The BEST episodes of Louie
Every episode of Louie ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Louie!
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself- a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
#1 - In the Woods (2)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/9/2014
#2 - Halloween / Ellie
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/18/2011
Louie and his daughters go trick-or-treating on Halloween in New York City. As darkness falls, they are confronted by a pair of costumed punks. Louie's younger daughter Jane confronts the two men and helps scare them away. In the second part of this episode, Louie sits in on a brainstorming session for an upcoming cop movie. Louie's ideas for the script get the attention of a high-powered movie producer named Ellie. Louie is promptly invited to lunch to discuss movie ideas, but ultimately his ideas prove too dark for Hollywood.
#3 - Late Show (3)
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/20/2012
Right before Louie shoots his talk show pilot, Jerry Seinfeld comes to him some surprising news.
#4 - Pamela (3)
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/16/2014
Pamela & Louie
#5 - Duckling
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2011
Louie unwillingly takes home Jane's class ducklings for the evening. The next morning he embarks on a 5-day USO tour in the Middle East, when unbeknownst to him, Lily had hidden one of the ducklings in his suitcase to keep him safe. Louie meets other entertainers (including country western singer Keni Thomas) as well as many various soldiers during his time overseas. The duckling ends up bringing Louie and others good luck in ridiculous and heartwarming fashion.
#6 - Telling Jokes / Set-Up
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2012
Louie has dinner at a friend's house.
#7 - Daddy's Girlfriend (1)
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/19/2012
Louie is looking for a mate.
#8 - So Did the Fat Lady
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/12/2014
Louie meets somebody new.
#9 - Miami
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/2012
Louie goes to Miami.
#10 - So Old / Playdate
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/13/2010
In the first segment, Louie hooks up with a young woman at the Comedy Cellar (Elizabeth Hower) who's attracted to older guys. In the second segment, he bonds with a woman he meets at a PTA meeting while their kids are on a play date. Throughout the episode, Louie has odd interactions with his therapist.
#11 - New Year's Eve
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/27/2012
Louie struggles through the holidays.
#12 - Barney / Never
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/2/2012
A guy dies, Louie meets a comedian, and has a bad day with a bad kid.
#13 - Subway / Pamela
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2011
Louie starts his evening with a surreal trip on the NYC subway, where he witnesses a busker playing beautiful violin music while a filthy homeless man scrubs himself down with bottled water nearby, has a black-and-white vision of himself saving the riders from a soda-soaked seat, and then heads into the opening credits. Later, he meets his friend Pamela for lunch, and he ends up passionately telling her how he feels about her. And she doesn't respond at first, leaving him to misread a later invitation of hers, and the revelation ends with Louie standing outside her building and screaming in pain and anger.
#14 - Sleepover
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2015
Jane has some friends over.
#15 - Pamela (2)
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/2014
Louie & Pamela go on a date.
#16 - Bully
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/2010
Flashbacks depict Louis learning about sex as a boy from his father and in school. On a date, he is emasculated by a high school student who threatens to beat him up. He secretly follows the bully home to Staten Island and confronts his parents.
#17 - Late Show (2)
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/13/2012
Louie's "training" gets off to a rough start as he prepares for his chance to audition for David Letterman's job.
#18 - Daddy's Girlfriend (2)
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2012
Louie goes on a date.
#19 - Night Out
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/7/2010
On an aimless night out that his babysitter awkwardly talks him out of cancelling, Louie decides to break his rut by hanging out with a couple of black comics. After feeling completely out of place at a club, he ends up going to the Eastville Comedy Club to do a short set, then home to his kids for an early-morning pancake breakfast.
#20 - Come On, God
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/2011
The spokeswoman for a group called Christians Against Masturbation, Ellen Farber, and Louie have a debate about the morality of masturbation on a the FOX News program, Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld. Louie is the only person they could find willing to openly defend masturbation. After the show Louie goes home and masturbates while imagining a woman he had just seen on the elevator. Then, at Ellen's request, he attends a CAM meeting, and goes out for drinks with her after. She invites him up to her suite, but Louie is denied when he tries to go in for a kiss. Ellen gives a long passionate speech about how nice it would be to talk, date a long time before a kiss (but not "making out"), then finally getting to see her in her underwear on their wedding night. Then he goes to her suite bathroom to masturbate.
#21 - Potluck
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2015
Louie goes to a potluck dinner.
#22 - Elevator (6)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2014
Mother nature takes control of Louie's life.
#23 - Bummer / Blueberries
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/30/2011
In the first part of the episode, Louie awkwardly scores a "non-date" with a young woman who has no real interest in him, but a shocking and violent encounter on his way to meet her for a movie leads to a darker, more introspective Louie that appeals to her—until he tells her the specifics of that encounter. In the second part, Louie is approached by his daughter's classmate's mom to have an emotionless sexual encounter; he agrees to do it, and comes to regret that decision every step of the way.
#24 - Oh Louie / Tickets
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/4/2011
The episode begins in a flashback with Louie filming the pilot for a sitcom. After complaining about the unrealistic dialogue and use of Bob Saget as the next door neighbor, Louie is shown arriving home to an unseen and presumably upset wife and their newborn baby Lilly. The episode then jumps to Lilly's tenth birthday. Louie sets out to obtain Lady GaGa concert tickets as a birthday present for his daughter, but doing so means he has to approach Dane Cook, a very successful comedian who is upset by accusations he has stolen material from Louie.
#25 - Travel Day / South
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/20/2010
Louie endures a number of typical airline problems traveling to Birmingham for a gig. After the show, he meets an intense fan and her intimidating brother at a local diner, and a sheriff who just wants a little appreciation.