Married... with Children

Pilot (1987)

Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with the new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.

Thinnergy (1987)

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 that he loves her.

Whose Room Is It Anyway? (1987)

Steve and Marcy plan to add a new room to 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.

Have You Driven A Ford Lately? (1987)

Al and Steve buy a beat up Ford Mustang from one of Kelly's boyfriends. Soon, they form a tight friendship while restoring it. The only problem is that they are neglecting their wives, now that they spend every free minute with the car. Marcy gets to experience something in the back seat of the Mustang that she has never done before and when Al finds out about it, he won't let her forget it.

Sixteen Years and What Do You Get (1987)

It's the Bundys' 16th wedding anniversary. Al plans to buy Peggy a very fancy watch, but unfortunately, his credit card gets declined. Dare he show up at the party without a present?

Married… Without Children (1987)

Steve and Marcy decide that once is enough after they volunteer to watch Kelly, Bud and the family dog, Buck, after Al and Peggy go away for the weekend to a seedy motel in Wisconsin because Al wants to watch a boxing match on cable TV, which the Bundys don't have.

The Poker Game (1987)

One evening, Al takes Steve along to watch a poker game he's playing with his friends. Steve thinks he has the feel of the game and sits in for one of the men, but he ends up losing his paycheck to Al. Steve tries to avoid telling Marcy the truth about losing their mortgage payment money, while Al plans to use his $300 winnings to buy a new fishing rod.

Peggy Sue Got Work (1987)

To get the money to purchase a new VCR that Al won't buy her, Peggy gets a job in a department store, which takes the "fun" out of the Bundy marriage as a result of her absence. Peggy winds up in the clock department, where the ticking noise drives her nuts. Kelly and Bud get stuck with Al for the evenings.

Al Loses His Cherry (1987)

Al gets a first-hand look at Luke's swinging bachelor life when he takes refuge at Luke's apartment after work rather than return home to finish an argument with Peggy over visiting her relatives for the weekend. Luke invites two attractive, dim-witted airline stewardesses over to his place, where one of them tempts Al.

Nightmare on Al's Street (1987)

While Steve is out of town for the week on business, Marcy starts having dreams involving a romance-minded Al which turns her dreams into nightmares, and turns off her sexual urges, prompting her to look into the source of her nightmares, while a clueless Steve asks Al for advice on Marcy's sudden lack of sexual needs.

Where's The Boss? (1987)

The near death of the playboy owner of Al's shoe store starts Al wondering why he's never visited the store. Feeling unappreciated Al decides to take drastic action.

Johnny Be Gone (1987)

Personal problems and crises delay Al and Peggy's departure to the going out of business party of their favorite hamburger joint, "Johnny B. Goode's", which range from Kelly being stood up from going to a party, Bud wanting to finish a remote-controlled car for a model car festival, to Marcy stranded at the Bundys wearing only a towel after staining her dress.

Poppy's By The Tree - Part 1 (1987)

The Bundys take a vacation to near-beautiful Dumpwater, Florida and stay in a cut-rate motel where an ax murderer that hates tourists, shows up every five years since 1967, and redneck locals begin to make bets on who the psycho will strike next.

Poppy's By The Tree - Part 2 (1987)

After a hair-raising encounter with the maniac, Al decides to get the family out of town. But they realize that they are trapped at the motel by a storm and the locals are unwilling to help them. Then things take a turn when Peggy is taken hostage by the ax murderer in a room and Al must rescue her.

If I Were A Rich Man (1987)

Steve takes Al to the vault at the bank where Steve works for a secret after-hours card game, and the next day, one million dollars is reported missing. Al is then treated like a king by Peggy and the kids as well as hostility from Steve all of whom mistakenly think Al stole the money.

Buck Can Do It (1987)

Al is loath to have Buck the dog neutered despite being threatened with lawsuits from numerous neighbors regarding Buck's "nocturnal carnal activities" resulting in "stupid, ugly puppies" from their dogs. Reacting to pressure from Peggy and a bizarre dream he has involving Buck becoming upright and articulate, Al makes a decision.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Part 1 (1987)

While Al and Steve are occupied by a female employee who fixes the Bundy's refrigerator, Peggy invites Marcy to a strip club with the girls.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Part 2 (1987)

Marcy loses her composure and her wedding ring when it slips into a dancer's briefs when she slips him a tip. Desperate to keep the news from Steve, Marcy sets out distracting him every chance she gets. However, El Zorro the Stripper suddenly shows up at Al's house and returns Marcy's wedding ring to him, who gives it to Steve and tells him about where Marcy was the other night.

For Whom The Bell Tolls (1987)

Al gets heated up over the large phone bill and refuses to pay it, which results in the disconnection of the Bundy phone line, making him the target of hostility from Peggy, the kids and the Rhoades who now take the Bundys phone calls on their phone, especially the ones from Peggy's mother. To make matters worse, there's a streetlight that is also bothering Al which is keeping him awake every night.

