The Best Episodes Directed By Sidney Lanfield

Every TV Episode Directed by Sidney Lanfield Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Halloween with the Addams Family
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Halloween with the Addams Family

    S1:E7

    Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #2 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs

    S1:E11

    Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Lurch Learns to Dance
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Lurch Learns to Dance

    S1:E13

    Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Uncle Fester's Illness
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Uncle Fester's Illness

    S1:E18

    Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Fester's Punctured Romance
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Fester's Punctured Romance

    S1:E3

    Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Wednesday Leaves Home
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Wednesday Leaves Home

    S1:E10

    Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Art and the Addams Family
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Art and the Addams Family

    S1:E14

    Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #8 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

    S1:E15

    A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

    S1:E17

    Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 31 - Uncle Fester's Toupee
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Uncle Fester's Toupee

    S1:E31

    Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Morticia's Romance (1)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Morticia's Romance (1)

    S2:E2

    On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Morticia's Romance (2)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Morticia's Romance (2)

    S2:E3

    Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Christmas with the Addams Family
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Christmas with the Addams Family

    S2:E15

    Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - The Addams Family Splurges
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Addams Family Splurges

    S1:E19

    The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Crisis in the Addams Family
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Crisis in the Addams Family

    S1:E24

    Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 27 - The Addams Family and the Spacemen
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Addams Family and the Spacemen

    S1:E27

    With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 28 - My Son, the Chimp
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - My Son, the Chimp

    S1:E28

    The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 29 - Morticia's Favorite Charity
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Morticia's Favorite Charity

    S1:E29

    Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 30 - Progress and the Addams Family
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Progress and the Addams Family

    S1:E30

    The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - My Fair Cousin Itt
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - My Fair Cousin Itt

    S2:E1

    All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Morticia Meets Royalty
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Morticia Meets Royalty

    S2:E4

    Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Cousin Itt's Problem
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Cousin Itt's Problem

    S2:E6

    Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Morticia, the Writer
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Morticia, the Writer

    S2:E8

    When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.

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  24. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Gomez, the Reluctant Lover
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Gomez, the Reluctant Lover

    S2:E10

    A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Feud in the Addams Family
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Feud in the Addams Family

    S2:E11

    The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.

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Sidney Lanfield Ratings Summary

"Halloween with the Addams Family" is the best rated episode directed by Sidney Lanfield. It scored 7.3/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/30/1964 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Addams Family Meet the VIPs".