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That Girl Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1965 - 1967
Episode 0
What's in a Name?
Fri, Jan 22, 1965
In this test pilot, Ann's parents are played by different actors; Ted Bessell plays Don Blue Sky, her agent who is also her boyfriend; and Ann has a group of three friends. Don thinks that Ann should change her name from Ann Marie to a more suitable stage name because every time he tells people her name, they ask "'Ann Marie' what?" Ann is hesitant because she knows that it would upset her parents, particularly her father. Sure enough, her father becomes very angry and won't speak to her unless she keeps her name. This episode was later changed to include the different actors and characters, and is episode 1.11 of the first season. Both versions are available on the Season 1 DVD set.
Episode 1
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
Thu, Sep 8, 196630 mins
Aspiring actress Ann Marie, recently arrived in New York City, is working at a newsstand in the lobby of an office building when she is spotted by two men looking to film a television commercial made to look like a hold up. Ann excitedly agrees to be the damsel in distress for the commercial to be filmed later that evening at the newsstand itself. That same day, Ann meets Donald Hollinger, a writer with Newsview Magazine, whose offices are located in that building. Ann and Donald, while friendly enough to each other, are on opposing sides of wanting to buy the same roll-top desk in a business moving sale. Even if the desk is 50% off, Ann can only afford to buy it from the money earned doing the commercial, so Donald seems to be her only obstacle. Despite having an unspoken attraction to each other, an unfortunate incident during the filming of the commercial leads to a series of misunderstandings between Ann and Donald which could prevent them from moving beyond spearmint seller and buyer.
Episode 2
Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye
Thu, Sep 15, 196630 mins
Ann moves out of her parents' home in Brewster, New York, and moves to New York City to become an actress, though her overprotective father isn't happy about it. Ann meets her neighbor, Judy Bessemer, but isn't on her own for very long: her mother comes to stay with her because she isn't speaking to Ann's father. Ann's agent gets her a role on a children's television show--playing a mop.
Episode 3
Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night
Thu, Sep 22, 196630 mins
Ann agrees to babysit for her neighbor and friend Judy Bessemer, who assures her that she'll be back long before Ann must leave for her audition for an acting workshop. Judy gets stuck at her sister's house, and her husband Leon, an obstetrician, gets called to deliver a baby, forcing Ann to take baby Stanley along on her audition. The director of the acting workshop is very no-nonsense and isn't a fan of babies.
Episode 4
I'll Be Suing You
Thu, Sep 29, 196630 mins
Don loans Ann his car so she can pick up a rubber tree plant (which is actually a live plant) from her mother. A pedestrian carrying a sewing machine walks into Don's car while Ann was driving it and sues her. Ann gives her account of what happened in court, in great detail. She has trouble getting anyone to believe that while she was stopped at a traffic light, a man just walked into the car, and that his sewing machine damaged the fender.
Episode 5
Anatomy of a Blunder
Thu, Oct 6, 196630 mins
Ann and Donald are planning on having a luncheon picnic en route to Brewster to pick up her hi-fi from her parent's house. This outing will mark the first time Donald will meet her parents, about which he is nervous. He does whatever he can to make what he considers a good impression, which includes wearing his business clothes instead of casual picnic attire. His feelings are valid since her father has always thought any boy she has brought home was not good enough for her. While on their picnic, Donald being in not a very picnicky mood in wanting to preserve his pristine business attire leads to a Murphy's Law of picnics for Donald. Because of such, he wants to postpone their trip to Brewster to meet her parents. But regardless of whether they decide to go to Brewster or head straight back to New York City is easier said than done.
Episode 6
Rich Little Rich Kid
Thu, Oct 13, 196630 mins
While waiting in line to dispute a traffic ticket, Ann meets Roddy Waxman who is also in line to deal with his traffic infraction. Although she knows it is a pick-up line (since he says it isn't one), Ann decides to be the good Samaritan and help Roddy, whose drivers license is suspended and needs someone to drive him and his car home, when she learns that that car is a Rolls Royce. Wealthy Roddy is tenacious in his pursuit of Ann, some of which she can't avoid, while other instances she can. Donald isn't jealous until he learns that Ann isn't sure if she will say no to any of Roddy's continual requests for dates. Donald's case is not helped when he finds out that Roddy has theater connections and accuses Ann of having an ulterior motive in perhaps wanting to date him. But after Donald figures he still wants Ann as his girlfriend, he fights in the only way he thinks he can win, and that is by being like Roddy in lavishing Ann with monetary acts of affection. In the end, Ann will have to choose if the champagne and caviar life from someone to who it is second nature is more appealing than life in the hot dog set with someone for who she already has great affection and whose gifts actually mean something.
