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The Worst Episodes of Grounded for Life

Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with...

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  1. Background image for Mustang Lily
    7.1/10(138 votes)

    #1 - Mustang Lily

    S3:E2

    Sean blows his shot at snagging a loan from Claudia's dad (Stephen Root) after losing the car he gave Lily for her birthday in a street race. Meanwhile, Henry and Jimmy put the squeeze on their grandfather for some hefty Tooth Fairy funds.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for You're So Vain
    7.1/10(126 votes)

    #2 - You're So Vain

    S4:E25

    Claudia's father, Tony, has returned to the Finnertys for and operation, and the rest of the family is very sympathetic, except for Sean.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Oh, What a Knight
    7.2/10(138 votes)

    #3 - Oh, What a Knight

    S3:E12

    Sean joins the Knights of Hibernia in order for Lily to compete in their beauty pageant.

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    Director:John Putch
  4. Background image for I Wanna Be Suspended
    7.3/10(183 votes)

    #4 - I Wanna Be Suspended

    S1:E3

    Jimmy’s science project is late, because his parents made him go with them to a Ramones’ concert. When Sean pleads Jimmy’s case with the principal, he only succeeds in getting Jimmy thrown out of school.

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    7.3/10(173 votes)

    #5 - Like a Virgin

    S1:E7

    Claudia is looking forward to a trip to New Jersey to try to bond with Lily. However, things go from bad to worse when Claudia tells popular cheerleaders from Lily's school that her daughter is still a virgin. Lily takes off, leaving Claudia stuck - with no daughter, no luggage, and no clothes.

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    Director:Dennie Gordon
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Eddie and This Guy with Diamonds
    7.3/10(142 votes)

    #6 - Eddie and This Guy with Diamonds

    S2:E19

    Sean winds up in jail for buying some shady diamond earrings for Claudia from Eddie's so-called ""connection""; Lily protests the nuns's donkey-basketball game.

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    Director:John Putch
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  8. Background image for Communication Breakdown
    7.3/10(124 votes)

    #7 - Communication Breakdown

    S4:E14

    Sean forgets to give Claudia an important message from her professor; Jimmy hides the telephone bill to conceal his calls to a 976 number; Lily freaks out when Brad doesn't call her for three hours.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Pictures of Willy
    7.3/10(127 votes)

    #8 - Pictures of Willy

    S4:E21

    Eddie persuades Sean to help him break into his ex-girlfriend's apartment to steal embarrassing photographs.

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  10. Background image for In My Room
    7.4/10(196 votes)

    #9 - In My Room

    S1:E2

    Sean inadvertently finds a fake ID in Lily's bedroom. Sean and Claudia confront their daughter about her rebellious behavior, but they get few answers. They decide to hack into her e-mail to find out more about Lily's trouble-making friends. While they are checking, an e-mail comes in from a ""SweetandNastee."" Sean responds, pretending to be Lily. SweetandNastee gives Sean an address to a rave party in Yonkers. Sean and Eddie go to the address which turns out to be a dry cleaners. Convinced the rave is really at the dry cleaners, Sean and Eddie try to gain access to the party but end up getting beaten up by the dry cleaners' owner. Back at home, Sean and Claudia confront Lily, but she slams them for invading her privacy. Turns out she knew they broke into her e-mail account because she was online at a friend's house when she saw her name logged in. Lily made up the rave to teach her folks a lesson about snooping.

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  11. Background image for Action Mountain High
    7.4/10(171 votes)

    #10 - Action Mountain High

    S1:E5

    Lily's trip to an amusement park with a group of her friends backfires when she calls Sean to pick her up. He doesn't like what he sees, and when he realizes HE was the one called because everyone thought he would go easy on them, he proceeds to get them all in trouble by telling their parents.

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  12. Background image for Mr. Roboto
    7.4/10(141 votes)

    #11 - Mr. Roboto

    S2:E11

    Jimmy and his class are having a robot science fair. Sean goes all out to create a ""first place"" robot for Jimmy. When the judge of the fair calls Jimmy's robot ""substantial robot"" and ""you could prop a door wide open with this!"" Sean stands up and admits that he made his son's robot. He requests that the other parents do the same (It's obvious that the other robots were made by the parents.) In the end, Jimmy and his robot, fight Benji (his classmate) and his robot in a robot battle! Benji, who was marvelously acted wins!

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for I Fought the In-Laws
    7.4/10(148 votes)

    #12 - I Fought the In-Laws

    S2:E20

    The minor insults of Claudia's visiting parents get so far under an insecure Sean's skin that it starts to look like he's gone out of his mind. Meanwhile, karaoke leads to an unlikely liplock between Brad and Lily.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Cuts Like a Knife
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #13 - Cuts Like a Knife

    S3:E7

    Sean has a hard time fighting off an amorous Claudia after lying to her that he's finally undergone a vasectomy. Meanwhile, Brad gets a chance to hang out with Lily by paying her to tutor him in a subject he already excels at.

