The Fox sitcom Married... with Children aired its pilot on April 5, 1987,[1] and the intended series finale aired on May 5, 1997, with the episodes "The Desperate Half-Hour (Part 1)" and "How to Marry a Moron (Part 2)", although the final episode ("Chicago Shoe Exchange") aired on June 9, 1997. [2]
A total of 259 original episodes aired during the program's run.[3]
Currently, all eleven seasons are available on DVD, in Region 1, 2, and 4. [4] The list is ordered by the episodes' original air dates. Specials that aired during a regular season run are highlighted in yellow in the list.
Series overview[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 13 | April 5, 1987 | June 28, 1987 | October 28, 2003 | April 7, 2004 | October 25, 2005 | |
2 | 22 | September 27, 1987 | May 1, 1988 | March 16, 2004 | October 26, 2004 | September 22, 2008 | |
3 | 22 | November 6, 1988 | May 21, 1989 | January 25, 2005 | February 10, 2005 | September 22, 2008 | |
4 | 23 | September 3, 1989 | May 13, 1990 | August 30, 2005 | December 22, 2005 | September 22, 2008 | |
5 | 25 | September 23, 1990 | May 19, 1991 | June 20, 2006 | June 27, 2006 | September 22, 2008 | |
6 | 26 | September 8, 1991 | May 17, 1992 | December 19, 2006 | August 17, 2006 | September 22, 2008 | |
7 | 26 | September 13, 1992 | May 23, 1993 | September 18, 2007 | October 5, 2006 | September 22, 2008 | |
8 | 26 | September 5, 1993 | May 22, 1994 | March 18, 2008 | December 19, 2006 | October 22, 2008 | |
9 | 26 | September 4, 1994 | May 21, 1995 | August 19, 2008 | February 20, 2007 | October 22, 2008 | |
10 | 26 | September 17, 1995 | May 19, 1996 | March 17, 2009 | March 20, 2007 | March 11, 2009 | |
11 | 24 | September 29, 1996 | June 9, 1997 | October 13, 2009 | May 8, 2007 | March 11, 2009 | |
Total | 259 | April 5, 1987 – June 9, 1997 | December 12, 2010 | December 6, 2007 | November 23, 2009 |
Four specials also aired between 1986 and 2003.[5]
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1987)[]
- Main article: Season 1 (1987)
The first season of Married... with Children introduces the major characters: Al, Peg, Kelly and Bud Bundy, along with their neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades. The first season is the only one in which Al and Peg are regularly intimate, to the point of Al initiating the sessions. It is also the only one where Peg can be seen doing housework under normal circumstances, and she even has her own car (as seen in "Sixteen Years and What Do You Get"). In "Thinnergy," Bud mentions that Kelly had been held back a year in school. Al's dislike of the French is first shown in this season and it is also the first time that he calls Marcy a "chicken." It also contains the first mention of Peg's family being "hillbillies" from the fictional Wanker County, Wisconsin.
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | April 5, 1987 | 1.01 |
2 | 2 | "Thinnergy" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | April 12, 1987 | 1.02 |
3 | 3 | "But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy" | Linda Day | Ron Burla | April 19, 1987 | 1.04 |
4 | 4 | "Whose Room Is It Anyway" | Zane Buzby | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | April 26, 1987 | 1.06 |
5 | 5 | "Have You Driven a Ford Lately?" | Linda Day | Richard Gurman & Katherine Green | May 3, 1987 | 1.05 |
6 | 6 | "Sixteen Years and What Do You Get" | Linda Day | Katherine Green & Richard Gurman | May 10, 1987 | 1.03 |
7 | 7 | "Married... without Children" | Linda Day | Ralph R. Farquhar | May 17, 1987 | 1.09 |
8 | 8 | "The Poker Game" | Brian Levant | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | May 24, 1987 | 1.10 |
9 | 9 | "Peggy Sue Got Work" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | May 31, 1987 | 1.08 |
10 | 10 | "Al Loses His Cherry" | Arlando Smith | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | June 7, 1987 | 1.07 |
11 | 11 | "Nightmare on Al's Street" | Linda Day | Michael G. Moye | June 14, 1987 | 1.12 |
12 | 12 | "Where's the Boss" | Linda Day | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | June 21, 1987 | 1.11 |
13 | 13 | "Johnny B. Gone" | Linda Day | Katherine Green & Richard Gurman | June 28, 1987 | 1.13 |
Season 2 (1987/88)[]
- Main article: Season 2 (1987/88)
At the beginning of the second season, Kelly is portrayed as a girl of reasonable intelligence (though she is often teased by Bud for her promiscuity and bleached hair). By the end, however, her character obtains her trademark stupidity that will become both a plot device and comic focus for the rest of the series. This season also contains the first use of the "Bundy Cheer" and the first instance of the Bundys leaving Chicago. [29] Although Buck is portrayed in later seasons as having been with the Bundys since he was a pup, it's implied by Peg that they've had him for only three years and Al states that he's actually Bud's pet; he even "speaks" once ("Buck Can Do It"), something that becomes a regular feature beginning in the fourth season. Michael Faustino (David's younger brother), makes the first of five guest appearances during the course of the series.
