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Married...with Children
Al is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.
- Country of originUnited States
- Year when published1989
- CastEd O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal
S4:E9
Oh, What a Feeling
When the Dodge finally gives its death rattle, Al digs up his secret car-fund shoe box and trades the Dodge for a ride to the local dealership. When Bud opens the shoe box, he finds not $5,000, but a mere $800... and a red hair. Al spends the rest of the episode trying to buy something that goes "vroom!"
S10:E16
Calendar Girl
Al wants to beat rival shoe-shop owner Babcock in something and puts his faith in Bud, who's in the same entrepreneurial-studies class at Trumaine as Babcock's son Little Floyd. Each boy must come up with a product and a marketing campaign for it Al sees that he'll get his revenge if Bud's project gets a better grade than Little Floyd's.
S4:E10
At the Zoo
Newly unemployed Steve decides he doesn't really want to work, so he fritters away his days with the Bundys, visiting the zoo and taking fishing trips. This puts a strain on Steve's relationship with Marcy, who ends up going out with Al to a local bar, where they swap stories about their miserable marriages.
S10:E17
The Agony and the Extra C
It is Marcy and Jefferson's wedding anniversary, but Jefferson is in the hospital, recovering from a physical trauma. Kelly and Bud visit Jefferson and he recounts the events that led to his being hospitalized, starting with the party that the other members of No Ma'am threw at him in the nude bar.
S4:E22
The Agony of De-Feet
After being plagued by nightmares of feet, a beautiful woman asks Al to judge a contest at Gary's Shoes, whose contestants she "could never compete with". Meanwhile, Kelly tricks Marcy and Bud into thinking they slept together.
S4:E23
Yard Sale
Peggy will buy anything at a yard sale, so when she brings home a boar's head, there's no more room in the garage to put it. So, Al decides enough is enough and he decides to have his own yard sale, despite Peggy's protests.
S5:E1
We'll Follow the Sun
The Bundys decide to go for a drive - on Labor Day. They spend the better part of the holiday sitting in traffic, arguing with one another and picking fights with neighboring motorists.
S5:E2
Al... with Kelly
Al and Kelly feign illness to avoid going to Wanker County with Peg and Bud. Al looks forward to his quiet and peaceful weekend, until Kelly gets sick.
S4:E11
It's a Bundyful Life Part 1
Al has finally saved up a lot of cash to buy his family a ton of presents they want this year. Unfortunately, a mob of late customers in the shoe store prevents him from getting to the bank and retrieving the money he needs.
S4:E12
It's a Bundyful Life Part 2
Al's guardian angel pays him a visit and shows him what life would be like if he had never been born. The Jablonskys are a perfect family and the Rhoades are more like the Bundys, except without Al.
S10:E18
Spring Break: Part 1
Bud and his three "frat bros," Hindu Achmed, fatso Hummer, and nerdy Barney, are set to leave for Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale in hopes of scoring some drunken babes. They have the tickets and the hotel reservation.
S10:E19
Spring Break: Part 2
Al, Jefferson, and Griff are having the time of their lives at Fort Lauderdale; Al even finds a new way to earn money by collecting empty cans. The girls are prepping Kelly for the beauty competition.
S5:E3
Sue Casa, His Casa
Bud's new driver's license portends bumper cars on the roadway. When Bud t-bones a Mercedes, Al sees an opportunity to clean up in court. At least he has hope. Losing his lawsuit hurt but what he goes through to payoff the settlement is truly painful.
S5:E4
The Unnatural
Al is cut from the neighborhood softball team just before the big game. When his all-star replacement is knocked out in the last inning, however, his team and family have to come crawling back.
S4:E13
Who'll Stop the Rain
Al desperately tries to fix the house's leaking roof during a rainstorm. But each time Al falls off the roof, it makes Peggy and the kids wonder if he's too stupid or too cheap to call a roofer to do the job. Meanwhile, Steve lands another job, at a pet store, and Marcy suffers side effects after being bitten by a venomous "Peruvian Devil Gerbil".
