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The Best Episodes of The Addams Family

Every episode of The Addams Family ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Addams Family!

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,...

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  1. Background image for Morticia's Romance (1)
    8.0/10(310 votes)

    #1 - Morticia's Romance (1)

    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. Background image for Christmas with the Addams Family
    8.0/10(317 votes)

    #2 - Christmas with the Addams Family

    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. Background image for Morticia's Romance (2)
    7.9/10(286 votes)

    #3 - Morticia's Romance (2)

    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. Background image for The Addams Family Goes to School
    7.8/10(792 votes)

    #4 - The Addams Family Goes to School

    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. Background image for Halloween with the Addams Family
    7.8/10(512 votes)

    #5 - Halloween with the Addams Family

    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. Background image for Lurch Learns to Dance
    7.8/10(406 votes)

    #6 - Lurch Learns to Dance

    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. Background image for Lurch, the Teenage Idol
    7.8/10(307 votes)

    #7 - Lurch, the Teenage Idol

    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. Background image for The Addams Family Meet the VIPs
    7.7/10(399 votes)

    #8 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs

    S1:E11

    Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.

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  10. Background image for Lurch's Grand Romance
    7.7/10(260 votes)

    #9 - Lurch's Grand Romance

    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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  11. Background image for Wednesday Leaves Home
    7.6/10(395 votes)

    #10 - Wednesday Leaves Home

    S1:E10

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

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  12. Background image for Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
    7.6/10(373 votes)

    #11 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

    S1:E17

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

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  13. Background image for Amnesia in the Addams Family
    7.6/10(337 votes)

    #12 - Amnesia in the Addams Family

    S1:E22

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

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  14. Background image for Lurch and His Harpsichord
    7.6/10(298 votes)

    #13 - Lurch and His Harpsichord

    S1:E25

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

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  15. Background image for Progress and the Addams Family
    7.6/10(284 votes)

    #14 - Progress and the Addams Family

    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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  16. Background image for Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor
    7.6/10(280 votes)

    #15 - Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor

    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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  17. Background image for Gomez, the People's Choice
    7.6/10(248 votes)

    #16 - Gomez, the People's Choice

    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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  18. Background image for Feud in the Addams Family
    7.6/10(252 votes)

    #17 - Feud in the Addams Family

    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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  19. Background image for Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama
    7.6/10(239 votes)

    #18 - Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama

    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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  20. Background image for The Great Treasure Hunt
    7.6/10(240 votes)

    #19 - The Great Treasure Hunt

    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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  21. Background image for Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump
    7.6/10(235 votes)

    #20 - Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump

    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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  22. Background image for Morticia, the Decorator
    7.6/10(232 votes)

    #21 - Morticia, the Decorator

    S2:E23

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

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  23. Background image for Addams Cum Laude
    7.6/10(240 votes)

    #22 - Addams Cum Laude

    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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  24. Background image for Lurch's Little Helper
    7.6/10(236 votes)

    #23 - Lurch's Little Helper

    S2:E27

    Morticia's concern that Lurch is overworked leads Gomez to the operating table to assemble a custom-built secondary butler. Lurch lets the robot do all the work and then begins to feel that he isn't needed anymore.

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  25. Background image for The Addams Policy
    7.6/10(231 votes)

    #24 - The Addams Policy

    S2:E28

    After Uncle Fester's flame thrower destroys the family's stuffed bear, insurance executive Hensen tries to weasel out of the policy.

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  26. Background image for Morticia and the Psychiatrist
    7.5/10(591 votes)

    #25 - Morticia and the Psychiatrist

    S1:E2

    Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.

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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 310 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".