The BEST episodes written by Jonathan Stark

The Parent Trap
star
8.67
3 votes

#1 - The Parent Trap

Ellen - Season 4 - Episode 4

Ellen plots to reunite her parents by recreating their honeymoon, transforming her apartment into a 1958 Cuban nightclub complete with headliner Eddie Fisher. Meanwhile, Spence begs Barrett to return as Paige's secretary after he quits.

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The Meaningful Gift
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8.26
280 votes

#2 - The Meaningful Gift

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 10

Andy, desperate to impress Mandy with the perfect birthday gift, turns to Jim for advice. Jim counsels against givivng fancy jewelry, urging Andy instead to give a sentimental gift to win her over. But Andy's recollection of what has meaning to Mandy is way off base, and instead of being pleased with the gift, she thinks he's cheating on her.

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Frannie's Choice
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8.23
324 votes

#3 - Frannie's Choice

The Nanny - Season 1 - Episode 21

Fran must choose whether to stay with the Sheffields or not when her ex-boyfriend Danny returns, and proposes to Fran.

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The Daddy Way
star
8.09
315 votes

#4 - The Daddy Way

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 11

Cheryl and her friends, eager to get an afternoon away from the kids, arrange a "Daddy and Me" group for Jim and other dads with young kids at their home. Jim makes the best of a potentially boring situation by turning babysitting into a sporting event--staging baby races where the dads bet on their kids and drink beer.

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Cheryl Goes to Florida
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8.04
314 votes

#5 - Cheryl Goes to Florida

According to Jim - Season 7 - Episode 5

While Cheryl is out of town to take care of her mother, Jim has to take care of their kids, and he receives sympathy from a neighborhood mom. Soon, other moms start helping Jim, and he tells each one that she's the only help in the house.

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Fleas Navidad
star
8.00
4 votes

#6 - Fleas Navidad

Ellen - Season 4 - Episode 12

Ellen bites off more than she can chew when she rescues an abandoned dog at Christmas.

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Kyle's Crush
star
8.00
330 votes

#7 - Kyle's Crush

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 9

Jim prepares Kyle for his first "date" with Ruby's slightly older piano teacher, Mandy, whom Andy has fallen for and is secretly dating behind Kyle's back.

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The Yoga Bear
star
7.95
335 votes

#8 - The Yoga Bear

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 8

Jim becomes intrigued by Cheryl's raving about a yoga teacher so he decides to try out the class, only to end up impressed by the teacher. Both Jim and Cheryl end up taking separate private classes to relax from their busy family life.

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The Perfect Fight
star
7.91
350 votes

#9 - The Perfect Fight

According to Jim - Season 7 - Episode 4

Cheryl and Jim have an evening at home without the kids and decide to stay in and just have dessert for dinner. But Jim's choice of pastries causes a spat which morphs into an all-out food fight. The next day they laugh off the night's argument; Jim is thrilled that they don't seem to have to talk things out. But then Andy, who's out for revenge on Jim for coaxing his kids to play pranks on him, counsels Cheryl to really dissect and analyze her marital arguments.

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Guns 'N Ellen
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7.86
7 votes

#10 - Guns 'N Ellen

Ellen - Season 2 - Episode 17

After her apartment is robbed, Ellen goes on a safety spree, but her obsession with security makes her a model of insecurity.

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Ma's Little Maggie
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7.76
146 votes

#11 - Ma's Little Maggie

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 5

Cliff's girlfriend and mother take an instant liking to each other while Rebecca tries to entice Sam into some frozen fertility underwear.

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The Cooler One
star
7.75
316 votes

#12 - The Cooler One

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 13

Jim attempts to look cool in the eyes of Ruby and her friends, until he realizes that he may be undermining Cheryl's authority due to his behavior.

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Physical Therapy
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7.74
313 votes

#13 - Physical Therapy

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 12

Andy ends up injured after playing snow football with Jim, so Jim helps Andy make it seem like he had a freak accident because Andy was previously warned by his girlfriend not to play the game.

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Old Friends
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7.68
483 votes

#14 - Old Friends

According to Jim - Season 1 - Episode 20

Jim has a run-in with an old friend from his wild and crazy days who is now a cop. Jim sets out to prove he's not an 'old married guy' by staying out all night and partying. Unfortunately, this has bad consequences for both of them...

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No Rest For the Woody
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7.68
140 votes

#15 - No Rest For the Woody

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 14

Woody's extracurricular work as a gravedigger may pay for Kelly's engagement ring, but it also jeopardizes his first meeting with her grandmother.

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Safety Last
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7.65
348 votes

#16 - Safety Last

According to Jim - Season 7 - Episode 3

When Cheryl takes a greater interest in general safety and health, Jim feels stifled by her new rules and regulations. Just after Cheryl forces Jim to wear an I.D. badge during his morning jog, Jim is head-butted by a bull on a side road. While Cheryl learns that one can't anticipate every danger out there, Jim realizes that he's willing to do whatever it takes to make his family feel secure.

