The Best Episodes Directed By Jerry Zaks
Every TV Episode Directed by Jerry Zaks Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Jerry Zaks Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Jerry Zaks is "Roe to Perdition", rated 8.5/10 from 4 user votes. It was "written by Jon Sherman". "Roe to Perdition" aired on 3/18/2003 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Wheels of Fortune".
8.5/10 4 votes#1 - Roe to Perdition
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2003
Frasier and Niles become a big hit when, at a party, they serve beluga caviar they purchased on the black market. Meanwhile, Martin has a tough time returning $40 an ATM gave him in error.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Jon Sherman
8.2/10 4 votes#2 - Wheels of Fortune
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2002
Frasier is unimpressed when his scheming, scamming ex-brother-in-law (Michael Keaton) rolls in for a visit -- now in a wheelchair -- and claims to be a reformed, God-fearing man who needs money for a revival ministry.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Ken Levine
8.2/10 5 votes#3 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (3)
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2002
Niles recovers rapidly from his heart surgery and receives the go-ahead from doctors to resume normal activities, but seems reluctant to do this. He maintains his strict post-operative diet, and refuses to exercise or share a bed with Daphne.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Bob Daily
8.2/10 4 votes#4 - We Two Kings
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2002
Frasier and Niles bicker over who gets to host the family Christmas celebration. When it seems that Martin will have to work, they decide to bring Christmas to him, with disastrous results. Meanwhile, Roz finds herself attracted to a hunky shopping mall Santa.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Patricia Breen
7.5/10 2 votes#5 - The Plan
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/2003
Yet another bump appears on the rocky road to Robert and Amy's wedding, which was nearly blocked by her disapproving parents. When the bride-to-be (Monica Horan) puts her betrothed (Brad Garrett) in charge of writing the wedding invitation, he seeks input from Ray and Frank. While they can't believe Robert let himself get roped into such a chore, they nevertheless come up with a plan: If Robert makes a mess of the job, it will convince Amy that she should take care of all the wedding plans herself. So the groom drafts an appalling mock invite---complete with the wrong date and names---and waits for Amy's reply...which is worse than he ever expected.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tucker Cawley
7.2/10 8 votes#6 - And the Plot Moistens
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2006
Jake’s teacher has a meeting with Alan and Judith to discuss the lack of interest Jake has at school. Alan starts to fall for Francine, in a platonic way, because he is tired of the lack of intelligent communication he has with Kandi. Charlie helps Jake audition for his school musical.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
7.1/10 9 votes#7 - Aunt Myra Doesn't Pee a Lot
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/16/2007
Alan looks forward to Judith's wedding, while Charlie and Myra continue their romance.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - Season's Greetings
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2001
When Marie receives a letter from a relative detailing how wonderful her life is and how well her kids are doing, it drives Marie insane with jealousy. She enlists Debra's help in writing a Barone ""family update,"" but despite efforts to make everyone sound successful, the letter makes them all feel inadequate about what they have done – or not done.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tucker Cawley
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - Tissues
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2002
When Debra grudgingly agrees to let Ray be more involved in daily decision making, Ray starts grocery shopping for things that he likes, and Debra lets him choose where the family will go for their next vacation. However, these newfound powers quickly become Ray's undoing.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Mike Royce
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Sigh
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2002
Ray moves his things out of his bathroom and into the kids' bathroom so Debra has more space, but he soon regrets it when his dad and Robert start teasing him and tell him that he is no longer the king of his own house, Debra is.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Annoying Kid
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2002
Ray and Debra are excited to have finally met a couple, Neil and Lauren, who are just like them. However, Ray starts having mixed feelings when their annoying 8 year-old son, Spencer, wreaks havoc around the Barone household.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lew Schneider
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Meeting the Parents
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2003
Amy's mom and dad finally meet the Barone Family. Amy's folks show up unexpectedly at their daughter's house on a Sunday morning. They want to talk Amy out of marrying Robert and take her home to Pennsylvania with them. First, they are stunned to see Robert there. Then Frank and Marie arrive. It doesn't take long for the two sets of parents to disliking each other.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lew Schneider
7.0/10 1 votes#13 - The Shower
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2003
