The BEST episodes written by Eric Zicklin

Are You Ready for Some Football?
star
8.35
197 votes

#1 - Are You Ready for Some Football?

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 12

When Greg convinces Dharma to accompany him and Pete to a football game, despite her lifelong aversion to competitive sports, he is unprepared for her sudden and total conversion into a fanatical San Francisco 49ers fan--and the term ""fanatical"" is not used lightly. When Dharma sneaks out to a game in the middle of dinner with her parents, Greg decides she needs help, and arranges an intervention involving quarterback Steve Young.

Watch Now:Amazon
Slow Ride
star
8.04
239 votes

#2 - Slow Ride

Whitney - Season 2 - Episode 11

Whitney is not enthused when Alex tries to bring his former motorcycle days back to life; Lily orders new beer for the bar without Mark's approval.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Get Real
star
8.03
604 votes

#3 - Get Real

Younger - Season 3 - Episode 12

Liza faces some hard truths after an encounter with a famous life coach.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Dancing Queens
star
8.00
334 votes

#4 - Dancing Queens

Hot in Cleveland - Season 2 - Episode 16

The ladies go dancing to burn the Cleveland pounds; Vicoria catches Leandro's eye; Elka dukes it out with an old rival.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date
star
7.98
202 votes

#5 - Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 8

Dharma discovers Greg is really the only man for her when she agrees to attend a dance with a nerdy high school kid, but meets with some serious competition from the younger crowd. Meanwhile, Larry sings his ""You guys are okay"" song to Edward and Kitty, causing Kitty to fall and hurt herself; this prompts Kitty to sue Larry after she is embarrassed by her donut-cushion in front of the mayor. Larry represents himself, while Pete arbitrates.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Ex-Files
star
7.92
347 votes

#6 - The Ex-Files

Dharma & Greg - Season 1 - Episode 5

When Greg's former co-worker and ex-girlfriend Barbara is transferred back to his firm from Washington, Dharma seeks to assuage her own natural jealousy by finding a new Mr. Right for Barbara—a quest which takes on a desperate edge when Barbara confesses she is still in love with Greg.

Happy Fat
star
7.91
365 votes

#7 - Happy Fat

Hot in Cleveland - Season 3 - Episode 4

The ladies treat their neighbors to makeovers, while Elka adjusts to dating a younger man.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Second Coming of Leonard
star
7.83
183 votes

#8 - The Second Coming of Leonard

Dharma & Greg - Season 1 - Episode 15

When Dharma's charismatic old boyfriend, Leonard, suddenly re-enters her life after a year in India, Greg finds himself extremely uncomfortable around him—especially when it becomes clear that absolutely everyone else, from Greg's parents to even Marlene, absolutely adores Leonard. Weakened by battling a bad cold, Greg is thrown for a loop when Leonard reveals that he has been celibate since he left Dharma and Dharma decides that she and Greg should give abstinence a try as well. Finally, Dharma informs everyone that they should respect Greg's wishes and not see Leonard any more—then everyone simultaneously spots Greg on television enjoying Leonard's company and his benchside basketball tickets.

Watch Now:Amazon
Dog Tricks, Sex Flicks & Joy's Fix
star
7.79
461 votes

#9 - Dog Tricks, Sex Flicks & Joy's Fix

Hot in Cleveland - Season 2 - Episode 7

Joy meets a wonderful guy in the waiting room of her therapist, then steals his file to learn more about him quickly. Meanwhile, Elka tries to train a rescue dog and Victoria tries to jump-start her career by making a sex tape -- with Melanie.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Lost Loves
star
7.76
301 votes

#10 - Lost Loves

Hot in Cleveland - Season 3 - Episode 12

Valentine's Day inspires the women to look for their lost loves, including the man who jilted Joy at the altar.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Secrets & Liza
star
7.75
605 votes

#11 - Secrets & Liza

Younger - Season 2 - Episode 11

Empirical welcomes its biggest author and Liza tries to convince Thad to tell Kelsey the truth.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Incident at Pound Ridge
star
7.70
572 votes

#12 - The Incident at Pound Ridge

Younger - Season 4 - Episode 9

Sparks fly at the annual Empirical Publishing picnic. Liza finds herself caught between Josh and Charles.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Those Damn Yankees
star
7.70
373 votes

#13 - Those Damn Yankees

Are You There, Chelsea? - Season 1 - Episode 8

Chelsea faces her father's wrath after the minor league baseball player she has been dating is traded to the Yankees.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Gelato and the Pube
star
7.68
565 votes

#14 - The Gelato and the Pube

Younger - Season 4 - Episode 8

Liza receives a great opportunity at work, but there’s a catch. Josh meets someone new. Maggie rustles some feathers.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Much Ado During Nothing
star
7.67
259 votes