Episode 7
Help Wanted
Thu, Oct 20, 196630 mins
Donald's secretary quits when she learns that she and her husband are having a baby. Ann, who is in need of a job, persuades a very reluctant Donald to hire her. Jerry, who shares an office with Donald, thinks Ann is a great secretary, but her presence in the office makes it difficult for a rather jumpy Donald to get any work done.
Episode 8
Little Auction Annie
Thu, Oct 27, 196630 mins
Ann, Donald, Judy and Leon attend an auction, where Ann pays $7.50 for a box without knowing what's inside. Although Donald thinks it's merely a box of junk, a man who introduces himself as Mr. Johnson asks if he can buy it from Ann. This only convinces Ann and Judy that something in the box must be more than just junk. After showing up at her apartment and offering her $30 for a baseball from the box, Ann and her friends become suspicious of Mr. Johnson.
Episode 9
Time for Arrest
Thu, Nov 3, 196630 mins
An embarrassed Ann is arrested and in jail while wearing only a revealing leopard skin cave woman outfit. Despite she not wanting any of her friends or family to know her situation, she nonetheless calls Donald for help, he who jumps to all sorts of conclusions once he sees her behind bars wearing what she's wearing, and because she broke their date that evening telling him she was too tired to go out. However, Ann still isn't certain why she's in jail. The story... After breaking her date with Donald, Ann received an urgent plea from her friend Margie to fill in for her at work, a nightclub called The Cave whose theme is a prehistoric cave. Despite her reluctance, Ann was forced to wear the revealing costume for the job or else Margie would end up losing her job. Seeing her apprehension about wearing the costume in front of many people, Al Morgenthaler, one of Margie's boss' associates, gets Ann transferred from working the coat check to working the more intimate private dining room. Ann learns she was arrested for the goings-on in the private dining room that evening, most specifically between Morgenthaler and another man named Eddie Parelle, both who are not what they represented to Ann. Ann has to balance telling the police any important information she overheard at that gathering against her fear that Morgenthaler, Parelle or any of their thugs might come after her for being a snitch. Nonetheless, it's the seemingly salacious but purely innocent details of the story that embarrass Ann.
Episode 10
Break a Leg
Thu, Nov 10, 196630 mins
Ann's college friend, fellow actress Sandy Stafford, has just landed her first starring role on Broadway, and Ann is letting Sandy stay with her while she's in New York. Although Ann says that she is happy for Sandy, she doesn't want to admit that there is a pang of jealousy thrown in as well. Ann has mixed feelings about Sandy's eventual request for her to be her understudy: she's excited at the prospect of being on Broadway in a starring role, but she's also too excited at the prospect of being on Broadway in a starring role which means that she secretly wishes something bad would happen to Sandy. Ann and Sandy vow to each other that they will avoid the pitfalls associated with the rivalry between star and understudy. But almost as soon as Ann officially gets the understudy position, that rivalry rears its ugly head. In addition, one bad thing after another seems to be happening to Sandy. Is Ann's subconscious trying to sabotage Sandy? Regardless, can their friendship withstand their new professional relationship?
Episode 11
What's in a Name?
Thu, Nov 17, 196630 mins
This episode is a revised version of the test pilot, with different characters and actors. Ann's agent, Harvey Peck, thinks that she should change her name to something more appropriate for an actress, as people are constantly asking him "'Ann Marie' what?" Ann does not like the idea, knowing how much it would upset her parents. As she predicted, Ann's father is furious with the idea, and will not speak to her unless her name is 'Ann Marie'. Ann has to decide soon - she has a part on a television show and needs to choose what name will appear for her in the credits.
