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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 published1992
- CastEd O'Neill, Christina Applegate, Katey Sagal
S6:E25
England Show II: Wastin' the Company's Money
The Bundys delight in their comped trip to England, spending here, spending there. All the while, the town of Upper Uncton conspires to kill the Bundys outside Lower Uncton, so the curse will remain and Upper Uncton can still rake in profits as a tourist town: the town beside the town in darkness.
S6:E26
England Show III: We're Spending as Fast as We Can
The Bundys are cornered by both towns. Upper Uncton wants them dead so they can continue to profit as a tourist trap while Lower Uncton wants them dead so they can end the curse. Al moves to defend himself and soon finds himself in a medieval joust opposite Igor. Who will emerge triumphant?
S3:E19
The Dateless Amigo
After his two best friends find dates for themselves, Bud is desperately seeking any girl that will date him, so he resorts to getting a life-sized mannequin to pose as his date for the evening.
S3:E20
The Computer Show
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.
S7:E16
Mr. Empty Pants
Peggy decides to take up a hobby by drawing Al and in so doing, creates her own magazine cartoon of Al makes him famous: the hapless shoe salesman titled "Mr. Empty Pants". Al would prefer the fame to be fleeting, until another magazine (Playgirl) declares him to be a sex symbol.
S7:E17
You Can't Miss
After one too many dateless Saturdays, Bud appears on a new TV dating game show called "You Can't Miss" for the less experienced, but not quite with the expected results. Meanwhile, the low IQ Kelly believes that there's a conspiracy to keep her from knowing what day it is.
S7:E1
Magnificent Seven
The Bundys suddenly have another mouth to feed when Peggy's cousin Zemus and his wife Ida Mae leave behind their 6-year-old son Seven after a quick visit. Peggy, the only one little Seven captivates, sees him as her chance to be a "great mother," or at least try.
S7:E2
T-R-A Something, Something Spells Tramp
Kelly's date ditches her, and on her walk home she meets two other women in the same situation and they hatch a revenge plot. Meanwhile, Al and Peggy spend a night in just conversing to find what they have in common.
S3:E21
Life's a Beach
The Bundys spend a day at the beach.
S3:E22
Here's Looking at You, Kid
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.
S6:E19
Psychic Avengers
Al is a broken man after the Bundys can no longer afford to buy a weekly TV Guide. When Jefferson arrives at their house with a fistful of cash, Al discovers that he has been running a psychic phone scam called "Madame Zelda." To keep him quiet about his scam, Jefferson decides to let Al in on the deal.
S6:E20
Hi I.Q.
An invitation to join the high intelligence Alpha club, is issued to Kelly and not Bud. When they discover the real reason behind the gathering, Kelly and Bud decide to handle things with the usual Bundy charm (and violence).
S6:E21
Teacher Pets
Bud's belief that his 40-year-old teacher is romantic interested in him is greeted by laughter from everyone. But another student smells the smoke and wants the fire for herself.
S6:E22
The Goodbye Girl
When Kelly's modeling school suddenly closes down, she gets a new job as a greeter at the TV World theme park. When this is threatened by her low performance ratings, Kelly gets switched into Commercial Land where she plays "the Verminator" who hunts down roaches, like Bud.
S6:E23
The Gas Station Show
When Al can't pay his bill at the gas station, he is forced to don a uniform, complete with 'Habib' name tag and work at the station. He spends the day being hounded by motorists, as well as Peg and the kids.
S7:E8
Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore
l decides that another Bundy must get a job and the ax falls on Kelly. This breaks Peggy's heart since no Wanker woman has ever worked before. After taking a job at a greasy spoon diner, Kelly must experience the wonderful world of waitressing prior to her true calling as Kelly Bundy: Philosopher/Waitress.
S7:E9
Rock of Ages
When his paycheck is taken by bill collectors, Al decides to do something with his non-life: he enters a shoe selling contest and wins. The prize is a first class ticket to Hawaii which the family turns into four stand-by's.
S7:E10
Death of a Shoe Salesman
When Al's favorite movie character dies, Al buys the plot next to him for his own eternal home. But Peggy wants to be buried next to Al and will do anything to spend her life after death with him.
S7:E11
The Old College Try
Thanks to a college grant of $25,000, Bud is ready to leave home and start the good life at college, until Al and Peggy discover the money. Being the selfish petty criminals they are, they grant the money for themselves, and go on a wild spending spree in just one day that leaves Bud with zero.