#15 - Much Ado During Nothing

Dharma & Greg - Season 1 - Episode 22

A rather daring episode by contemporary network standards: When Jane breezes in to claim custody of Dharma's stuffed duck, Dharma explains to Greg that it's a trophy held by whoever has had sex in the unlikeliest place. Having actually fallen asleep during sex the night before, the couple decide to spice up their love life and search the city for a public place to have sex, since the rest of San Francisco will be too busy watching the finale of Seinfeld to notice. But Jane 'seduces' Pete (by painting his toenails and shaving his legs) into blabbing about their plans and sets out to sabotage their trophy win, and, after a few ironic twists, it is not Dharma and Greg who get arrested for having sex on the steps of City Hall, but Kitty and Edward! (Edward points out that the trophy is actually a goose, and Dharma calmly explains that goose wouldn't rhyme.)

Hot Mitzvah
star
7.64
557 votes

#16 - Hot Mitzvah

Younger - Season 1 - Episode 11

Liza learns of a potential new career option while Lauren throws the outlandish bat mitzvah she never got to have. Kelsey deals with the fall-out from her affair.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Old Yeller
star
7.62
238 votes

#17 - Old Yeller

Dharma & Greg - Season 1 - Episode 14

Transportation becomes an issue for the young couple when Greg insists Dharma can use his car any time she wants but makes compulsive demands on her treatment of the vehicle. (Dharma: ""Honey, I love you, but bite me!"") So Dharma goes to a city auction with Jane and Pete and becomes the proud owner of a 1968 yellow schoolbus. Meanwhile, Abby invites the Montgomerys over for a meat dinner, and reveals that she was once romantically involved with Salazar, the featured artist at Kitty's charity exhibition. An amused Edward challenges the Finkelsteins to attend the function, which is threatened by a freak rainstorm and flood—it's 'Old Yeller' to the rescue!

The Marshmallow Experiment
star
7.61
663 votes

#18 - The Marshmallow Experiment

Younger - Season 3 - Episode 2

Liza’s identity is threatened by Thad’s laptop and Kelsey. Also: a Silicon Valley billionaire makes an investment in Empirical.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
A Titanic Problem
star
7.57
409 votes

#19 - A Titanic Problem

Younger - Season 5 - Episode 2

Liza and Kelsey seek out a potential business partner for Millennial. Newlywed Josh returns to Brooklyn. Charles sees Liza with fresh eyes.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Gettin' Hygge with It
star
7.57
640 votes

#20 - Gettin' Hygge with It

Younger - Season 4 - Episode 2

Liza faces further fallout with Kelsey, who is infuriated by Liza’s lack of millennial know-how.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Like a Boss
star
7.55
595 votes

#21 - Like a Boss

Younger - Season 2 - Episode 3

Liza and Kelsey prepare to launch their new imprint in spite of online criticism.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Bubble
star
7.55
384 votes

#22 - The Bubble

Younger - Season 5 - Episode 8

After the holidays, Liza adjusts to a new normal. Maggie confronts buried issues. Kelsey course-corrects her love life.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Paper Hat Anniversary
star
7.52
178 votes

#23 - The Paper Hat Anniversary

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 4

It's traditional to fight on your first anniversary (even if Hallmark doesn't have a card for it): Dharma and Greg stage an argument to escape their parents' planned celebration, but in concocting the excuse Greg says Dharma was being ""flighty,"" and the gloves come off. While they drive out of the city, Dharma retaliates by calling Greg a ""stick in the mud,"" and soon their car is stuck in the mud when he tries to demonstrate how impetuous he can be. (Not very.) They hike to a diner, but find it closed because of a death in the owner's family; just as Greg breaks a pane in the door in order to use the phone, a highway patrolman happens by and the young couple get caught in a charade of being the replacement cook and waitress. There's a nice unspoken continuity with the first season episode in which Greg really did become a short order cook, and it's nice to see him sharing Dharma's role-playing game, even if unwillingly. But Dharma looks tense and unhappy even before Greg accidentally i

Big Day
star
7.51
274 votes

#24 - Big Day

Younger - Season 6 - Episode 1

Kelsey makes her debut as a publisher, quickly realizing that the company is in trouble. The new regime – and a revelation about Liza – sends Diana into a crisis. Josh finds out the paternity of Clare’s baby.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Episode #119
star
7.50
2 votes

#25 - Episode #119

MADtv - Season 1 - Episode 19

Sketches: Martial Arts #1 Spishak Margarine Meet The Folks Lowered Expectations-Danielle Fugitive Martial Arts #2 Spy Vs Spy- Sidewalk Switch Party Dad Lowered Expectations-Budduda Gumboy and Poker Martial Arts #3 Joey Devanzo Monologue-Harland Williams Lowered Expectations-Carol I'll Kick Your Ass Zany and Madcap

Watch Now:Amazon
Pigeons, Parrots, and Storks
star
7.49
629 votes

#26 - Pigeons, Parrots, and Storks

Younger - Season 3 - Episode 10

Liza and Josh have a near miss, but react very differently, which puts their relationship in doubt.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Run, Dharma, Run
star
7.48
139 votes

#27 - Run, Dharma, Run

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 17

As Election Day approaches, Dharma and Greg's relationship hits stormy seas due to clashes over her campaign strategy. Meanwhile, an aggressive opponent may really rain on Dharma's parade.

