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 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#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 - 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
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Makin' Changes
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2012
Jane encourages Penny to find a man and then change him to suit her expectations. Alex stages an intervention to stop Dave from his obsession with V-neck shirts.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and One Funeral)
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/4/2012
The gang find themselves at yet another wedding, this time the nuptials of Derrick and Eric. Brad struggles to tell Jane something important, Jane tries to find a way to help Eric hide the fact that the pricey reception must be downscaled, and Max tries to find the courage to perform with his old all-male Madonna cover band. Meanwhile, a dateless Penny is sad that she's at another wedding, alone, until she meets cute guy Chris via Skype.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Big White Lies
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/28/2012
Things spiral out of control after Penny tells a white lie to avoid an irritating childhood friend. Dave and Max's lonely and jealous landlord falls for Alex.