The WORST episodes of Hope & Faith

#1 - The Phone Call

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2005

Faith confesses that she’s tired of Hope nagging her about every aspect of her life – from parking tickets to her love life -- so a frustrated Hope vows to abstain from cleaning up Faith’s messes. But Charley is the one who suffers when Hope redirects her energy to focus solely on him.

#2 - 9012-Uh-Oh

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2004

Thanksgiving day brings up memories of ten years ago, when Faith hosts a holiday dinner at her Hollywood apartment. She goes to great lengths to impress her parents, Jack and Mary Jo, including posing as Brian Austin Green's girlfriend. Happiness turns to sadness, however, when the family learns of Mary Jo's secret: she is dying.

#3 - Faith Knows Squat

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2006

After a loud, late-night dancing session by Faith and “The Gooch” pushes Hope and Charley over the edge, they suggest that the couple find their own home. Unfortunately Charley and Hope learn that a local real estate technicality makes Faith the legal owner of her garage apartment – unless she has paid them rent. So Charley tries to squeeze a single rent check out of Faith, but the truth comes out and Faith declares an all-out war on Hope and Charley to keep her place – and they join in an outrageous battle of one-upsmanship.

#4 - Jay Date

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2006

When the family finds Jay depressed on his birthday over his last break-up, both Hope and Faith jump at the chance to fix him up with a new girlfriend. Hope beats Faith to the punch, introducing him to Betsy, her pleasant, unexciting PTA friend. But Faith answers back with her sexy, spontaneous friend, Amber, whom she’s intent on pushing on Jay. Although Faith initially gloats when Jay hits it off with Amber, she’s shocked and embarrassed when she discovers Amber’s hidden agenda, so she enlists Charley and Hope to help solve the dilemma.

#5 - Hold the Phone

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2004

Charley's life becomes a living hell when Faith starts working as the receptionist in his orthodontics practice. When tensions mount, they make a bet for their most prized possessions and manage to ruin Hayley's science fair.

#6 - Phone Home for the Holidays

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2003

Robert Wagner portrays Jack, Hope and Faith's playboy father who brings his latest girlfriend, Summer (Lynda Carter), home to meet his daughters over Thanksgiving. The girls are surprised that their dad is dating an age-appropriate woman for a change and approve the match. That is, until Summer reveals a secret which changes Hope and Faith's minds. Meanwhile, Jack wants to test out his new skills as a masseur on Charley, who is creeped out by the idea.

#7 - Natal Attraction (1)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2004

Hope and Faith play matchmakers for their father and their gynecologist, Anne. They hit it off, until Jack finds out that his ex-girlfriend, Mandi, is pregnant with his child.

#8 - Old Faithful

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/2006

Faith complains to Dr. Lombard (Susan Sullivan) that Sydney thinks she’s totally uncool and that Hope and Charley make her feel middle-aged. So when her therapist advises that one solution might be to change her living situation, Faith finds a place online and tells a horrified Hope and a delighted Charley that she’s moving out. Upon arrival at her new home, however, Faith is horrified to discover it’s a retirement community, but in typical Faith style, she quickly finds a silver lining to her situation. Meanwhile, Charley rents Faith’s old room to someone he thinks is a dream tenant.

#9 - Season Finale

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/6/2005

When both men want an exclusive commitment from Faith, she resorts to everything from ""Bachelorette"" competition rules to a psychic's advise to help her choose between Larry, a handsome newscaster (Dean Cain), and charming former baseball star ""The Gooch"" (Mark Consuelos, Ripa's real-life husband)

#10 - Queer as Hope

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2004

When Justin is caught smoking and Hayley steals frogs that are ready to be dissected, Hope starts to worry that everyone will think she's a bad mother. This fear comes to life when Faith tries to rent an apartment from a lesbian landlord by passing herself and Hope as lovers. When their picture ends up in the newspaper with the headline ""local lesbians,"" Hope's bid for three time mother of the year is in jeopardy.

#11 - Daytime Emmys (2)

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/2004

#12 - Sex, Lies and Faith

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2006

Hope is stung when Charley laments that their love life has been non-existent for weeks. When she confides in her sister, Faith tells Hope that it’s unrealistic to think married couples can keep the spark alive for years – only a sexy single like Faith can continue to have a sizzling sex life. Upset that Faith might be right, Hope invites Charley to meet her at a hotel. They have so much fun that their activities escalate, and they sneak around for days, fabricating lies to get Faith to do Hope’s household and parenting chores. But even as she puts her own love life on hold, Faith brings her unique style to her new domestic responsibilities

#13 - Blood is Thicker Than Daughter

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2005

Hope and Faith are surprised to spot their dad, Jack, in town earlier than expected for Thanksgiving. His suspicious behavior with his companion, a young man named Jay leads the sisters to jump to conclusions. They soon learn their father is harboring a secret about Jay, which has a huge impact on their family ties.