Episode 12
Soap Gets in Your Eyes
Thu, Nov 24, 196630 mins
Ann currently has a recurring role on a popular soap opera, playing a villain named Sheila. When she is meeting Donald's parents for the first time, his mother dislikes her before even getting to know Ann. Donald finds out that his mother watches the soap opera and believes that Ann must be just like the evil character she plays on the show.
Episode 13
All About Ann
Thu, Dec 1, 196630 mins
Judy isn't sure if she should tell Ann what she saw, but she decides to do so: that Don, who didn't see her, was having lunch with a beautiful blonde. The blonde ends up being an actress colleague of Ann's named Sheila Harmon. Ann doesn't want to jump to the conclusion that Don is seeing another woman behind her back, but it's hard for her not to, especially as Don told her that he skipped lunch that day since he was too busy, and as Sheila, with who Ann is currently participating in an acting workshop, seems to be evading her or any mention of lunch. As such, Ann begins to act coolly toward Don, who isn't sure why Ann seems to be mad at him. What Don and Sheila are up to would make Ann happy if she knew, but Don, regardless of Ann's feelings, wants to keep it a secret from Ann until the project is completed, which may be too late for their relationship if Ann is no longer speaking to him.
Episode 14
Phantom of the Horse Opera
Thu, Dec 8, 196630 mins
Ann has a neighbor who likes to play his organ late at night. When she and Donald go to ask him to stop playing, they meet Everett Valentine, and learn that he plays at home because he can't find any work playing the organ. Donald decides to surprise him by writing human-interest story about him for Newsview magazine, but when the story comes out and Ann goes to surprise him, she find his apartment empty... except for a copy of the new issue of Newsview.
Episode 15
Beware of Actors Bearing Gifts
Thu, Dec 15, 196630 mins
Hobart, an actor in Ann's acting workshop, gives Ann a gift and tells her he wants to be friends. She feels that people should become friends before they give each other gifts, and tells him that she accept it. He still gives her gifts and tells her not to worry about it, because he stole them. Ann and Donald try to return everything so that Hobart won't have to go to jail.
Episode 16
Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
Thu, Dec 22, 196626 mins
While on a break from her job at a department store as one of Santa's helpers, Ann tells Donald about a Christmas she spent with one of her students while she was a teacher at a boarding school. A little boy name Tommy, who has always spent Christmas in hotels, is stuck at the school while his parents finish working on a movie. Since she's isn't allowed to bring him home with her, Ann stays at the school with him to give him his first happy Christmas.
Episode 17
Among My Souvenirs
Thu, Jan 5, 196730 mins
As Ann and Don are going through her childhood mementos at her parent's house trying to figure out what she should take back to New York, they find most of those mementos are of or from Freddie Dunlap - who Ann nicknamed Bunny because of his overbite - Ann's first childhood sweetheart, to whom she got engaged in the fourth grade. Their friendship lasted all through their school years until he left town when Ann was eighteen. She hasn't seen him since. Stories of Freddie are making Don jealous. So Don isn't too happy when Judy suggests to Ann that she return one of those mementos, Freddie's mother's ring, which obviously meant more about Ann and Freddie's relationship than their fourth grade promise to each other. In investigating Freddie's whereabouts, Ann and Don learn that he is no longer somewhere in California where Ann thought, but living on 73rd St. in New York City, five blocks away from Ann's apartment. Ann admits that she wants to see Freddie just to revisit their happy times and reminisce, which Don begrudgingly allows. After their meeting, Ann was happy that she saw him solely as a friend, but Don thinks that Ann is leading him on and that Freddie, who is going through marital problems, wants to rekindle his romance with Ann. Both Don and Ann hope that the most they can do after they find out Freddie's true intentions is that one can tell the other "I told you so".
