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The Worst Episodes of The Hogan Family

Every episode of The Hogan Family ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Hogan Family!

The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from...
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Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Used Car" is the worst rated episode of "The Hogan Family". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Peter Baldwin and written by N/A, it aired on 2/26/1990. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "From Russia with Fries".

  • Used Car
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    #1 - Used Car

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1990

    David is trying to unload his old car and gets a pair of buyers in Mark and Willie. However, a double date turns into a disaster when the car breaks down on the side of the road. Meanwhile, Mother Poole comes for a visit and insists on an evening of Monopoly with Patty, Sandy, David and Michael.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A

  • From Russia with Fries
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    #2 - From Russia with Fries

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1990

    Mark and Willie have been preparing for a visit of Russian dignitaries to Bossy Burger, but they arrive a day early and to top all off, Mark and Willie skip out to go to a Rolling Stones concert leaving Sandy and Mrs. Poole to entertain them. Meanwhile, Michael gives David a family heirloom, which he accidentally destroys.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Steve Granat

  • Ex Marks the Spot
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    #3 - Ex Marks the Spot

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1990

    Sandy gets news that her ex-husband, Richard is remarrying. However, she just can't quite muster up any happiness for them and she is horrified when best man, David insists that she attend. Meanwhile, Lloyd buys Mark and Willie a motorcycle without consulting Michael.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • Isn't It Romantic?
    6.5/1011 votes
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    #4 - Isn't It Romantic?

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 7/20/1991

    Lloyd is enthusiastic about an impending rendezvous with his first love who has come to town for a visit. Meanwhile, Willie and Mark get into a competition of sorts over romance. This after, Willie and Brenda get into an argument over his lack of romance. However, things go awry for both Willie and Lloyd when they get locked in a storeroom.

    Director: Kent Bateman

    Writer: N/A

  • Dad's First Date
    7.0/1020 votes
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    #5 - Dad's First Date

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1988

    A nervous Michael dives into the dating pool bu doesn't make much of a splash, while David will stop at nothing to avoid immersing himself in an English assignment.

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Enough (a.k.a.) Goddess
    7.4/1036 votes
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    #6 - Old Enough (a.k.a.) Goddess

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/1/1986

    Valerie discovers a mysterious love letter in David's pants pocket and questions him about it. She quickly learns that David is dating an ""older woman,"" a woman Valerie forbids David to see. Meanwhile, a broken refrigerator causes a repairman to invade the Hogan kitchen.

    Director: James Burrows

    Writer: Charlie Hauck

  • One of the Boys
    7.4/1024 votes
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    #7 - One of the Boys

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/1986

    Mark longs to be like one of the guys (David and Willie) at least in the sporting arena and secretly goes behind Valerie's back and signs up for wrestling.

    Director: Asaad Kelada

    Writer: Jace Richdale

  • Benefit of the Doubt
    7.5/1023 votes
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    #8 - Benefit of the Doubt

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/1986

    Valerie gets a call from school and learns Willie is failing science. She quickly discovers another problem, both Mark and Willie are taking the same class and brainiac Mark is constantly making him look bad.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Eric Cohen

  • You Bet Your Life
    7.5/1017 votes
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    #9 - You Bet Your Life

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1987

    David's on a roll at predicting football games and decides to bet some real money, but he could be wearing cement sneakers when he loses big.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nightmare on Oak Street
    7.5/1020 votes
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    #10 - Nightmare on Oak Street

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1987

    The boys are all set for an evening of terror, watching a horror movie. However, when it's over each one of them is scared stiff and go on to experience their own version of ""Nightmare at Zombie High.""

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • A Restaurant Named Desire
    7.5/1019 votes
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    #11 - A Restaurant Named Desire

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1988

    Restaurant worker David smells trouble and it's coming from the kitchen as he tries to fend off the amorous advances of his boss's fiance. Meanwhile, Michael teaches Mark how to defend himself.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Animal House
    7.5/1018 votes
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    #12 - Animal House

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1988

    College freshmen David, Rich and Burt have been feeling a little left out of the college social scene and decide to spark some attention by stealing a rival school's mascot, a wolverine, but when the fierce creature gets loose, it's every Hogan for himself. Meanwhile, Mark and Willie enroll Sandy in a computer dating service and she discovers this just as her date knocks on the front door.