S4:E14
A Taxing Problem
Faced with an IRS audit because of Peg, Al decides to find money quickly to pay his taxes by selling Peg's hair for $5,000. However, Peg is not looking to give away her red hair anytime soon.
S10:E20
Turning Japanese
Marcy is up for a promotion, but to get promoted, she needs to impress her Japanese boss, Mr. Shimokawa, by serving him dinner and presenting him her grateful neighbors, the Japanese Bundys.
S10:E21
Al Goes to the Dogs
Al decides to build a dog house for Lucky. But when he makes an absurd amount of noise in the back yard, Marcy bribes a building inspector to inspect Al's work just to harass him.
S5:E5
Dance Show
Peggy goes out dancing with Marcy, and becomes taken with a handsome man-about-town named Andy. At home, however, Al gets confronted by Andy's wife, Pete.
S5:E6
Kelly Bounces Back
Now an aspiring model, Kelly invents a maneuver called "The Bundy Bounce" for her first audition as spokesperson for the new Allente car. But Bud's big mouth gives the idea to another model, so Kelly must take things into her own hands and remove the competition. Meanwhile, Peggy goes on a strike with housework because Al think's she's useless.
S4:E15
Rock and Roll Girl
When Al challenges the selfish and ungrateful family members to earn a dollar of their own, Peggy tries scamming money from others because of her loathe for work. Meanwhile, Bud appoints himself as Kelly's agent and lands her a job as a 'rock video slut'.
S4:E16
You Gotta Know When to Hold Them: Part 1
After Steve abandons Marcy, Peggy decides to make her feel better by going to Las Vegas with Al's money.
S10:E22
Enemies
When Tom meets Kelly Bundy while delivering a package to the Bundy house, he asks her out for the evening. To make Tom jealous, Shannon asks out a handsome millionaire named Henry and the four of them end up at the local greasy-spoon diner in the inner city, which is run by friendly cook George.
S10:E23
Bud Hits the Books
Bud has invited not-too-bright student Ariel to play the "Strip Study" game, to prepare for upcoming exams he has to pass in order to graduate. Despite years of not ending up getting some, Bud gets lucky but falls asleep and realizes that in order to be able to concentrate on studying, he has to give up everything that reminds him of sex.
S4:E7
Desperately Seeking Miss October
When a Playboy Playmate walks into Al's shoe store, he's eager to get home and look up her October, 1987 issue. But Al is a broken man when he finds out that Peggy has sold his entire Playboy collection to get money to buy a good luck charm to win the lottery. The ghost of Al's father later appears and convinces him to get some self-respect.
S4:E8
976-SHOE
Al decides to open a shoe emergency hotline with help from Steve in the form of a $50,000 loan. But typically, Al's get-rich-quick scheme backfires when nobody phones in. When Marcy gives Al a second $50,000 loan to repay the original loan, the Bundys and the Rhoades join together in a downward spiral of failure when Al instead sinks the second $50,000 into his failing shoe hotline, which results in Steve losing his job at the bank, Marcy getting demoted and Al ending up being the loser as always.
S4:E20
Peggy Made a Little Lamb
Peggy learns that she never got her high school diploma because she failed home economics during her senior year. Using her "life experience" as course credit, she takes the final exam with Kelly's class to get her diploma
S4:E21
Rain Girl
Kelly gets a job as a TV weather girl, rather than go to school, which makes the Bundys happy since she'll be making more money than Al.
S10:E24
Kiss of the Coffee Woman
Marcy will not let Jefferson back in the house until he finds a job, so he hangs around at the Bundys. Bud gets Kelly a part in a Romantic Roast coffee commercial and when Kelly's co-star fails to perform up to expectations, Bud gets Jefferson the part.
S10:E25
Torch Song Duet
There's a radio contest open to all (except Al), where the winner will get to carry the Olympic torch through the city. Griff wins it and becomes a local hero.
