The BEST episodes of Happy Endings
Every episode of Happy Endings ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Happy Endings!
For years, perfect couple Dave and Alex were the core of their group of friends, holding them all together. But when Alex leaves Dave at the altar, the gang must figure out how to deal with the fallout and split their time. Luckily, Alex and Dave realize what they all have together is worth saving. The exes decide that, just because their relationship has changed, it doesn't mean they need to lose each other completely, and as they all adjust to their new reality, they have their friends there to help get them through.
#1 - KickBall 2: The Kickening
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2013
Alex signs up the gang to participate in the Northside Kickball Classic tournament. However, self-appointed manager Max has difficulty bringing his players up to scratch.
#2 - In the Heat of the Noche
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/2013
Brad uses his skills, plus help from the gang, to prop up Chuckles and Huggs after the gym's loopy owner, Terry tells him it may be closing. Meanwhile, Penny and Max try to break the habit of texting the men in their lives.
#3 - The Marry Prankster
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2013
When the gang pranks Max into thinking he won a big lotto jackpot, he vows revenge when they least suspect it. Meanwhile, Brad gets a new job as a CFO, but Jane is not amused when she learns the title is Chief Fun Officer and that Brad is working at a kids' gym.
#4 - To Serb with Love
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2012
Jane and Alex's parents throw a big celebration to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the family mattress business, and Jane agonizes over coming up with an amusing toast to spring on her humorless dad. Meanwhile, Alex tells Dave that her parents are unaware that they are once again bedfellows, and Max goes looking for a new BFF since Penny's tied up in her relationship with Pete.
#5 - Of Mice & Jazz-Kwon-Do
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/4/2011
Brad plays matchmaker to a co-worker; Penny regrets inviting Jane to her martial-arts class; Dave helps Alex with odd jobs, leading his friends to think he wants to get back together with her.
#6 - Brothas & Sisters
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/2013
The third Kerkovich sister, Brooke, is the alpha sister of the group, and Jane has the daunting task of planning a wedding for her more perfect and exquisite older sibling. Meanwhile, Brad is having a tough time himself dealing with Brooke's equally more perfect African American fiance, Elliot, and Alex and Dave have a big secret they're hiding.
#7 - No-Ho-Ho
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2012
The gang discovers that Jane has been lying about her birthday, and that she was actually born on Christmas but never liked her natal day being trumped by the holiday. With that in mind, they throw her a celebration that is Christmas-free and all about Jane.
#8 - The Straight Dope
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/29/2013
Max meets a cute girl who is a season tickets holder for the Bulls, leaving him no choice but to pretend to be straight. Meanwhile, Alex is tired of everyone dismissing her as the dimwitted blonde, so she becomes well read to prove them wrong and in the process throws off the whole group dynamic.
#9 - The Kerkovich Way
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/7/2012
A panicked Alex enlists Jane's help in convincing Dave that something he's certain happened never did using "The Kerkovich Way," an ancient Serbian memory-wiping technique passed down through the Kerkovich clan. Meanwhile, Penny and Max are determined to finally beat an annoyingly perfect couple in the annual Rosalita's Run and Scavenger Hunt.
#10 - Why Can't You Read Me?
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2011
Alex and Jane's sibling rivalry heats up; Dave dates an attractive woman (Bre Blair) with an unusual quirk; Penny gets an assistant
#11 - Grinches Be Crazy
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2011
Max agrees to dress up as Santa for Penny's charity event. Jane accidently gives housekeeper Gita the envelope stuffed with money for their big Xmas getaway to Turks & Caicos, instead of the $200 Christmas tip she had planned. Dave cashes in all the homemade coupons Alex gave him as gifts from past Christmases.
#12 - The Shershow Redemption
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/25/2011
An old friend gets married, and the bride thinks Alex is a jinx; Penny and Derrick pretend to be engaged.
#13 - The Incident
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/5/2013
When Max tries out Jane and Alex's long-time hairdresser, Krisjahn, he gets some good salon gossip on the girls, but his loose lips may cause World War III between the Kerkovitch sisters. Meanwhile, the Steak Me Home truck is stolen and Dave and Penny try to figure out whodunit.
#14 - Bros Before Bros
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/2013
With the wedding coming up, Penny decides to reach out to her estranged dad Roy. The reunion is sufficiently awkward but Alex encourages Penny to be optimistic, while Jane is more skeptical. Meanwhile, Dave enlists Brad and Max's help in sabotaging "The Brazilian" food truck, a.k.a. Dave's #1 nemesis, but Max accidentally falls for the enemy's son and has to choose between his best friend or boyfriend.
#15 - Bo Fight
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/18/2011
Alex's string of "girls' nights out" doesn't sit well with Penny; Max pushes Dave to get even.
#16 - Spooky Endings
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2011
Penny, Max, Dave and Alex head to a Halloween warehouse party, where their costumes don't have the effect they anticipated. Meanwhile, Jane and Brad spend their Halloween house sitting for some friends in the suburbs.
#17 - Your Couples Friends & Neighbors
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2011
Jane thinks she and Brad should befriend a sophisticated couple; Max and Dave notice that things are disappearing from their apartment; Alex starts dating an artist.
#18 - Cocktails & Dreams
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/29/2012
Dave gets a liquor license for his food truck, making it a new hot spot. The gang avoids Dave because his signature drink gives them sex dreams about him.
#19 - Secrets and Limos
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2011
Jane convinces Penny to make a vision board to visualize the path to her dreams, although everything doesn't go according to plan. Brad finds it hard to relate to his stern boss until the guy sees Max's limo. Dave is reluctant to let the gang to meet his new girlfriend.
#20 - Like Father, Like Gun
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/27/2011
When Brad's dad receives good news on some medical tests, his new view on life is difficult for Brad to accept; Penny meets an attractive Italian, but she can only speak to him when she's drunk.
#21 - The Storm Before the Calm
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2013
Penny insists that she's fine after her breakup with Pete, but the gang begin to wonder when she writes a play entitled "Black Plague: A Love Story" and asks Derrick and his theater group to stage it. Meanwhile a marketing group asks Alex and Max to be taste makers.
#22 - Our Best Friend's Wedding
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2013
In order to get Pete to change his mind about eloping with Penny, wannabe matrimonial coordinator Jane spirits the whole gang to a wedding exposition. Once there, Max and Brad wind up at a gay-marriage part of the expo, while Alex and Dave contemplate their own commitment issues.
#23 - Ordinary Extraordinary Love
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/8/2013
When a hot young pop star stops in and buys a dress at Alex's store, Penny helps Alex turns it into a press opportunity. Meanwhile, Max is having an identity crisis, so Jane and Derrick take him on a tour of Chicago's themed gay bars to help him find his niche, and Brad and Dave try to be "men" and fix things around the house.
#24 - Cazsh Dummy Spillionaires
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2012
The on-again, off-again relationship between Alex and Dave is on-again, while an accident puts Penny in a full body cast and turns Max into her angel of mercy, until he gets a eyeful of her hunky physical therapist. Later, out-of-work Brad tries to keep a secret from Jane.
#25 - You Snooze, You Bruise
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/2012
Dave finds himself bullied at the gym by Corey, and former bully Alex coaches him on how to fight back. Meanwhile, the residents at Brad and Jane's condo are fed up with Jane being too controlling as president of their home owners' association, and rise up to challenge her for the job.