The Goldbergs (season 1)
Episodes

The Goldbergs (season 1)

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	US viewers (millions)

1	1	"The Circle of Driving"	Seth Gordon	Adam F. Goldberg	September 24, 2013	100	8.94

As 11-year-old Adam Goldberg captures his family's daily life in the 1980's on videotape with his new camcorder, his older brother Barry is looking forward to getting a car after getting his learner's permit.

2	2	"Daddy Daughter Day"	Seth Gordon	Adam F. Goldberg	October 1, 2013	101	6.06

The family tradition of roller skating is in jeopardy after Erica's moodiness comes into play after hanging out with her father, Murray, and telling him about her daily drama.

3	3	"Mini Murray"	Troy Miller	Alex Barnow & Marc Firek	October 8, 2013	102	5.76

When Barry wants money to purchase a pair of expensive Reebok Pump basketball sneakers, he gets an important lesson from Murray.

4	4	"Why're You Hitting Yourself?"	Jason Ensler	Sally Bradford	October 15, 2013	104	5.05

Adam and Barry share a brotherly bond after they accidentally discover a secret scrambled porn channel on television. Meanwhile, Beverly becomes involved in Pops' dating life when he's almost hitting on younger ladies at his favorite bar.

5	5	"The Ring"	Seth Gordon	Matt Tarses	October 22, 2013	103	5.20

While cleaning out the garage, Erica, Barry, and Adam discover a box full of love letters written by Murray to a woman named Anita, his first love.

6	6	"Who Are You Going to Telephone?"	Victor Nelli	Chris Bishop	October 29, 2013	105	5.43

Beverly loves Halloween, but becomes despondent after the kids won't celebrate the holiday with her because they want to do their own thing.

7	7	"Call Me When You Get There"	Michael Patrick Jann	Michael J. Weithorn	November 5, 2013	106	4.89

When Barry receives his driver's license, Beverly enforces a set of new rules of the road with the car, including the most important, "Call me when you get there!" Meanwhile, when Beverly buys Pops a Life Alert necklace, he rejects the gift.

8	8	"The Kremps"	Victor Nelli	Darlene Hunt	November 12, 2013	107	5.12

The Goldbergs meet The Kremps, an all-American family, well put together and perfect. When they invite the Kremps over for a barbecue, the afternoon turns into a chaotic, frenzy afternoon no one saw coming.

9	9	"Stop Arguing and Start Thanking"	Matt Sohn	Lew Schneider	November 19, 2013	110	5.03

When Murray's younger brother Marvin comes over for Thanksgiving, he has a tendency on bringing stress to the holiday and the brother ignite their longstanding feud with each other.

10	10	"Shopping"	David Katzenberg	Niki Schwartz-Wright	December 3, 2013	108	4.56

Erica's new job at Gimbels is jeopardized when Beverly goes overboard with her daughter's employee discount. So much so, when Erica accidentally sends Beverly to the mall jail for stealing the perfume, she is escorted by a security guard and is arrested by the police that who caught her for a shoplifting in the clothing department.

11	11	"Kara-te"	Seth Gordon	Andrew Secunda	December 10, 2013	109	4.77

On the eve of the annual high school talent show, Beverly and Murray square off against the kids' disenchanted teacher Mr.

12	12	"You're Under Foot"	Seth Gordon	Michael J. Weithorn	January 7, 2014	112	5.28

When Beverly complains that Pops is spending too much time with her at home, Murray takes him back to work at the furniture store, but in doing so Pops starts running the store how he wants and criticizes Murray's work ethic.

13	13	"The Other Smother"	Michael Patrick Jann	Stacey Harmon	January 14, 2014	111	4.89

Micromanaging Barry and Erica's college searches pits Beverly against a meddling mom and her arch rival, Betsy Rubenstone who's planning her own prefect child's ivy league college admittance.

14	14	"You Opened the Door"	David Katzenberg	Alex Barnow & Marc Firek	January 21, 2014	113	4.71

Adam and Dana attend their first school dance together, but he has to deal with the potentially embarrassing situation of having his mom chaperoning at the event.

15	15	"Muscles Mirsky"	Claire Scanlon	Matt Tarses	February 4, 2014	114	4.93

When Barry tells Adam that men and women can't be friends, Adam now thinks he has a crush on Emmy Mirsky (Stephanie Katherine Grant) after Dana and they're friendship starts to get complicated.

16	16	"Goldbergs Never Say Die!"	David Katzenberg	Adam F. Goldberg & Aaron Kaczander	March 4, 2014	117	4.16

Inspired by The Goonies, Adam hears about some missing family jewelry from Beverly's mom. Erica, and Barry having had enough of Adam's obsession with the adventure film, decide to play a little joke and use it to their advantage by teasing their little brother.

17	17	"Lame Gretzky"	David Katzenberg	Chris Bishop	March 11, 2014	115	4.41

Adam tries to improve his less-than-capable ice hockey skills to please his father, but Beverly insists that Murray indulge in Adam's real passion--making movies.

18	18	"For Your Own Good"	Victor Nelli	Niki Schwartz-Wright	March 18, 2014	116	4.74

When Beverly gets rid of Murray's favorite easy chair that he sits in everyday and donates it to the Goodwill Store & Donation Center, he strikes back, getting revenge on Beverly for her own good.

19	19	"The President's Fitness Test"	Victor Nelli	Chris Bishop & Aaron Kaczander	April 1, 2014	118	4.68

Adam is frightened about doing the President's Fitness Test at school, especially pull-ups since he can't do one. Beverly doesn't think he should have to, so she plans to go directly to President Reagan, much to Murray's dismay.

20	20	"You're Not Invited"	Michael Patrick Jann	Lew Schneider	April 8, 2014	119	4.45

Adam is excited about his Laser Tag birthday party but also badly wants a first kiss with Dana, so Barry helps him plan a make-out party instead.

21	21	"The Age of Darkness"	Roger Kumble	Stacy Harman & Andrew Secunda	April 29, 2014	120	4.81

Drew Kremp, Erica's new boyfriend, dream guy, dream date and "first love", dumps her and she cannot be consoled. When Beverly's attempt to make Drew jealous by setting up Erica with a college guy (Luke Benward) fails, it is Murray who surprisingly steps in to help Erica recover from the break up.

22	22	"A Wrestler Named Goldberg"	Ken Marino	Sally Bradford & Vanessa McCarthy	May 6, 2014	121	4.15

Murray and Pops convince Barry to lie to Beverly when he joins the school's wrestling team when persuaded by Coach Muller.

23	23	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Claire Scanlon	Chris Bishop & Adam F. Goldberg	May 13, 2014	122	4.26

When Murray's high school basketball free throw record is broken, Beverly takes him out of town to have him introduced during a game in honor of his old record.

Sentence(s)

The first episode of The Goldbergs premiered to 8.94 million viewers.

final_sentence: The first episode of The Goldbergs premiered to 8.94 million viewers.