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The Best Episodes of My Wife and Kids

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Michael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique and distinct parenting style. As he teaches his three children some of life's lessons, he does so with his

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    My Wife and Kids Season 4 Episode 26 - The Maid
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Maid

    S4:E26

    While Jay is away at a seminar, Michael hires a maid, Mrs. Hopkins, to look after the family. Mrs. Hopkins fulfills their every need and want to a sweet perfection, including homemade ice cream, an immaculately clean house and handmade outfits for Claire. When Jay comes home, she appreciates Mrs. Hopkins' attention to every detail, but begins to feel that perhaps she has taken over just a bit too much.

    Director:Damon Wayans
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 16 - Man of the Year
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Man of the Year

    S3:E16

    Jay nominates Michael for the ""Small Businessman of the Year"" award and he assumes he's going to win it (especially after a golfing buddy on the organization's board tells him: ""If my vote were the only one that counted, you'd be a shoo-in""). Meanwhile, Claire helps herself to items from Jay's makeup bag once too often.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 27 - Graduation (2)
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Graduation (2)

    S3:E27

    Junior finally graduates, and his parents give him a trip to Japan as a gift – and as a way to separate Junior and Vanessa, who are planning on moving in together and getting married as soon as they start college. Both Kady and Clare admit their sadness on Junior leaving, and Michael and Jay feel proud of having raised a semi-successful child. They go out to relive some of their memories and when they come back late at night they find Junior and Vanessa sitting in the kitchen. He's decided not to go to Japan anymore. Vanessa is pregnant.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Don Reo

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  4. My Wife and Kids Season 2 Episode 6 - Michael's Garden
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Michael's Garden

    S2:E6

    Michael has problems in the bathroom and needs to have a colonoscopy; he has a dream that his doctor is singer Lou Rawls. Lou Rawls guest stars in an episode that takes a lighthearted but informative look at a serious problem: colon cancer. It's especially acute among African-Americans over 40 - and guess who's 40?

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. My Wife and Kids Season 2 Episode 7 - He Heard, She Heard
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - He Heard, She Heard

    S2:E7

    Michael looks to teach Claire a lesson after she sneaks out of the house and uses Kady as an accomplice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 11 - Jay the Artist
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Jay the Artist

    S3:E11

    Feeling that she has no space and time of her own due to home duties, Jay decides to paint. The result is a portrait of Michael based on Michelangelo's David, which makes Michael feel a little bit "diminished". Michael renews acquaintances with his old buddy Steve, while the kids are encouraged to develop their artistic abilities aswell. Claire designs clothes, Kady plays the piano and Junior writes some bizarre poetry

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dean Lorey

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  7. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 26 - Graduation (1)
    8.5/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Graduation (1)

    S3:E26

    Jr.'s graduation is coming up, and he breaks the news to his family that he wants to go to college. At first shocked, Michael decides to help him make a good interview, but his anxiety and lack of good sense makes him look like a complete moron. He even tries to bride the interviewer, when he's finally asked to leave Jr. alone. The kid does reasonably good. A few days later a letter arrives at the Kyles, saying that Jr. got accepted but has to take summer school classes. Meanwhile, Clare wears a blond wig to call her parents attention, thinking she has been forgotten now that Jr. is on the spot. And Franklin applies to the soon available son spot on the Kyle family.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Don Reo

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  8. My Wife and Kids Season 1 Episode 3 - Grassy Knoll
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Grassy Knoll

    S1:E3

    Jay is trying to get rid of some old clothes, so after Michael opposes to that she and him make a deal that everything that is not worn by the end of the week has to go. Meanwhile, Junior is trying to learn how to play the guitar and his friend convinces him to smoke pot. Kady gets angry at Claire for avoiding her.

