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The Best Episodes of Family Affair

Every episode of Family Affair ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Family Affair!

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Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to

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    Family Affair Season 2 Episode 7 - Fat, Fat, the Water Rat
    9.0/10(78 votes)

    #1 - Fat, Fat, the Water Rat

    S2:E7

    Buffy makes friends with a bunch of kids, unbeknownst to her that they hate fancy kids. Mr. French catcher her and forbids her to play with them again. Uncle Bill however supports Buffy's choice and lets her play with her new friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 23 - A Member of the Family
    8.9/10(53 votes)

    #2 - A Member of the Family

    S2:E23

    Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.

    Director:Charles Barton
    Writers:Henry Garson, Edmund Beloin

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  3. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 5 - The Substitute Teacher
    8.8/10(62 votes)

    #3 - The Substitute Teacher

    S3:E5

    Jody is attracted to a new substitute teacher, but is sad when she leaves. Uncle Bill meets Jody's secret crush and finds out that she looks somewhat like the children's mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Family Affair Season 4 Episode 8 - The Birthday Boy
    8.8/10(41 votes)

    #4 - The Birthday Boy

    S4:E8

    The twins plan a surprise birthday party for Mr. French.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Family Affair Season 4 Episode 18 - The Language of Love
    8.7/10(56 votes)

    #5 - The Language of Love

    S4:E18

    Bill asks a doctor to help Buffy's pal who is disabled.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 22 - A Matter of Tonsils
    8.6/10(53 votes)

    #6 - A Matter of Tonsils

    S2:E22

    Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 7 - Christmas Came a Little Early
    8.6/10(115 votes)

    #7 - Christmas Came a Little Early

    S3:E7

    Buffy throws an early Christmas party for a sick little girl who might not live to see it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Family Affair Season 1 Episode 2 - Jody and Cissy
    8.5/10(112 votes)

    #8 - Jody and Cissy

    S1:E2

    Cissy joins the family and Mr. French thinks that he is not wanted anymore. Mr. French changes his mind after Buffy puts her doll in his suitcase and decides to stay after all.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writers:Edmund L. Hartmann, Henry Garson

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  9. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 6 - The Candy Striper
    8.5/10(55 votes)

    #9 - The Candy Striper

    S2:E6

    Cissy becomes a candy-stripper, but feels emotionally insecure when she unknowingly breaks one of the supervisor's rules when she gives a patient some water. She is doomed to quit but Bill tells her to face up to her mistake and keep her job. It might be all and well for Cissy, but it doesn't work for Buffy when she wants to be a Brownie, but finds out she is not the right age.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 12 - Our Friend Stanley
    8.5/10(65 votes)

    #10 - Our Friend Stanley

    S2:E12

    Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 29 - The Baby Sitters
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    #11 - The Baby Sitters

    S2:E29

    Uncle Bill leaves for a trip (and having trouble finding his dentist as well) and Mr. French goes out for the evening, leaving Cissy to watch the twins. Then Cissy leaves to go to a concert (big mistake) and leaves her friend Sharon in charge. Then Sharon comes down with the measles and her mama comes to watch the kids. Then her mama levaes to take care o Sharon and puts her husband and his poker pals on babysitter duty. My lord, what a turn of events, but thankfully Bill and French come home to see all the trouble that Cissy started in the first place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rita Lakin

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  12. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 12 - A Nanny for All Seasons
    8.5/10(51 votes)

    #12 - A Nanny for All Seasons

    S3:E12

    French contemplates marriage to raise his professional esteem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  13. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 16 - A Lesson for Grown-Ups
    8.5/10(47 votes)

    #13 - A Lesson for Grown-Ups

    S3:E16

    The siblings take action to solve a financial crisis.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 26 - The Matter of Dignity
    8.5/10(46 votes)

    #14 - The Matter of Dignity

    S3:E26

    Poison-pen letters implicate Mr. French in a scandal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  15. Family Affair Season 4 Episode 5 - The Jody Affair
    8.5/10(44 votes)

    #15 - The Jody Affair

    S4:E5

    While Jody is playing with his friends at school, a window gets broken and Jody is blamed for it. When Jody is suspended, Bill considers taking him to a private school. He reconsiders when one of Jody's friends confesses to breaking the window.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Family Affair Season 4 Episode 9 - The Stowaway
    8.5/10(52 votes)

    #16 - The Stowaway

    S4:E9

    Buffy and Jody discover a runaway orphan and decides to keep him without Mr. French knowing about it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Family Affair Season 1 Episode 1 - Buffy
    8.4/10(167 votes)

    #17 - Buffy

    S1:E1

    The excellent family series begins when Bill Davis, a fantastic construction engineer, unexpectedly adopts Buffy, who along with Jody and Cissy, have lost their parents in an accident. Buffy comes first and at first, Bill doesn't like her and wants to send her back to Terre Haute. Buffy gets the feeling that Bill doesn't like her and runs off to hide in the basement. Bill tells her that he likes her and wants her to stay. In the end, when Bill gets ready to leave for a trip, Jody and Cissy come to be with Buffy.

    Director:James Sheldon
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 9 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame
    8.4/10(49 votes)

    #18 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame

    S2:E9

    Jody tries his hardest to be on a local stickball team, only to be beaten out by Buffy, who happens to be a great player as well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 1 - The Latch Key Kid
    8.4/10(59 votes)

    #19 - The Latch Key Kid

    S3:E1

    Buffy meets a girl named lana who lives along wheile her mother goes out all the time. Buffy considers being just like Lana, until she comes over and confesses that Buffy has a god life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Family Affair Season 3 Episode 18 - A Matter of Privacy
    8.4/10(39 votes)

    #20 - A Matter of Privacy

    S3:E18

    The twins learn how to eavesdrop with a tape recorder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Burt Styler

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  21. Family Affair Season 4 Episode 16 - Marooned
    8.4/10(47 votes)

    #21 - Marooned

    S4:E16

    Mr. French and the twins are snowbound in Vermont.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Family Affair Season 1 Episode 7 - Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?
    8.3/10(76 votes)

    #22 - Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?

    S1:E7

    Buffy's doll, Mrs. Beasley, gets knocked out of the apartment window by accident and Buffy goes up at arms about the whole thing. She fnds out that a little girl owns a doll that looks just like her lost Mrs. Beasley, and realizes that it is not her doll. Suddenly, the real Mrs. Beasley doll is found in a trash bin.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  23. Family Affair Season 1 Episode 16 - That Was the Dinner That Wasn't
    8.3/10(70 votes)

    #23 - That Was the Dinner That Wasn't

    S1:E16

    Cissy is disheartened because she will be left out of a mother-daughter event at school, and she doesn't tell Bill what is wrong with her.

    Director:William D. Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 1 - Birds, Bees and Buffy
    8.3/10(59 votes)

    #24 - Birds, Bees and Buffy

    S2:E1

    Buffy and Jody wants to know where babies come from, and a whole bunch of stories confuses not only them, but parents as well. Cissy then tells them the right procedure of how babies are made.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Family Affair Season 2 Episode 8 - The Toy Box
    8.3/10(49 votes)

    #25 - The Toy Box

    S2:E8

    Uncle Bill enforces an iron-clad confiscation order of toys constantly being left on the floor by the kids and they can never get them back. It hits a little too close when Buffy's beloved Mrs. Beasley is in danger of being taken away from her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Fat, Fat, the Water Rat" is the best rated episode of "Family Affair". It scored 9/10 based on 78 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/23/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Member of the Family".