The BEST episodes of Arli$$
Every episode of Arli$$ ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arli$$!
The whirling-dervish life of a wheeler-dealer superagent who has a knack for finding solutions to seemingly hopeless problems — however unscrupulous the means.
#1 - The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/16/1996
As a kid, Arliss idolized Hall of Fame outfielder Rocky Framaggio so much that he still carries around the Rock's rookie card. And now, after a chance meeting at the racetrack, Arliss decides to help the downtrodden Rock make some scratch and get back on his feet. But after the Rock strikes out at three job attempts, Arliss comes up with a stroke of marketing genius.
#2 - The Company You Keep
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/11/1996
Mike Armstrong, president of multinational CSM, is interested in buying AMM. Arliss never dreamed of selling until he hears what Armstrong's paying. AMM staffers, particularly Kirby, Rita and Stanley, know their boss is up to something and begin to worry about their job security.
#3 - The Real Thing
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/29/1997
AMM client Dan Manville is closing in on his 500th home run. Add that to the 500 stolen bases he's already chalked up, and he's the charter member of the 500/500 club. Arliss has everything in position for the ""500/500 Experience,"" a huge Manville memorabilia tour on wheels, coming to a mall near you. All that's left for Manville to hit his 500th dinger--and for Arliss to get the ball.
#4 - The Client's Best Interest
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/9/1996
In the 12th annual Den of Thieves Rotisserie Baseball League, Arliss and Kirby hope their Frozen Ropes can bring the title back where it belongs, away from cosmetic surgeon Vic Freed and his hated Silicone Valley. Arliss must resolve a conflict of interest between the good of the Frozen Ropes, and the good of AMM client and Phillies ace Ned Bastille.
#5 - Crossing the Line
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/25/1996
Why would Arliss even consider representing Anya Slovachek, the 186th ranked woman tennis player whose father is a psychotic maniac? Well, when he sees Anya with his own eyes, Arliss' mind is made up for him.
#6 - My Job Is to Get Jobs
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/1998
AMM client Theo Holt is the kind of football player every team needs: a reliable backup quarterback capable of winning games. But when Theo's team decides to let him go and there are no other takers for his services, Arliss begins to wonder. When Arliss learns about a league-wide rumor that Theo is gay, he resurrects Theo's career as only Arliss can.
#7 - A Full Service Agency
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/1997
Catcher Zack Bowers can barely get the ball back to the mound, let alone to second base. The source of his problems: he suspects his wife is unfaithful. He demands that Arliss hire a private investigator to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Kirby is asked to housesit Bruce Smith's 'cat'.
#8 - Colors of the Rainbow
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/18/1996
A reporter overhears Arliss talking about the Jaboos of South Street, a rival stickball team from his old neighborhood, and interprets this as a racial slur. A media siege begins and arliss is under fire. Meanwhile, free-agent relief pitcher (and white supremacist) Trevor Heath decides to let Arliss represent him upon hearing the comments.
#9 - Salary Cap This!
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/1997
Sports Illustrated is planning an article about sports agents, and will select one to grace the magazine's cover. Despite some early maneuvering, Arliss thinks he's out of the running. But ""the working man's friend"" puts on his best moves in OT when he risks his own life to save client Damian Niles, in the process displaying a brilliant grasp of NBA salary capology.
#10 - Negotiating: It's Never Personal
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/14/1996
While high-school hoops sensation Shaler halimon announces he'll skip college and jump straight to the NBA, Arliss positions himself as Shaler's agent and uses the opportunity to settle a score with team owner Buddy Reingold.
#11 - Timing Is Everything
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/2/1996
Arliss and Kirby decide to take beach volleyball to the next level by creating a new made-for-TV indoor tour with high-level glitz, oiled bodies, fluorescent sand and heavy promotion. But everything goes afoul as the tour's top women's pair have irreconcilable differences, and one of the top guys infects his toe on a petrified kelp pod.
#12 - What About the Fans?
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/1996
L.A. Kings owner Flora Lansing dangles part-ownership in front of Arliss if he can find a new home for her hockey team--provided there's a new stadium, complete with luxury boxes and PSLs. But this must be kept a secret! So Arliss shops the team to three prospective homes: Raleigh-Durham, Las Vegas and New Mexico.
#13 - How to Turn a Minus into a Plus
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/1996
AMM client and boxing champ Sucre Rey Santos finally gives in and grants top contender Cohones Ochonez a title fight. The huge payday means Arliss can finally buy that Gulfstream Jet he's had his eyes on. But when Ochonez is arrested and tossed in jail, the fight is no mas. However, Arliss gets the governor to sign off and approve the fight, allowing HBO to televise the Battle in the Bighouse, live from the state penitentiary.
#14 - All That Glitters
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2002
Stunned by the sudden death of a good friend, Arliss goes off on a road trip of soul searching, leaving Rita, Kirby and Stanley to manage AMM on their own.
#15 - Hard Choices
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/12/2001
Arliss faces his first year in the red, while Kirby deals with his model girlfriend.
#16 - Giving Something Back
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/5/2001
A female pro-golf client conceals a dark secret; Kirby gets hold of a piece of rare memorabilia.
#17 - As Others See Us
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/29/2001
While Rita is visiting her family, Kirby and Stanley prepare Arliss' ""surprise roast.""
#18 - Of Cabbages and Kings
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/22/2001
Kirby reps a mercurial college basketball coach; Arliss is frustrated trying to sell beachfront property.
#19 - Setting Precedents
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/2001
Arliss deals with the domestic problems of a female tennis superstar. Kirby helps a basketball client graduate from college.
#20 - Arliss Michaels, American
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/1997
Arliss is invited to dinner at the White House and he can't decide whom to invite as his escort. but that becomes the least of his worries when his bowling champion client, the controversial Turkey Reeves, gets in trouble with the law.
#21 - A Man of Our Times
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/1996
While being nominated for the civic honor ""Man of Our Times,"" Arliss must juggle one client's plans for a same-sex marriage on the opening night of a huge ice-skating tour, Kirby's gambling habit, and another client's financial ruin and impending unemployment.
#22 - Fans First
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/1998
Disaster hits AMM when Defensive Player of the Year Lucian Balboa is stabbed by a crazed fan at the office's annual Super Bowl party. Where was the security? How did the stabber get into the party? These are the questions Arliss has to answer. And now Lucian has decided not to play on Super Sunday unless Arliss can guarantee that the stabber will be locked up.
#23 - A Question of Character
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/1/2001
While Stanley and Kirby consider investing in the rodeo business, Arliss re-kindles an old flame.
#24 - Last Call
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/13/2000
Arliss tries to get a dotcom millionaire team owner to re-sign an aging broadcaster who may be losing his touch. Rita ghostwrites a column for Arliss, and Kirby helps discipline Stanley's unruly dog.
#25 - The Family Trust
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/1998
After Kirby signs hockey star Luc Cassoulet to the biggest contract in AMM history, an extremely delicate situation develops: how does AMM get paid its commissions without going public that the client is a deadbeat? Meanwhile, Arliss has his hands full defending NBA star Dewayne Troy for assaulting a referee.