The BEST episodes of The Addams Family

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

The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

Last Updated: 12/28/2023Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Ophelia Finds Romance
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7.88
33 votes

#1 - Ophelia Finds Romance

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1966

Ophelia needs help with her latest romance, Horatio Bartholomew, whom she met at a Lonely Hearts' Club, but Grandma Frump objects to him, and Gomez and Morticia both think he's a phony, and try to convince Itt to marry Ophelia instead.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Amnesia in the Addams Family
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7.85
78 votes

#2 - Amnesia in the Addams Family

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/1965

Gomez is juggling with his Indian clubs and hits himself on the head knocking himself unconscious. When he comes to, his personality has drastically changed.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.'s
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7.82
101 votes

#3 - The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.'s

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1964

Visiting dignitaries from an Iron Curtain country want to see a ""typical"" American family. Mr. Harris, the Government agent, is resistant to the idea. Mr. Haan insists, so they get out the phone book and randomly select a name. They land on the Addams listing.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia's Romance (2)
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7.82
103 votes

#4 - Morticia's Romance (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965

Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Lurch, the Teenage Idol
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7.81
63 votes

#5 - Lurch, the Teenage Idol

Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/14/1965

Lurch records a song at the harpsichord which eventually attracts swarms of screaming teenage fans to the house.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor
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7.77
65 votes

#6 - Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/7/1965

Cousin Itt is trying to decide on a career, and they call in Mr. Phelps, a vocational guidance expert.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Addams Cum Laude
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7.77
26 votes

#7 - Addams Cum Laude

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1966

The school principal threatens to expel the children after they've been playing with dynamite caps.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik
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7.76
79 votes

#8 - The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1965

Rockland ""Rocky"" Cartwright III, a beatnik, crashes his motorbike in front of the Addams' house.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Addams Policy
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7.75
28 votes

#9 - The Addams Policy

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/25/1966

Morticia has a new flame thrower, which Fester tests, setting their polar bear on fire. They make a claim to their insurance company, infuriating Mr. Henson, the manager, because his clerk, Joe Digby, had forgotten to cancel the Family's coverage.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Morticia Meets Royalty
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7.73
73 votes

#10 - Morticia Meets Royalty

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1965

Princess Millicent von Schlepp arrives for a visit in her sedan chair.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Leo Rifkin
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Morticia, the Decorator
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7.71
28 votes

#11 - Morticia, the Decorator

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1966

Morticia is caught up in the National Beautification Program and decides to become a decorator.

Directors: Sidney Salkow
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Morticia, the Matchmaker
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7.68
95 votes

#12 - Morticia, the Matchmaker

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1964

Cousin Melancholia comes to seek solace at the Addams home. Melancholia's fiancee, Fred, has left to join the Foreign Legion. Morticia is determined to find her a new man and phones up Hasty Marriage.

Directors: Jerry Hopper
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The Addams Family in Court
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7.68
74 votes

#13 - The Addams Family in Court

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/12/1965

Grandma's been telling fortunes as Madame Bovary, helped by Thing. She's even set up a tent in the living room. Morticia is appalled and wants her to stop. It's too late, though, as the police arrest her.

Directors: Nat Perrin
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The Addams Family and the Spacemen
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7.68
74 votes

#14 - The Addams Family and the Spacemen

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/2/1965

There have been sightings of UFOs, and when Mr. Hinckley and Mr. Gilbert, investigators from the MSO (Mysterious Space Objects), comes across the Family on a moonlight picnic and snail hunt, they think that Lurch and Cousin Itt are aliens.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Great Treasure Hunt
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7.67
36 votes

#15 - The Great Treasure Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1966

In the attic the Family discovers Great-Grandfather Pegleg' s old sea chest, and there's a treasure map in it. Morticia wants to search for the treasure, but half the map is missing, so the search for the second half begins.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Lurch's Grand Romance
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7.63
30 votes

#16 - Lurch's Grand Romance

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/1966

Morticia's old school chum Tiny Trivia arrives for a visit. She's into show-biz and very theatrical. Lurch fails for her, but she has no time for him.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Addams Family Splurges
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7.61
72 votes

#17 - The Addams Family Splurges

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1965

Gomez and Pugsley build a new computer, Wizzo, because the family wants somewhere new and interesting to visit.

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Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family
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7.57
47 votes

#18 - Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1965

Lurch's mother is coming to visit, and he confesses that she doesn't know he's just the servant.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Art and the Addams Family
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7.57
56 votes

#19 - Art and the Addams Family

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1964

Morticia has taken up painting and Gomez has art critic Bosley Swain evaluate her.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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The Addams Family Goes to School
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7.56
632 votes

#20 - The Addams Family Goes to School

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1964

Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers, he's dealing with no typical everyday family.

Directors: Arthur Hiller
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Halloween... Addams Style
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7.56
41 votes

#21 - Halloween... Addams Style

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1965

It's Halloween and, despite salamander sandwiches and a fresh porcupine taffy, Wednesday's upset.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Green-Eyed Gomez
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7.54
105 votes

#22 - Green-Eyed Gomez

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1964

Lionel Barker, an old friend of Morticia' s, arrives at the house and Gomez is jealous of him.

Directors: Jerry Hopper
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Morticia Joins the Ladies League
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7.53
127 votes

#23 - Morticia Joins the Ladies League

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1964

Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.

Directors: Jean Yarbrough
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Morticia's Romance (1)
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7.51
102 votes

#24 - Morticia's Romance (1)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965

On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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Lurch and His Harpsichord
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7.50
74 votes

#25 - Lurch and His Harpsichord

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1965

Lurch' s harpsichord turns out to be a rare survivor of an extinct make, so Gomez is persuaded to donate it to the local museum. Lurch is left inconsolable, so the Family attempts to get him interested in other pursuits.

Directors: Sidney Lanfield
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