Debra gives a bridal shower for Amy, but her good intentions get sidetracked by Marie's overzealous participation. When Marie attempts to ""take over"" Amy's wedding shower, Debra gets upset and yells at her, prompting Marie to leave in a huff. Returning to the party festivities, Debra starts drinking a little too much champagne and winds up being too tipsy to drive. When she can't reach Ray on the phone, Debra decides to take a nap in her car with the keys in the ignition and is awakened by a police officer, who arrests her for drunk driving. When her license is suspended, Debra finds herself in a precarious situation when she's forced to rely on Marie for help.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Leslie Caveny
7.0/10 2 votes#14 - Lateness
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2004
Fed up with his wife's constant lateness, Ray leaves Debra at home rather than take her to the ESPY Awards. While Debra seethes over Ray's actions, Marie and Amy get into a heated debate with Frank and Robert when they air their own grievances about their wives' blatant disregard for the time.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
6.5/10 2 votes#15 - Robert's Wedding (1)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2003
Robert and Amy exchange vows in a classic Barone family wedding ceremony.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
6.5/10 11 votes#16 - Tucked, Taped and Gorgeous
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2007
Alan and Charlie re-examine their sexual identities after Alan befriends Greg, a gay man. Meanwhile, Jake has a crush on Greg's daughter.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lee Aronsohn
6.0/10 1 votes#17 - Ally's Birth
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/21/2001
As Ray escorts Ally to a father-daughter dance, he realizes how grown up and independent his daughter has become. As a result, he begins to recall the day, nine years ago, when the Barone clan welcomed her into the family, but not without incident. In the flashback, expectant parents Ray and Debra are caught by surprise when Debra goes into labor in the back seat of Robert's patrol car, forcing him to be called into action. Meanwhile, Ray and Debra plot to keep a pushy Marie away from the delivery room until after the baby is born, not an easy feat.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tucker Cawley
6.0/10 1 votes#18 - No Roll!
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001
When Debra tells Ray that he's too selfish in bed and that she wants a little variety he goes out and buys an adults only board game to spice things up.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Aaron Shure
6.0/10 1 votes#19 - Odd Man Out
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2001
Frank is so green with envy that he forces Marco to choose either Marie or him as a friend. Meanwhile, Ray sides with Frank because he doesn't approve of a married woman (especially his mother) having a male friend.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
6.0/10 1 votes#20 - The Breakup Tape
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/2002
When Debra stumbles across a cassette tape that contains a message from Ray's college girlfriend, she wants to know why he has saved it all of these years. So Ray retaliates by asking Debra to divulge any gifts that she's kept from her former boyfriends – but he's in for quite a shock when he sees the quantity of gifts still in her possession.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tom Caltabiano
6.0/10 1 votes#21 - Talk to Your Daughter
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2002
Armed with research and much preparation, Ray is ready to speak with Ally about the facts of life only to find that Ally's interest has changed from where babies come from to the meaning of life. Totally unprepared for this line of questioning, a baffled Ray gets unsolicited advice from his family on how to answer.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Tucker Cawley
6.0/10 1 votes#22 - A Vote for Debra
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/2002
Debra decides to run for school president but Ray isn't sure he can handle the twins by himself during all those meetings so he votes against her. She loses and finds out that he voted against her so they get into an argument but her mouth is quickly shut when she reveals that she denied knowing him because he was embarrassing her.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
6.0/10 1 votes#23 - Grandpa Steals
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2003
Boisterous Frank learns a difficult lesson in humility from his granddaughter, Ally. During a trip to the supermarket with Ray and Ally, Frank starts nibbling on some trail mix, completely ignoring the nearby ""no sampling"" sign. He's soon confronted by a testy manager, and a heated argument ensues. Watching it all unfold is Ally, who becomes frightened by Frank's ranting. When the trio returns home, Ray speaks to his father about his behavior. While Ray's comments initially fall on deaf ears, Frank later realizes he needs to talk to Ally... but now he's scared because he's never had a real conversation with her.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Lew Schneider
6.0/10 1 votes#24 - Somebody Hates Raymond
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2003
Raymond's friend Andy tells him that Jerry Musso, a radio talk show host, hates him. While Raymond is in shock over this, Robert enjoys seeing him fall over like this and they fight.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Steve Skrovan
6.0/10 1 votes#25 - The Disciplinarian
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2003
Tired of being labeled the ""evil witch"" around the house, Debra convinces Ray that it's his turn to discipline the kids. While leaving to take Ally to a Frontier Girls meeting, Debra tells Ray that he must force the twins to clean up their room or they can't go out and play. Reluctant at first to spoil their fun, Raymond starts to tire of their devilish antics and winds up going overboard with the boys' punishment. Meanwhile, Frank proclaims himself a model disciplinarian, only to learn that despite his scare tactics, Ray and Robert broke plenty of rules around the house.
Director: Jerry Zaks
Writer: Mike Royce