Season 1

Complete listed story — includes the ending

1. Kimmy Goes Outside!

Kimmy Schmidt ( Ellie Kemper ) has been held captive in an underground bunker in Indiana for the past 15 years by a Reverend who told her and three other women that the Earth was destroyed in an apocalypse. The women are rescued and are dubbed 'The Mole Women' by the press. The Women travel to New York City to be interviewed by Matt Lauer. Unwilling to be viewed as a victim, Kimmy decides that she wants to stay in New York City and rebuild her life. She is given $13,000 in cash from the "mole fund" and begins to explore the city. On her first day in the city, she looks for a roommate, which she finds in broke aspiring actor/singer Titus Andromedon ( Tituss Burgess ), who tells her that she must get a job first to pay the back-rent he owes his street-wise landlady Lillian ( Carol Kane ). Kimmy gets a new job when she mistakes wealthy socialite Jacqueline Voorhees ( Jane Krakowski ) for being a captive in her luxurious home, and is hired as her son Buckley's new nanny. Titus and Kimmy go to a nightclub to celebrate, but Kimmy's cash is stolen. The following morning, she shows up for her first day two hours late and is fired. After finding that she has nothing left and being told to return to Indiana by Titus, she remembers how she survived with the Reverend for fifteen years and decides to stay in New York City to rebuild her life and help Titus achieve his dreams of stardom.

2. Kimmy Gets a Job!

Kimmy attempts to get her job back from Mrs. Voorhees and, to prove her worth, is tasked with throwing a perfect birthday party for Mrs. Voorhees' son and grounding her step-daughter, Xanthippe ( Dylan Gelula ), who seems to run the house. Mrs. Voorhees is devastated after she finds that her husband isn't coming to her son's birthday party, confiding in Kimmy that she believes he is cheating on her and that their marriage is falling apart. Kimmy blackmails Xanthippe and is able to ground her for drinking alcohol, but arouses Xan's suspicions that she might be hiding something. Mrs. Voorhees tries to fire Kimmy but after she finds that Kimmy has done everything she tasked her with she proclaims that Kimmy is her best friend and rehires her. Meanwhile, Titus works to get his security deposit back from his costume rental after Kimmy tells him to quit his job as a Time Square costumed character to pursue his dream. Note: Due to her performance, Jane Krakowski was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for "Kimmy Gets a Job!"

3. Kimmy Goes on a Date!

Kimmy, suffering from nightmares of the bunker, believes that she needs someone to talk to, which prompts Jacqueline to set her up with a rich elderly man ( John McMartin ) who has dementia - prompting jealousy from Buckley's tutor Charles (Andy Ridings). After being asked about her heritage, Jacqueline reflects on her family, revealing that she is a Lakota Sioux woman from South Dakota who is pretending to be white. Jacqueline stands up for Kimmy when Xanthippe sets out to find out everything about her and Charles tries to ask Kimmy out. Titus tries to hide his money from Lillian - which is for new head shots so he can make it on Broadway - resulting in him going to a funeral of an elderly Korean man. When he comes clean about what the money is for, a man snatches it from him in the street.

4. Kimmy Goes to the Doctor!

Kimmy receives an unwanted call from fellow Mole Woman, Cyndee Pokorny ( Sara Chase ), after Titus sends her a letter - pretending to be her - because he believes that she needs to talk to someone about her life in the bunker. Jacqueline is devastated when her husband that he will not be back for an additional six weeks. She asks Kimmy to accompany her to her Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Sydney Grant ( Martin Short ), who tempts Kimmy to get work done to address her "scream lines". Meanwhile, Titus auditions for a spot in the Broadway production " Spider-Man Too: 2 Many Spider-Men " after numerous spots are opened due to injured actors, but is discouraged after encountering his more successful rival Coriolanus Burt ( James Monroe Iglehart ). Kimmy helps Titus get a new agent, but flees his office when the agent recognizes her as one of the Mole Women. She asks Dr. Grant to give her a new face, but realizes in the chair that this would cover up rather than solve her problems. Later, she also explains to Jacqueline that she needs to accept herself for who she is and not focus so much on her looks. Titus' audition for Spider-Man Too is unsuccessful, but he is cheered when he discovers that Coriolanus is also auditioning for the same humiliating part. Kimmy, realizing that she can't bury her past, invites Cyndee to come visit her in New York.

