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The Worst Episodes of Baby Talk

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Baby Talk is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 8, 1991 until May 8, 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 12 - Out of Africa
    3.5/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Out of Africa

    S1:E12

    Maggie's old friend Robin returns briefly from Africa. She visits Maggie at the loft, and is introduced to Mickey and the guys who are fixing up the place. Robin's eccentric outlook on life immediatley clashes with Joe's city-boy point of view, and the two look like they will end up as enemies. Maggie tries to mediate a compromise between Robin and Joe, but has to leave briefly to take Mickey to the doctor. When she returns, she notices a big change in Robin and Joe. They are now acting like best friends - in fact, Maggie soon discovers that the two of them are going to go out on a date. Their dates all go well - so well that Robin proposes to Joe just two days before she must leave for Africa. Joe accepts, but is warned by Maggie that Robin has pulled stunts like this before, and usually has left her past boyfriends at the altar with a broken-heart. Joe is upset at Maggie for not being supportive of them. They argue, but eventually make up. On the day of the wedding, Joe is stan

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  2. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 4 - Trading Places
    3.9/10(31 votes)

    #2 - Trading Places

    S1:E4

    Maggie receives very unsettling news that Mickey may not be her baby. On the day of Mickey's birth, there may have been a mix-up with another family's baby who was also there at the hospital. When Maggie meets the other family, the Sorrentos, she discovers that they are part of a family circus act of acrobats. The only way to prove who's baby is who's is through a DNA test. The catch is that the results take three to four weeks, a time that Maggie and Mickey both find to be a very painful experience. However, all is made right when Maggie is proven to be the mother of Mickey.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 3 - Womb with a View
    4.0/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Womb with a View

    S1:E3

    Maggie brings Mickey to see Dr. Fleisher because she is concerned about a ridge that she finds on Mickey's forehead. At the office, she meets a 9 month pregnant woman named Cynthia who wonders what Dr. Fleisher is like as a doctor. The two agree to meet and chat at Maggie's loft. While at the loft, Mickey has a conversation with the unborn baby and tells him how to get out of the mother's womb. With the elevator out of order, Cynthia then gives birth in Maggie's loft.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 1 - Baby Love
    4.1/10(34 votes)

    #4 - Baby Love

    S1:E1

    When Maggie takes Mickey to see Dr. Fleischer, she meets Craig, a single father to a baby girl named Danielle (who is also the same age as Mickey). While the babies get along well, things don't go so smoothly with the adults. Maggie and Craig try to tough out their rocky dates by claiming that it's best for their kids to have a family. That pressure causes Craig to propose to Maggie, who turns him down. However, neither are really upset about it, except for maybe Mickey and Danielle.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 2 - Star is Newborn
    4.4/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Star is Newborn

    S1:E2

    Maggie's new client Bill, is a big time advertiser for baby-food. He offers Mickey a chance to be in the spotlight of a few commercials for baby food. This means extra income for both mother and son. When Joe meets Bill, he senses that Bill wants sexual favors in exchange for his helping Maggie and Mickey. Maggie brushes off that idea until Bill threatens to end Mickey's career if Maggie won't let Bill put the moves on her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 7 - One Night with Elliot
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    #6 - One Night with Elliot

    S1:E7

    Because Maggie has never been married, she fears that single motherhood would ruin Mickey's chances of going to a prestigious school. In order to avoid this, she lies on the application and claims that she is married. But when the school wants to interview both her and her husband, a depserate Maggie begs Elliot (Dr. Fleisher) to act as her husband. Elliot easily agrees (especially since this could be his chance to tell Maggie that he has feelings for her). The interview goes very well, but Maggie is not out of the woods yet. At the school, both the pretend husband and wife run into Tammy, an old college friend of Maggie's, who also has a son that may be elligible for the school. Elliot, who secretly does not want his pretend relationship with Maggie to end just yet, invites Tammy and her husband to dinner with Maggie. But Maggie and Elliot have to continue the husband and wife act when Tammy and her husband need a place to stay for the night after all the hotels in the area are b

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  7. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 9 - The Big One
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Big One

    S1:E9

    It's almost Mickey's first birthday! Maggie feels that the best gift for Mickey is to give him a father figure who can do things with him like play ball with or go fishing. She calls Mickey's biological father Nick, and invites him to come by and see the two of them. But to her disappointment, Maggie dicovers that Nick is still the jerk that he always has been, so she scratches out that idea and throws Nick out. Then Maggie gives Mickey his other gift - A BIG PARTY with all their friends!

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  8. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 5 - Give a Sucker an Even Break
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #8 - Give a Sucker an Even Break

    S1:E5

    Maggie is exhausted due to lack of sleep. The cause is Mickey, who goes through the night crying and waking her up on several occassions. When Maggie brings Mickey to see Dr. Fleisher, he suggests that it may be time to stop breast-feeding Mickey and switch to formua. But the process to switch is not easy. Maggie finds herself giving in to breastfeeding just to keep Mickey quiet so she can sleep. Meanwhile, Howard and Fogarty discover that the loft is very unsafe for a baby, so they resort to baby-proofing it.

