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My Living Doll Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1964 - 1965
Episode 1
Boy Meets Girl
Sun, Sep 27, 196430 mins
Dr. Robert MacDonald is introduced to Project AF709, a female robot who doesn't look like any other robot he's ever seen: it's been made to look like a tall, gorgeous, statuesque woman.
Episode 2
Rhoda's First Date
Sun, Oct 4, 196430 mins
Robert buys new clothes for Rhoda, allowing the gynoid (female android) to wear classier clothing. Rhoda is having problems with the on-off button on her back which is in an exposed area and knocks her out when touched. Robert makes an effort to keep Rhoda isolated in her bedroom to avoid her interactions with other people. Irene instead arranges for Rhoda to have her first dinner date with Peter, who is smitten with the gynoid since their first meeting. At an expensive restaurant, the waiter lightly touches Rhoda's back to remind her to take her purse with her. He has accidentally pressed her off button, and Rhoda falls unconscious in public. The restaurant arranges for her hospitalization and for medical exams to determine whether it has any responsibility for her health problems. Robert makes failed efforts to have Rhoda released to his custody. Rhoda listens to a female hypochondriac complaining about her lifelong problems and then imitates the woman's speech. The attending physician is convinced that Rhoda is another hypochondriac and releases her without any further medical examinations.
Episode 3
Uninvited Guest
Sun, Oct 11, 196430 mins
Reading Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" has had a peculiar effect on poor Rhoda. She's afflicted with spells of vertigo, as well as difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality. The situation is complicated by an unexpected visit from Bob's boss.
Episode 4
Lesson in Love
Sun, Oct 18, 196430 mins
Irene programs Rhoda to act like a lady in love, and Rhoda takes the information to her transistorized heart.
Episode 5
Rhoda and the V.I.P.
Sun, Oct 25, 196430 mins
Robert is requested to take Laura, a general's daughter, out on a date. Bob instructs Rhoda to stay put in the apartment but instructions aren't followed, creating a difficult situation for Bob.
Episode 6
Something Borrowed, Something Blew
Sun, Nov 1, 196430 mins
A seven-time loser in the marriage game proposes to Rhoda the Robot and she accepts. So Robert has to get her out of the predicament without offending the groom-to-be, a millionaire who has contributed a vast sum to a new research clinic.
Episode 7
The Love Machine
Sun, Nov 8, 196430 mins
Peter is too shy to ask a girl out, and gets advice from Robert on being more assertive. Rhoda plays matchmaker between Peter and Mary Jo Franklin, Peter's attractive co-worker. On their first date, Peter pretends to be cocky, domineering, and uninterested in Mary Jo's opinions. This turns out to be a turn off for Mary Jo, who likes shy men. On the second date, Rhoda introduces herself to Mary Jo as Peter's girlfriend. Robert salvages the situation by claiming to be engaged to Rhoda. Rhoda later mentions the "engagement" to Robert's own love interest, who does not want to see Robert again. Robert is left alone with Rhoda.
Episode 8
Beauty Contest
Sun, Nov 15, 196430 mins
Rhoda impresses a beauty contest judge with her good looks. He suggests that she should be a contestant, though the contest in question also requires the demonstration of artistic skills. Rhoda learns how to play the piano like a professional by simply watching a piano performance on television. Irene arranges for Rhoda to enter the contest against Bob's wishes. If Rhoda wins, the gynoid (female android) might be sent to Europe for further contests and leave Bob's custody. Bob is one of the contest's judges, and he does everything he can to sabotage Rhoda's performance.
Episode 9
Not So Comic, Comic
Sun, Nov 22, 196430 mins
Rhoda has to be programmed for laughter when she meets a comic. Bob's friend Herbert Wentworth would rather be a comic than a pharmacist, but Bob's been asked to persuade the young man to stick to filling prescriptions.
Episode 10
My Robot, the Warden
Sun, Nov 29, 196430 mins
Bob figures that his busy social schedule is preventing him from working on an outline for his new book. He instructs Rhoda to keep him under lock and key in his apartment until the next day, and to throw out any visitors. When Bob arranges an urgent meeting with his publisher Bradford Kent, he realizes that Rhoda is acting like a prison guard and keeping him isolated. He tries various strange methods to change the robot's programming, while Irene and Peter are worried about Bob's mental health.
