The BEST episodes written by Steven Levitan
#1 - Pilot
Stark Raving Mad - Season 1 - Episode 1
Henry McNeely's boss, Audrey, gives him a promotion he doesn't want: that of editor for flavor-of-the-month horror novelist Ian Stark -- who keeps editors like Henry keeps his backbone. Ian's eccentricities and penchant for practical jokes and spontaneous daredevil stunts -- at the expense of not actually writing a follow-up book -- threaten Henry's anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive and fraidy-cat ways. Can two single men share a job without driving each other crazy?
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#2 - Slow Donnie
Just Shoot Me! - Season 3 - Episode 11
Jack and Finch discover a pneumonic-message system in the wall. Meanwhile, Elliott invites Maya to his house for his "slow" brother's birthday party. At the party, Donnie reveals to Maya that he's not really "slow." Maya tries to tell Elliott that Donnie's not stupid, but just ends up looking silly herself. Jack's inanity causes Donnie to reveal his act. And a gift of a parakeet explodes into a living nightmare for Nina.
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#3 - Rescue Me
Just Shoot Me! - Season 2 - Episode 23
An ordinary office blood drive turns into a storytelling session, as Finch, Elliott, and Nina relate to queasy donor Maya and nurse Tisha the tales of how Jack rescued them from rather desperate situations. Finch applied his shiftiness to a job as movie usher before the manager fired him for trying to sneak a customer into a sold-out show. Luckily, the customer, Jack Gallo, took notice of his methods. Elliott was a down-and-out amateur photographer reduced to selling his output on the street and faced with the prospect of taking a job at a grocery store in New Jersey, but in the nick of time, his talent was noticed by a patron named Jack Gallo. Finally, Nina had come a long way from her successful modeling career--she wore a mermaid suit at a boat show before someone stopped by who remembered her keen fashion sense--none other than Jack Gallo.
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#4 - Connection Lost
Modern Family - Season 6 - Episode 16
Claire’s computer becomes the hub of all the family’s activities when she gets stuck at the airport and is desperate to reach Haley after a big fight. After FaceTiming with Phil and the rest of the family to help track her down, Claire quickly turns to online snooping which inevitably becomes disturbing real quick and everyone gets sucked into the online drama.
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#5 - My Dinner with Woody
Just Shoot Me! - Season 2 - Episode 6
Maya's fantasy piece about a dinner with Woody Allen brings notice from a lot of people--including Woody Allen himself, supposedly. The man who shows up at Maya's office the next day is not Woody Allen, but he presents himself as such, and actually seems to believe he is. Maya finds herself playing along with the charade until their relationship and her life turn into her favorite movie, Annie Hall. Meanwhile, a mix-up over eyedrops causes Jack to temporarily lose his sight.
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#6 - Old Boyfriends
Just Shoot Me! - Season 2 - Episode 3
Jack has a slight problem with Maya's new boyfriend- he's the same age as Jack. When he voices his disapproval to Maya, she accuses him of being hypocritical, since he married someone her age. Both parties are left with a personal dilemma. Jack wonders if he is in fact being hypocritical, and Maya wonders if she may be dating the man to get back at Jack. Meanwhile, Nina's flirtation with a window washer proves hazardous to his health.
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#7 - Caught in the Act
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 13
The kids get a surprise of their own when they take breakfast in bed to Phil and Claire on their anniversary. Jay and Gloria's Vegas vacation plans are ruined by a brutally honest email accidentally sent to Claire,. Mitchell and Cam try to get into a new restaurant owned by a mom at Lily's preschool.
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#8 - Schooled
Modern Family - Season 4 - Episode 2
Claire and Phil embarrass Haley when they drop her off at college; Manny makes Gloria and Jay take a class; Lily gets into a tussle on her first day of kindergarten.
