8.7/103 votes#1 - The Impotence of Being Ernest
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1989
Rose is crazy about her latest boyfriend, Ernie, but can't understand why he doesn't approach the subject of sex, so when she forces the subject she learns the truth - he's impotent.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: David A. Goodman
8.1/1043 votes#2 - The One with Frank, Jr.
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1996
Phoebe's half-brother visits, but they have trouble bonding. Joey attempts to build an entertainment center. Ross is challenged to name the five celebrities he'd like to sleep with most.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
8.0/1043 votes#3 - The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1996
Phoebe poses as Joey's agent and has some success in getting him auditions. Ross panics when he sees his son with a Barbie doll. Chandler is advancing in his relationship with Janice and, realizing that he has a fear of commitment, goes to the girls for advice.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Alexa Junge
8.0/101 votes#4 - Drew Meets Lawyers
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1995
Drew's painted into a corner when a female co-worker draws the wrong conclusions from a cartoon he distributed.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101 votes
#5 - Drew in Court
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1995
Drew finally gets his day in court to defend himself against sexual-harassment charges. But he lends his case little appeal when he acts as his own counsel.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votes#6 - The Apartment
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1998
Everywhere Ray looks, beautiful women are coming out of the woodwork to stop by and say “hi” to new tenant Robert. It’s the best looking “welcome wagon” Ray has ever seen. Unbeknownst to Debra, who believes him when he tells her that the brotherly visits are an attempt to cheer up a lonely, homesick Robert, Ray is having the time of his life pretending to live the carefree life of a bachelor – that is, until Debra shows up unexpectedly.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Kathy Ann Stumpe
8.0/101 votes#7 - Beach Boy Bingo
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1988
Teaser: Stephanie reads a fairy tale to Michelle. Main Synopsis: In a radio contest, D.J. wins a ""dream night for 2"" with the Beach Boys. Problem is, according to the rules of the contest, D.J. is allowed to take only one of the guys with her, and she can't decide who to go with. When the Beach Boys show up to pick D.J. up, they make things easier by allowing D.J. to bring Stephanie, Michelle, and all three of the guys with her. Tag: More from the family's dream night with the Beach Boys.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.7/103 votes#8 - The Toaster
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1998
Ray is overjoyed by the reaction he is getting from friends and family who received a personalized “Barone” toaster from him as a gift — even Debra’s pretentious parents are thrilled with it. But, having heard nothing from his parents, Ray confronts Frank and Marie, the two people whose approval matters most, and is amazed beyond belief to hear what they did with the gift — and then what they resort to in order to get it back.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Phil Rosenthal
7.5/104 votes#9 - Getting Even
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1998
After Raymond begrudgingly agrees to be the auctioneer at the Our Lady of Faith School auction for new playground equipment, he’s pleasantly surprised with the laughs he gets at Debra’s expense. Debra warns him that she’s going to get even, and then retracts her threat, but it’s too late for Ray — he’s convinced of a conspiracy and terrified of soda in his face, Ben Gay in his shorts or ex-lax in his brownies. Eventually, Debra is able to get her message across — without having to resort to any of those tactics.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.5/104 votes#10 - Halloween Candy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1998
After Debra suggests that she might be more consistently romantic if she weren’t in charge of the birth control, Ray decides to make the drastic move of “cutting the wires.” But after a discussion with Robert, and other top “medical experts” he chickens out, but does muster enough bravery to go to the drugstore and buy “the stuff.” He even goes crazy and splurges on “the rainbow pack” but the plan for Halloween romance goes awry when Grandpa distributes the “chocolate coins in brightly colored wrappers” that he found to the remaining trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.5/104 votes#11 - Working Girl
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/1999
When Debra gets a part-time job in the big city, an unhappy Ray is left to fend for himself — and Marie is left wondering what’s to become of the children, the house and her beloved son now that they will be neglected. However, Ray’s misguided attempt to be more supportive of Debra threatens to put an end to her career before it even starts.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Lew Schneider
7.3/103 votes#12 - No Fat
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1998
Since Debra’s parents will be out of the country on Thanksgiving Day — in Turkey — Debra, Ray and the kids make plans to spend the holiday at Frank and Marie’s house. But their dreams of turkey with sausage stuffing and yams with marshmallows on top are quickly shattered by Marie’s new heart-healthy diet. After she gets her hands on “101 Healthy Things To Do in the Kitchen,” life as the Barones have known it seems to be gone.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#13 - No Two Things in Nature are Exactly Alike
