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Dear Diary-Et Al

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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

Episode number: 2

Overview: Anne is worried because John goes to a luau with Gidget.

The Great Kahuna

Episode number: 3

Overview: A 28-year-old surfer dates Gidget.

Daddy Come Home

Episode number: 4

Overview: Gidget becomes suspicious when she sees her dad with another woman.

Gidget Gadget

Episode number: 5

Overview: Gidget attempts to get Anne and John to make-up.

A Hearse, a Hearse, My Kingdom for a Hearse

Episode number: 6

Overview: Gidget decides to buy a used hearse.

Gidget is a Proper Noun

Episode number: 7

Overview: An old friend of Russ' is now Gidget's English teacher.

Image Scrimmage

Episode number: 8

Overview: Gidget has a crush on Larue's cousin.

Is it Love or Symbiosis?

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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

Episode number: 10

Overview: Gidget takes a stand against rising movie ticket prices.

My Ever Faithful Friend

Episode number: 11

Overview: Gidget thinks Russ and Larue are going to get together. Actually Larue is just getting help and advice from Russ.

Chivalry Isn't Dead

Episode number: 12

Overview: Gidget thinks that all the boys are taking girls for granted.

The War Between Men, Women and Gidget

Episode number: 13

Overview: Gidget, her friends and the boys fight for possession of an isolated cove at the beach.

Gidget's Foreign Policy

Episode number: 14

Overview: Gidget tries to show a foreign girl the ""American way.""

Now There's a Face

Episode number: 15

Overview: Gidget falls for a fashion photographer.

Too Many Cooks

Episode number: 16

Overview: Gidget has two too many dates for an upcoming dance.

I Love You, I Think

Episode number: 17

Overview: Gidget falls for a surfer who turns out to be her math teacher.

Like Voodoo

Episode number: 18

Overview: Gidget is voodoo'd by a fortune teller.

Gidget's Career

Episode number: 19

Overview: 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

Episode number: 20

Overview: Gidget gets a boy to be more self-confident.

In and Out with the In-Laws

Episode number: 21

Overview: Gidget meets Jeff's parents.

We Got Each Other

Episode number: 22

Overview: Gidget becomes jealous of her dad's dates.

Operation Shaggy Dog

Episode number: 23

Overview: Gidget rallies to save the local burger joint.

Ring-a-Ding-Dingbat

Episode number: 24

Overview: Gidget helps a singer have a quiet wedding day.

Love and the Single Gidget

Episode number: 25

Overview: Gidget is to be chaperoned by a college student, whom Anne and John paid.

Take a Lesson

Episode number: 26

Overview: 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

Episode number: 27

Overview: 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

Episode number: 28

Overview: Gidget learns to drive for a new job.

Ask Helpful Hannah

Episode number: 29

Overview: 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

Episode number: 30

Overview: 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 . . .

Episode number: 31

Overview: Gidget and her boyfriend try to discourage the boys father from going on dates with them.

Don't Defrost the Alligator

Episode number: 32

Overview: A frozen alligator is the cause of some confusion.