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34. The Winning of Morticia Addams
Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.
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S2 E30 · Ophelia's Career
The Addams Family is a comedy and family TV series that premiered on ABC on September 18, 1964. It has 2 seasons and 64 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 30 "Ophelia's Career", aired on April 8, 1966.
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
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64 episodes · 2 seasons
1964 · 34 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago
Season 1 consists of 34 episodes and established the iconic characters and the show's subversive humor: that the "monstrous" Addams family was actually the most loving, stable, and well-adjusted family on television compared to their "normal" neighbors.
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E34
Members of the Addams household devise schemes to start a battle between Gomez and Morticia.
E33
Low grunts and grumbles while at the harpsichord constitute Lurch's manner of singing. Gomez has a record company record him and soon the Addams house is surrounded by excited teenyboppers, fawning and fainting over Lurch when he becomes the newest hit sensation. All that blind adoration goes to Lurch's head, and the Addames quickly find they have a self-centered butler who won't "buttle" any longer. Could it be they've created a monster?
E32
Morticia and Gomez call an expert to find Cousin Itt a job after he fails at being a marriage counselor, almost splitting up Gomez and Morticia in the process.
E31
Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.
E30
The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.
E29
Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.
E28
The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.
E27
With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.
E26
When Morticia believes the family to be bankrupt, she sells her railroad shares to a mystery buyer to raise money.
E25
Lurch feels betrayed when Gomez and Morticia give their antique harpsichord to a museum.
E24
Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.
E23
When Thing goes missing, the family discovers he's been "thing-napped."
E22
Gomez suffers from amnesia after being hit in the head with Indian clubs, and his personality changes dramatically.
E21
Grandmama is arrested for telling fortunes and soon the whole family is being held in contempt of court.
E20
Parks Commissioner Fiske visits the Addams house seeking contributions for expansion of the city zoo. Gomez believes visiting Cousin Itt - all hairy and gibbering four feet tall of him - would be perfect as the zoo's new curator. He has the two meet, but Commissioner Fisk misunderstands the intent and mistakes Itt for a new exotic animal attraction whom he has hauled away in chains when the others aren't looking. When the family finds out what's happened, Uncle Fester is ready to administer retribution the Addams way - with a bullet from behind.
E19
The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.
E18
Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.
E17
Morticia and Gomez pose as Lurch's maid and butler when his mother comes for a visit.
E16
An undercover operative is convinced that the Addams family are spies.
E15
A young biker on the run from his domineering tycoon dad ends up hiding out in the Addams house, and the Addamses couldn't be happier.
E14
Grandmama takes up painting and hires the distressed Sam Picasso as her teacher.
E13
Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.
E12
Morticia plays matchmaker when her cousin Melancholia and a bachelor lawyer hoping to make a business deal both visit at the same time.
E11
Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.
E10
Family worries when a flustered Wednesday runs away after being scolded for borrowing Uncle Fester's TNT.
E9
A young couple, simple, naive, and very much in love, move into the house next to the Addams'.
E8
Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.
E7
Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.
E6
Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.
E5
Pugsley and Wednesday get into a fight over families with their friend Harold, who says that his family is better than theirs.
E4
Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.
E3
Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.
E2
Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.
E1
Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.
1965 · 30 episodes · Last episode: 60 years ago
Season 2 of The Addams Family (1965–1966) continued the sitcom's run of 30 episodes, leaning further into the absurd and cementing the show’s legacy as a cult classic. While 1960s television was rarely serialized, Season 2 expanded the lore of the Addams world and introduced more of their extended, "unusual" family members.
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E30
Ophelia visits, upset as usual. He latest boyfriend has left her, as usual, and the family tries to find something she's good at.
E29
Morticia's school chum Trivia visits. Lurch is obviously smitten by her, but Trivia's interest is entirely in show business. Moticia decides to change Trivia's mind by making Lurch more exciting than show biz. She enlists others in the family to help, including Grandmama, whose love potion makes the biggest and wildest impact of all.
E28
After Uncle Fester's flame thrower destroys the family's stuffed bear, insurance executive Hensen tries to weasel out of the policy.
E27
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.
E26
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.
E25
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.
E24
Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?
E23
To sell the neighboring Addams Family an insurance policy, agent Joe Digby allows Morticia to redecorate his home.
E22
Granny Frump mistakenly believes that Gomez and Morticia are sending her to a home for the aged for her birthday.
E21
Pugsley wants to find a job to the horror of his parents.
E20
Ophelia brings a new beau to show off, but the Addams believe him to be a fraud.
E19
Discovering a treasure map in the sea chest of Great-Great-Grandfather Peg-Leg Addams the pirate, Gomez and Morticia decide to hire a boat to go look for it.
E18
For his impending visit from pen pal Yvette of the Folies Bregeré, Uncle Fester is secretly trying to whip himself into shape, even recruiting guidance from fitness guru Jack LaLanne himself. With all the sudden dieting and exercise going on, Morticia and Gomez know something's up but think Fester's trying to join the space program.
E17
The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.
E16
Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.
E15
Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.
E14
Gomez plays host to Don Xavier Molines, a family friend during his childhood in Spain, and his daughter Consuella.
E13
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.
E12
Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.
E11
The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.
E10
A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.
E9
Morticia takes up sculpting, and Gomez, wanting her to believe she's good at it, pays an art collector to buy them.
E8
When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.
E7
Morticia and Gomez can't produce immediate proof to the contrary when the neighbour tells the children there are no witches and goblins.
E6
Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.
E5
Morticia and Gomez visit Mayor Henson to complain that their property tax is ridiculously low. After the Mayor proves his incompetence by offering a refund Gomez is persuaded to become a candidate for the office.
E4
Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.
E3
Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.
E2
On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.
E1
All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.
Created by Charles Addams
The Addams Family has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on April 8, 1966.
The most recent episode of The Addams Family, Season 2 Episode 30 "Ophelia's Career", aired on April 8, 1966.
The Addams Family has 2 seasons with 64 episodes in total.
The Addams Family first aired on ABC on September 18, 1964.
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