10.0/101 votes#1 - Some Like It Hot
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1984
A Russian that is charged with selling stolen property would rather burn down the courtroom and everyone in it than go to jail.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
10.0/101 votes#2 - Harry And The Rock Star
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/1984
Fans and reporters disrupt court proceedings when Harry dates a rock star, and tries to cope with a new court clerk.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
10.0/101 votes#3 - Mr. Fish (a.k.a. Goodbye, Mr. Fish)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1984
When Rudy's pet fish, Lamont, dies, Cliff tries to bring the family together for a funeral in the bathroom. The festivities end when Rudy gets bored and leaves to watch TV.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#4 - Bad Dreams
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1984
Vanessa claims that she is old enough to watch a scary movie, but Cliff still forbids it. Vanessa sneaks out anyway, but ends up having nightmares as a result.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
9.5/102 votes#5 - The Former Harry Stone
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1984
Lana learns that Harry has a criminal record when she tries to find out his age to settle a bet.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
9.5/102 votes#6 - Once In Love With Harry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1984
A hooker develops a crush on Harry and Dan loses a city council position to a dead man.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Reinhold Weege
8.6/107 votes#7 - The Engagement
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1985
In the Pilot, Sophia arrives after her retirement home burns down and Blanche prepares to get married.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Susan Harris
8.5/102 votes#8 - Death Threat
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1984
Things are thrown into an uproar when Harry receives a threat via a rock thrown through the window and a bomb is discovered in the courtroom.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Bob Stevens
8.0/101 votes#9 - Last TV Show
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1973
Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#10 - Fly the Unfriendly Skies
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1972
Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise he finds that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go only to back out after boarding the plane.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Lorenzo Music
7.5/102 votes#11 - Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1972
It's Vocation Day in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Carl Gottlieb
7.0/102 votes#12 - Goodnight Nancy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1972
Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#13 - Anything Happen While I Was Gone?
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1972
As soon as Bob returns to the office from his vacation in Mexico, Jerry announces that he is about to be married to a girl he met nine days ago. Cynthia, a beautiful but domineering oral hygienist, becomes too much for Jerry, and he realizes that he has made a mistake.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#14 - Let's Get Away From it Almost
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1973
Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/101 votes#15 - Motel
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1973
A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Jay Tarses
7.0/101 votes#16 - Bob Hits the Ceiling
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/15/1975
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
7.0/1011 votes#17 - Merry Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/2003
Realizing he's losing someone special, Charlie plans a Thanksgiving dinner to convince her he's a family guy and that she should be with him.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
7.0/101 votes#18 - Today I Am a Ma'am
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1970
Mary is worried now that she's outside the 15-29 demographic group which the station classifies as 'young', and the mailboy has called her 'Ma'am'. Rhoda persuades her into calling an old boyfriend for a get-together.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Treva Silverman
7.0/101 votes#19 - Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1970
Feeling sympathetic for a co-worker who hasn't spent Christmas with his family for years, Mary is forced to stay alone at WJM-TV on Christmas Eve.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: James L. Brooks
6.0/101 votes#20 - Pilot / Theo's Economic Lesson
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1984
Clair is furious when Theo brings home a report card with 4 D's. He tells Cliff that he has no intention of going to college, as he feels that he is destined to be a ""regular person."" Cliff uses Monopoly money to teach him about the economic realities that many blue-collar workers must face. He assures Theo that he only wants him to try his best. Cliff is alarmed to meet Denise's latest beau, a former merchant marine who once spent time in a Turkish prison.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Michael J. Leeson
6.0/101 votes#21 - Halloween
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1985
Vanessa has a crush on a one Robert Forman, who comes to her Halloween party. Daydreaming about her love, she drops an entire tray of glasses and embarrasses herself in front of the guests. Pam Potillo as Janet. Dondre Whitfield as Robert. Akili Prince as Scott. (Years later, Prince would originate the role of Terrence Frye on All My Children. Upon leaving that series, he was replaced by Whitfield.)
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Elliot Shoenman
6.0/101 votes#22 - Falter at the Altar
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/1976
Laverne suddenly decides to marry her boyfriend of only two months before he is sent away by the Navy.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#23 - Pilot (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1978
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Hugh Wilson
5.5/102 votes#24 - P-I-L-O-T
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1972
Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child. This is a retooled version of the original pilot. In order for this episode to fit into the series, the office scenes had to be re-shot. Originally Jerry Robinson(Peter Bonerz) was a swinging Psychologist and shared office space with Bob. The characters of receptionist Carol Kester(Marcia Wallace) and patient Elliot Carlin(Jack Riley) were absent. In fact, the part of Bob's patient was played by the Orthodontist who worked upstairs. Bob and Emily also lived in a condo and Bob was head of the building association.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: Lorenzo Music
- 4.0/101 votes
#25 - Sorry, Wrong Mother
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1974
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.
Director: Jay Sandrich
Writer: N/A
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"Some Like It Hot" is the best rated episode directed by Jay Sandrich. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Reinhold Weege. It aired on 3/14/1984 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Harry And The Rock Star".