The BEST episodes of The Bad News Bears
Every episode of The Bad News Bears ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Bad News Bears!
To avoid a year in jail, swimming pool cleaner Morris Buttermaker agrees to coach a Little League baseball team called the Bears. Unfortunately, the Bears are the worst team in the league, boasting a roster of the most inept and least disciplined players in school. Buttermaker, with the help of principal Rappant, eventually wins the respect of the Bears, and they even win a few games along the way.
#1 - Lights Out
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/1980
Some Bears teammates think they caused a blackout.
#2 - Tanner's Bird
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/28/1979
Buttermaker buys a racing horse named Rocket Jr. The horse keeps lying down and a vet is called. The horse can't race anymore. It also sat on Tanner's bird killing it.
#3 - Here Comes the Coach
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/1979
Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker becomes the new coach of the Hoover Junior High Bears baseball team which consists of misfits and bumblers.
#4 - Amanda Joins the Bears
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/1979
After another bad game, Buttermaker attempts a pitching tryout but it goes badly. Amanda Wurlitzer does show up. She feels abandoned after Buttermaker broke up with her mother. She agrees to pitch one game for the Bears.
#5 - The Kelly Story
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/1979
Kelly rides his bike onto the field. He hits on Amanda and hits a bunch of her pitches out of the park. She decides to use her feminine wilds to entice him to join the team.
#6 - First Base
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1979
Buttermaker and the rest of the Bears rally around Rudi as he has his first romance.
#7 - Matched Set
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/1980
After getting taunted by the Turners, the boys decide to enter Amanda and Buttermaker into a tennis tournament to beat the Turners and take away their trophy. Meanwhile, Amanda continues her pursuit of Josh.
#8 - Run Down
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1979
Rudi has his father's baseball signed by Johnny Bench. Buttermaker claims to know Bench back in the day. Then they lose the ball.
#9 - Buttermaker Rides Again
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1979
Rappant has a new transfer student named Josh but he's truant. Buttermaker struggles to get the young hustler into school while Amanda falls for him.
#10 - Fielder's Choice
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/16/1979
Kelly is out of town. The team loses badly. The top team has a surprising loss and the Bears still have a chance to get to the big championship game in a big league ballpark.
#12 - Double Play
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/26/1980
Buttermaker has money and car trouble. He can't buy a present for Amanda's birthday. Turner fires him as the pool cleaner and then hires him selling bad houses. The boys decide to clean pools to give Amanda a great birthday party.
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#13 - Scrambled Eggs
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/19/1980
The kids sneak out and try hitchhiking to San Diego for a concert when they get picked up by Buttermaker. Rappant gives each kid an egg to teach them responsibility.
#17 - Emily Loves Morris
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/1979
The Bears have reasons to believe Dr. Rappant is crushing on Coach Buttermaker.
#18 - The Food Caper
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/12/1979
Food is missing from the school's pantry over the weekend when only The Bears were present. Rappant tells Buttermaker to investigate and Engelberg becomes the prime suspect.
#20 - Nakedness is Next to Godliness
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/1979
Dr. Rappant's new shower mandate causes problems for Oglivie who is terrified of being naked in front of the team.
#21 - The Birds, the Bees and the Bears
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/7/1980
Amanda's hugging of teammates prompts Buttermaker to take her aside for a lecture on the facts of life.
#23 - Old Timers' Day
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/12/1980
Ahmad is having trouble living with his grandfather, Buttermaker decides to help. The coach thinks the two can bridge their differences through baseball so Buttermaker arranges a games between his kids and a senior team.