The WORST episodes of Those Who Can't
Every episode of Those Who Can't ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Yes We Scan
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/8/2019
With the school in danger of being shut down, the gang hatches a plan to save the day. Meanwhile, Quinn and Tammy embark on a drug-fueled vision quest.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - A Smoot Holiday Coincidence
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/4/2019
The Smoot teachers rally around a student as they raise money for his heart transplant.
#6 - Escapegoats
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/11/2019
With the gang trapped in a Smoot "escape room," new guidance counselor Steven leads the charge to get them fired.
#7 - Taco Tuesday
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2019
As Tammy desperately tries to take care of an urgent personal matter, Smoot deals with a crisis of its own: a taco-less Tuesday.
#8 - One Ding-Wonder
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2019
When a Smoot student becomes a viral sensation, Shoemaker gets a brush with fame, and Loren and Abbey try to out-viral everyone with a video of their own.
#9 - Grisly Man
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/4/2019
Out in the woods for a cross-country race, the gang stumbles upon a hermit they believe is a legendary serial killer.
#10 - Those Who Could've
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/11/2019
The Smoot faculty exploits student-teachers from a local university.
#11 - SKAppily Ever After
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/18/2019
Everyone chips in to throw Loren and Jade a dream wedding at the school. Meanwhile, Abbey wants to take her anonymous online relationship to the next level.
#12 - Big Ol' Scams
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2019
Steven's vocational career fair prompts Loren and Abbey to question their professional paths; Shoemaker and Fairbell join a cult-like pyramid scheme.
#13 - Abbey's Road
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/2019
Abbey enjoys success at her new career away from Smoot. In her absence, the gang struggles with their altered group dynamic and Loren takes over as librarian.
#14 - 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!
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.