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The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1968 - 1969
Episode 1
Pilot
Sat, Sep 21, 196824 mins
Claymore Gregg leases his late great uncle's house to Mrs. Muir and family, knowing it's haunted by his ancestor (Capt. Gregg) but needing money for taxes to prevent losing control of the property. Mrs. Muir (a widow with two children and a dog) finds the house utterly charming, but not Martha, her live-in maid. Claymore, with second thoughts after understanding the captain's unvarnished displeasure, tries to worm out of the deal, but Mrs. Muir stands by their contract. Capt. Gregg, having already spoken to son Jonathan, finally meets with Mrs. Muir over his displeasure at having others in his home. The two hotly agree they can't live under the same roof but, strangely enough, one of them has a change of heart.
Episode 2
Haunted Honeymoon
Sat, Sep 28, 196824 mins
Car trouble during a storm strands young couple Harvey and Gladys (en route to their wedding) at Gull Cottage. Carolyn puts then up for the night in separate rooms but the inhospitable Captain wants them gone and endeavors to make their stay uncomfortable. Trying later to fix their car puts the Captain out of his element, leaving him one last alternative - get them married and Harvey out of his workroom.
Episode 3
Treasure Hunt
Sat, Oct 5, 196824 mins
After an appeal to the vanity of their landlord doesn't work to get needed repairs made, the Captain sends him on a treasure hunt in the very areas that require fixing.
Episode 4
The Ghost Hunter
Sat, Oct 12, 196830 mins
Unknown to Mrs. Muir, she gives access to Gull Cottage to a ghost hunter looking for the spook that inhabits it. When she learns her mistake and orders him out, the ghost hunter turns nasty.
Episode 5
Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow
Sat, Oct 19, 196830 mins
The local historical society wants to erect a statue of legendary local Navy hero Captain Figg. Captain Gregg is insulted that he wasn't chosen and wants Mrs. Muir to expose Figg as the coward he was, but Mrs. Muir must have proof.
Episode 6
Vanessa
Sat, Oct 26, 196860 mins
Vanessa Peekskill, the great-great-granddaughter of Captain Gregg's true love, comes to Gull Cottage to research their romance, and the Captain is quite taken with her.
Episode 7
The Real James Gatley
Sat, Nov 2, 196830 mins
Claymore switches the Captain's antique barometer with a fake and sells it to some antique hounds. Captain Gregg switches them back and Claymore is arrested for fraud.
Episode 8
Uncle Arnold the Magnificent
Sat, Nov 9, 196830 mins
Arnold, Carolyn Muir's self-deprecating magic trick salesman uncle, comes for a visit. Initially enthralled, the kids come to see his overused jokes as stale and his magic as inept. Slated to entertain at Candice's birthday party, Captain Gregg intervenes.
Episode 9
Way Off Broadway
Sat, Nov 16, 196830 mins
Carolyn agrees to be the lead in Schooner Bay's first community theater production, especially after the Captain rigorously objects. Martha, too, will be involved but behind the scenes, and Claymore (who owns the building) will direct. The Captain, with his high opinion of Mrs. Muir and outmoded low opinion of actors, sabotages rehearsals and saves the show.
Episode 10
The Monkey Puzzle Tree
Sat, Nov 30, 196830 mins
Captain Gregg reluctantly consents to removal of the antiques and replacing them with modern furniture to make the cottage a home, but when she has his prized monkey puzzle tree cut down after a window is broken the angry Captain leaves.
Episode 11
Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang
Sat, Dec 7, 196824 mins
Mrs. Muir needs money to fix plumbing that's given up the ghost at Gull Cottage. She needs to sell a story but has writer's block, so Captain Gregg steps in to supply an autobiographic narrative for her use. When she waters down his salty and direct language, he's appalled and sends in his own manuscript under her name. "Maiden Voyage" becomes a risqué hit, shocking women and giving men the wrong idea about Mr. Muir herself.
Episode 12
Madeira, My Dear?
Sat, Dec 14, 196824 mins
Captain Gregg's invitations to share quiet times over glasses of Madeira has Mrs. Muir waxing rhapsodic over the past, but backed up plumbing and a stalled car don't excuse her lateness in Captain Gregg's eyes. As Carolyn notes Daniel's selfishness, Daniel looks into doing household chores.