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14 | 1 | "Poppy's By the Tree (Part 1)" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | September 27, 1987 | 2.02 |
15 | 2 | "Poppy's By the Tree (Part 2)" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | September 27, 1987 | 2.03 |
16 | 3 | "If I Were a Rich Man" | Linda Day | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | October 4, 1987 | 2.04 |
17 | 4 | "Buck Can Do It" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | October 11, 1987 | 2.01 |
18 | 5 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Part 1)" | Linda Day | Tracy Gamble & Richard Vaczy | October 18, 1987 | 2.06 |
19 | 6 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Part 2)" | Linda Day | Tracy Gamble & Richard Vaczy | October 18, 1987 | 2.07 |
20 | 7 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Linda Day | Richard Gurman & Katherine Green | October 25, 1987 | 2.05 |
21 | 8 | "Born to Walk" | Linda Day | John Vorhaus | November 1, 1987 | 2.08 |
22 | 9 | "Alley of the Dolls" | Linda Day | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | November 8, 1987 | 2.09 |
23 | 10 | "The Razor's Edge" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | November 15, 1987 | 2.10 |
24 | 11 | "How Do You Spell Revenge?" | Linda Day | Ralph R. Farquhar | November 22, 1987 | 2.11 |
25 | 12 | "Earth Angel" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | December 6, 1987 | 2.12 |
26 | 13 | "You Better Watch Out" | Linda Day | Katherine Green & Richard Gurman | December 20, 1987 | 2.13 |
27 | 14 | "Guys and Dolls" | Linda Day | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | January 10, 1988 | 2.14 |
28 | 15 | "Build a Better Mousetrap" | Linda Day | Michael G. Moye & Ron Leavitt & J. Stanford Parker | January 24, 1988 | 2.15 |
29 | 16 | "Master the Possibilities" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | February 7, 1988 | 2.16 |
30 | 17 | "Peggy Loves Al, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | February 14, 1988 | 2.17 |
31 | 18 | "The Great Escape" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | February 21, 1988 | 2.18 |
32 | 19 | "Impo-Dent" | Gerry Cohen | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | February 28, 1988 | 2.19 |
33 | 20 | "Just Married... with Children" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | March 6, 1988 | 2.20 |
34 | 21 | "Father Lode" | Linda Day | Jerry Perzigian | March 13, 1988 | 2.21 |
35 | 22 | "All in the Family" | Linda Day | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | May 1, 1988 | 2.22 |
Season 3 (1988/89)[]
- Main article: Season 3 (1988/89)
The third season marks a notable increase in the show's popularity, based on Terry Rakolta's moral campaign against the show, which began after the episode "Her Cups Runneth Over", where Al and Steve go to a lingerie store in search of Peggy's favorite bra (which had been discontinued). This season also contains the "lost episode" "I'll See You in Court", which was not aired in North America until June 18, 2002 after the show's initial run on the cable channel FX (and was included in the season three DVD set).
Michael Faustino makes his second guest appearance. During the season the show became the first to have a quarter of the viewership on Fox.
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36 | 1 | "He Thought He Could" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | November 6, 1988 | 3.02 |
37 | 2 | "I'm Going to Sweatland" | Gerry Cohen | Pamela Wick & Susan Cridland & Carl Studebaker | November 20, 1988 | 3.03 |
38 | 3 | "Poke High" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | November 27, 1988 | 3.04 |
39 | 4 | "The Camping Show"
"A Period Piece" |
Gerry Cohen | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | December 11, 1988 | 3.01 |
40 | 5 | "A Dump of My Own" | Gerry Cohen | Michael G. Moye & Ron Leavitt | January 8, 1989 | 3.05 |
41 | 6 | "Her Cups Runneth Over" | Gerry Cohen | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | January 15, 1989 | 3.06 |
42 | 7 | "The Bald and the Beautiful" | John Sgueglia | Jules Dennis & Richard Mueller | January 29, 1989 | 3.07 |
43 | 8 | "The Gypsy Cried" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | February 5, 1989 | 3.09 |
44 | 9 | "Requiem for a Dead Barber" | James E. Hornbeck | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | February 12, 1989 | 3.10 |
45 | 10 | "I'll See You in Court" | Gerry Cohen | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano | June 18, 2002 | 3.08 |
46 | 11 | "Eatin' Out" | Gerry Cohen | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | February 19, 1989 | 3.11 |
47 | 12 | "My Mom, the Mom" | Gerry Cohen | Lesa Kite & Cindy Begel & Jan Rosenbloom[32] | February 26, 1989 | 3.12 |
48 | 13 | "Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me" | Gerry Cohen | Robert Ulin & Gabrielle Topping[33] | March 19, 1989 | 3.13 |
49 | 14 | "A Three Job, No Income Family" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | March 19, 1989 | 3.14 |
50 | 15 | "The Harder They Fall" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | March 26, 1989 | 3.15 |
51 | 16 | "Married... with Prom Queen (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | April 9, 1989 | 3.17 |
52 | 17 | "Married... with Prom Queen (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | April 23, 1989 | 3.18 |
53 | 18 | "The House That Peg Lost" | Gerry Cohen | Steve Granat & Mel Sherer | April 30, 1989 | 3.16 |
54 | 19 | "The Dateless Amigo" | Gerry Cohen | Sara V. Finney & Vida Spears | May 7, 1989 | 3.20 |
55 | 20 | "The Computer Show" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | May 14, 1989 | 3.19 |
56 | 21 | "Life's a Beach" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | May 21, 1989 | 3.21 |
57 | 22 | "Here's Lookin' at You, Kid" | Gerry Cohen | Jeanne Baruch & Jeanne Romano & Len O'Neill | May 21, 1989 | 3.22 |
Season 4 (1989/90)[]
- Main article: Season 4 (1989/90)
The fourth season saw the departure of Marcy's husband Steve Rhoades. Marcy remained single for the remainder of the season. This was also the first season where the audience would applaud when a major character would enter a scene for the first time in the episode, the first time that Buck "speaks", as well as a Bundyesque of the classic film It's a Wonderful Life. In the episode "It's a Bundyful Life (Part 2)," Ted McGinley makes a guest appearance as Norman Jablonsky before reappearing as a regular cast member in the next season as Jefferson D'arcy. Also, Michael Faustino makes his third guest appearance.