Born To Walk (1987)

Al flunks his written drivers test the same day that Kelly passes hers, leading him confined to the house and unable to get to the racetrack to bet on an important horse race.

Alley of the Dolls (1987)

Victory seems assured when Steve agrees to join the Bundys for a family team bowling match against Peggy's arch rival from high school, Mimi, and her obnoxious family. But Bud reveals that he doesn't know how to bowl because he has squandered his bowling lesson money, prompting Steve to coach Bud on the pointers of bowling.

The Razor's Edge (1987)

Steve returns home having grown a beard from a week-long rafting trip. He and Marcy get into a huge argument over his reluctance to shave it off, leading him to move in with the Bundys.

How Do You Spell Revenge? (1987)

Al, Peggy, and Bud are part of a shopping mall softball team playing other mall teams. After losing a few too many games, Al demands that Peggy improve her softball skills or she is off his team. Meanwhile, Kelly's new boyfriend, Brian, asks her to prove her love to him by getting a tattoo.

Earth Angel (1987)

There's a new light in the neighborhood when Bud brings home an attractive, free spirited, 21-year-old artist named Tiffany on her way to art school in New York and everyone likes her, except Marcy for Tiffany steals the attentions of Steve as well.

You Better Watch Out (1987)

The Bundys' Christmas is rudely interrupted when a parachuting mall Santa crash-lands into their backyard, attracting the neighborhood kids.

Guys And Dolls (1988)

When starting a baseball card collection, Al and Steve sell Marcy's old Barbie doll. They must get it back, but they learn the shop they sold it to was robbed, so they would have to search downtown Chicago and ask every bum on the street.

Build A Better Mousetrap (1988)

Al's attempts to get rid of a rodent in the Bundy house end badly.

Master The Possibilities (1988)

Al, under the impression that you don't have to pay for anything you didn't order, takes Peggy and Bud on a wild spending spree, and goes with Peggy to a fancy hotel for a weekend getaway when the mailman accidentally leaves a new credit card addressed to Buck the dog.

Peggy Loves Al - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (1988)

On Valentines Day, Kelly hauls in a load of Valentines, while Steve plans to give Marcy a trip to Hawaii. When Marcy finds out from Peggy, she plans to give Steve his Valentine present by jumping out of a life-size cake. Meanwhile, Bud holds a vigil by the mailbox waiting for his first Valentine, while Peggy ponders over the decision on whether or not she'll get the gift she wants from Al for him to say "I Love You."

The Great Escape (1988)

The Bundy's stay at the shoe store after their house is tented for termites. A grounded Kelly plots to escape and go to a rock concert.

Im-Po-Dent (1988)

Marcy regrets denting Steve's new car when he claims that she's made him impotent.

Just Married… With Children (1988)

While secretly going through Steve and Marcy's mail, Al and Peggy fill out an application to a TV game show called "How Do I Love Thee" where the objective is a Bundy natural: surviving physical torture from one's spouse. Al and Peggy appear on the show pretending to be Steve and Marcy and they easily win many prizes. But when Steve and Marcy find out, they appear at the end of the show pretending to be Al and Peggy, and the husband that survives the most torture in an electric chair wins a new car.

Father Lode (1988)

After going with Steve to the racetrack, Al is reluctant to reveal that he won $1,200, because he knows that Peggy and the kids will take the money for themselves. While Al tries to throw off Peggy's suspicions with sex, Steve asks for increasingly exuberant bribes of Al's racetrack winnings so he will keep his mouth shut about the money.

All In The Family (1988)

Al's quiet three-day weekend plans to watch his favorite John Wayne movie "Hondo" are ruined when Peggy's eccentric relatives arrive from Wanker County, Wisconsin: her unseen, obese mother; feuding uncles, the hulking Irwin and the effeminate Otto; and singing, dancing, guitar-playing triplet aunts whose showbiz career is threatened by Al's bad advice. Al then intrudes on Steve and Marcy's romantic evening to complain about...the in-laws intrusion on his "Hondo" weekend.

He Thought He Could (1988)

Al discovers a library book that was due in 1957. He must return it to the library and face up to his worst childhood fear: the librarian.

I'm Going To Sweatland (1988)

When a perspiration stain on one of Al's shirts resembles a silhouette of The King of Rock & Roll, the Bundy household becomes a hot spot for Elvis Presley fanatics to visit.

Poke High (1988)

A young football player named Matt, from Polk High, where Kelly and Bud go to school, is threatening two Bundy records: one held by Al for the most touchdowns in one season and the other by Kelly, by refusing her advances. So, Kelly resorts to becoming a cheerleader for Polk High's team in order to catch Matt's attention during a big season-ending game.

