7.2/1063 votes#1 - The French Teacher
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1963
Patty gets a crush on her new French teacher after he makes her his test subject.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1048 votes
#2 - The Genius
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1963
While Patty is taking a test to determine the intelligence of today's students, the machine goes nuts and the results say Patty is a genius with a 185 I.Q.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1037 votes
#3 - The Elopement
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1963
J.R. Castle leads Martin to believe that Patty and Richard are planning to elope. Acutally, they are helping Natalie plan a surprise vacation for Martin and her at the same fishing lodge where tjhey spent their honeymoon.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1041 votes
#4 - House Guest
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1963
Martin's Aunt Pauline comes to visit.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1036 votes
#5 - The Birds and the Bees Bit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1963
Ross is invited to his first dance, so Patty and Cathy try to teach him about girls.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1033 votes
#6 - The Slumber Party
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1963
Ross tape records conversations at Patty and Cathy's slumber party's, and then blackmails them with the tape.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1032 votes
#7 - The Babysitters
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1963
When Mr. Lane refuses to pay for an evening gown for Patty, she decides to go into the babysitting business.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1033 votes
#8 - The Conquering Hero
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1963
When the star basketball player's parents move to Michigan, the Lanes invite him to stay with them.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1029 votes
#9 - The President
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1963
Patty and Cathy both run for president of the Girls' League.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1032 votes
#10 - Double Date
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1963
Patty plays Patty and Cathy at a party, after Cathy got sick for having taken a flu shot meant for Patty.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1033 votes
#11 - The Actress
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1963
The school is putting on a lavish version of Anthony and Cleopatra. Cathy tries out for the lead, but Patty unexpectedly gets it.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1032 votes
#12 - How to Be Popular
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1963
Cathy wants to win more friends, so she writes to Aunt Jane,a Lonely Hearts colunnist, for advice.
Director: William Asher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1029 votes
#13 - The Song Writers
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1963
Richard enters Patty and Cathy's song in the Jimmy Dean Songwriter Contest. Unfortunately, Patty had copied the words from a book of poetry!!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1033 votes
#14 - The Princess Cathy
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1963
Cathy falls in love with a foreign exchange student.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1040 votes
#15 - Christmas Present
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/25/1963
Christmas is a day away and Cathy anxiously awaits a visit from her father, only to learn that he is a prisoner in a foreign country.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1030 votes
#16 - Auld Lang Syne
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/1/1964
Martin's brother Kenneth sets out to write his autobiography, but discovers writing a book to be more difficult than he imagined.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1030 votes
#17 - Horoscope
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/1964
Patty become an astrologist in order to earn money to buy Natalie a birthday present.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1031 votes
#18 - The Tycoons
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1964
When all the girls like the dress that Cathy made, she and Patty decide to go into business.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#19 - Author! Author!
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/22/1964
Patty writes a novel presenting the viewpoint of the American teenager and immediately gets a publishing contract.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1033 votes
#20 - The Continental
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/1964
Martin learns that he is being transferred to Paris.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1043 votes
#21 - Let 'Em Eat Cake
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1964
Natalie makes the mistake of leaving her cake in the church bazaar on the kitchen table unattened.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1028 votes
#22 - Going Steady
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/1964
Patty and Richard decide to go steady.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1028 votes
#23 - Are Mothers People?
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1964
Natalie Lane begins to feel unwanted and devises a plan to get even with her family for the uncaring way they have been acting.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1029 votes
#24 - The Con Artist
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/1964
Cathy buys a vacuum cleaner for Natalie's birthday but finds the cost is too much for her to handle.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1026 votes
#25 - The Perfect Teenager
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1964
After flunking an exam for teenagers, Patty decides to enroll in modeling school.
Director: Stanley Prager
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Patty Duke Show Season 1
Every episode of The Patty Duke Show Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Patty Duke Show Season 1!
The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The French Teacher" is the best rated episode of "The Patty Duke Show" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by William Asher and written by N/A, it aired on 9/18/1963. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Genius".