What are the best episodes of Gidget?

The best rated episodes of Gidget are: In and Out with the In-Laws - S1E21 rated 8.3, Gidget Gadget - S1E5 rated 8.0, I Have This Friend Who . . . - S1E31 rated 7.5, Daddy Come Home - S1E4 rated 7.5, A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse - S1E6 rated 7.4, A Hard Night's Night - S1E30 rated 7.0, Ask Helpful Hannah - S1E29 rated 7.0, We Got Each Other - S1E22 rated 7.0, Chivalry Isn't Dead - S1E12 rated 7.0, My Ever Faithful Friend - S1E11 rated 7.0

What are the worst episodes of Gidget?

The lowest rated episodes of Gidget are: All the Best Diseases are Taken - S1E10 rated 5.0, Gidget's Career - S1E19 rated 5.3, Too Many Cooks - S1E16 rated 5.5, Like Voodoo - S1E18 rated 5.7, Don't Defrost the Alligator - S1E32 rated 5.7, Now There's a Face - S1E15 rated 6.0, Operation Shaggy Dog - S1E23 rated 6.0, Take a Lesson - S1E26 rated 6.0, One More for the Road - S1E28 rated 6.0, Dear Diary-Et Al - S1E1 rated 6.2

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Sep 1965 - Apr 1966

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Best Episodes of Gidget

In and Out with the In-Laws
S1 Ep21
8.3
3rd Feb 1966
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
Gidget Gadget
S1 Ep5
8.0
13th Oct 1965
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
I Have This Friend Who . . .
S1 Ep31
7.5
14th Apr 1966
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Daddy Come Home
S1 Ep4
7.5
6th Oct 1965
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
S1 Ep6
7.4
20th Oct 1965
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
A Hard Night's Night
S1 Ep30
7.0
7th Apr 1966
Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, to get some peace and quiet. Unfortunately Gidget comes home early from Larue's. With neither one knowing about the other they start to get scared about all the things going bump in the night.
Ask Helpful Hannah
S1 Ep29
7.0
31st Mar 1966
Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
We Got Each Other
S1 Ep22
7.0
10th Feb 1966
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Chivalry Isn't Dead
S1 Ep12
7.0
1st Dec 1965
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
My Ever Faithful Friend
S1 Ep11
7.0
24th Nov 1965
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.

Worst Episodes of Gidget

All the Best Diseases are Taken
S1 Ep10
5.0
17th Nov 1965
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
Gidget's Career
S1 Ep19
5.3
20th Jan 1966
Gidget joins a folksy singing group. They audition for a teenage music TV show and get the gig! Gidget decides to change the group's image—they become "Gidget and the Gories!"
Too Many Cooks
S1 Ep16
5.5
29th Dec 1965
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
Like Voodoo
S1 Ep18
5.7
13th Jan 1966
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Don't Defrost the Alligator
S1 Ep32
5.7
21st Apr 1966
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.
Now There's a Face
S1 Ep15
6.0
22nd Dec 1965
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Operation Shaggy Dog
S1 Ep23
6.0
17th Feb 1966
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Take a Lesson
S1 Ep26
6.0
10th Mar 1966
Gidget gets a late evening phone call from a friend to hurry over to her house. She runs out of the house in her pajamas and a raincoat, not knowing that her friend wants her to go out of town with her to get a car. Along the way Gidget keeps trying to call home to tell Russ where she is but, it just ends up causing friction with the girls dad. Eventually they end up just going back home without a car.
One More for the Road
S1 Ep28
6.0
24th Mar 1966
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
Dear Diary-Et Al
S1 Ep1
6.2
15th Sep 1965
In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative confessions are true.

