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The Best Episodes of Father of the Bride

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

Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950 film of the same title. Cast members include

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    Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 1 - Bombshell At Breakfast
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    #1 - Bombshell At Breakfast

    S1:E1

    Kay delivers her bombshell to the Banks family at breakfast with just three little words, ""we're getting married.""

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 2 - Buckley
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    #2 - Buckley

    S1:E2

    Stanley Banks meets his future son-in-law to learn how Buckley Dunstan expects to take care of a wife but only succeeds in convincing Buckley that he, Stanley, is destitute.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 3 - Buckley's Parents
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    #3 - Buckley's Parents

    S1:E3

    Ellie, with great trepidation, and Stanley call on Buckleys' parents for the first time.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 4 - The Ring
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    #4 - The Ring

    S1:E4

    Buckley's mother suggests a specially cut, family heirloom ring as the ideal engagement ring for Kay, to Buckley's horror. But to Buckley's amazement, Kay thinks the ring is beautiful, and all goes happily until Father picks the ring up from the jeweler, who has reset it, and promptly loses it.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  5. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 5 - The Engagement Party
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    #5 - The Engagement Party

    S1:E5

    Father decides against hiring caterers for the engagement party. He'll handle the drinks and Delilah will take care of everything else.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 6 - Kay's Dinner
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    #6 - Kay's Dinner

    S1:E6

    Kay sets out to show the Dunstans that she is more than just an attractive woman by insisting, against Ellie's warning, on making an exotic curry. All goes well until Tommy's pained cries ring through the house, where upon Stanley calls on Ellie to perform a last minute rescue operation.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  7. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 7 - Guest List
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    #7 - Guest List

    S1:E7

    To Father's relief, everyone is in favor of a small wedding. But when Ellie hands him her guest list, it's a much different story. Stanley nominates himself to reduce the list, thus forcing Ellie to reveal a secret she has kept throughout their marriage.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 8 - Maid of Honor
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    #8 - Maid of Honor

    S1:E8

    Swearing Kay to secrecy, Agnes Ramsey reveals that she is secretly married and cannot be maid of honor at Kay's wedding. Agnes' parents, close friends of the Banks, react violently when they hear the news, causing a crisis in both households.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  9. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 9 - Mr. Massoula
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    #9 - Mr. Massoula

    S1:E9

    Ellie brings in a Mr. Massoula to cater the wedding reception. Stanley, hearing how much it's going to cost, assures her he can handle the job himself. His attempts backfire, forcing him to make a last minute change of strategy.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 10 - White Elephant
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    #10 - White Elephant

    S1:E10

    A large white elephant, without a card, arrives with Kay's wedding gifts. Its presence is treated as a prank, but Father learns the piece comes from his secretary and is a priceless antique. His fears grow as he arrives home just as a trash truck starts to pull away from the house.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  11. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 11 - Stanley's Suit
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    #11 - Stanley's Suit

    S1:E11

    Stanley, despite the fact that he has gained some 20 pounds from the time he was married, is determined to lose enough weight so he can wear his old cutaway suit at Kay's wedding. He buys an exercise machine that cost him as much as a new suit would.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 12 - The Shower
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    #12 - The Shower

    S1:E12

    On the day of Kay's bridal celebration, Ellie persuades Stanley to take Herbert, Buckley and Tommy fishing. But the expedition winds up a disaster when all but Tommy are hauled before a country judge and jailed for not having fishing licenses.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  13. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 13 - Furnishing the Apartment (aka The Apartment)
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    #13 - Furnishing the Apartment (aka The Apartment)

    S1:E13

    After Stanley puts a deposit down on an apartment for Kay and Buckley, he discovers the newlyweds have already decided to buy a house.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 14 - Surprise, Surprise!
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    #14 - Surprise, Surprise!

    S1:E14

    For his birthday present, Stanley has a brand new electric gold cart picked out. But with all the excitement centered around the impending wedding, Ellie seems to have completely forgotten his birthday. When Stanley's bold hints have no effect, he gives up in disgust and decides to buy the golf cart himself.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Mort Green

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  15. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 15 - The Honeymoon
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    #15 - The Honeymoon

    S1:E15

    Tommy begins to worry about Kay and Buckley's compatibility when the two disagree over where they will spend their honeymoon.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  16. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 16 - Homework
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    #16 - Homework

    S1:E16

    Stanley gets himself in an awkward situation when he brags to Tommy about his scholastic prowess. When Tommy invites a classmate, a girl who he is very anxious to impress, to come over for help with a difficult geometry problem, Stanley must find a way of saving face and not disappointing his son.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 17 - The Rehearsal
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    #17 - The Rehearsal

    S1:E17

    At a stage luncheon for Buckley before his wedding, someone sets his watch back an hour as a joke and causes him to miss the wedding rehearsal, thus getting him into big trouble with Kay.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  18. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 18 - The Wedding
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    #18 - The Wedding

    S1:E18

    The day of Kay's wedding to Buckley finally arrives. It is during the reception at the Banks' home that an unexpected crisis develops. Upset by the appearance of Buckley's former girlfriend and by his forgetting his traveler's checks, Kay shuts herself in her room and announces she can't go through with the day.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  19. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 19 - The Pine Pillow
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    #19 - The Pine Pillow

    S1:E19

    Stanley becomes jealous when the honeymooning Buckley sends a pine pillow to his parents, but the Banks receive nothing from Kay. To cover his disappointment, Stanley tells the Dunstans he has received a long letter from Kay, a falsehood that puts him in an awkward situation when the Dunstans, visiting for the evening, ask to see the letter.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 20 - The Homecoming
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    #20 - The Homecoming

    S1:E20

    After furnishing the apartment for Kay and Buckley's homecoming, both families receive a shock when the newlyweds return and find it completely bare.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Dale Eunson

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  21. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 21 - Too Many Cooks
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    #21 - Too Many Cooks

    S1:E21

    Buckley's mother decides that Kay's cooking isn't proper for her son and determines to remedy the situation by giving Kay recipes, helping her shop and even taking a turn in her kitchen. When Mrs. Dunstan annoys the newlyweds with her constant ""assistance"" the situation goes from bad to worse.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Mort Green

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  22. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 22 - The Quarrel
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    #22 - The Quarrel

    S1:E22

    Kay and Buckley's first quarrel ends with Kay running home to mother. Stanley thinks his daughter is too pampered and is in favor of sending her right back but Ellie won't hear of it. When the ""father of the bride"" and the ""mother of the bride"" join the argument, Stanley, too, decides to leave home.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 23 - Tommy's Hero
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    #23 - Tommy's Hero

    S1:E23

    Both Stanley and Kay begin to feel neglected when Tommy begins spending all of his spare time with Buckley.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 24 - The Milking Stool
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    #24 - The Milking Stool

    S1:E24

    Ellie and Doris Dunstan decide to open an antique shop for charity. They start acquiring stock by giving all of their own ""antiques,"" which are Stanley and Herbert's favorite pieces of furniture. Stanley comes to his breaking point when the women are forced to move the shop into the Banks' residence.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Father of the Bride Season 1 Episode 25 - Quibbling
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    #25 - Quibbling

    S1:E25

    A tearful Kay arrives at the Banks' house following a quarrel with Buckley. Her dramatic explanation of what took place is later contradicted in Buckley's version, whereupon Stanley deliberately puts on an act for the newlyweds' benefit.

    Director:Fletcher Markle
    Writer:Mort Green

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Best Episodes Summary

"Bombshell At Breakfast" is the best rated episode of "Father of the Bride". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Fletcher Markle and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/29/1961. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Buckley".