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The Worst Episodes of The Addams Family

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The Worst 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 Art and the Addams Family
    7.0/10(346 votes)

    #1 - Art and the Addams Family

    S1:E14

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

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  2. Background image for Morticia, the Sculptress
    7.1/10(244 votes)

    #2 - Morticia, the Sculptress

    S2:E9

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

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  3. Background image for The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man
    7.2/10(333 votes)

    #3 - The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man

    S1:E16

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

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  4. Background image for The Addams Family Splurges
    7.2/10(323 votes)

    #4 - The Addams Family Splurges

    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.

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  5. Background image for Crisis in the Addams Family
    7.2/10(296 votes)

    #5 - Crisis in the Addams Family

    S1:E24

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

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  6. Background image for The Winning of Morticia Addams
    7.2/10(272 votes)

    #6 - The Winning of Morticia Addams

    S1:E34

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

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  8. Background image for Ophelia's Career
    7.2/10(232 votes)

    #7 - Ophelia's Career

    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.

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  9. Background image for Gomez, the Politician
    7.3/10(488 votes)

    #8 - Gomez, the Politician

    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.

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  10. Background image for Morticia Joins the Ladies League
    7.3/10(460 votes)

    #9 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League

    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.

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  11. Background image for Morticia, the Matchmaker
    7.3/10(392 votes)

    #10 - Morticia, the Matchmaker

    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.

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  12. Background image for Uncle Fester's Illness
    7.3/10(345 votes)

    #11 - Uncle Fester's Illness

    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.

    Writer:Bill Lutz
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  13. Background image for The Addams Family in Court
    7.3/10(329 votes)

    #12 - The Addams Family in Court

    S1:E21

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

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  14. Background image for Thing is Missing
    7.3/10(306 votes)

    #13 - Thing is Missing

    S1:E23

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

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  15. Background image for My Son, the Chimp
    7.3/10(281 votes)

    #14 - My Son, the Chimp

    S1:E28

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

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  16. Background image for Morticia's Favorite Charity
    7.3/10(282 votes)

    #15 - Morticia's Favorite Charity

    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.

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  17. Background image for Uncle Fester's Toupee
    7.3/10(281 votes)

    #16 - Uncle Fester's Toupee

    S1:E31

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

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  18. Background image for Morticia Meets Royalty
    7.3/10(261 votes)

    #17 - Morticia Meets Royalty

    S2:E4

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

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  19. Background image for Portrait of Gomez
    7.3/10(248 votes)

    #18 - Portrait of Gomez

    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.

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  20. Background image for Fester Goes on a Diet
    7.3/10(245 votes)

    #19 - Fester Goes on a Diet

    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.

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  21. Background image for Ophelia Finds Romance
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #20 - Ophelia Finds Romance

    S2:E20

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

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  22. Background image for Ophelia Visits Morticia
    7.3/10(240 votes)

    #21 - Ophelia Visits Morticia

    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?

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  23. Background image for Cat Addams
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #22 - Cat Addams

    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.

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  24. Background image for Fester's Punctured Romance
    7.4/10(533 votes)

    #23 - Fester's Punctured Romance

    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.

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  25. Background image for The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
    7.4/10(363 votes)

    #24 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

    S1:E15

    A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.

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  26. Background image for My Fair Cousin Itt
    7.4/10(284 votes)

    #25 - My Fair Cousin Itt

    S2:E1

    All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Art and the Addams Family" is the worst rated episode of "The Addams Family". It scored 7/10 based on 346 votes. Directed by Sidney Lanfield and written by Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons, it aired on 12/18/1964. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Morticia, the Sculptress".