The Monkees rescue Princess Bettina, (Katherine Walsh), the Duchess of Harmonica, from a drowning, only to find that her evil uncle Archduke Otto (Theodore Marcuse) is trying to dispose of her in an attempt to take the duchy's throne.

Songs: "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day", "Take a Giant Step"
1967 reruns: "You Told Me", "The Girl I Knew Somewhere”
Saturday mornings: "Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears", "Good Clean Fun"

The Monkees attend the reading of a late millionaire's will, and find themselves forced to stay the night in his haunted castle.

Songs: "Last Train to Clarksville", "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day"
1967 reruns: "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" was replaced with "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You".

In a computerized toy factory, the Monkees foil an efficiency expert (Stan Freberg) who wants to replace an old toymaker (Walter Janovitz) with automation.

Songs: "Saturday's Child" (alternate vocal track), "Last Train to Clarksville"
1967 reruns: "Saturday's Child" was replaced with "You Told Me."
Saturday mornings: "Saturday's Child" was replaced with "Listen to the Band."

A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) forces the Monkees into unflattering suits, his effort to keep them from entering a talent contest (and winning a record deal) that he wants his clients, the Four Swines, to enter and win.

Songs: "Let's Dance On," "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," "Last Train to Clarksville"
1967 reruns: "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
Saturday mornings: "Last Train to Clarksville" was replaced with "Do You Feel It Too?"

The Monkees get mixed up with two foreign spies (Jacques Aubuchon and Arlene Martel) after Davy unwittingly purchases a set of red maracas containing secret microfilm.

Songs: "The Kind of Girl I Could Love," "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," "All the King's Horses," "Saturday's Child" (album version)
1967 reruns: "Saturday's Child" was replaced with "Randy Scouse Git."
Saturday mornings: "Saturday's Child" was replaced with "All Alone in the Dark."

Davy's grandfather (Ben Wright), who believes his grandson has become wealthy and successful, pays a visit; it forces the guys to work as Davy's "employees" in an attempt to make the charade stick.

Songs: "I Wanna Be Free," "Sweet Young Thing"
1967 reruns: "I Wanna Be Free" was replaced with "Shades of Gray."
Saturday mornings: "I Wanna Be Free" was replaced with "French Song."

Stranded in a ghost town after the Monkeemobile runs out of gas, the Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers (Len Lesser, Lon Chaney Jr.) and their boss, "the Big Man" (Rose Marie).

Songs: "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day," "Papa Gene's Blues," "(Theme from) The Monkees"
1967 reruns: "Words" (single version) replaced "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day."

Despite landlord Mr. Babbitt (Henry Corden) forbidding any pets, Davy brings home an equine to horsesit. The boys get a taste of farm living when they return the steed to a father and child (Jim Boles and Kerry MacLane); the adventure also sees Davy race the horse against one belonging to the father's neighbor.

Songs: "Papa Gene's Blues," "All the King's Horses"
Saturday mornings: "I Never Thought It Peculiar" replaced "All the King's Horses."

Note: Character actor and frequent Bob Hope sideman Jerry Colonna, in his last acting credit, appears as veterinarian Dr. Mann.

To help Davy gain a date with retired general Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter, Leslie (Sherry Alberoni), Micky poses as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk; "Mrs. Arcadian" arouses the attention of both General Vandenberg and landlord Mr. Babbitt.

Songs: "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day," "Take a Giant Step" (alternate vocal track), "You Just May Be the One" (original version)
Saturday mornings: "Midnight Train" replaced "This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day."

The Monkees play a sweet sixteen party and, after the birthday girl (Robyn Millan) falls for Davy and resultingly neglects her schoolwork, help her with her studies.

Songs: "I Wanna Be Free" (fast and original album versions), "Let's Dance On"
1967 reruns: "Shades of Gray" replaced "I Wanna Be Free."

