The WORST episodes of Arli$$
Every episode of Arli$$ ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Playing It Safe
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/2002
Arliss tries to realize his gold record dreams while helping a baseball player through a tough decision.
#3 - Honoring Our Past
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/30/2000
When one of his boxing clients enlists in the Army, Arliss tries to figure out a way to get him out. Meanwhile, Stanley and a native-American tribal chief attempt to get a football team to change its ""offensive"" mascot.
#4 - It's Who You Know
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2000
Arliss tries to talk the ""pot dealer to the NBA"" out of retiring by offering to get his kid into a fancy private school. Meanwhile, Rita plays a relationship with a physical trainer by ""The Rules.""
#5 - Comings and Goings
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/25/2000
Arliss must help a client bury his mother. Meanwhile, Stanley's having a run of bad luck that threatens his chess game, so he goes looking for a ""slumpbuster."" And Kirby comes face-to-face with his own slumpbuster from 18 years ago, and must face the consequences.
#6 - Our Past, Our Present, Our Future
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/20/1999
Fourteen-year-old skating champion Crystal Dupree is an AMM cash cow. But she learns the hard way, with Stanley's assistance, that Mom and Dad may not necessarily have her best interest at heart. Also, Kirby resists shutting down the ""KIRBY CARlisle WASH.""
#7 - It's All in the Game
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2002
Arliss and Kirby support an ex-client's political rise while Rita seeks a spokesmodel for a specialty clothing item.
#8 - People Are Assets, Too
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/1999
When the Lakers move from the Forum to the Staples Center, there will be fewer courtside seats, and the ticketholders with seniority will maintain their floor seats. Arliss is not one of those ticketholders, and desperately tries to find a way to keep his cherished seats on the floor.
#9 - Making Things Happen
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/2000
Arliss learns that a good friend and client, who is about to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, is being charged with domestic abuse. Meanwhile, Rita's activist friend sides with the client's wife.
#10 - In with the New
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/30/2002
Arliss works to make an NBA client's dream come true, while Stanley mentors a student project.
#11 - The Immortal
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/16/2002
Arliss deals with a revered baseball legend and his namesake daughter. Stanley escorts a boxer to his HBO debut.
#12 - The Value of Honesty
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/16/2000
Arliss has an affair with a WNBA coach, but his client (also the coach's star player) wants her fired. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of a wild birthday celebration, Kirby and Rita suspect they may have ""done it.""
#13 - You Gotta Love This Game
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/18/1999
The NBA lockout allows Arliss the opportunity to focus on the other aspects of sports representation, particularly his female clients. At Rita's urging they take on WNBA player Terry Shaw. Terry is unlike anyone AMM has ever represented, creating a newly found awareness and appreciation of women's sports.
#14 - Visionary for a New Millennium
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/1997
Arliss is dazzled by marketing whiz Giselle Jaynes. She's charming, clever and sexy, and she's filled with brilliant, cutting-edge ideas for AMM clients -- despite knowing nothing about the sports world.
#15 - A Breed Apart
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/20/2000
Arliss pursues popular mascot Reggie the Rooster, using a fundraiser Stanley has organized for another mascot, who was injured in the line of duty. Rita takes up boxing after a series of obscene phone calls.
#16 - D-Day
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/8/1999
Rap-master extraordinaire T-Bagg enters the arena of sports agency, and a few AMM clients jump ship. And, with Arliss bedredden with chicken pox, it's up to Kirby and Stanley to make things happen at the NFL Draft.
#17 - You Can Pick Your Friends...
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/3/2000
Arliss' ne'er-do-well brother Archie uses his name to further a scam. Kirby and Stanley plot their own scam on a stadium concession millionaire. Stanley purposely swallows a ring that turned up in a burger.
#18 - Cause and Effect
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/1999
An upset stomach leads Arliss to Dr. Irv's for a routine checkup. But when Dr. Irv expresses his concerns based on Arliss' family history, Arliss starts thinking the ""C"" word. Meanwhile, Kirby and Rita try to help a little old lady sell her late husband's treasure trove of sports memorabilia.
#19 - Where Do Clients Come From?
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/1998
Whenever a rival agent passes away, Arliss always leads the feeding frenzy to sign the available clients. But when Leo Maroni bites the dust, young turk Jeremy Brenner gives Arliss a battle in the scramble for new business. That's why Arliss signs Kit Ballew, a loser on the NASCAR circuit. But with nothing to live for, Kit starts tearing up the field, giving Arliss more than he bargained for.
#20 - Rules of the Game
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/22/1999
Feeling long in the tooth, Arliss gets a makeover, hoping to turn back the clock. Rita dates rival agent Justin Sturgess and Stanley is asked to join a prestigious country club.
#21 - What Would I Do Without Wu?
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/23/1998
When Rita, the glue of AMM, gets her shot at representing clients, she proves herself an adept agent. Arliss, meanwhile, is helpless without his right-hand gal. To make matters worse, Kirby's cousin Fitz is Rita's fill-in.
#22 - The American Game
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/16/1998
Lockouts and strikes are unfortunately a part of pro sports, and nothing does more to alienate the fans. But when a ballplayer crosses the picket line, he knows the true meaning of alienation. Arliss must consider the consequences of representing replacement player Jim Greenbriar after Greenbriar saves Arliss' life.
#23 - Stanley Babson...Win, Place, or Show
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/1998
AMM's financial whiz Stanley Babson is fed up with his conservative reputation. But when Arliss accuses him of always playing it safe, Stanley puts the company at risk by using clients' funds to purchase a racehorse.
#24 - Behind Every Great Client...
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/1998
Arliss knows as well as any agent that helping a client in his personal life is part of the job. So when all-star shortstop Joe Garrison asks Arliss to tell his wife that he's leaving her, Arliss obliges. But what happens between Arliss and Erica Garrison isn't necessarily part of the job--nor what Joe had in mind.
#25 - The Changing of the Guard
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/11/1999
Arliss gets fogged in while in Kansas City negotiating shortstop client Rico Rosa's contract with team owner Helga Krupp. Helga's an un-P.C. penny-pincher, making her an easy target for just about everyone. Meanwhile, the AMM bowling team is relieved that Arliss, the weak link on the squad, is AWOL.