The BEST episodes of Titus

Every episode of Titus ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Titus!

This half-hour comedy chronicles the hilarious world of Christopher Titus and his totally messed-up poor white trash family. Between his drunken father, his dimwitted brother, and his goody-goody best friend, it's amazing Titus is alive, let alone engaged to a "normal" girl. Titus adapted Christopher Titus' stand-up routine in a novel way: each episode is narrated by Titus from a black & white "Neutral Space," from which he comments on the events as they unfold, punctuated by short, surreal flashbacks to his childhood and adolescence. The hilarious interplay between these three levels of narrative is sometimes amazingly complex and even contradictory, highlighting the exceedingly black nature of the show's humor.

Last Updated: 1/12/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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The Protector
star
8.94
90 votes

#1 - The Protector

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/12/2002

Titus gets into trouble when he goes after a kid who is harassing Amy in school.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
Writer: Nancy Steen
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The Visit
star
8.82
67 votes

#2 - The Visit

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/29/2002

Titus and Erin's plans to formally adopt Amy are thrown for a loop when Titus' mother Juanita unexpectedly shows up at the house in the middle of the social worker's final visit. Juanita, claiming to have escaped from the mental hospital, has come seeking Titus' forgiveness.

Directors: Katy Garretson
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Locking Up Mom
star
8.34
76 votes

#3 - Locking Up Mom

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2000

Titus' crazy mother Juanita is having a comeptency hearing and all the Tituses get involved...to keep themselves safe and keep her locked up.

Directors: Jeff Melman
The Reconcilliation
star
8.23
48 votes

#4 - The Reconcilliation

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2000

Juanita Titus comes to visit for a family visit with her new boyfriend, but Ken is less then happy to see her having a happy life.

Directors: Robert Berlinger
The Test
star
8.16
110 votes

#5 - The Test

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2000

In the wake of Ken's heart attack, everyone donates blood and Christopher and Erin have to answer some some questions about their nights of unprotected sex and the possibility of AIDS.

Directors: Brian Hargrove
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Dad Is Dead
star
8.13
176 votes

#6 - Dad Is Dead

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/20/2000

Dave and Titus panic when they realize their dad, Ken, hasn't come out of the bedroom in four days, not even to get a beer. They dare each other to go into the bedroom and make sure...but neither one wants to discover the body. Soon Erin arrives--just a little peeved that she took the message "Dad's dead" to mean her own dad. As a result, she rushed to her parents' house, only to catch them having sex! Erin's stunned to hear that Ken's dead, but she's also too chicken to actually investigate. Meanwhile, Titus and Dave reflect on their old man's parenting skills, or lack thereof. Ken never missed a beer or a babe, but he also never missed a little league game or a school function. Erin remembers that Ken recently gave her his will. Could it have been a planned suicide? Terminal illness? They obsess over the possibilities until Tommy arrives. He's visibly shaken and equipped with comfort food. The foursome eat their cake and reminisce. Titus and Dave even role-play, poking fun at Ken's gruff nature. They all have a big laugh until Ken strolls out in his bathroom, pops open a beer and tells them all to keep it down--he's trying to sleep.

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The Pendulum
star
8.06
71 votes

#7 - The Pendulum

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2001

Conclusion. Ken and Erin confront the uncertainty of Titus's fate following his accident.

Directors: Jack Kenny
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After Mrs. Shafter
star
8.05
39 votes

#8 - After Mrs. Shafter

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/29/2002

Titus and Tommy's friendship is put to the ultimate test when Ken begins dating Tommy's mom. Titus assures Tommy that the relationship won't last—as is normal for Ken. However, everyone is shocked to learn that Ken considers Tommy's mother to be the true love of his life. The situation grows even more complicated when Tommy's estranged gay father shows up to reconcile his marriage.

Directors: Bill Shea
Writer: Shawn Thomas
Racing in the Streets
star
8.03
74 votes

#9 - Racing in the Streets

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2001

The physical effects of his near fatal car crash are still lingering, but that doesn't stop Titus from street racing to raise money for Erin's tuition. But his best laid plans backfire when Erin discovers what is really going on and tries to put a stop to it.

Directors: Brian Hargrove
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Errrr
star
8.01
95 votes

#10 - Errrr

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/2002

Suicidal over a broken romance, Amy listens to Titus as he tries to talk her out of it with tales of his own youth—which don't make that great a case.

Directors: Jack Kenny
NASCAR
star
8.00
72 votes

#11 - NASCAR

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2001

Erin gets Titus and Ken to drive across the country together---by telling each that the other is dying.

Directors: Jeff Melman
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Tommy's Crush
star
7.99
93 votes

#12 - Tommy's Crush

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/2002

Tommy and a pregnant Shannon have an affair, much to the Titus family's shock and anger.

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Three Strikes
star
7.97
71 votes

#13 - Three Strikes

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2001

Titus deals with the aftermath of a break-in that leaves Erin with a broken leg.

