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The Best Episodes of Family Affair

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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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  • Fat, Fat, the Water Rat
    9.0/10(64)
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    #1 - 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

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  • A Member of the Family
    9.0/10(47)
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    #2 - 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

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  • The Birthday Boy
    9.0/10(34)
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    #3 - 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

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  • The Language of Love
    8.9/10(51)
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    #4 - 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

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  • A Matter of Tonsils
    8.8/10(48)
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    #5 - 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

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  • The Substitute Teacher
    8.7/10(55)
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    #6 - 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

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  • A Nanny for All Seasons
    8.7/10(43)
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    #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

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  • The Candy Striper
    8.6/10(47)
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    #8 - 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

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  • Our Friend Stanley
    8.6/10(53)
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    #9 - 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

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  • Christmas Came a Little Early
    8.6/10(101)
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    #10 - 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

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  • A Lesson for Grown-Ups
    8.6/10(39)
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    #11 - 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

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  • The Matter of Dignity
    8.6/10(39)
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    #12 - 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

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  • The Baby Sitters
    8.5/10(43)
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    #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

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  • The Latch Key Kid
    8.5/10(52)
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    #14 - 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

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  • A Matter of Privacy
    8.5/10(32)
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    #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

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  • Buffy
    8.4/10(141)
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    #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

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  • Take Me Out of the Ballgame
    8.4/10(42)
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    #17 - 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

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  • The Great Kow-Tow
    8.4/10(63)
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    #18 - The Great Kow-Tow

    Season 2 Episode 18

    Aired 1/15/1968

    Buffy and Jody go Chinese when they are ""adopted"" by a elderly Chinese man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

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  • The Mrs. Beasley Story
    8.4/10(40)
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    #19 - 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

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  • Albertine
    8.4/10(51)
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    #20 - Albertine

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 12/2/1968

    A little girl named Albertine charms everyone by bragging about her father, which she doesn't really have.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • A Matter of Choice
    8.4/10(41)
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    #21 - 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

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  • The Jody Affair
    8.4/10(37)
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    #22 - 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

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  • Jody and Cissy
    8.3/10(94)
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    #23 - 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

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  • Birds, Bees and Buffy
    8.3/10(49)
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    #24 - Birds, Bees and Buffy

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/11/1967

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Toy Box
    8.3/10(40)
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    #25 - 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

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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 64 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/23/1967. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Member of the Family".