Chico and the Man

Episode 1

Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?

Fri, Sep 16, 1977

A 12-year-old stowaway becomes The Man's new Chico.

Episode 2

Su Casa, Mi Casa?

Fri, Sep 23, 1977

Ed finds out that Raul is an orphan.

Episode 3

Take Me, I'm Yours

Fri, Sep 30, 1977

A social worker arrives with an application for Ed to adopt Raul.

Episode 4

The Third Letter

Fri, Oct 14, 1977

Ed needs three letters of reference in order to process his application to adopt Raul.

Episode 5

The Bed

Fri, Oct 21, 1977

Raul trades away Ed's old mattress--which has $712 hidden inside.

Episode 6

A Matter of Privacy

Fri, Nov 4, 1977

A lesson about eavesdropping leads to Ed opening a package addressed to Raul.

Episode 7

The Proposal

Fri, Nov 11, 1977

Ed and Della get so blitzed on holiday punch that he actually proposes marriage, and she accepts.

Episode 8

Aunt Charo

Fri, Nov 18, 1977

Raul's multi-talented Aunt Charo arrives from Spain, willing to tutor him to follow in her footsteps as a musician.

Episode 9

Charo Takes Over

Fri, Dec 2, 1977

Charo plays flamenco guitar, Raul plays marimbas, and Ed tap-dances in a recreation of his vaudeville act.

Episode 10

Ed the Hero

Fri, Dec 9, 1977

A class essay written by Raul makes everybody believe that grouchy Ed Brown is a saint.

Episode 11

Ed's Team

Fri, Dec 30, 1977

Ed sponsors a boys' basketball team for Raul.

Episode 12

The Americanization of Charo

Fri, Jan 6, 1978

Episode 13

Raul Runs Away: Part 1

Fri, Jan 20, 1978

Raul discovers Chico's belongings, which had been stored in the van where he lived. Ed finds out when he overhears a guitar playing. Ed--still having trouble coming to terms with Chico's death months earlier--shoos Raul from the van and smashes the guitar in anger. Raul takes this as a cue that Ed hates him and runs away.

Episode 14

Raul Runs Away: Part 2

Fri, Jan 20, 1978

Ed, deeply regretting his words that led Raul to run away, forms a party to search for the young lad. Everyone later suspects that Raul might have returned to Tijuana, Mexico to search for his family. Acting on the tip, Ed eventually finds Raul in an old church, leading to a reunion. Ed apologizes and explains that Chico had died (though not how), and Raul agrees to return home.

Episode 15

Charo and the Matador

Fri, Jan 27, 1978

After a passage of some 30 years, Charo's longtime fiancé arrives to claim his bride.

Episode 16

A New Girl in Town

Fri, Jun 2, 1978

Ed Brown's garage has a new tenant: teenage runaway Monica, who has come to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune.

Episode 17

Ed Brown's Car Wash

Fri, Jun 9, 1978

Monica opens a car wash with four girls in Ed's garage.

Episode 18

Della and Son

Fri, Jun 30, 1978

Della wants her footloose son to become her partner in the catering business.

Episode 19

Help Wanted

Fri, Jul 7, 1978 30 mins

Ed objects when Monica gets a job at a seedy joint.

Episode 20

The Peeping Tom

Fri, Jul 14, 1978

Ed is accused of being a peeping tom.

Episode 21

The Hot Rock

Fri, Jul 21, 1978

Ed plans to make a fortune by getting his kidney stone removed.

Episode 22

Waiting for Chongo

Thu, Sep 7, 1978

Monica's hitchhiking brings a group of bikers to the garage with their leader Chongo.

Episode 23

Buenas Dias, Mr. President

Fri, Jun 16, 1978

Ed becomes worried when the President is supposedly on his way to visit the garage and the Secret Servicemen are doing security checks.