Notes This is an edited version of the original series pilot that was shot in November 1965 and pitched to NBC. Producer Bob Rafelson re-edited it after it tested poorly, and NBC then picked up the series. The tag features screen tests of Davy and Mike filmed on the sets of The Farmer's Daughter. The Monkees arrive at the party not in the Monkeemobile (which was built after the show was picked up by NBC) but in a red-and-yellow "woodie" station wagon. Bing Russell makes a brief appearance as the Monkees' manager, but he is not seen or mentioned again in the series.

The Monkees pose as the Purple Flower Gang to save their favorite Italian restaurant from a gangster (Harvey Lembeck).

Songs: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone," "She"

After Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), Micky acts as a flashy Hollywood producer to get Mike's money back.

Songs: "Gonna Buy Me a Dog", "Mary, Mary"
1967 reruns: "For Pete's Sake" replaced "Mary, Mary."
Saturday mornings: "Steam Engine," a song not on any albums or singles during the series' run on the networks, replaced "Mary, Mary."

Note: First appearance of Davy, Peter and Micky in their Monkeemen superhero costumes.

With the band's help, bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).

Songs: "I'm a Believer", "You Just May Be the One" (original version)
1967 reruns: "I'm a Believer" was replaced with "Forget That Girl."
Saturday mornings: "I'm a Believer" was replaced with "If I Knew."

Peter wins a free dance lesson at Renaldo's (Hal March) Dance Au Go Go; the rest of the band follows suit, only to learn that they've signed lifetime contracts.

Songs: "I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" (original version), "I'm a Believer"
Saturday mornings: "If You Have the Time," which did not appear on any albums or singles at the time

A gypsy tea room owner (Reta Shaw) predicts Davy will fall in love within 24 hours and leave the group. Her true plan, though, is to force Davy to join her daughter, Fern (Kelly Jean Peters), in a talent show competition. It forces the rest of the Monkees to enter the show (Peter as a magician, Mike as a folk singer, Micky as an impressionist).

Songs: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (performed live on set), "I'm a Believer", "Different Drum" (played for laughs).

Notes: The episode includes a beauty pageant scene in which Fern appears wearing a bathing suit, but NBC blurred Kelly Jean Peters' cleavage. The syndicated reruns from the 1970s showed her uncensored. In the talent show, Mike (as singer "Billy Ray Hodstetter") comically plays a sped-up version of ""Different Drum," a song he authored that became the first major hit of Linda Ronstadt (with the Stone Poneys).

After they get a party gig at Madame Rantha's mansion ahead of a quartet of musical gypsy brothers; the gypsies' mother, Maria, (Jeanne Arnold), forces the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette, the Maltese Vulture, from the Rantha mansion.

Songs: "Let's Dance On," "I'm a Believer"

Peter becomes involved in a kidnapping plot against the respected rocket science professor Milo Schnitzler (Norbert Schiller), and winds up disappearing himself.

Songs: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"
1967 reruns: "Pleasant Valley Sunday"

Mad scientist Dr. Mendoza (John Hoyt) and his assistant Groot (Byron Foulger) hire the Monkees to teach music to the monster they've built (Richard Kiel), only to instead transplant their talents into the beast.

Songs: "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day," "Your Auntie Grizelda"
Saturday mornings: "Your Auntie Grizelda" was replaced with "Good Clean Fun."

When television producer Hubbell Bensen (Carl Ballantine) hears a tape of the Monkees, he frantically stages auditions in the hope of finding them for his new television show, unaware that they've been desperately trying to audition for him.

Songs: "Sweet Young Thing," "Papa Gene's Blues," "Mary, Mary"

Note: This episode's epilogue tag, lasting an abnormally long 3 minutes, features an interview segment with the band and producer Robert Rafelson discussing the recent Sunset Strip curfew riots, which Micky Dolenz had witnessed.

A crooked fight promoter (Ned Glass) prepares to cash in on a big bet by making Davy a stooge in a bout with the champ.