S10:E26
The Joke's on Al
While Griff faces the death penalty due to a NO MA'AM prank, Al plans to get married to an old flame.
S11:E1
Twisted
Bud has discovered that Ariel gets turned on by life-threatening situations and has decided to stage a fake tornado in order to get some from Ariel while they seek shelter in the Bundys' basement. Peg confirms that danger does in deed turn women on.
S5:E7
Married... with Aliens
After Al returns home from work with a bump on the head, he sees (or thinks he sees) six little green aliens coming down to Earth and stealing his smelly socks to use as fuel for their spaceships. The only problem is no one sees them but Al, so everyone think's he's crazy when he tells others that he saw them.
S5:E8
Wabbit Season
Al decides to grow a vegetable garden, but soon faces off against an all-out war with a rabbit who steals his carrots and other vegetables.
S4:E17
You Gotta Know When to Fold Them: Part 2
When Al and the kids discover that Peggy sold the TV and used up the credit card, they go to Las Vegas, where both Peggy and Marcy are broke and need a way to come up with money.
S4:E18
What Goes Around Came Around
Al is excited when he's asked to speak at the Polk High Homecoming Dance. At the dance, while Al rants on and on about the unhappily married man, Peggy finds herself being wooed by a teacher, Kelly is trying to please two dates and Bud is plotting revenge against his date, Heather McCoy, who humiliated him years earlier by running his underwear up a flagpole.
S11:E2
Children of the Corns
Gary declares a sales contest between Al and Griff - the winner gets a raise. However, an appearance of an immigrant child who works in Gary's illegal sweatshop gives Al a better idea than selling shoes.
S11:E3
Kelly's Gotta Habit
In order to get a $20,000 contract of a model for a national olive oil brand, Kelly has to sign a Morals Clause, which requires that she remain chaste. This proves to be a difficult task. Meanwhile, Al hears that Officer Dan is appearing in Al's favorite TV show, Cops, and blackmails him to become his partner.
S5:E9
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
When Al moves a sofa off a neighbor's lawn without a shirt on, he unexpectedly gains a reputation as a "stud" among the neighborhood women. With his confidence uplifted, he starts taking showers and wearing elegant clothes, and his performance at work improves dramatically, as does his popularity with the ladies. Needless to say, Peggy is both jealous and unsettled, but she does not know how to react to this - her husband is acting very unlike-Al.
S5:E10
One Down, Two to Go
Tired of Al escorting her dates out through the doorway, "grown-up" Kelly gets her own apartment.
S4:E19
Peggy Turns 300
Al tries to ditch Peggy on her birthday, but she catches him in the act and tags along when he goes bowling.
S11:E4
Requiem for a Chevyweight: Part 1
Al's beloved Dodge is fading away. Through a frantic "emergency operation," Al manages to "stabilize" the Dodge's condition, but it still needs constant "life support". He is unwilling to let the Dodge go because he has fond memories of his father and the car, so he calls for a car doctor, who sees that the Dodge needs a fuel pump "transplant".
S11:E5
Requiem for a Chevyweight: Part 2
Al buries his "dead" Dodge in his backyard and has a funeral ceremony for it. The collectors still desire the spare parts and Peg still intends to sell them. At Bud's request, Marcy goes through Al's financial records and declares that Al can't afford a new car. Al decides to prove her wrong and goes to a car dealer. Meanwhile, Jefferson's secret past helps him to locate a fuel pump for Al's old Dodge.
S5:E11
And Baby Makes Money
After Al's bachelor uncle dies, he leaves $500,000 to the first of his relatives to produce a newborn baby named after him. Al overcomes his usual aversion to sex with Peg. Unknown to him, she is secretly staying on the pill, to keep Al wanting sex with her, and having decided that no amount of money is worth going through pregnancy a third time.