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • Foiled Again
    7.5/1019 votes
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    #13 - Foiled Again

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1988

    David has a crisis of conscience when he's attracted to the coed that best friend Burt has his eye on, but he's caught off guard when Burt throws down the gauntlet.

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • Dog Day Afternoon
    7.6/1024 votes
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    #14 - Dog Day Afternoon

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/1986

    The family dog, 17-year-old Murray is ailing and the family engages in a dogfight over whether or not to put the dog to sleep, something Willie is dead set against. Meanwhile, a fallen tree has caused damage to the house, damage that Valerie and Michael can't afford to pay for at the moment.

    Director: Asaad Kelada

    Writer: Linda Marsh

  • A Night to Remember
    7.6/1024 votes
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    #15 - A Night to Remember

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1987

    Willie's fantasy date with the prettiest girl in the seventh grade could be realized if he can just persuade Mark to make it a double date with the girl's cousin.

    Director: Tony Mordente

    Writer: N/A

  • Faulty Attraction
    7.6/1015 votes
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    #16 - Faulty Attraction

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1988

    Sandy's ex-husband makes a move to get back in her life. Meanwhile, David moves into Michael's poker game.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Mother Poole's Visit
    7.6/1019 votes
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    #17 - Mother Poole's Visit

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1988

    David's advice to Mrs. Poole to vent her anger against her overbearing mother-in-law backfires when Mother Poole moves in with the Hogans.

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • Close Encounters
    7.6/1015 votes
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    #18 - Close Encounters

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1988

    Michael experiences close encounters of the most embarrassing kind when his friends find out he saw a UFO. Meanwhile, the twins' refusal to give David an extra Springsteen ticket sends his high hopes plummeting to earth.

    Director: Kent Bateman

    Writer: N/A

  • Liars and Other Strangers
    7.7/1019 votes
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    #19 - Liars and Other Strangers

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1987

    Rich and Burt assume more than they should after David has a study session with the new girl in school and he lets them assume that they are much more involved than they actually are. Quickly he learns he's inadvertently destroying a reputation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love with the Proper Hogan
    7.7/1017 votes
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    #20 - Love with the Proper Hogan

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/28/1987

    Crushed by a girl's rejection, David's pal Burt falls hard for Sandy, while Sandy thinks her principal's the one with romance on his mind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Sleep
    7.7/1017 votes
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    #21 - The Big Sleep

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1988

    It's a dream come true for psychology student David when Sandy, ""Queen of the All-Nighters,"" agrees to be the guinea pig for his sleep deprivation experiment.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Slapshot
    7.7/1015 votes
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    #22 - Slapshot

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/1989

    David puts himself in the penalty box over his guilt about injuring an opponent in a hockey game, and Mark threatens to body-check Willie for not paying a debt.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Paris (3)
    7.7/1014 votes
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    #23 - Paris (3)

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1989

    The private investigators catch up to Julia and whisk her away leaving David without an explanation or a goodbye. However, things turn around for the young couple as, Julia invites him and his family to a Parisian party fit for a princess.

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: N/A

  • A Sneaking Suspicion
    7.7/1016 votes
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    #24 - A Sneaking Suspicion

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 7/10/1991

    David plans revenge on Mark and Willie when he loses his latest girlfriend because the twins beat her to a new job at a shoe store. Meanwhile, Mrs. Poole finds herself in a bind when one of Sandy's friends gets her thinking about having an affair, something she is seriously considering.

    Director: Jack Shea

    Writer: N/A

  • Community Theatre
    7.8/1020 votes
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    #25 - Community Theatre

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1987

    Although she's sworn off community theater, Valerie finds herself directing Annie's play, placating overworked stagehands Michael, Willie and Mark and trying to replace a leading lady who's under the weather.

    Director: Peter Baldwin

    Writer: N/A