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The Best Episodes Directed By John Whitesell

Every TV Episode Directed by John Whitesell Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.

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    Writer:Don Reo
  2. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Thirty Day Chip

    S1:E2

    John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.

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    Writer:Don Reo
  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Celibate!

    S1:E3

    John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.

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    Writer:N/A
  4. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - This is Not a Step

    S1:E4

    John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of credit card slips goes missing from the bus station.

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  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Trick or Treat

    S3:E7

    Roseanne, mistaken for a guy in her lumberjack Halloween costume, plays along with some braggarts and learns about machismo.

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  6. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Scenes from a Barbecue

    S3:E24

    The Connors celebrate Mother's Day with a barbecue with Roseanne's feisty grandmother.

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  7. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - I'm Sorry I Told You My Wife Was Dead

    S1:E9

    Hayden consoles a wealthy alumnus' widow to secure a substantial donation.

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    Writer:N/A
  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Test

    S3:E1

    Becky is eager to practice for her driving test, and the rest of the family awaits the results of Roseanne's pregnancy test.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Friends and Relatives

    S3:E2

    Lending money to pal Arnie comes easily for Dan, but he believes that borrowing from family only adds up to disaster.

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  10. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Like, a New Job

    S3:E4

    Despite her misgivings, Roseanne, working late as a coffee-shop waitress, leaves Dan in charge of the kids.

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    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Goodbye, Mr. Right

    S3:E5

    After Police Officer Jackie gets slightly injured, Gary says he's tired of always worrying about her and wants her to quit her job as a Police Woman. Meanwhile, Becky and Darlene find something disturbing under D.J.'s bed that makes them believe he's a complete psycho.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Bird is the Word

    S3:E9

    Becky is suspended for allegedly making an obscene gesture in her class photo which makes her suddenly popular at school, but Roseanne is the one called into the principal's office.

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  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Dream Lover

    S3:E10

    Dan ill-advisedly tells Roseanne he's having dreams of a mysterious, and oddly homely, other woman.

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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Do You Know Where Your Parents Are?

    S3:E11

    Since the girls continually break curfew, Dan and Roseanne celebrate the anniversary of their first lovemaking by revisiting the restaurant/hotel and staying out very, very late, hoping to teach the girls a lesson, with the help of Officer Jackie.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Confessions

    S3:E12

    An angry and deflated Roseanne discovered that her mother always thought sister Jackie had more potential.

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    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Valentine's Day

    S3:E17

    Roseanne is mad at Dan for forgetting Valentine's Day, so he winds up full-figure lingerie shopping; and Darlene's upset when a boy she likes asks out Becky instead.

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    Writer:N/A
  17. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Vegas Interruptus

    S3:E19

    Roseanne may lose her job if she and Dan go on their long-awaited trip to see Wayne Newton perform in Las Vegas.

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  18. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Troubles with the Rubbles

    S3:E21

    The new wife next door, Kathy Bowman, looks down on Roseanne and complains that D.J. is a bad influence on her son Todd.

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  19. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Second Time Around

    S3:E22

    Roseanne helps Crystal with her Lamaze classes; Dan's near-fatal accident at work makes D.J. follow him obsessively; Dan and Roseanne sit up all night doing their wills, and Jackie is offended that she doesn't get custody of the kids.

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  20. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Pied Piper of Lanford

    S3:E25

    Dan and Roseanne commit to opening a motorcycle shop with a free-spirited old friend who gets cold feet at the last minute.

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    Writer:N/A
  21. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Action Mountain High

    S1:E5

    Lily's trip to an amusement park with a group of her friends backfires when she calls Sean to pick her up. He doesn't like what he sees, and when he realizes HE was the one called because everyone thought he would go easy on them, he proceeds to get them all in trouble by telling their parents.

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  22. 7.9/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Army of One

    S4:E22

    A live video is streamed online showcasing a tortured man being beaten and burned alive. Upon further investigation, the victim's identity is traced back to that of a man who had been previously locked up for statutory rape. When another attack of a similar nature occurs, Intelligence finds a connection between the crimes, suspected pedophiles, and group named the Perv Hunters.

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  23. 7.8/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Promise

    S5:E3

    When a young Latina woman is brutally murdered, Intelligence suspects she may have been working as a drug mule. With Antonio leading the case, the team's investigation takes them into the grim world of meat processing, and the discovery that there may be a different motive behind her death.

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  24. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Girl Meets Friendship

    S1:E14

    When Cory teaches his class about various forms of government, Lucas, Riley and Farkle decide to run against each other for 7th-grade class president.

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  25. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #25 - The Troubles

    S1:E20

    Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Cuban drug dealer and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese gunrunner.

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    Writer:Dick Wolf

John Whitesell Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by John Whitesell. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Don Reo. It aired on 9/2/1993 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Thirty Day Chip".