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58 | 1 | "Hot Off the Grill" | Gerry Cohen | Michael G. Moye & Ron Leavitt & Gabrielle Topping | September 3, 1989 | 4.01 |
59 | 2 | "Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | September 10, 1989 | 4.02 |
60 | 3 | "Buck Saves the Day" | Gerry Cohen | Marcy Vosburgh & Sandy Sprung | September 24, 1989 | 4.03 |
61 | 4 | "Tooth or Consequences" | Gerry Cohen | Sheldon Krasner & David Saling & Will Rogers[34] | October 1, 1989 | 4.04 |
62 | 5 | "He Ain't Much, But He's Mine" | Gerry Cohen | Lisa Rosenthal | October 8, 1989 | 4.05 |
63 | 6 | "Fair Exchange" | Gerry Cohen | Al Aidekman | October 29, 1989 | 4.06 |
64 | 7 | "Desperately Seeking Miss October" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver & Steve Bing | November 5, 1989 | 4.07 |
65 | 8 | "9796-SHOE" | Gerry Cohen | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | November 12, 1989 | 4.08 |
66 | 9 | "Oh, What a Feeling" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | November 19, 1989 | 4.09 |
67 | 10 | "At the Zoo" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | November 26, 1989 | 4.10 |
68 | 11 | "It's a Bundyful Life (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Michael G. Moye & Ron Leavitt | December 17, 1989 | 4.12 |
69 | 12 | "It's a Bundyful Life (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Michael G. Moye & Ron Leavitt | December 17, 1989 | 4.13 |
70 | 13 | "Who'll Stop the Rain" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | January 7, 1990 | 4.11 |
71 | 14 | "A Taxing Problem" | Gerry Cohen | Paul Diamond | January 14, 1990 | 4.15 |
72 | 15 | "Rock and Roll Girl" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | February 4, 1990 | 4.14 |
73 | 16 | "You Gotta Know When to Hold Them (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Sioux Doanham | February 11, 1990 | 4.16 |
74 | 17 | "You Gotta Know When to Hold Them (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | February 18, 1990 | 4.17 |
75 | 18 | "What Goes Around Comes Around" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | February 25, 1990 | 4.18 |
76 | 19 | "Peggy Turns 300" | Tony Singletary | Katherine Green | March 25, 1990 | 4.20 |
77 | 20 | "Peggy Made a Little Lamb" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | April 15, 1990 | 4.21 |
78 | 21 | "Raingirl" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | April 29, 1990 | 4.19 |
79 | 22 | "The Agony of Defeet" | Gerry Cohen | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | May 6, 1990 | 4.22 |
80 | 23 | "Yard Sale" | Gerry Cohen | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | May 13, 1990 | 4.23 |
Season 5 (1990/91)[]
- Main article: Season 5 (1990/91)
In the middle of the fifth season, Marcy awakes next to Jefferson D'Arcy and discovers that she is now married to him. This is the first appearance of Al's favorite show (Psycho Dad), and the first mention of his four touchdowns in a single game.
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81 | 1 | "We'll Follow the Sun" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | September 23, 1990 | 5.02 |
82 | 2 | "Al... with Kelly" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp & Gabrielle Topping[35] | September 30, 1990 | 5.01 |
83 | 3 | "Sue Casa, His Casa" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | October 7, 1990 | 5.03 |
84 | 4 | "The Unnatural" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | October 14, 1990 | 5.04 |
85 | 5 | "The Dance Show" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver | October 21, 1990 | 5.05 |
86 | 6 | "Kelly Bounces Back" | Gerry Cohen | Al Aidekman | October 28, 1990 | 5.06 |
87 | 7 | "Married... with Aliens" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | November 4, 1990 | 5.07 |
88 | 8 | "Wabbit Season" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | November 11, 1990 | 5.08 |
89 | 9 | "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | November 18, 1990 | 5.09 |
90 | 10 | "One Down, Two to Go" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | November 25, 1990 | 5.10 |
91 | 11 | "And Baby Makes Money" | Gerry Cohen | Art Everett | December 16, 1990 | 5.11 |
92 | 12 | "Married... with Who" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | January 6, 1991 | 5.12 |
93 | 13 | "The Godfather" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | February 3, 1991 | 5.14 |
94 | 14 | "Look Who's Barking" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | February 10, 1991 | 5.13 |
95 | 15 | "A Man's Castle" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | February 17, 1991 | 5.15 |
96 | 16 | "All Night Security Dude" | Gerry Cohen | Glen Eichler & Peter Gaffney | February 24, 1991 | 5.16 |
97 | 17 | "Oldies But Young 'Uns" | Gerry Cohen | Bill Prady | March 17, 1991 | 5.18 |
98 | 18 | "Weenie Tot Lovers & Other Strangers" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | March 24, 1991 | 5.17 |
99 | 19 | "Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do?" | Linda Day | Ellen L. Fogle | April 7, 1991 | 5.21 |
100 | 20 | "Top of the Heap" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Arthur Silver | April 7, 1991 | 5.25 |
101 | 21 | "You Better Shop Around (Part 1)" | Linda Day | J.D. Brangato & Michael Ferris | April 14, 1991 | 5.19 |
102 | 22 | "You Better Shop Around (Part 2)" | Linda Day | Stacie Lipp | April 21, 1991 | 5.20 |
103 | 23 | "Route 666 (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | April 28, 1991 | 5.22 |
104 | 24 | "Route 666 (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Ralph R. Farquhar | May 5, 1991 | 5.23 |
105 | 25 | "Buck the Stud" | Gerry Cohen | Chip Johannessen & John Rinker | May 19, 1991 | 5.24 |
Season 6 (1991/92)[]
- Main article: Season 6 (1991/92)
Throughout the season, both Peg and Marcy were pregnant, as Katey Sagal was pregnant in real life. Sagal's child was stillborn six weeks before term, causing her to miss four episodes of this season. At the end of the season's eleventh episode, "Al Bundy, Shoe Dick", it was revealed that the women's pregnancies were merely part of one of Al's nightmares.
