The Best Episodes Directed By James Burrows

Every TV Episode Directed by James Burrows Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Pilot
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    After a hard day's work collecting garbage, Roc Emerson looks forward to relaxing at home with his family. Instead he argues with his live-in father, Andrew, and finds his wife, Elanor, leaving for her job as a nurse at the local hospital. Worse, his younger brother, Joey, whom Roc hasn't seen for five years, arrives at the door penniless, homeless, and unemployed.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  2. Background image for Saving Grace, Again (2)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Saving Grace, Again (2)

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    S7:E9

    The group go on a road trip for Grace's get away weekend -- a weekend devoted to not mentioning the name ""Leo."" Jack and Karen hate the car ride and decide to bail on the plan. Elsewhere, when Jack spots Peter a ""sinfully delicious"" man who Jack remembers from a cocoa commercial when he was a kid, he recruits him to be the new face of ""Out TV,"" much to the surprise of Rip Taylor who also wants the gig

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  3. Background image for Pilot
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    Free-spirited Dharma and straitlaced Greg break the news to their respective parents, none of whom are especially thrilled with the match.

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    Director:James Burrows
  4. Background image for Dinner at Eight-ish
    9.1/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Dinner at Eight-ish

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    S5:E20

    Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.

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  5. Background image for Abnormal Psychology
    9.0/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Abnormal Psychology

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    S5:E4

    Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.

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    Director:James Burrows
  6. Background image for All You Need is Love
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #6 - All You Need is Love

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    S1:E1

    Harold T. Stone becomes a night court judge and settles a dispute involving a woman threatening her husband with gunfire.

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  7. Background image for The One with the Prom Video
    8.9/10(61 votes)

    #7 - The One with the Prom Video

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    S2:E14

    After getting his big break, with Days of Our Lives, Joey pays Chandler back. Monica is unemployed and hard up for money. Monica and Rachel's prom video reveals Monica's former girth, Rachel's former nose and the way Ross has always felt about Rachel.

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    Director:James Burrows
  8. Background image for Pick a Con... Any Con
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Pick a Con... Any Con

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    S1:E19

    Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.

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  9. Background image for The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    #9 - The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter

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    S3:E14

    The guys take Frasier on a ""snipe"" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  10. Background image for Norm, is That You?
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Norm, is That You?

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    S7:E6

    Norm tries to hide the fact that he's become an interior decorator.

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  11. Background image for One for the Road
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #11 - One for the Road

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    S11:E25

    Whilst watching the National Cable Ace Awards, the gang sees ex-waitress Diane Chambers winning the award for best writing in a mini-series. This leads to Sam calling Diane to congratulate her, and to find out that she is married and has children. Sam tells her Diane that he too has a wife and kids, and invites Diane and her husband to visit them. Sam strongly believes Diane is lying and becomes really shocked when she walks into Cheers the following day to meet Mrs Malone. Meanwhile Rebecca's boyfriend Don proposes to her and she accidently says no, ends up heartbroken and agrees to play Sam's wife to fool Diane. Sam and Rebecca have dinner with Diane and her husband, Reed Manchester. During the dinner Don arrives and proposes to her again, and this time she manages to say yes! They leave the dinner, and Sam thinks he must look like a fool. Then Diane's husband turns out to be a fake when *his* husband Kevin appears!

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  12. Background image for Frasier Crane's Day Off
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Frasier Crane's Day Off

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    S1:E23

    While home sick with the flu, Frasier becomes paranoid that everyone, including his own brother Niles, is out to take over his show.

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  13. Background image for The One with the Morning After
    8.6/10(47 votes)

    #13 - The One with the Morning After

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    S3:E16

    Ross tries to prevent Rachel from learning his disturbing secret. She finds out anyway and they go back to her apartment to have a fight. The other four friends are trapped in Monica's bedroom, forced to listen in.

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  14. Background image for The Innkeepers
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #14 - The Innkeepers

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    S2:E23

    On a whim, Frasier and Niles decide to buy one of Seattle's oldest and finest restaurants.

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    Director:James Burrows
  15. Background image for The Show Where Diane Comes Back
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #15 - The Show Where Diane Comes Back

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    S3:E14

    The arrival of Diane Chambers in Seattle puts Frasier on an emotional roller coaster ride.

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  16. Background image for Power Play
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Power Play

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    S2:E1

    The regular gang finds Sam and Diane's romance hard to believe, a view apparently shared by Diane, who throws Sam out of her apartment after only five minutes.

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    Director:James Burrows
  17. Background image for Young Dr. Weinstein
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Young Dr. Weinstein

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    S5:E7

    Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.

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  18. Background image for Thanksgiving Orphans
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Thanksgiving Orphans

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    S5:E9

    The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.

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  19. Background image for Everyone Imitates Art
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Everyone Imitates Art

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    S5:E10

    Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  20. Background image for An Old-Fashioned Wedding
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding

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    S10:E25

    Woody and Kelly's wedding faces some funny obstacles, before and during the ceremony, including Sam's flirtation with a German guest who turns out to be married, the priest dying and Kelly's Uncle Roger having to perform the ceremony - but only if he is drunk, Rebecca having to ice the cake after insulting the kitchen staff, and Lilith having to sing to the guests in order to stop them, and Woody and Kelly, from finding out the disasters going on behind the scenes.

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    Director:James Burrows
  21. Background image for Travels with Martin
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Travels with Martin

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    S1:E21

    Frasier's attempts at a father-son vacation turn into an outrageous road trip, with Niles and Daphne along for the ride.

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  22. Background image for Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine

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    S7:E7

    When Will and Grace invite Vince and Nadine over for a meet-and-greet dinner, they find to their horror that their guests are actually polar opposites of themselves. Meanwhile, Karen is still angry with Grace and decides to leave the interior design firm when Jack comes to her rescue and hires her to be his new assistant at ""Out TV.""

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    Director:James Burrows
    Writer:N/A
  23. Background image for Brains and Eggs
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Brains and Eggs

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    S1:E1

    The leader of an alien recon party on Earth discovers he has "feelings" for a professor.

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  24. Background image for The One with All the Poker
    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #24 - The One with All the Poker

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    S1:E18

    Tired of being referred to by customers as "Excuse me" Rachel interviews for a job as an assistant buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue. She also sees another side of the usually docile Ross when the girls face the boys during a not-so-friendly game of poker.

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    Director:James Burrows
  25. Background image for My Coffee with Niles
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #25 - My Coffee with Niles

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    S1:E24

    When Niles asks Frasier if he's happy after his first year back in Seattle, the question opens up a comical and revealing family dialogue.

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James Burrows Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by James Burrows. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 8/24/1991 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Saving Grace, Again (2)".