The BEST Episodes of Brockmire
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: May 18, 2020
Network: IFC
A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.
#1 - Retaliation
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Apr 19, 2017
Brockmire's ex reappears. Forced to confront his emotions, Brockmire defaults to drinking.
7.85 
#2 - Breakout Year
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Apr 26, 2017
Brockmire attempts fame again. Jules and Charles work to make him a household name. Their efforts pay off when he gains a very unexpected fan base.
7.81 
#3 - It All Comes Down to This
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired May 17, 2017
Brockmire makes a decision. He must choose between staying in Morristown or returning to the major leagues.
7.78 
#4 - Old Timers Day
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired May 10, 2017
Brockmire attends an event honoring broadcasters. Charles attempts to impress a young lady.
7.75 
#5 - Kangaroo Court
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Apr 12, 2017
The players hold a kangaroo court that turns intense; Charles tries to figure out why Brockmire thinks he is gay.
7.74 
#6 - Rally Cap
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Apr 5, 2017
Ten years after Major League Baseball announcer Jim Brockmire's career goes down in flames with an on-air meltdown, he's trying to start over calling the games of a small-town minor league team called the Morristown Frackers.
7.72 
#7 - Opening Day
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired May 22, 2019
Brockmire and Gabby finally get a chance to call their first regular season MLB game for Oakland, but are confronted by protestors who are disciples of bigot Art Newlie.
7.71 
#8 - Winning Streak
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Apr 6, 2017
When the Frackers win the day after Jim gets together with Jules, the team's owner, they decide to continue their relationship with the hope that the team will continue to win.
7.70 
#9 - Road Trip
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired May 3, 2017
Jules has a pregnancy scare. Brockmire works out his father issues with Charles. Jules and Brockmire take a road trip to Pittsburgh.
7.68 
#10 - Disabled List
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired May 15, 2019
Brockmire deals with sobriety-induced impotence and Matt's declining health. Brockmire's sponsor reminds him that he needs to find a higher power if he wants the AA program to rid him of his anxiety.
7.61 
#11 - The Getaway Game
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired Apr 25, 2018
Now calling minor league games in New Orleans, Jim is up for the major leagues in Atlanta. He competes against Raj, a likable young announcer. Charles works on the podcast despite Brockmire's antics. A friend from Morristown stops by for a visit.
7.61 
#12 - Knuckleball
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired May 9, 2018
Jim and Uribe go on an epic bender; Charles discovers a sad truth about Brockmire; when announcing with Raj, Brockmire has a few too many drinks.
7.60 
#13 - Caught in a Rundown
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Jun 13, 2018
After Jim ends up in the hospital, Charles has an intervention to stop Brockmire's destructive habits. In attendance are a rag-tag group of friends and enemies from Brockmire's past. Jim meets a dangerous new friend.
7.55 
#14 - Placed on Waivers
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired May 8, 2019
After Gabby finds out that she is pregnant and then walks in on her wife cheating on her, Brockmire goes out of his way to be a good friend and to comfort her. She and Brockmire share their experiences of being cheated on while calling the game.
7.54 
#15 - In the Cellar
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Jun 20, 2018
Jim goes on a bender with his new nihilistic friend, Elle, who pushes him towards a new level of destruction. Brockmire ends up in the hospital again and finally takes rehab seriously. Charles approaches Jim with a new opportunity.
7.52 
#16 - Banned for Life
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Apr 24, 2019
Brockmire's mother, who abandoned him and his sister at a young age, comes to town and challenges his relationship with his sister.
7.51 
#17 - The Long Offseason
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired May 6, 2020
Artificial intelligence threatens to take steps in its pursuit to rule the world and attempts to take over baseball. Jim and Jules must decide if they want to embolden this emerging society ruled by machines or stay with the failing status quo.
7.48 
#18 - Clubhouse Chemistry
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired May 1, 2019
Brockmire urges Charles to leave a toxic relationship. Charles is appalled at Gus' terrible producing skills. Brockmire is infatuated with Matt Hardesty's nurse and tries to make amends with Hardesty.
7.47 
#19 - Platoon Player
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired May 2, 2018
Despite Jim's protests, Charles needs the night off for his birthday. Jim attempts to throw him a party, but things quickly get out of hand. Tensions arise when Jim shows up at Charles' birthday dinner and meets his judgmental family.
7.46 
#20 - Union Negotiations
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired Apr 29, 2020
Baseball players' union contracts are up for re-negotiation and a potential strike threatens the future of baseball altogether. Jim and Jules give it one last go and try to negotiate the terms of their potential relationship.
7.42 
#21 - Comeback Player of the Year
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired Apr 8, 2020
Jim and Jules agree to keep their relationship professional, but when they team up to trick the owners into selling the teams to new owners who will let them make the changes they want, their antics remind them of the relationship they used to have.
7.42 
#22 - Make-up Game
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired May 23, 2018
Jules visits Jim, who gives her a tour of New Orleans; they reconnect for an evening, but have trouble figuring out the new terms of their relationship.
7.36 
#23 - Broadcasters Jinx
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired May 30, 2018
Jim takes a new gig as an Atlanta major league announcer. Charles focuses on the new direction his career might take. Confronted with the truth about a legendary announcer, Jim attempts to do the right thing in the most Brockmire-way possible.
7.35 
#24 - The Yips
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Apr 17, 2019
While dealing with a case of "the yips"-a broadcaster's anxiety that makes it hard to remember the count-Brockmire faces threats from his predecessor, Matt "The Bat" Hardesty. Brockmire prays to God for the first time.
7.35 
#25 - Player to Be Named Later
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired Apr 10, 2019
Brockmire struggles to accept that Jules is dating his good friend. In hopes of showing Jules the "new Jim," Brockmire begrudgingly agrees to put in a good word for Jules' boyfriend for a job at MLB Network.
7.34