This season also saw Steve Rhoades return for one episode, Kelly becoming the "Verminator," the Bundys traveling to England. Additionally, this season introduced Bud's hip hop-inspired alter ego "Grandmaster B", concocted to help him with women, which continued after the dream revelation by having Al ask Bud about the nickname and Bud deciding that he likes it enough to use it.
Production Note: Amanda Bearse directed her first episode this season working "If I Could See Me Now" in the director's chair for the first time. She directed a total of 29 episodes during the last 7 seasons of the series run.
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106 | 1 | "She's Having My Baby (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | September 8, 1991 | 6.01 |
107 | 2 | "She's Having My Baby (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | September 15, 1991 | 6.02 |
108 | 3 | "If Al Had a Hammer" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | September 22, 1991 | 6.03 |
109 | 4 | "Cheese, Cues and Blood" | Gerry Cohen | Brian Scully & Allan Davis[37] | September 29, 1991 | 6.04 |
110 | 5 | "Looking for a Desk in All the Wrong Places" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | October 6, 1991 | 6.05 |
111 | 6 | "Buck Has a Bellyache" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | October 13, 1991 | 6.06 |
112 | 7 | "If I Could See Me Now" | Amanda Bearse | Gabrielle Topping | October 27, 1991 | 6.07 |
113 | 8 | "God's Shoes" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | November 3, 1991 | 6.08 |
114 | 9 | "Kelly Does Hollywood (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | November 10, 1991 | 6.09 |
115 | 10 | "Kelly Does Hollywood (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | November 17, 1991 | 6.10 |
116 | 11 | "Al Bundy, Shoe Dick" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | November 24, 1991 | 6.11 |
117 | 12 | "So This Is How Sinatra Felt" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | December 1, 1991 | 6.12 |
118 | 13 | "I Who Have Nothing" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | December 22, 1991 | 6.13 |
119 | 14 | "The Mystery of Skull Island" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | January 5, 1992 | 6.14 |
120 | 15 | "Just Shoe It" | Gerry Cohen | Lisa Chernin | January 19, 1992 | 6.15 |
121 | 16 | "Rites of Passage" | Gerry Cohen | Ilunga Adell | February 9, 1992 | 6.16 |
122 | 17 | "The Egg and I" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | February 16, 1992 | 6.17 |
123 | 18 | "My Dinner With Anthrax" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | February 23, 1992 | 6.19 |
124 | 19 | "Psychic Avengers" | Amanda Bearse | Calvin Brown Jr. | March 1, 1992 | 6.18 |
125 | 20 | "Hi I.Q." | Gerry Cohen | Steve Crider | March 22, 1992 | 6.20 |
126 | 21 | "Teacher Pets" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | April 5, 1992 | 6.21 |
127 | 22 | "The Goodbye Girl" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | April 19, 1992 | 6.22 |
128 | 23 | "The Gas Station Show" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Michael G. Moye | April 26, 1992 | 6.23 |
129 | 24 | "England Show (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | May 3, 1992 | 6.24 |
130 | 25 | "England Show (Part 2)"
"Wastin' the Company's Money" |
Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | May 10, 1992 | 6.25 |
131 | 26 | "England Show (Part 3)"
"We're Spending as Fast as We Can" |
Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | May 17, 1992 | 6.26 |
Season 7 (1992/93)[]
- Main article: Season 7 (1992/93)
In the seventh season, the writers introduced Seven (played by Shane Sweet) in an attempt to give the Bundys a third child. When the audience was unreceptive, he was removed from the series with no explanation other than being left at the D'Arcy's (Seven was last seen being told a bedtime story in "Peggy and the Pirates"). There is, however, a subtle reference to him in Season 8, episode 22, when he appears as the missing child on a carton of milk. Bud also loses his virginity during this season and he makes his first appearance with a beard (which was mistaken for dirt in the episode where Bud first notices he's growing a beard). Steve Rhoades also makes another guest appearance during this season, also Dan Castellaneta, as does Michael Faustino.
