The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.6/10(335 votes)

   #1 - Ghosts Я Us

   S1:E19/13/1986

   After a trio of ghosts escape from the Containment Unit, they decide to discredit the Ghostbusters by disguising themselves as “Ghosts Я Us,” a rival ghostbusting franchise!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson
2. 

   6.8/10(263 votes)

   #2 - Killerwatt

   S1:E29/20/1986

   The power blackouts across New York are the work of a veritable army of ghosts, but the power drain leaves the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit vulnerable!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson
3. 

   7.6/10(248 votes)

   #3 - Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

   S1:E39/27/1986

   The Ghostbusters are called to rid sweet old Mrs. Roger's house of ghosts, the Granny isn't what she seems, and Janine could be facing a demon in the headquarters... alone!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson
4. 

   6.7/10(207 votes)

   #4 - Slimer, Come Home

   S1:E410/4/1986

   After ruining Winston's birthday surprise, Slimer leaves the firehouse for good and wanders the streets of New York... where he soon joins in with a bad crowd of poltergeists!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
5. 

   6.8/10(196 votes)

   #5 - Troll Bridge

   S1:E510/11/1986

   A troll who has grown tired of living under the Brooklyn Bridge runs away to the city in search of good times, but when his fellow trolls take control of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Ghostbusters come to the rescue.

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:Bruce Reid Schaefer

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:Bruce Reid Schaefer
6. 

   8.2/10(255 votes)

   #6 - The Boogieman Cometh

   S1:E610/18/1986

   Two children turn up at the firehouse claiming that the Boogieman is living in their closet, leading the skeptical Ghostbusters on a mission to bedroom closets throughout New York, and finally into the twisted world of the Boogieman himself.

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:Michael Reaves

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   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:Michael Reaves
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   8.1/10(233 votes)

   #7 - Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

   S1:E710/25/1986

   The Sandman decides that humanity might stop its warring and fighting if it had a five-hundered-year-long nap, but his sleep dust causes dreams to come to life, creating havoc for the Ghostbusters!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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8. 

   7.8/10(246 votes)

   #8 - When Halloween Was Forever

   S1:E811/1/1986

   When ancient ruins arrive in New York for examination, the evil spirit of Samhain is released! He declares that Halloween should last forever and calls forth an army of the night!

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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   Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
9. 

   6.7/10(174 votes)

   #9 - Look Homeward, Ray

   S1:E911/8/1986

   When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone wants to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

   Director:Richard Raynis

   Writer:Marc Scott Zicree

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   Writer:Marc Scott Zicree
10. 

    7.4/10(174 votes)

    #10 - Take Two

    S1:E1011/15/1986

    The Ghostbusters are flown out to Hollywood to oversee production of a movie being made about their story. On a tour of the studio they are called into action, but they're armed with fake Proton Packs by mistake!

    Director:Richard Raynis

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski
11. 

    7.6/10(244 votes)

    #11 - Citizen Ghost

    S1:E1111/22/1986

    This flashback story reveals the origins of how and why Slimer came to live with the Ghostbusters, in events immediately following their film encounter with Gozer.

    Director:Richard Raynis

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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12. 

    7.5/10(168 votes)

    #12 - Janine's Genie

    S1:E1212/6/1986

    Following her first ghostbusting job, Janine takes a brass oil lamp as payment and releases a genie and all his pals. She soon learns that the life of a Ghostbuster is never an easy one!

    Director:Richard Raynis

    Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson

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    Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson
13. 

    7.7/10(216 votes)

    #13 - X-Mas Marks the Spot

    S1:E1312/13/1986

    Zapped back in time to 1837 England, the Ghostbusters unknowingly trap the ghosts of Christmas, thereby saving Ebenezer Scrooge from his scheduled rehabilitation. The future is changed, and they must go back in time to change it back, while Egon makes an even more frightening trip... into the Containment Unit!

    Director:Richard Raynis

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski