The BEST episodes of Maude
Every episode of Maude ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Maude!
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.
#1 - Walter's Problem (1) (a.k.a.) Life of the Party (1)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1973
After a wild evening of drinking, Maude, Walter and Arthur awake to discover some oddities. First, Maude and Arthur shared a bed, second the guys trashed the living room and third, Walter made an obscene phone call to Maude's mother. Carol suggests that perhaps Walter has a drinking problem but he refuses to face that fact. Maude and Walter later get into a big argument while they are both drunk and Walter slaps her.
#2 - Maude's Dilemma (2)
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1972
After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's "what-ever-you-want" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.
#3 - Maude's Dilemma (1)
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1972
Maude and Walter are scheduled to play cards one evening with some friends but Maude is anything but in a card playing mood. Especially since, she just came back from a doctor's appointment with some shocking news. At 47 years old, Maude has become pregnant. Now the hard part, breaking the news to Walter.
#4 - Maude's Big Move (3) (a.k.a.) Washington
Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/22/1978
Maude arrives in Washington as a newly elected Congresswoman and has to learn to do things differently.
#5 - Florida's Affair
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1973
The lazy furnace repairman, Whitnauer, has been showing an interest in Florida and she doesn't quite know what to do about his advances. This situation ultimately causes marital problems between Florida and her husband, Henry, when he catches her dancing with the man. Meanwhile, Maude and Walter are finding it hard to get Whitnauer to hurry it up on the furnace.
#6 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1972
Carol is dating Russell Asher, a dashing writer, who just happens to have once dated and later jilted Maude. This leads Maude to do her best to warn Carol of Russell's egotistical ways. However, Carol refuses to heed Maude's warnings and continues to date him, even spending the night with him which turns into a disaster.
#7 - Maude's Adult Relationship
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1977
Maude has lunch with a handsome, newly divorced "friend," much against Walter's wishes.
#8 - Maude and the Radical
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1972
Maude throws a fund raising party for a black militant leader and invites rich white liberals but doesn't tell them it is a fund raising party. Meanwhile, Maude does her best to get a black couple to attend the party but must settle for a disguised Florida. Arthur doesn't help the situation either after prescribing tranquilers to Maude who during the party mixes them with alcohol.
#9 - Love and Marriage
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1972
Tired of living with her mother and stepfather and wanting a father figure for Phillip, Carol decides to propose marriage to a man she doesn't love. Meanwhile, married life doesn't seem to be all what it's cracked up to be for Maude and Walter who's argument leads to destruction in the kitchen.
#10 - Maude Takes a Job
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1973
Maude is sky high now that she has a part-time job as a real estate agent. However, things on the home-front are not so happy as Walter, a self proclaimed old fashioned man, is not used to coming home and not having Maude to cook for him and tell his problems too. Thus, he orders her to quit her job.
#11 - The Gay Bar
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1977
Maude attacks Walter's bigotry when a gay bar opens in the neighborhood and Arthur tries to shut it down.
#12 - Flashback
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1972
While waiting for the electoral results for Election 1972, Maude and Walter recall Election 1968. Carol had just gotten a divorce and moved in with Maude. Meanwhile, Walter and Maude's relationship had reached a pivotal moment; should they marry or live together.
#13 - Maude Meets Florida
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1972
Maude hires a new housekeeper, Florida Evans, and from the moment she walks through the front door, Maude is determind to make her feel like an equal. However, her attempts lead Florida to decide to quit. Meanwhile, Walter is a bit disturbed to find Philip swearing into a tape recorder.
#14 - Doctor, Doctor
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1972
Carol and Maude thinks it's cute when they discover a curious Phillip playing doctor with Arthur's equally curious granddaughter. However, the prudish Arthur insists that Phillip be severely punished which leads to a debate between Maude, Cariol and Arthur over morals.
#15 - Florida's Problem
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1973
Florida is backed into a corner by her chauvinistic husband, Henry, who has picked up a second job and orders her to quit her housekeeping job at the Findlays home. Soon it begins to cause problems for Maude and Walter as Walter takes Henry's side and Maude takes Florida's.
#16 - Maude's Reunion
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1972
Maude pulls out all her high school memorabilia as she awaits the arrival of an old school friend, Phyllis Nash, who was nicknamed both "Bunny" because of an overbite and "Mousie" because of her looks. However, Maude is stunned and becomes envious when she discovers Phyllis is now a beauty with a career to match.
#17 - The Will
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1973
A major argument erupts on the day that Maude and Walter are to accept a husband and wife of the year award. The reason: Maude discovers that Walter has appointed a trustee in his will and of all people, the trustee is Arthur; Maude promptly refuses to go to the banquet to accept the award.
#18 - Carol's Problem (a.k.a.) The Wedding Gift
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1973
As their impending nuptials draw near, Maude decides to give Carol and Chris their wedding gift early. They are both certainly surprised to find out that Maude has put a down payment on a house for them but the even bigger surprise is that the house is located right across the street. Immediately this sparks family tension between mother and daughter and future husband and wife.
#19 - Maude's Problem (a.k.a.) Maude and the Psychiatrist
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1972
Carol's odd behavior leads Maude to believe she's having an affair. When Maude learns Carol is really seeing a psychiatrist, she is determined to get to the bottom of the situation and find out why her daughter needs therapy. Maude promptly makes an enexpected visit to Carol's psychiatrist but soon finds herself being analyzed.
#20 - Maude's Reunion
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1977
Maude heads for the bottle when she sees an old friend in a wheelchair.
#21 - The Ticket
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1972
Returning home from shopping, Maude gets pulled over for speeding 34 miles in a 30 mph zone, but adamantly refuses to believe she was speeding at all. Later, during the trial, Maude tries all attempts to get out of paying the fine and prove her innocence.
#22 - Arthur Moves In
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1973
After a fire breaks out in his home, Arthur moves in with the Findlays and immediately works over Maude's nerves. Not only does Arthur keep Walter up all night playing card games, but he gives Florida work to do and insists Maude prepare his food in a certain way. Pretty soon, Maude insists that Walter throw him out.
#23 - Maude's Facelift (1)
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1973
At age 47 and recently divorced, Vivian begins her single career (a.k.a. husband search) by getting a face-lift; her new face receives plenty of cheers from Carol and Walter, but only jeers from Maude. This leads Vivian to state the obvious, Maude is jealous and would like a face-lift herself. Maude finally decides to have one and intends to keep it a secret from Walter until she has it done.
#24 - The Split
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1975
Maude's political ambitions, and possible election as Senator, threaten her and Walter's marriage.
#25 - The Wallet
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1974
Maude finds a wallet on the street that belongs to a man, known for his infidelities. After Walter declares a wallet is a place of privacy for all men, she snoops into his wallet. This triggers a series of mistaken identities when she confronts a woman, Norma, whom she thinks is carrying on an affair with Walter.