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132 | 1 | "Magnificent Seven" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver | September 13, 1992 | 7.01 |
133 | 2 | "T-R-A-Something-Something Spells Tramp" | Gerry Cohen | Ron Leavitt & Ellen L. Fogle | September 20, 1992 | 7.02 |
134 | 3 | "Every Bundy Has a Birthday" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | September 27, 1992 | 7.03 |
135 | 4 | "Al On the Rocks" | Gerry Cohen | Andrew Smith | October 4, 1992 | 7.04 |
136 | 5 | "What I Did For Love" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | October 11, 1992 | 7.05 |
137 | 6 | "Frat Chance" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | October 25, 1992 | 7.06 |
138 | 7 | "The Chicago Wine Party" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | November 1, 1992 | 7.07 |
139 | 8 | "Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Amanda Bearse | Gabrielle Topping | November 8, 1992 | 7.08 |
140 | 9 | "Rock of Ages" | Gerry Cohen | Al Aidekman | November 15, 1992 | 7.09 |
141 | 10 | "Death of a Shoe Salesman" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | November 22, 1992 | 7.10 |
142 | 11 | "The Old College Try" | Gerry Cohen | Dianne Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez & P. Sharon | December 13, 1992 | 7.11 |
143 | 12 | "Christmas" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | December 20, 1992 | 7.12 |
144 | 13 | "The Wedding Show" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver | January 10, 1993 | 7.13 |
145 | 14 | "It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This" | Sam W. Orender | Michael G. Moye | January 24, 1993 | 7.14 |
146 | 15 | "Heels on Wheels" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | February 7, 1993 | 7.15 |
147 | 16 | "Mr. Empty Pants" | Gerry Cohen | George Tricker | February 14, 1993 | 7.16 |
148 | 17 | "You Can't Miss" | Amanda Bearse | Joel Valentincic & Scott Zimbler | February 21, 1993 | 7.17 |
149 | 18 | "Peggy and the Pirates" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | February 28, 1993 | 7.18 |
150 | 19 | "Go For the Old" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | March 14, 1993 | 7.19 |
151 | 20 | "Un-Alful Entry" | Amanda Bearse | Larry Jacobson | March 28, 1993 | 7.20 |
152 | 21 | "Movie Show" | Gerry Cohen | Ellen L. Fogle | April 11, 1993 | 7.21 |
153 | 22 | "'Til Death Do Us Part" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | April 25, 1993 | 7.22 |
154 | 23 | "Tis Time to Smell the Roses" | Gerry Cohen | Kevin Curran | May 2, 1993 | 7.23 |
155 | 24 | "Old Insurance Dodge" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | May 9, 1993 | 7.24 |
156 | 25 | "Wedding Repercussions" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver | May 16, 1993 | 7.25 |
157 | 26 | "The Proposition" | Gerry Cohen | Arthur Silver | May 23, 1993 | 7.26 |
Season 8 (1993/94)[]
- Main article: Season 8 (1993/94)
The eighth season introduces many of Al's friends, including Aaron, Bob Rooney and Officer Dan (even though Officer Dan wasn't a character in the earlier seasons, the actor who played him also appeared in "Rock 'n Roll Girl" as the sheriff who issued Al a ticket for an insulting bumper sticker, "Weenie Tot Lovers and Other Strangers" as the police officer who arrested Al, and "The Egg and I" as the FBI agent searching for Steve). Al, Jefferson, Bob Rooney and Officer Dan (along with Griff and Ike, who are introduced in Season 9) all become members of NO MA'AM in the episode where the men fight back against a talk show host (played by [[Jerry Springer]) known as "The Masculine Feminist". This is also the season where Bud joins a fraternity. And the closest we get to an explanation for Seven's mysterious disappearance 14 months before is in the episode "Ride Scare," where a closeup on a carton of milk reveals a picture of Seven with the words "Missing." Al's plus-sized model friends simply look at it without comment before helping themselves.
