6.8/10210 votes#1 - The Outsiders
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/1990
A welfare worker warns the three orphaned Curtis brothers that any trouble will send Ponyboy and Soda Pop to foster homes.
Director: Sharron Miller, Alan Shapiro
Writer: Alan Shapiro
- 6.1/1025 votes
#2 - The Stork Club
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/1990
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
- 6.6/1015 votes
#3 - Only the Lonely
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/1990
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: N/A
- 7.4/1017 votes
#4 - Breaking the Maiden
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1990
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
Writer: Jeb Rosebrook, Joe Byrne
- 6.5/1014 votes
#5 - He Was a Greaser, Only Old
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/1990
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
- 6.2/1018 votes
#6 - Maybe Baby
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/1990
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
- 6.1/1014 votes
#7 - Storm Warning
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/1990
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
- 6.7/1013 votes
#8 - Mirror Image
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/1990
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
Writer: Frederick Rappaport, Douglas Steinberg
- 7.4/1014 votes
#9 - Carnival
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/1990
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
- 7.4/1014 votes
#10 - Tequila Sunset
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/1990
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
- 7.5/1014 votes
#11 - Winner Take All
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/1990
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
- 7.1/1014 votes
#12 - The Beat Goes On
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/15/1990
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
- 7.5/1015 votes
#13 - Union Blues
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/22/1990
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
The Best Episodes of The Outsiders Season 1
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The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the...
Genre:Drama
Network:FOX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Outsiders" is the best rated episode of "The Outsiders" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 210 votes. Directed by Sharron Miller, Alan Shapiro and written by Alan Shapiro, it aired on 3/25/1990. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Stork Club".