The BEST episodes directed by Stephanie Laing
#1 - Convention
Veep - Season 4 - Episode 5
At the party convention, Selina and her staff scramble against the clock to avert a major internal crisis. Amy grows increasingly infuriated with the president’s new advisor, Karen, who is coaching a nervous Catherine on her First Daughter speech to the convention. Back in D.C., Dan recruits Jonah and Richard to pose as influential Washington insiders.
#2 - Duvet Family Reunion
Detroiters - Season 2 - Episode 3
Sam takes the reigns as grill master at the Duvet family reunion; Tim considers whether he might be too hard on Sam's girlfriends.
#3 - From Basic to Telenovela
Teenage Bounty Hunters - Season 1 - Episode 8
Blair and Sterling's double life catches up with them when their respective romantic plans interfere with Bowser's hunt for a drug-trafficking DJ.
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#4 - Maxine Does Something Good
Palm Royale - Season 2 - Episode 10
Maxine and Evelyn work to ensure the wedding isn’t jeopardized—if Maxine’s guilt doesn’t get to her first.
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#5 - East Wing
Veep - Season 4 - Episode 2
The president’s staff prepares for her state visit with the Israeli prime minister. Mike tries out a new look for his more visible role. Teddy does Jonah a favor, while continuing to invade his personal space. Stuck in traffic with Richard, Amy learns via FaceTime that Selina is bringing in a new director of communications. Gary goes overboard while planning the state dinner for the Israeli delegation, and a painting in the White House comes into the spotlight.
#6 - Jefferson Porger
Detroiters - Season 2 - Episode 2
Tension builds between Sam and Tim after Sam acts in one of their commercials; Sheila's relationship with Lea becomes strained after she makes an off-color joke.
#7 - Maxine Unwrecks a Home
Palm Royale - Season 2 - Episode 4
The feds pursue Maxine, who further damages her reputation by attempting to compromise the investigation. Robert tries to hide Norma's secret.
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#8 - Let's Meet
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 8
As Hazel meets Byron face-to-face to sign divorce papers, Herbert and Judiff scramble to prevent a potential disaster. Is it really goodbye, or is it a trap?
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#9 - Maxine Finds Herself
Palm Royale - Season 2 - Episode 6
Virginia enlists Maxine and Douglas to help find the Russian mole. The arrival of a new family member complicates the matter.
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#10 - Maxine Solves a Murder
Palm Royale - Season 2 - Episode 3
Maxine arranges a covert mission during the Dellacorte portrait ceremony. Evelyn grills the Club Ambassador, leading to an epiphany.
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#11 - Maxine Hears a Confession
Palm Royale - Season 2 - Episode 9
Amid a raging snowstorm in the Alps, Norma orchestrates plans to secure the fortune for herself and Robert. Maxine races to expose her.
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#12 - I Want to Feel Normal
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 7
Realizing she and Diane share a surprising connection, Hazel goes out of her way to coordinate a special anniversary dinner for her father and his partner. Things get personal during Herb’s check-in with Judiff, prompting him to share his deepest secret. Byron delivers his first public press conference in years and gains surprising clarity about his marriage.
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#13 - Maxine Takes a Step
Palm Royale - Season 1 - Episode 6
With both the Beach Ball and a real estate deal set to take off, Maxine and Douglas need to secure the favor of a visiting prince.
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#14 - Maxine Shakes the Tree
Palm Royale - Season 1 - Episode 5
Maxine tries to unearth information that could upend her marriage. Linda and the Women’s Circle grapple with threats to Palm Beach social order.
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#15 - I Want a New Life
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 4
Propelled by her dad to pitch in, Hazel reverts to old money-making schemes and runs into her former best friend Bangles, who inspires her to remember the person she was before Byron. After exhausting the ways to lead Hazel back home of her own volition, Byron reveals the frightening lengths he’s willing to go to get his wife back.
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#16 - I Want You to Give a F*** About Me
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 6
Just as Herbert calls on Judiff, an old flame, to help Hazel evade her husband’s omniscient gaze, Byron takes himself offline for a journey into the real world. After tensions between them come to a head, Hazel and Herbert find a healing path forward.
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#17 - I Want a Lawyer
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 5
As Hazel’s prolonged absence distracts him from his work, Byron uses any means necessary to sabotage her attempts to hire a divorce attorney. Meanwhile, Fiffany makes moves to rescue Zelda the dolphin and seeks out a desperate Herringbone for help extracting Hazel’s chip. Later, against caution, Byron makes a decision that will forever impact the future of “Made for Love” – and of his wife.
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#18 - User One
Made For Love - Season 1 - Episode 1
After learning she will be the involuntary subject of her husband’s latest piece of technology, Hazel Green flees her ten-year marriage and winds up in the most unexpected place, her estranged father Herbert’s house.