Episode 11
The Rhoda Gamble
Sun, Dec 6, 196430 mins
Dr. McDonald uses Rhoda the robot to teach a compulsive that mathematical odds are against him.
Episode 12
Foreign Relations
Sun, Dec 13, 196430 mins
Rhoda acts as a translator for a visiting foreign potentate who is visiting Dr. McDonald. The guest is so impressed with Rhoda's quietly efficient interpreting, he wants to take her along on the rest of his American visit.
Episode 13
Doctor Is In
Wed, Dec 16, 196430 mins
Bob has an opportunity to lunch with an attractive female doctor and asks Rhoda to cancel his meeting with the police chief. But the message gets misconstrued and Bob must scramble to fix the mistake.
Episode 14
I'll Leave It to You
Wed, Dec 23, 196430 mins
An older man named Jonas Clay goes to see Dr. Robert McDonald, so that Dr. McDonald can certify him as sane since he wants to leave his money, 10 million dollars, in his will to a horticultural society. Jonas Clay claims that his sister Edwina and his nephew Waldo will contest the will. Dr. McDonald says that he will have to observe them all together in person, so he and Rhoda, as his secretary, spend time at their mansion.
Episode 15
Mechanical Perfection
Wed, Dec 30, 196430 mins
Dr. McDonald programs a few human frailties for Rhoda the robot, and it seems his sister is jealous of Rhoda.
Episode 16
Pool Shark
Wed, Jan 6, 196530 mins
Peter owes a small fortune to a pool shark, but he very cleverly signed Bob's name to the IOU. They send in Rhoda to play the pool shark and with her abilities beat the shark and repays the debt.
Episode 17
Rhoda's Forgery
Wed, Jan 13, 196530 mins
Bob asks Rhoda to copy a Picasso painting and she does it so accurately a dealer declares it an original. Bob must figure out a way to have the art discounted without revealing Rhoda's unique involvement.
Episode 18
The Kleptomaniac
Wed, Jan 20, 196530 mins
Rhoda, unaware that department stores are places where people purchase things, helps herself to gems from a jewelry counter.
Episode 19
The Lie
Wed, Jan 27, 196530 mins
Jack takes Bob's advice about facing one's fears but carries it too far. Peter tells a young woman he's an accomplished skydive and finds himself having to prove it.
Episode 20
Robotic Astronaut
Wed, Feb 3, 196530 mins
Bob takes Rhoda along when he goes to interview prospective women astronauts. It turns into a major mistake as the government sees Rhoda as a prime candidate.
Episode 21
The Witness
Wed, Feb 10, 196530 mins
After Bob is appointed as chairman of a road-safety committee, Peter crashes his car into Bob's car and then tries to blame Bob so his insurance won't be canceled. Rhoda testifies in court about the entire incident.
Episode 22
Rhoda Meets Dr. Robinson
Wed, Feb 17, 196530 mins
After Dr. Bob McDonald has been suddenly called away to Pakistan, Peter Robinson is given custody of Rhoda Miller and learns that the girl he has admired is in fact a robot.
Episode 23
Rhoda the Escort
Wed, Feb 24, 196530 mins
Rhoda goes to work for an escort service.
Episode 24
A Paris Original
Wed, Mar 3, 196530 mins
Rhoda the robot is picked to replace Peter Robinson's girlfriend Ann as model for a high-style fashion show in Paris.
Episode 25
Rhoda's Suntan
Wed, Mar 10, 196530 mins
Rhoda the robot collapses from too much beach sun. Hero Peter Robinson has all kinds of trouble acting as nursemaid and a suspicious janitor thinks he's murdered the girl.
Episode 26
Comic Interference
Wed, Mar 17, 196530 mins
The housekeeper Mrs. Moffat asks Peter if her brother Harry can stay for a visit. Peter agrees but Harry, a nightclub comedian, shows no inclination of ever leaving. Peter and Rhoda devise a solution.