5. Kimmy Kisses a Boy!

Charles and Kimmy kiss for the first time after sharing a workplace flirtation. Cyndee arrives with her boyfriend Brandon, who had also been her former middle school crush. Titus immediately suspects that Brandon is gay, but Kimmy disagrees. After Kimmy realizes how many free things Cyndee has been getting due to the sympathy of others, she tricks Brandon into revealing that he is gay, but he says that he's only with Cyndee because he too feels sorry for her. Shortly after, Brandon proposes to Cyndee, prompting Kimmy to tell Cyndee the truth, though Cyndee reveals she already knows and does not care. After a misunderstanding when speaking to Charles on the phone, Kimmy tells him that she loves him, awkwardly ending their relationship before it can start. She then realizes that she hadn't been working on the goals she set out when in the bunker and was jealous of all Cyndee had done, leading her to enroll in a GED program. Meanwhile, Titus has a crisis regarding his age and if he is still found attractive, but is cheered when he is asked out by a newly-out-of-the-closet construction worker (Mike Carlsen).

6. Kimmy Goes to School!

Kimmy enrolls into an adult GED class in an attempt to pass the eighth grade but is discouraged when she learns her teacher ( Richard Kind ) could not care less for her education, and would much rather fail his way until he is placed on a paid probation. Kimmy, who is vehemently against this, enlists her classmates – including a Vietnamese immigrant named Dong Nguyen ( Ki Hong Lee ) – to study for their GED together. Meanwhile, Lillian helps Titus make a music video in Jacqueline's empty house, but Titus is forced to pretend to be a repairman and help Xan clean the house after she secretly throws a party. Note: Due to his performance, Tituss Burgess was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for "Kimmy Goes to School!"

7. Kimmy Goes to a Party!

Jacqueline's husband Julian ( Mark Harelik ) finally makes it home and is throwing a surprise cocktail party, which Jacqueline believes she can use to prove his infidelity after catching him communicating with someone named Yuko. Jacqueline invites Kimmy as a guest/accomplice and Kimmy invites Titus to sing at the party. While at the party, Kimmy flirts with wealthy businessman Logan Beekman ( Adam Campbell ), who mistakes her for a guest, and Titus seeks to impress a guest he believes is a Broadway producer. Jacqueline is shocked to discover that Yuko is actually a Japanese Robot that Julian introduces to investors at the party, and Titus is furious to be upstaged by the robot. Xan maliciously reveals to Logan that Kimmy is an employee, not a guest, and she leaves the party humiliated, and Jacqueline and Titus end up trying to bury Yuko "alive". Titus accidentally attacks the broadway producer, but the producer reveals he actually manages a horror-musical theme restaurant on Broadway and hires Titus as a singing werewolf/waiter. Logan, realizing that Kimmy had no idea how wealthy his family is, asks her out the day after the party, and Jacqueline realizes that Julian is sleeping with their couples' therapist, proving her suspicions correct.

8. Kimmy Is Bad at Math!

Jacqueline learns she will receive only 12 million dollars if she divorces her billionaire husband, and her resolve to end her marriage weakens. Realizing just how poor her math skills are, Kimmy seeks out classmate Dong to help her with math, which he agrees to in exchange for some help at his delivery job. The two quickly bond, but Dong's pay being cut after Kimmy gives customers too much change back and they argue. When Jacqueline announces she will stay with Julian, Kimmy is able to apply the math Dong taught her to prove to Jacqueline she will be able to grow the money in her settlement if she invests it wisely, finally confessing her past as a Mole Woman and encouraging her to start over. Kimmy apologizes to Dong, and he realizes she has helped him improve his English. Kimmy goes on a date with Logan, which is witnessed by a heartbroken Dong. Meanwhile, Titus starts his new job as a werewolf at a horror-themed restaurant on Broadway and finds that life as a werewolf is easier than that of a black man.