Songs: "Laugh" (without background vocals on first verse), "I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" (original version)
Saturday mornings: "Looking for the Good Times"

The band convinces Davy to swap places with his doppelganger, a shy prince who wants to win the heart of young socialite Wendy Forsythe (Heather North) so that he can marry before his 18th birthday and avoid forfeiting his country's throne to evil Count Myron (Oscar Beregi Jr.).

Songs: "Mary, Mary"
Saturday mornings: "99 Pounds"

Note: In scenes with both Davy and the prince, disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer was used as Davy's double, seen from the back only.

To save a financially bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling high-wire artists from France known as the Mozzarelli Brothers, but get in trouble when their guise requires them to actually perform as aerialists.

Songs: "Sometime in the Morning," "She"

Note: References to Micky's previous TV series Circus Boy are made throughout.

The Monkees' appearance on the children's program The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guests' popularity is diminishing his own.

Songs: "Valleri" (original version), "Your Auntie Grizelda"
1967 reruns: "Pleasant Valley Sunday" replaced "Your Auntie Grizelda."

Note: This episode contains parodies of TV shows What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, and Batman.

The Monkees are chosen as the typical young Americans of the year by Chic magazine, but feel adverse effects when the publication falsely presents them as clean-cut young men.

Songs: "(Theme from) The Monkees" (excerpts), "Laugh," "You Just May Be the One" (original version)
Saturday mornings: "Oh My My" replaced "Laugh."

Notes: Micky plays the kettle drum portion of "Randy Scouse Git" when drumming on the table.

The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to bring down the rest of Baby Face's gang and locate missing robbery loot.

Songs: "The Kind of Girl I Could Love," "Mary, Mary"

Notes: A stand-in doubles for Micky in scenes that he shares with Baby Face. Davy does not appear in the plot of the episode, but he speaks in the closing interview tag explaining his absence.

Peter finds a secret message in a fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant, forcing Monkeemen Davy and Mike to come to his rescue from the evil Dragonman (Joey Forman).

Songs: "Your Auntie Grizelda"
1967 reruns: "Words" (single version)

Notes: References to Get Smart are made throughout. Second appearance of the Monkees as the Monkeemen, as Davy and Mike wear the costumes to rescue Peter and Micky. The episode also features Mike Farrell in a role as an FBI agent.

Middle-aged widow Millie Rudnick (Rose Marie) moves in with the Monkees, but in a need to keep their personal space, the boys soon try to find her a husband.

Songs: "Sometime in the Morning," "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"

Note: This was only one of two episodes featured entirely at the Monkees' house, the other being Season 2's "A Coffin Too Frequent".

Instead of getting themselves a telephone answering service, the Monkees are hired by one; Peter's actions on one call leads to the group's pursuit by a crooked bettor (Milton Frome).

Songs: "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)"
Saturday mornings: "Little Girl"

The Monkees' friendship is threatened when they all fall for and aim to woo the same girl, laundromat proprietress April Conquest (Julie Newmar).

Songs: "(Theme from) The Monkees," "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
Saturday mornings: "Steam Engine" replaced "The Girl I Knew Somewhere."

Note: Wally Cox makes a cameo appearance in the teaser.

In New York City, the Monkees fend off an irate hotel manager (Philip Ober) as they help a financially strained producer (Richard Anders) get backing for a Broadway musical.

Songs: "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" (with extra instrumental passage), "Words" (original version)
Saturday mornings: "Acapulco Sun" replaced "The Girl I Knew Somewhere."

Note: The plot loosely follows that of the Marx Brothers' 1938 film Room Service.

Davy is selected to replace a snobbish film idol (Bobby Sherman) in a beach movie.

Songs: "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You," "Last Train to Clarksville," "Valleri" (original version)

Scripted antics take a back seat to music in this mini-documentary chronicling the Monkees' trip to Phoenix as part of their first concert tour.

