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The Best Episodes of The Addams Family Season 1

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A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 1 - The Addams Family Goes to School
    7.8/10(833 votes)

    #1 - The Addams Family Goes to School

    S1:E1

    Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writers:Seaman Jacobs, Ed James

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  2. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 2 - Morticia and the Psychiatrist
    7.5/10(621 votes)

    #2 - Morticia and the Psychiatrist

    S1:E2

    Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  3. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 3 - Fester's Punctured Romance
    7.4/10(548 votes)

    #3 - Fester's Punctured Romance

    S1:E3

    Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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  4. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 4 - Gomez, the Politician
    7.3/10(503 votes)

    #4 - Gomez, the Politician

    S1:E4

    Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  5. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 5 - The Addams Family Tree
    7.5/10(510 votes)

    #5 - The Addams Family Tree

    S1:E5

    Pugsley and Wednesday get into a fight over families with their friend Harold, who says that his family is better than theirs.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Lou Huston, Hannibal Coons

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  6. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 6 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League
    7.3/10(476 votes)

    #6 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League

    S1:E6

    Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  7. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 7 - Halloween with the Addams Family
    7.8/10(545 votes)

    #7 - Halloween with the Addams Family

    S1:E7

    Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  8. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 8 - Green-Eyed Gomez
    7.5/10(452 votes)

    #8 - Green-Eyed Gomez

    S1:E8

    Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  9. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 9 - The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family
    7.5/10(461 votes)

    #9 - The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family

    S1:E9

    A young couple, simple, naive, and very much in love, move into the house next to the Addams'.

    Director:Jean Yarbrough
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  10. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 10 - Wednesday Leaves Home
    7.6/10(413 votes)

    #10 - Wednesday Leaves Home

    S1:E10

    Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  11. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 11 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs
    7.8/10(418 votes)

    #11 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs

    S1:E11

    Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  12. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 12 - Morticia, the Matchmaker
    7.3/10(405 votes)

    #12 - Morticia, the Matchmaker

    S1:E12

    Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.

    Director:Jerry Hopper
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  13. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 13 - Lurch Learns to Dance
    7.8/10(425 votes)

    #13 - Lurch Learns to Dance

    S1:E13

    Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Jay Dratler, Charles R. Marion, Jerry Seelen

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  14. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 14 - Art and the Addams Family
    7.0/10(359 votes)

    #14 - Art and the Addams Family

    S1:E14

    Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  15. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 15 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
    7.4/10(377 votes)

    #15 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

    S1:E15

    A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Sloan Nibley, Henry Sharp

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  16. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 16 - The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man
    7.2/10(345 votes)

    #16 - The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man

    S1:E16

    An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.

    Director:Arthur Lubin
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  17. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 17 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
    7.6/10(394 votes)

    #17 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

    S1:E17

    Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Jameson Brewer

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  18. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 18 - Uncle Fester's Illness
    7.3/10(357 votes)

    #18 - Uncle Fester's Illness

    S1:E18

    Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writer:Bill Lutz

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  19. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 19 - The Addams Family Splurges
    7.2/10(334 votes)

    #19 - The Addams Family Splurges

    S1:E19

    The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Lou Huston, George Haight

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  20. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 20 - Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family
    7.5/10(359 votes)

    #20 - Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family

    S1:E20

    Parks Commissioner Fiske visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - would be perfect as the zoo's new curator. He has the two meet, but Commissioner Fisk misunderstands the intent and mistakes Itt for a new exotic animal attraction whom he has hauled away in chains when the others aren't looking. When the family finds out what's happened, Uncle Fester is ready to administer retribution the Addams way - with a bullet from behind.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Anthony Wilson, Henry Sharp

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  21. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 21 - The Addams Family in Court
    7.3/10(339 votes)

    #21 - The Addams Family in Court

    S1:E21

    Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.

    Director:Nat Perrin
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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  22. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 22 - Amnesia in the Addams Family
    7.6/10(355 votes)

    #22 - Amnesia in the Addams Family

    S1:E22

    Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs, and his personality changes dramatically.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Phil Leslie, Keith Fowler

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  23. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 23 - Thing is Missing
    7.3/10(315 votes)

    #23 - Thing is Missing

    S1:E23

    When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Bill Lutz, Lorraine Edwards

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  24. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 24 - Crisis in the Addams Family
    7.2/10(309 votes)

    #24 - Crisis in the Addams Family

    S1:E24

    Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Sloan Nibley, Preston Wood

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  25. The Addams Family Season 1 Episode 25 - Lurch and His Harpsichord
    7.6/10(316 votes)

    #25 - Lurch and His Harpsichord

    S1:E25

    Lurch feels betrayed when Gomez and Morticia give their antique harpsichord to a museum.

    Director:Sidney Lanfield
    Writers:Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Addams Family Goes to School" is the best rated episode of "The Addams Family" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 833 votes. Directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Seaman Jacobs, Ed James, it aired on 9/18/1964. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Morticia and the Psychiatrist".