8.8/1063 votesLoading...#1 - Infatuation
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/1988
Charles becomes infatuated with Trish (Susannah Woodside), a beautiful fashion model and the daughter of Walter's friend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1064 votesLoading...#2 - Role Model
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/1988
When Jamie enrolls in a modeling school, a suspicious Charles decides to investigate. He and Buddy enroll in order to expose the school as a fraud.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1059 votesLoading...#3 - Baby Bummer
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/10/1990
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.8/1058 votesLoading...#4 - La Cage Aux Fools
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 9/15/1990
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.7/1068 votesLoading...#5 - Barbelles
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/28/1988
After Charles is devastated at being dumped by his girlfriend, Buddy fixes him up with Beth (Brenda Swanson), a female bodybuilder at his health club.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.7/1062 votesLoading...#6 - May the Best Man Lose
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 6/18/1988
The kids each must find a gladiator to represent their class in the school's stunt-filled quiz contest complete with pies in the face and a dunk tank.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
8.7/1060 votesLoading...#7 - No Nukes, Is Good Nukes
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/31/1988
While Commander Powell is home, Sarah is arrested for protesting the nuclear weapons on her father's ship.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
8.7/1061 votesLoading...#8 - Daffy Doc
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 4/28/1990
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
Director: Willie Aames
Writer: N/A
8.6/1063 votesLoading...#9 - The Extremely Odd Couple
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/6/1988
Charles tries to end a feud between Walter and Lillian by giving them each a ticket to a swing music concert.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.6/1062 votesLoading...#10 - Trading Papers
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/26/1988
Charles is ecstatic when he scores an A on his English assignment, until he turns past the cover page and discovers Sarah's poem there by mistake.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald Ross
8.6/1062 votesLoading...#11 - The Heart Burgler
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 6/11/1988
When Sarah tries to get closer to a boy that she likes by inviting him over to study, she is upset when he pays more attention to Charles than her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1066 votesLoading...#12 - Adam See, Adam Do
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/1989
Adam studies Charles' dating techniques.
Director: Norman Abbott
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
8.6/1058 votesLoading...#13 - Get Thee to a Nuttery
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/1990
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.6/1068 votesLoading...#14 - There's a Girl in My Ficus
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/1990
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.6/1067 votesLoading...#15 - Brain Man
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 5/12/1990
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
Director: Scott Baio
Writer: N/A
8.6/1064 votesLoading...#16 - Seeing Is Believing
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 10/27/1990
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1076 votesLoading...#17 - The Naked Truth
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1987
Charles meets a new girl, Rebecca Stansbury on campus, who happens to be an art student.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1075 votesLoading...#18 - A Fox in the Henhouse
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/1987
Lieutenant Matty Whiteford comes to keep Ellen Powell and the kids company for a weekend.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Lorre
8.5/1067 votesLoading...#19 - Trade Off
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1987
Everyone in the Powell family wants something they-don't have, but someone else does.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1065 votesLoading...#20 - Dating
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/1987
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1063 votesLoading...#21 - Music, Music, Mayhem
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/1987
Charles is mad at Buddy because Buddy sold him a cassette player which doesn't work.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1065 votesLoading...#22 - Isn't That What's Her Face?
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/4/1987
A famous young movie star, Darby Peterson, shows up on Charles' doorstep disguised as "Dorothy."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1063 votesLoading...#23 - The Case of the Mock-Turtle Mystery
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/9/1987
Sarah is the proud parent of Ross, a pet turtle, who until recently, has lived in relative safety in the Powell backyard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1065 votesLoading...#24 - Twice Upon a Time (1)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/16/1987
Charles' first love returns
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1062 votesLoading...#25 - Twice Upon A Time (2)
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/1987
In the second of a two part series, Gwendolyn Pierce tells Charles she will consider his proposal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Charles in Charge
Every episode of Charles in Charge ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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.
Genre:Comedy
Best Episodes Summary
"Infatuation" is the best rated episode of "Charles in Charge". It scored 8.8/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/23/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Role Model".