    Director:Ted Wass
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 1 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (1)
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (1)

    S3:E1

    The Kyles are leaving for their family vacation on Hawaii, but instead of taking only one flight straight to the island, Michael books a 43-hour flight to Hawaii with several layovers in order to save money. Plus, Michael chastises Janet for packing too many clothes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dean Lorey

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  10. My Wife and Kids Season 4 Episode 25 - The Director
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Director

    S4:E25

    In his excitement to tape a basketball game, Michael accidentally records over a home video of Kady's first steps, which happens to be one of Jay's most cherished family moments. When Jay decides to have a family home movie night, Michael must act quickly and enlists Franklin's help to reenact that moment of Kyle family history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. My Wife and Kids Season 1 Episode 5 - Making the Grade
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Making the Grade

    S1:E5

    Junior fakes an A in algebra while his family, not fooled by the charade, fakes a celebration. Meanwhile, Claire blackmails Junior because she had caught him red-handed forging his report card.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. My Wife and Kids Season 2 Episode 22 - Working Relationship
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Working Relationship

    S2:E22

    Jay badgers Michael into giving her a job, where she soon begins to get ideas above her station. Michael discovers that Janet's personality is not a good fit for his office, and Kady reenacts a memorable scene from `E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'.

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 5 - Diary of a Mad Teen
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Diary of a Mad Teen

    S3:E5

    While making Claire's bed, Jay finds her diary hidden under the mattress. She can't resist the temptation of reading it and learns that her daughter is thinking about becoming sexually active. Michael is scheduled for an appointment with the eye doctor even though he insists there's nothing wrong with his sight; he asks Junior to drive and Michael reprimands him for his poor driving skills.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 12 - Chair Man of the Board
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Chair Man of the Board

    S3:E12

    Michael's old friend Tommy is coming over and Michael is very excited because he and Tommy used to compete for everything. But his excitement soon turns into awkwardness when Tommy shows in on a wheelchair and Michael doesn't know how to act with the situation. Tommy decides to take advantage of that until they have a talk in which Tommy asks Michael to treat him like he used to, because despite the wheelchair he's the same guy that used to race Michael for anything. Meanwhile, Claire is caught shoplifting and gets grounded for it. When she confronts Kady about who put the nail polishers on her purse she feels so guilty she confesses to their parents that Claire didn't do it. The punishment? She will no longer be treated like a baby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 13 - Open Your Heart
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Open Your Heart

    S3:E13

    Jay decides to attend a ""Open Your Heart"" seminar for struggling couples, even though she and Michael are happier than ever. Her excuse is ""prevention"", but Michael warns her not to try fixing something that isn't broken. At the seminar, they are teased against each other and stop talking to one another. It takes Kady suffering an accident at school for them to realize how important communication between them really is. Meanwhile, Michael wants his children to learn the value of money and tells Jr. to start his own business selling monkeyfish like he. Jr., instead of the monkeyfish, decides to get 100% refunds on the clothes Claire buys with a 40% discount at the store she's working. When Jr. gets caught, Claire gets fired and Michael punishes him by making he wear the clothes he wanted refund.

    Director:Damon Wayans
    Writer:Kim Wayans

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  16. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 17 - Jr's Risky Business (1)
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Jr's Risky Business (1)

    S3:E17

    As a very impressed Michael sees it, his son's girlfriend, Vanessa is an absolute prize: ""She's beautiful, smart, personable and polite... you guys have nothing in common,"" he tells Jr. But there's something about her that rubs Jay the wrong way. Elsewhere in the courtship department, Kady's similarly smart and personable gentleman caller is a budding piano prodigy named Franklin. As for Claire, all she's courting is a severe case of nerves: the PSATs are coming up and her face has broken out in hives.

    Director:Damon Wayans
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. My Wife and Kids Season 4 Episode 14 - Moving on Out
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Moving on Out

    S4:E14

    Tired of living in the garage, Jr. looks for an apartment and enlists his buddy, John, to be a co-signer… except that John has to dress up and pose as Jr.'s grandmother for the realtor. When Jr. and Vanessa's families come to visit the couple's new apartment, Jay is shocked to find that her new grandchild might be living in a run-down building with yellow police tape around the entrance.

