The BEST episodes of Chico and the Man
Every episode of Chico and the Man ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Chico and the Man!
Ed Brown, a hard-drinking, curmudgeonly mechanic and bigot in a Los Angeles barrio, hires Chico Rodriguez, a young Chicano from the neighborhood. Over time, Ed warms to the young man and a father-son type of relationship develops.
#1 - The Dress
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1977
Ed donates his deceased wife's dress to raise money for a charity auction. He regrets doing the good deed when he finds out that a cross-dresser decides to buy the dress. Ed feels that he should not sell it to a man who will soil his wife's good name, so he fights to try to persuade the man into changing his mind.
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Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1977
Della wants to attend a formal dance and needs a host to go with her. Nobody wants to go, (Chico, Louie, and Ed) so they all try and find ways to get out of it.
#4 - Chico's Padre
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1977
Gilberto, Chico's father who he hasn't seen in many years, returns to Chico to try and give him a chance to better his life by living with him. Chico's father is rich.
#5 - Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1977
Della plays matchmaker at trying to set Ed up with a woman. However when Ed gets word that Della did the matchmaking, he immediately wants to call the whole thing off.
#6 - Too Many Crooks
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1976
Ed, not knowing that he gave a handout to a crook, eventually Ed has all kinds of crooks from the neigborhood coming to him for a handout as well. Of course it is money they are after.
#8 - Raul Runs Away (2)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1978
Ed goes to Mexico to try and track Raul down. In an old church they meet and Ed explains that he misses the first Chico, but tells Raul that he is afraid that he'll get too attached and that Raul will leave him the same way Chico left him. This is a very touching episode and the only episode that was filmed. They filmed it because they went on location to Mexico. They taped all the others in Burbank CA.
#9 - Mister Butterfly
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1975
A Japenese man visits the garage claiming to be Ed's long lost son.
#10 - No Room in the Garage
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1974
A pregnant Spanish woman comes in the garage and Ed thinks that she is looking for him because he thinks that Chico may be the father of the unborn child.
#11 - E Pluribus Used Car
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1974
Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.
#12 - Lifestyle
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1974
Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chico's van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?
#13 - Borrowed Trouble
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1974
Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.
#14 - Paint Job
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1975
Ed and Chico clash over the wall of their alley for an art competition.
#15 - Ms. Liz
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1975
Chico falls head over heels for a woman named Liz, in fact he likes her so much that he decides to marry her.
#16 - The Strike
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1975
Chico joins a union for mechanics, but is forced to picket Ed's Garage.
#17 - Chico and the Van
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1975
A city ""Truent Officer"" let's say tells Chico that his van is illegal in the states, so Chico moves in with Ed.
#18 - The Invention
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1975
Ed creates a new invention. He decides to design training wheels for motorcycles. While trying to get the idea patented, they get swindled out of five hundred bucks for the patent process.
#19 - Bird in a Gilded Cage
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1975
Ed has stirred emotions when he sees his favorite silent film actress waiting tables at a local cafe.
#20 - Sammy Steps In
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/14/1975
When his car acts up, Sammy Davis, Jr. pulls into the garage to get it fixed. However, he quickly learns that this is just no ordinary garage, with Sammy Davis, Jr. fans crawling out of the woodwork.
#21 - If I Were a Rich Man
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1975
Ed tries to snap Chico out of falling in love with and spending too much on a woman he has fallen in love with.
#22 - Natural Causes
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1974
When Ed hears about a death of an friend, he begins to think that he may be the next one to meet his maker.
#23 - Veterans
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1974
Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.
#24 - New Suit
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1974
Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.
#25 - The Doctor Story
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/21/1975
Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.