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The Brother-in-Law
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7.65
351 votes

#17 - The Brother-in-Law

According to Jim - Season 2 - Episode 11

Eddie, a country musician who's dating Dana, comes between Jim and his brother-in-law Andy. After hearing Jim and Andy's band practice, Eddie invites them to perform with him at the House of Blues. The catch: Eddie plays keyboards instead of Andy. An excited Jim accepts anyway and hopes to keep the gig a secret from Andy, who, of course, finds out. Encouraged by his sisters, the left-out architect decides to even the score by exploring new business horizons-without his contractor-partner Jim.

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Rebecca's Lover... Not
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7.64
136 votes

#18 - Rebecca's Lover... Not

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 22

Rebecca looks forward to seeing her high school sweetheart, unaware of the changes in his life, and Sam starts a support group for owners of stolen Corvettes.

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Two for the Money
star
7.62
258 votes

#19 - Two for the Money

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 5

When Cheryl learns of Jim's plan to use their twins in a movie starring Steve Guttenberg to get some money for Christmas gifts, she refuses to let him do it, but Andy and Jim decide to go through with the plan anyway, only to have it backfire when the producers cut the kids hair to make them look alike.

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The Bridges of L.A. County
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7.58
59 votes

#20 - The Bridges of L.A. County

Ellen - Season 3 - Episode 4

Ellen takes a stand for womankind, rewriting the ABCs of dating after Spence's one-night stand with a member of her reading group.

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Happy Jim
star
7.57
290 votes

#21 - Happy Jim

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 14

Jim's bad back has him on prescription pain pills which has him in an altered state and opens up an opportunity for the family to share information which usually would upset him.

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The Ego Boost
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7.53
339 votes

#22 - The Ego Boost

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 7

Jim is convinced that an old flame wants to get back with him until he realizes that she wants to hook up with Andy, leaving Jim with a bruised ego.

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Cabin Boys
star
7.42
312 votes

#23 - Cabin Boys

According to Jim - Season 8 - Episode 6

Jim looks forward to a "guys only" weekend with Andy, but when Andy ends up dumped by Emily over a text message and when the guys stumble upon Emily's depressed ex husband, Jim decides to do his best to cheer up the guys and save what's left of their weekend.

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Pilot
star
7.42
756 votes

#24 - Pilot

According to Jim - Season 1 - Episode 1

Jim and Cheryl are the perfect middle class American couple. Happily married, living in a suburban house with two adorable (but loud) little girls and a baby boy, they really can't complain much about life – except for those couple fights that neither one can ever let go, like the time Jim shut the car door on Cheryl. This time the problem is their daughter, whom Cheryl can't leave alone on her first week at kindergarten. Jim says it's because she's a woman and decides to take Ruby himself, but he also can't leave her behind. Things heat up when Cheryl discovers that not only has he been hiding it from her, but he also changed Ruby's school without talking to her. Meanwhile, Jim and Cheryl try to help Andy make up with his girlfriend.

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The Movie Show
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7.21
34 votes

#25 - The Movie Show

Ellen - Season 3 - Episode 9

Ellen is thrilled when Paige's first film project shoots at Buy the Book, but her enthusiasm is soon outweighed by her disappointment with Paige's show-biz ways.

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Lobster Diary
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7.19
31 votes

#26 - Lobster Diary

Ellen - Season 3 - Episode 18

Ellen is heralded as a hero when she rescues a lobster from a restaurant and tries to set it out to sea, but the elderly lobster has other plans.

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$5,000
star
7.16
32 votes

#27 - $5,000

Ellen - Season 2 - Episode 20

Ellen feels like an angel when she donates her tax refund to charity, but she has a devil of a time recouping the cash when Uncle Sam demands it back.

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Ellen's Improvement
star
7.06
32 votes

#28 - Ellen's Improvement

Ellen - Season 2 - Episode 13

Ellen goes on a scholastic kick to expand her cultural horizons, and impresses an attractive college professor along the way. Meanwhile, unlikely lovebirds Joe and Stephanie move in together--at the bookstore.

Oh, Sweet Rapture
star
7.00
32 votes

#29 - Oh, Sweet Rapture

Ellen - Season 3 - Episode 15

It's Ellen to the rescue when Audrey buys a new car that comes with an extended warranty and an extended family of fanatics.

Drew and Kate's First Date
star
6.96
68 votes

#30 - Drew and Kate's First Date

The Drew Carey Show - Season 5 - Episode 12

For their first date, Drew takes Kate to the planetarium where they first met on a third grade class trip. They compare stories about wild experiences, and Kate recalls picking up a guy at the airport in nothing but a trenchcoat. Drew fears that Kate finds him boring after she falls asleep on the couch with her head on his shoulder during their date. He fears that she will dump him unless he does something exciting on their next date. Drew shows up wearing only a trenchcoat, but Kate doesn't realize that he isn't wearing anything else. She takes him somewhere as a surprise, and Drew thinks that she has something crazy in mind. She instead brings him to a Greek restaurant to dine with her visiting grandparents. Drew manages to hide the fact that he isn't wearing pants, until the restaurant staff carries him around on its shoulders as part of a traditional dance. Kate tells Drew that she fell asleep because she feels comfortable with him. She does not want to rush their relation