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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(876 votes)

    #1 - Hot off the Grill

    S4:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for You Better Shop Around (1)
    8.6/10(827 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for 976-SHOE
    8.5/10(862 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.5/10(754 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for You Better Watch Out
    8.4/10(907 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
  6. Background image for It's a Bundyful Life (2)
    8.4/10(800 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
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    8.3/10(859 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for He Thought He Could
    8.3/10(914 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
  10. Background image for My Mom, the Mom
    8.3/10(816 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(856 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.3/10(775 votes)

    #11 - Married ... with Aliens

    S5:E7

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
    8.3/10(720 votes)

    #12 - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy

    S5:E9

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
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    8.3/10(715 votes)

    #13 - Movie Show

    S7:E21

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Her Cups Runneth Over
    8.2/10(821 votes)

    #14 - Her Cups Runneth Over

    S3:E6

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for A Three Job, No Income Family
    8.2/10(852 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(765 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(707 votes)

    #17 - The Godfather

    S5:E13

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Oldies but Young 'Uns
    8.2/10(750 votes)

    #18 - Oldies but Young 'Uns

    S5:E17

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Bill Prady
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    8.2/10(668 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for 25 Years and What Do You Get?
    8.2/10(589 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Hood, The Bud and the Kelly (1)
    8.2/10(558 votes)

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

    S10:E14

    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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.1/10(825 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.

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    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Here's Lookin' at You, Kid
    8.1/10(787 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.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Tooth or Consequences
    8.1/10(758 votes)

    #24 - Tooth or Consequences

    S4:E4

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for What Goes Around Came Around
    8.1/10(738 votes)

    #25 - What Goes Around Came Around

    S4:E18

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

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Hot off the Grill" is the best rated episode of "Married... with Children". It scored 8.6/10 based on 876 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)".