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The Worst Episodes of The Addams Family

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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, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 14 - Art and the Addams Family
    7.1/10(379 votes)

    S1:E14

    Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  2. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 9 - Morticia, the Sculptress
    7.1/10(276 votes)

    S2:E9

    Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez, wanting her to believe she's good at it, pays an art collector to buy them.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  3. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 16 - The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man
    7.2/10(365 votes)

    S1:E16

    An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  4. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 19 - The Addams Family Splurges
    7.2/10(359 votes)

    S1:E19

    The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:George Haight, Lou Huston

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  5. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 24 - Crisis in the Addams Family
    7.2/10(330 votes)

    S1:E24

    Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood

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  6. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 34 - The Winning of Morticia Addams
    7.2/10(308 votes)

    S1:E34

    Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Jameson Brewer, Charles R. Marion

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  7. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 24 - Ophelia Visits Morticia
    7.2/10(272 votes)

    S2:E24

    Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Arthur Weingarten

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  8. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 30 - Ophelia's Career
    7.2/10(261 votes)

    S2:E30

    Ophelia visits, upset as usual. He latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  9. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 6 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League
    7.3/10(501 votes)

    S1:E6

    Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  10. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 12 - Morticia, the Matchmaker
    7.3/10(431 votes)

    S1:E12

    Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  11. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 21 - The Addams Family in Court
    7.3/10(359 votes)

    S1:E21

    Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.

    Director:Nat Perrin
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  12. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 23 - Thing is Missing
    7.3/10(336 votes)

    S1:E23

    When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Bill Lutz, Lorraine Edwards

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  13. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 28 - My Son, the Chimp
    7.3/10(310 votes)

    S1:E28

    The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Henry Sharp, Don Quinn

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  14. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 29 - Morticia's Favorite Charity
    7.3/10(309 votes)

    S1:E29

    Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Jameson Brewer, Elroy Schwartz

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  15. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 4 - Morticia Meets Royalty
    7.3/10(293 votes)

    S2:E4

    Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Leo Rifkin

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  16. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 6 - Cousin Itt's Problem
    7.3/10(287 votes)

    S2:E6

    Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Carol Henning, Mitch Persons, Ed Ring

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  17. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 13 - Portrait of Gomez
    7.3/10(278 votes)

    S2:E13

    Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writers:Bill Lutz, Henry Sharp, Leo Salkin

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  18. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 16 - Uncle Fester, Tycoon
    7.3/10(267 votes)

    S2:E16

    Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writers:Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood

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  19. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 18 - Fester Goes on a Diet
    7.3/10(277 votes)

    S2:E18

    For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself. With all the sudden dieting and exercise going on, Morticia and Gomez know something's up but think Fester's trying to join the space program.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  20. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 20 - Ophelia Finds Romance
    7.3/10(274 votes)

    S2:E20

    Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  21. The Addams Family Season 2 Episode 26 - Cat Addams
    7.3/10(275 votes)

    S2:E26

    A doctor is summoned to examine Kitty Kat, the ailing lion pet of the Addams Family. Morticia soon decides that it is the cringing doctor who needs help, so human members of the family feign illnesses to build his confidence.

    Director:Stanley Z. Cherry
    Writer:Luther Davis

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  22. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 3 - Fester's Punctured Romance
    7.4/10(586 votes)

    S1:E3

    Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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  23. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 4 - Gomez, the Politician
    7.4/10(538 votes)

    S1:E4

    Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  24. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 18 - Uncle Fester's Illness
    7.4/10(385 votes)

    S1:E18

    Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Bill Lutz

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  25. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 31 - Uncle Fester's Toupee
    7.4/10(311 votes)

    S1:E31

    Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Art and the Addams Family" is the worst rated episode of "The Addams Family". It scored 7.1/10 based on 379 votes. Directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons, it aired on 12/18/1964. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Morticia, the Sculptress".