Watch Now:Amazon
Sk8
star
7.46
583 votes

#28 - Sk8

Younger - Season 1 - Episode 8

As the grind of 20-something life continues to wear Liza down, she glimpses a more age-appropriate world when her publisher needs her to babysit. Kelsey’s affair with her author finally comes to a head at an award ceremony.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Bed, Bath and Beyond
star
7.45
137 votes

#29 - Bed, Bath and Beyond

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 22

Greg is forced to go with the flow when Larry makes a few improvements in the loft and lets in more than just a spring shower; and Dick Clark pays a visit during Edward's surreal flashback sequence.

The Mao Function
star
7.45
603 votes

#30 - The Mao Function

Younger - Season 2 - Episode 2

Liza questions Josh’s interest in her. Kelsey is courted by another publisher.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Bawl and Chain
star
7.44
457 votes

#31 - Bawl and Chain

Whitney - Season 2 - Episode 1

Whitney's mother interrupts the celebratory mood of Whitney and Alex's unofficial wedding day; Lily and Roxanne have trouble choosing a gift for Whitney.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
IRL
star
7.38
704 votes

#32 - IRL

Younger - Season 1 - Episode 3

Liza worries about sleeping with Josh and seeks help from Maggie; Kelsey works to land a hot new author. Diana tries online dating.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Bully for Martin
star
7.38
714 votes

#33 - Bully for Martin

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 11

Martin's boss at his new job bullies him, so Frasier decides to try and solve the problem.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Yoga and Boo, Boo
star
7.35
337 votes

#34 - Yoga and Boo, Boo

Dharma & Greg - Season 1 - Episode 6

When Greg's competitive nature becomes destructive, Dharma exposes him to yoga, hoping to lower his stress level. After two classes, however, they both realize Greg's life is out of control when he gets into a macho ""I can do this"" contest with Pete and pulls a groin muscle. Meanwhile, Larry goes to Edward with a scheme to mass-market videos of Dharma's yoga instruction.

Watch Now:Amazon
Shedonism
star
7.35
605 votes

#35 - Shedonism

Younger - Season 1 - Episode 6

Liza gets to prove herself when Diana tasks her with running a book launch party for a notoriously demanding author. Maggie runs into an old crush, who’s finally single, while Kelsey starts to fall for her new author, who’s not.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Make No Mustique
star
7.35
111 votes

#36 - Make No Mustique

Younger - Season 7 - Episode 11

Things seem to be warming up between Liza and Charles, but a piece of intel and an exotic trip make Liza feel iced out. Kelsey moves into a new apartment, and Lauren throws her a housewarming party with a surprising ending.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Farewell, Nervosa
star
7.33
577 votes

#37 - Farewell, Nervosa

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 20

Frasier consults his old friend Avery for advice on his finances. Avery says that Frasier's spending habits are out of control. Frasier becomes depressed and heads out to Cafe Nervosa to think about a solution. He is disgusted to discover that the owner has hired an eccentric folk singer to perform every afternoon.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Kissing Cousin
star
7.32
714 votes

#38 - Kissing Cousin

Frasier - Season 10 - Episode 4

Frasier is surprised to learn that Kenny has never unpacked the boxes in his office because he views all of his jobs as temporary. Roz's younger cousin Jen comes to stay with her for the week.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Elka's Wedding
star
7.30
389 votes

#39 - Elka's Wedding

Hot in Cleveland - Season 2 - Episode 22

On the day of Elka's wedding, Melanie, Joy, and Victoria wake up with no recollection of Elka's bachelorette party. Flashing back to the night before, the women must gather fractions of their memory to piece together how and when they lost Elka.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Frasier Has Spokane
star
7.30
681 votes

#40 - Frasier Has Spokane

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 22

When Frasier radio show becomes syndicated in Spokane and replaces the local radio icon's show, his callers are angry.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Crazy, Stupid, Words
star
7.26
254 votes

#41 - Crazy, Stupid, Words

Whitney - Season 2 - Episode 14

Alex becomes angry when Whitney takes a friendly competition at Low Bar too far; Mark learns that R.J. has a fear of spiders.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Yes, We Have No Bananas (or Anything Else for That Matter)
star
7.18
197 votes

