The Best Episodes Directed By Tom Trbovich
Every TV Episode Directed by Tom Trbovich Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Tom Trbovich Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Tom Trbovich is "The Clip Show II", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by David A. Caplan". "The Clip Show II" aired on 7/2/1993 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Working Girl".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Clip Show II
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 7/2/1993
Another one of the infomercial for a home course in how to become a paleontologist is supplemented by clips from previous episodes. Featuring the past clips from Season 2 to Season 3.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David A. Caplan
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Working Girl
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/8/1995
Charlene becomes her father's boss when Richfield is pressured into hiring women. The only problem is, Dad won't listen to her.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Rich Tabach
8.7/10 3 votes#3 - Changing Nature
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/1994
Efforts to solve an environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the road to doomsday.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Kirk R. Thatcher
8.5/10 2 votes#4 - And The Winner Is...
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/25/1992
Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 9 votes#5 - Hurling Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/10/1991
Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Rob Ulin
8.0/10 2 votes#6 - Slave to Fashion
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/1/1992
Charlene wants to make a fashion statement with an expensive coat, but the coat leads her into a vain attempt to achieve status.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel
8.0/10 2 votes#7 - Wilderness Weekend
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/1992
The males, including Earl, Robbie, and the Baby, go into the wilderness to rediscover their ""reptiles within,"" while back home the girls warm their cold blood with the boys' beer.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Adam Barr
8.0/10 2 votes#8 - Honey, I Miss the Kids
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1993
Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household day shift and look after the kids.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Richard Marcus
8.0/10 2 votes#9 - Swamp Music
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1993
Robbie crosses over to the swamps and gets sold on the mammals' ""swamp music,"" but they're liable to be sold out in a dinosaur record deal, which Robbie orchestrated.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Mark Drop
8.0/10 1 votes#10 - Sea Cruise
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1987
Danny's all-male fishing trip turns into a loveboat cruise replete with a female captain and an all-girl band.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 3 votes#11 - I Never Ate for My Father
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1991
When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association, Earl fears his son may be a herbivore.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Rob Ulin
7.7/10 3 votes#12 - Charlene's Tale
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1991
Charlene gets a tail, which whips up strange feelings in Earl, whose little girl is no longer so little.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel
7.7/10 3 votes#13 - Unmarried ... With Children
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1991
A liberated single female's ideas make Fran reconsider renewing her marriage license.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David A. Caplan
7.7/10 3 votes#14 - Fran Live
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1992
Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs, leaving Earl to learn how to cope with a wife who works.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Victor Fresco
7.7/10 3 votes#15 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/1994
Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Adam Barr
7.7/10 3 votes#16 - Earl and Pearl
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/9/1995
Robbie and Charlene go against Earl's orders and sneak out to see his estranged sister, Pearl, a country star, perform. Roy falls in love with Pearl and plans to settle down with her, despite Earl's protests.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
7.7/10 3 votes#17 - Scent of a Reptile
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 11/10/1995
Charlene's scent gland comes in and Fran explains the one boy who is attracted to her scent is the one she's destined to marry. But Charlene puts out fumes of burning rubber and attracts the school janitor who aspires to be a tree pusher.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Andy Goodman
7.5/10 4 votes#18 - The Golden Child
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel
7.5/10 2 votes#19 - Network Genius
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1992
Earl is hired as a network executive when his answers on a test for new television shows prove to be surprisingly accurate.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
7.5/10 2 votes#20 - The Discovery
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1992
Earl hits a bad golf shot that sails off the edge of the known world and into a new one -- new, that is, to the dinosaurs.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Andy Goodman
7.5/10 2 votes#21 - The Son Also Rises
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/1993
A hugh argument comes between Earl and Robbie when they both fight over for there rights and respect. Then later with the fault of Ethyl to tell Robbie the story about his grandpa battling his enemy. Robbie challenges Earl to the 'Pit Of Death' match to see who will have the role of the household. Robbie wins but isn't comfortable with his new role.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David A. Caplan
7.3/10 3 votes#22 - What Sexual Harris Meant
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1991
Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David A. Caplan
7.0/10 2 votes#23 - High Noon
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/17/1991
A monstrous male who notices Fran in the supermarket challenges Earl to a fight to the death.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Victor Fresco
7.0/10 3 votes#24 - Switched At Birth
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1991
The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
7.0/10 3 votes#25 - The Last Temptation of Ethyl
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1992
Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel