The Monkees - Episode Guide

When Davy rescues a damsel in distress, she turns out to be a princess whose uncle is out to assassinate her. Davy and his bandmates--Micky, Peter, and Mike--won't let that happen.

The Monkees stay overnight at a supposedly haunted house, but it may be the living guests who are the most dangerous.

When Mike is hired to work for a toy company, he meets Mr. Daggert (Stan Freberg), a cold-hearted business man who believes toys should only be designed by computers. Daggert fires a kindly old toymaker, but Mike--and the rest of the Monkees--won't stand for that decision.

It looks like the Monkees might win a band contest, but not if Nick Trump can help it. He befriends the Monkees, all the while plotting to have them kidnapped so his clients, the Four Swine, can win.

The Monkees end up in possession of stolen microfilm, and a spy agency enlists their help to keep it from falling into Russia's hands.

Davy fears that if his visiting grandfather finds out he isn't a success, he will rip Davy away from his best friends and take him back to England.

Rose Marie, Lon Chaney Jr., and Len Lesser guest star in an episode where gangsters take the Monkees prisoner in an isolated ghost town.

There's a horse in the house when Davy takes in a young boy's horse. Chaos with the landlord and a veterinarian breaks out! The boys must figure out a way to make sure the little boy is able to keep his horse, and it includes farm work and Davy acting as a jockey.

Davy's newest gal has a strict father and is only allowed to attend chaperoned parties, so the Monkees hire their cleaning lady. But when the woman passes out from too much alcohol, Micky dons a dress and wig and takes her place.

In this pilot episode, the Monkees get hired to play Vanessa Russell's birthday party, but when she becomes infatuated with Davy, her studying for school falls by the wayside. If her grades don't improve, the Monkees are out of a gig.

The Monkees have a plan to wrestle ownership of a restaurant away from gangsters. It involves working as waiters--and posing as gangsters--all at the same time.

The usually smart Mike is conned by a phony song publisher. Micky, Davy, and Peter plot to get Mike's money back. Featuring the first appearance of the Monkeemen.

Poor Peter falls for wealthy Valerie Cartwright. The other Monkees make sure Valerie notices Peter.

All of the Monkees-except Davy--get conned into lifetime contracts with a shady dance studio. Davy gets a job as an instructor there while they plot how to bring down the studio and free themselves from lessons they can't afford.

Mrs. Badderly wants her daughter, Fern, to have a career in show business with Davy as her partner, even if it means breaking up the Monkees!

Ruthless gypsies kidnap the Monkees and get them to steal the priceless Maltese Vulture for them.

Peter vanishes in the middle of a gig. His friends find him, but he no longer remembers them.

A mad scientist steals the Monkees' talent and gives it to his Frankenstein-like android.

The Monkees scramble to audition for a big producer, unaware that the mystery group he is looking for is them.

Davy becomes a champion boxer. When his bandmates discover the fights are fixed, he doesn't believe them.

The real life Davy Jones pulls double duty, playing TV character Davy and the shy Prince Ludlow, who asks TV character Davy to win him a bride.

It's up to the Monkees to save the show when Davy falls for a ringmaster's daughter.

The Monkees get a chance to be on television, but a jealous kids' show host, Captain Crocodile, is out to ruin their big break.

The Monkees are set to take down a fashion magazine's staff after they misrepresent the Monkees and ruin their reputation amongst their peers.

It's Micky's turn to meet a lookalike--the vicious gangster, Baby Face Morales.

When Micky and then Peter are kidnapped by spies from Red China, it's up to Mike and Davy as the Monkeemen to rescue their friends.

Widow Millie (played by Rose Marie in her second Monkees appearance) moves in with the Monkees against their wishes. At first, this is a hassle, but the Monkees grow to love her.

While working at a phone answering service, Davy delivers an incriminating message to a policeman in front of his wife, Peter ticks off some crooks trying to place bets, and Mike comes to the rescue of a suicidal actress.