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  9. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 8 - The Fever
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #9 - The Fever

    S1:E8

    When Maggie brings Mickey to Dr. Fleisher (Elliot), Maggie is introduced to Elliot's old college friend Gary. With a very mutual interest in each other, Maggie and Gary decide to go out on a date. However, the idea bothers Elliot who still has been working up the nerve to ask Maggie out. Gary and Maggie have several successful dates, which leads to Maggie wondering if he is the right guy for her. But Gary's true face is revealed when Mickey and Gary are left alone - he does not like children and plans to send Mickey away to a boarding school when he and Maggie end up together. Gary's true personality shines through when Mickey experiences a serendipity, and catches his first fever. Maggie becomes ultra anxious to this new experience and ask for Gary's help. But he does not lend a very helping hand in return. Maggie eventually gets a hold of Elliot, who easily comes to the rescue and saves Mickey's health and Maggie's nerves.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 10 - Tooth and Nail
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #10 - Tooth and Nail

    S1:E10

    The Mommy & Me group is not happy with Mickey after he starts hitting the other babies and taking away their toys. Maggie exhausts herself out trying to teach and reason with Mickey that his behavior is unaccepable. But Mickey won't listen, and eventually mother and son get into a big argument. She takes Mickey to see Dr. Fleisher(Elliot) to see if maybe he knows what to do. Elliot says that Mickey probably needs a father figure, and finally asks Maggie out for a date. Maggie is not very convinced that Elliot was being serious about having feelings for her, and she's right. It turns out that he does not have strong feelings for Maggie, but instead really loves Mickey and wants him to have a father. Maggie is thankful for Elliot and says that he will be the perfect father figure for Mickey, even without romantic ties to her. Mickey finally decides that his behavior is not good when he and Maggie are about to take a family portrait together. Mickey apologizes to Maggie in the only

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  11. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 11 - Once in Love with Cecil
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Once in Love with Cecil

    S1:E11

    Aunt Beverly has invited herself to stay with Maggie and Mickey for 3 days. Maggie is not looking forward to the long visit because her Aunt Beverly is very ultra-conservative and an opinionated woman who is still bothered by Maggie having a baby before marriage. Her opinions flare and hurt her niece until Fogerty intervenes to sticks up for Maggie by insisting that her Aunt Beverly needs to lighten up. At first, Maggie's aunt is shocked, but then surprises them all when she and Fogerty go out together all night. When they return very late to the loft, Maggie discovers that they had a VERY good time on their date - so good that her aunt now refers to Fogerty as Cecil. Fogerty(Cecil) ultimately falls for Maggies's aunt, and thinks about proposing marriage to her. His proposal is not accepted, but Fogerty is thanked for being hard on Beverly - who has been so bitter and uptight for so long, but now is a lot more laid back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Oliver Goldstick, Phil Rosenthal

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  12. Baby Talk Season 1 Episode 6 - Whiz Kid
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #12 - Whiz Kid

    S1:E6

    While both fixing the loft and baby-sitting Mickey, Howard and Fogerty discover that Mickey is quite gifted. In fact, they wouldn't be surprised if he was a ""whiz kid."" The convince Maggie that Mickey has many talents and an intelligence that will take him far in life. Not letting Mickey's gift go to waste, Maggie meets with the Academy for Gifted Babies in hopes that Mickey will be accepted. Then both mother and son say goodbye to their friends in their ""Mommy and Me"" group.

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  13. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 4 - Maggie's Personals' Birthday
    8.6/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Maggie's Personals' Birthday

    S2:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 8 - Teach Your Children
    8.6/10(26 votes)

    #14 - Teach Your Children

    S2:E8

    (temporary synopsis) It's the terrible two's. Mickey has been behaving very irritable and restless lately that Maggie and Anita conclude that it's part of being 2 years old. Mickey's bad behavior is put to the test when he is placed with other more well behaved children. When he is scolded and made fun of for his behavior, Maggie intervenes to stands up for her son. Later, she apologizes to Mickey and tells him that if he wants to be irritable and restless for the time being, he can. Mickey agrees to behave better.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 20 - He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Super
    8.6/10(25 votes)

    #15 - He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Super

    S2:E20

    James may be getting his big break as a songwriter when he is chosen to write some ballads for a heavy metal band. But his big break is taking too much of his time that it starts to take a toll on his superintendant duties and his relationship with Maggie. On the night of James' debut, Maggie shows up at a tough bar where the new song will be performed. But the ballad is not a hit as the audience boos the performance. The band then revises the ballad to a heavy metal version, which pleases the audience. Either way, James has written his first recorded song for a record.

