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The Worst Episodes of Who's the Boss?

A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and...

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  1. Background image for Charmed Lives
    5.5/10(122 votes)

    #1 - Charmed Lives

    S2:E26

    Angela has found a model to play the part of a princess in a series of pasta commercials. But the client instead chooses a shy photographer, who didn't even want the job.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
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  2. Background image for There's No Business Like Shoe Business
    6.1/10(105 votes)

    #2 - There's No Business Like Shoe Business

    S2:E23

    After hearing a colleague from the shoe factory describe his boredom with his life, Mona encourages him to be spontaneous and pursue a new life. He takes her advice a little too far when he leaves his wife and infant in search of Hollywood stardom.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Mona
    6.6/10(111 votes)

    #3 - Mona

    S3:E23

    Mona's brother has bought a seedy hotel in New York City and used Mona's money for it.

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  4. Background image for Mrs. Rossini's Uncle
    6.6/10(84 votes)

    #4 - Mrs. Rossini's Uncle

    S5:E10

    Mrs. Rossini visits Tony. Accompanying her is her young uncle Al.Al is attending the nearby Beauty College and Tony should take care of him. In the course of this Sam and Al come closer.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
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  5. Background image for Living Dolls
    6.6/10(108 votes)

    #5 - Living Dolls

    S5:E19

    Sam visits a beauty school run by Angela's friend. While there, she meets Charlie, a friend of hers from the old neighborhood, who is living there. Charlie is unhappy with her life there, and is considering running away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Inherit the Wine
    6.6/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Inherit the Wine

    S7:E11

    The family fly to Italy to visit Tony's relatives, who have a surprise for him. He is now the owner of a vineyard there.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Your Grandmother's a Bimbo
    6.7/10(93 votes)

    #7 - Your Grandmother's a Bimbo

    S5:E11

    Mona has saved the order for Angela and designs now the new get-up for the magazine 'Mature Woman'. Jonathan runs for treasurer in his school. For the magazine's cover Mona let herself photograph scantily dressed. When Jonathan schoolfellows see this cover, his chances getting elected seem to be gone.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Dear Landlord
    6.7/10(80 votes)

    #8 - Dear Landlord

    S6:E15

    Angela buys, due to tax reasons, a house in the neighborhood and Tony helps her shaping it up. A lodger already seems to be found but when Angela returns from a business trip she finds a young actress moving in instead.

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  10. Background image for Four Alarm Tony
    6.7/10(90 votes)

    #9 - Four Alarm Tony

    S7:E9

    Tony becomes a volunteer fireman. His dedication is a little too extreme, and he ends up getting kicked out of the squad.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Tony Bags a Big One
    6.7/10(77 votes)

    #10 - Tony Bags a Big One

    S8:E5

    While Angela is away on business, Mona begins dating one of her biggest clients. She finds him thoroughly uninteresting and promptly dumps him. In an attempt to prevent from withdrawing his account from the agency, Tony accompanies him on a duck hunt. An accidental gunshot only makes things worse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Jonathan the Gymnast
    6.8/10(91 votes)

    #11 - Jonathan the Gymnast

    S3:E7

    Jonathan, because he takes life too serious, should do something else than always studying. He decides in favor of gymnastics and Tony should teach him. During a competition he falls due to his overzealousness and breaks his shoulder. And this is something Angela really isn't happy about.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Diet in Cell Block 11
    6.8/10(98 votes)

    #12 - Diet in Cell Block 11

    S3:E19

    Nick is released of jail and parks himself at Angela's garage. He has now become a writer and has already finished a book which everyone likes. Angela has also found a publisher for Nick's work

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  14. Background image for A Fishy Tale
    6.8/10(96 votes)

    #13 - A Fishy Tale

    S4:E9

    Joe, Mrs. Rossini's husband, has cleared off with a woman from the neighborhood. Now Tony should help out at Mrs. Rossini's fish store until they have found a replacement.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Life With Father
    6.8/10(78 votes)

    #14 - Life With Father

    S5:E7

    Samantha wants to go to Vermont ski lodge for the weekend, but Tony forbids her. Sam goes anyway. Along the way, she remembers everything her father did, even the embarassing moments!!