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#19 - Don’t You Run and Hide
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 8
Sheila gets a look inside Vinnie Green’s operation. Danny does some soul-searching.
#20 - Don’t You Want to Get Better
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 9
In seclusion, Sheila searches for the courage and strength to face her demons.
#21 - Don’t You Say It’s Over
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 10
With Sheila and Greta embarking on a new endeavor, Danny wants what he thinks he deserves.
#22 - Like a Bitch
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 2
Sheila’s search for her public persona triggers repressed trauma. Breem hunts down a vandal. Danny discovers a new passion.
#23 - It'll Last Forever
Wayne - Season 1 - Episode 7
Wayne struggles with whether or not to tell Del that her dad is in the hospital, while Sergeant Geller lays a trap for Wayne and Del.
#25 - Like a Rocket
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 4
A fitness expo challenges Sheila’s recovery when it brings her face to face with Kelly.
#26 - Like You Mean It
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 6
Sheila can’t escape her imagined enemy. Danny goes on a dangerous date.
#27 - Don’t Try This at Home
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 7
With Danny and Greta pledging their support, Sheila makes a decision no one expects.
#29 - Like a Mouse
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 8
Sheila and Greta envision a bold new future. Danny goes on a joyride. Maya acts up in front of Carlos.
#30 - Beauty Queen
Dollface - Season 1 - Episode 5
Jules pretends to be totally over her breakup with Jeremy at his sister’s bachelorette party. Madison exaggerates the maturity level of her friends to impress her older boyfriend with a formal dinner party. Both girls learn what happens when you try to put too much concealer on your life.
#31 - Like a Whole New Woman
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 1
Sheila and Greta enlist an unlikely ally to protect Body by Sheila’s financial freedom. A new menace supplants Sheila’s inner voice.
#32 - Like a Prayer
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 10
Sheila uses aerobics to foster connection and healing.
#33 - Homebody
Dollface - Season 1 - Episode 2
Jules goes to her girlfriends for advice about moving out of her ex’s place, but finds navigating which friend’s advice to take an even more complicated problem.
#34 - Luke Ducharme
Love Life - Season 1 - Episode 5
When a therapist encourages her to address her fear of rejection, Darby recalls being 15 and applying to boarding school to get her parents' attention. When she's stranded there for Thanksgiving break, an encounter in the dining hall plunges young Darby into a blissful week with too-cool-for-school Luke Ducharme. But Luke becomes aloof when the student body returns to campus.
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#35 - Let’s Get It on Tape
Physical - Season 1 - Episode 6
Sheila films two videos—one for aerobics and one for Danny’s campaign—plunging herself deeper into debt and deception.
#36 - Like Crazy
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 5
A reeling Sheila risks her most important business partnership. Danny reaches out for help. Breem struggles to support his wife.
#37 - Like No One’s Watching
Physical - Season 3 - Episode 7
Bitter competition pushes Sheila and Greta to the edge. Breem learns about his family. Intrusive thoughts force Sheila to question her relationship.
#39 - Let’s Agree to Disagree
Physical - Season 1 - Episode 5
Sheila teams up with Tyler to show her newfound vision—and unearths a disturbing secret. Danny participates in a debate and Bunny has a visitor.
#42 - Let’s Face the Facts
Physical - Season 1 - Episode 9
Sheila is determined to put aerobics behind her but finds the pull too strong. Tyler contends with an unexpected health condition.
#43 - Mystery Brunette
Dollface - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jules struggles to understand the rules of keeping secrets among friends, which causes a problem for Madison at work. Stella tries to teach Izzy to be more mysterious.
#45 - Let’s Get Together
Physical - Season 1 - Episode 10
With election day looming, Sheila entertains an intriguing proposition. Bunny’s finances and Tyler’s health come to a head.
#46 - Don’t You Want Me
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 1
Sheila has replaced her former vice with a new one, while her frustration with Danny builds.
#48 - Who Even Are We Now?
Wayne - Season 1 - Episode 6
When Del makes friends at a local Georgia high school, Wayne worries she might miss home. Or even worse--that she may want to stay and live the life she never had in Brockton. Meanwhile, Daddy and the boys are closing in fast, and Orlando helps Cole with a speech for the Principals
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#49 - Fun Friend
Dollface - Season 1 - Episode 4
The girls wrestle with their personal “brands” as Jules and Stella take on being the “boring one” and the “fun one”. Madison, the “bossy one,” helps Izzy “the crazy one,” shed her fake identity.
#50 - Don’t You Want to Watch
Physical - Season 2 - Episode 5
Tyler and Bunny concoct a scheme. John confides in someone who was close to his father. Sheila and Greta get advice from Vinnie Green.