The BEST episodes of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL

Every episode of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL!

A half-hour weekly round-up, branding, inoculation and crutching of all the important news stories of the week. Along with a like-minded Think Tank of reporters and pundits, offering not only reportage and analysis of the week’s events but discussion, argument and dissection of what’s making the world turn every which way.

Last Updated: 9/11/2026Network: ABC TVStatus: Ended
Episode 1
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#1 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/2012

This week on Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, we meet two key players in Labor's power struggle, Shaun tracks the whereabouts of Christopher Pyne... and just what is the shocking truth about Peter Slipper? Don't miss our special Investigative Report. There's a behind-the-scenes exclusive with politicians' publicists, a sneak peek at the ABC's newest comedy smash BackBenched, and Shaun looks at Greece. From quite a distance.

Episode 2
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#2 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/2012

Shaun gets more than he bargained for when a car he was buying turns out to be an ocean liner. Meanwhile, Roz and Francis are up to their old necks too when a horse they were impersonating has to be put down.

Episode 7
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#3 - Episode 7

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/2019

Barney buys Betty an expensive ring, which he gives to Fred for safe-keeping but Wilma discovers it and assumes it's for her. Fred buys a second ring but doesn't have the cash, so he borrows from a loan shark in Philly.

Episode One
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#4 - Episode One

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/5/2020

Lucius Carpenter leaves for Alaska during the gold rush but is buried in a glacial avalanche. After 67 years he is thawed out and returns to the home of his now-elderly son, Edwin, a land developer in California.

Episode 8
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#5 - Episode 8

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/14/2019

Wilma and Betty win a trip to Hollyrock. Finding themselves lonely and bored, Fred and Barney take vacations from work and follow them out. When Wilma is 'discovered', Fred arranges for the head of the studio to be 'whacked'.

Episode 9
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#6 - Episode 9

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/21/2019

Fred and Barney hide their sweepstakes ticket in the lining of an old coat, which Betty gives to a passing hobo. Meanwhile, Wilma and Betty have their own ticket stashed away at the Rubbles' house but it's raided by the Feds.

Episode 10
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#7 - Episode 10

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/28/2019

Fed up with their jobs, Fred and Barney plan to open a strip club. Fred has to deal with a suspicious Wilma, who wants to know why young women keep calling him and what the messages regarding two tons of cocaine mean.

Episode 11
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#8 - Episode 11

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/4/2019

When Fred discovers a bag containing 86 large, he thinks he's rich but the money belongs to Johnny Sack. Wilma and Betty force Fred and Barney to return the money and unwittingly set up a series of gangland slayings.

Episode 12
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#9 - Episode 12

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/11/2019

Fred convinces Wilma and the Rubbles to spend their vacation in the mountains, digging up and re-burying old bodies where the cops can't find them. Fred and Barney fight while playing Monopoly and AJ flunks out of Rutgers.

Episode 13
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#10 - Episode 13

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2019

While trying to show off Fred hypnotises Barney into thinking that he is Pussy, but can't reverse the trick. Barney lives out the rest of his life wearing a wire and squealing to the FBI. (Season Final)

Episode 1
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#11 - Episode 1

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2020

After the Taylors' old housekeeper, gets married and moves away, Aunt Bee moves in to take care of Andy but Opie will not accept her and tampers with her brakes.

Episode 2
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#12 - Episode 2

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2020

Andy and Barney decide to take action when the state police leave them out of a manhunt for an escaped lunatic.

Episode 3
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#13 - Episode 3

Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2020

Andy helps a local folk guitarist get a chance at stardom by arresting a band passing through town and shooting them when they try to escape.

Episode 4
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#14 - Episode 4

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2020

An Australian billionaire paper recycler comes to Mayberry to meet with his accountants but Andy gets suspicious when he finds out the mysterious visitor has only ever paid $1.36 in tax.

Episode 5
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#15 - Episode 5

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2020

Andy suspects that Ellie is thinking about marriage when she invites him to the annual church picnic wearing a wedding dress.

Episode 6
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#16 - Episode 6

Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2020

Andy teaches Opie about keeping promises, then must figure what to do with a friend of Opie's who has run away from home to join the public service.

Episode 7
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#17 - Episode 7

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2020

Andy and Ellie stage a fake hostage situation to boost Barney's self-confidence but Barney gets into trouble when he detonates explosives on the roof and destroys a helicopter.

Episode 8
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#18 - Episode 8

Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2020

Andy is disappointed in Opie for giving so little to a charity drive - until he learns the reason (SPOILER ALERT: Opie is laundering his money through a Cayman Islands shell company).

Episode 9
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#19 - Episode 9

Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/1/2020

Andy seeks to end a long-running family feud before joining two lovers on a weekend in Wallaroo.

Episode 10
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#20 - Episode 10

Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/2020

Ellie starts a battle of the sexes when she decides to run for town council but doesn't count on the rampant misogyny of conservative politics.

Episode 11
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#21 - Episode 11

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2020

Despite being forced by "Scrooge" Ben Weaver to arrest bootlegger Sam Muggins on Christmas Eve, Andy still manages to have the most wonderful Christmas in Mayberry.

Episode 12
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#22 - Episode 12

Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/22/2020

The citizens of Mayberry are suspicious of a young stranger (Peter Dutton) who seems to know everything about them. When his goons start smashing windows and arresting people, they rise up and vent their anger online.

Episode 12
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#23 - Episode 12

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/18/2018

A car that talks gets laryngitis and learns what it's like to be a normal car. Stars Meryl Streep, Jo Silvagni.

Episode 9
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#24 - Episode 9

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2018

Following Tony and Roger's promotion to major, the general sends them to Reno, Nevada to relax a few days before going to a base there but they get lost and end up in Fresno.

Episode 10
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#25 - Episode 10

Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/21/2022

After 15 seasons over 10 years, the final episode with self-indulgent back patting, clips of so-called 'classic' moments and a tearful farewell song that undoes any vestige of its reputation as a comedy show.