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The Worst Episodes of Family Affair

Every episode of Family Affair ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:CBS
Episodes
138
Avg. Rating
7.9
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lost in Spain: Part 3" is the worst rated episode of "Family Affair". It scored 6.6/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by N/A and written by John McGreevey, it aired on 2/24/1969. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Lost in Spain: Part 2".

  • Lost in Spain: Part 3
    6.6/10(43)
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    #1 - Lost in Spain: Part 3

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 2/24/1969

    The Civil Guards are putting an APB out on the twins. Buffy and Jody are spotted by Carlos and Maria and are afraid to ell the guards. So They take care of them and take them to a church, where thankfully, Bill and his friends find them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Lost in Spain: Part 2
    6.8/10(36)
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    #2 - Lost in Spain: Part 2

    Season 3 Episode 20

    Aired 2/17/1969

    While Mr. French desperately searches for Buffy and Jody, the twins are going into unknown parts of Spain where they are picked up by a nun and a bunch of schoolchildren.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Put Your Dreams Away
    6.8/10(40)
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    #3 - Put Your Dreams Away

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 1/28/1971

    Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • The Young Man from Bolivia
    7.0/10(36)
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    #4 - The Young Man from Bolivia

    Season 3 Episode 23

    Aired 3/10/1969

    Jody is jealous of attention paid to his Bolivian pen pal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Travels with Cissy
    7.0/10(43)
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    #5 - Travels with Cissy

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 10/29/1970

    Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets Steve Hunter, a handsome western star. She falls for him and, after hearing stories about Steve, Bill tries to stop this new romance by bringing Gregg out to win her back. Gregg tells Cissy that he wishes her lots of luck with Steve. Steve then proposes to Cissy, and she refuses.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Number One Boy
    7.1/10(45)
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    #6 - Number One Boy

    Season 4 Episode 10

    Aired 12/4/1969

    Bill's valet from Hong Kong usurps French's place.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family in Paradise: Part 1
    7.1/10(37)
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    #7 - Family in Paradise: Part 1

    Season 4 Episode 25

    Aired 3/26/1970

    Bill takes the family and Mr French to Tahiti for a vacation. Everyone enjoys the place.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family in Paradise: Part 2
    7.2/10(35)
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    #8 - Family in Paradise: Part 2

    Season 4 Episode 26

    Aired 4/2/1970

    Uncle Bill considers having everyone stay in Tahiti and live there.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Littlest Exile
    7.2/10(45)
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    #9 - The Littlest Exile

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 1/21/1971

    The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?
    7.3/10(61)
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    #10 - Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/7/1966

    Mr. French gets Lebanese cooking lessons from a Middle Eastern restaurant owner named Nural Shpeni, and her family forces Mr. French to marry her, whether he wants to or not.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • Wouldn't It Be Loverly
    7.3/10(39)
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    #11 - Wouldn't It Be Loverly

    Season 4 Episode 21

    Aired 2/19/1970

    Buffy and Jody meets a kid named George whose parents let him do whatever he pleases. The twins wanna be treated that way, too, but Uncle Bill teaches them a lesson in early independence they will never forget.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Pirosh

  • And Baby Makes Eight
    7.3/10(47)
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    #12 - And Baby Makes Eight

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 11/12/1970

    Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cinder-Emily
    7.3/10(39)
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    #13 - Cinder-Emily

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 2/11/1971

    Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Buffy's Fair Lady
    7.3/10(47)
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    #14 - Buffy's Fair Lady

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 2/25/1971

    Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. Buffy gets Jody to dance with Angela, but he bribes another boy to dance with her. Angela is disheartened when she finds out that this whole party was staged. Buffy and Jody then apologize for the way they treated her and gets her to make friends the right way.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Burt Styler

  • You Can't Fight City Hall
    7.3/10(44)
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    #15 - You Can't Fight City Hall

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 3/4/1971

    Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Everybody Needs Somebody
    7.4/10(54)
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    #16 - Everybody Needs Somebody

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 3/13/1967

    Buffy and Jody play matchmaker for Mr. French, but he thinks that they do not want him around because he punished them so severely.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: Ed James, Seaman Jacobs

  • Arthur, the Invisible Bear
    7.4/10(45)
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    #17 - Arthur, the Invisible Bear

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/2/1967

    Jody's new imaginary friend is really getting him in trouble and it tales a trip to a psychologist to figure out what is going on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • A Waltz from Vienna
    7.4/10(44)
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    #18 - A Waltz from Vienna

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 10/7/1968

    Cissy is asked by a boy in Vienna to be his bride. Cissy likes the idea at first, but reality comes in and snaps some sense into her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To Love with Buffy
    7.4/10(41)
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    #19 - To Love with Buffy

    Season 3 Episode 14

    Aired 1/6/1969

    Bill takes Buffy on a trip with him to Puerto Rico to spend some time together. He then meets a flame of his, but he vows to spend all of his time with Buffy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • With This Ring
    7.4/10(35)
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    #20 - With This Ring

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/1969

    Cissy and Gregg decide to get engaged.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye Harold
    7.4/10(38)
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    #21 - Goodbye Harold

    Season 4 Episode 13

    Aired 12/25/1969

    Buffy's hamster runs away in the park.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John McGreevey

  • Class Clown
    7.4/10(40)
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    #22 - Class Clown

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 11/26/1970

    Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Seaman Jacobs

  • Think Deep
    7.5/10(62)
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    #23 - Think Deep

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/26/1966

    Cissy worships a teacher named Julian Hill and spouts his theories all through the household. Bill invites the teacher to dinner and Cissy sees that he is not the man that she worships so dearly when he goes off on Buffy and Jody for an innocent spill.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • The Prize
    7.5/10(55)
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    #24 - The Prize

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 4/10/1967

    The twins win a baby lamb in a cereal contest, which is not a good thing if your neighbors are trying to sleep.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A

  • What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?
    7.5/10(50)
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    #25 - What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?

    Season 1 Episode 28

    Aired 4/17/1967

    Bill takes the twins to the rodeo where he meets his old friend Gabe, whom he invites to stay with them. The twins are mesmerized at the thought of meeting a real live cowboy, and Gabe takes them under his wing. Of course, Bill thinks that they like Gabe more than they like him. But the twins tell him that Bill will always come first in their lives.

    Director: William D. Russell

    Writer: N/A