The Best Episodes Directed By Gil Junger

Every TV Episode Directed by Gil Junger Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - A Closet Full of Hell
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Closet Full of Hell

    S2:E6

    A hilariously spooky Halloween episode finds the couple engaged in amorous horseplay (Dharma showing Greg how to do a strip-tease for her) on the eve of their house-warming party when the dogs sniff out something eerie in their new apartment: a hidden storage closet full of antique dolls. Although Dharma senses evil, Greg talks her into going ahead with the event while he cleans away the dolls, but in the middle of the party Dharma discovers the dolls have quietly returned to their former positions, together with two new dolls which bear an alarming resemblance to Dharma and Greg. Abbie intervenes with an exorcism (to Pete's amusement), then all seems well until the newlyweds hear heavy footsteps in the attic at midnight, and discover a single doll hung from the ceiling. Greg determines to spend all night in the attic to find out once and for all what is going on, joined by a reluctant Dharma, and they are both terrified when a trapdoor opens to reveal a screaming elderly woman who dem

    Director:Gil Junger
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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    As Cate decides to go back to work as a nurse, Paul undertakes the responsibility of watching the kids.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - The Challenge
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - The Challenge

    S3:E9

    Russell issues a competition between the guys to see who can convince their partners to engage in sex more easily.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - The Receipt
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Receipt

    S1:E19

    When the new DVD player breaks, Jim must find the receipt in order to exchange it. He can't find it anywhere and blames Cheryl of losing it. She says he was the one who lost it, and in order to "win" the fight, Jim buys another DVD player and tells Cheryl he exchanged the broken one. Later, Dana shows up with the receipt, in which Cheryl wrote her a recipe, and Cheryl - after realizing it was her fault after all - burns it. They get into a fight but soon decide to drop the point scoring and just be happy again.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend

    S1:E16

    A romantic Valentine's Day weekend turns out to be anything but for Dharma and Greg. It all begins when Greg downloads a travel brochure promising a cozy getaway at the Red Rose Inn in upstate snow country. Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned. En route, they get ticketed for speeding when Greg tries to make up time lost burying a dead animal that Dharma spotted by the roadside. Worse still, when they arrive at the inn they discover it's just an ordinary little house with no snow and only a backyard trailer to accommodate guests. Meanwhile, Kitty misinterprets Larry's talk about an animal-shelter swap meet to mean wife swapping, and she and Edward find themselves strangely disturbed by the idea.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - The Turkey Bowl
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - The Turkey Bowl

    S1:E8

    It's Thanksgiving and Jim and Andy are going bowling. Cheryl doesn't like the idea very much, so she sends the girls with him. Jim has a perfect game, but just when he was about to bowl his final strike, the power goes off and he is left with either waiting for it to return or giving up being perfect. Cheryl surprises him by bringing the Thanksgiving dinner to the alley so Jim's family and friends can witness his perfect game.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - The Money
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Money

    S1:E13

    Cheryl decides to go behind Jim's back and loan Andy $1,000 for a downpayment on a new condo.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    A teenager is found disoriented in the middle of traffic and taken to a detention facility. Later, Nicole Trager, a psychologist, comes to examine him, and takes him home. He gets on the bad side of both Trager kids, Josh and Lori, and annoys Stephen, Nicole's husband. But one by one, Kyle influences them to accept him.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Anniversary
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Anniversary

    S1:E4

    On Jim and Cheryl's 10th Anniversary, Jim pays Dana to buy him an anniversary gift to give to Cheryl. However, Dana buys a beautiful and touching charm bracelet, going over the spending limit in the process, and Cheryl finds out that all her anniversary gifts over the past ten years were bought by Dana.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Racquetball
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Racquetball

    S1:E15

    When Cheryl reminds Jim that she beat him at racquetball years ago, he claims he was only letting her win to gain her affections, so Cheryl challenges him to a no-holds-barred re-match.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Bad Word
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Bad Word

    S1:E11

    Cheryl leaves Jim in charge of their kids and some other kids who were there to play with the girls during a Bears game. The next day, one of the kids mom calls Cheryl saying her daughter dame home repeating a swearing she heard from Jim. Cheryl apologizes for him and Jim is insulted that she always automatically takes the other person's side. Cheryl apologizes, and not too later Grace repeats the exact same word. Jim decides to teach her not to repeat it by making her say it non stop until she can't say it again. It works. 5 days later, at Ruby's ballet presentation, she slips, falls and says the word, unmasking Jim's guilt.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - An According to Jiminy Christmas
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - An According to Jiminy Christmas

    S1:E10

    Cheryl's mother is coming to visit them for Christmas and wants to stay at their house. Jim and Cheryl, however, prefer that she stayed at a hotel but don't know how to bring it up without insulting Maggie. After Jim tells Maggie that Cheryl wants her in a hotel, Maggie gives her grandma's pearl necklace to Dana. Cheryl's upset and goes to the airport to ask her mother' forgiveness, where she learns Dana only got the necklace because she doesn't have anyone in her life like Cheryl has Jim. Meanwhile, the girls think Andy is Santa.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Blow-Up
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Blow-Up

    S1:E14

    When Cheryl has a revealing photo of herself taken as a Valentine gift to Jim, he proudly shows it to all his friends.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Model Behavior
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Model Behavior

    S1:E12

    Jim and Cheryl agree to let Ruby model for a print ad as a one-time thing, but when the photographer calls her a natural, Jim gets Ruby an agent.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Under Pressure
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Under Pressure

    S1:E16

    After Jim is diagnosed with high blood pressure, Cheryl decides to do everything to help him. She makes him special food, give him backrubs, and keeps asking about his day in order to free him from stress. But Jim doesn't know how to share so much and tells her an old financial problem of the firm. Cheryl stays up all night doing math to figure out a way out of the problem. Jim says she has a disease and is always trying to help people, which Cheryl responds with stop caring about him. In the end, they finally settle their issues when Jim says he loves her and would be a total mess without her.

    Director:Gil Junger
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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Old Friends
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Old Friends

    S1:E20

    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...

    Director:Gil Junger
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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Cheryl's Day Off
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Cheryl's Day Off

    S1:E21

    Jim agrees to take the girls for the day while Cheryl and Dana go to a doctor's appointment. At the park, Jim leaves the girls with another mom and goes to the movies... where he's busted by Cheryl. Things go from bad to worse when he tries to retrieve the kids and can't remember who he left them with.

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Gil Junger Ratings Summary

"A Closet Full of Hell" is the best rated episode directed by Gil Junger. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 10/28/1998 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Pilot".