5.5/10724 votesLoading...#1 - Top of the Heap
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/1991
In a spinoff attempt of Married ... with Children, we follow the lives of Charlie and Vinnie Verducci. Charlie wants Vinnie to marry rich to get a better life and they go to a formal fund raiser to meet rich women.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
5.6/10606 votesLoading...#2 - Bud Hits the Books
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1996
Sex gets in the way of Bud studying for his finals, and he risks being expelled when he is caught in the school library.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10386 votesLoading...#3 - Bearly Men
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/1995
Al and Bud go hunting with Peggy's dad so that he well get back together with her mother.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Russell Marcus
6.5/10651 votesLoading...#4 - Magnificent Seven
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1992
Al is shocked about having another kid when Peggy's relatives leave their five-year-old son Seven in the Bundy home.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
6.6/10410 votesLoading...#5 - Get the Dodge Outta Hell
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1995
On their way to W* County, the Bundys stop at the car wash, where their Dodge disappears.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Larry Jacobson
6.8/10420 votesLoading...#6 - Shoeless Al
Season 9 Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1995
Al can't wear shoes because of his phony lawsuit against the mall.
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: N/A
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6.8/10563 votesLoading...#7 - The Undergraduate
Season 9 Episode 26 - Aired 5/21/1995
A twelve year old boy with a crush on Kelly gets her to go to his junior prom with him.
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: N/A
7.0/10581 votesLoading...#8 - Every Bundy Has a Birthday
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1992
Peggy discovers that Seven does not know when his birthday is, and the family decides to celebrate him... on Al's birthday.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.1/10598 votesLoading...#9 - Buck Has a Belly Ache
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1991
Peggy gets jealous of Buck when the family pay him all the attention, and she flees home to W* County.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.2/10663 votesLoading...#10 - Look Who's Barking
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1991
Buck brings a female dog into the house, and feels neglected when the family only care about the new dog.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Katherine Green
7.2/10635 votesLoading...#11 - Frat Chance
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1992
Bud starts his own fraternity to get women.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Larry Jacobson
7.2/10563 votesLoading...#12 - It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1993
Peggy and Marcy ruin Al's fishing trip by constantly fighting. Meanwhile, Jefferson and the kids spend Marcy's money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10532 votesLoading...#13 - Change for a Buck
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1993
Buck runs away from home and ends up at a dog pound.
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: Kim Weiskopf
7.2/10496 votesLoading...#14 - T*R*A*S*H
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/1997
Seeking regular meals, Al and Griff join the army, but end up having to help with a garbage strike.
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: N/A
7.3/10724 votesLoading...#15 - I'm Going to Sweatland
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/1988
Peg thinks she might have seen Elvis at the mall and Marcy notices a pit stain shaped like him on Al's shirt. Elvis fans come flocking around just to see it.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10585 votesLoading...#16 - Looking for a Desk in All the Wrong Places
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1991
Peggy and Marcy go out on a journey to buy back all of Marcy's childhood furniture, which Jefferson sold.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10624 votesLoading...#17 - God's Shoes
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1991
After having a vision of God, Al starts building the perfect shoes.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10615 votesLoading...#18 - England Show (3)
Season 6 Episode 26 - Aired 5/17/1992
Al has to joust for his and his family's life in a medieval tournament in Lower Uncton.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Kevin Curran
7.3/10557 votesLoading...#19 - What I Did for Love
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1992
Peggy tries to make Al more interested in having sex with her by purchasing new dresses, unsucessfully.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10542 votesLoading...#20 - Dud Bowl
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1994
Al's high school plays a football game against their rival school.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Kim Weiskopf
7.3/10534 votesLoading...#21 - And Bingo was Her Game-O
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 3/26/1995
Peggy wins $10,000 playing Bingo. Meanwhile, NO MA'AM chooses their official beer.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: N/A
7.3/10501 votesLoading...#22 - Love Conquers Al
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1995
Al, Peggy, and her parents go to a marriage retreat and water park to get her parents back together. Meanwhile, Kelly has a guy she likes, Carlos, who agrees to date her if Bud can amuse his sister.
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
7.4/101,055 votesLoading...#23 - Thinnergy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/1987
Marcy gives Peggy the book "Thinnergy", which is a book about health. Very inspired by the book, Peggy goes on a diet and tries to convince the family to join in, but they refuse. When the diet makes Peggy really annoying, Steve convinces Al to join the diet, and persuades Peggy to quit.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye
7.4/10931 votesLoading...#24 - Whose Room Is It Anyway
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/1987
Steve and Marcy plan on adding another room to their house with their tax refund. Al tries to coax Steve into building a pool room, while Peg and Marcy decide on an exercise room. Who will win?
Director: Zane Buzby
Writer: Marcy Vosburgh, Sandy Sprung
7.4/10831 votesLoading...#25 - Poppy's By the Tree (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
Peg is kidnapped by the axe murderer and it's up to Al to save her.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
The Worst Episodes of Married... with Children
Every episode of Married... with Children ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Top of the Heap" is the worst rated episode of "Married... with Children". It scored 5.5/10 based on 724 votes. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Ron Leavitt, it aired on 4/7/1991. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bud Hits the Books".
