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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...
  1. Background image for Hot off the Grill
    8.6/10(885 votes)

    #1 - Hot off the Grill

    S4:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for You Better Shop Around (1)
    8.6/10(834 votes)

    #2 - You Better Shop Around (1)

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown
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  3. Background image for 976-SHOE
    8.5/10(867 votes)

    #3 - 976-SHOE

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for You Better Shop Around (2)
    8.5/10(759 votes)

    #4 - You Better Shop Around (2)

    S5:E22

    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:Unknown
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  5. Background image for You Better Watch Out
    8.4/10(918 votes)

    #5 - You Better Watch Out

    S2:E13

    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
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  6. Background image for It's a Bundyful Life (2)
    8.4/10(804 votes)

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

    S4:E12

    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
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  8. Background image for Just Married ... With Children
    8.3/10(868 votes)

    #7 - Just Married ... With Children

    S2:E20

    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:Unknown
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  9. Background image for He Thought He Could
    8.3/10(921 votes)

    #8 - He Thought He Could

    S3:E1

    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
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  10. Background image for My Mom, the Mom
    8.3/10(822 votes)

    #9 - My Mom, the Mom

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Married ... with Aliens
    8.3/10(780 votes)

    #10 - Married ... with Aliens

    S5:E7

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
    8.3/10(724 votes)

    #11 - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy

    S5:E9

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
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    8.3/10(720 votes)

    #12 - Movie Show

    S7:E21

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Her Cups Runneth Over
    8.2/10(831 votes)

    #13 - Her Cups Runneth Over

    S3:E6

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for A Three Job, No Income Family
    8.2/10(859 votes)

    #14 - A Three Job, No Income Family

    S3:E13

    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:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Fair Exchange
    8.2/10(864 votes)

    #15 - Fair Exchange

    S4:E6

    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:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Dance Show
    8.2/10(770 votes)

    #16 - The Dance Show

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Godfather
    8.2/10(710 votes)

    #17 - The Godfather

    S5:E13

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Oldies but Young 'Uns
    8.2/10(754 votes)

    #18 - Oldies but Young 'Uns

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Bill Prady
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  20. Background image for The Egg and I
    8.2/10(673 votes)

    #19 - The Egg and I

    S6:E17

    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:Unknown
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  21. Background image for 25 Years and What Do You Get?
    8.2/10(594 votes)

    #20 - 25 Years and What Do You Get?

    S9:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 1
    8.2/10(564 votes)

    #21 - The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 1

    S10:E14

    Al buys a satellite dish from a discount store and he and Jefferson insist on installing it themselves. Bud is turned down for a loan at every bank in Chicago and borrows money from Vito, a mobster. He uses the money to finance an exercise video staring Kelly and a Latino hunk named Rafael. But, Kelly and Rafael get into a fight over who will star in the video, prompting them to storm off to their dressing rooms. Meanwhile, Bud learns that Vito is dangerous and needs the video completed on time.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Earth Angel
    8.1/10(832 votes)

    #22 - Earth Angel

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Here's Lookin' at You, Kid
    8.1/10(794 votes)

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

    S3:E21

    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:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Tooth or Consequences
    8.1/10(766 votes)

    #24 - Tooth or Consequences

    S4:E4

    Al goes to Marcy's dentist and finds that he has a relationship with his assistant.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for What Goes Around Came Around
    8.1/10(742 votes)

    #25 - What Goes Around Came Around

    S4:E18

    Bud tries to get revenge on a girl who humiliated him years ago.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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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 885 votes. Directed by Unknown 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)".