The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants who were not advised of his existence.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

Cast:Hope Lange , Edward Mulhare , Reta Shaw , Harlen Carraher , Kellie Flanagan , Scruffy , Charles Nelson Reilly , Mason Curry , Guy Raymond , Dabbs Greer , James McCallion , William Lanteau , Kathleen Hughes , Dan Tobin , Gil Lamb , Kenneth Mars , Alice Ghostley , Irwin Charone

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Fri, Sep 20, 1968

Mrs. Carolyn Muir rents charming Maine Gull Cottage for her family and finds that it comes with a resident ghost. Captain Gregg takes a shine to the pretty widow and allows them to stay in his house.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Haunted Honeymoon

Fri, Sep 27, 1968

When a young couple on the way to their wedding end up staying the night, Captain Gregg thinks they should get married immediately.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Treasure Hunt

Fri, Oct 4, 1968

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.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Ghost Hunter

Fri, Oct 11, 1968

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.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow

Fri, Oct 18, 1968

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.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Vanessa

Fri, Oct 25, 1968

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.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Real James Gatley

Fri, Nov 1, 1968

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.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Uncle Arnold the Magnificent

Fri, Nov 8, 1968

Mrs. Muir's Uncle Arnold who sells magic tricks comes for a visit. Candy asks for him to stay and perform at her birthday party until they find his tricks don't work and his stories grow old and stale fast.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Way Off Broadway

Fri, Nov 15, 1968

Mrs. Muir's appearance in a local stage production leaves the Captain lonely so he decides to disrupt the performance.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Monkey Puzzle Tree

Fri, Nov 29, 1968

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.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang

Fri, Dec 6, 1968

Mrs. Muir needs money to fix the plumbing and can't come up with a single idea for an article, so the Captain collaborates with her on a story, but his secret revisions start giving people the wrong idea about her.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Madeira, My Dear?

Fri, Dec 13, 1968

The Captain and Mrs. Muir are continually interrupted by life's little chores while they try and have some quiet time together.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Love Is a Toothache

Fri, Dec 20, 1968

Captain Gregg lends a hand when Martha shows more than a passing interest in the local dentist.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Mr. Perfect

Fri, Dec 27, 1968

A former beau literally sails back into Carolyn Muir's life on his yacht and asks her to marry him much to the jealously of the Captain.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Dear Delusion

Fri, Jan 3, 1969

Prompted by her family doctor, Carolyn sees a psychiatrist, who convinces her that the Captain is a delusion she should ignore. When the psychiatrist shows up at Gull Cottage, the Captain takes delusion into his own hands.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Dog Gone!

Fri, Jan 10, 1969

Everyone knows that the Captain and Scruffy don't like each other, and the Captain's really in the doghouse when Scruffy mysteriously disappears.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ A Pain in the Neck

Fri, Jan 17, 1969

Claymore has an accident, hurting his back, and ends up convalescing at Gull Cottage, running the Muirs ragged.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Strictly Relative

Fri, Jan 24, 1969

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.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Chowderhead

Fri, Jan 31, 1969

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.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ It's a Gift!

Fri, Feb 7, 1969

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.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Buried on Page One

Fri, Feb 14, 1969

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.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Make Me a Match

Fri, Feb 21, 1969

Carolyn's distraught friend Aggie comes to visit after breaking up with her fiancé. Carolyn and the Captain set her up with Claymore.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Jonathan Tells It Like It Was

Fri, Feb 28, 1969

Jonathan's history essay wins first place, but when he changes the essay to reflect facts the Captain provides, he stirs up resentment and puts his prize and the family's peace in jeopardy.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ The Medicine Ball

Fri, Mar 7, 1969

Carolyn comes down with a bug, and Captain Gregg, dissatisfied with the doctor, concocts his own remedy which sends Mrs. Muir back to the mid-1800's where she is the "ghost" and the very much alive Captain is the only one who can see her.

25Season 1

S1.E25 ∙ Son of the Curse

Fri, Mar 14, 1969

The kids find a clock with a curse on it. After the clock is started the last living Gregg will die at midnight, Claymore Gregg.