#14 - Christmas Time

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2005

Faith surprises the entire family with personal, extravagant Christmas gifts, including an expensive gold watch for Charley. When Charley realizes he forgot to buy a gift for his beloved employee, Hassan, Hope, inspired by Faith’s generosity, encourages him to give Hassan his treasured championship watch. Later, Charley is furious when he discovers that the “gold” watch Faith bought for him is a fake. Feeling extremely guilty, Hope insists that Faith attempt to retrieve Charley’s watch from Hassan, but in the end, Faith really surprises them with an uncharacteristically magnanimous gesture.

#15 - Hope in the Middle

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2005

When Dr. Lombard suggests that Faith channel her energy into a creative outlet, she signs up for a poetry slam on the same night that Charley is set to receive an award from “The Optimist’s Club.” Hope, who is busy preparing for the Great American Bake Sale, is torn between which event to attend. When Faith’s actions that night result in a rift between Hope and Charley, she concocts a misguided attempt to make amends, tricking them into a therapy session with Dr. Lombard.

#16 - Prom and Circumstance (Almost Paradise)

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2004

Hope and Faith try to help Sydney, which results in the damaging of Charley's vintage convertable. In order to get the repair done before Charley notices, the girls must go to the prom with the mechanics, who also happen to have been classmates of theirs with unrequited love. There's one catch: the guys are trapped in the year 1985 and it becomes the date from hell.

#17 - About a Book Club

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2003

Hope's last area of sanity, her monthly book club, turns into a riotous girls' night out when Faith joins. Hope tries to keep order, but when she finally gets wild herself, the cops are on the scene. Meanwhile Charley takes the kids to an arcade and tries to set a new record playing pinball.

#18 - The Restaurant

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/2006

When the sisters’ half-brother, Jay, hires Hope as the new sous-chef at his restaurant, Faith is jealous of their growing bond. Dr. Lombard, Faith’s therapist, says that if she wants to be closer to Jay, she should focus on him – and not herself. After struggling to do just that, Faith gets Jay to open up and reveal that the over-enthusiastic Hope is driving him crazy by taking over his kitchen – and he wants to fire her. Faith and Charley devise a plan to spare Hope’s feelings, but their ruse backfires.

#19 - Another Car Commercial

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/2005

Auto dealer Handsome Hal refuses to exchange Faith's lemon of a car unless she can get former baseball star, Gary ""The Gooch"" Gucharez, to do a commercial. Faith tricks the reluctant Gooch, but later regrets it.

#20 - Faith's Therapy

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2005

When Faith refuses to take her job search seriously, Hope and Charley suggest that she see a therapist - portrayed by Susan Sullivan - Who can help her straighten out her life. Faith resistant at first, but soon finds a way to use the doctor's advice to manipulate her family.

#21 - Weather or Not

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/2005

Faith finds a new career as a weather woman at a local TV station. Faith enjoys to be pushed around by a hunky newscaster. That causes Hope to feel that Faith is abandoning their new catering business, so then Faith feels equally neglected when Hope replaces her with a new, highly motivated assistant.

#22 - Wife Swap (1)

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2005

Part 1 Hope's life goes out of control when Faith submits Hope as a ""Wife Swap"" candidate. Hope gets switched with Cynthia (special guest-star Wynonna Judd.) Cynthia is a rich, spoiled, self-indulgent, Manhattanite. When Hope gets used to the fabulous life, Cynthia finds housework abhorrent -- but not nearly as abhorrent as living with Hope's sister, Faith.

#23 - O' Sister, Where Art Thou?

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/2005

Hope & Faith cater a party at a retirement home And Faith inadvertently helps a resident escape. Hope must work through trust issues with her capricious sibling and, in the meantime, help an escapee mend fences with her sister.

#24 - Do I Look Frat in This?

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2004

Faith and Sydney get jobs at a clothing store. The young Shanowski decides to lose her virginy to the college-age manager, leading Hope and Fath to crash a frat party to keep Syd from making a big mistake.

#25 - Justin Time

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2004

Faith, in her wacky efforts to impress an attractive single dad (Nick Lachey)tries to make him think that she's also a single parent by claiming her young nephew, Justin, is really her son.