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The Best Episodes of Maude

Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband,...

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  1. Background image for Vivian's First Funeral
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Vivian's First Funeral

    S5:E1

    Vivian's first funeral is an ordeal for everyone.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist

    S1:E1

    Carol's odd behavior leads Maude to believe she's having an affair. When Maude learns Carol is really seeing a psychiatrist, she is determined to get to the bottom of the situation and find out why her daughter needs therapy. Maude promptly makes an enexpected visit to Carol's psychiatrist but soon finds herself being analyzed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Doctor, Doctor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Doctor, Doctor

    S1:E2

    Carol and Maude thinks it's cute when they discover a curious Phillip playing doctor with Arthur's equally curious granddaughter. However, the prudish Arthur insists that Phillip be severely punished which leads to a debate between Maude, Cariol and Arthur over morals.

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    Director:Bill Hobin
  4. Background image for Maude Meets Florida
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Maude Meets Florida

    S1:E3

    Maude hires a new housekeeper, Florida Evans, and from the moment she walks through the front door, Maude is determind to make her feel like an equal. However, her attempts lead Florida to decide to quit. Meanwhile, Walter is a bit disturbed to find Philip swearing into a tape recorder.

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  5. Background image for Like Mother, Like Daughter
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Like Mother, Like Daughter

    S1:E4

    Carol is dating Russell Asher, a dashing writer, who just happens to have once dated and later jilted Maude. This leads Maude to do her best to warn Carol of Russell's egotistical ways. However, Carol refuses to heed Maude's warnings and continues to date him, even spending the night with him which turns into a disaster.

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    Director:Bill Hobin
  6. Background image for Maude and the Radical
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Maude and the Radical

    S1:E5

    Maude throws a fund raising party for a black militant leader and invites rich white liberals but doesn't tell them it is a fund raising party. Meanwhile, Maude does her best to get a black couple to attend the party but must settle for a disguised Florida. Arthur doesn't help the situation either after prescribing tranquilers to Maude who during the party mixes them with alcohol.

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    Director:Bud Yorkin
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Ticket
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Ticket

    S1:E6

    Returning home from shopping, Maude gets pulled over for speeding 34 miles in a 30 mph zone, but adamantly refuses to believe she was speeding at all. Later, during the trial, Maude tries all attempts to get out of paying the fine and prove her innocence.

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    Director:Bill Hobin
  9. Background image for Maude Meets the Duke
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Maude Meets the Duke

    S3:E1

    As part of a publicity tour for a new movie, John Wayne makes a stop in Tuckahoe, to visit Arthur, his number one fan. However, when the ceiling caves in at the Harmons, Arthur talks Maude into hosting the party. Maude decides to have a verbal shootout with the Duke about woman's lib but finds her tongue tied when she actually meets him.

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  10. Background image for Carol's Promotion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Carol's Promotion

    S4:E23

    Carol is determined to get promoted at all costs, but Maude does not want her to sacrifice her integrity.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Maude's Ex-Convict
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Maude's Ex-Convict

    S4:E24

    Maude hires an ex-con as her cook, but does not find it easy to live with the knowledge of what he has done.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for Maude and Chester
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Maude and Chester

    S5:E2

    Maude is stuck in a file closet with an ex-husband.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Walter's Crisis (1)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Walter's Crisis (1)

    S5:E4

    Business and financial problems may ruin Walter's life.

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Election
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Election

    S5:E7

    The eve of the national election offers more than political worries for Maude as she meets Carol's latest boyfriend.

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    Director:Unknown
  15. Background image for Maude's Rejection
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Maude's Rejection

    S4:E22

    A literary authority would rather lunch with Vivian than Maude, but Maude simply cannot come to terms with this.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Bert Moves In
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Bert Moves In

    S5:E3

    Mrs. Naugatuck's wedding plans run into problems, and Maude makes a bad situation worse.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Walter's Crisis (3)
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Walter's Crisis (3)

    S5:E6

    Walter's emotional problems are compounded by physical ones, which may keep him from returning home.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Game Show
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Game Show

    S5:E8

    Maude and Vivian appear on a game show, and Maude's attempts to keep Vivian from making a fool of herself backfire.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Arthur's Worry
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Arthur's Worry

    S5:E9

    Walter has a very strange dream involving Arthur.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Gay Bar
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Gay Bar

    S6:E9

    Maude attacks Walter's bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.

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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for Love and Marriage
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    #20 - Love and Marriage

    S1:E7

    Tired of living with her mother and stepfather and wanting a father figure for Phillip, Carol decides to propose marriage to a man she doesn't love. Meanwhile, married life doesn't seem to be all what it's cracked up to be for Maude and Walter who's argument leads to destruction in the kitchen.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Flashback
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    #21 - Flashback

    S1:E8

    While waiting for the electoral results for Election 1972, Maude and Walter recall Election 1968. Carol had just gotten a divorce and moved in with Maude. Meanwhile, Walter and Maude's relationship had reached a pivotal moment; should they marry or live together.

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    Director:Bill Hobin
  23. Background image for Maude's Dilemma (1)
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    #22 - Maude's Dilemma (1)

    S1:E9

    Maude and Walter are scheduled to play cards one evening with some friends but Maude is anything but in a card playing mood. Especially since, she just came back from a doctor's appointment with some shocking news. At 47 years old, Maude has become pregnant. Now the hard part, breaking the news to Walter.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - Maude's Dilemma (2)

    S1:E10

    After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's ""what-ever-you-want"" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Maude's Reunion
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    #24 - Maude's Reunion

    S1:E11

    Maude pulls out all her high school memorabilia as she awaits the arrival of an old school friend, Phyllis Nash, who was nicknamed both ""Bunny"" because of an overbite and ""Mousie"" because of her looks. However, Maude is stunned and becomes envious when she discovers Phyllis is now a beauty with a career to match.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Grass Story
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    #25 - The Grass Story

    S1:E12

    As a 19-year-old faces a lengthy prison sentence for marijuana possession, Maude and a group of middle-aged housewives plan a protest at a police station. The plan is to get arrested for possession and Maude is supposed to provide the pot. However, trying to get her hands on some, proves to be problematic.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Vivian's First Funeral" is the best rated episode of "Maude". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1976. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist".