The BEST episodes written by Peter Tolan
#1 - Flip (1)
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 6 - Episode 11
Larry tapes his last show. Larry is in hot water with Carol Burnet when he tells her she was the first person he chose to be on his final show. This doesn't appear to be the case as Ellen confirms. Bruno Kirby is bumped again. Clint Black sings goodbye to Larry.
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#2 - Eight
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 16
Chaos reigns as the eighth anniversary show tapes and Larry tries repeatedly to sneak in a bathroom visit during a commercial break.
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#3 - Like No Business I Know
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 3 - Episode 10
Regis Philbin causes some major unrest when he intimates to Hank that there might be place for him on Regis' new show. Larry and Artie worry about what guest Bobcat Goldthwait might do to top his chair-burning incident on The Tonight Show.
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#6 - Just the Perfect Blendship
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 6 - Episode 9
Larry hits on a guest. Hank hits on his doctor. Mary Lou considers letting her best friend be on the show.
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#8 - Off Camera
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 2 - Episode 16
Artie has a terrible day backstage with an Entertainment Weekly writer prowling around, John Ritter and Gene Siskel nearly coming to blows, and a stray dog nipping at everyone.
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#10 - Doubt of the Benefit
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 3 - Episode 12
Larry becomes convinced that Rob Reiner is snubbing him and the show, and retaliates by canceling out of a benefit.
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#11 - I Was a Teenage Lesbian
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 11
While awaiting the results of a breast biopsy, a tense Paula angers Brett Butler who offers Larry some tips on his weekly massage. Hank interviews possible new agents while his beloved Sid lies gravely ill in the hospital.
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#13 - Montana
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 3 - Episode 1
Larry's going out of his mind with boredom up in Montana when Artie appears with a scheme to resurrect the show.
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#14 - New York or L.A.
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 2 - Episode 18
Larry seriously considers either quitting the biz or moving his show to New York after the network's new owner begins to meddle with the format.
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#15 - A Brush with (the Elbow of) Greatness
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 1 - Episode 12
Larry makes the tabloids when a woman claims he knocked her into a magazine rack and neglected to apologize.
#16 - Sanctuary
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 13
The hockey game rematch between the NYPD and the FDNY is right around the corner and Tommy must figure out a plan to save himself from being pummeled by the cops who have it out for him. Tommy's relationship with Sheila is discovered by the guys and they must adhere to tradition to handle it in their own way. When Tommy is visited by his demons during a fire, Franco comes to his aid... with devastating results.
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#18 - Hank's Night in the Sun
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 3 - Episode 6
Hank gets his shot at the big chair when Larry gets food poisoning just before a taping.
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#19 - Kansas
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 3
Tommy decides to make life a living hell for his wife's new boyfriend by wreaking havoc on his business and finances. Meanwhile, Chief Reilly faces possible suspension as the result of an altercation with a fellow firefighter and Lou decides to share his poetry.
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#20 - Harmony
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Episode 2
In an effort to get more time off to search for his wife and kids, Tommy joins the new firehouse’s Barbershop Quartet. Meanwhile back at the old station, Lou and Chief Reilly conspire to get Tommy back, but the rest of the crew has grown fond of his replacement.
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#21 - Arthur After Hours
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 3
After a particularly trying day at work, Arthur spends the night at the studio with two new friends, Nicolae the janitor and Hank's karoake machine, and one old bottle of booze.
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#22 - What Have You Done For Me Lately? (AKA The Garden Weasel)
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 1 - Episode 1
Larry finds himself in opposition to a network executive who wants him to do live commercials during the show for "The Garden Weasel."
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#24 - Arthur and Angie and Hank and Hercules
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 5 - Episode 8
Artie falls off the wagon with his second addiction, Angie Dickinson, and flies to Venice with her. Larry's affair with Laura Leighton stumbles over their obsessions with watching their own TV shows. Hank auditions for a voice part in the new Disney movie, Hercules.
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#25 - The Mr. Sharon Stone Show
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 3 - Episode 8
Larry hits it off with guest Sharon Stone, but finds he can't cope with her greater celebrity status.
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#27 - The Spiders Episode
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 1 - Episode 3
Larry battles his reluctance when real live spiders are scheduled for the show, and tries to find a sketch to do with guest Carol Burnett.
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#29 - Play
Rescue Me - Season 5 - Episode 7
Tommy and Janet attempt to survive a weekend together at Katy's new prep school. Meanwhile, Lou sees Tommy's absence as a way to move in on Genevieve. Teddy and Maggie receive vulgar propositions and Sean's stomach pain acts up at an inopportune moment.
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#30 - Justice
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Episode 13
Tommy copes with a tragedy. Jerry must decide what to do when his wife's condition worsens. Sean has a crisis of faith. Lou learns some shocking facts about Candy. And the crew responds to a multi-level building fire with people trapped inside.
