9.5/106 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2011
Mike plays Cupid for Mandy by setting her up on a blind-date with Kyle, one of his employees who he thinks would be the perfect guy for her. But Mike's set-up gets off track when Kyle accidentally meets Kristin. Meanwhile at work, Mike's long-time boss and friend, Ed, announces that he's grounding Mike from their catalogue's international photo shoots and putting him in charge of the company's webpage. In this new role, Mike discovers that the Internet might actually provide him just the outlet he needs, a platform that gives him a voice to appeal to those who agree that manliness is under assault, and a pulpit for his opinions about feeling like the last real man in a woman's world.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Jack Burditt
9.5/102 votes#2 - Ding Dong Ditch
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/2012
A teenage prankster gets hurt on the Baxter's property, and the Baxters get a bill for his injuries. Meanwhile, Kristin's busy schedule gets more challenging when she begins taking college courses.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Jon Haller
9.4/105 votes#3 - Grandparents Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2011
When Vanessa forces a reluctant Mike to attend Grandparents Day at their grandson Boyd's preschool, Mike manages to insult the daycare teacher and Boyd gets kicked out of school. Boyd's mom, Kristin, tells Mike that he now has to look after him, so Mike takes the two-year-old to work with him. Meanwhile, after an elderly looking grandmother at the Grandparents Day event thinks she and Vanessa are the same age, Vanessa goes out of her way to look more youthful hoping no one sees her buying clothes from a boutique her 17 year old daughter.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Liz Astrof
9.3/103 votes#4 - Odd Couple Out
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/2012
Vanessa blames Mike when she finds out they were not invited to a neighbor's party; Eve accidentally damages Mandy's car.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Linda Videtti Figueiredo
9.3/103 votes#5 - Animal Wrongs
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/2012
Mandy worries when Mike doesn't like her new boyfriend, Terrence, who is an animal rights activist. Kyle discovers that Ed is Basque, like him.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Marsh McCall
9.0/103 votes#6 - Birds of a Feather Flock to Taylor
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/1992
Jill tells Tim that he is a bad listener when he doesn't remember her mentioning the opera fundraiser. Brad and Randy try to get Mark to eat a worm while working on a birdhouse.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
9.0/101 votes#7 - Rites and Wrongs of Passage
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1992
Tim still lets Brad off the hook and go to the planned truck rally after he pulls a prank at school, until he throws rocks at a greenhouse.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
9.0/103 votes#8 - Last Halloween Standing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2011
Mike feels let down when his daughters aren't into celebrating Halloween with him the way they used to. He decides that his two-year-old grandson, Boyd, can be his perfect trick or treat partner. But Kristin, Boyd's mother, adamantly tells him that she doesn't want her son to go out on Halloween. Mike sneaks him out -- with a plan to get the child home before Kristin gets back from work. When Mike, dressed as John Wayne from "The Green Berets," gets to Ed's house with Boyd, they are greeted at the door by Ed's lady friend, Elvira.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Marsh McCall
9.0/102 votes#9 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2011
Vanessa asks Mike to be the one who says "no" to Mandy when she wants to try out for a modeling show, since he usually says "yes" to his daughters for everything.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Eben Russell
9.0/102 votes#10 - Moon Over Kenya
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2012
A visit from a rising star on the professional fishing circuit leaves Vanessa wondering if Mike feels tied down; Eve and Kristin assume Mandy's decision to become a vegan is a passing phase.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Steve Baldikoski
9.0/103 votes#11 - Adrenaline
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/2012
When Mike gets NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and his racecar in the store, he realizes how much he misses the adrenaline rush he used to get from his adventures on the road; Vanessa thinks about how she used to take more chances before she was a mom.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Andy Gordon
9.0/101 votes#12 - Shoveling Snow
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2013
When Eve's neighbor beats her to starting her annual snow shoveling business, Mike gives her a lesson on capitalism and the free market.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Mike Haukom
9.0/101 votes#13 - All About Eve
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/2014
Vanessa worries Eve will become an outcast after she posts one of Mike's vlogs on her Facebook page; the Baxters have a run-in with the law.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Kevin Hench
8.5/102 votes#14 - For Whom the Belch Tolls
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1992
Jill doesn't want Stu Cutler, Tim's old college friend, in the house. So Tim tries to keep him away but when he gives in and Stu comes to the house, he insults Tim and Jill and belches with the boys.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
8.5/102 votes#15 - What About Bob?
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/1992
Tim cheats to beat Tool Time guest Bob Vila at a trivia game. Randy pulls a prank on Curtis, a geek at school.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Susan Estelle Jansen
8.5/102 votes#16 - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/1992
Mr. Binford ruins Tim and Jill's romantically planned weekend by making them go camping to present Binford's new line of winter camping gear.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
8.5/102 votes#17 - Co-Ed Softball
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2011
The Outdoor Man's softball team holds a vote to decide if they will go coed; Kristin thinks about her own future as she helps Mandy fill out college applications.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Kevin Hench
8.5/102 votes#18 - Home Security
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2011
After a neighbor's home is broken into, Vanessa puts together a neighborhood watch program; Mike finds himself in trouble after getting caught up in some gossip.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Eben Russell
8.5/102 votes#19 - House Rules
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2011
Mike establishes new, strict house rules after Kyle accidentally falls asleep in Kristin's room.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Andy Gordon
8.5/102 votes#20 - Last Christmas Standing
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2011
Mike's Christmas spirit gets dampened when Ryan, the father of Kristen's baby, unexpectedly comes back to town after a long absence. Meanwhile, Ed hires Mandy as an elf at Outdoor Man, where she tries to unionize the other elves to get better perks.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Jack Burditt
8.5/102 votes#21 - Take Your Daughter to Work
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2012
Mike is taken aback when he finds out that Ed, who has been an absentee dad, has hired his daughter, Gabriella, to replace him as the new marketing consultant of Outdoor Man. When Ed agrees with Mike that her youth-oriented proposals to re-brand the retail stores aren't the way to go, she plays the Daddy card for all its worth. Also, Mike and Eve bring home a stray dog that Mandy thinks she's allergic to.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Joe Port
8.5/102 votes#22 - House of Spirits
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/2012
When a history of Mike and Vanessa's house reveals a previous occupant died there, the family starts blaming things on a ghost; Ed keeps borrowing money from Kyle because he doesn't carry cash.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Linda Videtti Figueiredo
8.5/102 votes#23 - Baxter & Sons
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/2012
When Mike's younger brother and father visit, a sibling rivalry ensues; Eve, Mandy and Kristin try to help Bud find a girlfriend.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Kim Flagg
8.5/102 votes#24 - Wherefore Art Thou, Mike Baxter
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/2012
Ed and Mike second-guess their decision to have Kyle on their team in an annual sports competition. Vanessa is caught saying she doesn't want to attend Eve's soccer game and Mandy's school play.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Kevin Hench
8.5/102 votes#25 - Attractive Architect
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2013
Outdoor Man's longtime architect, Bill McKenzie (Richard Karn), faces professional competition from a young, attractive woman; Vanessa wonders if her recent promotion was based on looks or talent.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Mike Teverbaugh
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by John Pasquin. It scored 9.5/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by Jack Burditt. It aired on 10/11/2011 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Ding Dong Ditch".