This is a list of episodes for the tenth season (1995–96) of the television series Married... with Children.
The tenth season had the death of family pet Buck and his subsequent reincarnation into the body of Lucky, the Bundys' next dog. The season also marks the first appearances of Peggy's father Ephraim (played by Tim Conway) and Peggy's mother, who moves in with the Bundys (although she is never seen, only heard).[1][self-published source] Also, Peg leaves Al and goes on a search for her father.
Katey Sagal missed seven episodes and made short appearances in three episodes. Amanda Bearse also missed three episodes.
Episode 22 "Enemies" was a back-door spin-off pilot that was not picked up.[2]
This is the only season for Richard Gurman and Kim Weiskopf as showrunners.
Kelly is upset over losing Buck the dog, but Al is more upset over having to spend money on a new pet just to make his daughter happy. Meanwhile, Buck's fate to be reincarnated as an eagle is on the line when he discovers that his judge is a cat and his defense attorney is a rat. Guest Stars: Ben Stein and Don Novello as his character, Father Guido Sarducci
To prepare for her role as Marie Curie in a made-for-TV movie, Kelly poses as a scientist on a grant from Crayola to invent a new color she calls "Bleen" and mixes a biohazardous chemical as part of her cover, which she brings home to hide in Al's shower, where she thinks it will be safe. Al, however, just happens to be taking his bi-monthly shower and uses it, believing it is regular shampoo, but it ends up vigorously regrowing his hair. Its unfortunate side effect is that it makes him and the other members of NO MA'AM who are testing it more attentive to their women, so Al begs Kelly to make an antidote. She returns to the lab and experiments on Bud till she finds it. Peg tries to find a person who makes less money than Al using the computer, and finds herself.
Al convinces Bud to make a calendar with beautiful women for his school project to win a rivalry with a competing shoe store owner and his son. Everything goes well until Bud finds and hires a new model named Crystal Clark (guest star Krista Allen), whom no one has ever heard of, to appear on the front cover as the latest newcomer model. For some unknown reason, Crystal refuses to pose. Bud must try to convince Crystal to model to make the calendar complete as well as offering her a percentage of the sales that the calendars will bring. Crystal finally agrees to pose and completes the calendar. Later at the end, Crystal is interviewed on TV, where she admits that not only is Bud a great kisser, but also that the modelling project boosted her self-esteem, and now she has something important to say that Bud is convinced will be a marriage proposal. While everyone is watching the interview at home, Bud gets down on his knees in front of the TV and says 'yes' just before she tells the truth about who she really is: a woman... who was born as a man. At the same time, Peggy leaves home to try to search for her missing father.
Bud and Kelly visit Jefferson in the hospital, who tells them the story of how he got there. For his anniversary, Marcy wants him to be away from Al, but he goes to the Nudie Bar with them to see the Mexican babes. He gets delayed there, and based on a stripper's suggestion, he decides to get a tattoo from a drunk guy at the Nudie Bar, but it ends up misspelled ("I Love Mary"). After getting someone else to fix it, the tattoo ends up reading “I Love Marty.” Meanwhile, Peggy is revealed to be in Paris, France looking for her missing father. Note: Katey Sagal makes a short appearance due to her pregnancy.
Part one of two. During spring break, Kelly and her friends seduce Bud and his friends out of their airline tickets and hotel reservations at Fort Lauderdale. Al, Jefferson, and Griff soon follow to judge a bikini contest. When Marcy sees Jefferson and Al on a spring-break TV special, she heads out to Fort Lauderdale with Bud and his friends. Meanwhile, Peggy is in New Orleans at Mardi Gras looking for her missing father.
Conclusion. When Al discovers that the bikini competition Jefferson is judging has a $100,000 prize, he has Kelly enter, and Griff and he become judges to pick Kelly. Marcy, along with Bud and his friends, after many hiccups, finally arrives at Fort Lauderdale and plots to stop the others.
Marcy gets a chance to get promoted, but she has to impress her Japanese boss (Pat Morita). He sets his eyes on Al's Dodge. Marcy tries to convince Al to sell his Dodge by offering a lot of money and taking him to the Nudie Bar, where she meets her boss, too.
After taking Lucky out daily at 3:00 am, Al decides to build a dog house. Marcy calls a building inspector to trouble him. Kelly tries to woo Carlos by changing her looks. Finally, with Carlos's money and help, Al gets the dog house up with all permissions intact. Guest Stars: Mark Damon Espinoza as Carlos, Ian Patrick Williams as Inspector Fitzpatrick, Angela Strader as Turquoise, Don Dowe as Foreman and Kevin Curran as Buck.
In this spinoff episode structured as an off-shoot version of the series Friends (which features Kelly in a major role and the rest of the Bundy family, Al and Bud, in supporting roles), Kelly begins dating a UPS deliveryman, named Tom, who is only using her to get back at his ex-girlfriend, Shanon for cheating on him. The bulk of this episode mainly focuses on the conflict between Tom and Shanon, who live together in a large apartment in downtown Chicago with Tom's half-sister Maria and her unemployed sexy boyfriend Jackson. When Tom takes Kelly out to their local Grease Spoon diner for dinner, Sharon brings along a wealthy businessman to make Tom jealous. Guest Stars: Nicole Eggert as Shannon, Matt Borlenghi as Tom, Terri Ivens as Maria, Melissa Chan as Keiko, Phill Lewis as George, Chris Young as Jackson, Alan Thicke as Henry, Jean Speegle Howard as Claire and Rance Howard as Edwin.
Sex gets in the way of Bud studying for his finals, and he risks being expelled when he is caught masturbating in the school library. Marcy comes to his rescue by defending him while Al and his NO MA'AM buddies, who were initially disgusted over what Bud did, protest over the school's anti-masturbation rule.
Kelly gets a commercial where the male lead is fired. Jefferson pitches in and they get very popular. For a follow-up commercial, they have to kiss. Al and Marcy get very angry and go to the set, where they discover that the scene has been changed to postcoital. Jefferson leaves due to some creative differences, and Al and Marcy replace them.
Al helps Griff win a trip to Atlanta for the Olympic Games by helping him answer questions on a radio sports quiz, from where he is banned. As a thanks, Griff agrees to allow Al to hold the Olympic Torch, until a girl comes by. With fame and photo and in Big 'Uns, Al gets very jealous and throws the torch into the mall fountain.
Members of NO MA'AM start playing practical jokes on each other. Griff lands in prison, gets tried, and is sentenced to death for being a cannibal. Jefferson and Al take turns and fool each other. When an old "friend" of Peggy's comes to seduce Al to avenge Peggy, he thinks it is all an elaborate practical joke done by Jefferson and plays along. Finally, it goes on till the wedding, but Peggy finally arrives home on time to stop it after finally finding her missing father who finally agrees to take back Peggy's mother to Wanker County. Peggy sees it as an opportunity to renew her wedding vows, but Al continuously keeps saying "I don't". Meanwhile, Kelly keeps erasing all the messages on the phone. Guest Stars: Tim Conway as Ephraim Wanker, Harold Sylvester as Griff, Gary Coleman as Reverend, Deborah Harmon as June Morgan, Dan Tullis Jr. as Officer Dan, E.E. Bell as Bob Rooney, Tom McCleister as Ike, Mark Sellers as Male Detective, C. Jordan Moore as Female Detective and Bert L. Cook as Executioner.