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#31 - My Name is Asher Kingsley
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 5 - Episode 2
Hank's decison to re-embrace Judaism throws the office and the network into a tizzy. Larry worries that someone has been sitting in his new massaging recliner.
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#32 - Leaving
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 12
When Janet needs more money to cover house repairs, Tommy turns to Uncle Teddy and his "little" friend to help him out with extra cash. When Franco's father has a stroke, Franco finds himself trying to juggle work and raising his daughter on his own. Meanwhile, a goodwill tribute to the firefighters lost in 9/11 goes awry and the firehouse is put in jeopardy.
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#33 - Satisfaction
Rescue Me - Season 3 - Episode 7
While Tommy and Johnny have another encounter, Janet and Angie re-establish their acquaintance. Meanwhile, Sheila is unhappy when she sees Tommy and Angie together. Maggie wants to get back together with Sean. Mike hooks up with a woman at a bar, making his roommate, Chris, jealous. Franco finds out about Jerry's second job at the pub, and the money in the no-smoking jar goes missing.
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#35 - Gay
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 2
When a retired gay firefighter makes a published claim that several firemen who died in 9/11 were closeted gays, Chief Reilly is determined to set the record straight. While attempting to mask the pain of losing his wife and kids, Tommy does Jimmy a favor and spies on his widow which leads to a surprising discovery. The probie must deal with the unexpected repercussions of being a hero after making his first save in a fire.
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#36 - Reunion
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Episode 6
Tommy seeks the truth about Sheila while trying to get his kids back; Lou does not like the person he has saved through a bone marrow donation; Franco's addiction puts those he loves at risk; Sean's new girlfriend habitually dates firemen.
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#38 - Brother, Can You Spare 1.2 Million?
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 9
Larry scrambles to make some money after his accountant admits he's lost all of Larry's funds. Artie and Hank set out to teach the guy a lesson.
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#40 - Voicemail
Rescue Me - Season 2 - Episode 1
In the opener to the second season, troubled Tommy Gavin is having a difficult time adjusting to life at his new uneventful firehouse after the volatile split with his old crew. On top of this he is still looking for his missing wife who has kidnapped his three children and he has to come to terms with the fact that his dead cousin’s wife is pregnant with his baby. His frustrations come to a head and he has a meltdown with a street vendor selling 9/11 memorabilia.
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#41 - Mom
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 11
While Tommy attempts to make reason of the chaos in his life, he continues to defy death while pulling dangerous stunts on the job. Lou admits his infidelity to his wife and receives an unexpected surprise. When tragedy strikes his family, Tommy must come to the rescue of his father.
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#42 - Wine
Rescue Me - Season 5 - Episode 3
The calls from Tommy's AA sponsee increase as Tommy attempts to navigate a touchy issue with Colleen. Genvieve's interviews spark controversial viewpoints in the firehouse concerning the political and religious implications of 9/11-viewpoints which Mike will not tolerate.
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#43 - Discovery
Rescue Me - Season 3 - Episode 2
During a night out, Franco and Tommy meet two women. Tommy is finding himself bribing his daughter Colleen before she tells their mother about his indulgent treatment of her sister Katy. Jerry visits his wife Jeannie in her expensive nursing home and soon goes to Lou for financial help. Meanwhile John Sr. insists on having his 83rd birthday at a restaurant that no one else likes.
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#44 - Devil
Rescue Me - Season 3 - Episode 1
Janet decides to meet with Tommy after not speaking with him for months since the sudden death of their son. Uncle Teddy refuses to allow anyone to help him get out prison. Tommy is shocked when he accidentally discovers just who his nephew has been sleeping with.
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Murphy Brown - Season 3 - Episode 25
The FYI staff vies against Yale on a TV quiz show, but at the dress rehearsal, they realize just how much they've forgotten since their school days.
#46 - Seven
Rescue Me - Season 4 - Episode 7
A devastating fire has a profound effect on the crew; Tommy wrestles with his feelings about the baby; Alicia (Susan Sarandon) returns with a proposition for Franco; Troy breaks up with Sheila while Lou makes a tough decision about Theresa; and Sean apologizes to Mike about the fire he set that burned down Mike's mother's house.
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Murphy Brown - Season 4 - Episode 5
Murphy gets a competent secretary in Miles' girlfriend, Audrey. The pressure of working together causes their break up and Frank becomes the tool Audrey uses to get back at Miles.
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#49 - Immortal
Rescue Me - Season 1 - Episode 10
When Tommy struggles to help Janet in a financial crunch, he must turn to his Uncle Teddy to help him out. The new female addition to the house fights to be accepted by the guys while they do everything they can to drive her nuts. Just as Mike is getting fed up from sleeping on the firehouse couch, he is offered a helping hand with a free place to stay... at a steep price.
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Murphy Brown - Season 3 - Episode 13
When Murphy throws a party, Eldin's artistic talent is discovered. Three weeks later Eldin has a showing at a premiere art gallery. Eldin's mural causes a stir that turns his life upside down.