    Director:Asaad Kelada
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  16. Background image for Teacher's Pet
    6.8/10(90 votes)

    #15 - Teacher's Pet

    S5:E9

    Mason should run a seminar at the college, which also Tony attends. Because Mason is quite nervous Tony and Angela give him some hints: among these is also the tip that he should concentrate on one person. And Mason has choosen this one person: Tony.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
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  17. Background image for Men are People, Too
    6.8/10(83 votes)

    #16 - Men are People, Too

    S5:E20

    Angela hires a shy contractor to put a skylight in the kitchen. He takes an immediate liking to Mona, who agrees to go out with him. When he learns that he is not the only man in Mona's life, he abandons the skylight job. Tony accuses Mona of having no respect for men's feelings.

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  18. Background image for Tony and the Professor
    6.8/10(76 votes)

    #17 - Tony and the Professor

    S6:E5

    On the spur of the moment, Tony accepts a date with a woman he meets at a bar. Having second thoughts, he cancels the date the next day, only to learn later that the woman is the professor of his new class.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Sam Can Manage
    6.8/10(82 votes)

    #18 - Sam Can Manage

    S6:E7

    Al has founded a rock band and Sam becomes, as she has some quite good ideas, the group's manager. But she has problems getting gigs because everyone just sees the 'cute girl' in her.

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  20. Background image for The World According to Jonathan
    6.8/10(80 votes)

    #19 - The World According to Jonathan

    S6:E11

    Some bad experiences at school, including being assigned to play the accordion, have Jonathan's self-esteem at rock bottom. Tony helps him overcome his depression by introducing him to an old friend of his, who is now an accordion player. Jonathan soon enjoys playing the accordion, but when Tony encourages him not to restrict himself to one activity, Jonathan misinterprets Tony's intentions as disapproval for the accordion, and bans Tony from his first recital.

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  21. Background image for Gambling Jag
    6.8/10(88 votes)

    #20 - Gambling Jag

    S6:E12

    To put up Mona after she has been stood up by a man, Tony and Angela decide going to Atlantic City. There Mona first gamble away Angela's diamond necklace and then the car. To win back those things Angela sits down at the poker table.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Party Politics
    6.8/10(77 votes)

    #21 - Party Politics

    S7:E20

    Billy has his birthday. But the Harpers wants to hold their birthday party the same day as Angela and Tony. As a result an (expensive) fight arises, who has the better party with the most guest.

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  23. Background image for Selling Sam Short
    6.8/10(86 votes)

    #22 - Selling Sam Short

    S8:E4

    After a car crash Sam and Pierce come closer. When Tony finds this out after weeks, he - against the other's expectation - takes a fancy to Pierce and confides his money to the stockbroker. But like always he overdoes here, too, and he spends more time with Pierce than Sam does.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for A Well-Kept Housekeeper
    6.8/10(80 votes)

    #23 - A Well-Kept Housekeeper

    S8:E6

    Tony feels inferior to Angela's success. A letter that addresses him as ""Mr. Angela Bower"" doesn't help his self-esteem. He takes a second job at a bar, but that proves to be a mistake.

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  25. Background image for The Graduate
    6.9/10(97 votes)

    #24 - The Graduate

    S2:E11

    Recent college graduate Mona is asked to secretly participate in a sting against age discrimination by applying for a job, then getting turned down. But when Angela learns that her mother has this job interview, she pulls some strings to get Mona hired.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Gotta Dance
    6.9/10(98 votes)

    #25 - Gotta Dance

    S2:E15

    Tony signs up Samantha for ballet lessons. He is pleased when her instructor tells him she has great potential, but the compliment may not have been sincere.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Charmed Lives" is the worst rated episode of "Who's the Boss?". It scored 5.5/10 based on 122 votes. Directed by Asaad Kelada and written by Paul Haggis, it aired on 5/13/1986. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "There's No Business Like Shoe Business".