Episode 18
These Boots Weren't Made for Walking
Thu, Jan 12, 196730 mins
To supplement her income, Ann thinks she's found the perfect job which she can do between auditions and acting gigs: selling shoes door-to-door for the Smart and Stunning Shoe Service. Ann wants to proceed with this plan despite not having the $50 deposit for the samples (which was not mentioned in the magazine advertisement for the job), which means she has to get the money from hopefully Donald. Don has major reservations about Ann embarking on what he sees as a hair-brained venture, but he lends her the money anyway as he believes Ann can only learn through experience, and at the end of the process he wants to be able to tell her "I told you so". Regardless, Ann feels that Don should buy a pair of shoes from her to support her, which he does. Ann ends up doing better business than she anticipates, but runs into problems when her customers run into problems by running out of their shoes, which are falling apart as they wear them. Ann feels bad enough for all her customers, but feels that she needs to help Don the most, since he is wearing his shoes to an important news event at the United Nations. If his shoes fall apart on this job, it could spell the end of his professional reputation.
Episode 19
Kimono My House
Thu, Jan 19, 196730 mins
Because of the pigsty that is Don's apartment, Ann feels he should hire a maid. As Don seems not to want one, Ann goes behind his back and hires one for him anyway through an agency. Not having the will to fight Ann, Don ultimately gives in at least for the one week trial basis. His maid ends up being Miko Yamagata, a young, proper and beautiful Japanese woman. Don is enthralled with her, which makes Ann a bit jealous. But their situation runs into a snag when Don and Ann learn that Ann actually requested a live-in maid. Beyond the short term issue of where Miko is going to stay, Ann goes through mixed emotions concerning Miko when first she learns that Miko needs a steady job or an American husband to stay in the United States, second she learns that someone named George is coming from Japan in a week's time (George who Ann and Don believe is Miko's fiancé), third she learns that George is actually Miko's brother, and fourth and finally Miko states she's found an American to marry, which Ann believes is Don. Ann's roller coaster of emotions will end only when she learns conclusively of Miko's stay in America plan.
Episode 20
Gone with the Breeze
Thu, Jan 26, 196730 mins
Without telling Ann until he was finished, Donald has just completed writing his first novel. Ann is proud of his accomplishment, especially as he did it rather than just talk about it which is what most people would have done. Respecting her opinion, Donald wants Ann to read the manuscript and tell him the truth about what she thinks of it. Ann tries to be truthful when Donald asks her if she's read it and if she liked it. Instead, she tells him a bunch of little white lies in skirting around the issue that she hasn't read it since she lost the manuscript, she originally believing it was among her shopping packages, which it wasn't. She first believes she lost it on the subway (thus checking the subway's lost and found), then second believes she lost it somewhere at the store where she is working temporarily at its perfume and cosmetics counter, then third believes she inadvertently gave it to one of the store's customers. As Ann retraces her steps while trying to evade Donald who is in agony waiting for Ann's review, the manuscript makes its way into the hands of an unlikely person who knows exactly what to do with it.
Episode 21
Rain, Snow and Rice
Thu, Feb 2, 196730 mins
On a snowy winter day, Don, Ann, Jerry and Jerry's girlfriend Margie plan on driving up to Connecticut in Jerry's car for the day, and returning back into town that evening. Just as they are about to leave Ann's apartment, Jerry announces that there is a slight change of plans. In Connecticut, Jerry and Margie have made an appointment with a Justice of the Peace to get married, hopefully with Ann and Don standing up for them. They also plan on having a wedding dinner in Connecticut for four, followed by Jerry and Margie embarking on their honeymoon at a mountain chalet there, while Don and Ann can take the train back into town. Following the wedding, Don and Ann learn from the Justice that the first train back to New York isn't until the morning, which means that Don and Ann have to stay at the chalet overnight, and that Ann has to notify her answering service since she is waiting to hear about an audition. Things get dicey as they arrive at the chalet, which only has one extra room available, meaning either that Don and Jerry have to share a room and Ann and Margie have to share a room, ruining Jerry and Margie's wedding night, or that Don and Ann have to share a room, which they may not comfortably be able to do at this early stage in their relationship. Further problems ensue when Ann's parents try to telephone her and jump to conclusions when they hear from her service that Ann is staying in Connecticut following the wedding, they assuming the wedding being hers and Don's.