The Camping Show (1988)

Steve, Marcy and the Bundys head out to a cabin in the woods, but the merriment is halted by Kelly's PMS. The men leave for a bit to go out fishing and return to all three women menstruating and hostile. When a bear attacks the car, Al hilariously attempts to stop him.

A Dump Of My Own (1989)

Al decides to build a spare bathroom when the upstairs toilet floods one too many times.

Her Cups Runneth Over (1989)

Al must go to a far-off lingerie outlet store to buy a discontinued brassiere for Peggy.

The Bald and the Beautiful (1989)

Desperate Al and Steve put their heads together seeking solutions to impending baldness when Steve begins to notice his receding hairline, whereas Al doesn't care at all. After unsuccessfully trying some hair tonic for themselves, Steve tries joining a club for bald men called Bald American Dudes (B.A.D.) and brings Al along with him who holds their latest meeting at the shoe store.

The Gypsy Cried (1989)

After a birthday party fortune teller predicts luck for everyone else but doom for Marcy, she insists the Bundys fly with her on her business trip where she confronts her rude boss.

Requiem For A Dead Barber (1989)

After the death of his longtime barber, Al lets his hair down rather than tolerate a visit to a stylist or a salon... staffed by women. When Al backs down and goes to a salon, he gets a really bad hairstyle that makes him look like a woman.

I'll See You In Court (1989)

In the infamous "Lost Episode", Al and Peg learn they have been videotaped being intimate at a sleazy motel. The same thing has also happened to Steve and Marcy. They decide to take the matter to court.

Eatin' Out (1989)

The Bundys go out to a fancy restaurant to spend a great windfall, an inheritance check for $237 from a late uncle of Peggy's. But it becomes apparent that fine dining in public is not a part of the dysfunctional Bundy lifestyle. Matters are made worse, when Al forgets to bring his wallet.

My Mom, The Mom (1989)

Kelly invites Peggy to her school as part of a presentation for career day.

Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me (1989)

After Kelly gets in trouble at school, the only way she can get out of punishment if she joins the school's tap-dance club.

A Three Job, No Income Family (1989)

Al finally convinces Peggy to contribute to the household income but feels emasculated when Peggy starts bringing home huge "commish" checks from her cosmetics sales job, earning more money than Al, himself. Even Al's new part-time job as a crew member at Burger Trek can't put him back in the lead as family breadwinner. Things go from bad to worse when Al finds the book containing the names of Peggy's customers.

The Harder They Fall (1989)

While driving Peggy back from the video store, Steve gets cut off in traffic and Peggy gives the driver "the finger". Steve then asks the Bundys to come over to his and Marcy's house to watch some videos, as protection when he's afraid of a violent reprisal when he is followed home by the man. When there's a knock on the front door, Al convinces Steve to take the first punch... and Steve ends up knocking down a midget.

The House That Peg Lost (1989)

After asking the Bundys to watch their house for the day, Marcy and Steve return to find a big hole where their house once stood. It seems that Peggy had, earlier that day, misunderstood a wrecking crew looking to demolish 'Steve's Road House' and she directed them to 'Steve Rhoades' house' instead, so the Rhoades are forced to spend the night at the Bundy house. Meanwhile, Kelly throws a slumber party for four of her girlfriends, but Bud ends up disrupting it and turns it into a "cat-fight" riot.

Married… With Prom Queen - Part 1 (1989)

Peggy spends $2,800 of Al's hard earned money ($2,000 on phone bills, $500 on a new dress and $300 on makeup) when she decides to attend hers and Al's high school reunion at Polk High, where Peggy makes a desperate effort to get herself elected reunion queen. But she may be outdone by her old rival, Connie Bender. Also, Connie's husband, Jack, an old rival of Al's, eyes a possible fistfight they never had in school.

Married… With Prom Queen - The Sequel (1989)

Peggy stands to lose the crown to Connie, until Al stands up to Connie's husband, Jack. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly crash the party to pig out on some real food, since they are never fed at home. Peggy takes advantage of the fight outside, between Al and Jack, to get the kids help in rigging the election.

The Dateless Amigo (1989)

After his two best friends find dates for themselves, Bud is desperately seeking any girl who will date him, so he resorts to getting a life-sized mannequin to pose as his date for the evening. Meanwhile, Al comes up with a million-dollar invention for a shoe salesmen's convention called "Shoe Lights". But they're pretty pathetic; he just takes the headlights and battery out of the car and straps them onto Kelly's shoes.

The Computer Show (1989)

The Bundys buy a computer, which serves no purpose other than a hat rack. But what nobody knows is that the computer can talk. But only to Al.

Life's A Beach (1989)

The Bundys spend a day at the beach.

