Charles in Charge

Episode 1

Summer Together, Fall Apart

After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.

Guest stars Sandra Kerns, Tony Dow

Episode 2

Get Thee to a Nuttery

Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars John Roarke

Episode 3

Three Dates & a Walnut

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Marcia Wallace, Ruta Lee, Marlyn Mason

Episode 4

Out with the in Crowd

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

Guest stars Ami Foster, Holly Fields, Kristin Pearcey

Episode 5

There's a Girl in My Ficus

Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Sandra Kerns, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, James Karen

Episode 6

Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Darlene Vogel, Joe Mays, Tiffany Salerno

Episode 7

Baby Bummer

Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Molly Orr, Kristina Coggins

Episode 8

Paper Covers Rock

A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Samantha Fox

Episode 9

Child Hoods

Charles' old friends come to visit.

Guest stars Gabriel Bologna, Tom Fridley, Anthony Mangano

Episode 10

Advice and Contempt

Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Byrne Offutt, Jasper Cole

Episode 11

Daffy Doc

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

Directed by Willie AamesGuest stars Jack Bannon, Ben Stein, Mary Lee Andres, Geno Ghiselli

Episode 12

Buddy Flips a Disc

Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Frank De Vol, Phill Lewis

Episode 13

Brain Man

Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Mary B. Ward, Tom Williams, Roberta Weiss

Episode 14

Don't Rock the Vote

Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.

Episode 15

Let's Quake a Deal

Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars James Karen, Richard Sanders

Episode 16

Up Your IQ

When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.

Guest stars Douglas Bryant Johnson, Brooke Stacy Mills

Episode 17

All That Chaz

An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Denise Miller, Kelly Ann Conn

Episode 18

Frankie and Mommy

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Robert Ridgely

Episode 19

Lost Resort

Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Brian Backer, Frank Ferrante, Richard Gautier, Lisa Melilli, Susan Jennifer Sullivan, Jeff Bennett

Episode 20

Dead Puck Society

Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment

Guest stars Paul Walker, Valerie Michaels

Episode 21

La Cage Aux Fools

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Ben Stein, Mark Clayman, Millicent Collingsworth

Episode 22

Teacher's Pest

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Guest stars Pamela Anderson, Mary Sheldon

Episode 23

Almost Family

Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Crystal Carson, Billy 'Sly' Williams, Jeff Davis, Jack Bannon, Rodney Eastman, Molly Orr

Episode 24

Seeing Is Believing

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Guest stars Sandra Kerns, Keely Christian

Episode 25

Fair Exchange

Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Michael Manasseri, Olivia Burnette, Cecilia Hart, David Graf, Ivan Gueron

Episode 26

Charles Be DeMille

Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.

Directed by Scott BaioGuest stars Bryan Clark