7.6/1092 votesLoading...#2 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1987
While Kate and Dennis take old clothes to Goodwill, Allie rushes across town to pay Jennie's school fees but l eaves her purse in the cab and is left stranded and penniless in Manhattan.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1074 votesLoading...
#3 - Almost Married (a.k.a.) And Then There Were None
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1988
Ted invites everybody to his friends' cabin in the Adirondacks, but there's an escaped convict on the loose.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1093 votesLoading...
#4 - Landlady
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1984
Kate and Allie face a rent increase when their landlady realizes that there are two families occupying a one-family dwelling.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1080 votesLoading...
#5 - Mother's Day
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1987
Resenting their daughters' taking them for granted, Kate and Allie guiltily invite their own mothers to lunch -- then regret it when Marion won't stop talking about the food on her recent cruise and Joan won't stop criticizing Allie.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Marco Pennette
- 7.3/1076 votesLoading...
#6 - Anchor Away
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 1/9/1989
Watching a tape of Bob's sportscast, Allie notices an attractive anchor making an on-air play for her husband.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Bernie Orenstein
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- 7.3/1075 votesLoading...
#7 - Chip's Notes
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 3/6/1989
Chip is so thrilled to be associated with the ultracool Mike Sheridan that he becomes his partner in a scam.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Michael Gordon
- 7.2/1079 votesLoading...
#8 - Chip's New Friend
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/17/1986
Chip befriends a mentally handicapped man who's homeless and invites him to sleep in the basement.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.2/1083 votesLoading...
#9 - Charles' Dinner
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1987
Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1077 votesLoading...
#10 - The Band Singer
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1988
Jenny is enamored of classmate Howard, auditions for his band, and becomes their lead singer. While the band rehearses in their basement, Kate and Allie give combined French dinners/French lessons and worry that Jenny is not willing to be herself with Howard -- to the point where she won't admit she can't rollerskate when he wants her to sing dressed as a skating '50s carhop.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.2/1080 votesLoading...
#11 - The Clip Show
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/23/1988
The series' 100th episode is celebrated with clips from past shows.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1075 votesLoading...
#12 - The Odd Couples
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/1988
Kate is saved from perky Haven and Blair when Allie suggests that Kate move in.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.1/1081 votesLoading...
#13 - Charles Marries Claire
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1985
Allie has new hope of a reconciliation after ex-husband Charles becomes suddenly attentive because he has broken up with girlfriend Clare.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1087 votesLoading...
#14 - Thanksgiving
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1985
Kate and Allie invite a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner/disaster.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.1/1081 votesLoading...
#15 - Send Me No Flowers
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1987
The arrival of a bouquet with a card saying simply ""I'm sorry"" prompts everyone to recount how badly they were treated that day -- by clerks, bank personnel, schoolmates -- and to speculate on who exactly is apologizing to whom.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1080 votesLoading...
#16 - The Dilemma with Emma
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1987
Everyone has date problems: Emma has no date for the college dance and must go with Jennie and Jason & Jennie breaks up with Jason & Chip has a fight with Amy upstairs because she was drooling over Matt Dillon in the movie they rent ed & Kate's chiropractor date was a self-centered bore; and Allie has no date at all. But Emma meets someone at the dance: a self-satisfied, arrogrant business major whom everyone else hates on sight.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.0/1087 votesLoading...
#18 - Odd Boy Out
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/1984
Allie discovers that Chips friends think hes a sissy because of his background.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1084 votesLoading...
#19 - Allie's Affair
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1985
Allie's new professor from Ohio begins visiting on ""academic business"" but their relationship soon heats up, with surprising results.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1084 votesLoading...
#20 - High Anxiety
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1986
Allie is so afraid of appearing on a talk show about modern families that she follows Kate's advice and goes to a hypnotist.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1087 votesLoading...
#21 - Halloween II
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1986
The kids plan a Hallowe'en haunting -- and so do their mothers.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.0/1082 votesLoading...
#22 - Dates of Future Past
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1986
While Kate's away on a business trip, an ex-football player makes a play for Allie.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
- 7.0/1082 votesLoading...
#23 - Gift of the Magi
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1987
Kate and Allie buy each other third-anniversary gifts, but with an O. Henry twist: Allie pawns her camera to buy a shade for Kate's antique lamp, while Kate sells the lamp to buy Allie a camera lens.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1082 votesLoading...
#24 - Allie's Graduation
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/26/1987
Allie triumphantly graduates from college, but learns that a diploma isn't necessarily a ticket to the job of her choice.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1082 votesLoading...
#25 - Jennie's New Deal
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1987
After Emma moves into the college dorm, Jennie feels cooped up living at home under her mother's rules.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Kate & Allie
Every episode of Kate & Allie ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Kate & Allie!
Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on...
Genres:ComedyDramaFamily
Network:CBS
Episodes
122
Avg. Rating
6.5
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S2
S3
S4
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E2
E3
6.8
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6.1
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7.0
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6.9
Best Episodes Summary
"Loan-some Bob" is the best rated episode of "Kate & Allie". It scored 7.7/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Linda Day and written by N/A, it aired on 3/27/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?".
