   #6 - The Beat Goes On

   S1:E127/15/1990

   Darrel objects when Scout uses the Curtises' for refuge from an abusive father, but doesn't mind his own time spent with a lonely military wife.

   Director:Michael Toshiyuki Uno

   Writer:David Abramowitz

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   Director:Michael Toshiyuki Uno

   Writer:David Abramowitz
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   7.0/10(14 votes)

   #7 - Mirror Image

   S1:E85/13/1990

   The Greasers and Socs beat up a black student dating a girl who dumped Soda, who can keep quiet and take the blame—or talk, and take it from his "friends."

   Director:Bill Duke

   Writers:Frederick Rappaport, Douglas Steinberg

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   Director:Bill Duke

   Writers:Frederick Rappaport, Douglas Steinberg
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   6.9/10(212 votes)

   #8 - The Outsiders

   S1:E13/25/1990

   A welfare worker warns the three orphaned Curtis brothers that any trouble will send Ponyboy and Soda Pop to foster homes.

   Directors:Alan Shapiro, Sharron Miller

   Writer:Alan Shapiro

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   Directors:Alan Shapiro, Sharron Miller

   Writer:Alan Shapiro
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   6.8/10(16 votes)

   #9 - Only the Lonely

   S1:E34/8/1990

   Tim Shepard returns from prison and is tempted to take a job offer from two men he met in the joint.

   Director:Bill Duke

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Bill Duke

   Writer:Unknown
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    6.3/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Maybe Baby

    S1:E64/29/1990

    The Curtises' overnight care of an infant whose father doesn't return puts them through some changes and prompts Two Bit to get in touch with his estranged father.

    Director:Bill Molloy

    Writer:Tammy Adler

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    Director:Bill Molloy

    Writer:Tammy Adler
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    6.3/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Storm Warning

    S1:E75/6/1990

    As a tornado approaches, Darrel tries to save the roof on a customer's house. Pony attempts to move an injured Soc to safety. Soda risks Darrel's cash to save Buck's poker stake.

    Director:Gwen Arner

    Writer:Joel M. Wilf

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    Director:Gwen Arner

    Writer:Joel M. Wilf
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    6.2/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The Stork Club

    S1:E24/1/1990

    Soda wants to keep it from Darrel that he's gotten a girl pregnant, and Ponyboy becomes "protective" when Scout is courted by a nongreaser.

    Director:Jan Eliasberg

    Writer:Bruce Kirschbaum

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    Director:Jan Eliasberg

    Writer:Bruce Kirschbaum
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    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #13 - He Was a Greaser, Only Old

    S1:E54/22/1990

    A chain-gang fugitive is "one of us" to Ponyboy, whose aid to the man further alienates Pony from Darrel---and results in a bullet for Soda.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin

    Writer:Robert Harders

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin

    Writer:Robert Harders