8.3/1010 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1997
Single mother Gillian Apple unfurls a purple rug that has caught her eye and lets loose a Genie who has been rolled up for 2000 years as punishment for an unspeakable Genie offense -- falling in love with his mistress, er, female master. The outrageous, incorrigible Genie tries to convince her that he desperately needs the acceptance of a new master in order to remain free, while she is reluctant to let magic into her children's already disrupted lives and therefore stubbornly resists his attempts to trick her into wishing.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Jillions of Gillians
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1997
When Gillian accidentally wishes there were more than one of her to better manage her busy home and work schedule, Genie obliges by cloning her as the careful, spontaneous ""Fun Gillian"". The two Gillians then compete to see who rules the roost. Meanwhile, Genie moves into Mickey's dollhouse when Gillian banishes him from the kitchen.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - The Big Ride
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1997
Jerry Van Dyke joins the cast as Genie's 50,000-year-old grandfather, who must be decommissioned because his magical powers have waned. Genie's caustic mother Estelle also pays a visit, and complains that her son's master is a non-wisher -- but then Gillian finally makes a wish that may forever affect an ancient tradition as well as Grampa Max when she learns that he is to be sent on the ""Big Ride"" into eternity.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Mind Games
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1997
In this episode, Jillian gets the abiltity to mind read. From there, Jillian finds a pack of cigarettes in Mickey's purse. However, Mickey claims they are a friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Adam Silverman
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - A Real Don Juan
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1997
Genie meddles in Gillian's love life—or lack thereof, rather—by conjuring up amorous suitor Don Juan himself. When she gets wise to her escort's identity, she makes Genie sweat. Meanwhile, Mickey enters a talent contest at school doing a magic act that involves her temporarily invisible little brother.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1011 votes
#6 - Halloween
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1997
In this episode, Genie turns mickey into a witch. The cableman is a werewolf.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Steve Pepoon
- 8.0/1012 votes
#7 - Genie Without a Cause
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1997
Salem the Cat from the Sabrina series visits the set of You Wish. He magically transport the cast back to the 70's.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Future Shock
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/1998
Genie and Grandpa lose their ability to predict the future and are forced to trust in fate; despite learning the outcome of his big baseball game, Travis must believe in himself; and Mickey is horrified to discover she is destined to marry a computer nerd.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - All in the Family Room
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/1998
Slighted by his sister, Travis uses Genie's time-travel portal to run away to a pirate ship; Gillian decorates the family room with mementos that do not include Genie.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/108 votes
#10 - Welcome to the Dollhouse
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/1998
On Thanksgiving, Genie shrinks Gillian and can't restore her to full size, so Grampa takes her to a genie celebration called ""Klunderbuk"" hoping to get her back to normal.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - The Bad Influence
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/1998
Genie has only a week to teach a beautiful intern the tricks of the trade or she will be sent back to the Genie Academy. Meanwhile, a strangely familiar but mischievous teenage girl who has a bad influence on her befriends Mickey, and Gillian reveals her own wild adolescence, and how a dear friend set her straight.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Bride and Prejudice
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/1998
Gillian finds herself in mortal danger from a jealous genie who turns out to be Genie's fiancé, whom he inadvertently left at the altar 2,000 years ago when he was trapped in the rug. It turns out that all genie marriages are arranged, and Mickey's first date teaches Grandpa a lesson in the nature of love, causing him to reconsider the match.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Gift of the Travi
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
Genie gives Mickey and Travis, each a present granting them one wish a piece, Mickey wishes for a white Christmas in L.A., where on the other hand Travis wishes everyday was Christmas, leading the Apple's to go through a time warp, Santa appears and asks who made the bonehead wish of it being Christmas everyday, and it's up to Travis to make it right again.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of You Wish Season 1
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A single mother reluctantly accepts the services of a genie, who's been imprisoned in a magic carpet for two thousand years.
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "You Wish" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by David Trainer and written by N/A, it aired on 9/26/1997. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Jillions of Gillians".