List of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir episodes
This is a list of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir episodes. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir is a situation comedy that aired on NBC during 1968–1969 and ABC during 1969–1970. The series starred Hope Lange in the title role, whose work was recognized twice with an Emmy Award, once for each season.
Series overview
| Season | Network | No. of episodes |
Premiered: | Ended: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NBC | 26 | 21 September 1968 | 29 March 1969 | |
| 2 | ABC | 24 | 18 September 1969 | 13 March 1970 | |
Episodes
- Ep = Episode number within the season
- No. = Overall episode number
Season 1: 1968-1969
| Ep | No. | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Gene Reynolds | Jean Holloway | 21 September 1968 |
| Claymore Gregg has had to rent Gull Cottage, the cottage of his great-uncle (a deceased sea captain, whose ghost inhabits the cottage), much to the captain's anger. Claymore, who has been able to see the captain's ghost since childhood and is often bullied and ridiculed by his great-uncle, reveals it would have been torn down otherwise. Mrs Muir, her two children, housekeeper, and dog Scruffy arrive and start settling in. The captain talks only to Mrs. Muir's son Jonathan originally. In the series, Mrs. Muir's daughter Candy thinks her younger brother is making up things about the ghost, just to scare her. Mrs. Muir has her first run in with the ghost that night. He is a male chauvinist who never married, but had a girl in every port. He died in his sleep, his foot having kicked the lever on his gas heater, turning the gas on while the window was shut. The captain reveals that he wanted to turn the place into a home for retired seamen, but left no will, as he did not expect to die so young. Mrs. Muir doesn't like his attitude and though it is the middle of the night, packs and drives away. However, the captain softens his attitude as he missed her and brings them back by taking over the car's steering, and Mrs. Muir decides to stay. When the family is asleep, the ghost regrets that she had not been born 100 years ago when he was alive. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Haunted Honeymoon" | Gene Reynolds | Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller | 28 September 1968 |
| On their way to get married, Gladys (Yvonne Craig) and Harvey's (Jonathan Daly) car breaks down outside Gull Cottage on a very wet night. Mrs. Muir puts them up, much to the captain's annoyance, as he wants to update his sea charts and Harvey is to sleep in his alcove (room). As Claymore is a justice of the peace, the Captain gets him to marry the couple so they can sleep together in the spare room. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Treasure Hunt" | Hollingsworth Morse | Howard Leeds | 5 October 1968 |
| The water heater breaks down and skinflint Claymore won't repair it, so the captain hits upon a scheme of burying treasure maps around the grounds, so Claymore will fix things as a cover for digging up treasure. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Ghost Hunter" | Gary Nelson | Joseph Bonaduce | 12 October 1968 |
| Paul Wilkie (Bill Bixby) takes some photos of the house saying he is just interested in old houses but he is really a parapsychologist. After the captain gives him a few nasty surprises, Wilkie comes back with two colleagues to see the ghost he has discovered. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Gary Nelson | Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach | 19 October 1968 |
| Gregg becomes upset when Captain Horatio Figg is named the town hero, as he remembers him as anything but heroic. It turns out that the person proposing it is his great grandniece (Mabel Albertson) but it is an uphill battle to expose Figg, as there are no records. This episode reveals that Gregg was at the Siege of Veracruz in 1847. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Vanessa" | Lee Philips | Joseph Bonaduce | 26 October 1968 |
| A woman (Shelley Fabares) turns up in Schooner Bay with some old love letters from Captain Gregg to her great great grandmother, who was also named Vanessa. The captain finds himself falling for her, as he did for her ancestor in the 1840s. The woman wants to buy Gull Cottage, which would mean the Muirs would have to leave. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Real James Gatley" | Gene Reynolds | Albert E. Lewin | 2 November 1968 |
