Stephen Mines

After attacking an outpost, Romulans battle the Enterprise.

Gidget Lawrence, fifteen and a half years old, falls in love with Jeff, a college student, and takes up surfing to be with him. Gidget has a healthy, trusting relationship with her widowed father, Russell Lawrence, an English professor. However, Gidget's married sister, Anne, constantly checks on Gidget. In this, Anne is abetted by her husband, John Cooper, a student psychiatrist. Anne comes upon Gidget's diary and reads of a romantic episode, described with lurid overtones. Anne and John immediately relay their find to Russell. Slightly worried, Russell discusses possible problems that may have arisen for Gidget. When Gidget finally learns what he is referring to, she points out that the incident is entirely imaginary, being dated for the following day. Russell agrees to go along when Gidget writes another postdated entry, stating she is about to end it all. On reading it, Anne and John rush to the beach with Russell in tow. There, Jeff has been playing up to another girl to annoy Gidget. With the help of her friend, Larue, Gidget reaches an understanding with Jeff. Anne and John are embarrassed by the way they have been misled, but it is apparent that despite Russell's warning, they will not stop trying to run Gidget's life.

Mike (Tim Considine) receives an invitation to a frat rush at the local college, then is eventually dropped because his college plans are perceived as being unclear.

Although cousins, football captain Tate Cook and basketball captain Corky Cook are bitter enemies. Unwittingly dating both on the same night, Gidget tries to placate the Cooks by giving them separate dates. Then she learns she has dated them both for the Founders Day Dance and that Jeff will be home for the affair too. Unable to break her date with the Cooks, Gidget hires Jimmy Speer to cycle her between the dance and her house, so she can make all three boys happy. Then Gidget finds what seems the perfect solution, substituting for Larue on the dance welcoming committee so she will not have to meet any of her escorts at home. Gidget performs feats of prestidigitation as she juggles the corsages each date has brought and maneuvers from one to the other while dancing the Frug. Disaster strikes when all three dates finally meet. Gidget, sure she has lost Jeff forever, goes home on Jimmy's cycle. However, she realizes Jeff's affection is undiminished when he follows her. When Jeff returns to college, Gidget resolves to devote herself to her studies, but when a new boy asks for a date, she protests and then tells him her number is in the phone book.