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The Best Episodes of Kate & Allie

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Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 14 - The Band Singer
    8.1/10(31 votes)

    S5:E14

    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
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  2. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 15 - Almost Married (a.k.a.) And Then There Were None
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S5:E15

    Ted invites everybody to his friends' cabin in the Adirondacks, but there's an escaped convict on the loose.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Kate & Allie Season 2 Episode 2 - Landlady
    8.0/10(59 votes)

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown

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  4. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 6 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown

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  5. Kate & Allie Season 3 Episode 6 - The Maltese Chotchke
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  6. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 11 - The Triangle Has Four Sides
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    S5:E11

    Kate tries to date Dennis and Peter at the same time, but they end up finding out about each other. When Kate realizes they don't care she is dating other men, she dumps them both and starts dating Ted, again.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Kate & Allie Season 6 Episode 16 - Loan-some Bob
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    S6:E16

    Kate and Allie get a loan from Bob.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Kate & Allie Season 3 Episode 3 - Whatever Happened to Romance?
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  9. Kate & Allie Season 3 Episode 21 - Chip's New Friend
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    S3:E21

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

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  10. Kate & Allie Season 6 Episode 4 - The Odd Couples
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    S6:E4

    Kate is saved from perky Haven and Blair when Allie suggests that Kate move in.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  11. Kate & Allie Season 6 Episode 5 - Anchor Away
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S6:E5

    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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  12. Kate & Allie Season 6 Episode 13 - Chip's Notes
    7.7/10(28 votes)

    S6:E13

    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

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  13. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 24 - Charles' Dinner
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    S4:E24

    Kate and Allie cater Charles' and Claire's anniversary dinner.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 4 - Mother's Day
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S5:E4

    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

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  15. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 8 - Jennie's New Deal
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    S5:E8

    After Emma moves into the college dorm, Jennie feels cooped up living at home under her mother's rules.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 19 - Inside Park Avenue
    7.6/10(28 votes)

    S5:E19

    Kate and Allie get a taste of how the other half lives---and loves---when they cater a society couple's 25th-anniversary party.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Kate & Allie Season 6 Episode 9 - The Nearlyweds
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S6:E9

    Allie's reaction upon hearing that Jennie and her boyfriend are sharing a dorm room doesn't compare with her reaction when they announce they're getting married.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Kate & Allie Season 2 Episode 13 - Charles Marries Claire
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown

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  19. Kate & Allie Season 3 Episode 7 - Allie's Affair
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    S3:E7

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

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Kate & Allie Season 3 Episode 16 - The Croissant Jungle
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  21. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 3 - The Bully
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    S4:E3

    Chip's scrapes are not all due to baseball: he's being bullied at school, but is embarrassed to admit that his tormentor is an apparently sweet little girl.

    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 13 - Gift of the Magi
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    S4:E13

    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:Unknown

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  23. Kate & Allie Season 4 Episode 20 - Send Me No Flowers
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    S4:E20

    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:Unknown

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  24. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 2 - The Dilemma with Emma
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    S5:E2

    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
    Writers:Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg

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  25. Kate & Allie Season 5 Episode 13 - A Catered Affair
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    S5:E13

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    Director:Bill Persky
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Band Singer" is the best rated episode of "Kate & Allie". It scored 8.1/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Bill Persky and written by Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg, it aired on 1/11/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Almost Married (a.k.a.) And Then There Were None".