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  16. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 2 - Your Loss is My Gain
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Your Loss is My Gain

    S2:E2

    (temporaray synopsis) While Maggie does James' taxes, Maggie starts to know James a bit more.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 10 - Jingle Fever
    8.7/10(27 votes)

    #17 - Jingle Fever

    S2:E10

    (temporary synopsis) James is writing a jingle for chewing gum. His gig takes up most of his time, which takes its' toll on Maggie's hang out time. When Maggie finds out that the singer of James' jingle is a very beautiful woman, Maggie begins to develop some feelings of jealousy. Her jealousy causes her to question whether or not she has feelings for James.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 15 - Broadway Baby
    8.7/10(24 votes)

    #18 - Broadway Baby

    S2:E15

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 23 - Scenes from a Marriage
    8.7/10(24 votes)

    #19 - Scenes from a Marriage

    S2:E23

    Maggie is just about to walk down the aisle to marry James, but before that, Mickey tells his version of what happened that morning. Both Maggie and James have bad dreams and Maggie worries that her wrinkle from her pillowcase will ruin her looks. Maggie starts to get cold feet and calls James to meet her in the laundry room to talk (not face to face because it's bad luck)to make sure that both of them really want to get married. After they finally agree that they do not have second thoughts, they rush upstairs to get ready for their wedding day. At the church, Maggie goes through a series of hair changes, Maggie breaks her nail, James has trouble with his tuxedo, Susan flirts with the minister, Warren gets a stain on his tuxedo, the marriage license becomes glued to both witnesses of the party (Susan and Warren), and James' parents are wondering if James is making a mistake. When the moment arrives, Maggie and James become very calm, and the wedding goes smoothly.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 11 - Away in a Manger
    8.8/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Away in a Manger

    S2:E11

    Only 6 days until Mickey and Maggie celebrate their first Christmas in Brooklyn Heights with their new friends. While Maggie is bakery sitting for Anita, James finds out that Maggie has bought him a very nice and expensive gift (an auto, remote control answering machine). This only leads James to feel bad because all he bought Maggie was a pair of mittens. With not a lot of money to spend, James gets a job as a store Santa to earn extra money to buy Maggie a nicer Christmas present, a necklace. But at the final minute, the Christmas spirit hits James and he gives the necklace to his poor elf assistant's husband so he can finally give his wife a nice gift for the holidays. On Christmas Day, Maggie surprises Mickey with a tree full of toys from Santa. Then James shows up to give Mickey a sled and Maggie a song he wrote especially for her the night before.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 5 - Maggie's Left Foot
    8.9/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Maggie's Left Foot

    S2:E5

    (temporary synopsis) Maggie injures her left foot and has to be on crutches for the time being. Everyone takes part in helping her around the house until her foot heals.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 9 - Cold Turkey
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Cold Turkey

    S2:E9

    Maggie is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner this year at her apartment for everyone, but her plans are more simple and modern - something that Doris is not too happy about. Doris shows up at the crack of dawn to help cook, and her differences conflict with Maggie's original plans. Arguments result, and Doris leaves the apartment without telling anyone where she is going. After Maggie worries for hours, Doris finally shows up for dinner and the two make-up from their arguments.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 18 - Warren Piece
    9.0/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Warren Piece

    S2:E18

    Warren becomes an unwanted third wheel to Maggie and James when he is constantly tagging along on their time together. To resolve this, Maggie arranges blind dates with some of her friends for Warren. When none of them work out, Warren concludes that no woman is ever going to like him, until he meets one that's more his type at the park. Meanwhile, Doris receives a ticket for loitering, and decides to fight in in court claiming that the officer was out of hand.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 1 - Starting Over
    9.1/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Starting Over

    S2:E1

    Maggie and Mickey say goodbye to their Manhattan Loft and start their new lives in their new home in Brooklyn Heights. Despite the dismay of Maggie's mother Doris, the not-so reccommended words of neighbor Anita, and the seemingly unreliable super/songwriter James, Maggie stays put on her decision to remain. Maggie's moving day is interrupted when her accounting office calls her in to handle an urgent client's claim. While she is gone, Doris is asked to baby-sit Mickey. But a domino effect of accidents and errands causes Mickey to switch baby-sitters from Anita to James. When Maggie returns from work, she goes on a worrysome chase to find Mickey. When he is finally found in her apartment with James, Maggie makes the decision to work at home more and at the office less.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Baby Talk Season 2 Episode 3 - Security
    9.1/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Security

    S2:E3

    After Anita's apartment has been burglarized, Maggie worries that the burglar may strike twice. She purchases a high-tech and very expensive alarm system for her apartment. However, the system won't be installed until the next day, so Maggie and Mickey are left alarmless for one LONG night. That night, Maggie is disturbed by a series of bumps and noises which terrifies her into calling both her mother and James. James agrees to spend the night until her security system is installed the next day.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Out of Africa" is the worst rated episode of "Baby Talk". It scored 3.5/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/17/1991. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Trading Places".