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Married... with Children Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1987 - 1987
Episode 0
Unaired Pilot
Sat, Feb 14, 1987
A unaired pilot of Married with Children.
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Apr 5, 198723 mins
The Bundy family, consisting of chauvinist shoe salesman Al, his lazy housewife Peggy, their dumb 15-year-old daughter Kelly and their bratty 12-year-old con artist son Bud, have settled into a peaceful co-existence in suburban Chicago, marred only by the verbal volleys they exchange. Peggy invites their new neighbors, newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades, over for the evening, so she forbids Al from going out to a basketball game with his single co-worker Luke, from the shoe store.
Episode 2
Thinnergy
Sun, Apr 12, 198723 mins
Marcy gives Peggy a diet book called "Thinergy" and Peggy hopes that it will put some energy into their lives (and in the bedroom), so Peggy tries to get Al to join her on the diet, too. But life is not the same in the Bundy household unless Al can get her to quit the diet.
Episode 3
But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy
Sun, Apr 19, 198723 mins
There is a rash of burglaries in the area and the Rhoades' house is robbed and Al's car stereo is stolen. Both families seek solutions: Steve and Marcy buy a guard dog and Al buys a gun, with bad results.
Episode 4
Whose Room Is It Anyway?
Sun, Apr 26, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 5
Have You Driven a Ford Lately
Sun, May 3, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 6
Sixteen Years and What Do You Get
Sun, May 10, 198723 mins
Despite their agreement not to exchange gifts for their 16th wedding anniversary, Al secretly goes gift shopping anyway to buy Peggy a new wristwatch. When Al's credit card is rejected for being over its limit, he returns home to find that Peggy, Kelly and Bud had bought gifts for him and Peggy... using his credit card.
Episode 7
Married... Without Children
Sun, May 17, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 8
The Poker Game
Sun, May 24, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 9
Peggy Sue Got Work
Sun, May 31, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 10
Al Loses His Cherry
Sun, Jun 7, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 11
Nightmare on Al's Street
Sun, Jun 14, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 12
Where's the Boss?
Sun, Jun 21, 198723 mins
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.
Episode 13
Johnny Be Gone
Sun, Jun 28, 198723 mins
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.
