The Flintstones

10 Best Episodes of The Flintstones - Season 1

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

Written by Sophie and last updated on feb 04, 2023.

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The Flintstones - S1E8

#15 - At the Races (Season 1 - Episode 8)

To finance their dream of opening a pool hall, Fred and Barney visit the dinosaur racetrack where Fred bets his entire paycheck on a long shot. He tells Wilma that he has lost his check. When the long shot pays off, Fred and Barney are initially elated, but they quickly realize their problems are only beginning.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 57 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E23

#14 - The Astra' Nuts (Season 1 - Episode 23)

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Thinking they are undergoing an examination for a physical contest, Fred and Barney mistakenly sign up for a three-year stint in the Army! After a tearful goodbye to their wives they enter into the service, where they quickly blunder their way into volunteering for the first lunar landing mission.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 22 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E16

#13 - Arthur Quarry's Dance Class (Season 1 - Episode 16)

Fred and Barney sign up for dance lessons at Arthur Quarry's so that they do not humiliate themselves at the charity ball. Their excuse that they have joined the volunteer fire department falls apart when Betty and Wilma realize that the all-stone town of Bedrock is fire proof. The wives then suspect that their husbands are slipping out to meet other women.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 34 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E4

#12 - No Help Wanted (Season 1 - Episode 4)

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Fred uses his influence with a business friend to obtain a job for Barney, who becomes a furniture repossessor. To the dismay of both, Barney's first assignment is to repossess Fred's television! Unwilling to betray his friend, Barney pays off Fred's delinquent television bill with his first paycheck.

The episode was rated 7.83 from 121 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E18

#11 - The Snorkasaurus Hunter (Season 1 - Episode 18)

Would-be hunter Fred convinces Wilma and the Rubbles to spend their vacation time in the mountains, hunting for snorkasaurus. Fred is successful in his hunt, but he gets more than he bargained for when the wives insist that the snorkasaurus be taken home as their new pet, Dino.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 32 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E28

#10 - Fred Flintstone: Before and After (Season 1 - Episode 28)

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Fred agrees to appear in a before-and-after weight reduction commercial, but is humiliated to learn that he is the before example. An offer of $1,000 if he can drop twenty-five pounds in a month fails miserably, as does every other diet plan, until an overeaters group takes him on as a challenge.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 34 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E14

#9 - The Prowler (Season 1 - Episode 14)

With a burglar on the loose in Bedrock, Betty decides to take judo lessons to protect herself. When Wilma wants to take lesson also, Fred ridicules the idea, arguing that one glimpse of a burglar would send her running in fear. To prove his point, Fred poses as the burglar and sneaks into the Rubble household, on the same night the real criminal shows up.

The episode was rated 7.88 from 41 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E25

#8 - In the Dough (Season 1 - Episode 25)

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Wilma and Betty are finalists in a television bake-off, but on the eve of the event, they contract measles. Donning wigs and dresses, Fred and Barney take their places in the contest.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 29 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E21

#7 - Love Letters on the Rocks (Season 1 - Episode 21)

Jealous Fred's discovery of a love poem that was sent to Wilma prompts him to hire Bedrock's top detective Perry Gunite, to find out who the home-wrecking poet is. Gunite's investigation mistakenly points to Barney. Fred plans revenge against his friend until Wilma reminds her husband that he had written the poem himself years earlier during their courtship.

The episode was rated 7.92 from 25 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E10

#6 - Hollyrock, Here I Come (Season 1 - Episode 10)

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Wilma and Betty win a trip to Hollyrock from a television contest. Finding themselves lonely and bored, Fred and Barney take vacations from work and follow them out. When Wilma is "discovered," Fred muscles his own way into the world of television to bring her back.

The episode was rated 7.96 from 45 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E12

#5 - The Sweepstakes Ticket (Season 1 - Episode 12)

Barney hides the sweepstakes ticket he and Fred have bought in the lining of an old coat, which Betty subsequently gives to a passing hobo. While the boys try to recover the ticket, convinced it is the winning one, Wilma and Betty have their own winning ticket stashed away at the Rubble's house.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 40 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E22

#4 - The Tycoon (Season 1 - Episode 22)

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When industrial tycoon J.L. Gotrocks decides he wants to rub shoulders with the common people, dead-ringer Fred is hired to fill in for him in the board room. Fred savors his new lifestyle at the country club, but the plan begins to unravel when J.L. demonstrates little tolerance for the common folk.

The episode was rated 8.04 from 27 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E19

#3 - The Hot Piano (Season 1 - Episode 19)

To commemorate his tenth wedding anniversary (which he only remembers because it falls on "Trash Day"), Fred wants to buy Wilma a Stoneway piano. He finds a hot deal - ultimately too hot - from a shady, cash-only businessman named 88 Fingers Louie.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 32 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E26

#2 - The Good Scout (Season 1 - Episode 26)

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Assuming the command of a Boy Scout troop, Fred quickly learns the hazards of a "routine" camping trip. Fred blunders his way through until an overnight flood leaves him and the troop hanging on a tree limb over a treacherous waterfall, hoping a ranger will rescue them.

The episode was rated 8.12 from 26 votes.

The Flintstones - S1E20

#1 - The Hypnotist (Season 1 - Episode 20)

While attempting to demonstrate his skill as a hypnotist to his wife and the Rubbles, Fred manages to hypnotize Barney into thinking that he is a frisky puppy, and is then unable to bring him back.

The episode was rated 8.31 from 29 votes.

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