The Best Episodes Written By Ron Leavitt

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #1 - It's a Bundyful Life (2)

   S4:E1212/17/1989

   Al gets a visit from a guardian angel and discovers what the Bundy household would look like if he was never born.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Change of a Dollar

   S9:E223/13/1983

   On the night of a big banquet for Tom, George runs out at the last minute to do an errand at his store in Queens. Once there, we're taken back to 1968 and witness the grand opening of Jefferson Cleaners and we see how George earned his first dollar.

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   7.8/10(12 votes)

   #3 - Master the Possibilities

   S2:E162/7/1988

   When the mailman delivers a credit card pre-approved for Buck the Dog, the Bundys go on a spending spree.

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   7.7/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Wabbit Season

   S5:E811/11/1990

   A rabbit destroys Al's fantasy of having a vegetable garden.

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   7.6/10(10 votes)

   #5 - The Gas Station Show

   S6:E234/26/1992

   Al must work at a gas station after Peggy and the kids buy too much junk food, which Al cannot pay for, so he has to work off his debt.

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   7.5/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Hot Off the Grill

   S4:E19/3/1989

   Marcy's dead aunt's ashes end up in the Labor Day hamburgers.

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   7.5/10(11 votes)

   #7 - It's a Bundyful Life (1)

   S4:E1112/17/1989

   Al has finally saved up enough money to buy Christmas gifts for everyone, but a few late customers to the shoe store makes Al unable to get to the bank.

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   7.4/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Oh, What a Feeling

   S4:E911/19/1989

   Al decides to get a new car, but finds out that Peggy spent all his saved up money, and he has to buy an old, used car.

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   7.3/10(23 votes)

   #9 - Pilot

   S1:E14/5/1987

   In this pilot we meet Al and Peg Bundy, a very dysfunctional Chicago family. In the pilot, Al and Peg, who have no friends, meet their new neighbors Steve and Marcy Rhoades. Steve and Marcy are a very happily married couple until they learn from the Bundys.

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    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #10 - She's Having My Baby (1)

    S6:E19/8/1991

    Marcy and Peggy discover they are both pregnant, to Jefferson's joy and Al's horror.

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    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Poker Game

    S1:E85/24/1987

    Al invites Steve to play poker, but Steve ends up losing his paycheck to Al. Afraid to tell Marcy the truth, Steve tries to convince Peggy to give him the check back.

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    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #12 - A Dump of My Own

    S3:E51/8/1989

    Al plans on building his dream - an executive's type of bathroom in the garage.

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    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #13 - We'll Follow the Sun

    S5:E19/23/1990

    The Bundys get stuck in traffic on Labor Day.

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    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #14 - T-R-A-Something-Something Spells Tramp

    S7:E29/20/1992

    Kelly has to walk through the wilderness after dumping her boyfriend in the forest. Al and Peg try to talk their marriage alive, but without success. Bud dates a girl with the measles.

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    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Buck Can Do It

    S2:E410/11/1987

    One of the Bundys neighbors threaten to sue when Buck the dog mates with their dog, and asks the Bundys to neuter Buck, which Al refuses to do.

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    6.8/10(19 votes)

    #16 - Thinnergy

    S1:E24/12/1987

    Marcy gives Peggy the book "Thinnergy", which is a book about health. Very inspired by the book, Peggy goes on a diet and tries to convince the family to join in, but they refuse. When the diet makes Peggy really annoying, Steve convinces Al to join the diet, and persuades Peggy to quit.

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    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #17 - He Thought He Could

    S3:E111/6/1988

    In the third season opener, Al learns that he has had a copy of "The Little Engine That Could" since 1957 and when he goes to return it, he finds the same fat librarian that was there in 1957.

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    6.8/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Requiem for a Dead Barber

    S3:E92/12/1989

    Al grows his hair when his barber dies, and fears he is turning into a "sissy" just because he has to go to salons.

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    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Poppy's by the Tree (1)

    S2:E19/27/1987

    In the second season opener, the Bundys go to a sleazy, dumpy motel in Dumpwater Florida. Trouble head their way when an axe murderer, who hates tourists, arrives.

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    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Poppy's by the Tree (2)

    S2:E29/27/1987

    Peg is kidnapped by the axe murderer and it's up to Al to save her.

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    5.6/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Top of the Heap

    S5:E204/7/1991

    In a spinoff attempt of Married ... with Children, we follow the lives of Charlie and Vinnie Verducci. Charlie wants Vinnie to marry rich to get a better life and they go to a formal fund raiser to meet rich women.

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    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - A Small Victory

    S8:E234/18/1982

    Louise and Helen consider leaving the Help Center due to lack of involvement from others as well as lack of funds. However, just as they're about to call it quits, a young hooker named Maggie walks in the door.

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