S7:E12
Christmas
In the company of his peers at a bar with other Santas, mall Santa Al recalls Christmases past when he managed to avoid buying gifts for Peggy, Kelly, and Bud by turning them against one other (shown in a pseudo-flashback to 1974). But this year the family shows a united front and give Al the gift of a list of job he must take to get Christmas-gift money.
S4:E1
Hot off the Grill
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.
S4:E2
Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics
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.
S6:E24
England Show I
Lower Uncton, England 1653-- Seamus McBundy makes the mistake of insulting a witch who casts an evil spell upon the land, shading the town in darkness forever--as long as a male Bundy lives.
S7:E13
Wedding Show
The Bundys are going to a family wedding for Al's cousin. But Peggy can't decide what to wear, so while she dresses (and redresses) Al waits and daydreams. Meanwhile, Kelly color coordinates with two fellow bridesmaids, deciding that tight black leather is always best, and Bud gets to know the young bride to be much better than he should!
S7:E14
It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
It's no vacation for Al when Peggy and Marcy join him on his winter fishing trip and make him referee to their constant bickering. Meanwhile, Kelly, Bud, and Seven, left behind with no food or money, help Jefferson spend all of Marcy's money.
S7:E15
Heels on Wheels
Working at the diner is getting to Kelly, so she decides to rebel by getting a motorcycle which Peggy deems as too dangerous, until Peggy tries it for herself and gets some good vibrations. But it's Al who really takes to the new bike and imagines himself as an "easy rider,"... at least until an untimely head-on meeting with the Dodge.
S4:E3
Buck Saves the Day
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.
S4:E4
Tooth or Consequences
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.
S7:E18
Peggy and the Pirates
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.
S7:E19
Go for the Old
After Al passes for a senior citizen to get into the movies cheap he worries that he's getting old. He then starts acting old but a senior decathlon brings him back to life.
S7:E3
Every Bundy Has a Birthday
When Peggy discovers that no one knows Seven's birthday, she picks one at random, Al's. He is understandably not pleased when he has lost his birthday to the new kid. Peggy decides to have a small party for Seven's 6th birthday at a local park. But the party fizzles when a snobbish rich parent arrives and declares the park private for his own son's party.
S7:E4
Al on the Rocks
When Peggy uses up the monthly mortgage to pay Seven's doctor bill, Al is forced to take a second job bar-tending at a topless bar, but its a male strip club where the bartender and all other men are topless. Al enjoys his job, but when Jefferson covers for Al for one day, he takes Al's job. Meanwhile, Peggy starts banning Kelly and Bud from the house to protect Seven from their germs.
S4:E5
He Ain't Much, But He's Mine
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.
S4:E6
Fair Exchange
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.
S1:E9
Peggy Sue Got Work
To get the money to purchase a new VCR that Al won't buy her, Peggy takes a job in a department store selling clocks, which takes the "fun" out of the Bundy marriage as a result of her absence, and Kelly and Bud getting stuck with Al for the evenings.
S7:E20
Un-Alful Entry
After Al knocks out and captures a burglar that breaks into his house one night while he's sleeping on the couch after an argument with Peggy, he becomes a neighborhood hero. But the tables soon turn when the burglar sues Al for injuring him and the Bundys must go to court once again.
S7:E21
Movie Show
After Kelly's boyfriend dumps her, Al and the family treat her to the movies where each member has a different agenda.
S7:E5
What I Did for Love
The way to a man's heart may be through his stomach, but it's not the heart that's sought by Peggy who's tired of being ignored by Al in the bedroom. So she tries a variety of exciting new outfits in an attempt to whet the appetite of a starving Al. But the only thing Al wants is a cooked steak for dinner.
S7:E6
Frat Chance
To meet girls, Bud starts his own community college fraternity, "Alpha Gonna Get'Em," with Hindu convenience store clerk Achmed, geek Francis, and retiree Gus as charter (sole) members. But the first toga party, in the Bundy garage, lacks fun and women.
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.
S1:E10
Al Loses His Cherry
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 women over at his place where one of them, an attractive but dim-witted airplane stewardess, tempts Al.
S7:E22
'Til Death Do Us Part
Al's poor bedroom performance makes him the laughingstock of the entire town after another night with Peggy, even though the only person she tells about it is Marcy. Al then decides to get in shape for the real deal to get his self-confidence back.
