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The Worst Episodes of Mother and Son

Every episode of Mother and Son ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Mother and Son!

Mother and Son was a multiple Logie Award-winning Australian television sitcom produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994....
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC TV

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Big Sleep" is the worst rated episode of "Mother and Son". It scored 7.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/24/1992. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Fridge".

  • The Big Sleep
    7.9/1013 votes
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    #1 - The Big Sleep

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/24/1992

    Maggie's having trouble falling asleep...causing Arthur sleepless nights too, for her fear of death has arisen once again. She begins making several arrangements for her death..which prompts her to think about her husbands funeral, and how little she did for him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fridge
    8.1/1013 votes
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    #2 - The Fridge

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/1988

    The fridge needs to be fixed, Maggie is working on her memoirs and at the same time, Robert begins to question his mothers love for him, compared to Arthur. Bitterness arises between the family.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dog
    8.2/1014 votes
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    #3 - The Dog

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/29/1988

    Robert needs to dump a dog that Liz doesn't want, so he gives it to Arthur and Maggie...who have more than a hard time looking after it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tickets
    8.4/1017 votes
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    #4 - The Tickets

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/1984

    Arthur tries his best to get out of the house, and away from Maggie, for a holiday with a new girlfriend. But a series of misunderstandings leads his ex wife to believe he wants to take her on the holiday.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Promise
    8.4/1011 votes
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    #5 - The Promise

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/1994

    Arthur pleads with Maggie to start helping around the house cleaning when he goes to work, but even more so, he wants her to become independant due to the fact that he might be sick. After Robert tells Maggie Arthur is dying, Maggie starts to believe Arthur will die unless she helps him around the house.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nursing Home
    8.5/1026 votes
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    #6 - The Nursing Home

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1984

    Arthur begins to finally consider putting Maggie in a rest home after his wife leaves him.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Babysitter
    8.5/1015 votes
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    #7 - The Babysitter

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/13/1984

    After spending several Saturday nights at home with Maggie, Arthur questions why he doesn't have a girlfriend. So he makes a date with Deidre, prompting Maggie to discover she hates to be left alone at night.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Accident
    8.5/1013 votes
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    #8 - The Accident

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/1986

    Arthur accidentally drops a typewriter on his foot, forcing him to stay home, and have Maggie as his carer...could things get any more worse for Arthur? Trying to buy a sandwich for Arthur lands Maggie in a baby clinic, and then at a hospital, where she meets a friend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Medals
    8.5/1013 votes
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    #9 - The Medals

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/1988

    Maggie assumes that it's ANZAC day, and tries her hardest to go and see the parade...but Arthur tries his hardest to convince her it isn't the day yet.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Milk
    8.6/1021 votes
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    #10 - The Milk

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/1984

    After sending Maggie out for some milk 3 hours ago, Arthur discovers Maggie has been faking a broken wrist to get meals on wheels for free. This prompts the meals on wheels volunteer to think Arthur is incapable of looking after Maggie and sends a social worker to discuss the situation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Illness
    8.6/1014 votes
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    #11 - The Illness

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/1984

    Maggie thinks she's dying and finally wonders what to do about her will. After discovering Robert wants to sell the family home, she anxiously wishes to change her will... But finding the will is the problem for her and Arthur, who is looking for his own house to live in.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Card Game
    8.6/1017 votes
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    #12 - The Card Game

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/1985

    Arthur is having some friends over for a card game, and Maggie is shocked that she won't be joining them for the game. When the cards go missing, Maggie is the prime suspect and a whole house search is in order, and Maggie becomes the centre of Arthur's friends attention..in many bad ways.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Will
    8.6/1013 votes
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    #13 - The Last Will

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/1986

    Maggie reads her last will to the family, and Arthur is shocked at what she has to say-but not so for Robert and Liz.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Clock
    8.6/1013 votes
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    #14 - The Clock

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/1992

    All Arthur wants is a nice, quiet Saturday at home, but Maggie believes a neighbour across the street stole her clock many years ago, so she returns to claim it, but is caught taking it. Arthur and Robert need to find a way to find out if the clock is genuinely hers or not. But there is something else up Robert's sleeve...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Oysters
    8.7/1020 votes
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    #15 - The Oysters

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/1984

    Arthur discovers Maggie has been arriving home on the back of a garbage truck, and making a nuisance of herself at a local hospital. This forces Arthur to tell Maggie not to go out during the day any more, but to no avail.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Money
    8.7/1015 votes
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    #16 - The Money

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1985

    After receiving a letter from the government, Maggie thinks they think she's dead, but in fact, they are investigating why she hasn't cashed in her pension cheques. Arthur wonders as well, and discovers she has been hiding the cheques...and other sums of money, around the house.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sign
    8.7/1013 votes
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    #17 - The Sign

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/1986

    Maggie becomes anxious about the whereabouts of her late husband, so she finds solace in religion, in the hope of meeting up with her husband in heaven, but to Arthur, Maggie is just, once again, being crazy...or is she?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Neighbours
    8.7/1013 votes
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    #18 - The Neighbours

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/1986

    A feud arises between Maggie and her next door neighbour, who is a Greek immigrant. After an exchange of threats and property damage, Arthur and the neighbours son decide to fix up the ladies relationship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Baby
    8.7/1012 votes
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    #19 - The Baby

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/1992

    Secretly doing some babysitting during the day, Maggie gives away what shes doing when Arthur sees she's knitting a baby booty, but when he discovers the baby, he thinks she's kidnapped it from the shop. A visit from Robert and Liz prompts them to check on the baby and a letter that Maggie received in the mail for Robert leads Arthur, and eventually Liz, to think the baby is Robert's. Will Arthur find out what Maggie is up to?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boyfriend
    8.8/1014 votes
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    #20 - The Boyfriend

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/20/1984

    It's Maggie's birthday and the entire family gets together to celebrate. Maggie sees the family gathering the perfect chance to bring home a new boyfriend, and tells Arthur she'd like to marry again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Morning After
    8.8/1014 votes
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    #21 - The Morning After

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/1985

    Arthur's girlfriend spends the night, which shocks Maggie. Enough for her to walk out and threaten to move in with Robert and Liz. Robert tries to steadily convince Arthur to take his girlfriend somewhere else to be alone, and also to convince Maggie not to move out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Christmas Drinks
    8.8/1015 votes
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    #22 - The Christmas Drinks

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/27/1985

    It's a hot summer Christmas for Arthur, who is having a party for all his friends and family. But as far as Maggie is concerned, she just wants Arthur to take her to church and forget about the party. A series of incidents leads to an argument between the family... And finally to the church.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cruise
    8.8/1013 votes
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    #23 - The Cruise

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/1986

    Maggie and her new friend Claude make plans to go on a cruise, which surprises Arthur, and shocks Robert..but not is all as it seems for Claude.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Friend
    8.8/1019 votes
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    #24 - The Friend

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/1988

    Arthur feels Maggie needs a friend after he discovers she's talking to herself...so he hires a woman to help Maggie with the housework, as well as look after her.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Car
    8.8/1014 votes
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    #25 - The Car

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/1988

    Maggie wishes to visit the place of her honeymoon, but Arthur wants to do otherwise..so Maggie wants to drive there herself. The car then becomes the centre of attention as Robert buys it off Maggie, leaving Arthur carless..there's only one way to get the car back from Maggie...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A