Gidget Episode Guide

Dear Diary-Et Al
S1 Ep1
6.2
15th Sep 1965
In the pilot episode, Gidget falls in love with two things: surfing and her surf boy Jeff. Life's swell until Gidget's protective older sister Anne, reads her diary and assumes her highly imaginative confessions are true.
In God, and Nobody Else, We Trust
S1 Ep2
6.9
22nd Sep 1965
Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.
The Great Kahuna
S1 Ep3
6.6
29th Sep 1965
A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.
Daddy Come Home
S1 Ep4
7.5
6th Oct 1965
Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.
Gidget Gadget
S1 Ep5
8.0
13th Oct 1965
Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.
A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse
S1 Ep6
7.4
20th Oct 1965
Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.
Gidget is a Proper Noun
S1 Ep7
7.0
27th Oct 1965
An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.
Image Scrimmage
S1 Ep8
6.7
3rd Nov 1965
Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.
Is it Love or Symbiosis?
S1 Ep9
6.3
10th Nov 1965
Gidget's meddling sister and brother-in-law convince her father he's too dependent on her. So he decides to send Gidget away to a private girl's school in Paris.
All the Best Diseases are Taken
S1 Ep10
5.0
17th Nov 1965
Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.
My Ever Faithful Friend
S1 Ep11
7.0
24th Nov 1965
Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.
Chivalry Isn't Dead
S1 Ep12
7.0
1st Dec 1965
Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.
The War Between Men, Women and Gidget
S1 Ep13
6.3
8th Dec 1965
Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.
Gidget's Foreign Policy
S1 Ep14
6.3
15th Dec 1965
Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""
Now There's a Face
S1 Ep15
6.0
22nd Dec 1965
Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.
Too Many Cooks
S1 Ep16
5.5
29th Dec 1965
Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.
I Love You, I Think
S1 Ep17
6.3
5th Jan 1966
Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.
Like Voodoo
S1 Ep18
5.7
13th Jan 1966
Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.
Gidget's Career
S1 Ep19
5.3
20th Jan 1966
Gidget joins a folksy singing group. They audition for a teenage music TV show and get the gig! Gidget decides to change the group's image—they become "Gidget and the Gories!"
Ego-A-Go-Go
S1 Ep20
6.5
27th Jan 1966
Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.
In and Out with the In-Laws
S1 Ep21
8.3
3rd Feb 1966
Gidget meets Jeff's parents.
We Got Each Other
S1 Ep22
7.0
10th Feb 1966
Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.
Operation Shaggy Dog
S1 Ep23
6.0
17th Feb 1966
Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.
Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat
S1 Ep24
6.7
24th Feb 1966
Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.
Love and the Single Gidget
S1 Ep25
6.5
3rd Mar 1966
Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.
Take a Lesson
S1 Ep26
6.0
10th Mar 1966
Gidget gets a late evening phone call from a friend to hurry over to her house. She runs out of the house in her pajamas and a raincoat, not knowing that her friend wants her to go out of town with her to get a car. Along the way Gidget keeps trying to call home to tell Russ where she is but, it just ends up causing friction with the girls dad. Eventually they end up just going back home without a car.
Independence -- Gidget Style
S1 Ep27
6.7
17th Mar 1966
Russ gets the idea that Gidget is working at a nightclub. When actually she's taken a job elsewhere to make enough money to buy him a birthday present.
One More for the Road
S1 Ep28
6.0
24th Mar 1966
Gidget learns to drive for a new job.
Ask Helpful Hannah
S1 Ep29
7.0
31st Mar 1966
Gidget takes over writing for the school's advice column. She then gets caught up trying to put two lonely hearts together.
A Hard Night's Night
S1 Ep30
7.0
7th Apr 1966
Russ's friend moves into the Lawrence home, while he is away, to get some peace and quiet. Unfortunately Gidget comes home early from Larue's. With neither one knowing about the other they start to get scared about all the things going bump in the night.
I Have This Friend Who . . .
S1 Ep31
7.5
14th Apr 1966
Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.
Don't Defrost the Alligator
S1 Ep32
5.7
21st Apr 1966
A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.

Gidget is an American sitcom about a surfing, boy-crazy teenager called "Gidget" and her widowed father Russ Lawrence, a UCLA professor. Sally Field stars as Gidget with Don Porter as father Russell Lawrence. The series was first broadcast on ABC from September 15, 1965 to April 21, 1966. Gidget was among the first regularly scheduled color programs on ABC, but did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled at the end of its first season.