26Season 1

S1.E26 ∙ The Music Maker

Fri, Mar 28, 1969

The Captain is continually interrupted when trying to read Carolyn his poem for her, but her rapt attention to a singer-songwriter stranded at Gull Cottage gives the Captain an idea for getting his poem heard.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Great Power Failure

Wed, Sep 17, 1969

The arrival offshore of the ghost ship "Sea Vulture" causes a temporary loss of the Captain's powers. Carolyn takes advantage of his diminished capacities to hold a PTA meeting, and Claymore tries to take similar advantage.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Centennial

Wed, Sep 24, 1969

Claymore donates the Captain's silver tea service as a prize in the Centennial celebration, and the Captain is determined that Claymore will win it back in the athletic contest.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ There's a Seal in My Bathtub

Wed, Oct 1, 1969

A runaway seal takes refuge with the Muirs, assisted by the two younger family members seeking to protect the creature from an irate crab fisherman.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Double Trouble

Wed, Oct 8, 1969

A man from Ireland, who looks exactly like Captain Gregg, comes to visit Gull Cottage, and even meets Captain Gregg.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Today I Am a Ghost

Wed, Oct 15, 1969

A former insufferable seaman named Elroy, who served under Captain Gregg, comes for help to learn how to haunt. The problem: he's afraid of people.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Madam Candidate

Wed, Oct 22, 1969

Carolyn decides to run against Claymore and an old-timer for local office, only to find out that Gull Cottage might not be in the city, invalidating her candidacy.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Not So Desperate Hours

Wed, Oct 29, 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.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Medium Well Done

Wed, Nov 5, 1969

Carolyn invites a medium to visit Gull Cottage. That medium, at Claymore's urging, performs an exorcism.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Surprise Party

Wed, Nov 12, 1969

The kids decide that they should have a surprise birthday party for Captain Gregg, but it is very difficult to keep their plans secret from him.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ The Firehouse Five Plus Ghost

Wed, Nov 19, 1969

The Keystone Cops meet the Schooner Bay Fire Department via Claymore's misspending of civic funds. Carolyn does her due diligence to bring the department into the 20th Century.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Spirit of the Law

Wed, Nov 26, 1969

Captain Gregg helps Claymore act like a lawyer in order to protect that beauty that is Gull Cottage from power lines, towers, and eminent domain.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Puppy Love

Wed, Dec 10, 1969

The Captain becomes jealous when he thinks Carolyn is in love, when it's actually Candice experiencing her first crush.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Host to the Ghost

Wed, Dec 17, 1969

Because the local handymen hired to repair the kitchen are scared of the "Gull Cottage Ghost", Mrs. Muir persuades the Captain to leave temporarily so...a situation Claymore does not enjoy when the Captain moves in with him.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ The Ghost of Christmas Past

Wed, Dec 24, 1969

Each of those living at Gull Cottage has their own special Christmas dream thanks to the Captain. In Mrs. Muir's dream the Captain and her confess their love to each other and exchange a kiss.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Ladies' Man

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Carolyn and the Captain help Claymore gain confidence around woman by giving lessons of "Suave."

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Not So Faust

Wed, Jan 7, 1970

When he finds out Claymore is trying to con Carolyn into paying double rent every month, Captain Gregg decides to teach Claymore a much-needed lesson.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Tourist, Go Home

Thu, Jan 22, 1970

A consultant is hired to increase tourism in the town and he has Captain Gregg serving pies.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ No Hits, No Runs, No Oysters

Thu, Jan 29, 1970

Jonathan tries out for baseball but does not do well. The Captain tries to help, but his help backfires. Of course, all is fine by the end of the 24 minutes.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Dig for the Truth

Thu, Feb 5, 1970

Candy finds out (from Captain Gregg, of course) that her teacher is wrong about when their school was founded, and gets in trouble for sharing the correct date with her teacher and class.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Pardon My Ghost

Thu, Feb 12, 1970

Thinking that the stuff in the basement is the Captain's unwanted junk, Claymore takes it and donates it to charity for a tax deduction. Needless to say, this starts another war between Claymore and the Captain.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Martha Meets the Captain

Thu, Feb 19, 1970

Martha must leave the Muirs, but their putting on brave faces to pull off a surprise farewell party makes her feel unwanted, so the Captain steps in.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Amateur Night

Thu, Feb 26, 1970

Captain Gregg wants Carolyn to help get the town to give an amateur night benefit for homeless seamen after their previous home burns down.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Curious Cousin

Thu, Mar 5, 1970

Carolyn's cousin Harriet comes for a visit and somehow jumps to the conclusion that Carolyn and the Captain are an item, not knowing that the Captain has been dead a hundred years.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Wedding Day?????

Thu, Mar 12, 1970

Thanks to Cousin Harriet's gossip, Carolyn's parents get the idea that the Captain is a real man that their daughter is seeing and come for a visit wanting to meet him.