The BEST episodes of Family Affair
Every episode of Family Affair ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Family Affair!
Family Affair was one of those successful family comedies of the 1960's. Bill Davis' carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. A highly paid consulting engineer, he maintained an elegant apartment off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and had his domestic needs cared for by a very English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. French. Into this life of independence came three young orphans, the 6-year old twins Buffy and Jody and 15-year-old Cissy. Their parents, Bill's brother and sister-in-law, had died in an accident, and other relatives felt that Bill could best provide for them. Despite initial misgivings, Bill and French became very attached to the children and learned to adjust their lifestyle to make room for the new members of the household. Mr. French, a stickler for neatness and order, had the toughest adjustment to make, he was with the children all the time while Bill was often out of town on assignments. All in all, they were a happy family. Family Affair aka Fed
#1 - The Flip Side
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/24/1969
Cissy falls for a singer who writes a song about her, but as he goes off on tour, they lose touch. Cissy goes to one of his concerts to see him again, only her heart is broken when she sees him with another girl.
#2 - The Language of Love
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1970
Bill asks a doctor to help Buffy's pal who is disabled.
#3 - Hard Hat Jody
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/2/1967
Jody's allusion about being a constuction worker leads him to "gaining" a job with a constuction worker who Bill is trying to get a job with.
#4 - Family Plan
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1968
Bill is laid up with a broken leg from a ski accident. The kids and his girlfriend both give him some horrendous care.
#5 - Grandpa, Sir
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1970
The siblings' long-absent grandfather pays a visit.
#6 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1971
Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
#7 - Cinder-Emily
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1971
Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.
#8 - Put Your Dreams Away
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1971
Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.
#9 - Wish You Were Here
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1970
Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
#10 - The Unsinkable Mr. French
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1970
Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
#11 - Class Clown
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1970
Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.
#12 - And Baby Makes Eight
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1970
Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
#13 - Stamp of Approval
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1970
Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine becomes friends with him and gives him the stamp that he was after. Jody then gives the stamp back to her because he's more interested in her. The woman doesn't give Bill a job, but they become friends.
#14 - It Can't Be Five Years?
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1970
The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
#15 - The Return of Maudie
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1970
French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
#16 - The Old Cowhand
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1970
Jody meets his favorite movie western hero, Chaps Callahan, and makes friends with him. Jody decides to introduce Chap to his friends, and finds out that he is not the same as he was in his movies. Jody is disheartened because Chap is not who he used to be, and Chap reassures him that he is the same person, just older.
#17 - The Girl Graduate
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/1/1970
Graduate Cissy plans to stay out all night.
#18 - Number One Boy
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1969
Bill's valet from Hong Kong usurps French's place.
#19 - A Matter of Privacy
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/3/1969
The twins learn how to eavesdrop with a tape recorder.
#20 - First Love
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1967
Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.
#21 - Go Home, Mr. French
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1967
Mr. French's romance with an old flame puts his job in jeopardy when he thinks about working with his old love in another house.
#22 - The Toy Box
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1967
Uncle Bill enforces an iron-clad confiscation order of toys constantly being left on the floor by the kids and they can never get them back. It hits a little too close when Buffy's beloved Mrs. Beasley is in danger of being taken away from her.
#23 - Freddie
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1967
Freddie, Bill's old friend from Terre Haute, wishes that she had children after spending time with Buffy and Jody.
#24 - Our Friend Stanley
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1967
Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.
#25 - Star Dust
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1967
Bill is starstruck now, with a famous actress that wants to give up the business and settle down with him.