    Director:Dean Lorey
    Writer:Dean Lorey

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  18. My Wife and Kids Season 5 Episode 7 - The Proposal
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #18 - The Proposal

    S5:E7

    Jr. is finally ready to propose to Vanessa, but every time he tries to do so, something interrupts him, including Michael and Jay -- who are preparing to compete against each other in a karaoke competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. My Wife and Kids Season 5 Episode 14 - Sweetheart's Day
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Sweetheart's Day

    S5:E14

    When Jay insists that Michael buy her a present for ""Sweetheart's Day,"" a reluctant Michael comes up with a scheme to base the price of Jay's gift on her attitude towards him at a particular moment. He shares his plan with Jr., Tony and Franklin, hoping that they will follow the lead, but the only lead is straight to trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. My Wife and Kids Season 5 Episode 19 - Michael Joins a Gym
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Michael Joins a Gym

    S5:E19

    The same day Michael realizes he can't fit into his favorite pair of vintage jeans, he runs into an old high school friend, the muscular Daryl (Terry Crews), who doesn't look any older than when Michael last saw him. He enlists Darryl's help to get him back into shape and, in the process, becomes obsessed with looking fit and buff. Meanwhile, Franklin fails his first test and fears that Kady will no longer accept him.

    Director:George O. Gore II
    Writer:Kim Wayans

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  21. My Wife and Kids Season 1 Episode 2 - The Truth Hurts
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Truth Hurts

    S1:E2

    Michael suspects the family is less than truthful about certain matters. Junior gets some tattoos; Michael annoys Kady.

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. My Wife and Kids Season 1 Episode 6 - Working It
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Working It

    S1:E6

    Michael hires an attractive girl to tutor Junior in math and later regrets his actions. Also, Jay doesn't like the direction her relationship is going with Claire, who is turning into a typical teenager.

    Director:James Widdoes
    Writer:Joshua Krist

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  23. My Wife and Kids Season 3 Episode 2 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (2)
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (2)

    S3:E2

    Finally in Hawaii, Michael and Janet decide to go out on a romantic dinner, leaving their kids all alone. Claire and Jr. fight over who'll have to stay in the room babysitting for Kady, but Claire lets her brother get out of the duty, after all it's not often he gets a date. Jr. has a memorable night on the beach with Leilani, a native girl. Michael and Janet are pursued by two attractive strangers; Claire goes on a shopping spree.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dean Lorey

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  24. My Wife and Kids Season 4 Episode 9 - Marathon
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Marathon

    S4:E9

    The Kyles and Vanessa's parents escort her to her first ultrasound. When asked if they wanted to know the baby's sex, Michael is the only one who stands out with a positive answer. Obsessed with knowing whether he's having a grandson or a granddaughter, he tries by all means to have the doctor tell him. He finally assumes it's a boy, and tells Jay and eventually the rest of the family. But in the end the situation reverses as they all confirm with the doctor the real sex of the future Kyle and leave Michael out in the rain. Meanwhile, Franklyn freaks out with the idea of losing Kady to ""Smilin' Willie"" and tries to learn how to be a dance master.

    Director:Dean Lorey
    Writer:Dean Lorey

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  25. My Wife and Kids Season 4 Episode 19 - Outbreak Monkey
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Outbreak Monkey

    S4:E19

    When an ecstatic Michael scores a ticket to see basketball star LeBron James play at Madison Square Garden, his excitement quickly turns to paranoia when, just days before the game, everyone in the Kyle household – except Michael – comes down with the flu. To ensure that he won't miss the game, he goes to absurd extremes to keep from getting sick, including spraying disinfectant on his family and using a ten-foot grabber to hand Jay her orange juice.

    Director:George O. Gore II
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Maid" is the best rated episode of "My Wife and Kids". It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Damon Wayans and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/5/2004. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Man of the Year".