| Stafford Repp plays an antiques expert who with his wife want the Gatley barometer in Gull Cottage (the only other one being in the British Museum) and offer Claymore $2,000 for it. He has a copy made and changes it for the original, but the captain, who doesn't want to part with it, changes it back, which leads the couple having Claymore put in jail for selling them a fake. The barometer mirrors the Captain's moods; for example, it reads stormy when he is angry. Dabbs Greer plays recurring character Sheriff Norris Coolidge. The local jail is the storeroom in Norrie's Lobster House. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Uncle Arnold the Magnificent" | Sherman Marks | Paul Wayne | 9 November 1968 |
| Travelling salesman Jack Gilford visits his relatives at Gull Cottage for a few days. The kids want him to stay for the birthday party at the weekend to show off his magic tricks and jokes, but they quickly get tired when the show become repetitious and fear the party will be a flop with him there. The captain teaches Jonathan that people should not be discarded just because you are bored of them. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Way Off Broadway" | Lee Philips | Albert E. Lewin | 16 November 1968 |
| Claymore decides to put on a play with Mrs. Muir as his leading lady. The captain disapproves and a mediocre play ends up a success as an unintentional comedy. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Monkey-Puzzle Tree" | Lee Philips | Jean Holloway | 30 November 1968 |
| Claymore finally is included in the start titles, but not again until episode 16 which suggests that, though produced later, this episode was shown earlier. With threats of her leaving, the captain reluctantly agrees to let Mrs. Muir replace his old furniture to modernize the cottage. But when she has his favorite monkey puzzle tree, which he planted 137 years ago, chopped down, that is too much for him and it seems that he has left the house for good. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang" | John Erman | Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach | 7 December 1968 |
| Mrs. Muir needs some money to pay for a new plumbing system, but cannot think of any new stories, so the captain literally becomes a ghost writer. She tones down his risque storylines, but before she can send it off, the captain puts the racy stuff back in and the magazine publisher (Feminine View, Boston) loves it. However, it does give Mrs. Muir a bit of a reputation. The captain smokes a cigar in this episode and appears as real to a stranger. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Madeira, My Dear?" | Ida Lupino | Nate Monaster | 14 December 1968 |
| The captain invites Mrs. Muir for a glass of Madeira wine in his wheelhouse (the attic) at 4 p.m., but her busy family life means she has trouble getting there every time it is arranged. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Love Is a Toothache" | Lee Philips | Howard Leeds | 21 December 1968 |
| Martha starts dating the local dentist (Jonathan Harris), but he turns out to be a mama's boy. | |||||
| 14 | 14 | "Mister Perfect" | Gene Reynolds | John McGreevey | 28 December 1968 |
| Mrs. Muir's old boyfriend (William Daniels) turns up on his yacht and wants to marry her. At first, the captain tries to stop them; then he decides to help them get together. | |||||
| 15 | 15 | "Dear Delusion" | Gary Nelson | Jean Holloway | 4 January 1969 |
| On a weekend visit, family doctor Jim Meade sees Mrs. Muir talking as though someone invisible is there. He gets her to see a psychiatrist, who convinces her that the captain is a delusion. She tries to deny the captain and tells Jonathan to do the same. The captain appears without his beard and mustache as "Danny," a fisherman. "Danny" is listed in the end credits. | |||||
| 16 | 16 | "Dog Gone!" | Oscar Rudolph | Tom August, Helen August | 11 January 1969 |
| Scruffy does not get on well with the captain (though there was no problem in previous episodes). When Scruffy vanishes, Jonathan thinks the captain is to blame. This episode stars Larry Hovis (a regular on Hogan's Heroes). | |||||
| 17 | 17 | "A Pain in the Neck" | Lee Philips | Joseph Bonaduce | 18 January 1969 |
| After a prank by the captain, Claymore slips a disc and cannot be moved, so he becomes a very unwelcome and demanding guest at Gull Cottage. This is based on the story The Man Who Came to Dinner. | |||||
| 18 | 18 | "Strictly Relative" | Hollingsworth Morse | Albert E. Lewin | 25 January 1969 |
| Mrs. Muir's in-laws (Ralph and Marjorie Muir) turn up. They don't like her and the children living in such a remote place and want them to go back to Philadelphia with them. The only way the captain can stop this is to show that she has a man in her life, which means Claymore dressing up and acting like a modern Captain Gregg. | |||||