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#9 - Say Uncle, Carlton
Wings - Season 5 - Episode 15
To help pay off his new used cab, Antonio gets a job as a chauffeur for Carlton Blanchard. Things get even worse when Carlton's equally annoying nephew Lewis arrives on Nantucket to attend Carlton's Retired Businessman of the Year banquet.
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#10 - Treehouse
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 7
Gloria persuades Jay to commit to a night of salsa dancing after seeing how much his friend Shorty and his girlfriend do together. Cameron makes a bet that he can get a woman’s phone number at the bar. Phil builds a tree house for Luke.
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#12 - Roseanne's Return
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 1
Larry is apprehensive over a guest appearance by former girl friend Roseanne and decides to see a psychiatrist. The office follows the O.J. trial.
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#13 - Blackout Biggins
Wings - Season 4 - Episode 4
Roy complains out loud about the singing of the national anthem at a Red Sox game; he believes he could do far better. So with Brian's connections in the Sox front office, Roy is given the chance to sing at Fenway. Roy responds by blacking out while doing the national anthem at the game.
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#15 - Finale (1)
Modern Family - Season 11 - Episode 17
Mitchell and Cam settle in on their new normal, and Phil and Claire decide that one of the kids needs to move out in order to take control of the house again. Meanwhile, as Gloria becomes more successful at work, she notices Jay, Manny and Joe don't seem to need her as much.
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#16 - A Year of Birthdays
Modern Family - Season 10 - Episode 22
As the birth of Haley and Dylan’s twins approaches the family member look back on how they celebrated their birthdays this past year.
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#18 - Boys' Night
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 18
Phil and Claire are not pleased when Luke befriends a curmudgeonly old neighbor. To avoid an invite to the symphony with Gloria and Manny, Jay goes with Mitchell and Cameron on their "boys' night out" while Haley babysits Lily.
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#19 - Message Received
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 22
Jay, Gloria and Manny challenge one another to try something new; Mitch and Cam sell a couple of their prized possessions to fund the wedding; the kids play a joke on Phil and Claire.
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#20 - Goodnight, Gracie
Modern Family - Season 4 - Episode 24
Everyone flies down to Florida to be with Phil after his mom’s passing. Claire helps Phil with Gracie’s last wish for Frank, and the kids reflect on the gifts grandma left for them. Gloria has to contend with an outstanding arrest warrant in Florida, Cam finds himself fitting right into an elderly women’s group at Frank’s retirement community, and Jay runs into a pivotal person from his past.
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#21 - Unplugged
Modern Family - Season 2 - Episode 5
In an attempt to reconnect the family, Phil and Claire challenge them to see who can abstain from using their electronic devices the longest. Mitchell and Cameron attempt to get Lilly into the best pre-school. Gloria deals with the neighbor's barking dog.
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#23 - Three Dinners
Modern Family - Season 5 - Episode 13
Haley turns the tables when Claire and Phil try to talk with her about her future; Jay receives news from his friend Shorty; Cam and Mitch go on a romantic date.
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#24 - Back Issues
Just Shoot Me! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Out of work and out of money, Maya is forced to ask for a job from the one person in the world she least wants to work for- her father Jack. When she gets there, she has to face some unexpected competition from Jack's current employees: fashion editor Nina, who fears Maya will squeeze her out of her job, secretary Finch, who fears Maya's presence will diminish his influence with Jack, and head photographer Elliott, who hates having to put up with Maya's resentment of his attitude toward women. The biggest obstacle of all proves to be Maya's own pride and her hatred of all Jack and Blush stand for.
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#26 - The Incident
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 4
Claire and Mitchell's mother makes a surprise visit to make amends for what has been termed "the incident" at Jay and Gloria's wedding. Everything comes to a head when the whole family shows up to dinner at Claire's house.
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#27 - Pilot
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 1
Jay is having trouble keeping up with his new young Colombian wife and her son. Claire is having trouble with her husband Phil, who thinks he can be hip with their kids. Mitchell and his partner Cameron adopt a Vietnamese baby.