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158 | 1 | "A Tisket, a Tasket, Can Peg Make a Basket?" | Tony Singletary | Kim Weiskopf | September 5, 1993 | 8.01 |
159 | 2 | "Hood 'n The Boyz" | Tony Singletary | Michael G. Moye | September 12, 1993 | 8.02 |
160 | 3 | "Proud to Be Your Bud" | Tony Singletary | Stacie Lipp | September 19, 1993 | 8.03 |
161 | 4 | "Luck of the Bundys" | Tony Singletary | Richard Gurman | September 26, 1993 | 8.04 |
162 | 5 | "Banking on Marcy" | Tony Singletary | Stacie Lipp | October 3, 1993 | 8.05 |
163 | 6 | "No Chicken, No Check" | Tony Singletary | Ralph R. Farquhar | October 10, 1993 | 8.06 |
164 | 7 | "Take My Wife, Please" | Tony Singletary | Peter Gaulke & Eddie Feldmann & Brad Yuen[38] | October 24, 1993 | 8.07 |
165 | 8 | "Scared Single" | Sam W. Orender | Katherine Green | November 7, 1993 | 8.08 |
166 | 9 | "NO MA'AM" | Tony Singletary | Larry Jacobson | November 14, 1993 | 8.09 |
167 | 10 | "Dances with Weezie" | Tony Singletary | Richard Gurman | November 21, 1993 | 8.10 |
168 | 11 | "Change For a Buck" | Amanda Bearse | Kim Weiskopf | November 28, 1993 | 8.11 |
169 | 12 | "A Little Off the Top" | Sam W. Orender | Michael G. Moye | December 12, 1993 | 8.12 |
170 | 13 | "The Worst Noel" | Amanda Bearse | Larry Jacobson | December 19, 1993 | 8.13 |
171 | 14 | "Sofa So Good" | Amanda Bearse | Doug McIntyre | January 16, 1994 | 8.15 |
172 | 15 | "Honey, I Blew Up Myself" | Sam W. Orender | Wayne Kline | January 23, 1994 | 8.14 |
173 | 16 | "How Green Was My Apple" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | February 6, 1994 | 8.16 |
174 | 17 | "Valentine's Day Massacre" | Gerry Cohen | Cindy Begel | February 13, 1994 | 8.18 |
175 | 18 | "Get Outta Dodge" | Sam W. Orender | Mark Driscoll | February 20, 1994 | 8.17 |
176 | 19 | "Field of Screams" | Gerry Cohen | Al Aidekman | February 27, 1994 | 8.19 |
177 | 20 | "The D'Arcy Files" | Gerry Cohen | Ilunga Adell | March 20, 1994 | 8.20 |
178 | 21 | "Nooner or Nothing" | Gerry Cohen | Nancy Neufeld Callaway | April 10, 1994 | 8.22 |
179 | 22 | "Ride Scare" | Sam W. Orender | Nancy Neufeld Callaway | April 24, 1994 | 8.25 |
180 | 23 | "The Legend of Ironhead Haynes" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | May 1, 1994 | 8.21 |
181 | 24 | "Assault and Batteries" | Sam W. Orender | David Castro | May 8, 1994 | 8.24 |
182 | 25 | "Al Goes Deep" | Amanda Bearse | Garry Bowren & Laurie Lee-Goss | May 15, 1994 | 8.26 |
183 | 26 | "Kelly Knows Something" | Amanda Bearse | Al Aidekman | May 22, 1994 | 8.23 |
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Season 9 (1994/95)[]
- Main article: Season 9 (1994/95)
The ninth season rounds out the cast of Al's friends by introducing Griff, who works at Gary's Shoes with Al, and Ike. Steve Rhoades also makes his final two appearances during this season. The season also includes the cancellation of Psycho Dad, Bud getting a job as a driving examiner and the first appearances of shoe store owner Gary (who turns out to be a woman), Marcy's niece Amber and reporter Miranda Veracruz De La Hoya Cardinal. Michael Faustino makes his fifth and final guest appearance.
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184 | 1 | "Shoeway to Heaven" | Gerry Cohen | Nancy Steen & Carl Studebaker[39] | September 4, 1994 | 9.01 |
185 | 2 | "Driving Mr. Boondy" | Gerry Cohen | Donald Beck | September 11, 1994 | 9.02 |
186 | 3 | "Kelly Breaks Out" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | September 18, 1994 | 9.03 |
187 | 4 | "Naughty But Niece" | Gerry Cohen | David Castro | September 25, 1994 | 9.04 |
188 | 5 | "Business Sucks (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | October 2, 1994 | 9.05 |
189 | 6 | "Business Still Sucks (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp | October 9, 1994 | 9.06 |
190 | 7 | "Dial B For Virgin" | Amanda Bearse | Wayne Kline | October 16, 1994 | 9.07 |
191 | 8 | "Sleepless in Chicago" | Katherine Green | Katherine Green | October 23, 1994 | 9.08 |
192 | 9 | "No Pot to Pease In" | Gerry Cohen | John Glenn Houston | November 6, 1994 | 9.09 |
193 | 10 | "Dud Bowl" | Gerry Cohen | Kim Weiskopf | November 13, 1994 | 9.10 |
194 | 11 | "A Man For No Seasons" | Amanda Bearse | Kim Weiskopf | November 27, 1994 | 9.11 |
195 | 12 | "I Want My Psycho Dad (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Barry Gold | December 11, 1994 | 9.13 |
196 | 13 | "I Want My Psycho Dad (Part 2)"
"Second Blood" |
Gerry Cohen | David Castro | December 18, 1994 | 9.14 |
197 | 14 | "The Naked and the Dead, But Mostly the Naked" | Sam W. Orender | Michael G. Moye | January 8, 1995 | 9.12 |
198 | 15 | "Kelly Takes a Shot" | Amanda Bearse | Al Aidekman | January 15, 1995 | 9.15 |
199 | 16 | "Get the Dodge Outta Hell" | Gerry Cohen | Larry Jacobson | February 5, 1995 | 9.17 |
-- | -- | "Special: Best of Bundy" | -- | -- | February 5, 1995 | -- |
200 | 17 | "25 Years and What Do You Get?" | Sam W. Orender | Donald Beck | February 12, 1995 | 9.18 |
201 | 18 | "Ship Happens (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Michele J. Wolff | February 19, 1995 | 9.19 |
202 | 19 | "Ship Happens (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Katherine Green | February 26, 1995 | 9.20 |
203 | 20 | "Something Larry This Way Comes" | Amanda Bearse | Alison Taylor | March 12, 1995 | 9.16 |
204 | 21 | "And Bingo Was Her Game-O" | Gerry Cohen | Laurie Lee-Goss & Garry Bowren | March 26, 1995 | 9.21 |
205 | 22 | "User Friendly" | Sam W. Orender | Russell Marcus | April 9, 1995 | 9.23 |
206 | 23 | "Pump Fiction" | Gerry Cohen | Kim Weiskopf & David Castro | April 30, 1995 | 9.25 |
-- | -- | "Special: My Favorite Married" | -- | -- | April 30, 1995 | -- |
207 | 24 | "Radio Free Trumaine" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman & Stacie Lipp | May 7, 1995 | 9.26 |
208 | 25 | "Shoeless Al" | Amanda Bearse | Ron Leavitt | May 14, 1995 | 9.24 |
209 | 26 | "The Undergraduate" | Amanda Bearse | Fran E. Kaufer | May 21, 1995 | 9.22 |
Season 10 (1995/96)[]
- Main article: Season 10 (1995/96)
The tenth season saw the death of family pet Buck and his subsequent reincarnation into the body of Lucky, the Bundys' next dog. The season also marks the first appearances of Peggy's father Ephraim (played by Tim Conway) and Peggy's mother, who moves in with the Bundys (although she is never seen, only heard) Also, Peg leaves Al and goes on a search for her father.