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1995
Drew sends out a memo limiting employees' phone usage at work, but his attempt at levity--a risqué cartoon attached to the note--isn't well received by everybody.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Drew Carey
- 7.0/101 votes
#14 - Lewis' Sister
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1995
Drew feels family ties tightening around his neck when he takes Lewis's sister on a date, and she falls for him--much to Lewis's (and Drew's) chagrin.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#15 - Lisa Gets Married
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1996
Drew inadvertently agrees to organize a wedding shower for his ex-girlfriend Lisa when he mistakenly believes the bride is an elderly employee also named Lisa. Lisa's fiancé Trent, according to Drew's new system that ranks employees by performance, is first in line to be fired from the store. Lisa thinks Drew is acting out of spite because he hasn't moved on but Drew insists it's because Trent is a poor employee. Drew talks with Trent and is unnerved when Trent has an epiphany and decides he wants to call off the wedding.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#16 - Charity Begins at Hef's
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2005
When Cheryl wins two tickets to visit Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion in a charity-raising contest that Jim secretly entered her in, she decides to take Dana instead of him.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#17 - The Race
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2005
Out-of-shape Jim enters a 10K marathon to teach Kyle, who wants to quit basketball, a lesson about not being a quitter -- but he cheats to get first to the finish line.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#18 - Mr. Right
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/2006
Cheryl and Jim get into a disagreement about Erik Estrada, and Jim tries to prove that the incident that occurred ten years ago was not wrong.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#19 - Get Your Freak On
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2006
Cheryl believes she's attending a tasteful lingerie party, but is shocked to learn the hostess is selling sex toys and Cheryl buys one, but won't tell Jim.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Mitch Hunter
7.0/101 votes#20 - Two For The Money
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/2008
When Cheryl learns of Jim's plan to use their twins in a movie starring Steve Guttenberg to get some money for Christmas gifts, she refuses to let him do it, but Andy and Jim decide to go through with the plan anyway, only to have it backfire when the producers cut the kids hair to make them look alike.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Jonathan Stark
7.0/101 votes#21 - The Daddy Way
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 4/28/2009
Cheryl and her friends, eager to get an afternoon away from the kids, arrange a "Daddy and Me" group for Jim and other dads with young kids at their home. Jim makes the best of a potentially boring situation by turning babysitting into a sporting event--staging baby races where the dads bet on their kids and drink beer.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Jonathan Stark
7.0/103 votes#22 - The Family Bed
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/1998
Scary monsters in her room send Ally scurrying nightly to the safety of her parents' bed, so sleep-deprived Ray decides it's time to call in an expert -- his mother. But if Debra finds out about his plan, it could be lights out for him.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.0/104 votes#23 - The Visit
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1998
When Debra’s mother comes to visit the family for a week, Debra finds herself shocked to discover that she wishes her mom were more like Marie. Debra’s highly anticipated week of “quality time” with her mom, Lois, and the family quickly turns into a big disappointment when her mother seems more interested in the Renoir exhibit and her crossword puzzles than in Debra, Ray and the children. When her frustration with Lois’ disinterest reaches a boiling point, Debra makes the mistake of blurting out that she wishes her mother were more like Marie. Then she has the unfortunate double trouble of making amends with her mom — and dealing not only with Marie’s glee, but also with her claim that she deserves credit for teaching Debra parenting skills.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Steve Skrovan
7.0/102 votes#24 - Be Nice
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1999
When Ray and Debra realize they're nicer to strangers than to each other they vow to change their ways.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Cindy Chupack
7.0/102 votes#25 - Alone Time
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/2000
Ray finds it hard to understand why Debra needs her ""alone time."" When Debra realizes that all her time is spent with the kids, Ray and his family, she implores Ray to take the kids out more often so that she can have more time to herself. Of course, this makes Marie think that something must be wrong in their marriage, despite Ray's assurances. However, when Ray spies on Debra to see what she actually does with her ""alone time,"" he is not so sure all is okay.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
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"The Impotence of Being Ernest" is the best rated episode directed by Steve Zuckerman. It scored 8.667/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by David A. Goodman. It aired on 2/4/1989 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "The One with Frank, Jr.".