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  15. Background image for Who Are You?
    7.4/10(138 votes)

    #14 - Who Are You?

    S3:E8

    Sean and Claudia are shocked to learn that Jimmy has been shoplifting and try to figure out his motivations for stealing. Elsewhere, Lily agonizes over what to wear for dinner with Dean's parents. Brad helps her find the perfect outfit, but Dean's parents turn out to be not so great. Meanwhile, Henry brings home his class's pet lizard.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Welcome to the Working Week
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #15 - Welcome to the Working Week

    S3:E9

    Lily goes on a shopping spree with her ""emergency credit card,"" resulting in her having to pay back the bill by getting a job -- at the bar. Meanwhile, Eddie fumes over a scathing review of the bar; and Henry takes energy preservation to the extreme.

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    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Claudia in Disguise with Glasses
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #16 - Claudia in Disguise with Glasses

    S3:E10

    Claudia wreaks havoc at a wedding reception after losing her glasses -- though it may not be Claudia who lost them. Meanwhile Lily convinces Eddie to persuade Dean to get her the perfect birthday gift; and Brad begins spending way too much time with Jimmy.

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  18. Background image for S.A.T. and Sympathy (a.k.a. S.A.T. Out of Hell)
    7.4/10(126 votes)

    #17 - S.A.T. and Sympathy (a.k.a. S.A.T. Out of Hell)

    S4:E6

    Lily and Brad stress over their upcoming S.A.T. tests... and Claudia turns the SAT's into a competition. Meanwhile, Sean teaches Henry a lesson in compassion by taking in a homeless guy (Dave Sheridan).

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  19. Background image for Smells Like Teen Spirit
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #18 - Smells Like Teen Spirit

    S4:E9

    Sean talks to Jimmy about the birds and the bees; Brad accidentally sees Claudia naked.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Baby Come Back
    7.4/10(141 votes)

    #19 - Baby Come Back

    S4:E10

    Sean becomes jealous when Claudia is asked to do some modeling for a fashion photographer. So she storms out, leaving him to deal with a bath products party that she'd organized. Meanwhile Lily recieves her yearbook photos, which are terrible.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Tom Sawyer
    7.4/10(130 votes)

    #20 - Tom Sawyer

    S5:E10

    Lily becomes insecure when she learns that she's ""not school smart."" So when Brad snags an interview at Yale, she becomes jealous and connives to land her own interview. Sean takes a second job as a limo driver, to avoid doing work at home. Claudia tries to convince her neighbor, Arianna, that the Finnerty clan is not trash. Jimmy seeks advice from his uncle Eddie for his debut in the school production of Tom Sawyer.

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  22. Background image for Lily B. Goode
    7.5/10(213 votes)

    #21 - Lily B. Goode

    S1:E1

    In a desperate grab for attention, Lily makes out with the nerdish next-door neighbor, Brad O'Keefe, in his car; when Sean catches them, he responds in a rather unorthodox way--by throwing fried chicken at the windshield. Meanwhile, Walt babysits Jimmy and Henry and teaches them how to dig a hole; and Eddie tries to hook up illegal cable so he and Sean can watch softcore porn.

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  23. Background image for Devil with a Plaid Skirt
    7.5/10(178 votes)

    #22 - Devil with a Plaid Skirt

    S1:E4

    Jimmy's claim of demonic possession and Lily's skirt length prompt Sean's perceived battle with school head Sister Helen

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  24. Background image for You Can't Always Get What You Want
    7.5/10(163 votes)

    #23 - You Can't Always Get What You Want

    S1:E6

    Lily freaks out when Sean says they can't afford to send her on a ski trip with her classmates. But things get worse when she learns that Sean inherited some money and spent it on a guitar for himself.

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    Director:Ken Kwapis
  25. Background image for Take It to the Limit
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    #24 - Take It to the Limit

    S2:E13

    Lily's compulsive credit-card usage sinks Sean's plans to take Jimmy and his friends to a pricey waterpark; Eddie refuses to open up to his family about the contents of his mysterious locked box. (TV Guide)

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  26. Background image for Swearin' to God
    7.5/10(142 votes)

    #25 - Swearin' to God

    S2:E18

    Sean exploits a nun's foulmouthed slip of the tongue to get Claudia and the kids everything they've ever wanted from St. Finnian's.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mustang Lily" is the worst rated episode of "Grounded for Life". It scored 7.1/10 based on 138 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/24/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "You're So Vain".