S5:E12
Married... with Who
After a drinking binge at a bankers party, Marcy discovers herself to be married to a mysterious hunk named Jefferson D'Arcy, whom Al unearths as a gigolo and con artist. To make Marcy feel better about this unexpected change in her life, Peggy decides to throw a formal wedding ceremony for Marcy and Jefferson in the Bundy's back yard, a ceremony in which nothing goes as planned.
S11:E6
A Bundy Thanksgiving
It's Thanksgiving. In Al's childhood, it was a tradition to eat aunt Maddie's potato pie on Thanksgiving, so Al takes a trip with Griff to see aunt Maddie in order to buy some pie. Unfortunately it turns out that she's just died. Jefferson can't find a turkey for Marcy because they've sold out. Then a stray turkey just happens to follow Kelly home. Will Kelly let the others eat it?
S11:E7
The Juggs Have Left the Building
Peggy wants to take a holiday in Branson, Missouri, but Al says he can't afford it. The prospect of all-fried food and only twin beds available, however, make him change his mind.
S5:E13
The Godfather
Al becomes the boss of the neighborhood after Kelly starts dating an influential city councilman.
S5:E14
Look Who's Barking
Told from the point of view of Buck, he runs away from the house feeling neglected. Behind a diner, he picks up a female dog, whom he brings home. He quickly regrets it, as the new dog gets all the attention from Bud and Kelly. Meanwhile, Al is obsessed with getting a taste of his favorite cherry cheesecake from a restaurant in Wisconsin.
S11:E8
God Help Ye Merry Bundymen
It's Christmas. Al doesn't want a Christmas tree, the rest of the family does. Marcy is determined to win the neighborhood decorating contest. Gary hires two young guys, Hal and Biff, to help Al and Griff at the shoe store.
S11:E9
Crimes Against Obesity
When Al goes too far with the fat insults, he's put on trial by all the obese women he has insulted over the years.
S5:E15
A Man's Castle
Peg takes an interior design course and her first assignment is to redecorate one room in her house. Unfortunately for Al, she chooses his spare bathroom.
S5:E16
All-Nite Security Dude
When a second floor aerobics studio, full of terribly overweight women, collapses into the shoe store, Al is laid off while the store is being repaired. Al then gets a night job as a security guard at his old high school, Polk High. This prompts his former high school rival, Spare Tire Dixon, to steal his prized trophy which leads to a brutal showdown.
S11:E10
The Stepford Peg
Al is planning a get-together for the guys and they'll be watching wrestling from cable. Al wants Peg to help, but she declines. Then Peg has an accident where she hits her head and gets amnesia. Kelly, Bud, and Al are then amazed to see Peg cooking, cleaning, and doing other housework. They decide to milk the situation for all it's worth.
S11:E11
Bud on the Side
When Al finds out that Bud and Gary are dating, he and Griff decide to take advantage of the situation like a break room.
S11:E12
Grime and Punishment
Since Bud is actually earning money, Al starts charging rent for the basement. Bud and Al sign a lease and Bud pays his rent, after which he claims that the "apartment" is in need of repair. A health inspector declares the basement condemned and gives him a month to get the basement repaired.
S11:E13
T*R*A*S*H
Jefferson has joined the National Guard. He tells Al and Griff of the benefits: for one weekend per month, one gets to party with a bunch of guys and even get paid for it. Of course, you have to pass basic training first, but even that has a benefit. One does not have to go to one's regular job, but the boss still has to pay the salary. Al and Griff suddenly feel the urge to serve their country.
S11:E14
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 1
Al agrees to let Peg invite the Darcy's and Griff (plus one) to an evening party in exchange for a month of no sex. As a party game, the pairs test their knowledge of the other half. Unfortunately, Al has forgotten the most romantic night between him and Peg, who throws him out to the doghouse, literally.
S11:E15
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 2
Al makes true of his threat to move out. But what about custody of the two TVs? The kids Al leaves to Peg. In foresight, he has hidden a nest egg in a secret compartment in the toilet seat. Peg becomes depressed, but the kids decide to find themselves a new step-dad.
