The Addams Family - Episode Guide

A truant officer visits the Addams house to find out why Wednesday and Pugsley have never been to school.

Gomez and Morticia seeks help from a child psychiatrist when Pugsley shows signs of normalcy; the doctor advises the couple to cater to Pugsley's childish whims.

Uncle Fester decides it's time for him to find a mate. Through a column in the local newspaper, he conducts a search and mistakes Miss Carver, a door-to-door cosmetics saleslady, for someone replying to his ad.

A politician wants to drain the town's bogs.

A snooty neighbour insults the family's background.

An escaped gorilla becomes part of the family, much to the surprise of Morticia's ladies group.

Two bank robbers visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween. Guest star: Don Rickles.

Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.

The family makes a scary impression on new neighbours.

Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.

Visitors from another country regret labeling the Addams gang uncultured.

Morticia plays matchmaker for her cousin.

When  Lurch refuses the invitation to a annual Ball that arrives in the mail, Morticia and Gomez encourage Lurch to take dance lessons so he can attend for once.

Gomez recruits an artist to teach Grandmama how to paint abstracts.

An injured beatnik finds refuge in the Addams home.

The family's timid postman does undercover work for the government in the Addams house.

Lurch's mother wants him to be waited on by Morticia and Gomez.

Morticia devises a treatment for ailing Fester.

The family tries to raise cash for a lunar trip.

Cousin Itt becomes a zoo exhibit while visiting.

Grandmama is jailed for running a fortune telling business in the living room.

Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs.

Gomez spearheads an investigation when Thing disappears.

Uncle Fester applies for a job at an insurance company that is threatening to cancel the family's policy.

Gomez and Morticia try to interest Lurch in needlepoint and the drums after they donate his harpsichord to a local museum.

Morticia, believing Gomez is financially strapped, thinks of ways to make money.

An evening picnic results in the family being mistaken for martians.

Uncle Fester fears he has turned a monkey into a Pugsley duplicate.

Morticia gathers up the family's art pieces for a charity auction.

City workers plan to demolish the family home to construct a highway.

Fester dons a toupee for a pen pal's visit.

Gomez and Morticia try to convince Cousin Itt that he would be a great marriage counselor.

Teenagers go mad for Lurch's pop recording.

Family members try to spark an argument between Gomez and Morticia, believing happily married couples fight.

A Hollywood director inflates Cousin Itt's ego.

On her 13th wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children how she and Gomez first met.

As plans to marry Ophelia continue, Gomez looks for a way out of the wedding.

Gomez's aunt, a princess, arrives with a surprise for Thing.

Low taxes prod angry Gomez into running for mayor.

Uncle Fester whips up a remedy for Cousin Itt's hair-loss problem.

A neighbour tells the children there are no witches.

Morticia writes a children's book.

An art critic shows his disapproval of Morticia's first sculpture.

Pugsley copies one of his dad's love letters and sends it to his teacher, who visits the Addams home and confesses to Gomez that no man has ever fallen so in love with her. Morticia volunteers to play the jealous wife to raise the teacher's morale.

Prompted by Morticia's invitation, Mr and Mrs Henry Courtney visit the Addams house for tea, hoping to meet a number of the social set who turns out to be Gomez's cousin by marriage.

There is a neighbourhood burglar on the loose, and Morticia has reason to believe it could be Gomez. Morticia decides to probe his subconscious mind for a key to his criminality after she and Uncle Fester discover loot hidden in the storeroom.

Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Gomez plays host to a family friend and his daughter Consuella. Morticia's hospitality changes to horror and shock when Consuella, believing Morticia to be Gomez's sister, reveals that she has been promised in marriage to Gomez.

When Wednesday's and Pugsley's faith in Santa Claus is shaken, Uncle Fester is chosen to back up Santa. However, Fester-Santa gets stuck in the chimney, so each of the other adults in the house decides to substitute for him.

Fester is so smitten upon receipt of a photo of his love - a bearded carnival lady - that he borrows money to mail her a proposal. Morticia dons a beard and poses as the girl's mother to convince Fester that he will have to work to support a wife.

Because she thinks Fester and Grandmama are spoiling the children, Morticia hires a governess to watch them. Insulted, Fester paints a white line down the centre of the Addams house, dividing it in half.

Morticia and Gomez see Fester conferring with TV muscleman Jack LaGrann and think that Fester is planning a television career. However, Uncle Fester confides to Lurch that he has to go on a secret diet because his pen pal is coming for a visit.

Morticia and Gomez find Grandfather Pugsley's treasure map and summon Captain Grimby. They hope to charter his boat for the treasure hunt, but after meeting the Captain, Morticia is careful to keep the nature of the mission secret.

Ophelia is madly in love with Horatio, the man who has everything, except the truth about Ophelia's relatives. Morticia persuades playboy Cousin Itt to stir the embers of his past romance with Ophelia.

Pugsley shocks his parents when he gives up his new atomic reactor as kid stuff and announces that he wants to find his own job. His first try is as a medical assistant to Dr Bird.

Grandma Frump comes to the mistaken conclusion that her daughter, Morticia, and Gomez plan to pack her off to an old folks home. Actually, they plan to send her to a beauty farm.

To sell the neighbouring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home. Morticia gives the Digbys a stuffed vulture as a present.

Uncle Fester announces that he is going to join the Peace Corps. Fester decides he's a cinch to be accepted, because Gomez plans to pull strings in Washington on his behalf. The entire family agrees to help him study for the exam.

A former truant officer named Sam Hilliard heads a private school where Wednesday and Pugsley are enrolled. When Hilliard breaks under the strain of dealing with the Addams children, Gomez buys the school.

A doctor is summoned to examine Kitty Kat, the ailing lion pet of the Addams Family. Morticia soon decides that it is the cringing doctor who needs help, so human members of the family feign illnesses to build his confidence.

Morticia's concern that Lurch is overworked leads Gomez to the operating table to assemble a custom-built secondary butler. Lurch lets the robot do all the work and then begins to feel that he isn't needed anymore.

When Uncle Fester incinerates the family's stuffed bear with his flame thrower, Morticia reports the accident to the insurance company. Mr Henson, the head of the company, sends his assistant, Mr Digby, to handle the case.

Lurch suffers from unrequited love over Tiny Trivia, Morticia's visiting school chum who only has eyes for show business. The entire family decides to try to turn their stolid butler into a new personality.

When Ophelia laments that she has been jilted, Morticia suggests a career as an alternative to marriage. She tries chemistry first, then turns to operatic singing, so Cousin Itt is summoned to coach her to stardom.