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The Best Episodes of The Addams Family

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The Best Episodes of The Addams Family

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre,...
  1. 8.0/10(298 votes)

    #1 - Morticia's Romance (1)

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    S2:E2

    On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

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  2. 8.0/10(306 votes)

    #2 - Christmas with the Addams Family

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    S2:E15

    Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.

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  3. 7.9/10(274 votes)

    #3 - Morticia's Romance (2)

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    S2:E3

    Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

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  4. 7.8/10(746 votes)

    #4 - The Addams Family Goes to School

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    S1:E1

    Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.

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  5. 7.8/10(483 votes)

    #5 - Halloween with the Addams Family

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    S1:E7

    Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.

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  6. 7.8/10(386 votes)

    #6 - Lurch Learns to Dance

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    S1:E13

    Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.

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  8. 7.8/10(293 votes)

    #7 - Lurch, the Teenage Idol

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    S1:E33

    Low grunts and grumbles while at the harpsichord constitute Lurch's manner of singing. Gomez has a record company record him and soon the Addams house is surrounded by excited teenyboppers, fawning and fainting over Lurch when he becomes the newest hit sensation. All that blind adoration goes to Lurch's head, and the Addames quickly find they have a self-centered butler who won't "buttle" any longer. Could it be they've created a monster?

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  9. 7.8/10(246 votes)

    #8 - Lurch's Grand Romance

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    S2:E29

    Morticia's school chum Trivia visits. Lurch is obviously smitten by her, but Trivia's interest is entirely in show business. Moticia decides to change Trivia's mind by making Lurch more exciting than show biz. She enlists others in the family to help, including Grandmama, whose love potion makes the biggest and wildest impact of all.

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  10. 7.7/10(378 votes)

    #9 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs

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    S1:E11

    Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.

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  11. 7.7/10(285 votes)

    #10 - Lurch and His Harpsichord

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    S1:E25

    Lurch feels betrayed when Gomez and Morticia give their antique harpsichord to a museum.

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  12. 7.6/10(373 votes)

    #11 - Wednesday Leaves Home

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    S1:E10

    Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

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  13. 7.6/10(351 votes)

    #12 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

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    S1:E17

    Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.

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  14. 7.6/10(319 votes)

    #13 - Amnesia in the Addams Family

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    S1:E22

    Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs, and his personality changes dramatically.

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  15. 7.6/10(267 votes)

    #14 - Morticia, the Breadwinner

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    S1:E26

    When Morticia believes the family to be bankrupt, she sells her railroad shares to a mystery buyer to raise money.

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  16. 7.6/10(269 votes)

    #15 - Progress and the Addams Family

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    S1:E30

    The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.

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  17. 7.6/10(263 votes)

    #16 - Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor

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    S1:E32

    Morticia and Gomez call an expert to find Cousin Itt a job after he fails at being a marriage counselor, almost splitting up Gomez and Morticia in the process.

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  18. 7.6/10(237 votes)

    #17 - Gomez, the People's Choice

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    S2:E5

    Morticia and Gomez visit Mayor Henson to complain that their property tax is ridiculously low. After the Mayor proves his incompetence by offering a refund Gomez is persuaded to become a candidate for the office.

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  19. 7.6/10(250 votes)

    #18 - Halloween - Addams Style

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    S2:E7

    Morticia and Gomez can't produce immediate proof to the contrary when the neighbour tells the children there are no witches and goblins.

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  20. 7.6/10(238 votes)

    #19 - Feud in the Addams Family

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    S2:E11

    The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.

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  21. 7.6/10(228 votes)

    #20 - Gomez, the Cat Burglar

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    S2:E12

    Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.

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  22. 7.6/10(226 votes)

    #21 - Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama

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    S2:E17

    The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.

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  23. 7.6/10(227 votes)

    #22 - The Great Treasure Hunt

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    S2:E19

    Discovering a treasure map in the sea chest of Great-Great-Grandfather Peg-Leg Addams the pirate, Gomez and Morticia decide to hire a boat to go look for it.

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  24. 7.6/10(223 votes)

    #23 - Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump

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    S2:E22

    Granny Frump mistakenly believes that Gomez and Morticia are sending her to a home for the aged for her birthday.

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  25. 7.6/10(221 votes)

    #24 - Morticia, the Decorator

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    S2:E23

    To sell the neighboring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home.

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  26. 7.6/10(227 votes)

    #25 - Addams Cum Laude

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    S2:E25

    A former truant officer named Sam Hilliard heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled. When Hilliard breaks under the strain of dealing with the Addams children, Gomez buys the school.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Morticia's Romance (1)" is the best rated episode of "The Addams Family". It scored 8/10 based on 298 votes. Directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons, it aired on 9/24/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Christmas with the Addams Family".