The WORST episodes of The Hogan Family
Every episode of The Hogan Family ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Hogan Family!
Valerie was the wife to Michael Hogan, an airline pilot. His job took him away from home quite regularly so Valerie was left to raise their three sons, David, and the fraternal twins, Mark and Willie. David was the oldest and girl crazy, Mark was the brain and a perfectionist and Willie was the carefree clown who seemed to always be in trouble.
#1 - The Long Goodbye
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/1989
David chafes under the Hogan house rules, so he moves into an apartment with Burt and Rich, who make Felix and Oscar seem like ideal roommates.
#2 - Stir Crazy
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/1989
David finds producing a local cooking show starring Mrs. Poole isn't exactly a piece of cake. Meanwhile, the family is boiling mad when Michael installs a faulty home-security system.
#3 - Get a Job
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1989
Mark gets a job at Bossy Burger and goes out of his way to get Willie a job there too. However, Willie's constant goofing off goes un-noticed by the boss, who promotes him, then finds himself in a bind during a rush. Meanwhile, Sandy's attempts to re-finish the floor in the living room hits a snag when Michael is called out of town, leaving her to turn to David.
#4 - The Hospital
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1989
David is all excited about the Homecoming parade but is let down when he discovers that he will be sharing a camel costume with Burt. To make matters worse, during the parade, Burt causes a fall that lands the both of them in the hospital.
#5 - License to Drive
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1989
Mark wrecks his confidence when he has an accident during his driver's test, while David drives him crazy getting it all on tape for a class project.
#6 - The Rivals
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1989
Mark is all excited when he gets a date with a popular girl in school, however, his high comes to an abrupt stop when he discovers Willie has a date with her and soon it becomes a battle of brothers. Meanwhile, David does his best to put together an exercise bike that Sandy had ordered.
#7 - Tracks of My Tears
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1989
Willie becomes obsessed with being number one on the track team and enlists David's help training him. However, Willie quickly finds that he doesn't have the will for training. Meanwhile, Sandy's ex-husband persuades her to dog-sit for a Cujo-like pooch who takes up permanent residence on the ankle of anyone who comes by.
#8 - Paris (3)
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1989
The private investigators catch up to Julia and whisk her away leaving David without an explanation or a goodbye. However, things turn around for the young couple as, Julia invites him and his family to a Parisian party fit for a princess.
#9 - Paris (2)
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1989
Paris, the City of Lights, has cast a romantic glow over David and Julia, however, Julia's day of playing hooky begins to slowly come to an end as the private investigators stake out the Hogan family. Sandy and Mrs. Poole quickly find themselves in trouble as they are chases through Paris by two men.
#10 - Paris (1)
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1989
The Hogans take a trip to Paris and enjoy the sites and sounds. Meanwhile, David befriends an attractive woman, Julia, who unknowingly to him is a princess playing hooky from her royal duties. However, private investigators soon begin searching for her.
#11 - Coming to America
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1989
It's amore at first sight for David when Sandy's friend arrives from Italy to stay with the Hogans.
#12 - Private Lessons
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1989
Willie wants to teach Mark a lesson in brotherly love when Willie's girlfriend decides she likes her tutor Mark better.
#13 - Slapshot
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/1989
David puts himself in the penalty box over his guilt about injuring an opponent in a hockey game, and Mark threatens to body-check Willie for not paying a debt.
#14 - Oh Dad, Poor Dad
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/27/1989
The numbers 4 and 0 add up to a midlife crisis for Michael, and Sandy only multiplies his distress when she throws him a surprise birthday party.
#15 - Educating Rita
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1989
After a breakup, Sandy tries to cheer up man-hungry, Rita Traeger and quickly discovers that her new best friend isn't the best of friends when she strands her at a singles bar. Meanwhile, David is trying to sell his mountain bike in order to raise enough money for a ski trip.
#16 - Double Date
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/1989
Sandy and Michael endure twice the torture on a ""double date"" with the perfect prospective mates, while David decides to spend the evening bonding with his brothers.
#17 - Viva Las Vegas
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/1989
David, Burt and Rich wager they'll have a wild weekend in Las Vegas, but they don't bet on ending up in jail. Meanwhile, Mrs. Poole displays some unusual talents.
#18 - Boy Loses Girl (2)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1989
Love-struck David's girlfriend, Sara, receives a great job offer in Australia, so David decides to take the plunge and propose marriage, but Sandy and Michael think he's all wet.
#19 - Boy Meets Girl (1)
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1989
David and a pretty student get off on the wrong foot, and they continue to bicker when they're fixed up on a blind date that could wind up opening their eyes to romance after all.
#20 - Rebel with a Cause
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1989
Tired of being ""dull and predictable,"" Mark turns into a mini-James Dean, but his cool attitude only gets his family and friends hot under the collar.
#21 - The Naked Truth
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/23/1989
Mark and Willie are barely able to contain themselves when they spot a nude portrait of Sandy hanging in an art gallery.
#22 - Strangers On a Train
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/1989
Willie is stirred by first-hand accounts of apartheid from Sandy's South African professor, so he and Mark embark on an el-train ride to a candlelight vigil.
#23 - Secretarial Poole
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1989
Sandy thinks she's hired ""Robo-Secretary"" after Mrs. Poole whips the entire school into tiptop shape. Meanwhile, Michael fends off the advances of an admirer.
#24 - The Big Sleep
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1988
It's a dream come true for psychology student David when Sandy, ""Queen of the All-Nighters,"" agrees to be the guinea pig for his sleep deprivation experiment.
#25 - Tobacco Road
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1988
Sandy tries to teach Willie a lesson about cigarettes, but her efforts go up in smoke when she returns to smoking herself.