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#1 - Charmed Lives
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 5/13/1986
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
Writer: Paul Haggis
- 6.0/1093 votesLoading...
#2 - There's No Business Like Shoe Business
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/1/1986
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: N/A
- 6.5/1070 votesLoading...
#3 - Life With Father
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/13/1988
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
Writer: Danny Kallis
- 6.6/1097 votesLoading...
#4 - Mona
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1987
Mona's brother has bought a seedy hotel in New York City and used Mona's money for it.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Blake Hunter, Martin Cohan
- 6.6/1076 votesLoading...
#5 - Mrs. Rossini's Uncle
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1989
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
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
- 6.6/1099 votesLoading...
#6 - Living Dolls
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1078 votesLoading...
#7 - Inherit the Wine
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1990
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: N/A
Writer: Daniel Palladino
- 6.7/1082 votesLoading...
#8 - Jonathan the Gymnast
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1986
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: N/A
- 6.7/1086 votesLoading...
#9 - A Fishy Tale
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1987
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: N/A
- 6.7/1087 votesLoading...
#10 - Your Grandmother's a Bimbo
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/29/1989
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: N/A
- 6.7/1070 votesLoading...
#11 - Tony and the Professor
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1989
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: N/A
- 6.7/1077 votesLoading...
#12 - Sam Can Manage
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1989
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Daniel Palladino
- 6.7/1080 votesLoading...
#13 - Gambling Jag
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1989
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: N/A
- 6.7/1076 votesLoading...
#14 - Dear Landlord
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/1990
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Daniel Palladino
- 6.7/1082 votesLoading...
#15 - Four Alarm Tony
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1990
Tony becomes a volunteer fireman. His dedication is a little too extreme, and he ends up getting kicked out of the squad.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1073 votesLoading...
#16 - Party Politics
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1991
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gene Braunstein, Bob Rosenfarb
- 6.7/1071 votesLoading...
#17 - Tony Bags a Big One
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1991
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1088 votesLoading...
#18 - Mona's Limo
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1986
With a trick Jim Petersen snatches away Angela's first customer. Tony and Mona try, with a similar trick, to get him back to Angela.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1082 votesLoading...
#19 - Tony, the Patchmaker
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1987
Geoffrey keeps his brandnew Porsche at Angela's while he's in Boston. After Angela has gone shopping using the car, she let the car outside. There the tree the neighbor's cutting down hits the car and causes a write-off.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1086 votesLoading...
#20 - Diet in Cell Block 11
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1987
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
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Howard Meyers
- 6.8/1077 votesLoading...
#21 - Men are People, Too
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1989
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Eric Gilliland
- 6.8/1075 votesLoading...
#22 - The World According to Jonathan
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1989
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Gene Braunstein, Bob Perlow
- 6.8/1078 votesLoading...
#23 - I Dream of Genealogy
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1990
After researching her family tree, Sam discovers that her great-grandfather, assumed to be deceased, is still alive in Italy. He is flown to Connecticut to meet the family. Tony soon discovers that the man is not who they believe he is.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Clay Graham
- 6.8/1072 votesLoading...
#24 - Beautician Heal Thyself
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 4/10/1990
Al has graduated beauty school, and Tony helps him set up his own salon in Brooklyn. Al's behavior to the customers upsets them, and when Tony explains that Al will never make it unless he changes his ways, Al decides to close the shop.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1085 votesLoading...
#25 - Ridiculous Liaisons
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1990
Angela meets, and begins to date, Christopher, a man who appears to be perfect. Everyone who meets him seems to feel as if they've met an angel. Tony, however, cannot seem to meet him, encountering several failed attempts, which begin to ruin his relationship with Kathleen.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daniel Palladino
The Worst Episodes of Who's the Boss?
Every episode of Who's the Boss? ranked from worst to best. Explore 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...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Charmed Lives" is the worst rated episode of "Who's the Boss?". It scored 5.7/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Asaad Kelada and written by Paul Haggis, it aired on 5/13/1986. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "There's No Business Like Shoe Business".