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.

Last Updated: 6/12/2026Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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#1 - Minority of One

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1977

Ed is elected President of a Mexican Better Business bureau.

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#2 - Take Me, I'm Yours

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1977

When a social worker comes to take Raul away, Ed decides to adopt him as his own.

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#3 - 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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#4 - Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?

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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#5 - 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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
Writer: Henry Irving
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#6 - 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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#7 - 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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#8 - 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.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#9 - Champs Ain't Chumps

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1977

Ed displays worry about Chico when Chico decides to want to fight as a professional.

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#10 - Buenas Dias, Mr. President

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 6/16/1978

Ed becomes agitated when the President decides to visit his garage when he comes to town.

Directors: Bill Larkin
Writer: Tom Sawyer
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#11 - 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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#12 - Mucho Macho Ed

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1976

A woman visits the garage claiming that Ed is the father to her unborn kid. When he hears of this, he wonders how. He then decides to ask for her hand in marriage.

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#13 - Ed Brown vs. the IRS

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1976

Chico and Louie decide that the only way to get Ed's taxes in is to forge his name to the document. This happens after Ed refuses to pay them.

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#14 - Ed's Recuperation

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1976

After finding out that the nurse that Ed hired wants to get married to him, Chico and Della try to talk her out of it.

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#15 - Chico Packs His Bags

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1976

Chico decides that he would rather move out on his own, away from Ed than give into Ed's rules.

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#16 - Second Coming of Della

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1976

When Ed lays off the fighting with his new landlady, Della decides to renew Ed's lease.

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#17 - Della Moves In

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1976

Ed gets a new neigbor, but to his dismay it is a loud mouth liberal woman who now owns his garage and threatens eviction.

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#18 - The Bed

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1977

Ed had stuffed 700 dollars in his own mattress. I say had because Raul, knowing that Ed needed a new one, traded the old one in for a newer one. Anyway, they have to go and try to get all the money back.

Writer: Gary Belkin
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#19 - The Hot Rock

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/21/1978

Louie comes up with an invention. He wants to make a barbecue that relies on solar energy. Enthusiascic about the idea, Ed runs to his insurance company and tries to get money to launch the idea.

Directors: Jack Donohue
Writer: Ron Friedman
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#20 - The Peeping Tom

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/14/1978

Ed is falsley accused by a woman who swears that he is a peeping Tom and is watching her on a daily basis.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#21 - Help Wanted

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/7/1978

Monica upsets Ed by getting a job at a sleazy restaraunt.

Directors: Jack Donohue
Writer: Terry Hart
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#22 - Della and Son

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/30/1978

Della tries to convince her son Tony to help her and her catering business.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#23 - Ed Brown's Car Wash

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/9/1978

For her Uncle Ed, Monica decides to drum up business by having an all-girl in tight shirts and shorts car wash.

Directors: Jack Donohue
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#24 - A New Girl in Town

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/2/1978

In an attempt to add more characters to the show, Monica, Ed Brown's niece, tells her tragic story and moves in with Ed.

Writer: Don Segall
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#25 - Charo and the Matador

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1978

Charo's Matador fiancee Antonio, comes to sweep her off her feet to get married.