En "Matrimonio con hijos" se parodiaba la familia norteamericana de los años 80: un marido al que poco le importaba su familia; la señora, una impulsiva compradora; la hija, que era el estereotipo de "rubia sexy y tonta"; y el hijo, un perdedor que busca ser atractivo. Posteriormente se unirían a la familia Seven, un hijo adoptado. Los Bundy viven en Chicago y, aunque no podría afirmarse que se aprecien particularmente, siempre se mantienen juntos. Tal y como el mismo Al Bundy explica: "Amor, odio... mira, somos una familia, ¿cuál es la diferencia?". Su convivencia, y la relación con sus vecinos, una pareja de recién casados idealistas y poco conscientes de la realidad del matrimonio, fue el punto de partida para una de las series más sarcásticas, desvergonzadas y cáusticas de la historia de la televisión norteamericana.
Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner (Episodio 1) 6.7
Guionista: Russell Marcus
Fecha de emisión: 1995-09-17
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al is excited when Bud decides to move out, but a bit disappointed when Bud moves back in to the basement, and even more horrified when Peg's mother comes to live with them after splitting up with Peg's father.
A Shoe Room with a View (Episodio 2) 6.2
Fecha de emisión: 1995-09-24
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: When Al suggests an aerobics studio for the open lot next door, he puts peep holes in the wall, but all of the students are fat.
Requiem for a Dead Briard (Episodio 3) 6.3
Fecha de emisión: 1995-10-01
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Buck dies and is reassigned to the Bundys in the form of a puppy, Lucky.
Reverend Al (Episodio 4) 5.8
Guionista: Kim Weiskopf
Fecha de emisión: 1995-10-08
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al becomes a priest when NO MA'AM forms its own church to avoid a beer tax.
How Bleen was My Kelly (Episodio 5) 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1995-10-15
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: While researching for her new part of playing a scientist, Kelly discovers the new color bleen. Al finds that bleen grows hair.
The Weaker Sex (Episodio 6) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1995-10-22
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al says he thinks women are weak when Peggy and Marcy begin taking a self defense class. But a newscrew labels Al as weak when Peggy punches a man trying to steal Al's wallet.
Flight of the Bumblebee (Episodio 7) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1995-10-29
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: To join NO MA'AM, Bud must get his picture taken with wrestler King Kong Bundy.
Blonde and Blonder (Episodio 8) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1995-11-05
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: At their high school reunion, Kelly and her best friends compete for the rich nerd whom Kelly teased in high school. Meanwhile, Marcy's bank holds a ""Guns for Toys"" drive.
The Two That Got Away (Episodio 9) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1995-11-19
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al and Jefferson's fishing lodge is taken away by a famous actress, but Jefferson plots revenge, and a small fortune, when they find out that they unknowingly took a nude picture of the actress. Kelly and Bud try to get Lucky a part in a dog food commercial.
Dud Bowl II (Episodio 10) 6.5
Guionista: Kim Weiskopf
Fecha de emisión: 1995-11-26
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Marcy tries to do her best to stop it when her bank wants to dedicate a scoreboard at Polk High... to Al.
Al Bundy Sports Spectacular (Episodio 11) 6.7
Guionista: Russell Marcus
Fecha de emisión: 1995-12-03
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: This half-hour special, hosted by Roy Firestone, features various Pulmuset (1987) sports-related highlights. It aired after the episode "Dud Bowl II" (1009) and included the following sports: Football (0910, 0615, 0613), Bowling (0420, 0209), Wrestling (0417), Basketball (0801), Baseball (0615, 0911), Boxing (0615) and Athletics (0719). Al also appears in a sports quiz (0823).
Bearly Men (Episodio 12) 7.2
Guionista: Paul Corrigan
Fecha de emisión: 1995-12-10
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al and Bud go on a bear hunt in the woods to prove they're as manly as Peggy's father, Ephraim, so he can take back Peggy's unseen mother. Al and Bud bring back what they think is a dead bear they found in the woods, but they are in for a big surprise when the bear wakes up from hibernation and wreaks havoc on them and the city.
