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#1 - Grand Central Station
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 1/13/1986
A singing telegram provided more information than intended when Kate and Allie referee another family's dispute.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#2 - Kate and the Cab Driver
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 9/28/1987
Kate falls for a charmingly immature cab driver who quit his job as an advertising executive to become an artist -- and who wants Kate to go on impulse with him to Brazil.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#3 - Kate and the Plumber
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 11/12/1984
Kate's relationship with plumber Ted runs hot and cold -- the only thing they can agree on is a mutual attraction.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Allie and the Three Wolves
Season 4 Episode 17
Aired 2/16/1987
At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#6 - The Goodbye Girl
Season 4 Episode 11
Aired 12/8/1986
Allie and her boss Eddie are stranded in the studio by a blizzard -- and must keep the show on the air.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Allie Makes Up Her Mind
Season 5 Episode 23
Aired 3/28/1988
Conclusion. Allie can't decide whether to accept Bob's marriage proposal.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#8 - Love Thy Neighbor
Season 6 Episode 14
Aired 3/13/1989
Trying to mend a broken romance, Kate feigns love in front of the woman who dumped her neighbor -- but he thinks Kate's serious.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
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#9 - Lovely Rita
Season 2 Episode 16
Aired 2/18/1985
Guess who's coming to dinner? Kate's potential step-mom. But when Kate takes an instant dislike to her father's fiancée, he calls the engagement off.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Author, Author
Season 2 Episode 18
Aired 3/4/1985
Kate and Allie's crush on an old college professor is rekindled when each imagines she is the inspiration for his recently published romantic novel.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Ted's Back
Season 3 Episode 20
Aired 3/3/1986
Faced with a lonely Saturday night, Kate calls former boyfriend Ted on the pretense of returning a sweater.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#12 - The Trouble With Jason
Season 4 Episode 1
Aired 9/22/1986
Brash new transfer student Jason Crawford takes a shine to Emma and won't accept her lack of interest in him, muc h to the amusement of the rest of the family -- particularly when he showers her with gifts of food deliveries. Jennie advises Jason to back off a little, but he shows up again with flowers -- for Jennie.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Anne Flett-Giordano, Chuck Ranberg
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#13 - The Safe Caper
Season 2 Episode 7
Aired 11/19/1984
After finding a 55-year-old love letter hidden in the wall, Kate and Allie try to rekindle the romance by mailing the letter.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Piano Lesson
Season 2 Episode 10
Aired 12/10/1984
When Max leaves for L.A., Emma inherits the piano, complete with a handsome piano teacher who soon has the whole family interested in ""music"" — but who strikes a note of discord when he becomes more interested in Kate than in his pupil.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Dead Cat
Season 2 Episode 19
Aired 3/11/1985
Kate brings a stray kitten home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Emma's Coming Out Party
Season 4 Episode 9
Aired 11/24/1986
Kate and Allie recall their most famous fight, seventeen years ago -- during which Kate went into labour.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Fathers and Sons
Season 5 Episode 1
Aired 9/14/1987
An adult Chip brings his son Scotty to the old apartment just before the building is demolished, and reminisces a bout the day he tried to conceal a report card showing that he had failed science -- convincing him that he would always be a failure.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Chip's Divorce
Season 3 Episode 14
Aired 1/20/1986
Chip feels he's being replaced when he finds out Charles' girlfriend Claire is pregnant.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Allie on Strike
Season 4 Episode 22
Aired 4/6/1987
Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Baby
Season 2 Episode 1
Aired 10/8/1984
Excited about a co-worker's pregnancy, Kate seriously considers having another baby.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#23 - Sons and Lovers
Season 2 Episode 17
Aired 2/25/1985
Allie begins dating Steven, a cute graduate student, but resists getting serious. Her doubts about age-differences are confirmed when she accidentally meets Steven's mom at his apartment and finds she has more in common with her that with her son.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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#24 - The Bad Seed
Season 2 Episode 20
Aired 3/18/1985
Jenny falls into bad company but finds herself all alone at the police station.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: N/A
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The Worst Episodes of Kate & Allie
Every episode of Kate & Allie ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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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S4
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E3
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Grand Central Station" is the worst rated episode of "Kate & Allie". It scored 4.9/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by Bill Persky and written by N/A, it aired on 1/13/1986. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Kate and the Cab Driver".