List of episodes of the series «Who's the Boss?»
- Seasons count: 8
- Episodes count: 196
- Total viewing time: 3 d. 6 h. 12 m.
Release date: 9/20/1984
Pilot
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 1
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Single dad Tony Micelli and his street smart young daughter Samantha decide to leave the mean streets of their poor neighbourhood for a chance at a better life in Connecticut. Tony happens upon a job offer as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy business woman Angela Bower and her young son by means of her flirtatious mother Mona. He puts his machismo aside and takes the job for the betterment of his daughter and a new ""family"" is formed.
Release date: 9/27/1984
Briefless Encounter
- User score: 10
- Episode number: 2
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Part of settling into his new home has Tony using Angela's personal bathroom and getting an eyeful when she steps out of the tub. Neither of the two stubborn housemates accept responsibility, and disagree to an extent that Tony's new girlfriend gives him the heave-ho. Mona's advice about role-playing to better understand each other's point of view helps Tony and Angela see that they aren't angry after all.
Release date: 10/23/1984
Angela's First Fight
- User score: 3
- Episode number: 3
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: During a trip to Tony's old neighbourhood to find runaway Samantha, Angela must stand up for Tony who is criticized for being a housekeeper. After proclaiming that fighting is no way to resolve a dispute, Angela ends up in a cat fight with the waitress in Tony's old hangout.
Release date: 10/30/1984
Mona Gets Pinned
- Episode number: 4
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Mona meets Jason, the man of her dreams, but she's old enough to be his mother! After much hiding the truth comes out and Angela, who previously stated that age had no part in love, is aghast. It's not until Jason's parents tell Angela that Mona isn't good enough for their son that she stands up for her mother and does an about-face of her opinion.
Release date: 11/13/1984
A Rash Decision
- Episode number: 5
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Tony visits Angela at the filming of a soap commercial, and ends up the star of the ad. Soon after, Tony develops an itchy rash that turns out to have been caused by the soap. Angela must then decide if she wants to market a soap whose makers are not completely honest about its potentially harmful side effects
Release date: 11/20/1984
Dinner For Two
- Episode number: 6
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Tony is greatly anticipating his dinner date with a girl in Brooklyn, just as Angela is preparing for a business dinner for two with a client. When Angela's guest cancels at the last minute, Tony reluctantly stays in Connecticut to keep her company, while attempting to keep, but slightly postpone, his date.
Release date: 11/27/1984
Sorority Sister
- Episode number: 7
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Angela's sorotory sister from college comes around and takes an interest in Tony.
Release date: 12/4/1984
Truth in Dating
- Episode number: 8
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: At the market, Tony picks up a woman who believes that he is the owner of Angela's house and Jaguar. Meanwhile, Angela accepts a date with a man who believes that she is Rosie, Angela's flighty secretary. Both advise the other that no good relationship can begin based on a lie, and soon both are forced to confront their deceived dates.
Release date: 12/11/1984
Sports Buddies
- User score: 1
- Episode number: 9
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Angela becomes involved with a gentleman who is quite the sports fanatic. He becomes more interested in hanging out with Tony and talking sports than in spending time with Angela.
Release date: 12/18/1984
Requiem
- Episode number: 10
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Tony is moonlighting to raise extra money, which Mona believes is to take care of a secret girlfriend in Brooklyn. Soon the truth comes out: Tony is still paying rent on his recently deceased father's apartment, so that he and Sam will have a place to go just in case things don't work out in Connecticut.
Release date: 1/8/1985
Samantha's Growing Up
- Episode number: 11
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Forced to confront the fact that Samantha is not a little girl any more, Tony buys her her first brassiere. When it turns out not to be the kind she wanted, Tony enlists Angela's help in buying Samantha new clothes. He is less than thrilled, however, when Samantha comes home looking a bit too grown up. (Note: This episode was originally titled ""Samantha's First Bra"" but was later changed due to censoring problems.)
Release date: 1/15/1985
Paint Your Wagon
- Episode number: 12
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: It's time to paint the Jaguar, and Angela wants the new color to be sandalwood. Tony overrides her decision and has it painted diablo red. When Angela discovers this, she is enraged and forbids him from future decision-making, proclaiming that he is just the maid. He then takes this declaration to the extreme by dressing, speaking, and behaving like a prim and proper butler.
Release date: 1/22/1985
Protecting the President
- Episode number: 13
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: During a company party at Angela's house, Tony throws out one of her vice-presidents for saying unprofessional things about her.
Release date: 1/29/1985
Guess Who's Coming Forever?
- Episode number: 14
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Mona has been evicted from her apartment and begins looking for a new home. She takes Tony's suggestion to convert the loft above Angela's garage into an apartment. Angela is not happy about the new arrangements.
Release date: 2/5/1985
Angela's Ex (1)
- Episode number: 15
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Angela's ex-husband, Michael, visits so that they can sign the final divorce papers. Instead, they find themselves back together again. With Michael back in the house, there's no longer a need for Tony, who is given two weeks' notice by Michael.
Release date: 2/12/1985
Angela's Ex (2)
- Episode number: 16
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: While Tony and Samantha live it up at the lavish estate of Tony's new boss, a wealthy older woman, Michael and Angela enjoy their reunion. But the celebration is short-lived, as they are eventually reminded of the professional and personal differences that drove them apart the first time.
Release date: 2/19/1985
Eye on Angela
- Episode number: 17
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: A local news reporter, Bobbi Barnes, wants to do a story on the daily life of Angela. But when a series of innocent mix-ups leads Tony and Angela to wake up in the same bed, Bobbi's camera crew is waiting in the hall to capture the scene. Bobbi thinks she has a juicy story for her show, but Mona has other ideas.
Release date: 2/26/1985
Double Date
- Episode number: 18
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Samantha is looking forward to the upcoming school dance, but Tony spoils her evening by constantly taking pictures of her and her date, working at the dance as a chaperone, and getting caught kissing her teacher in front of the entire class.
Release date: 3/5/1985
Tony's Father-in-Law
- Episode number: 19
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Nick, Tony's father-in-law, visits. He cannot bring himself to tell everyone that he will soon be imprisoned, so he instead claims that he is dying, then milks the sympathy.
Release date: 3/12/1985
Just Like Tony
- Episode number: 20
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Stories of Tony's rebellious youth are rubbing off on Jonathan, particularly when Jonathan brings home a hubcap stolen from a police car. Angela then decrees that from now on, she is to be consulted on all decisions regarding her son. Not to be completely overruled, Tony decides to handle the situation in his own way.
Release date: 4/9/1985
Keeping Up With Marci
- Episode number: 21
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Tony fears he can't afford the ski club Samantha wants to join with her friends, but he lets her sign up anyway. When his attempt to economize by cleaning Angela's chimney himself fails, he must go back on his word and tell Samantha she cannot join. Refusing to borrow the money from Angela, Tony soon sells one of his prized possessions to be able to pay for Samantha's ski trip.
Release date: 4/16/1985
First Kiss
- User score: 1
- Episode number: 22
- Episode duration: 23 min.
- Episode description: Angela comes home from a rowdy birthday party, just as Tony returns home from a police-sponsored demonstration of the effects of alcohol on the mind. Both are in a woozy state, and they end up kissing.