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210 | 1 | "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner" | Gerry Cohen | Russell Marcus | September 17, 1995 | 10.02 |
211 | 2 | "A Shoe Room with a View" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman & Stacie Lipp | September 24, 1995 | 10.01 |
212 | 3 | "Requiem For a Dead Briard" | Gerry Cohen | Michael G. Moye | October 1, 1995 | 10.03 |
213 | 4 | "Reverend Al" | Gerry Cohen | Kim Weiskopf | October 8, 1995 | 10.04 |
214 | 5 | "How Bleen Was My Kelly" | Amanda Bearse | Daniel O'Keefe | October 15, 1995 | 10.05 |
215 | 6 | "The Weaker Sex" | Amanda Bearse | Dvora Inwood | October 22, 1995 | 10.06 |
216 | 7 | "Flight of the Bumblebee" | Gerry Cohen | Calvin Brown Jr. | October 29, 1995 | 10.07 |
217 | 8 | "Blond and Blonder" | Gerry Cohen | Stacie Lipp & Richard Gurman | November 5, 1995 | 10.08 |
218 | 9 | "The Two that Got Away" | Amanda Bearse | Al Aidekman | November 19, 1995 | 10.11 |
219 | 10 | "Dud Bowl II" | Gerry Cohen | Kim Weiskopf | November 26, 1995 | 10.09 |
-- | -- | "Special: Al Bundy's Sports Spectacular" | -- | Paul Wales | November 26, 1995 | -- |
220 | 11 | "Bearly Men" | Gerry Cohen | Russell Marcus | December 3, 1995 | 10.10 |
221 | 12 | "Love Conquers Al" | Gerry Cohen | Paul Corrighn & Brad Walsh | December 10, 1995 | 10.13 |
222 | 13 | "I Can't Believe It's Butter" | Sam W. Orender | Scott Zimbler & Joel Valentincic | December 17, 1995 | 10.12 |
223 | 14 | "The Hood, the Bud and the Kelly (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Davora Inwood | January 7, 1996 | 10.14 |
224 | 15 | "The Hood, the Bud and the Kelly (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Daniel O'Keefe | January 14, 1996 | 10.15 |
225 | 16 | "Calendar Girl" | Amanda Bearse | Fran E. Kaufer | February 4, 1996 | 10.16 |
226 | 17 | "The Agony and the Extra C" | Sam W. Orender | Jimmy Alack & Jim Kelley | February 11, 1996 | 10.19 |
227 | 18 | "Spring Break (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Kim Weiskopf | February 18, 1996 | 10.17 |
228 | 19 | "Spring Break (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Calvin Brown Jr. | February 25, 1996 | 10.18 |
229 | 20 | "Turning Japanese" | Sam W. Orender | Fran E. Kaufer | March 17, 1996 | 10.20 |
230 | 21 | "Al Goes to the Dogs" | Sam W. Orender | Laurie Lee-Goss & Garry Bowren | March 24, 1996 | 10.22 |
231 | 22 | "Enemies" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman & Nicole Eggert & Russell Marcus | April 14, 1996 | 10.24 |
232 | 23 | "Bud Hits the Books" | Sam W. Orender | Stacie Lipp | April 28, 1996 | 10.21 |
233 | 24 | "Kiss of the Coffee Woman" | Sam W. Orender | Todd Newman | May 5, 1996 | 10.23 |
234 | 25 | "Torch Song Duet" | Gerry Cohen | Donelle Q. Buck | May 19, 1996 | 10.25 |
235 | 26 | "The Joke's on Al" | Gerry Cohen | Calvin Brown Jr. | May 19, 1996 | 10.26 |
Season 11 (1996/97)[]
- Main article: Season 11 (1996/97)
The eleventh season was the final season of Married... with Children. Fox moved the show's time slot several times throughout the course of the season, which cost the show ratings. Rising production costs and decreasing viewer shares led to the show's cancellation on April 17, 1997, after the final taping for Season 11. Due to this decision, there is no official "final" episode of Married... with Children. While "How to Marry a Moron, Part 2" is considered to be the final episode, "Chicago Shoe Exchange" was the last episode that Fox broadcast. This was the only season to feature teaser scenes before the opening credits and a few episodes during this season also featured tag scenes just before the closing credits. For this season, the still of Al and Peggy sitting on the couch was dropped from the closing credits, which for this season are shown against a black background and in a separate card format, instead of scrolling. The opening theme was also greatly shortened, dropping the highway scenes taken from National Lampoon's Vacation, as well as the scene where Al hands every member of his family money.