Episode 22
Paper Hats & Everything
Thu, Feb 9, 196730 mins
With Helen gone out of town, Lew decides to ask Ann if she is available for a birthday dinner out on the town with him for Saturday night. Despite Ann already having a date with Donald for that evening, Ann accepts her father's invitation. Ann believes that her mother conveniently being out of town and Donald's eventual easy going understanding about her forgoing a date with him to be with her father on her birthday are all signs that her and her father's "date" is really a ploy to get her to a surprise birthday party, which she mentions to Judy. A perceptive Judy, who has not been invited to a surprise party and who learns from Don that he has not been invited to a surprise party, knows that Lew's invitation is not really a surprise party in disguise. So Judy, with Don's help, decides to organize a surprise party for Ann at her own apartment, as she knows that Ann will be disappointed if a surprise party does not materialize. As Ann and Lew's night progresses and Ann slowly comes to the realization that her date with her father is nothing more than that, it may be difficult to get Ann to the surprise party, especially as Lew, the person directing the date with Ann, has no idea that it is happening.
Episode 23
What Are Your Intentions?
Thu, Feb 16, 196730 mins
Since Ann and Don have been dating now for eight months, Lew, who wants to see Ann move forward with her love life by getting married, wants to know Don's intentions, while Helen knows that Ann and Don are in a good place in their relationship. Lew is not shy in asking Don directly in front of an embarrassed Ann. If Don isn't ready to marry Ann, Lew wants her to date other men. Lew's question brings up some issues in Ann and Don's respective dating lives. Although these revelations are innocent enough, it causes a strain between Ann and Don from which they may not recover unless one or both apologizes to the other. Lew sees this split between Ann and Don as the perfect opportunity to see Ann get together with other potential suitors, most specifically Frank Gilder, the son of one of his regular well off customers.
Episode 24
A Tenor's Loving Care
Thu, Feb 23, 196730 mins
Despite not knowing anything about the man or his field, Donald is only one of a throng of reporters trying to get an interview with temperamental opera tenor Giuseppe Casanetti. Opera music lover Ann tags along if only to get a glimpse of one of her opera music idols. All the reporters at the scrum, including Don and Ann, end up being surprised when Casanetti says he will speak to only one reporter, that person being Ann, who promises to assist all the other reporters, obviously including Don, with whatever news emanating from Casanetti. Posing as her photographer, Don, knowing that Ann has no reporting experience, tries to muscle in on the interview. The result is that Casanetti takes an instant dislike to Don. Casanetti in turn promises Ann an exclusive interview later that evening. News of the exclusive gets back to Don's boss, which ultimately causes problems for Don as he tries to balance the want and now need to get the exclusive story, against his and Ann's reluctance on sending her in alone because of Casanetti's well-earned reputation as a womanizer, Casanetti who probably has more interest in her as a romantic conquest than as a reporter.
Episode 25
Leaving the Nest Is for the Birds
Thu, Mar 2, 196730 mins
Ann's parents receive a visit from an out of town guest, Ann's judgmental Aunt Harriette, who has always boasted about how great her daughter Arlene's life is and has been compared to Ann's. So Ann sees her father's suggestion that she host a dinner party for her Aunt Harriette as validation that her father believes in her. Ann wants the dinner party to go perfectly to show Aunt Harriette and in turn prove to herself that her life is every bit as good as Cousin Arlene's. The dinner is going well enough until Lew and Ann find a stranger standing on the ledge outside of her kitchen window. He vows to jump. The collective of Ann, Lew and Donald try to convince him to come in and not to jump, all the while trying to hide the fact from Aunt Harriette that a strange man who vows to kill himself is outside her kitchen window. But when Aunt Harriette finds out what's going on, the issue of the man jumping shares center stage with whether Ann's life in the city is a wise decision, especially in Aunt Harriette's eyes.
Episode 26
You Have to Know Someone to Be Unknown
Thu, Mar 9, 196730 mins
Ann believes that she is both perfect and a shoo-in for the part when she reads that famed Broadway producer Harold J. Davis is looking for a fresh faced unknown to star in his next production. Her feeling is strengthened when she further learns that Donald once interviewed him. Donald refuses to give Davis a call on her behalf, since he believes Davis would resent a call from someone he doesn't remember and thus resent the person of whom the call is being made on behalf. Ann is angry at Don for not helping her. Knowing that Davis pulls publicity stunt after publicity stunt to advertise his shows, Ann tries every crazy stunt she can think of to impress her face on Davis' psyche, she ending up making little impression. As Ann seems to be making little headway, Don, without telling her, telephones Davis' office on her behalf. What Don learns from that call makes him try to stop Ann from making a fool of herself via the biggest and most expensive stunt to date.
