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Best Episodes of In Sickness and in Health
Episode 3
S2 Ep3
9.2
18th Sep 1986
Mrs. Hollingbery's obsession with locking doors takes on new dimensions when she even locks Alf into his own flat but then he needs to go to toilet. Meanwhile the shopkeeper wants to call in Elsa's debts, and the milkman has some news about her gambling
Episode 5
S1 Ep5
9.0
6th Oct 1985
Rita comes to visit and no sooner is she through the door than Alf argues with her about Else. After Alf has criticised Margaret Thatcher,claiming that no woman should be prime minister,Else and Rita gang up against him with Winston,who brings an equally camp friend home to throw a party for Rita. Alf is given extremely strong drink so that,whilst the others continue carousing,he passes out.
Episode 5
S2 Ep5
8.8
2nd Oct 1986
Rita buys Alf a second-hand jacket, and when he notices it is covered in medals he uses it to try to gain all sorts of favours under false pretences. He also gets a visit from canvassing politicians.
Worst Episodes of In Sickness and in Health
Bus
S5 Ep8
8.0
20th Oct 1990
Alf organizes a pensioners' outing,immediately falling foul of the bus driver as all the passengers have bus passes which delays the start. In the course of the trip Alf almost has a fight with an Irishman,directs all the ladies to use the gents' toilets to prevent queueing and is rewarded with a glimpse of the queen. Come evening all the pensioners are drunk and noisy, which leaves the driver dreading the trip back home.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
8.3
29th Sep 1985
Alf tries the patience of good natured Fred Johnson and his wife from next door by using their phone to make a very long-winded long distance call to Rita. After expounding upon funerals in the pub Alf repays Fred by buying him so many drinks he falls over but Alf's homeward progress pushing Else in her wheelchair also ends in drunken calamity.
Episode 6
S2 Ep6
8.6
9th Oct 1986
Alf's old neighbour Min turns up uninvited with her senile sister
In Sickness and in Health Episode Guide
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
8.3
29th Sep 1985
Alf tries the patience of good natured Fred Johnson and his wife from next door by using their phone to make a very long-winded long distance call to Rita. After expounding upon funerals in the pub Alf repays Fred by buying him so many drinks he falls over but Alf's homeward progress pushing Else in her wheelchair also ends in drunken calamity.
Episode 5
S1 Ep5
9.0
6th Oct 1985
Rita comes to visit and no sooner is she through the door than Alf argues with her about Else. After Alf has criticised Margaret Thatcher,claiming that no woman should be prime minister,Else and Rita gang up against him with Winston,who brings an equally camp friend home to throw a party for Rita. Alf is given extremely strong drink so that,whilst the others continue carousing,he passes out.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6
8.8
13th Oct 1985
Tired of pushing Else around in her chair Alf feels she should have an electric scooter but they cost two and a half grand and the woman at Social Security tells Alf that,as long as he is around to push,Else is ineligible. Taking an idea from some kids with a go-kart Alf adds jet propulsion to the chair,which goes out of control,foiling a bank robbery and landing him in hospital. He is declared a hero but,following Winston's view that the robbers' accomplices may be out to get him,decides to remain anonymous.
The best rated episodes of In Sickness and in Health are:
Episode 3 S2E3 rated 9.2
Episode 5 S1E5 rated 9.0
Episode 5 S2E5 rated 8.8
The lowest rated episodes of In Sickness and in Health are:
Bus S5E8 rated 8.0
Episode 4 S1E4 rated 8.3
Episode 6 S2E6 rated 8.6
The first episode of In Sickness and in Health aired on September 01, 1985.
The last episode of In Sickness and in Health aired on April 03, 1992.
There are 47 episodes of In Sickness and in Health.