Songs: "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," "I'm a Believer"
1967 reruns: "Pleasant Valley Sunday" replaced "The Girl I Knew Somewhere," and "Words" (single version) replaced "I'm a Believer.
Saturday mornings: "Steam Engine" replaced "The Girl I Knew Somewhere."
Concert songs: "Last Train to Clarksville," "Sweet Young Thing," "Mary, Mary," "Cripple Creek," "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover," "I Wanna Be Free," "I Got a Woman," "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone."

Notes: First episode with no laugh track. The teaser, in which Davy makes introductory remarks, was filmed on the set of Bewitched and was filmed during the Headquarters sessions (as evidenced by Mike's, Micky's and Peter's beards). The on-location scenes in Phoenix were filmed in January 1967.

In El Monotono, Mexico, Davy is captured by the notorious bandito El Diablo (Peter Whitney) and his minions after he becomes "captivated" with El Diablo's girlfriend (Cynthia Hull).

Song: "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"

Note: Featuring a cameo appearance by Godfrey Cambridge

Peter must prove the Monkees' innocence at trial when they unwittingly rob a bank in the pretext of making a movie for two con men (Cliff Norton and Kelton Garwood).

Songs: "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Randy Scouse Git"

It's a "harem-scare 'em" scene as Davy faces the prospect of marriage to a lovely Nehudian princess (Donna Loren), who selected his face from a magazine in an effort to avoid marrying her country's evil prime minister.

Songs: "Love is Only Sleeping" (alternate mix), "Cuddly Toy"

Note: First of seven episodes to feature Monte Landis, and the only episode in which he does not play the villain. Anita Mann appears in the "Cuddly Toy" video segment dancing alongside Davy.

Mike casts his wool hat into the political ring to stop a crooked construction tycoon (Monte Landis) from turning the city into parking lots.

Songs: "No Time," "Pleasant Valley Sunday"

With great detail, Peter copies an art museum painting for a pair of crooked museum guards (Monte Landis and Vic Tayback) aiming to steal the original; it causes the Monkees to mount "Mission: Ridiculous" and swap the real work back in.

Songs: "Randy Scouse Git," "Daydream Believer"

Note: Liberace makes a cameo in which, inspired by Raphael Montañez Ortiz, he smashes his piano with a sledgehammer as "performance art".

After losing girlfriend Brenda to a muscle man named Bulk (David Draper), Micky starts a health program under the guidance of fraudulent physical cultist Shah-Ku (Monte Landis).

Songs: "Sunny Girlfriend," "Love is Only Sleeping" (alternate mix)

Notes: Michael Nesmith does not appear due to a tonsillectomy; his absence is noted throughout. The other guys appear as the Monkeemen during the musical "romp" scene (to "Sunny Girlfriend"). Professional wrestler Nick Bockwinkel appears as a Shah-Ku strongman.

Lost in Swineville, the Monkees get caught in the middle of a hillbilly feud between the Weskitts and Chubbers, with Davy staring down the barrel of a shotgun wedding to pretty Ella Mae Chubber (Melody Patterson).

Song: "Papa Gene's Blues" (extended edit)

Note: First appearance of the "Isn't that dumb?" catchphrase.

A gullible Peter trades his guitar for a con man’s treasure map, which leads the Monkees to a deserted island — where they're hunted by a mad Australian treasure hunter (Monte Landis) and his man Thursday (Rupert Crosse).

Songs: "Daydream Believer," "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"
Saturday mornings: "Do You Feel It Too?" replaced "Daydream Believer."

Peter is the target of a romantic prima ballerina (Ondine Vaughn) and a dastardly plot choreographed by the rest of the Druvanian National Ballet, who want a valuable microchip implanted in one of her shoes.

Song: "She Hangs Out" (alternate mix)

Notes: Mike appears only in a musical number at the episode's end.

The Monkees turn chicken when, while serving as both entertainment and staff at "The Henry Cabot Lodge and Cemetery," they unwittingly impress the girlfriends of a tough motorcycle gang.