S5:E17
Oldies But Young 'Uns
Al is haunted by a tune on the radio he can hum but not name, and he gets no help from Peggy or the D'Arcy's. Al similarly haunts Kelly's new boyfriend, Vinnie Verducci, the son of his fellow lowlife friend, Charlie Verducci, when Al warns Vinnie to only look and not touch, which is not easy for Vinnie.
S5:E18
Weenie Tot Lovers & Other Strangers
Bud needs money for a class trip to Washington, D.C., but Al hands it over to Kelly, who is auditioning for the Miss Weenie Tot spokesperson. When she wins the role, Al gets a year's supply of his favorite mock-food: Weenie Tots. But since uncooked Tots rapidly disintegrate upon contact with the air, Peggy manages to spoil every single box while searching for a lottery ticket.
S11:E16
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 3
Al is having difficulty adjusting to being single. Marcy is more than happy to share with him that Peg is having a dinner party with a millionaire. Al doesn't believe it, so Marcy tells him that what Peg really wants is for Al to come to the dinner party.
S11:E17
Live Nude Peg
Peggy, jealous that Al is spending all his time at The Jiggly Room, decides to try out on amateur night while Al and the No Ma'am boys judge it. She wins the competition dressed as a harem girl named Jasmin, wearing a veil over her face. Al is turned on like never before, and he and Peggy have their best sex ever.
S5:E19
Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do?
Al and Peggy go over to watch a video at Marcy and Jefferson's house and proceed to take over the place. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly seek gainful jobs for themselves, but only Bud gains with his first girlfriend, while Kelly babysits a family of seven kids from Hell.
S5:E20
Top of the Heap
Al Bundy's childhood pal, Charlie Verducci, and the guy's dim-witted son Vinnie, attend a high society fund raiser in this pilot for the short-lived TV series, 'Top of the Heap.'
S11:E18
A Babe in Toyland
When Kelly becomes successful on a kid's television show, she becomes a total bitch and control freak. Her manager, Bud, decides Princess Kelly should be taught a lesson she will not forget. Meanwhile, Al tries to avoid sharing a bed with Peg by sawing off half of their bed as she is tempted to have sex with him in bed.
S11:E19
Birthday Boy Toy
Al makes Peg stop her constant shopping by taking his card away from her and electrifying the phone so that she cannot place any orders. Meanwhile, it's Jefferson's 40th birthday and he has to accept he is no longer a young man and Marcy may one day leave him; so, Marcy forces him to get a job.
S5:E21
You Better Shop Around: Part 1
Al cannot afford to buy an air conditioner for the hot summer. After an attempt to install an old experimental model, (which results in a neighborhood blackout) Al moves his family into the local supermarket. After a while, they are told by the manager to buy something otherwise they will be sent to the county jail.
S5:E22
You Better Shop Around: Part 2
The Bundys and Darcys shop 'til they drop to see who will win $1000 in groceries. Needless to say, Marquis of Queensbury rules will not apply.
S5:E23
Route 666: Part 1
While on their way to Los Angeles for a "Shoe Convention," the Bundy's car breaks down in the small town of Lucifer, New Mexico where they meet an old prospector who gives them a map to an old gold mine in the area in exchange for their car. They phone Marcy and Jefferson who come to the rescue, thinking that the kids are dying.
S11:E20
Lez Be Friends
Marcy wants the Bundys to stay indoors because her "identical" cousin Mandy is coming for a visit and Marcy does not want her to be repulsed by them. Mandy's flight, however, is early and she takes a cab. Since the D'Arcys are at the airport waiting for her, she comes to the Bundys. This leads to Mandy spending the day out with Al and Jefferson. Suddenly Peg and Marcy find themselves jealous.
