8.0/1060 votes#1 - 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
- 7.4/1039 votes
#2 - 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
- 6.7/1031 votes
#3 - Old Dog
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1974
Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: James Komack
- 6.5/1032 votes
#4 - New Suit
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1974
Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: James Komack
- 7.2/1026 votes
#5 - 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
- 6.5/1026 votes
#6 - E Pluribus Used Car
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1974
Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Larry Markes
- 6.8/1028 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.5/1028 votes
#8 - Veterans
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1974
Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1028 votes
#9 - 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
- 7.0/1028 votes
#10 - 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
- 6.6/1026 votes
#11 - Natural Causes
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1974
When Ed hears about a death of an friend, he begins to think that he may be the next one to meet his maker.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Steve Gordon
- 7.2/1023 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.5/1026 votes
#13 - 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
- 6.8/1023 votes
#14 - 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
- 6.8/1025 votes
#15 - 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
- 6.8/1024 votes
#16 - 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
- 6.9/1024 votes
#17 - 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
- 7.3/1025 votes
#18 - 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
- 7.3/1024 votes
#19 - 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
- 6.9/1021 votes
#20 - 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
- 6.9/1022 votes
#21 - 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
- 7.7/1023 votes
#22 - 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
The Best Episodes of Chico and the Man Season 1
Every episode of Chico and the Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Chico and the Man Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Chico and the Man" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by Peter Baldwin and written by Michael Ross, James Komack, it aired on 9/13/1974. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Second Thoughts".