The BEST episodes of My Two Dads season 1

Every episode of My Two Dads season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of My Two Dads season 1!

Lifelong friends Joey Harris and Michael Taylor are both appointed legal guardians to Nicole Bradford, the daughter of a woman they once dated at the same time, who died shortly after giving birth without ascertaining the identity of the father.

Last Updated: 4/11/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Joey's Mother-in-Law
star
8.80
5 votes

#1 - Joey's Mother-in-Law

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1988

Joey feels picked on and Nicole feels deprived of her time with Cory when Michael's mother comes to visit.

Directors: Zane Buzby
The Wedge
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8.50
6 votes

#2 - The Wedge

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1988

Joey's rock-star friend thinks Joey is spending too much time under the influence---of Michael.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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Nicole in Charge
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8.33
6 votes

#3 - Nicole in Charge

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1988

Nicole wants the loft's racquetball championship called off after Michael's training regimen sends him to the hospital.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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Advice and Consent
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8.33
6 votes

#4 - Advice and Consent

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1988

Cory receives advice on kissing from Nicole's dads and his older brother.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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Friends and Lovers
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8.29
7 votes

#5 - Friends and Lovers

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1987

Nicole fixes Michael up with a neighbor, which amuses him then confuses him as their pairing becomes more and more ""comfortable.""

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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My Fair Joey
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8.25
4 votes

#6 - My Fair Joey

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/1988

Joey enlists Michael to coach him on the finer points of etiquette when he meets a debutante dream girl.

Directors: Andrew D. Weyman
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She'll Get Over It
star
8.20
5 votes

#7 - She'll Get Over It

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1988

Michael pulls some strings to cheer up Nicole after her first modeling audition is unsuccessful.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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Michael's Sister Comes Over and Visits
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8.20
5 votes

#8 - Michael's Sister Comes Over and Visits

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1988

When Michael's estranged sister visits, Michael learns that Joey influenced her decision to leave her medical career.

Directors: Valentine Mayer
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Friends of the Family
star
8.00
4 votes

#9 - Friends of the Family

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/14/1988

Corey tries to set his mom up with Klawicki.

Directors: Matthew Diamond
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Nicole's Big Adventure
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7.75
4 votes

#10 - Nicole's Big Adventure

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/1988

A group of friends helps the dads survive Nicole's week away at camp.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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Pilot
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7.57
14 votes

#11 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987

In the pilot, two buddies who were once in love with the same woman reunite at the reading of the woman's will, where they learn that one of them -- but not which one -- fathered her 12-year-old daughter and that both are to share custody of the girl.

Directors: John Tracy
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The Only Child
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7.34
35 votes

#12 - The Only Child

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1988

Nicole's longing for a brother turns into a longing for equal time after the dads fulfill her request.

Directors: Zane Buxby
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Soho's by You
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7.34
38 votes

#13 - Soho's by You

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987

Michael insists the family move to his uptown apartment, which has no playmates for Nicole and no life as Joey knows it.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Crime and Punishment
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7.32
38 votes

#14 - Crime and Punishment

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987

Nicole goes to the movies with a friend---and ends up in New Jersey.

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Whose Night is it, Anyway?
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7.30
37 votes

#15 - Whose Night is it, Anyway?

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1987

The two dads have dates on the same night, so they decide to let Nicole and her friends baby-sit themselves.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Quality Time
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7.30
37 votes

#16 - Quality Time

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1987

Michael is racked with guilt when business continually forces him to break dates with Nicole.

Directors: J.D. Lobue
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The Artful Dodger
star
7.29
38 votes

#17 - The Artful Dodger

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1987

Joey's protest over Nicole's failing art grade turns into a date with the teacher, which doesn't earn Joey high marks.

Directors: J.D. Lobue
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Once a Son . . .
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7.23
39 votes

#18 - Once a Son . . .

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1987

Joey agrees to join his father's plumbing business if he fails to make a sale at his one-man art show.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Nicole's First Date
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7.22
36 votes

#19 - Nicole's First Date

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1987

Joey's lecture before Nicole's first date fails to cover what to do when the suitor fails to show up.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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Sex, Judge, and Rock & Roll
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7.20
40 votes

#20 - Sex, Judge, and Rock & Roll

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1987

After Joey strikes out with a woman, Michael is a hit, but the victory is short-lived when the woman turns out to be Judge Wilbur's niece -- who's engaged.

Directors: J.D. Lobue
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The Family in Question
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6.67
3 votes

#21 - The Family in Question

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1988

When a newspaper reporter writes an article criticizing Judge Wilbur, most specially, her decision to put Nicole with Joey and Michael, a television reporter decides to do feature on them by interviewing everyone involve and record Nicole with her two fathers and see who is right.

Directors: Mark Brull
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'Tis the Season
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5.76
37 votes

#22 - 'Tis the Season

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1987

Joey and Michael anticipate their first Christmas with Nicole, but she's ignoring the holidays, her first without her mother.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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