The WORST episodes of Mr. Belvedere

Every episode of Mr. Belvedere ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Mr. Belvedere!

Mr. Belvedere centered around the Owens family who lived in suburban Pittsburgh. George Owens was a sports writer and his wife, Marsha was a homemaker/law-student. They had three children, 16 year old Kevin, 14 year old Heather and 8 year old Wesley. The series began when it got to the point where Marsha couldn't handle the household anymore with her studying so she placed an ad for a housekeeper. This is where Mr. Lynn Belvedere steps in. Mr. Belvedere was an English housekeeper whose previous employers include Winston Churchill. Although hesitant, George and Marsha hired him and he instantly becomes one of the family, even giving the kids advice on how to solve their problems when they need it. At the end of each episode, Belvedere would write an entry in his journal concerning the situations that occurred in each episode.

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#1 - Braces

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/1988

George is having a fit when he and Wesley have to go to the dentist for a routine checkup. However, when they come back Wesley is the one having the fit, the dentist suggested he get braces. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere buys Kevin's old car and he doesn't know that Kevin's unloading a lemon.

Directors: Don Corvan
Writer: Tony Sheehan
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#2 - The Debate

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/1989

Heather and Angela are members of a Speech club and a certain boy catches both their eyes leaving the boy in the middle of a fued and he must decide between them. Meanwhile, Marsha redecorates Mr. Belvedere's room and Wesley and him become roommates and Wesley quickly becomes sick of his constant practical jokes.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#3 - Mutiny

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/17/1989

To celebrate their wedding anniversary, George and Marsha go on a romantic cruise but it turns out to be a cruise from Hell. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere takes a sojurn to England to rub elbows with royalty leaving Wesley and Heather at the mercy of Kevin whose pushy roommate, Casey, barges in and takes over.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#4 - The Election

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1989

Wesley is running for student body president is sure he will win because he doesn't have an opponent. However, at the last moment he gets one, in Billy Podell, a parapalegic, whose situation makes Wesley shy away from slander, but it doesn't shy Billy away from doing it to Wesley. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere hopes for a surprise birthday party even though he said he didn't want a fuss.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#5 - Stakeout

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1989

The town of Beaver Falls is stricken with fear with the Highheel Bandit on the loose and the neighborhood rallies together and forms a task force headed by two member's of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh club. This leads George, Kevin and Mr. Belvedere to dress and drag and serve as decoys. Meanwhile, Wesley corrupts the young boy whom Heather has been babysitting for.

Directors: Don Corvan
Writer: Liz Sage
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#6 - Anchors Away

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/1989

A new director at the TV station is making changes and has George filling in for an ailing Skip who is having surgery. However, when Skip returns he finds himself out of his old job and his new job as host of a horror program isn't as satisfying. Meanwhile, Heather tries to pay for the repairs of Marsha's car after she scratches it.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#7 - Spot

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1989

George comes home with a surprise for Wesley, something that Wesley had been wanting for years, a dog. However, Wesley is less than satisfied, it seems he's gotten past that phase and does his best to ditch the cute little pooch. Meanwhile, Heather becomes friends with a mystic which threatens her friendship with Angela.

Directors: Don Crovan
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#8 - New Years

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1989

Wesley and Heather talk their parents into letting them thow a New Years party and to get Mr. Belvedere out of the house they set him up with the Hufnagel's housekeeper, Ilsa. However, things get more serious than intended and Belvedere tries to fend off her advances. Meanwhile, Kevin becomes an unwelcome houseguest when he falls ill.

Directors: Don Corvan
Writer: Tony Sheehan
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#9 - Homeless

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1988

Heather and Angela volunteer down at a soup kitchen and Heather befriends a homeless man who is being thrown out of the shelter because his two week limit is up. This prompts her to bring him home with her and she hides him in the attic. Meanwhile, a golf buddy of George's dies while having sex and George becames scared the same thing might happen to him.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#10 - Black Widow

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1988

George is offered a guest appearance on a local talk show and the host, Barbara Collins, becomes smitten with him. Later, Geroge learns of her reputation which just may threaten his marriage. Meanwhile, a makeover from Heather has Wesley becoming a slave to fashion.

