The BEST episodes of Chico and the Man season 1
Every episode of Chico and the Man season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Chico and the Man season 1!
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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Veterans
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1974
Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.
#5 - New Suit
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1974
Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Long Live the Man
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/14/1975
Everyone thinks that Ed had died, and when Ed finds out about it, he gets upset because nobody had cried for him when they heard the misleading news.
#10 - Louie's Retirement
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/7/1975
Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.
#11 - 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.
#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 - Old Dog
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1974
Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.
#14 - Second Thoughts
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1974
Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.
#15 - Ed Steps Out
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1975
A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.
#16 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1974
Conservative elderly man Ed Brown meets a Chicano man who rides in Ed's garage on a bike, looking for a job. After a day of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.
#17 - Out of Sight
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1975
Ed is determined to go to court to testify on a car accident that he may have witnessed with his eye problem.
#18 - The Giveaway
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/28/1975
Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.
#19 - The Manuel Who Came to Dinner
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/27/1974
A car is towed into Ed's garage and when this man comes to the garage, it turns out that this man was a Chicano friend of Ed's from the past.
#20 - Garage Sale
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1975
An inspecor inspects Ed's garage and when he find a pile of junk in front of an emergency exit, he issues an ultimatum...Either he gets rid of the junk, or he gets a hefty fine. Ed then decides to profit from the ultimatum by having a garage sale.
#21 - The Letter
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1974
Chico wants to participate with his cousin's business in New York.
#22 - The Beard
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1975
Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.