Songs: "Goin' Down" (sung live over instrumental track in the teaser), "Star Collector" (without Moog synthesizer)
Saturday mornings: "Looking for the Good Times" replaced "Star Collector."

A mad scientist (George Furth), his goony cousin (Mickey Morton), and his dotty aunt (Ruth Buzzi) use the Monkees' pad for a séance to summon their relative, Elmer, from beyond the grave.

Songs: "Goin' Down," "Daydream Believer"
Saturday mornings: "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer" replaced "Goin' Down."

Thoughts of mutiny are bountiful as the Monkees try to stop the hijacking of a cargo ship by a vengeful sea captain (Chips Rafferty).

Songs: "Daydream Believer," "Star Collector"
Saturday mornings: "Oh My My" replaced "Daydream Believer."

Notes: First Season 2 episode without a laugh track. Mike only appears briefly, sitting out most of the episode due to seasickness.

In the Lone Star State, the Monkees battle Black Bart (Barton MacLane), cohort Red (Len Lesser), and their gang to save Mike's aunt, Kate, (Jacqueline deWit), and her valuable Nesmith Ranch.

Songs: "Words," "Goin' Down" (sung live over the instrumental track in the tag)

Note: No laugh track.

"Magic Fingers" Micky wins big at a Las Vegas roulette table, unaware that it's been rigged. After a roulette dealer (Rip Taylor) and policeman (Dort Clark) mistake the band for the crooks, the Monkees are given 24 hours to find the real perpetrators (David Astor and Pepper Davis) and return the money to the casino.

Songs: "The Door Into Summer," "Cuddly Toy"

Notes: No laugh track. First appearance of the "Save the Texas Prairie Chicken" catchphrase.

The Monkees try to instill the spirit of Christmas in a cynical, neglected little boy (Butch Patrick) who has soured on the whole idea of the holiday.

Song: "Riu Chiu" (sung by the Monkees a cappella)

Notes: No laugh track. Instead of the show's standard closing credits card, the Monkees appear on-set and invite many of the behind-the-scenes staff and crew members to appear with them on camera (the credits are superimposed over the joyful crowd). As part of an elf costume, Davy wears Mike's iconic green wool cap.

A Monkee pantomime romp through Fairy Tale Land, introduced by a "Town Crier" (Rege Cordic), sees "Peter, peasant of Tork" rescuing a haughty princess (Mike) from death by her fiendish fiancé (Murray Roman), with the help of a chain-mail suit (from tailor Davy), a magic sword (from innkeeper Micky), and gravity-defying shoes (from cobbler Mike).

Song: "Daily Nightly"

Note: No laugh track. In addition to the above mentioned characters, Davy also appears as Little Red Riding Hood, Micky as Goldilocks, and both as Hansel & Gretel.

A documented film report by the Department of UFO Information, narrated by is secretary (Pat Paulsen), shows Davy and Peter battling invading space aliens (Stuart Margolin and Nita Talbot) from Planet Zlotnick who've replaced Micky with a robotic lookalike.

Song: "Star Collector"

Note: Michael Nesmith only appears in the opening and closing segments with Pat Paulsen.

Davy is under the spell of girlfriend Lorelei (Arlene Martel), or to be more precise her magic necklace; it's part of a plot by Lorelei's uncle, Count Batula (Ron Masak), to transform Davy into a vampire, forcing the remaining Monkees to look for Davy in a monstorously-populated castle.

Song: "Goin' Down"
Saturday mornings: "Bye Bye, Baby, Bye Bye"

Note: No laugh track

A down-on-his-luck magician (Hans Conried) sells Micky a magical monkey's paw that brings the equally broken-down Monkees bad luck.

Songs: "Goin' Down", "Words"

Note: No laugh track

At an eerie pawn shop, Peter unwittingly sells his soul to devilish character Mr. Zero (Monte Landis) in order to purchase a golden harp (despite never having played the instrument previously).