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#11 - The Curse

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1988

After Kevin kicks him out, a furious Anatole shows up at the Owens door demanding a place to stay for him and his goat. However, the family gets fed up and demands he leave but before he does, he puts a curse on the family. Meanwhile, Kevin finds himself constantly bickering with his new roommate, Casey.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#12 - Roommates

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1988

Kevin has had it with his foreign exchange student roommate, Anatole, who keeps a pet goat in the apartment. The last straw is when Anatole invites some friends over for a party and Kevin promptly tosses him out. Meanwhile, for a business class, Kevin observes the operations at a plumbing supplies company and meets a fiesty woman whom he discovers that she lives next door to him.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#13 - Duel

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1988

After Mr. Belvedere trips over a skateboard and falls down the stairs, he becomes wheelchair bound with a broken leg. Thus, the family seeks a temporary housekeeper and one presents himself in the shape of Mr. Belvedere's midget cousin, Galen, who's out for more than just a job and a friendly visit, he wants revenge.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#14 - Marsha's Secret

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1988

Marsha's position at the Legal Hut has been draining all the excitement out of her and when she's offered a higher position she secretly decides to turn it down. Little does her family know, that she has quit altogther at the Legal Hut and has taken up a position as a singing waitress at a 50's style restaurant.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#15 - Pigskin

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1988

Wesley is all set to join the football team but is in for a shock when the only girl on his team gets a position on the team while Wesley is a bench warmer. Wesley sets into motion a plan of sabatoge that uses her crush on Wesley to his advantage. Meanwhile, Heather and Angela try to find an act for a talent show.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#16 - Really Full House

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1989

Kevin wants to take the next step in his relationship with his roommate Casey but they get an interruption in the form of Wendy and her husband who pay them a visit and Wendy makes it known that she still lusts for Kevin. Meanwhile, a hick family moves in down the street and torments Wesley, Heather and George.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#17 - Hooky

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/1988

George and Wesley have resons for wanting to play hooky from work and school. When they discover one another sneaking around the house they decide to play hooky together and decide to go fishing. However, a last minute trip to the market gets them into trouble when they run into Mr. Belvedere and two armed robbers.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#18 - Fat Cats

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1988

George's manager at the TV station orders him to lose 15lbs so George decides to go to a fat farm and he brings Mr. Belvedere along for the excitement. However, they soon find themselves having a hard time sticking to the regime. Meanwhile, Kevin babysits his girlfriend's cat who escapes and holds Marsha, Heather and Wesley hostage.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#19 - The Counselor

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/1988

Summer vacation has Heather taking summer classes, Kevin working overtime and Wesley going to a day camp. While at the camp, Wesley finds himself a victim when one of the counselors touches him inappropriately leaving Wesley feeling guilty and scared and unsure if he should keep it a ""secret"" like the couselor encourages him to.

Directors: Tony Sheehan
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#20 - Graduation

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1988

Wesley has been named valedictorian of his graduating elementary class and days before the ceremony Wesley plays a prank and his classmates insist that he grow up. This leads Wesley to grow up a bit to fast for his classmates to keep up. Meanwhile, Heather and George prepare for a father-daughter race and Kevin thinks he saw a UFO.

Directors: Don Corvan
Writer: Liz Sage
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#21 - The Apartment

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1988

One evening, Kevin brings home his date thinking he has the house to himself only to discover George and Marsha making out on the couch. Fed up with having no privacy, Kevin decides to move into an apartment of his own and advertises for a roommate. His ad is answered in the form of Mr. Belvedere.

Directors: Tony Sheehan
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#22 - Kevin Nightengale

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1988

George and Marsha get fed up with Kevin and his not making a decision on a college major. After some soul searching, Kevin finally makes up his mind, he decides on nursing and he quits his current part time job and gets one as an orderly at a hospital. However, George and Marsha are not convinced that this is what Kevin really wants to do. Meanwhile, Wesley becomes an efficiency officer and begins to manage Mr. Belvedere's time and Heather is not looking forward to a frog dissection in biology.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#23 - Heather's Monk

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1988

Heather and Angela join chorus, but neither one of them has a singing voice, though Heather has other things on her mind when she eyes an attractive senior who she asks out on a date. However, her romance gets the brakes when he reveals he is joining the seminary to become a priest, and Heather is in a state of shock when he asks to sleep with her days before he is scheduled to leave. Meanwhile, the family does their best with their free time when Wesley breaks the TV.

Directors: Don Corvan
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#24 - Foxtrot

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/1988

Heather, Angela, and Wesley head for Atlantic City with Mr. Sparks after breaking him out of the nursing home and hit up the first casino they see. Meanwhile, George and Marsha's second honeymoon is a bust, and they decide to high tail to Atlantic City as well, leaving Mr. Belvedere furious when he learns that Heather and Wesley have left the state. Kevin and Mr. Belvedere quickly hitch a ride with Robert Goulet, with their destination being Atlantic City and the stage is set for all parties to collide while Mr. Sparks has the time of his life.

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#25 - The Trip (2)

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/1988