#42 - Yes, We Have No Bananas (or Anything Else for That Matter)

Dharma & Greg - Season 2 - Episode 10

A gently surreal episode whose humor derives from escalating skewed logic in the Preston Sturges mode: Greg's hostile secretary Marlene (at last the wonderful Yeardley Smith returns!) is offended by her annual staff evaluation as ""Satisfactory,"" while Greg is overjoyed by his ""Superior"" rating until he learns Pete got the same rating. When Greg confronts his boss, he is driven to desperation by the man's apparent complete inability to discriminate between similar items (Tahiti vs. Buffalo as a honeymoon destination, freshly baked bread vs. moldy supermarket bread), and almost unhinged by the boss's decision to put Pete in charge while he is in medical leave. At the same time Greg must deal with Dharma's impulse decision to open a store without first deciding what she will sell, and the fact that the place quickly becomes packed with people who find Dharma's environment strangely soothing and establish a barter economy amongst themselves. There is of course only one ""logical"" conclusion

Motor Skills
star
7.16
743 votes

#43 - Motor Skills

Frasier - Season 8 - Episode 11

Frasier and Niles decide to enter an auto repair class after they embarrass themselves in front of their respective dates when their car breaks down and the women show more knowledge on engines than them. After falling behind on the course, they start to study frantically, until Roz suggests they simple coast the course. Of course the two take it too seriously and get kicked out of class. Meanwhile, Martin is overprotective of Roz's new puppy, which creates a conflict between them.

Watch Now:Apple TV
A Day in May
star
7.14
591 votes

#44 - A Day in May

Frasier - Season 8 - Episode 23

Niles becomes jealous when Daphne meets a dog lover. Lana becomes interested in Frasier when she tries to close a house sale. Martin meets a mystery woman.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Four Colds and a Funeral
star
7.09
35 votes

#45 - Four Colds and a Funeral

Stark Raving Mad - Season 1 - Episode 4

Henry's germophobia kicks in as he struggles to maintain a ""five-foot perimeter"" from Ian, who's got a cold. But Henry catches it anyway. Audrey tells Henry that she's going to see her new client, Professor Huggles, the famous children's author whom Henry is enamored with. So Henry tags along to lunch with Audrey to meet him. Henry impresses Professor Huggles with his ability to recite lines from the author's best-known book, ""Kyle the Kite Learns to Smile at the Night,"" and the two share a hug. But the next day, Henry, Ian and Jake hear on the news that Huggles died from complications of a common cold. Ian torments Henry with accusations of hugging his childhood hero to death and infecting the five-foot perimeter. Overcome with guilt that he was responsible for Huggles' death, Henry begins having nightmares where Kyle the Kite beats him up. Ian finds these most amusing - until he begins having them, too. Henry decides to clear his conscience by going to Huggles' funeral and confessing

FKA Millennial
star
7.07
120 votes

#46 - FKA Millennial

Younger - Season 7 - Episode 3

With her personal life on rocky ground, Liza focuses on work and a new book pitch by sexy surfer, Kai Manning. The Empirical team meets with Quinn Tyler, whose latest book idea was inspired by Charles. Empirical rebrands.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Therapy
star
7.06
33 votes

#47 - Therapy

Stark Raving Mad - Season 1 - Episode 15

When Ian plots a story featuring a couples counselor, he and Henry schedule an appointment with one to get the lowdown on how they operate. The couples counselor, Anne, gives Ian and Henry her analysis of them as a couple, and then speaks with Ian alone. When Henry asks Ian what Anne said to him, Ian says she thinks Henry is paranoid -- thus making Henry more paranoid. But when Henry learns that Ian was lying to him and Anne actually asked him out on a date, Henry plots his revenge. Meanwhile, Maddie tricks the new bartender, Scott, into believing she owns the bar -- and uses her powers for evil, not good.

The Crush
star
7.06
33 votes

#48 - The Crush

Stark Raving Mad - Season 1 - Episode 12

Oh what a tangled web Ian weaves when he writes a secret admirer letter to Kit, a blonde he likes, and asks Jake to deliver it to her apartment for him. Kit catches Jake slipping it under her door, tracks him down, and the two get it on. Only afterwards does Jake learn that Kit was ""Ian's girl.""

Room Full of Heroes
star
7.05
695 votes

#49 - Room Full of Heroes

Frasier - Season 9 - Episode 6

Frasier holds a "Dress as Your Hero" Halloween party, but nobody can tell who he is. Meanwhile, Niles dresses as Martin, Daphne as Elton John, Martin as Joe DiMaggio and Roz as Wonder Woman for the party.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Mary Christmas
star
6.93
638 votes

#50 - Mary Christmas

Frasier - Season 8 - Episode 8

Frasier learns that Dr. Mary will be his co-host for the annual Christmas parade.

Watch Now:Apple TV