The Worst Episodes of The Young Ones
Every episode of The Young Ones ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Young Ones!
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvian the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Young Ones" is "Demolition", rated 7.8/10 from 594 user votes. It was directed by Paul Jackson and written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer. "Demolition" aired on 11/9/1982 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Oil".
7.8/10 594 votes#1 - Demolition
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/1982
Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.0/10 574 votes#2 - Oil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/1982
The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.1/10 572 votes#3 - Boring
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/1982
Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Director: Geoff Posner
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.1/10 513 votes#4 - Flood
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/1982
The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.2/10 551 votes#5 - Interesting
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/1982
The boys decide to throw a party, but before long it descends into chaos. A preachy Christian turns up, Rick gets annoyed when their guests arrive early, Cinderella appears, and Vyvyan tries to impress some girls.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.2/10 492 votes#6 - Time
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/5/1984
Neil gets kidnapped by a medieval knight, while Rick believes he's finally managed to seduce a woman.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.3/10 550 votes#7 - Bomb
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/1982
The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.
Director: Geoff Posner
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.3/10 513 votes#8 - Cash
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/15/1984
The gang are desperately short of cash, forcing Neil to get a job. The army turn him down but he gets on surprisingly well being a police officer instead. Meanwhile, Vyvyan announces he's pregnant.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.4/10 506 votes#9 - Sick
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/12/1984
A bout of illness puts a strain on Vyvyan's usual easygoing approach to communal living. The somewhat delicate matter of Rick's lost virginity raises further consternation.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.5/10 543 votes#10 - Nasty
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/29/1984
It's an ordinary evening: Neil's having a bath, Rick's reading Cosmopolitan, and Mike and Vyvyan are trying to watch video nasties. But before the night is over, the gang will have to bury a vampire.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
8.6/10 513 votes#11 - Summer Holiday
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/1984
Summer term at college has ended, but Mike didn't know it had even started, and the boys have all summer to laze around. But Mr Bolowski evicts them, and they decide to rob a bank.
Director: Paul Jackson, Ed Bye
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
9.2/10 760 votes#12 - Bambi
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/1984
The reprobates from Scumbag College test their mental dexterity against Footlights College on a TV quiz show - but not before Vyvyan loses his head.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer