The BEST Episodes of The Great Indoors
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Aug 24, 2020
Network: CBS
A renowned adventure reporter, who has spent his life exploring the edges of the earth, is now taking a desk job in the digital department of the magazine. He must adapt to the times and his new world. He’s struggling to grasp the lingo of online click-bait and listicles, but his real challenge is in understanding his staff of millenials who write about the great outdoors but never actually set foot outside.
#1 - The Company Retreat
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired May 8, 2017
In the season finale, at the magazine’s notoriously carnal company retreat, feelings resurface between Jack and Brooke as they work together to help Clark finally hook up with Emma – the same way they did five years ago. Also, Roland asks Jack to lead the staff in his absence after he accepts a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to return to field reporting.
7.57 
#2 - Friends Like These
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired Feb 23, 2017
Jack desperately begs his co-workers to pretend to be his closest friends at a dinner party after his lack of an inner circle begins to concern his girlfriend. However, he soon regrets asking for their help after they behave awkwardly in her presence.
7.47 
#3 - The Heartbreaker
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired Apr 27, 2017
Jack sets up a double date to get Eddie out of a post-divorce rut, but the night gets awkward when they run into Eddie's ex-wife. Emma decides to break up with her boyfriend, and Clark is torn between dating her and saving his friendship with Greg.
7.43 
#4 - Roland's Secret
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired May 1, 2017
Jack gets caught up in Roland and Brooke's family drama when they both enlist his help to keep bombshells about their love lives from each other.
7.43 
#5 - DTR
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Feb 16, 2017
When Jack dates a millennial to avoid commitment, he needs Clark, Emma and Mason's help to keep up with his new girlfriend, Kaylie, and her exhausting lifestyle.
7.40 
#6 - Office Romance
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired Dec 15, 2016
Jack regrets convincing Human Resources to toss out a "no inter-office dating" rule when he needs an excuse to break up with his co-worker, Amy. Also, Mason closes in on uncovering Jack and Brooke's romantic history.
7.37 
#7 - The Mediocre Outdoors
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired Jan 5, 2017
Jack tests the Millennials’ survival skills when he takes them camping for the first time and leaves them alone in the woods without their smartphones.
7.32 
#8 - Cubicles
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired Mar 30, 2017
Jack can't concentrate because of the millennials' distracting juvenile behavior, so Brooke installs cubicles in the bullpen as a remedy.
7.29 
#9 - Ricky Leaks
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired Apr 13, 2017
When Jack insults Ricky, the magazine's I.T. manager, the "techspert" exacts his revenge by leaking office emails that cause the staff to turn on each other.
7.28 
#10 - Going Deep
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 1, 2016
When Jack is clueless about how to help Eddie through the pain of his divorce, Brooke steps up to be Eddie's interim best friend. Also, a colossal secret comes out when Clark, Emma and Mason battle each other in a fitness tracker challenge to win concert tickets.
7.27 
#11 - Party Paul
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired Apr 6, 2017
When Jack takes Brooke’s fiancé, Paul, and Roland out on the town to improve their lukewarm relationship, his plan backfires when Paul gets tipsy and goes missing,
7.23 
#12 - Relationship Jack
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired Mar 9, 2017
When Jack fixates on his relationship with Rachel to the detriment of the magazine and his friends, Eddie and Roland try to break him of his obsession habit. Also, as Jack's work suffers, Clark steps up to lead the staff and displays a surprising amount of self-confidence.
7.21 
#13 - No Bad Ideas
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Nov 24, 2016
Human Resources forbids Jack from giving his staff any feedback at all after he crushes Clark with a brutally honest performance review. Also, Emma and Mason call out Brooke for being politically incorrect when they try to help her hire a diverse intern.
7.21 
#14 - Aaron Wolf
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired Mar 27, 2017
Jack watches the millennials’ journalistic integrity slip away when they fall under the spell of his nemesis, Aaron Wolf, a former magazine staffer turned famous outdoor reality TV host who returns to guest edit the magazine.
7.19 
#15 - @emma
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired Dec 8, 2016
When Emma quits after being turned down for a raise, Jack and Roland become the magazine's newest and worst ever social media managers. Also, in a misguided attempt to boost business, Eddie re-brands his bar as "magic-themed".
7.19 
#16 - You Don't Know Jack
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Nov 17, 2016
The Millennials discover a huge secret about Jack's love life when they clean out his decades-old storage unit. Also, Clark and Mason use Jack's memorabilia to throw an epic '90s-themed party at Eddie's bar.
7.17 
#17 - Paul's Surprise
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired Feb 9, 2017
When jealousy prompts Jack to insult Brooke's fiancé, Paul, at the couple's re-engagement party, he makes things worse by repeatedly botching his apology. Also, the millennials squabble over their job hierarchy when they can't decide who should take point on creating a slideshow for the party.
7.16 
#18 - The Explorers’ Club
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Jan 12, 2017
When Mather, the president of the Chicago Adventure Society, accuses Roland of faking the story of the expedition that made his career, Jack, Brooke and the millennials team up to clear his name. Also, Clark is dumbfounded when he notices that Jack seeks Mather’s approval the same way he seeks Jack’s,
7.15 
#19 - Dating Apps
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Nov 3, 2016
Clark, Emma and Mason try to help Jack create a profile of himself for an online dating app after his first attempt is disastrous.
7.10 
#20 - Step One: Shelter
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Nov 10, 2016
Jack faces the ultimate test of his survival skills when he's forced to crash at Clark's tiny apartment while he searches for a place of his own. Also, Roland sticks Brooke with telling the millennials their beloved office perks are being taken away due to budget cuts.
7.07 
#21 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Oct 27, 2016
In the series opener, we find Jack, a renowned adventure reporter transitioning to the role of a desk bound boss, overseeing a team of twentysomething journalists, after the founder of an outdoor magazine he works for decides to go to a web only publication.
6.92 
#22 - Mason Blows Up
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Jan 19, 2017
Jack tries to reassert his dominance as a reporter after Mason scores an investigative coup that turns him into an overnight celebrity. Also, Clark's low self-esteem causes him to give Emma relationship advice about other guys.
6.88