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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...
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Network:ABC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Charmed Lives" is the worst rated episode of "Who's the Boss?". It scored 5.7/10 based on 110 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".

  • Charmed Lives
    5.7/10110 votes
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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

  • There's No Business Like Shoe Business
    6.0/1094 votes
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    #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

  • Life With Father
    6.5/1071 votes
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    #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

  • Mona
    6.6/10101 votes
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    #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

  • Mrs. Rossini's Uncle
    6.6/1077 votes
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    #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

  • Living Dolls
    6.6/10100 votes
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    #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

  • Jonathan the Gymnast
    6.7/1084 votes
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    #7 - 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

  • A Fishy Tale
    6.7/1087 votes
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    #8 - 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

  • Your Grandmother's a Bimbo
    6.7/1088 votes
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    #9 - 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

  • Tony and the Professor
    6.7/1071 votes
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    #10 - 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

  • Sam Can Manage
    6.7/1078 votes
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    #11 - 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

  • Gambling Jag
    6.7/1080 votes
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    #12 - 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

  • Dear Landlord
    6.7/1076 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Inherit the Wine
    6.7/1079 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Tony Bags a Big One
    6.7/1072 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Mona's Limo
    6.8/1090 votes
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    #16 - 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

  • Diet in Cell Block 11
    6.8/1089 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Men are People, Too
    6.8/1078 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • The World According to Jonathan
    6.8/1075 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • I Dream of Genealogy
    6.8/1079 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Four Alarm Tony
    6.8/1083 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • Party Politics
    6.8/1074 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • Misery
    6.8/1080 votes
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    #23 - Misery

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1991

    Tony, like it's always his way, overdoes his relationship with Angela. But Angela doesn't dare to tell - and tries to get out of his way.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Clay Graham

  • A Well-Kept Housekeeper
    6.8/1075 votes
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    #24 - A Well-Kept Housekeeper

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Danny Kallis, Bob Rosenfarb

  • Better Off Wed (2)
    6.8/1076 votes
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    #25 - Better Off Wed (2)

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1992

    Tony, Angela, Mona, Jonathan, Mrs. Rossini, and Hank's parents chase after Sam and Hank. They arrive at the chapel before the service began -- Sam did not want to be married without Tony present. Tony is still adamant against the union, but the ceremony goes forward as planned.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Clay Graham, Danny Kallis, Bob Rosenfarb