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The Best Episodes of Charles in Charge

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The Best Episodes of Charles in Charge

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.

Seasons5

  1. Background image for No Nukes, Is Good Nukes
    8.8/10(60 votes)

    #1 - No Nukes, Is Good Nukes

    S4:E1

    While Commander Powell is home, Sarah is arrested for protesting the nuclear weapons on her father's ship.

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    Director:Scott Baio
  2. Background image for Baby Bummer
    8.8/10(59 votes)

    #2 - Baby Bummer

    S5:E7

    Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for La Cage Aux Fools
    8.8/10(58 votes)

    #3 - La Cage Aux Fools

    S5:E21

    Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Daffy Doc
    8.7/10(61 votes)

    #4 - Daffy Doc

    S5:E11

    Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

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    Director:Willie Aames
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Naked Truth
    8.6/10(76 votes)

    #5 - The Naked Truth

    S2:E2

    Charles meets a new girl, Rebecca Stansbury on campus, who happens to be an art student.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.6/10(62 votes)

    #6 - The Undergraduate

    S2:E26

    Ellen's attractive, married cousin Joan Robinson comes to visit and puts the whammy on Charles.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Adam See, Adam Do
    8.6/10(66 votes)

    #7 - Adam See, Adam Do

    S4:E4

    Adam studies Charles' dating techniques.

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    8.6/10(66 votes)

    #8 - Charles Splits (1)

    S4:E14

    When Charles bumps his head, he begins acting strangely and calls himself Chaz.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Get Thee to a Nuttery
    8.6/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Get Thee to a Nuttery

    S5:E2

    Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Brain Man
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #10 - Brain Man

    S5:E13

    Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Seeing Is Believing
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #11 - Seeing Is Believing

    S5:E24

    Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for A Fox in the Henhouse
    8.5/10(74 votes)

    #12 - A Fox in the Henhouse

    S2:E8

    Lieutenant Matty Whiteford comes to keep Ellen Powell and the kids company for a weekend.

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #13 - Trade Off

    S2:E10

    Everyone in the Powell family wants something they-don't have, but someone else does.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.5/10(65 votes)

    #14 - Dating

    S2:E11

    What do you do when you want to go out, but you can't, because someone else is going out on a date that you aren't supposed to talk about.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Music, Music, Mayhem
    8.5/10(63 votes)

    #15 - Music, Music, Mayhem

    S2:E12

    Charles is mad at Buddy because Buddy sold him a cassette player which doesn't work.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Buddy in Charge
    8.5/10(64 votes)

    #16 - Buddy in Charge

    S2:E13

    Charles has to visit in town when his folks arrive for the weekend, so Buddy is placed in charge of the Powell kids.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Isn't That What's Her Face?
    8.5/10(65 votes)

    #17 - Isn't That What's Her Face?

    S2:E14

    A famous young movie star, Darby Peterson, shows up on Charles' doorstep disguised as "Dorothy."

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Twice Upon a Time (1)
    8.5/10(65 votes)

    #18 - Twice Upon a Time (1)

    S2:E20

    Charles' first love returns

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.5/10(62 votes)

    #19 - Twice Upon A Time (2)

    S2:E21

    In the second of a two part series, Gwendolyn Pierce tells Charles she will consider his proposal.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for A Job From Heck
    8.5/10(64 votes)

    #20 - A Job From Heck

    S2:E22

    Ever have one of those days when you can't win for losing? Well, Charles is having one of those days, and it's turning into a week.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Yesterday Cafe
    8.5/10(62 votes)

    #21 - Yesterday Cafe

    S4:E5

    Lillian starts a 1950's-style restaurant called the "Yesterday Cafe".

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Fatal Obsession
    8.5/10(61 votes)

    #22 - Fatal Obsession

    S4:E6

    A woman at camp pursues Charles.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.5/10(61 votes)

    #23 - Poetic License

    S4:E13

    Charles uses one of Sarah's poems to impress a woman, who publishes it in a magazine under Charles' name.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Charles Splits (2)
    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #24 - Charles Splits (2)

    S4:E15

    Chaz gets married.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Triple Threat
    8.5/10(60 votes)

    #25 - Triple Threat

    S4:E22

    Charles and Buddy go out with identical twins, but they think they are dating the same girl.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"No Nukes, Is Good Nukes" is the best rated episode of "Charles in Charge". It scored 8.8/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by Scott Baio and written by Lee Aronsohn, it aired on 12/31/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Baby Bummer".