The BEST episodes of That Girl season 1

Every episode of That Girl season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of That Girl season 1!

Historic sitcom focused on a single, working woman named Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) who sets her sights on the New York stage.

Last Updated: 8/17/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Time for Arrest
star
8.30
10 votes

#1 - Time for Arrest

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1966

Ann ends up in jail trying to help a fellow waitress when she serves two rival underworld groups and the place gets raided by the police.

Directors: David McDearmon
Writer: Jack Winter
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Break a Leg
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8.00
8 votes

#2 - Break a Leg

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1966

Ann's friend Sandy, an actress who has just won a lead role in a Broadway play, visits Ann. Suddenly, Sandy gets sick, leaving Ann to play her role. Everyone thinks that Ann stole teh job from her, but Ann pays them no never mind as she enjoys her chance. Unfortunately the play closes after one performance.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye
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7.89
18 votes

#3 - Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1966

Ann Marie leaves the safety and comfort of her parent's home to live on her own in New York. But she has a visit from her mother who is threatening to move in with her!

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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Help Wanted
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7.89
9 votes

#4 - Help Wanted

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1966

One rule in life: never ever ask your girlfriend to work with you. Don learns that the hard way when he hires Ann to be his secretary.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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Phantom of the Horse Opera
star
7.83
6 votes

#5 - Phantom of the Horse Opera

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/8/1966

Ann and Donald find a strange organ player who used to play the soundtrack in silent movies. Donald does a story about him, but he disappears because he is a wanted criminal.

Directors: John Erman
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I'll Be Suing You
star
7.67
15 votes

#6 - I'll Be Suing You

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1966

Ann has to go to court because of an accident involving a pedestrian and a sewing machine.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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Little Auction Annie
star
7.63
8 votes

#7 - Little Auction Annie

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1966

At an antique auction, Ann buys a box of junk with a baseball in it. A strange man follows her because he wants the baseball. It turns out that he is an ex-baseball player who wants the ball for sentimental reasons.

Directors: Sidney Miller
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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
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7.52
25 votes

#8 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1966

Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume commercial where she plays a woman who gets kidnapped by two robbers. Donald happens to see the act and thinks that Ann is in real trouble, so he saves her only to get serious flack from her. But with that incident aside, Ann and Donald find out that they really belong together.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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Rich Little Rich Kid
star
7.50
10 votes

#9 - Rich Little Rich Kid

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1966

Ann is charmed by a wealthy man who gives her many luxuries and Don tries to compete. Ann realizes that money is not the most important thing in a relationship.

Directors: Sidney Miller
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Anatomy of a Blunder
star
7.40
15 votes

#10 - Anatomy of a Blunder

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1966

Ann brings Donald home to meet her parents, but he goes through some serious torture when they stop for a little picnic on the way.

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What's in a Name?
star
7.38
8 votes

#11 - What's in a Name?

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1966

Ann's agent thinks that she needs a new name for an excellent acting career.

Directors: Henry Falk
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Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
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7.33
6 votes

#12 - Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/22/1966

This very touching Christmas episode has Ann telling Donald about a time where she was a teacher and had to keep a lonely boy company on Christmas when his parents cannot get him.

Directors: John Erman
Writer: Jim Brooks
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You Have to Know Someone to Be Unknown
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7.33
6 votes

#13 - You Have to Know Someone to Be Unknown

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/9/1967

Ann reads that a famous producer is looking for an unknown for his play and has Donald put in a good word for her. He tries to tell her that the producer had found his star a long time ago, but she doesn't listen.

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Paper Hats and Everything
star
7.29
7 votes

#14 - Paper Hats and Everything

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/9/1967

Ann thinks that her friends are going to surprise her with a birthday party when she is invited out to dinner by her father.

Directors: John Erman
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Among My Souvenirs
star
7.17
6 votes

#15 - Among My Souvenirs

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/5/1967

Ann finds souvenirs that remind her of a boyfriend she used to have named Freddy. It turns out that Freddy still has a flame burning for her.

Directors: Seymour Robbie
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Gone with the Breeze
star
7.14
7 votes

#16 - Gone with the Breeze

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/26/1967

Donald gives Ann a manuscript of a novel that he is writing, and she loses it. Donald is waiting for a response, but Ann stalls because she did not want to admit that she lost it.

Directors: John Erman
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Leaving the Nest is for the Birds
star
7.14
7 votes

#17 - Leaving the Nest is for the Birds

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/2/1967

Ann invites her parents and her Aunt Harriet to dinner at her house where she tries to prove to them that living in the city is pretty cool. A stranger outside the window ruins Ann's point because he has romantic woes.

Directors: Hal Cooper
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Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night
star
7.00
13 votes

#18 - Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1966

Ann has a chance to audition for Jules Benedict, but has to babysit Leon and Judy's baby as well. Will Ann be able to pull this off?

Directors: Bob Sweeney
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Soap Gets in Your Eyes
star
7.00
8 votes

#19 - Soap Gets in Your Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1966

Donald's parents meet Ann for the first time, and his mother Mildred takes a dislike to Ann because she plays a vamp on a soap opera.

Directors: Seymour Robbie
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This Little Piggy Had a Ball
star
7.00
9 votes

#20 - This Little Piggy Had a Ball

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/23/1967

Ann has her toe stuck in a bowling ball at a very unopportune moment.

Directors: Hal Cooper
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Rain, Snow and Rice
star
6.88
8 votes

#21 - Rain, Snow and Rice

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/2/1967

Ann and Donald are invited by their friends, Jerry Bauman and Margie, to a private wedding in Connecticut, but they get snowed in. There are only two rooms available in the inn that they are staying and the boys share one room and the girls share another. The problem begins with Jerry and Margie decide to stay together leaving Ann and Donald in a room together, much to the chagrin of Ann's parents.

Directors: John Erman
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Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts
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6.86
7 votes

#22 - Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/15/1966

Ann is being given presents by one of her acting class colleagues, Hobart Niles. She and Donald think that these gifts are hot, but they find out that Hobart is very wealthy.

Directors: Bob Sweeney
Writer: Richard Baer
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What are Your Intentions?
star
6.86
7 votes

#23 - What are Your Intentions?

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/16/1967

Lou thinks that Ann and Donald ought to be married, but they have different ideas.

Directors: John Erman
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Author, Author
star
6.83
6 votes

#24 - Author, Author

Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/30/1967

Ann needs some funny material for an audition and enlists Donald's writing expertise, but his jokes aren't funny.

Directors: Danny Arnold
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A Tenor's Loving Care
star
6.67
6 votes

#25 - A Tenor's Loving Care

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/23/1967

Ann helps Donald get a story about a famous opera singer, if only he can control his romantic urges.

Directors: John Erman