- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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)".