Songs: "Salesman," "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (harp instrumental), "I Wanna Be Free" (harp instrumental), "No Time"
Saturday mornings: "I Never Thought It Peculiar" replaced "Salesman."

Note: Final episode in which Mike Nesmith is seen wearing his green wool hat, an item he would rarely wear during Season 2 (this episode was filmed early in the season's production calendar). He is seen wearing it again briefly in the next-to-last episode, "The Monkees Blow Their Minds".

Davy drives the Monkeemobile in an auto race when the British entry (owned by an old friend of Davy's grandfather) is sabotaged by Baron Von Klutz (David Hurst) and his Klutzmobile.

Song: "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?"

Notes: No laugh track. The 'Klutzmobile' is the original Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (chassis #CSX2287). Series co-producer Bob Rafelson has a cameo appearance as the "World's Oldest Flower Child".

Tired of saying the same monotonous lines week in and week out, the Monkees leave the studio grind behind and travel to Paris, where gendarmes and amorous women pursue them; while they're away, the director (James Frawley) thinks of ways to make the script more unique.

Songs: "Love is Only Sleeping" (album mix), "Don't Call on Me," "Star Collector," "Goin' Down"
Saturday mornings: "Oh My My," "I Love You Better," "Tell Me Love"

Note: No laugh track. The Paris scenes were filmed on-location in June 1967 and done with little dialogue (outside of sounds of women screaming the band's name). The wraparound studio scenes were filmed on Christmas Eve 1967, the final scenes ever shot for the series.

Davy inherits an English manor but doesn't want to live there for 5 years (a stipulation of the bequest); since he also doesn't want the manor sold to a land developer, the band puts on a medieval fair to raise funds for the local villagers to buy the property. Davy also must use lances, swords, and vocal cords in a tournament against Sir Twiggley Toppen Middle Bottom (Bernard Fox).

Songs: "Greensleeves," "Star Collector"

Note: No laugh track. Directed by Peter Tork (who is credited under his birth name). Jack Good, who portrays Lance Kibbie the Sot, would later produce the 1969 TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee.

The Monkees enter a band contest (hosted by radio DJ Jerry Blavat) with a $500 cash prize, but when they learn the entrants must be mixed-gender groups, Davy is chosen to pose as a girl. "Miss Jones" soon falls in love with another entrant, Daphne, (Deana Martin), who's posing as a male in her band.

Songs: "Last Train to Clarksville," "The Door Into Summer," "She Hangs Out"

Note: No laugh track. Special guest appearance by Charlie Smalls, who appears with Davy in the end-of-episode tag segment.

The Monkees swing to the rescue when mentalist Oracullo (Monte Landis) gains control of Peter's mind to use him in a nightclub act.

Songs: "Valleri" (1968 version), "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" (instrumental track), "Daily Nightly"

Note: No laugh track. Final appearance of Mr. Schneider. Frequent Monkees director James Frawley appears as Oracullo's assistant, Rudy. Featuring cameos by Frank Zappa (who appears with Mike in the teaser) and Burgess Meredith (as the Penguin).

After Peter and their neighbors are hypnotized through their TV sets, Micky, Mike, and Davy must match wits with the insane Wizard Glick (Rip Taylor), who is out to control the minds of television viewers worldwide.

Songs: "Zor and Zam" (Original version), "Song to the Siren" (performed by Tim Buckley)
Saturday mornings: "I Never Thought It Peculiar" replaced "Zor and Zam."

Notes: No laugh track. Directed by Micky Dolenz. Special guest appearance by Tim Buckley in the end-of-episode tag segment. One of Wizard Glick's henchmen says that the Monkeemen monitor "Ain't been activated in 5 years", implying that the fictional Monkees have been together since at least 1963, and had battled Wizard Glick before. The alternative title, "Mijacogeo," comes from the name of Micky Dolenz' childhood pet dog, who was named after all the members of Micky's family at the time: Micky, Janelle (his mother), Coco (his sister) and George (his father).