The BEST episodes of The Monkees
Every episode of The Monkees ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Monkees!
The Monkees were a made-for-TV pop group composed of Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz , Davy Jones and Peter Tork. The 1966-68 NBC show was a fast-paced farce interspersed with musical "romps" featuring the band's catchy tunes written by professional songwriters. Despite the show lasting just two seasons, the Monkees became a real recording, touring group and are remembered as iconic pop-culture figures of the 1960s.
#1 - Monkee See, Monkee Die
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1966
The Monkees must spend the night in a haunted castle.
#2 - Monkee vs. Machine
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1966
A toy company's computer rejects Peter for a job, but Mike is hired after short-circuiting it.
#3 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966
The manager of a rival group goes to extraordinary lengths to keep the Monkees out of a talent contest.
#4 - The Spy Who Came in From the Cool
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
The Monkees find themselves in the middle of the government's effort to capture two enemy spies.
#5 - Monkees in a Ghost Town
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1966
Stranded in a ghost town, the Monkees are held captive by mobsters.
#6 - Monkees in the Ring
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1967
Davy takes to the ring and becomes a star boxer.
#7 - The Prince and the Pauper
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/1967
Davy tries to help a lookalike prince who is shy with girls.
#8 - Captain Crocodile
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
The Monkees appear on a children's television show.
#9 - Royal Flush
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
The Monkees help a pretty princess who is endangered by her evil uncle.
#10 - The Chaperone
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1966
The boys host a chaperoned party so that Davy can date the daughter of a strict retired general.
#11 - Monkees à la Mode
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/1967
The Monkees are selected as subjects for an article in a fashion magazine.
#12 - A Coffin Too Frequent
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1967
The Monkees are held captive in their own pad by creepy invaders.
#13 - The Wild Monkees
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1967
A motorcycle gang menaces the Monkees.
#14 - Card Carrying Red Shoes
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1967
A young dancer sneaks into the Monkees' pad with top-secret microfilm hidden in her slipper.
#15 - Monkees Marooned
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1967
The Monkees are marooned on an island where they have been searching for treasure.
#16 - Hillbilly Honeymoon
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1967
The Monkees find themselves in the middle of a hillbilly family feud.
#17 - I Was a 99 lb. Weakling
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1967
To win over a beautiful beach girl, Micky sells his drums to pay a dishonest bodybuilding instructor.
#18 - Art, for Monkees' Sake
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1967
The boys must rescue Peter from the clutches of two thieving employees of a museum.
#19 - Monkee Mayor
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1967
Mike runs for mayor against a corrupt incumbent.
#20 - Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1967
A rich oil sheik's daughter must marry at once and selects Davy as her groom.
#21 - Here Come the Monkees - The Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1966
The boys pitch in to help a girl with her schoolwork to avoid losing her birthday party gig.
#22 - Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1966
The Monkees look after a horse that a boy has left in Davy's care.
#23 - I Was a Teenage Monster
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/1967
The Monkees become captives of a maniacal doctor who wants to create a singing monster.
#24 - Monkees à la Carte
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1966
The Monkees go undercover to help the owner of a restaurant that has been taken over by mobsters.
#25 - Son of a Gypsy
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1966
The Monkees must contend with a band of crazy gypsies.