S7:E23
'Tis Time to Smell the Roses
Al takes a $12,000 offer for early retirement from the shoe store, but Peggy finds the money and spends all of it in one hour by shopping. Al is forced to go back to work where he hears opportunity knocking with a chance to buy a shoe store called "Home Plate Athletic Shoes.
S7:E7
The Chicago Wine Party
On Election Day, all of the Bundys (minus Seven) hit the voting booths, united to defeat political correctness and a new two cent beer tax. When their causes lose at the polls, the Bundys hit the streets for some good old-fashioned pillaging.
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!"
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.
S1:E11
Nightmare on Al's Street
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.
S7:E24
Old Insurance Dodge
One morning, Al discovers that his Dodge has been stolen. At Jefferson's behest, Al decides to cheat the insurance company and enjoys renting a loaner Lincoln Town Car...Until the police find his beloved heap.
S7:E25
The Wedding Repercussions
Bud's cousin gets divorced after finding out that his wife did the deed with Bud just before their wedding. Or rather, he doesn't exactly know it was Bud, but he's determined to find out. As Bud waits for the hammer fist to fall he turns to Al, of all people, to discuss the morality of his actions.
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.
S1:E12
Where's the Boss?
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.
S7:E26
The Proposition
A rich hot babe from Al's past thinks Al is a disgusting pig. But she likes that in a man. So she offers to buy Al for half a million dollars.
S8:E1
A Tisket, a Tasket, Can Peg Make a Basket?
When Al manages to get two prime tickets to a charity all-star basketball game, Peggy spoils his fun by insisting she come along. Things turn even worse for Al when she trades seats with him just before his former seat is chosen for a $10,000 free-throw contest.
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.
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.
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.
S8:E2
Hood in the Boyz
Al is thrilled when his childhood friend asks for his help in dealing with a young thug and his gang who have been harassing her at the inner city convenience store where she now works. But how does Al explain it to Peggy?
S8:E3
Proud to Be Your Bud?
The other Bundys think Bud has flipped out when they overhear his basement conversion with his 'cool' alter-ego who arrives from another universe and shows Bud the tactics on picking up women.
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.
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
S8:E4
Luck of the Bundys
Kelly is back as the Verminator, Bud is off to the frat house, and a run of good fortune convinces Al that the Bundy curse, dictating that every silver lining hides a thundercloud, is about to strike him down.
S8:E5
Banking on Marcy
Marcy tries to overcome her fear of public speaking by fantasizing that she's elsewhere (having sex in the bedroom), which is a real treat for the audience. But the only people that are turned off by Marcy's simulated lovemaking skills are an embarrassed Jefferson, a shocked Peggy, and a disgusted Al who's hooked on rap videos.
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.
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.
S8:E6
No Chicken, No Check
Convinced they can share, Kelly and Bud pool their money together so they can buy a car for themselves, which both want, but neither will surrender, for a time alone in the car with their drive-in movie dates.
S8:E7
Take My Wife, Please
On Halloween night, the Grim Reaper (in the form of a dark-haired, pasty-faced Peggy) finally answers Al's inadvertent long cried call for death and won't leave him until one of his family members say that they need him.
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.
S1:E13
Johnny Be Gone
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.
S8:E8
Scared Single
Al hires Aaron, a recent Polk high school graduate, to work in his shoe store for the summer. Aaron sees Al as a hero and when he announces of his decision to marry, Al takes full advantage by giving the boy the benefit of wisdom not to ever marry and become like him and millions of other long-suffering married men: losers.
S8:E9
No Ma'am
When Al and his friends get fed up with the women taking over their Giggly Room and their bowling night, thanks to both Jerry Springer and Marcy D'Arcy, they form a secret organization called No MA'AM and hold Springer hostage in his own show in an audience filled with men donning the No MA'AM shirts.
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.
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.
S2:E1
Poppy's by the Tree: Part 1
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.
S8:E10
Dances with Weezie
Al bribes Kelly and Bud into posing as him and Jefferson to accompany Peg and Marcy at The Jeffersons Moving On Up Tour live, while they go to a newly opened sports bar.
S8:E11
Change for a Buck
Lacking attention, Buck decides to run away from home and the rest of the family doesn't discover that he's gone until a week later which is the time limit for dogs at the pound where Buck winds up. Al is then torn between going with the family to look for Buck and going to the nudie bar with Jefferson for a "Wrestle Till You're Raw" night.
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.
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.
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.
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.