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Season 11 Episode 7: The Juggs Have Left the Building

By David Faustino | December 1, 1996

The Bundys holiday in Branson, Missouri, where Peggy and Kelly try to launch a mother-daughter country act and Tammy Wynette appears as herself. Back home, Marcy and Jefferson are house-sitting, and Marcy wants to try something cheap and trashy.

Season 11 Episode 6: A Bundy Thanksgiving

By David Faustino | November 24, 1996

The series’ only Thanksgiving episode. Al’s childhood tradition requires one of Aunt Maddie’s sweet potato pies, and the last one is at her funeral. At home, Jefferson cannot find a turkey, and the only one available is Kelly’s pet.

Season 11 Episode 5: Requiem for a Chevyweight (2)

By David Faustino | November 17, 1996

The Dodge gets a funeral in the back yard, complete with bagpipes and a folded seat cover. Al leases a replacement that goes badly wrong. Jefferson goes to Cuba for the fuel pump and turns out to be on first-name terms with Fidel Castro.

Season 11 Episode 4: Requiem for a Chevyweight (1)

By David Faustino | November 10, 1996

The Dodge is failing, and Al treats it as a medical emergency, complete with a specialist, a chart and a diagnosis. The rest of the family quietly starts shopping the parts around. The only fuel pump that will fit is rumored to be in Cuba.

Season 11 Episode 3: Kelly’s Gotta Habit

By David Faustino | October 12, 1996

Kelly’s olive oil commercial comes with a morals clause requiring chastity, and a nun is sent to verify she is keeping it. Al, meanwhile, discovers Officer Dan is being filmed for COPS and decides that being on COPS is his life’s ambition.

Season 11 Episode 2: Children of the Corns

By David Faustino | October 5, 1996

Gary pits Al against Griff in a sales contest with a raise for the winner. Al discovers Gary is running an illegal sweatshop and decides blackmail beats selling shoes. Peggy, meanwhile, wins a microwave and sets about discovering what it is for.

Season 11 Episode 1: Twisted

By David Faustino | September 28, 1996

A tornado traps the Bundys and D’Arcys in the basement, and the danger turns out to be an aphrodisiac for Peggy and Marcy. Al and Jefferson spend the storm trying to escape. The season eleven premiere also resolves how Griff got off death row.

Season 10 Episode 26: The Joke’s on Al

By David Faustino | May 26, 1996

A practical joke war between Al and Jefferson leaves Al unable to tell whether the woman flirting with him in his own house is real or a setup. Griff, meanwhile, spends his NO MA’AM anniversary in jail mistaken for a serial killer. Peggy comes back and settles things.

Season 10 Episode 25: Torch Song Duet

By David Faustino | May 19, 1996

A radio quiz is giving away a trip to the Atlanta Olympics and a turn carrying the torch. Al knows every answer but is banned from the station, so he feeds them to Griff. Griff wins, becomes a local celebrity, and Al has to watch. Bo Jackson guests as the host.

Season 10 Episode 24: Kiss of the Coffee Woman

By David Faustino | May 5, 1996

Kelly’s coffee commercial loses its male lead, and Jefferson steps in because Marcy has locked him out until he gets a job. The campaign makes him a local sex symbol. Then Al learns the next installment requires his daughter to kiss the neighbor.