The WORST episodes of Chico and the Man
Every episode of Chico and the Man ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1977
Ed who returns from Mexico, learns that he has an 11 year old stowaway in the back of his car. This little kid is determined to stay with Ed in the USA.
#3 - Uncle Sonny
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1977
While Ed is away, his daring uncle comes to visit and throws an all-night girl party.
#4 - Louie's Can-Can
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1977
Louie hires Ed to be a garbage truck driver, after he is forced to retire his job and decides to open his own garbage collecting business.
#5 - Gregory Peck Is a Rooster
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1977
Ed sells a rooster that belongs to him, but when he finds out that the rooster's purpose is to cockfight, he tries to get the bird back.
#6 - Ed Talks to God
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1977
Ed does not feel like appearing at his own birthday party. Chico however tries to find a way for Ed to go, so he gets ahold of a good old friend of Ed's and has him impersonate the voice of God by hooking sound equipment and a microphone all over the garage.
#7 - Black Tie Blues
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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#12 - Su Casa, Mi Casa?
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1977
Ed waits for word from Raul's parents. Later, Ed finds out that Raul is an orphan and needs a parent.
#13 - Ready When You Are, CB
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1976
Everyone has plans to attend to and people to see except Ed for New years. He then uses a CB radio that is in the garage. He comes across a woman who also doesn't have anyone to spend New Years with and she is on the road. Ed invites her to the garage and she shows up. Later, Della, Chico, and the rest of Ed's friends decide to surprise Ed by joining him for New years. When the element of surprise hits, that is when the gang meets Ed's new friend ""Kissy Face"".
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Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1978
Raul finds out about the first Chico who died (Freddie Prinze). He finds the van hidden in the garage. He goes into the van and plays Chico's old guitar. When Ed hears the music an eerie feeling comes over him. He checks the van hoping that somehow Chico came back. When he finds Raul in the van, he gets mad. He bashes the guitar over the van and screams at Raul. Raul runs upstairs and prepares to run away thinking that he cannot replace the first Chico and that Ed doesn't love him anymore.
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Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/16/1978
Ed becomes agitated when the President decides to visit his garage when he comes to town.