Directors: Joe Regalbuto
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Bachelor Party
star
7.97
93 votes

#14 - Bachelor Party

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/2002

Titus' bachelor party doesn't quite turn out as planned when he and the guys encounter a pregnant woman and have to help her deliver.

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When I Say Jump
star
7.88
72 votes

#15 - When I Say Jump

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2001

Titus and the gang decide to go base-jumping, and Christopher has to go against Erin's wishes.

Directors: Brian Hargrove
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The Session
star
7.86
36 votes

#16 - The Session

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2002

At Erin's insistence, the Tituses go into group therapy. Not surprisingly, things don't go quite as planned.

Directors: Brian Hargrove
Writer: Matt Ember
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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
star
7.82
49 votes

#17 - Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2001

Trouble's brewing when Titus' success at a custom-car show goes to his head, threatening his friendship with Tommy and Dave.

Directors: Robert Berlinger
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What's Up, Hollywood?
star
7.76
134 votes

#18 - What's Up, Hollywood?

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2000

Titus is shocked and surprised when Papa Titus says...he did a good job on the new truck he's built for his dad.

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Grandma Titus
star
7.71
93 votes

#19 - Grandma Titus

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/9/2002

Phyllis Diller plays Grandma Titus, who still intimidates Ken despite her Alzheimer's, which has her trying to teach a high-school class.

Directors: Brian Hargrove
Writer: Shawn Thomas
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Tommy's Not Gay
star
7.69
70 votes

#20 - Tommy's Not Gay

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2001

Titus is determined to mend fences after Tommy rejects his father, who's just revealed he's gay.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
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Episode Eleven
star
7.59
82 votes

#21 - Episode Eleven

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/22/2000

Some people share a family talent, like cooking or singing. The Titus family talent is heart attacks. Ken has had three, so when he has another one and crashes his car, no one is too shocked. The shock comes later, when Tommy tells Christopher that his dad blames him. Long story short: Ken couldn't start his boat because Chris and Dave took the distributor cap; Ken got upset; hence the heart attack. Christopher refuses to take the blame and confronts his dad about the excessive alcohol and cigarette use that perhaps had more to do with his bad ticker. Suddenly, Ken's monitor flatlines! But Ken is fine: it was the guy in the other bed who died. Titus feels horrible and offers to give his dad his cherry '56 Chevy to make up for the car accident. Later, while talking to an officer about the accident, the cop offers photos taken when Ken ran the red light — photos that clearly show him engaged in a sex act with a woman in the front seat! Titus, Dave and Erin enact their revenge by ordering

Directors: Brian Hargrove
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Dave Moves Out
star
7.58
129 votes

#22 - Dave Moves Out

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/3/2000

Titus explains that screwed-up people need translators to communicate with the ""normal"" people, because expressions of dysfunctional love come in odd forms. Case in point: Ken has Dave thrown in jail for grand theft because he took the VCR. Ken didn't know Dave was moving out until all of his son's stuff was gone. So, Titus explains, by having Dave arrested, Ken was just saying how empty the house would feel without him. At the police station, Ken discovers that it was Titus who told Dave to secretly move. Titus is proud of his achievement and admits to packing up the truck with Dave's stuff--and Ken's VCR. As an expression of pride in his eldest son, Ken has Titus arrested as an accomplice! Finally, Erin arrives and gets Ken to drop all charges. Then she realizes that with Dave out of the house, Ken will have more time to spend with her and Titus. Titus tries to snowball Dave with a story about how their dad is dying and needs company. Not until Titus promises Dave a new DVD player a

Directors: Jack Kenny
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The Trial
star
7.57
67 votes

#23 - The Trial

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/2/2002

Connie Stevens becomes the third actress (after Christine Estabrook and Frances Fisher) to play the role of Titus's mother, Juanita, who was last seen having just fatally shot her abusive husband at Titus and Erin's ill-fated wedding. Now Juanita is on trial for murder, and ex-husband Ken can't wait to testify and put her away for good. Not so Titus. She is, after all, his mom, and when Titus takes the stand—following some well-intentioned but highly incriminating remarks by Erin, Dave and Tommy—he emphasizes the positive things he's learned from her. What later transpires during the course of the trial, however, can in no way be construed as positive.

Directors: Jack Kenny
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Insanity Genetic (2)
star
7.57
67 votes

#24 - Insanity Genetic (2)

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/5/2002

(Part 2 of 2) As a result of the incident on the plane, Titus must face jail time or commitment. And only his friends and family can save him...which means he's in deep trouble.

Directors: Gary Shimokawa
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Insanity Genetic (1)
star
7.55
67 votes

#25 - Insanity Genetic (1)

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/5/2002

In the aftermath of Juanita' s funeral, Titus is concerned her insanity may be genetic and confronts his feelings on board the airplane on the way back.

Writer: Jim Hope
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