Here's Looking At You, Kid (1989)

When a serial peeper is on the loose, Al makes the ultimate sacrifice to alleviate Peggy's despair about being the only one to not fall victim. Bud tutors Kelly so that she can pass to the next grade. Unfortunately, in order to make room for new information in her brain, old basic knowledge is pushed out.

Hot Off The Grill (1989)

On Labor Day, the gender roles are reversed when Al becomes the loafer, while he forces Peggy to prepare the backyard barbecue for the creation of his famous "Bundy Burgers." But one of the secrets of their flavor is the ashes of Marcy's dead aunt, which Kelly stole from the Rhoades' house.

Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics (1989)

A TV aerobics instructor tries to get Peggy in shape, but instead he becomes sedentary, like Peggy, and dies of a heart attack after eating too much junk food and smoking.

Buck Saves The Day (1989)

Kelly and Bud need to raise money for concert tickets for themselves, so Bud sells Al as a camping guide, and Kelly cheats at a poker game with Peggy's friends. With Steve and Bud along for the ride, Al has to take a bunch of kids camping and they end up stranded in the woods and only Buck can save them.

Tooth or Consequences (1989)

A toothache forces Al to see Marcy's dentist, a divorced man who devotes as much of his time to his work as he does to his young female dental assistant. At the same time, Al pressures Peggy to cook him just one square meal

He Ain't Much, But He's Mine (1989)

Peggy begins to suspect that Al is cheating because he seems to have a lot of different excuses on why he is coming home later than usual. Peggy meets Ginger at her beauty salon. Ginger is a young woman who admits she is sleeping around with another woman's husband and Peggy thinks it could be Al that she is sleeping with. Marcy goes to Peggy's salon and gets a new look, that Steve hates. Peggy is worried that Al is cheating on her and she is determined to get answers.

Fair Exchange (1989)

The Bundys' latest money-making scheme is to host a foreign exchange student in their garage. But the French beauty proves to be so popular that she ends up stealing all of Kelly's boyfriends.

Desperately Seeking Miss October (1989)

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.

976-SHOE (1989)

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.

Oh, What A Feeling (1989)

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!"

At The Zoo (1989)

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. But the conversation between Al and Marcy reaches its peak when Marcy has to decide whether to use the $25,000 reward she earned by foiling a bank robbery, sustaining a gunshot wound in the process, to buy a new car or to bail out Steve, who has been arrested for "rescuing" Bosco, the tortoise, from the local zoo.

It's A Bundyful Life - Part 1 (1989)

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.

Who'll Stop The Rain (1990)

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."

A Taxing Problem (1990)

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.

Rock and Roll Girl (1990)

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.'

The Egg and I (1992)

Steve returns to try and reclaim his estranged wife unaware that she has remarried to a younger man.

Peggy and the Pirates (1993)

Peggy narrates her own pirate fantasy to Seven as a bedtime story. In the story, Peggy plays Princess Scarlett. Al is Captain Courage, her pirate captor and Jefferson is Prince Paco, her savior. Rounding out the cast is Bud playing the hunchback first mate Fluvio; Kelly as the dim-witted ship's navigator; Marcy playing the cabin boy/girl; and in a surprise appearance, Marcy's ex-husband Steve Rhoades playing the villainous Rubio the Cruel, who's feared for his terrible singing of show tunes.

Get The Dodge Out Of Hell (1995)

Al's Dodge mysteriously disappears during a family visit to a local car wash while on their way to Wanker county. Meanwhile, Marcy's ex-husband, Steve Rhoades, mysteriously reappears at the car wash to show her his new life while she is trying to get the lazy Jefferson to work there.

Radio Free Trumaine (1995)

In this pilot for a proposed new TV series, set on Trumaine University's radio station, W.H.I.P., DJ's Oliver Cole and Mark Campbell host several hours of unconventional and overlooked programming. After a probing interview, divulging the past of Trumaine's new dean of students, Steve Rhoades, both Oliver and Mark are kicked off the air and expelled from the college. Marcy arrives and upon hearing the news, she tries to get revenge against her ex-husband by leading a feeble on-air protest against their expulsion. But their protest doesn't attract much attention. Meanwhile, Bud is dating April Adams, a fellow student and intern from Marcy's bank, who is also being pursued by Nickolai Pushkin, a rugged, handsome basketball star from Russia. When Bud desperately attempts to steal April's affections away from Nickolai, Mark happens by and secretly broadcasts the conversation over the station and calls it "Hot Talk With April." Mark, Oliver, and their new show become so popular that dozens of people turn out for the protest, in which Steve backs down and lets them stay on the air and at the college. April ends up rejecting both Bud and Nickolai, as well as a job at Marcy's bank to remain with Mark and Oliver at their radio station.

David Garrison as Steve Rhoades