10.0/101 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/1979
Accepting a wager from snooty Pi Nu president Harlan, Zipper unwisely bets his entire tuition that he can lure beautiful sorority girl Suzi Cooper into his bedroom by midnight. As the deadline approaches, Zipper's buddy Checko devises a plan to help his friend win the bet.
Director: Lowell Ganz
Writer: Ron Leavitt
8.0/101 votes#2 - Change of a Dollar
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/1983
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.9/107 votes#3 - It's a Bundyful Life (2)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1989
Al gets a visit from a guardian angel and discovers what the Bundy household would look like if he was never born.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.5/1010 votes#4 - Master the Possibilities
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1988
When the mailman delivers a credit card pre-approved for Buck the Dog, the Bundys go on a spending spree.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.4/108 votes#5 - Wabbit Season
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1990
A rabbit destroys Al's fantasy of having a vegetable garden.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.4/108 votes#6 - The Gas Station Show
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 4/26/1992
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.2/109 votes#7 - It's a Bundyful Life (1)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1989
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.1/108 votes#8 - Hot off the Grill
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1989
Marcy's dead aunt's ashes end up in the Labor Day hamburgers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.1/108 votes#9 - Oh, What a Feeling
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1989
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
7.0/108 votes#10 - She's Having My Baby (1)
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1991
Marcy and Peggy discover they are both pregnant, to Jefferson's joy and Al's horror.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.9/1017 votes#11 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.9/1011 votes#12 - The Poker Game
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1987
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.
Director: Brian Levant
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.9/108 votes#13 - We'll Follow the Sun
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1990
The Bundys get stuck in traffic on Labor Day.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.8/1011 votes#14 - Buck Can Do It
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.8/108 votes#15 - A Dump of My Own
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/8/1989
Al plans on building his dream - an executive's type of bathroom in the garage.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.7/108 votes#16 - T-R-A-Something-Something Spells Tramp
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1992
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.6/1016 votes#17 - Thinnergy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.5/1010 votes#18 - He Thought He Could
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/1988
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.4/1011 votes#19 - Poppy's By the Tree (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1987
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.4/108 votes#20 - Requiem for a Dead Barber
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/12/1989
Al grows his hair when his barber dies, and fears he is turning into a "sissy" just because he has to go to salons.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ron Leavitt
6.1/1011 votes#21 - Poppy's By the Tree (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
Peg is kidnapped by the axe murderer and it's up to Al to save her.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Ron Leavitt
5.6/108 votes#22 - Top of the Heap
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/1991
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.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Ron Leavitt
1.0/101 votes#23 - A Small Victory
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ron Leavitt
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Ron Leavitt. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Lowell Ganz. It aired on 1/21/1979 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Change of a Dollar".