| 19 | 19 | "Chowderhead" | Hollingsworth Morse | Edward R. White | 1 February 1969 |
| The captain gets upset when he finds his face (from an old photo) is being used to advertise clam chowder. | |||||
| 20 | 20 | "It's a Gift!" | Lee Philips | Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach | 8 February 1969 |
| The captain is a bit of a bad influence on Jonathan, so the captain decides to buy Mrs. Muir a present to make it up to her. However, he has no money. J. Pat O'Malley stars. | |||||
| 21 | 21 | "Buried on Page One" | John Erman | Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach, Paul West | 15 February 1969 |
| To make ends meet, Mrs. Muir gets a job on The Beacon, a weekly local newspaper run by Richard Dreyfuss, which once libelled the Captain. Mrs. Muir finds herself doing all the work. | |||||
| 22 | 22 | "Make Me a Match" | Gary Nelson | Howard Leeds | 22 February 1969 |
| Aggie (Alice Ghostley) comes for a visit. A boyfriend has let her down, so Mrs. Muir and the captain try to match her with Claymore. | |||||
| 23 | 23 | "Jonathan Tells It Like It Was" | Gary Nelson | Joseph Bonaduce | 1 March 1969 |
| Jonathan wins an essay competition on John Adams and Benjamin Franklin being friends. The Captain tells him they weren't and his new account does not impress a descendant, Rutledge Adams, who wants the prize taken away and given to the runner-up. | |||||
| 24 | 24 | "Medicine Ball" | Gary Nelson | Albert E. Lewin, Edith R. Sommer | 8 March 1969 |
| Mrs. Muir has a mystery illness. The captain does not trust the doctor, so he gives her some of his medicine. She dreams and finds herself in a party, in the captain's time period. | |||||
| 25 | 25 | "Son of the Curse" | John Erman | Albert E. Lewin | 15 March 1969 |
| The kids find a clock in the attic and start it up, not knowing it has a curse on it that the last of the Greggs (Claymore) will die by midnight. | |||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Music Maker" | George Tyne | Paul Wayne | 29 March 1969 |
| A musician (Harry Nilsson) stays at the cottage for a few days and the Captain has him put a poem he wrote to Mrs Muir to music. | |||||
Season 2: 1969-1970
| Ep | No. | Title | Directed by: | Written by: | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | "The Great Power Failure" | Jay Sandrich | Dan Beaumont, Joel Kane | 18 September 1969 |
| The cursed ghost ship Sea Vulture drifts into the area and while it remains there, the captain loses most of his powers, so he can do nothing about the woman's PTA meeting held at the cottage. | |||||
| 2 | 28 | "Centennial" | Jay Sandrich | Ron Friedman | 25 September 1969 |
| Claymore gives the captain's Georgian Tea Service (awarded him by the British Admiralty) for a prize at the coming Centennial celebrations at Schooner Bay. The Captain makes him win all the events so he can get it back. Candy now knows about the captain. The captain takes over Claymore's body so he can dance with Mrs. Muir. | |||||
| 3 | 29 | "There's a Seal in My Bathtub" | John Erman | William Raynor, Myles Wilder | 2 October 1969 |
| The kids find a seal which has escaped from Aqualand. Claymore and Norrie want to scare it off till they find it is worth money, so they steal it for themselves. | |||||
| 4 | 30 | "Double Trouble" | John Erman | Jean Holloway | 9 October 1969 |
| The captain has been getting rid of Mrs. Muir's suitors. The latest one, Sean Callahan, is his double and claims to be a descendant of the captain. Mulhare plays both parts. | |||||
| 5 | 31 | "Today I Am a Ghost" | Lee Philips | Si Rose | 16 October 1969 |
| An incompetent member of the captain's crew is now an incompetent ghost and wants the captain to teach him how to scare people. Dom DeLuise stars. | |||||
| 6 | 32 | "Madam Candidate" | Bruce Bilson | Ben Gershman, Sam Locke | 23 October 1969 |
| The local elections are coming up and the women are fed up with Claymore, who never gets anything done, so they ask Mrs Muir to run against him. Ed Begley stars. | |||||
| 7 | 33 | "Not So Desperate Hours" | Gary Nelson | Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson | 30 October 1969 |
| Three escaped criminals hide out at Gull Cottage at a time when Mrs. Muir has asked the captain not to interfere, so he doesn't. Guy Marks and Elisha Cook star. | |||||
| 8 | 34 | "Medium Well Done" | Jay Sandrich | Dee Caruso, Gerald Gardner | 6 November 1969 |
| Mrs. Muir invites a touring medium (Shirley Booth) to the cottage to get a story. The medium then holds a seance to get rid of the captain's ghost. The captain talks of his Spectral Fraternity. | |||||
| 9 | 35 | "Surprise Party" | Gary Nelson | Peggy Elliott, Ed Scharlach | 13 November 1969 |
