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The Best Episodes of Married... with Children

Every episode of Married... with Children ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Married... with Children!

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is...
Genre:Comedy
Network:FOX
Episodes
258
Avg. Rating
7.7
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Best Episodes Summary

"Hot off the Grill" is the best rated episode of "Married... with Children". It scored 8.6/10 based on 853 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Ron Leavitt, it aired on 9/3/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "You Better Shop Around (1)".

  • Hot off the Grill
    8.6/10853 votes

    #1 - Hot off the Grill

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1989

    Marcy's dead aunt's ashes end up in the Labor Day hamburgers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ron Leavitt

  • You Better Shop Around (1)
    8.6/10804 votes

    #2 - You Better Shop Around (1)

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/14/1991

    Al buys a cheap old air conditioner which leads to a massive blackout in the entire neighborhood, forcing the Bundy's to move into a supermarket.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • 976-SHOE
    8.5/10846 votes

    #3 - 976-SHOE

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1989

    Steve risks his job when Al takes a $50,000 loan from Steve's bank to start a shoe hotline.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • You Better Shop Around (2)
    8.5/10735 votes

    #4 - You Better Shop Around (2)

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/1991

    The Bundys and the D'Arcys face off to see who can spend the $1,000 shopping spree first. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly bother celebrity Jerry Mathers who judges the contest.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • You Better Watch Out
    8.4/10883 votes

    #5 - You Better Watch Out

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1987

    This Christmas episode tells about Santa Claus, who is late showing up at the mall. His parachute doesn't open up and he falls off his sleigh and onto the Bundy property ... dead.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: Katherine Green

  • It's a Bundyful Life (2)
    8.4/10781 votes

    #6 - It's a Bundyful Life (2)

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1989

    Al gets a visit from a guardian angel and discovers what the Bundy household would look like if he was never born.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: Ron Leavitt

  • Just Married ... With Children
    8.3/10837 votes

    #7 - Just Married ... With Children

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/6/1988

    Having filled in an application for the Rhoades' to be on a game show, Al and Peg appear on the game show for newlyweds - "How Do I Love Thee", portraying Steve and Marcy.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • He Thought He Could
    8.3/10898 votes

    #8 - He Thought He Could

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/1988

    In the third season opener, Al learns that he has had a copy of "The Little Engine That Could" since 1957 and when he goes to return it, he finds the same fat librarian that was there in 1957.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: Ron Leavitt

  • My Mom, the Mom
    8.3/10801 votes

    #9 - My Mom, the Mom

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 2/26/1989

    Peg goes to Kelly's school for mother-daughter day and talks about the joy of being a housewife, meanwhile Bud has to learn the value of a dollar after breaking the Rhoades' window.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Fair Exchange
    8.3/10839 votes

    #10 - Fair Exchange

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1989

    The Bundys lets a foreign exchange student live in their home for the weekly $500 that the government will pay them, but the french girl ends up ruining Kelly's social life.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Married ... with Aliens
    8.3/10760 votes

    #11 - Married ... with Aliens

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1990

    Al gets a visit from small green aliens who steal his socks.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
    8.3/10706 votes

    #12 - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1990

    Al become the neighborhood stud when some women see him move a couch.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: Kevin Curran

  • The Godfather
    8.3/10691 votes

    #13 - The Godfather

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1991

    Al becomes the neighborhood godfather when Kelly starts dating a 41-year-old man with the right connections.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Oldies but Young 'Uns
    8.3/10733 votes

    #14 - Oldies but Young 'Uns

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/1991

    Al goes crazy trying to remember the name of a song he heard on the radio.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: Bill Prady

  • Movie Show
    8.3/10700 votes

    #15 - Movie Show

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1993

    The Bundys go to the movie theater for Kelly's birthday and they see her boyfriend with another woman.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Her Cups Runneth Over
    8.2/10802 votes

    #16 - Her Cups Runneth Over

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/1989

    Al and Steve head off to a fancy boutique to get Peggy a new bra for her birthday.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • A Three Job, No Income Family
    8.2/10840 votes

    #17 - A Three Job, No Income Family

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/19/1989

    Al gets a second job in an attempt to make more money than Peg after she starts earning money selling 'Patty Girl' cosmetics.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dance Show
    8.2/10751 votes

    #18 - The Dance Show

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1990

    Al doesn't mind Peggy going out with Marcy every night to a ballroom dance hall and dance the night away with a handsome man named Andy, until another man, named Pete, tells Al that Peggy is stealing someone's husband - his.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Egg and I
    8.2/10650 votes

    #19 - The Egg and I

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1992

    Steve Rhoades returns to reclaim his wife, but is shocked to find out that Marcy remarried. The Bundys argue whether friendship is more important than money when they find out that Steve is on the run from the police for stealing a rare egg from a national park.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gas Station Show
    8.2/10667 votes

    #20 - The Gas Station Show

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 4/26/1992

    Al must work at a gas station after Peggy and the kids buy too much junk food, which Al cannot pay for, so he has to work off his debt.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: Ron Leavitt

  • Scared Single
    8.2/10590 votes

    #21 - Scared Single

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1993

    Al tries to help a young man forget the idea of marriage. Meanwhile, Kelly gets stung by bees and becomes crazy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Katherine Green

  • 25 Years and What Do You Get?
    8.2/10578 votes

    #22 - 25 Years and What Do You Get?

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1995

    Al's in trouble when Buck buries his anniversary gift for Peggy in the backyard.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hood, The Bud and the Kelly (1)
    8.2/10549 votes

    #23 - The Hood, The Bud and the Kelly (1)

    Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1996

    Bud borrows money from the mob for Kelly's exercise video, but when she has a disagreement with the male lead in the video the mob says they will kill Bud if the video isn't finished. Meanwhile, Al and Jefferson try to install a satellite dish.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A

  • Earth Angel
    8.1/10806 votes

    #24 - Earth Angel

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1987

    Bud meets a 21 year old art student in the park and brings her to the Bundy household. Everybody seems to like her but Marcy, who plans to get rid of her.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: N/A

  • Here's Lookin' at You, Kid
    8.1/10770 votes

    #25 - Here's Lookin' at You, Kid

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/1989

    When all the women in the neighborhood gets peeped on except Peggy, she gets really jealous and eventually puts out a ladder, milk, and cookies for the him. Meanwhile Al convinces Bud to stop fooling Kelly and actually help her with her studies.

    Director: Gerry Cohen

    Writer: N/A