9. Kimmy Has a Birthday!

Kimmy throws a party for her 30th birthday, but is unpleasantly surprised when her incompetent state trooper step-father Randy ( Tim Blake Nelson ) and half-sister Kymmi ( Kiernan Shipka ) show up uninvited. At the party, Kymmi lashes out at Kimmy after Randy gives her a locket that belongs to Kimmy and Kymmi's absentee mother. Meanwhile, Logan and Dong compete for Kimmy's attention at the party, culminating in a fight and Titus invites an attractive coworker to the party without seeing his face, only to realize that the coworker is someone he has previously dated. At the height of the chaos, Kimmy kicks everyone out for ruining her birthday, and discovers that Kymmi has run away. Kimmy tracks her down to an Olive Garden in Times Square and manages to reconcile with her sister, commiserating with her on how hard it is when you don't get a childhood.

10. Kimmy's in a Love Triangle!

A jealous Logan asks Kimmy to break off her friendship with Dong. When she goes to do so, she discovers that Dong's workplace has been raided by Immigration Authorities, and allow him to stay at her apartment. Xan's mother ( Christine Ebersole ) plans to move her to Connecticut in the wake of the Voorhees' divorce, and Xan desperately enlists Kimmy's help to stay with her toxic friend group in Manhattan. Meanwhile, Titus is overlooked for a new role at the restaurant because he can't "play straight", and seeks out help from "straight coach" M. La Loup ( Dean Norris ). Xan, Titus, Dong and Kimmy disguise Kimmy's apartment as a drug den where Xan is living with a pimp (Dong), but as part of the charade, Kimmy and Dong are forced to kiss. Realizing that Xan would thrive in Connecticut, Kimmy confesses the deception to Xan's mother and reveals Xan's nerdy interests to her friends. Logan lets it slip that he called Immigration on Dong, and Kimmy angrily breaks up with him. She confesses her feelings for Dong, but is shocked with he suggests that they get married so he does not get deported.

11. Kimmy Rides a Bike!

Kimmy is summoned to testify against the man who abducted her, Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne ( Jon Hamm ) but refuses to face her past. Titus goes to the local library to watch the trial unfold online, discovering that the prosecuting attorneys Marcia and Chris ( Tina Fey and Jerry Minor ) aren't doing very well and the charismatic Reverend, painting himself as a religious man who was trying to save innocent women from the apocalypse, quickly wins the courtroom to his side. Kimmy and Jacqueline begin regularly attending a lifestyle/spinning class instructed by the mystical coach Tristafé ( Nick Kroll ) to escape their problems – Kimmy to avoid the guilt of not returning to testify and Jacqueline to cope with her divorce. Kimmy quickly rises through the ranks of the class and refuses to engage with the stress of the trial, but notices similarities between Tristafé's spin class and a cult. She exposes Tristafé's scheme to the other women and returns to Indiana with Titus to testify.

12. Kimmy Goes to Court!

Kimmy returns to Indiana to testify against Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne and to serve as Cyndee's maid of honor. Her testimony goes badly as the Reverend twists her words against her and paints her as un-American. Cyndee, betrayed to learn that Kimmy was manipulated into passing up an opportunity to let Cyndee out of the bunker, disinvites Kimmy from her bachelorette party. Titus is interviewed on local news on Kimmy's behalf, but gains viral internet fame when he embarrasses himself on live tv. Kimmy convinces the Mole Women to return to the bunker to look for evidence against the Reverend, but find nothing except a tape of the Reverend promoting his DJ business and auditioning for The Apprentice. Note: For her performance, Tina Fey was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Kimmy Goes to Court!"

13. Kimmy Makes Waffles!

The Mole Women become trapped in the bunker when Randy fails to properly guard the hatch door and begin to argue. Jacqueline and Lillian attempt to travel to Indiana to support Kimmy, but struggle to make it out of New York as neither of them drive. Eventually, Jacqueline uses knowledge from her Native American heritage to navigate them to Indiana. Meanwhile, the Mole Women make up and work together to escape the bunker themselves. The Mole Women head back to the trial and use the Reverend's audition tape to prove that he never believed the apocalypse was coming. The Reverend is convicted and Jacqueline decides to return to her home in South Dakota. Kimmy's victory is undercut when she calls Dong, who has had to marry their elderly GED classmate Sonya to avoid being deported. Titus' estranged wife finds him after seeing his YouTube video. Note: For his performance, Jon Hamm was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for "Kimmy Makes Waffles!"