The WORST episodes of Ellen

#1 - The Tape

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1996

Ellen and her friends make a frantic effort to retrieve a racy videotape that winds up in the wrong hands.

#2 - Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (2)

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/1998

#3 - Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (1)

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/1998

A parody of the career of Ellen DeGeneres, celebrating her 75 years in show business.

#4 - The Dentist

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1994

Paige refers Ellen to a handsome dentist and Ellen hopes the professional visit might lead to a personal relationship. However, her serious flirtations have unexpected results when a few whiffs of laughing gas unleash her primal instincts. Meanwhile, Adam can't seem to decide whether he wants to date a woman or not.

#5 - So Funny

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1994

Ellen feels threatened by Adam's visiting friend, Theresa, whose humor rivals her own. But when Ellen sees her own jealousy drive her comic competitor away, she literally flies to make amends.

#6 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/1994

Ellen, mortified by her driver's license photo, pulls out all the stops in a desperate attempt to get a decent picture.

#7 - The Spa

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1995

Paige persuades Ellen to relieve stress at a health spa, but the rigorous regime creates tension between them. Meanwhile, Adam tries to broaden his circle of friends, starting with Joe.

#8 - Oh, Sweet Rapture

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1996

It's Ellen to the rescue when Audrey buys a new car that comes with an extended warranty and an extended family of fanatics.

#9 - The Christmas Show

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1994

Ellen's holidays are bittersweet, thanks to an acerbic new employee and a sugarcoated suitor. Meanwhile, Paige agonizes over what to get her overly sensitive mother for Christmas.

#10 - Three Strikes

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/29/1995

Ellen joins an animal rights group, gets thrown in jail and winds up in the custody of her parents.

#11 - Ellen's Improvement

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1995

Ellen goes on a scholastic kick to expand her cultural horizons, and impresses an attractive college professor along the way. Meanwhile, unlikely lovebirds Joe and Stephanie move in together--at the bookstore.

#12 - Do You Fear What I Fear?

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1995

Ellen's holiday spirits hit an all-time low when her parents present her with a cemetery burial plot as a Christmas present.

#13 - Hello, I Must Be Going

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1995

Before moving to England for an exciting job opportunity, Adam makes a surprising personal revelation to Ellen, who must deal with the awkward consequences when his trip is postponed.

#14 - Thirty Kilo Man (1)

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/1995

Ellen rekindles her romance with ex-boyfriend Dan, who returns from Rome with a brilliant new career. However, Ellen soon discovers that his venture involves a shady substance.

#15 - The Trainer

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1994

To help Paige appease her demanding movie-producer boss, Ellen pretends to be his exercise trainer. But when the boss offers Ellen a development job, Paige has a fit.

#16 - Two Mammograms and a Wedding

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1996

Ellen is afraid Paige's marriage will end their friendship so, while nervously awaiting a mammogram, she latches onto Chloe, but soon discovers that making new friends isn't as easy as it used to be.

#17 - The Apartment Hunt

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1995

Ellen is determined to help Audrey find an apartment, as far away from hers as possible. Meanwhile, Paige dates an alternate juror for a high-profile Hollywood trial and Adam tries to catch a newspaper thief.

#18 - Salad Days

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1995

Inspired by domestic diva Martha Stewart, Ellen throws an elegant dinner party, but she's the one who's thrown when an unexpected guest arrives.

#19 - The Therapy Episode

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/1995

Ellen feels guilty about lying to her mother, but when her therapist prescribes a dose of total honesty, the truth proves to be more than the family bargained for.

#20 - Two Ring Circus

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1996

Ellen gets caught in the middle of Paige and Matt's relationship when Paige's engagement ring gets stuck on Ellen's finger.

#21 - Give Me Equity or Give Me Death

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1996

When Ellen decides to put down roots and buy a home of her own, she's unprepared for the price--the cost of her beloved Buy the Book.

#22 - Lobster Diary

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1996

Ellen is heralded as a hero when she rescues a lobster from a restaurant and tries to set it out to sea, but the elderly lobster has other plans.

#23 - Ellen's Choice

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1995

Ellen is thrilled when she's invited to appear on the television program "Book Chat." However, her ecstasy turns to agony when she's forced to decide which three of her five book club members will join her.

#24 - The Promotion

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/20/1994

Ellen kisses up to her boss by buying a gift for her new baby, but her job is put in jeopardy through casual remarks overheard through a baby monitor.

#25 - Thirty Kilo Man (2)

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1995

Ellen's relationship with Dan heats up, Adam caves in to Audrey's burning desire, and Paige feels left out in the cold.