S11:E21
Damn Bundys
Al sells his soul to the Devil so he can play for the Bears. However, the Devil takes him to Hell the day of the Super Bowl with a fate worse than death planned: an eternity with the family and the D'Arcys.
S5:E24
Route 666: Part 2
Al, Peggy, Kelly, Bud, Jefferson, and Marcy find the gold mine in the desert. Al discovers the first gold nugget and everyone but the feeble-minded Kelly winds up with a bag full of gold. Al and Peggy have two separate fantasies of how to spend it.
S5:E25
Buck the Stud
A man offers the Bundy's $10,000 if Buck will breed with his champion dog, Lady Bird. So, Al has to coach Buck into knowing the varieties of breeding with other dogs the proper way. But needless to say it goes wrong and Al is stuck with the bill. Meanwhile, Kelly becomes Bud's fashion counselor and dresses him up in medieval costumes.
S11:E22
The Desperate Half-Hour
Al is kicking Peg and the kids out of the house so he can watch Death Wish 6 3-D in privacy on pay per view. But Bud also needs the house for himself: his pen pal, Starla, is getting out of prison and is coming to see him. Unfortunately, Starla decides to rob the Bundy's at gunpoint.
S11:E23
How to Marry a Moron
Lonnie is freed from prison because it was overcrowded. He asks Al's blessing for marrying Kelly. He even has a ring. Turns out that Lonnie is one of the Tots who owns Tot Industries, makers of Weenie Tots. Suddenly, Lonnie is most welcome to the Bundy family.
S6:E1
She's Having a Baby: Part 1
Marcy and Jefferson announce that they are expecting a baby, sending Al into pearls of laughter saying that it's the end of Jefferson's life, until Peggy announces the same. Al begins to lose his hair at an accelerated rate, thinking it's the end of the world for him. Kelly and Bud aren't pleased with the news either and take it out on Al.
S6:E2
She's Having a Baby: Part 2
Peggy and Marcy's constant demands for belly rubbing and expensive baby accessories drive Al crazy, prompting him to make a run for it. He and Jefferson end up at a bar connected to the bus station and watch semi-nude dancing girls while talking about a new and better life without their wives.
S6:E3
If Al Had a Hammer
When Al unearths his father's old hammer, he decides to turn the garage into his own private room to escape his pregnant wife. All goes well, until Jefferson and the guys crash in. Even worse, it's only a matter of time before their own pregnant spouses find out.
S11:E24
Chicago Shoe Exchange
Gary is restocking the shoe store and donating all the old shoes to Filipino orphans. When the lunch delivery girl accepts old sandals as payment because Al and Griff have no money, they realize that the shoes have trading value. Meanwhile, Kelly finally gets her masseuse license, but accidentally cripples Bud when trying out her skills on him.
S1:E1
Pilot
Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.
S1:E2
Thinnergy
Marcy introduces Peg to a new diet to improve her marriage. Al wants no part of it but learns if he tries the diet, he can persuade Peg to quit. He must then swallow his pride and admit to Peggy he loves her.
S1:E3
But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy
There has been a rash of burglaries in the area, and the Rhodes' house is robbed and Al's car stereo is ripped off, both families seek alternatives: Steve and Marcy buy a guard dog that won't stop barking, and Al purchases a fire arm. One fateful night, the two methods of home defense butt heads, and it's not a pretty picture.
S1:E4
Whose Room Is It Anyway?
Steve and Marcy plan to add a new room onto their house using their tax refund money. Al convinces Steve to make it into a billiards room while Peggy convinces Marcy to make it into an exercise room, which leads to an all-out battle of the sexes to see who will win.
S1:E5
Have You Driven a Ford Lately
Al and Steve buy a beat up Ford Mustang off of one of Kelly's boyfriends. Soon they form a tight friendship while fixing it up like new. The only problem is they are neglecting their wives now that they spend every free minute with the car. Marcy gets to experience something in the backseat of the Mustang that she has always wanted to do and when Al finds out about it, he won't let her forget it.