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The Best Episodes of Kate & Allie

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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...

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  1. 7.2/10(79 votes)

    #1 - Chip's New Friend

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    S3:E21

    Chip befriends a mentally handicapped man who's homeless and invites him to sleep in the basement.

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  2. 7.1/10(88 votes)

    #2 - Thanksgiving

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    S3:E8

    Kate and Allie invite a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner/disaster.

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  3. 7.0/10(83 votes)

    #3 - The Maltese Chotchke

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    S3:E6

    Max sends Emma a mystery for her birthday, and Allie is soon in on it, catching up the family in an exotic world of menacing art dealers and homicidal maniacs.

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  4. 7.0/10(85 votes)

    #4 - Allie's Affair

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    S3:E7

    Allie's new professor from Ohio begins visiting on ""academic business"" but their relationship soon heats up, with surprising results.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.0/10(84 votes)

    #5 - High Anxiety

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    S3:E18

    Allie is so afraid of appearing on a talk show about modern families that she follows Kate's advice and goes to a hypnotist.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  6. 6.9/10(79 votes)

    #6 - Whatever Happened to Romance?

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    S3:E3

    Allie's advertisement for part-time work ends up in the Personals Column by mistake, and the return mail brings such bizarre responses that she is appalled.

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  8. 6.9/10(79 votes)

    #7 - The Croissant Jungle

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    S3:E16

    Jenny gets more than she bargained for in her new job: a bonus of sexual harassment.

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  9. 6.8/10(81 votes)

    #8 - Dress to Kill

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    S3:E11

    Invited to the Russian Ballet, Kate searches frantically for the perfect dress. She finds it, but it costs more than Kate and Allie's combined monthly salaries.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  10. 6.7/10(80 votes)

    #9 - Evening in Paris

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    S3:E4

    On a free trip to Paris, Allie comes down with the flu while Jennie plans a rendezvous with a Frenchman.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  11. 6.6/10(79 votes)

    #10 - Kate's Friend

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    S3:E10

    Kate's old friend Betsy visits, and far outstays her welcome.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  12. 6.5/10(80 votes)

    #11 - Max's New Girlfriend

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    S3:E9

    Kate is worried that Max's new girlfriend, Darla, is turning Emma's head in a glamorous world of celebrities and premieres.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  13. 6.5/10(79 votes)

    #12 - Winning

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    S3:E22

    Emma questions the importance of being elected class president when she learns that her opponent has leukemia.

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    Director:Bill Persky
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  14. 6.5/10(78 votes)

    #13 - Late Bloomer

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    S3:E23

    Kate takes a cooking class given by a woman who also teaches acting, and studies psychology when not arguing with her mother about moving home.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  15. 6.4/10(79 votes)

    #14 - Make Mine Mink

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    S3:E2

    Kate "inherits" a lovely mink coat from a lover's quarrel and finds that it changes her lifestyle.

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    Director:Bill Persky
  16. 6.3/10(82 votes)

    #15 - Dark Victory

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    S3:E12

    Trapped in her dentist's office during a blackout, Kate makes a date with a stranger—and then discovers he's black.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  17. 6.3/10(80 votes)

    #16 - Privacy

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    S3:E17

    Allie jumps to conclusions when she discovers Kate with a former boyfriend who's now married.

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  18. 6.2/10(87 votes)

    #17 - Too Late The Rebel

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    S3:E15

    A protest rally gives Allie a taste of what she missed during the '60s, while for Kate it's a march down memory lane.

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  19. 6.2/10(78 votes)

    #18 - Thank You, Shirley

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    S3:E19

    Kate and Allie are both attracted to the same lawyer.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  20. 6.1/10(85 votes)

    #19 - The Reunion

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    S3:E1

    Invited to their 20th high school reunion, Kate & Allie both go determined to settle old scores.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  21. 6.0/10(78 votes)

    #20 - Chip's Divorce

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    S3:E14

    Chip feels he's being replaced when he finds out Charles' girlfriend Claire is pregnant.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  22. 5.8/10(77 votes)

    #21 - Ted's Back

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    S3:E20

    Faced with a lonely Saturday night, Kate calls former boyfriend Ted on the pretense of returning a sweater.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A
  23. 5.7/10(80 votes)

    #22 - Picture of An Affair

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    S3:E5

    Allie receives devastating news about her father.

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    Director:Bill Persky
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  24. 4.9/10(81 votes)

    #23 - Grand Central Station

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    S3:E13

    A singing telegram provided more information than intended when Kate and Allie referee another family's dispute.

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    Director:Bill Persky
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  25. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Allie's First Date

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    Director:Bill Persky
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  26. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Very Loud Family

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    S1:E2

    When the kids are assigned a class project to show ""change"", Emma makes a video on her family.

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:N/A

Best Episodes Summary

"Chip's New Friend" is the best rated episode of "Kate & Allie". It scored 7.2/10 based on 79 votes. Directed by Bill Persky and written by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg, it aired on 3/17/1986. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Thanksgiving".