9.0/1046 votesLoading...#1 - A Member of the Family
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1968
Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.0/1033 votesLoading...#2 - The Birthday Boy
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1969
The twins plan a surprise birthday party for Mr. French.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/1062 votesLoading...#3 - Fat, Fat, the Water Rat
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1967
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1046 votesLoading...#4 - A Matter of Tonsils
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/1968
Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1054 votesLoading...#5 - The Substitute Teacher
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1968
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/1049 votesLoading...#6 - The Language of Love
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1970
Bill asks a doctor to help Buffy's pal who is disabled.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/1042 votesLoading...#7 - A Nanny for All Seasons
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/1968
French contemplates marriage to raise his professional esteem.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
8.7/1037 votesLoading...#8 - The Matter of Dignity
Season 3 Episode 26 - Aired 3/31/1969
Poison-pen letters implicate Mr. French in a scandal.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
8.6/1095 votesLoading...#9 - Christmas Came a Little Early
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1968
Buffy throws an early Christmas party for a sick little girl who might not live to see it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/1031 votesLoading...#10 - The Unsound of Music
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1968
A nightclub singer coaches tone-deaf Buffy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1045 votesLoading...#11 - The Candy Striper
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1967
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: N/A
8.5/1051 votesLoading...#12 - Our Friend Stanley
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1967
Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1041 votesLoading...#13 - The Baby Sitters
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/1968
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: N/A
Writer: Rita Lakin
8.5/1037 votesLoading...#14 - A Lesson for Grown-Ups
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1969
The siblings take action to solve a financial crisis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/1031 votesLoading...#15 - A Matter of Privacy
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1969
The twins learn how to eavesdrop with a tape recorder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Burt Styler
8.4/10134 votesLoading...#16 - Buffy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
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: N/A
8.4/1089 votesLoading...#17 - Jody and Cissy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1966
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
Writer: N/A
8.4/1039 votesLoading...#18 - The Mrs. Beasley Story
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 3/25/1968
Buffy is disheartened because Mrs. Beasley needs arm surgery
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1050 votesLoading...#19 - The Latch Key Kid
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1968
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/1040 votesLoading...#20 - A Matter of Choice
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1968
Cissy befriends a girl who uses her to disobey her parents. Uncle Bill feels that Buffy and Jody would benefit from listening to fairy tales than watching war-based programs on TV, but the fairy tales end up giving them nightmares.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
8.4/1036 votesLoading...#21 - The Jody Affair
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1969
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1070 votesLoading...#22 - Marmalade
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1966
Mr. French is chosen for an ad for marmalade and is a huge promotion success, until he tastes the marmalade that he is hawking.
Director: William D. Russell
Writer: N/A
8.3/1056 votesLoading...#23 - One for the Little Boy
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/23/1967
Bill plans to do some serious bonding with Jody by taking him on a business trip, but Murphy's Law plagues the trip. But Jody states that just being with Bill is exciting enough.
Director: William D. Russell
Writer: N/A
8.3/1038 votesLoading...#24 - The Toy Box
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1967
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1040 votesLoading...#25 - Take Me Out of the Ballgame
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1967
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
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...
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Best Episodes Summary
"A Member of the Family" is the best rated episode of "Family Affair". It scored 9/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/19/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Birthday Boy".