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The Best Episodes of Chico and the Man

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"Chico's Cousin Pepe" is the best rated episode of "Chico and the Man". It scored 8.2/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Seaman Jacobs, it aired on 2/11/1976. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Chico's Padre".

  • Chico's Cousin Pepe
    8.2/1030 votes
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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

  • Chico's Padre
    8.2/1021 votes
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    #2 - 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

  • Pilot
    8.0/1060 votes
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    #3 - 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

  • The Disappearance
    8.0/1023 votes
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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

  • Long Live the Man
    7.7/1023 votes
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    #5 - 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

  • Raul Runs Away (1)
    7.6/1012 votes
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    #6 - Raul Runs Away (1)

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1978

    Raul finds out about the first Chico who died (Freddie Prinze). He finds the van hidden in the garage. He goes into the van and plays Chico's old guitar. When Ed hears the music an eerie feeling comes over him. He checks the van hoping that somehow Chico came back. When he finds Raul in the van, he gets mad. He bashes the guitar over the van and screams at Raul. Raul runs upstairs and prepares to run away thinking that he cannot replace the first Chico and that Ed doesn't love him anymore.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Garage Sale
    7.5/1026 votes
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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

  • The Big Brush-Off
    7.5/1019 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • Chico Packs His Bags
    7.5/1020 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Second Thoughts
    7.4/1039 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Sammy Steps In
    7.3/1025 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • The Doctor Story
    7.3/1024 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Borrowed Trouble
    7.2/1026 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • The Manuel Who Came to Dinner
    7.2/1023 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Ms. Liz
    7.1/1020 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • No Room in the Garage
    7.0/1028 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • The Letter
    7.0/1028 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Auntie Connie
    7.0/1020 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • The Americanization of Charo
    7.0/1010 votes
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    #19 - The Americanization of Charo

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1978

    Aunt Charo takes her citizenship test and becomes an American Citizen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ed Steps Out
    6.9/1024 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • The Giveaway
    6.9/1021 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Louie's Retirement
    6.9/1022 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Ed Talks to God
    6.9/1029 votes
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    #23 - Ed Talks to God

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1977

    Ed does not feel like appearing at his own birthday party. Chico however tries to find a way for Ed to go, so he gets ahold of a good old friend of Ed's and has him impersonate the voice of God by hooking sound equipment and a microphone all over the garage.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lifestyle
    6.8/1028 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Out of Sight
    6.8/1023 votes
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    #25 - 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