Bud’s Episode Vault
Season 6 Episode 14: The Mystery of Skull Island
Bud falls for a woman who is only attracted to men who do dangerous things, which lands him in an airplane he does not want to jump out of. Back at the house, Al is being forced to play a relationship board game called Ethical Dilemma with Peg and the Darcys.
Season 6 Episode 13: I Who Have Nothing
The death of a relative forces Al to take stock of what he actually owns, and the list runs to two items. He sets out to recover the football from his 1966 championship game, which means dealing with the cheerleader he gave it to and then dumped. Wendie Jo Sperber guest stars.
Season 6 Episode 12: So This is How Sinatra Felt
Al comes home happy three days in a row, which Peg finds alarming. The cause is a woman who has been flirting with him at the shoe store all week. Peg sends Bud and Kelly to spy on him, and Al is forced to choose. Jessica Hahn guest stars.
Season 6 Episode 11: Al Bundy, Shoe Dick
Al takes a night job cleaning a private investigator’s office and, when a client walks in, declines to correct her. The episode’s ending reveals that the entire opening stretch of season six was Al’s dream — the series’ largest single retcon.
Season 6 Episode 10: Kelly Does Hollywood (2)
Al, Bud and Kelly go to Hollywood so a network can take Kelly’s public access show national. Jon Lovitz plays the executive producer who retools it beyond recognition. Al spends the trip pitching his own show ideas to anyone who will stand still. Conclusion of two.
Season 6 Episode 9: Kelly Does Hollywood (1)
The Bundys get cable, and Al discovers his new remote can also control the Darcys’ television. Marcy turns up on public access talking about her marriage, which inspires Kelly to start a show of her own. A Hollywood network comes calling. Part one of two. It is also Matt LeBlanc’s last appearance on the series.
Season 6 Episode 8: God’s Shoes
Al falls out of the bedroom window after seeing the twenty-five hundred dollar painting Peg commissioned of herself. He wakes up convinced he has been shown God’s shoes and chosen to sell them. Jefferson handles the business side, using Marcy’s money. Kelly is the only member of the family who takes the revelation seriously.
Season 6 Episode 7: If I Could See Me Now
Al’s eyesight is going and he refuses to admit it, even after losing a hundred dollar prize to Jefferson because he could not read the number on the screen. Bud and Kelly talk him into glasses. Seeing his own life clearly turns out to be worse than not seeing it.
Season 6 Episode 6: Buck Has a Belly Ache
Buck loses his appetite and the whole family devotes itself to the dog, which leaves a pregnant Peggy ignored enough to move back in with the Wankers. It is the last episode to show Peggy pregnant, and the reasons behind that were real.
Season 6 Episode 5: Looking for a Desk in All the Wrong Places
Marcy discovers that Jefferson never paid for her storage locker and that her childhood furniture has been auctioned off, so she drags Peg out to find it. Back at the house, Al, Bud and Kelly hold a formal Anti-Baby Meeting with minutes and a roll call.