Episode 13
Love Is a Toothache
Sat, Dec 21, 196824 mins
Doused with perfume and dressed to the nines, Martha heads into town. Curious whom she's heading to see, Carolyn sends the Captain (an undetectable spy) to investigate. After hearing the Captain's report, Carolyn tries to hear it from Martha herself. Though fairly mum about dating the town dentist. she finally expresses her disappointment and remains miserable. The Captain devises a plan to get the doctor to accept a dinner invitation, which incurs a dental visit for Carolyn and Martha meeting the good doctor's controlling mother over dinner.
Episode 14
Mr. Perfect
Sat, Dec 28, 196824 mins
When an old beau sails into Cabot Cove on his yacht to propose marriage to Carolyn, the Captain does everything he can to keep the venture of this "fair-weather dandy" from smooth sailing; however, the best thing he can do for his own self-interest is butt out.
Episode 15
Dear Delusion
Sat, Jan 4, 196924 mins
When an old friend of the family catches Carolyn talking to the invisible Captain Gregg, he becomes concerned for her sanity and suggests that she see a psychiatrist. Carolyn agrees. The shrink, in turn, suggests that Carolyn ignore the Captain whenever she "thinks" she sees him; but, when the good doctor arrives for a visit, Daniel gives him a haunting he won't forget, then must undo the deed before he reports Gull Cottage as a psychic hot spot.
Episode 16
Dog Gone!
Sat, Jan 11, 196924 mins
Everyone knows that the Captain and Scruffy don't like each other, and the Captain's really in the doghouse when Scruffy mysteriously disappears.
Episode 17
A Pain in the Neck
Sat, Jan 18, 196924 mins
Claymore has an accident, hurting his back, and ends up convalescing at Gull Cottage, running the Muirs ragged.
Episode 18
Strictly Relative
Sat, Jan 25, 196930 mins
When Jonathan accidentally tells Carolyn's visiting in-laws about the Captain, they believe he's a living person and jump to the conclusion that Carolyn plans on marrying him.
Episode 19
Chowderhead
Sat, Feb 1, 196924 mins
The Captain's face is being used on the label of a new brand of chowder, and both he and Mrs. Muir are annoyed but for different reasons.
Episode 20
It's a Gift!
Sat, Feb 8, 196924 mins
The Captain's attempt to make up for interfering in Jonathan's education involves scrimshaw, a parasol, a loan from Claymore, and a lot of regrettable secrecy.
Episode 21
Buried on Page One
Sat, Feb 15, 196924 mins
Taking a job at the Schooner Bay Beacon, Carolyn finds herself overworked by the editor. The Captain misses her, and has never forgiven the Beacon's inaccurate reporting of his death.
Episode 22
Make Me a Match
Sat, Feb 22, 196924 mins
Carolyn's distraught friend Aggie comes to visit after breaking up with her fiancé. Carolyn and the Captain set her up with Claymore.
Episode 23
Jonathan Tells It Like It Was
Sat, Mar 1, 196924 mins
Jonathan wins the school essay contest (initiated by Claymore Gregg as Head of the Chamber of Commerce) but creates an uproar by changing it after listening to Captain Gregg's account of jealousy between John Adams and Ben Franklin. The townies threatens to disqualify the lad, whom Carolyn lets decide whether to revert to his original composition and win first prize or stick to his truer but despised revision.
Episode 24
The Medicine Ball
Sat, Mar 8, 196924 mins
Mrs. Muir develops a fever, and Captain Gregg takes it upon himself to influence Martha to put Carolyn to bed. He also concocts his own home remedy, laced with plenty of brandy, that gives Carolyn a dream where she's a ghost back in the 1800s haunting a living Captain Gregg during a ball.
Episode 25
Son of the Curse
Sat, Mar 15, 196924 mins
The kids discover an antique clock hidden in the walls of the attic and have it hung in the entryway. There, it horrifies Claymore, who recognizes it as a cursed clock that will mark the death of the last Gregg at midnight. Tired of hearing Claymore go on and on about his impending death and how much his loss will be felt, the Captain exerts his powers to reveal how Claymore's funeral will go. Afterward, Claymore attempts to rectify years of being a tightwad in his few remaining hours.
Episode 26
The Music Maker
Sat, Mar 29, 196924 mins
Interrupted by a songster on the beach as his tries once more to recite his poem to Carolyn, Captain Gregg creates a storm that unintentionally strands the songster and his manager at Gull Cottage. All is not lost as the Captain decides to induce the musician to compose a song based on his poem. Meanwhile, Claymore sees this as an opportunity to become the songster's new manager.