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236 | 1 | "Twisted" | Gerry Cohen | Richard Gurman | September 28, 1996 | 11.03 |
237 | 2 | "Children of the Corns" | Amanda Bearse | Matthew Berry & Eric Abrams | October 5, 1996 | 11.02 |
238 | 3 | "Kelly's Gotta Habit" | Amanda Bearse | Laurie Lee-Goss & Garry Bowren | October 12, 1996 | 11.06 |
239 | 4 | "Requiem For a Chevyweight (Part 1)" | Gerry Cohen | Steve Faber & Bob Fisher | November 10, 1996 | 11.07 |
240 | 5 | "Requiem For a Chevyweight (Part 2)" | Amanda Bearse | Russell Marcus | November 17, 1996 | 11.09 |
241 | 6 | "A Bundy Thanksgiving" | Amanda Bearse | Vince Cheung & Bob Montanio | November 24, 1996 | 11.11 |
242 | 7 | "The Juggs Have Left the Building" | Gerry Cohen | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | December 1, 1996 | 11.08 |
243 | 8 | "God Help Ye Merry Bundymen" | Amanda Bearse | Steve Faber & Bob Fisher | December 22, 1996 | 11.13 |
244 | 9 | "Crimes Against Obesity" | Amanda Bearse | Russell Marcus | December 29, 1996 | 11.05 |
245 | 10 | "The Stepford Peg" | Amanda Bearse | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | January 6, 1997 | 11.01 |
246 | 11 | "Bud on the Side" | Sam W. Orender | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | January 13, 1997 | 11.10 |
247 | 12 | "Grime and Punishment" | Sam W. Orender | Steve Faber & Bob Fisher | January 20, 1997 | 11.04 |
248 | 13 | "T*R*A*S*H" | Amanda Bearse | Terry Maloney & Mindy Morgenstern & Todd Newman & David Faustino[43] | January 27, 1997 | 11.14 |
249 | 14 | "Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (Part 1)" | Mark K. Samuels | Eric Abrams & Matthew Berry | February 24, 1997 | 11.16 |
250 | 15 | "Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (Part 2)" | Gerry Cohen | Russell Marcus | February 24, 1997 | 11.17 |
251 | 16 | "Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (Part 3)" | Gerry Cohen | Russell Marcus | March 3, 1997 | 11.18 |
252 | 17 | "Live Nude Peg" | Amanda Bearse | Matthew Berry & Eric Abrams | March 10, 1997 | 11.12 |
253 | 18 | "A Babe in Toyland" | Gerry Cohen | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | March 17, 1997 | 11.15 |
254 | 19 | "Birthday Boy Toy" | Gerry Cohen | Terry Maloney & Mindy Morgenstern | March 31, 1997 | 11.19 |
255 | 20 | "Lez Be Friends" | Gerry Cohen | Pamela Eells | April 28, 1997 | 11.22 |
256 | 21 | "Damn Bundys" | Richard Correll | Ben Montanio & Vince Cheung | April 28, 1997[44] | 11.20 |
257 | 22 | "The Desperate Half-Hour" (Part 1) | Gerry Cohen | Valerie Ahern & Christian McLaughlin | May 5, 1997[44] | 11.23 |
258 | 23 | "How to Marry a Moron" (Part 2) | Gerry Cohen | Ben Montanio & Vince Cheung | May 5, 1997[44] | 11.24 |
259 | 24[40][41][42] | "Chicago Shoe Exchange" | Mark K. Samuels | Matthew Berry & Eric Abrams | June 9, 1997[40][41][45] | 11.21[40][41][42] |
Non–Season Specials[]
Airdate | Title | Station |
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December 12, 1986 (taping date) | "Unaired Pilot" | Unaired |
May 9, 1992 | Backstage with the Bundys | MTV |
June 7, 1993 | A Day in the Life of Married... with Children | Fox |
January 1, 1998 | Bundymania | ProSieben (Germany)[6] |
August 26, 2001 | Married... with Children: The "E! True Hollywood Story" | E! |
February 16, 2003 | Married... with Children Reunion | Fox |
July 10, 2010 | Married... with children Bio | Bio |
April 22, 2012 | Fox 25th anniversary | Fox |
April 23, 2012 | The Cast Of Married With Children: Where Are They Now! | TV Guide Network |
Bundymania was a three hour and forty-five minute special airing nine dubbed German episodes of the series. The special included interviews with David Faustino, Christina Applegate, Ted McGinley, dog trainer Steven Ritt, Amanda Bearse and Ed O'Neill.[6]
References[]
- ↑ Married... with Children: Cast and Details. TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ↑ CNET Networks (2007). Married... with Children Season 11. TV.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ↑ Andreas, Carl (December 11, 2005). Series. Bundyology. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ↑ Married ... With Children: DVDs, Episodes, Cast, and Streaming Videos. Amazon.com (October 13, 2009). Retrieved on 2010-01-10.
- ↑ Andreas, Carl (2003). Specials. Bundyology. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Andreas, Carl (October 12, 1999). Special "Bundymania". Bundyology. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
External links[]
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