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The Best Episodes of Chico and the Man

Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Every episode of Chico and the Man ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Chico and the Man!

Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars...
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  • Chico's Cousin Pepe
    8.0/10(32)
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    #1 - Chico's Cousin Pepe

    Season 2 Episode 19

    Aired 2/11/1976

    Chico's blind, skirt chasing, singer of a cousin visits Chico and meets Ed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Seaman Jacobs

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  • Pilot
    7.9/10(63)
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    #2 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/13/1974

    Conservative elderly man Ed Brown meets a Chicano man who rides in Ed's garage on a bike, looking for a job. After a day of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: Michael Ross, James Komack

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  • Long Live the Man
    7.8/10(25)
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    #3 - Long Live the Man

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 3/14/1975

    Everyone thinks that Ed had died, and when Ed finds out about it, he gets upset because nobody had cried for him when they heard the misleading news.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Disappearance
    7.7/10(25)
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    #4 - The Disappearance

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/10/1975

    Chico thinks that Ed is spending too much time living in the past and not getting on with life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Chico Packs His Bags
    7.7/10(21)
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    #5 - Chico Packs His Bags

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/22/1976

    Chico decides that he would rather move out on his own, away from Ed than give into Ed's rules.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Chico's Padre
    7.7/10(22)
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    #6 - Chico's Padre

    Season 3 Episode 15

    Aired 2/4/1977

    Gilberto, Chico's father who he hasn't seen in many years, returns to Chico to try and give him a chance to better his life by living with him. Chico's father is rich.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: George Arthur Bloom

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  • Garage Sale
    7.6/10(28)
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    #7 - Garage Sale

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/3/1975

    An inspecor inspects Ed's garage and when he find a pile of junk in front of an emergency exit, he issues an ultimatum...Either he gets rid of the junk, or he gets a hefty fine. Ed then decides to profit from the ultimatum by having a garage sale.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: Ed Jurist

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  • Second Thoughts
    7.5/10(41)
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    #8 - Second Thoughts

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/20/1974

    Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: Burt Styler

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  • Borrowed Trouble
    7.5/10(30)
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    #9 - Borrowed Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/11/1974

    Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Doctor Story
    7.5/10(26)
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    #10 - The Doctor Story

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/21/1975

    Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ed Jurist

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  • The Big Brush-Off
    7.5/10(19)
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    #11 - The Big Brush-Off

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/28/1976

    Chico is having some women problems. A girl that he likes will not go out with Chico because he looks too much like her ex-fiance.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • No Room in the Garage
    7.1/10(30)
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    #12 - No Room in the Garage

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/15/1974

    A pregnant Spanish woman comes in the garage and Ed thinks that she is looking for him because he thinks that Chico may be the father of the unborn child.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Letter
    7.1/10(29)
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    #13 - The Letter

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/6/1974

    Chico wants to participate with his cousin's business in New York.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: James Komack

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  • Ed Steps Out
    7.1/10(25)
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    #14 - Ed Steps Out

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/7/1975

    A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: Jerry Ross

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  • Sammy Steps In
    7.1/10(27)
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    #15 - Sammy Steps In

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/14/1975

    When his car acts up, Sammy Davis, Jr. pulls into the garage to get it fixed. However, he quickly learns that this is just no ordinary garage, with Sammy Davis, Jr. fans crawling out of the woodwork.

    Director: James Komack

    Writer: N/A

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  • Auntie Connie
    7.1/10(21)
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    #16 - Auntie Connie

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/26/1975

    Ed develops the hots for Chico's visiting Aunt Connie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • Ms. Liz
    7.1/10(21)
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    #17 - Ms. Liz

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/31/1975

    Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jack Mendelsohn

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  • Out of Sight
    7.0/10(25)
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    #18 - Out of Sight

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/17/1975

    Ed is determined to go to court to testify on a car accident that he may have witnessed with his eye problem.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Manuel Who Came to Dinner
    6.9/10(25)
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    #19 - The Manuel Who Came to Dinner

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/27/1974

    A car is towed into Ed's garage and when this man comes to the garage, it turns out that this man was a Chicano friend of Ed's from the past.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: David Pollock, Elias Davis

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  • Louie's Retirement
    6.9/10(23)
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    #20 - Louie's Retirement

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 3/7/1975

    Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.

    Director: James Komack

    Writer: N/A

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  • Lifestyle
    6.8/10(29)
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    #21 - Lifestyle

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/1/1974

    Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chico's van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Beard
    6.8/10(26)
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    #22 - The Beard

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/24/1975

    Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

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  • If I Were a Rich Man
    6.8/10(25)
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    #23 - If I Were a Rich Man

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/31/1975

    Ed tries to snap Chico out of falling in love with and spending too much on a woman he has fallen in love with.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jerry Ross

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  • The Giveaway
    6.8/10(22)
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    #24 - The Giveaway

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/28/1975

    Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Cohen

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  • Chico and the Van
    6.8/10(27)
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    #25 - Chico and the Van

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/17/1975

    A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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Best Episodes Summary

"Chico's Cousin Pepe" is the best rated episode of "Chico and the Man". It scored 8/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Seaman Jacobs, it aired on 2/11/1976. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".