| The kids want to hold a surprise birthday party for the captain, but how to make it a surprise when he often cannot be seen and might be listening in? Scruffy provides the answer. | |||||
| 10 | 36 | "The Firehouse Five Plus Ghost" | Gary Nelson | Frank Waldman, Tom Waldman | 20 November 1969 |
| Schooner Bay's fire engine No. 17 is as much a joke as the local firemen, with Claymore as their chief. Mrs. Muir thinks the town should get a new engine and gets them to take a proficiency test. | |||||
| 11 | 37 | "The Spirit of the Law" | John Erman | Joseph Bonaduce | 27 November 1969 |
| A power company wants 7/12 of Gull Cottage land to put up electricity pylons on the grounds and they have the law on their side. Mrs. Muir is willing to go to prison to try and stop them. Jack Burns stars, with J. Pat O'Malley as Judge Hickox. | |||||
| 12 | 38 | "Puppy Love" | John Erman | Jean Holloway | 11 December 1969 |
| Candy falls for the new English boy at her school (Mark Lester), but her tomboy appearance counts against her. She is insulted when he thinks she is a boy. Candy and Mark sing Lavender Blue song together in a dream sequence. | |||||
| 13 | 39 | "Host to the Ghost" | Bruce Bilson | Ron Friedman | 18 December 1969 |
| Mrs. Muir desperately needs some work done on her kitchen. The only way she can get workmen to stay is if the captain leaves for a while, so he goes to stay with Claymore and turns into a very unwelcome guest. | |||||
| 14 | 40 | "The Ghost and Christmas Past" | Jay Sandrich | Jean Holloway | 25 December 1969 |
| For Christmas, the captain gives the Muirs, Martha, and Claymore a dream of when he was alive 100 years ago (they all play parts), loosely based on Scrooge. | |||||
| 15 | 41 | "Ladies Man" | John Erman | Howard Leeds | 1 January 1970 |
| Cheapskate Claymore doesn't do well with the ladies so Mrs. Muir tries to boost his confidence with two friends of hers, but it backfires and he thinks she is after him. | |||||
| 16 | 42 | "Not So Faust" | Lee Philips | Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson | 8 January 1970 |
| After Claymore tries to cheat Mrs. Muir, the captain decides to teach him a lesson by giving him a dream about an old enemy of his, the Devil. Joe Flynn stars. | |||||
| 17 | 43 | "Tourist, Go Home" | Lee Philips | Dan Beaumont, Joel Kane | 23 January 1970 |
| A millionaire (Kenneth Mars) wants to make the town into a tourist site, starting with the museum. The captain is against it until he finds out that he will have an important part in it. The revamped museum ends up as a sideshow mocking the captain, which angers him. | |||||
| 18 | 44 | "No Hits, No Runs, No Oysters" | David Alexander | John Fenton Murray, Elon Packard | 30 January 1970 |
| The Oysters are the local baseball team, of which Claymore is the manager. The family and the captain want Jonathan to play for the team, but even he realizes that he is no good. | |||||
| 19 | 45 | "Dig for the Truth" | Lee Philips | Ruth Brooks Flippen | 6 February 1970 |
| The captain tells Candy that his ancestor founded the local grammar school in 1741 instead of another man in 1770, as everyone else believes. She gets in trouble at school when she repeats this. | |||||
| 20 | 46 | "Pardon My Ghost" | Jay Sandrich | Jean Holloway | 13 February 1970 |
| Not realizing he still wants them, Claymore sells some of the captain's possessions, so using Claymore's voice, the captain gives all Claymore's furniture away to a charity shop. | |||||
| 21 | 47 | "Martha Meets the Captain" | Lee Philips | Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson | 20 February 1970 |
| Martha has to go to Florida permanently to look after her mother. The only way the captain can stop her leaving before her surprise party is to appear to her. The show ends with her staying. | |||||
| 22 | 48 | "Amateur Night" | Jay Sandrich | Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson | 27 February 1970 |
| After a Seaman's home burns down, the captain "persuades" Claymore to donate a warehouse for a new home, but it needs $2,000 to renovate it, so they decide on a benefit to raise the money. | |||||
| 23 | 49 | "Curious Cousin" | Lee Philips | Dan Beaumont, Joel Kane | 6 March 1970 |
| Cousin Harriet (Alice Ghostley) interferes in Mrs. Muir's personal life, so to keep her quiet, Claymore pretends to be her suitor, Captain Gregg. | |||||
| 24 | 50 | "Wedding Day?" | Carl Shain | Jean Holloway | 13 March 1970 |
| Cousin Harriet has told Mrs. Muir's parents (Emily and Bradford Williams) about "Captain Gregg". They come to visit and think she is going to elope with him (as she did with her first husband), so they arrange a marriage for her and Claymore. | |||||
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