Love Conquers Al (Episodio 13) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1995-12-17
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: To go out with hot guy named Carlos, Kelly bribes the reluctant Bud to keep company for Carlos's cousin Esmeralda by offering Bud a date with Fawn. Fortunately for Bud, Esmeralda turns out to be quite hot. Meanwhile, Al and Peg take Ephraim and Peggy's unseen mother to a marriage retreat.
I Can't Believe It's Butter (Episodio 14) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1996-01-07
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: During the Christmas season, Griff becomes quite fond of a phone sex partner named "Butter," whom Al discovers is really Peg's mother.
The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 1 (Episodio 15) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1996-01-14
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al buys a satellite dish from a discount store and he and Jefferson insist on installing it themselves. Bud is turned down for a loan at every bank in Chicago and borrows money from Vito, a mobster. He uses the money to finance an exercise video staring Kelly and a Latino hunk named Rafael. But, Kelly and Rafael get into a fight over who will star in the video, prompting them to storm off to their dressing rooms. Meanwhile, Bud learns that Vito is dangerous and needs the video completed on time.
The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 2 (Episodio 16) 6.2
Fecha de emisión: 1996-02-04
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Vito's hatchet man, Gino, tells Bud that he has until 5:00pm to finish the exercise video or he will be sleeping with the fishes. Kelly and Rafael's continuing arguments over which one of them will star in the video has Bud sweating. But things take an unexpected turn when Bud unwittingly videotapes Gino talking to another mob associate incriminating evidence against Vito. Meanwhile, Peggy, Marcy, and their friends think that their husbands are totally useless as they count the number of times they fall off the roof trying to install the satellite dish. But Al, Jefferson, Griff, Officer Dan, Ike, and Bob Rooney have completed the dish and set up a comfortable safe haven for them on the roof.
Calendar Girl (Episodio 17) 5.8
Fecha de emisión: 1996-02-11
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al wants to beat rival shoe-shop owner Babcock in something and puts his faith in Bud, who's in the same entrepreneurial-studies class at Trumaine as Babcock's son Little Floyd. Each boy must come up with a product and a marketing campaign for it Al sees that he'll get his revenge if Bud's project gets a better grade than Little Floyd's. When Kelly brings home a sexy-guys calendar, Bud decides to make a Girls of Trumaine calendar. All goes well, especially with stunning cover girl Crystal Clark--until, sounding very troubled, she has second thoughts about appearing in the calendar. Meanwhile, Peg is on the road searching for her dad to save her parents' marriage.
The Agony and the Extra C (Episodio 18) 5.3
Guionista: Kim Weiskopf
Fecha de emisión: 1996-02-18
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: It is Marcy and Jefferson's wedding anniversary, but Jefferson is in the hospital, recovering from a physical trauma. Kelly and Bud visit Jefferson and he recounts the events that led to his being hospitalized, starting with the party that the other members of No Ma'am threw at him in the nude bar.
Spring Break: Part 1 (Episodio 19) 6.2
Fecha de emisión: 1996-02-25
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Bud and his three "frat bros," Hindu Achmed, fatso Hummer, and nerdy Barney, are set to leave for Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale in hopes of scoring some drunken babes. They have the tickets and the hotel reservation. That is, until Kelly, the naughty Fawn, the steamy Ashley, and the nerdy (but minus the headgear) Natalie, make them believe that they want to spend Spring Break with Bud and his pals. The girls say that in order to cheat on their boyfriends with Bud and his pals they need the tickets and reservation in order to "send away the boyfriends" and the con succeeds. Meanwhile, Al and Griff sell a lot of shoes for girls leaving for Spring Break and wish they also could go, leaving them in a cold and powerless shoe store during a city-wide blackout resulting from a blizzard. Jefferson arrives and lets it slip that he's going to Fort Lauderdale to act as a judge in a beauty contest, behind Marcy's back, of course.