Episode 27
The Honeymoon Apartment
Thu, Mar 16, 196730 mins
Ann's enlisted cousin Harold Turner comes by for a visit with his new meek bride, Edith. Knowing Harold as she does, Ann is certain that the only reason that he came by was that in being a spendthrift, he wants them to stay with her, despite the fact that this time is supposed to be their honeymoon, and Ann's tiny apartment is not well equipped for two guests let alone two on their honeymoon. Harold's rationale for not spending money is that if it isn't good enough, it's not worth spending money on. So in Harold's mind, nothing ever seems to be good enough. But accommodating Ann allows them to stay, which in turn causes a spillover effect on equally accommodating Judy and Leon, equally accommodating Donald, and a local hotel, the latter however not for Harold and Edith's honeymoon. Ann ends up being not only a honeymoon suite provider, but also a marriage counselor as Edith may quickly come to her own realizations of Harold's cheapness.
Episode 28
This Little Piggy Had a Ball
Thu, Mar 23, 196730 mins
Sharon Hackett, an actress in a play in which Ann has a small part, has been nominated for a Broadway Drama Guild Award as Most Promising Young Actress. Since she can't attend, Sharon picks Ann at random from among her play colleagues to attend the nationally televised awards show to accept the award on her behalf if she wins. Ann is excited for the opportunity and wants to do Sharon proud by making the perfect acceptance speech, which Don says he'll write for her. What Don can't do however is get the bowling ball off of Ann's big toe, she who put it there after reading an article about a man who bowls with his toes. Ann has two concurrent tasks in the lead up to the awards show, number one to get the ball off her toe - which doesn't seem to be happening with any ease, even after visiting every emergency service personnel she can think of - and number two to find another of her play colleagues to attend the awards show instead, at which she equally has little success. With the former, the most useful advice provided is from an emergency room doctor, who tells her that taking a muscle relaxant will relax her big toe at which time the ball should fall off. Taking an excessive number of pills has its own negative consequences, but Ann is most concerned about her own internal thoughts of not wanting Sharon to win solely because of the predicament that was her own fault.
Episode 29
Author, Author
Thu, Mar 30, 196730 mins
Ann passes her initial audition to appear on the Talent Showcase. She learns from Mr. Handley, the producer, that for the final audition, she needs to prepare original comedy material, of which she was initially unaware. This causes a problem as Ann doesn't know any comedy writers who can write for her. Luckily, Donald knows that Jerry knows a comedy writer: his cousin, Ernie Bernie. Ernie's material doesn't end up being funny. So when Ann learns that Donald wrote a few comedy sketches when he was in college, Ann begs him to write a sketch for her. He reluctantly agrees. But he doesn't regret it after he's done as he believes the sketch is brilliant. Unfortunately, Ann doesn't think it's at all funny, her opinion which she corroborates with Judy. Ann doesn't know whether to tell Donald the truth, or go to the audition and in the process make a potential fool of herself.
Episode 30
The Mating Game
Thu, Apr 6, 196730 mins
Donald needs an angle for the plum assignment he has about writing an article, with his own byline, on the television dating show, "The Mating Game", where an eligible bachelorette asks three unseen eligible bachelors relationship and dating questions upon which she chooses one to go out on a date paid by the show. Don believes the angle is to get a girl on the show who he knows to provide him with a first hand account, without telling the show's producers that he's planted a female contestant. He asks Ann, who initially declines since she isn't "eligible", but ultimately agrees if only to help Don while giving her and thus her acting career national exposure. Ann does manage to get on the show, but after her interview, the show's producer, Eddie Turner, thinks that Don would make a perfect bachelor contestant on the same show as Ann's. Don agrees, but isn't allowed to tell Ann, and as such he also decides to disguise his voice on the show so that she won't know it's him. Don believes there is no way Ann won't choose him, but even if she doesn't, he thinks he has a way to ensure that Ann won't connect permanently with her chosen bachelor, as so often happens with the show's contestants.