Married... with Children (Season 1)
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| Married... with Children (season 1) | ||
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 13 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | FOX | |
| Original run | April 5, 1987 – June 28, 1987 | |
| Home video release | ||
| DVD release | ||
| Region 1 | October 28, 2003 | |
| Season chronology | ||
| Next → Season 2 | ||
| List of Married... with Children episodes | ||
This is a list of episodes for the premiere season (1987) of the television series Married... with Children.
This season introduces the major characters: Al, Peg, Kelly and Bud Bundy, along with their neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades. The first season is the only one in which Al and Peg are regularly intimate, to the point of Al initiating the sessions. It is also the only one where Peg can be seen doing housework under normal circumstances, and she even has her own car (as seen in "Sixteen Years and What Do You Get"). In "Thinergy," Bud mentions that Kelly had been held back a year in school. Al's dislike of the French is first shown in this season and it is also the first time that he calls Marcy a "chicken." It also contains the first mention of Peg's family being "hillbillies" from the fictional Wanker County, Wisconsin.
Episodes
- Christina Applegate and David Faustino both missed one episode
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye | April 5, 1987 | 1.01 |
| A down-on-his-luck shoe salesman named Al Bundy, unhappily married with two children, is forced to choose between going to a basketball game or joining his lazy wife, Peg, in meeting their new neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades, a happy, young couple who have moved in next door and are the epitome of 1980s social climbing and greed. Note: On April 22, 2012, Fox re-aired the series premiere in honor of its 25th anniversary. The re-aired pilot had 2.9 million viewers. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Thinergy" | Linda Day | Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye | April 12, 1987 | 1.02 |
| Inspired by a diet book from Marcy to improve their sex life, Peg decides the entire family should be eating healthier and starts them on a diet, much to the dismay of the family, mostly Al. | ||||||