Spring Break: Part 2 (Episodio 20) 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 1996-03-17
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al, Jefferson, and Griff are having the time of their lives at Fort Lauderdale; Al even finds a new way to earn money by collecting empty cans. The girls are prepping Kelly for the beauty competition. Meanwhile, Marcy and the boys experience some car problems on the way from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale and have to bow to the demands of a purvey Tennessee car mechanic in order to get new wheels. The girls bump into Al and his pals at their hotel suite during a party. Al doesn't want Kelly to take part in some sleazy contest...that is until he learns that the prize is $100,000.
Turning Japanese (Episodio 21) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1996-03-24
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Marcy is up for a promotion, but to get promoted, she needs to impress her Japanese boss, Mr. Shimokawa, by serving him dinner and presenting him her grateful neighbors, the Japanese Bundys. Of course, she needs to bribe the real Bundys to stay out of sight for the duration of the visit. However, it just happens that Mr. Shimokawa hears the sound of Al's Dodge 1971, a car missing from his collection. To ensure her promotion, Marcy needs the car for Mr. Shimokawa. But what will it take to get Al to give up his car?
Al Goes to the Dogs (Episodio 22) 4.8
Guionista: Russell Marcus
Fecha de emisión: 1996-04-14
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Al decides to build a dog house for Lucky. But when he makes an absurd amount of noise in the back yard, Marcy bribes a building inspector to inspect Al's work just to harass him. When the inspector tells him that the house is not up to its "code," Al, with Kelly's wealthy boyfriend Carlos, tear it down and rebuild it again and again to get it right. Meanwhile, Kelly desperately tries to get Carlos's attention. She spends a lot of Al's money (which he swindles from Carlos) to go to the salon to achieve the natural look of the women of his village. Thus, she is spending a lot of money to look like she has spent no money on her looks. Bud says, "you are your mother's daughter." Kelly says, "Well, duh..." Carlos has spent a lot of money to come to America to get away from women of his village. Al ends up with a lot of Carlos's money.
Enemies (Episodio 23) 7.5
Fecha de emisión: 1996-04-28
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: In this pilot for a proposed TV series, a group of "friends" live in a sometimes peaceful co-existence. Tom is a handsome deliveryman living with his gorgeous girlfriend Shannon, his stepsister Maria, and their lazy friend Jackson. Tom is on the rocks with Shannon again over their flirtations with other people. When Tom meets Kelly Bundy while delivering a package to the Bundy house, he asks her out for the evening. To make Tom jealous, Shannon asks out a handsome millionaire named Henry and the four of them end up at the local greasy-spoon diner in the inner city, which is run by friendly cook George. The evening gets more X-rated when Tom and Shannon try to outdo each other with their dates.
Bud Hits the Books (Episodio 24) 7.2
Fecha de emisión: 1996-05-05
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Bud has invited not-too-bright student Ariel to play the "Strip Study" game, to prepare for upcoming exams he has to pass in order to graduate. Despite years of not ending up getting some, Bud gets lucky but falls asleep and realizes that in order to be able to concentrate on studying, he has to give up everything that reminds him of sex. This proves to be quite difficult. In order to find a place where nothing turns him on, Bud goes to the library. Surely he can forget about sex there?
Kiss of the Coffee Woman (Episodio 25) 5.4
Fecha de emisión: 1996-05-19
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: Marcy will not let Jefferson back in the house until he finds a job, so he hangs around at the Bundys. Bud gets Kelly a part in a Romantic Roast coffee commercial and when Kelly's co-star fails to perform up to expectations, Bud gets Jefferson the part. Jefferson's character Lance wins him legions of female fans which upsets Marcy but also ensures that two more commercials will be made with Kelly and Jefferson. But how will Al react when the script demands that Kelly and Jefferson kiss?
Torch Song Duet (Episodio 26) 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1996-05-19
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: There's a radio contest open to all (except Al), where the winner will get to carry the Olympic torch through the city. Griff wins it and becomes a local hero.
The Joke's on Al (Episodio 27)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-05-26
Duración: 22 min
Sinopsis: While Griff faces the death penalty due to a NO MA'AM prank, Al plans to get married to an old flame.
