The BEST episodes of Those Who Can't
Every episode of Those Who Can't ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Those Who Can't!
Those Who Can't follows three trouble-making teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based comedy troupe The Grawlix. More inept than the kids they teach, they're out to beat the system as they struggle to survive each day on their own terms. Joining them is Maria Thayer (Eagleheart) as the school librarian with an insuppressible passion for life.
#1 - Take a Wonka on the Wild Side
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/14/2016
The teachers relive their glory days at Senior Prom, Fairbell and Abbey's "friend date" is a disaster, Quinn has the worst night of his life, and Shoemaker's looming divorce helps him get his angry band back together.
#2 - Normal Activity
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2016
When graffitied pentagrams start popping up around school, Quinn arms the staff with GoPro cameras to catch the vandal - leading to a night of chaos.
#3 - Mid-Bryce Crisis
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2016
When a former Smoot senior returns to school, Loren, Shoemaker and Fairbell get paranoid about being the victims of yet another senior prank. Meanwhile, Abbey begins to date a younger guy despite warnings from Tammy and Julie.
#4 - Graduation
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/2016
It's graduation week at Smoot, and Shoemaker begins aggressively selling Class of 2017 memorabilia to earn some extra cash. Plus, Quinn's effort to set Loren up with a woman backfires, and Fairbell's future at Smoot is in jeopardy.
#5 - K-Pop Goes the Weasel
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2016
A former student leaves a threatening letter for the gang, and they quickly realize they're stuck in the middle of his sick, murderous game. Trapped in school at night, with corpses piling up, the teachers fight for survival.
#6 - Plains High School Drifter
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2016
Cattie hires a former Denver Bronco to be Smoot's new head football coach, and he appoints Loren as his assistant. But the new coach's methods don't sit well with Tammy and Shoemaker, who go to great lengths to fire him.
#7 - Detergent Dawn
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2016
Loren finally completes his novel, but the book's success goes to his head, forcing Shoemaker to become his 'agent'. However, when the novel sparks a hookup outbreak, Fairbell and Summer's abstinence class takes a dramatic turn.
#8 - The Trial of Geoffrey Quinn
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2016
It's Principal Quinn's trial, and Shoemaker, Abbey, Fairbell and Loren have been summoned to the witness stand. Meanwhile, Cattie enlists Leslie to transform Smoot into a passable school for an incoming reporter.
#9 - White Guilt Trip
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2016
After Abbey accidentally discovers Smoot's racist past, Cattie brings Native American students in to make up for the bad publicity. Plus, Rod and Loren start a craft brewery on campus, but find that their success may be short-lived.
#10 - 8 Mile High
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2016
Obsessed with the underground rap scene, Loren recruits Shoemaker and Fairbell to join his crew. Meanwhile, Abbey gets caught up in the local gang life, and Shoemaker and Rod butt heads over his relationship with Rod's mother.
#11 - Foreskin in the Game
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2016
Shoemaker seeks emergency medical help from Abbey; Fairbell takes on a role assisting Cattie, Smoot's new principal; Loren is left alone in the dust.
#12 - Rod Man Out
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2016
With the dreaded new school year right around the corner, the teachers get a surprise when Rod returns to Smoot a sober man; his new insufferable attitude forces the gang to do the unthinkable to get him back to his old self.
#13 - Wet Dreams May Come
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/2016
Shoemaker is tormented by a disturbing sex dream, and the drama teacher wrongly advises him to act on it. Meanwhile, Fairbell befriends the new school police officer even though the rest of the gang tries to get rid of him.
#14 - What's Eating Uncle Jake?
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/2016
After leading the JV Girls Volleyball team to the State Championship, Fairbell gets benched when the PTA appoints a new coach. Plus, Shoemaker takes asst. coaching a bit too far, and Loren schemes for a shady game sponsor.
#15 - Of Lice and Men
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2016
After a lice outbreak at Smoot, Loren takes matters into his own hands and commands the "hot zone." Shoemaker and Tammy square off in a haircutting contest, while Abbey revisits some not-so-fond high school memories.
#16 - Oof, Nut City
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2016
Principal Quinn tasks the guys with helping a shy kid win the student election, but they do their jobs a little too well and unwittingly create a monster. Abbey and Quinn have a fight over Smoot High's debate practices.
#17 - For Whom the Bell's Tolls
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2016
The guys come to school drunk on the day Superintendent Carson promises to fire the worst teacher. Shoemaker has a medical flare-up, Loren maintains a buzz in order to save face, and Fairbell makes a ridiculous new friend.
#18 - The Fairbell Tape
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2016
Shoemaker and Abbey work to get the vending machine returned after it's removed by the PTA. Later, Loren clashes with his old teacher while Fairbell's sexual orientation is discovered.
#19 - Electile Dysfunction
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2016
Smoot is used as a polling station for the Denver mayoral election and Quinn assigns the staff to count votes, but the series finale of a major television show occupies the teachers' time and attention.
#20 - A New Dog in the Yard
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2016
After being appointed interim wrestling coach, Fairbell starts a beef with the rival school's coach, who Abbey has a crush on. Plus, Shoemaker takes testosterone, and Loren deals with a new girlfriend - and her two children.
#21 - Lady and the Skamp
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2016
The teachers protest poor working conditions by going on strike, Shoemaker and Abbey butt heads over who's the real strike leader, and Loren and Rod tailgate the event...leaving Quinn and Tammy to man the understaffed school.
#22 - The Boys Are Coming Together
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/11/2016
When the school bully begins picking on some of the teachers at Smoot High, the teachers exact a terrible (and stupid) revenge... and even the librarian gets in on the action!
#23 - All's Fairbell
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2019
Against all odds, Fairbell is excelling in his new role as principal - but the arrival of a buttoned-up guidance counselor jeopardizes the rest of the gang's easy street.
#24 - The Running of the Bullies
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2019
Quinn returns as principal and starts a campaign to tackle the rampant bullying at Smoot, but disturbing the delicate social ecosystem has consequences for everyone.
#25 - You Can't Go Homecoming Again
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2019
With the gang in charge of the homecoming parade floats, tensions rise and class warfare ensues.