7.5/102 votes#1 - Diplomat's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1965
Numerous blondes have been kidnapped and Smart is assigned to protect a beautiful diplomat's daughter. He discovers the KAOS lair and tangles with The Claw, capturing him and his henchmen.
Director: Paul Bogart
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#2 - The Spy Who Came in From the Cool
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
The Monkees get mixed up in a spy ring (Jacques Aubuchon, Arlene Martel) after Davy accidentally purchases a set of red maracas containing secret microfilm. Can the Monkees outwit two professional spies ?
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#3 - The Chaperone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1966
Davy's feelings for retired General Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter Leslie (Sherry Alberoni) leads Micky to pose as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#4 - One Man Shy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1966
Bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#5 - Son of a Gypsy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1966
A band of gypsies, headed by the powerful Maria (Jeanne Arnold), force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette called the "Maltese Vulture."
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#6 - I Was a Teenage Monster
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1967
A mad scientist (John Hoyt) hires the Monkees to teach his monster (Richard Kiel) music—and then transplants their musical talent into the monster. Can the Monkees get their talent back? Byron Foulger appears as Groot, Dr. Mendoza's assistant.
Director: Sidney Miller
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#7 - Find the Monkees
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1967
When television producer Hubbell Bensen (Carl Ballantine) hears a tape of the Monkees, he frantically stages auditions in the hope of finding them for his new television show, unaware they are desperately trying to audition for him.
Director: Richard Nunis
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#8 - Captain Crocodile
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
The Monkees' appearance on popular children's show The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guest's popularity is diminishing his own.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#9 - Monkees à la Mode
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1967
The Monkees are chosen as "Typical Young Americans of the Year," by Chic magazine, a haughty publication that runs a bogus article on the group moulding them into a false image of clean cut young men.
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#10 - Monkees Chow Mein
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/13/1967
Peter finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen Davy and Mike to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman (Joey Forman).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#11 - The Monkees on the Line
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/27/1967
Hired by a telephone answering service, the Monkees are soon plunged into mix-ups, hang-ups and crossed wires leading to pursuit by a crooked bettor (Milton Frome).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#12 - The Monkees Get Out More Dirt
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/3/1967
The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for the same girl, luscious local laundromat proprietress April Conquest (Julie Newmar).
Director: Gerald Shepard
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#13 - I Was A 99 Pound Weakling
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1967
After losing his girlfriend Brenda to a muscle man named Bulk, Micky starts a health program under the guidance of fraudulent physical cultist Shah-Ku (Monte Landis).
Director: Alexander Singer
Writer: Gerald Gardner
7.0/101 votes#14 - The Amazing Harry Hoo
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1966
The Claw is back, and planning to lead Max into his deadly trap. His scheme leads Max and 99 to San Francisco as they follow a Chinese agent (Number 3) in the hopes that this will lead them to Number One (Claw), the mastermind behind a smuggling operation that uses a laundromat as facade (though the real money is actually in the laundry). However Max gets help from Harry Hoo, a chinese police inspector with a keen eye for detail and two possibilities to explain anything.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.5/102 votes#15 - Washington 4, Indians 3
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1965
Indians threaten to use a bomb if they don't get all of their land back. Smart then goes into their camp and foils their plan. While on his three-week vacation Agent 43 is confronted by a group of rebel Indians. They demand the return of all Indian lands or they will fire their secret weapon on Washington. Max calls an all-out alert, though we're not sure if it's because of an Indian attack or because he doesn't get three weeks vacation. Once saturation bombing of Arizona is discarded as a plan, Max and 99 mount 'em up and head out to disarm the secret weapon. Max, disguised as a Papawahsee, infiltrates the camp. The Papwahsee is actually the Indian word for fiancee and Max is forced to romance Chief Red Cloud's daughter to fulfill his assignment. A jealous 99 raids the camp to prevent Max from kissing the daughter and tries to prevent the Indians from launching their secret weapon, a giant arrow.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#16 - Success Story
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1966
Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright) visits, and the Monkees try to convince him that his grandson is wealthy and successful.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#17 - Monkees à la Carte
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1966
The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favourite Italian restaurant from a gangster (Harvey Lembeck).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#18 - Too Many Girls (a.k.a. Davy and Fern)
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/19/1966
A domineering stage mother (Reta Shaw) tries to use Davy to further her daughter Fern's (Kelly Jean Peters) career.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#19 - The Case of the Missing Monkee
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/1967
Peter becomes involved with the disappearance of the respected Professor Milo Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller) and then disappears himself.
Director: Bob Rafelson
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#20 - Monkees in the Ring
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1967
A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a stooge in a bout with the champ.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#21 - The Prince and the Paupers
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1967
Davy doubles for a lookalike Peruvian prince in order to win the heart of Wendy Forsythe (Heather North) or forfeit his throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi Jr.).
Director: James Komack
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#22 - Alias Micky Dolenz
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1967
The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to locate robbery loot.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#23 - The Monkees in Manhattan (a.k.a. The Monkees Manhattan Style)
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/10/1967
In New York City, the Monkees fend off an irate hotel manager (Philip Ober) as they help a producer (Richard Anders) get backing for a Broadway musical.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/101 votes#24 - The Monkees at the Movies
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/17/1967
The Monkees have a run-in with a snobbish movie idol (Bobby Sherman) on the set as extras in a beach movie.
Director: Russ Mayberry
Writer: Gerald Gardner
6.0/102 votes#25 - Too Many Chiefs
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1965
Alexi Sebastian, a master impersonator, attempts to kill someone who was about to reveal the secret of the KAOS coding system. Alexi disguises himself as the Chief to confuse the situation even more. Max and 99 must guard Tanya Lupescu, who has memorized KAOS' codebook. An attempt to hide her in a hotel fails, so CONTROL decides to hide her in Max's apartment. KAOS hires master impersonator Alexi Sebastian to kill Lupesco. Sebastian has successfully disguised himself as Johnny Carson and Max's Aunt Rose, so CONTROL has him listed as a 101 - shoot on sight. Sebastian disguises himself as the Chief and gets inside the apartment, but the real Chief shows up and Max is confronted by two Chiefs. Can Maxie pick the correct Chief?
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Gerald Gardner
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"Diplomat's Daughter" is the best rated episode written by Gerald Gardner. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Paul Bogart. It aired on 9/25/1965 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Spy Who Came in From the Cool".