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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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S3
S4
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E2
E3
6.8
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6.1
5.8
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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".

  • Grand Central Station
    4.9/10(81)
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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

  • Kate and the Cab Driver
    5.2/10(78)
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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

  • Kate and the Plumber
    5.6/10(80)
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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

  • Allie and the Three Wolves
    5.6/10(80)
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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

  • Picture of An Affair
    5.7/10(80)
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    #5 - Picture of An Affair

    Season 3 Episode 5

    Aired 10/28/1985

    Allie receives devastating news about her father.

    Director: Bill Persky

    Writer: N/A

  • The Goodbye Girl
    5.7/10(81)
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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

  • Allie Makes Up Her Mind
    5.7/10(76)
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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

  • Love Thy Neighbor
    5.7/10(74)
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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

  • Lovely Rita
    5.8/10(80)
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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

  • Author, Author
    5.8/10(76)
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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

  • Ted's Back
    5.8/10(77)
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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

  • The Trouble With Jason
    5.8/10(80)
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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

  • The Safe Caper
    5.9/10(77)
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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

  • Piano Lesson
    5.9/10(79)
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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

  • Back to School
    5.9/10(81)
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    #15 - Back to School

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 1/7/1985

    No description available

    Director: Bill Persky

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Cat
    5.9/10(80)
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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

  • Emma's Coming Out Party
    5.9/10(85)
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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

  • Fathers and Sons
    5.9/10(79)
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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

  • Chip's Divorce
    6.0/10(78)
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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

  • Allie on Strike
    6.0/10(82)
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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

  • Baby
    6.1/10(82)
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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

  • Candidate
    6.1/10(78)
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    #22 - Candidate

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 11/5/1984

    Allie offers to be a campaign volunteer to a would-be congressman

    Director: Bill Persky

    Writer: N/A

  • Sons and Lovers
    6.1/10(80)
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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

  • The Bad Seed
    6.1/10(80)
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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

  • Goodbye, Plumber
    6.1/10(77)
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    #25 - Goodbye, Plumber

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 4/8/1985

    Ted proposes to Kate.

    Director: Bill Persky

    Writer: N/A