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#28 - Fifteen Percent
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 13
Mitchell plants the seed in Jay's head that he thinks one of Jay's old buddies might be secretly gay. Jay doesn't believe it for a second... except for all the questionable signs he now keeps noticing. Meanwhile Gloria gives Manny's date a makeover and Claire faces off with Phil's universal remote.
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#29 - Call of the Wild
Wings - Season 5 - Episode 23
When Brian's old friend shows up and they resume their wild, partying lifestyle every night, Alex grows increasingly neglected. Lowell takes in his idol, over-the-hill television superhero Big Strong Man, who takes advantage of his hospitality.
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#30 - L.A. Jay
The Critic - Season 1 - Episode 9
Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.
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#31 - Fears
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 16
Phil and Luke go into crawlspace under the house, Hayley takes her drivers test, Manny tries to get over his fear of roller coasters and Lily says "Mommy" which upsets Cameron and Mitchell.
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#32 - Send Out the Clowns
Modern Family - Season 3 - Episode 18
Cameron is reunited with his estranged ex-clown partner, Lewis. Phil is serious about landing a very important listing, only to be trumped by a notorious bulldozer of an agent, Mitzi Roth. Manny has a cool new friend, which makes both Jay and Gloria suspicious.
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#33 - Clean Out Your Junk Drawer
Modern Family - Season 7 - Episode 8
Gloria wins a silent auction to have a therapist come for an afternoon to work with the adults; Haley and Alex consider dumping their respective boyfriends.
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#34 - Who's the Boss
Reboot (2022) - Season 1 - Episode 8
Bree gets hit with surprising news during an on camera interview just as Reed gets a surprise visitor. Clay struggles with buying a house. Hannah and Gordon learn that there’s been a regime change at Hulu that does not bode well for the show.
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#35 - Not in My House
Modern Family - Season 1 - Episode 12
When Claire finds a dirty picture on the computer and assumes it's Luke's doing, a guilty Phil doesn't necessarily correct her. Jay and Gloria disagree over his beloved life-sized dog butler statue, and Cameron gets sucked into their gardener's woes.
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#41 - Miserable
The Critic - Season 1 - Episode 4
Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancee except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to review the movie, Indecent Proposal II, and falls in love with the projectionist screening the movie. They arrange a date at her house where she is revealed to have an obsession with Jay to the point where she kidnaps him and ties him to a bed holding him hostage.
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#42 - Baby Steps
Modern Family - Season 11 - Episode 15
Claire lands an interview for her dream job, but is thwarted in the process by Phil's tricky staircase. Cam and Mitch debate the pros and cons of adopting another baby after unexpectedly receiving a call from their adoption agency.
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#44 - Seat of Power
Frasier - Season 2 - Episode 11
Frasier calls in a plumber who just happens to be Danny Kriezel, the bully who terrorized Niles back in high school.
#46 - Nothing Personal
The Larry Sanders Show - Season 4 - Episode 8
Paula has trouble booking guests for sweeps week, so she leans on Larry to ask his friend Jeff Goldblum, who in turn offers to help Larry get a date with a network publicist.
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#47 - It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave
Frasier - Season 3 - Episode 10
Frasier realizes the true depth of his feelings for Kate, only to find out that she's moving to Chicago the next day. The night culminates with the two having a long discussion in the airport lounge, finding out more about each other than they ever wanted to know.
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#49 - Future Issues
Just Shoot Me! - Season 7 - Episode 21
The series finale centers on a send-off for retiring Jack, whose staffers share memories, shed tears and pay affectionate tribute. Finch puts his feelings into rap, while Nina likens Jack to---what else?---"a perfect glass of Scotch."
#50 - Step Right Up
Reboot (2022) - Season 1 - Episode 1
When a young writer sells the pitch for the reboot of an early 2000s sitcom, the show’s actors must come back together and face their unresolved issues.
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