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Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Married... with Children Season 9 Episode 10 - Dud Bowl
    5.2/10(538 votes)

    #1 - Dud Bowl

    S9:E10

    Al's high school plays a football game against their rival school.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Kim Weiskopf

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  2. Married... with Children Season 5 Episode 20 - Top of the Heap
    5.5/10(735 votes)

    #2 - Top of the Heap

    S5:E20

    In a spinoff attempt of Married ... with Children, we follow the lives of Charlie and Vinnie Verducci. Charlie wants Vinnie to marry rich to get a better life and they go to a formal fund raiser to meet rich women.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Ron Leavitt

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  3. Married... with Children Season 7 Episode 1 - Magnificent Seven
    5.5/10(662 votes)

    #3 - Magnificent Seven

    S7:E1

    Al is shocked about having another kid when Peggy's relatives leave their five-year-old son Seven in the Bundy home.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 22 - Enemies
    5.5/10(504 votes)

    #4 - Enemies

    S10:E22

    In another spinoff attempt, Kelly ends up in the middle of a couple.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Russell Marcus

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  5. Married... with Children Season 11 Episode 23 - How to Marry a Moron
    5.6/10(525 votes)

    #5 - How to Marry a Moron

    S11:E23

    With hours before Kelly's wedding, Al learns that Kelly's new beau is lusting for other women and since Kelly is his daughter, he takes offense to that.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 25 - Torch Song Duet
    5.7/10(520 votes)

    #6 - Torch Song Duet

    S10:E25

    Al helps Griff win a trip to Atlanta for the Olympic games by helping him answer questions on a radio sports quiz.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Married... with Children Season 7 Episode 16 - Mr. Empty Pants
    5.8/10(570 votes)

    #7 - Mr. Empty Pants

    S7:E16

    Peggy creates a cartoon character named Mr. Empty Pants, who bears a strange resemblance to Al.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 20 - Turning Japanese
    5.8/10(539 votes)

    #8 - Turning Japanese

    S10:E20

    Marcy tries to convince Al to sell his Dodge to Marcy's boss, a big collector of classic cars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Married... with Children Season 3 Episode 11 - My Mom, the Mom
    5.9/10(828 votes)

    #9 - My Mom, the Mom

    S3:E11

    Peg goes to Kelly's school for mother-daughter day and talks about the joy of being a housewife, meanwhile Bud has to learn the value of a dollar after breaking the Rhoades' window.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Married... with Children Season 11 Episode 20 - Lez Be Friends
    5.9/10(541 votes)

    #10 - Lez Be Friends

    S11:E20

    Marcy becomes jealous when her lesbian cousin, Mandy, comes to visit.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Pamela Eells

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  11. Married... with Children Season 3 Episode 3 - Poke High
    6.0/10(780 votes)

    #11 - Poke High

    S3:E3

    A high school football player is threatening to break the record Al set for Polk High.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Married... with Children Season 7 Episode 12 - Christmas
    6.0/10(606 votes)

    #12 - Christmas

    S7:E12

    Al remembers how the Bundys celebrated Christmas over the years.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Married... with Children Season 8 Episode 13 - The Worst Noel
    6.0/10(555 votes)

    #13 - The Worst Noel

    S8:E13

    Kelly and Bud try to sneak a jukebox, their Christmas present for Al and Peggy, into the house on Christmas Eve while Al and Peggy argue over channel surfing.

    Director:Amanda Bearse
    Writer:Larry Jacobson

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  14. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 17 - The Agony and the Extra C
    6.0/10(570 votes)

    #14 - The Agony and the Extra C

    S10:E17

    On their anniversary, Jefferson plans to surprise Marcy with a tattoo, but the tattoo artist accidently writes ""I LOVE MARY"".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Married... with Children Season 2 Episode 14 - Guys and Dolls
    6.1/10(778 votes)

    #15 - Guys and Dolls

    S2:E14

    Al and Steve have to go out to the streets looking for Marcy's old Barbie doll, that they traded for two rare baseball cards, not knowing that Marcy wanted to keep the doll.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Married... with Children Season 6 Episode 25 - England Show (2)
    6.1/10(637 votes)

    #16 - England Show (2)

    S6:E25

    The Bundys spend a day shopping in England before finally going to Lower Uncton, not knowing what awaits them.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Married... with Children Season 9 Episode 14 - The Naked and the Dead, But Mostly the Naked
    6.1/10(573 votes)

    #17 - The Naked and the Dead, But Mostly the Naked

    S9:E14

    Peggy and her friends join the men at a visit to the nudie bar to find out why the men spend so much time there. Meanwhile, Kelly gets a part in a weight loss commercial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 4 - Reverend Al
    6.1/10(551 votes)

    #18 - Reverend Al

    S10:E4

    Al becomes a priest when NO MA'AM forms its own church to avoid a beer tax.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Kim Weiskopf

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  19. Married... with Children Season 11 Episode 1 - Twisted
    6.1/10(566 votes)

    #19 - Twisted

    S11:E1

    The neighbors take refuge from a twister.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Married... with Children Season 7 Episode 10 - Death of a Shoe Salesman
    6.2/10(567 votes)

    #20 - Death of a Shoe Salesman

    S7:E10

    Al buys a cemetery plot so that he will be buried next to a western movie star and a mule. But Peggy feels excluded.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Married... with Children Season 9 Episode 18 - Ship Happens (1)
    6.2/10(503 votes)

    #21 - Ship Happens (1)

    S9:E18

    The Bundys and D'Arcys go on a Caribbean cruise.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Married... with Children Season 10 Episode 2 - A Shoe Room With a View
    6.2/10(527 votes)

    #22 - A Shoe Room With a View

    S10:E2

    When Al suggests an aerobics studio for the open lot next door, he puts peep holes in the wall, but all of the students are fat.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Married... with Children Season 2 Episode 18 - The Great Escape
    6.3/10(774 votes)

    #23 - The Great Escape

    S2:E18

    The Bundy home is fumigated for termites, forcing the family to spend the night in the shoe store, where a grounded Kelly tends to sneak out to get to a rock concert.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Married... with Children Season 7 Episode 7 - The Chicago Wine Party
    6.3/10(591 votes)

    #24 - The Chicago Wine Party

    S7:E7

    The Bundys vote against a two cent beer tax.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Married... with Children Season 9 Episode 2 - Driving Mr. Boondy
    6.3/10(579 votes)

    #25 - Driving Mr. Boondy

    S9:E2

    Al must renew his drivers license... and Bud is his driving instructor.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dud Bowl" is the worst rated episode of "Married... with Children". It scored 5.2/10 based on 538 votes. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Kim Weiskopf, it aired on 11/13/1994. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Top of the Heap".