10 Banned Episodes Of Beloved TV Sitcoms
2. I’ll See You In Court - Married… With Children
Michael G. Moye - creator of Married… With Children - calls I’ll See You in Court the “lost” episode of the show on two fronts: one, because it never aired; and two, because the team behind the show lost control of the situation around it.
In this proposed 1989 episode, Marcy Rhoades recommends that the Bundys rekindle their love life by having sex in a seedy motel room. However, here they discover that the Rhoades' own game of horizontal refreshment has been caught on film. Regardless, the Bundys have sex anyway, and together the couples attempt to sue the motel owner.
Like most great sitcoms, Married… With Children was a boundary pusher at the time and was no stranger to controversy. However, this episode’s dialogue and subject matter, in 1989, was too much for Fox. Where the studio typically asked for one or two changes per episode, the list for I’ll See You in Court had over a dozen requests. Editing it down would’ve left very little.
It took a full 15 years for this episode to be released to the public, only for intrigued fans and critics to find it rather banal, and not all that titillating. The episode had developed an unknown allure that was more exciting than its so-called misgivings.