Chico and the Man

September 13, 1974

Conservative elderly man Ed Brown meets a Chicano man who rides in Ed's garage on a bike, looking for a job. After a day of persuasion, Ed agrees to give Chico a job as his mechanic.

September 20, 1974

Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.

September 27, 1974

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

October 4, 1974

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

October 11, 1974

Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.

October 25, 1974

Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.

November 1, 1974

Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chico's van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?

November 8, 1974

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

November 15, 1974

A pregnant Spanish woman comes in the garage and Ed thinks that she is looking for him because he thinks that Chico may be the father of the unborn child.

December 6, 1974

Chico wants to participate with his cousin's business in New York.

December 20, 1974

When Ed hears about a death of an friend, he begins to think that he may be the next one to meet his maker.

December 27, 1974

A car is towed into Ed's garage and when this man comes to the garage, it turns out that this man was a Chicano friend of Ed's from the past.

January 3, 1975

An inspecor inspects Ed's garage and when he find a pile of junk in front of an emergency exit, he issues an ultimatum...Either he gets rid of the junk, or he gets a hefty fine. Ed then decides to profit from the ultimatum by having a garage sale.

January 17, 1975

Ed is determined to go to court to testify on a car accident that he may have witnessed with his eye problem.

January 24, 1975

Harold, a cheating husband counts on Ed to cover for him on his wild nights out.

January 31, 1975

Ed tries to snap Chico out of falling in love with and spending too much on a woman he has fallen in love with.

February 7, 1975

A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.

February 14, 1975

When his car acts up, Sammy Davis, Jr. pulls into the garage to get it fixed. However, he quickly learns that this is just no ordinary garage, with Sammy Davis, Jr. fans crawling out of the woodwork.

February 21, 1975

Ed would rather fix his aching shoulder himself than go to see a doctor.

February 28, 1975

Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.

March 7, 1975

Louie, who has retired, wants to spend his remaining years haning around the garage.

March 14, 1975

Everyone thinks that Ed had died, and when Ed finds out about it, he gets upset because nobody had cried for him when they heard the misleading news.