All four Monkees fall for the same girl, April (played by Julie Newmar).

The Monkees travel to Manhattan to star in an aspiring playwright's new show, but when his backer backs down, the Monkees must search for a new angel.

When they get work as extras in a beach movie, the Monkees try to get rid of an arrogant teen idol (played by Bobby Sherman) and replace him with Davy.

Not a typical episode, "The Monkees on Tour" is more of a mini-documentary chronicling the real life Monkees' concert stop in Phoenix, Arizona.

In a small Mexican town overrun by bandits, Davy is kidnapped by El Diablo, the head bandit, and Micky must face El Diablo in a showdown.

When Davy, Mike, and Micky are framed for robbing a bank, it's up to Peter to get the evidence that will free them.

A desert princess wants Davy to be her husband, but another suitor would rather see Davy and his friends assassinated.

When the Monkees' neighbors are thrown out of their homes, Mike runs for mayor to get some justice. But he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

It turns out Peter is as talented with art as he is with music, and two crooks use him to paint a duplicate of a priceless portrait they plan to steal.

With Mike missing from most of the episode, Davy and Peter try to help Micky win the girl without resorting to joining a phony health club.

Judd Wheskett wants to marry Ella Mae Chubber, but it seems she'd rather marry a Monkee--any of them!

The Monkees run into some wacky characters when they go treasure hunting on a remote island.

In an episode missing Mike, a ballerina infatuated with Peter tries to rescue him from Communist spies. But when she twists her ankle before going on stage, Micky must take her place.

The Monkees become a motorcycle gang to impress some biker chicks. When the girls' boyfriends show up, the Monkees sure are in trouble!

An eccentric old widow (Ruth Buzzi) and her conniving nephew hold a seance in the Monkees' house.

Davy, Peter, and Micky (Mike got seasick) take on pirates out to rob a cruise ship.

Mike's aunt needs help when outlaws keep attacking her ranch, so Micky and Peter dress up as the Lone Stranger and Pronto to rustle up some aid.

After accidentally winning money from a wigged reel, er, rigged wheel at a Las Vegas casino, the Monkees find themselves wanted by the police and the gangsters who rigged the wheel in the first place.

The Monkees keep trying to show rich kid Melvin (Butch Patrick) the spirit of Christmas, and wind up losing their holiday funds due to injuries.

A fan favorite episode because Mike Nesmith acts in drag as the haughty Princess Gwen. Does not feature the band struggling to make it as a success, but takes place in a medieval setting.

Mike is missing from this story, then Micky goes missing and is replaced by an android duplicate with backwards feet. Meanwhile, presidential hopeful Pat Paulsen narrates the whole incident.

Davy gets turned into a vampire and Micky into a werewolf. Meanwhile, other vampires plot to put Peter's brain inside a monster's head, and Mike must figure out how to rescue all his buddies.

When Micky buys a mystical monkey's paw, it grants him the "wish" of muteness.

The devil tricks Peter into signing a contract for his soul if he grants Peter the ability to play the harp. But was it really "Mr. Zero" who gave Peter his talent, or was it Peter's own love for music?

When a friend of Davy's grandfather, T.N. Crumpets, invites the Monkees to work on his race car, Micky is kidnapped by a rival driver and Crumpets' car vanishes. All this leads to Davy driving the Monkeemobile in a race.

A different kind of episode in which the cast of the show romps around Paris while being chased by girls.

The Monkees go to England to try to save a manor village without ending up being stuck there forever. Directed by Peter Tork.

Famous DJ Jerry Blavat is judging a band contest. Each band has to be a mix of boys and girls, so the other Monkees make Davy dress as a girl. Meanwhile, an all-girl band dresses one of their members as a boy. When Davy and Daphne meet, romance blooms.

A crooked mentalist takes control of the Monkees' minds.

Micky Dolenz co-wrote and directed this psychedelic episode about a villain, Wizard Glick, trying to take over the world through hypnotic television.