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The Best Episodes of Agony

Every episode of Agony ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Agony!

The Best Episodes of Agony

Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own...

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  1. 8.6/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Arrivals and Departures

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    S3:E2

    Jane and Laurence wait for their baby while attending a baby care class run by a strange woman and trying to help Michael deal with a fight with Rob.

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  2. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Conjugal Wrongs

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    S1:E3

    Laurence returns when Jane agrees to try some mechanical assistance for their lovemaking.

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  3. 8.0/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Wedlock, Deadlock

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    S1:E4

    Laurence's interest in another woman at the hospital where he works prompts him to suggest that he and Jane have an open marriage agreement.

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  4. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Hospital Romances

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    S3:E3

    Jane continues helping people from her hospital bed as a black nurse faces the anger of her superior and Val runs off with Andy Evol.

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  5. 7.7/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Help

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    S1:E1

    Jane Lucas, overworked advice columnist for Person magazine, tries to cope with her usual hectic schedule as she advises a shy transvestite and takes a phone call from her husband informing her he's leaving her.

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  6. 7.7/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Forever and Never

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    S1:E5

    Jane tries to balance Laurence's demands for attention with Michael and Rob's need for her to mediate a quarrel.

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  8. 7.6/10(14 votes)

    #7 - An Unmarried Couple

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    S1:E2

    Jane tries to get use to being alone and to deal with the reactions from an avid press and an overwrought mother.

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  9. 7.6/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Problem Parents

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    S2:E5

    Jane helps Rob explain his homosexuality to his parents and advises her mother about a smitten Junior Truscombe.

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  10. 7.6/10(17 votes)

    #9 - From Here to Maternity

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    S3:E1

    Jane encounters a broad range of opposition when she decides to stop working and be a full time wife and mother.

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  11. 7.4/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Communications Breakdown

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    S3:E4

    Jane's investigation into group therapy uncovers a problem in her marriage and in that of Val and Andy.

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  12. 7.2/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Back to Reality

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    S2:E1

    Jane returns from vacation and decides to start dating again, but sees Laurence on a tape at a video-dating service talking about how much he loves his wife.

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  13. 7.2/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Coming Out... and Going In Again?

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    Michael appears anonymously on Jane's radio show to answer questions about the homosexual lifestyle, but Junior's blunder exposes his identity with devastating consequences.

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  14. 7.1/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Too Much Agony, Too Little Ecstasy

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    S1:E6

    Jane celebrates her birthday by taking the advice she's been giving to another woman; she leaves Laurence.

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    #14 - Working Girls

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    Val threatens to moonlight in one of Vincent Fish's erotic films when Diana refuses to give her a raise.

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    #15 - Television Can Damage Your Health

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    Jane tries another medium when she makes a television pilot that goes completely off course.

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    #16 - Second Time Around

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    S2:E6

    A religiously reformed Andy Evol returns and both he and Jane return to Happening Radio when Junior falls ill.

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    #17 - A Woman Alone

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    S2:E7

    Jane is taken hostage during her radio show by a reader unhappy with her advice.

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    #18 - Holy Wars

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    S3:E5

    Jane and Laurence's quarrel over having young Michael circumcised uncovers hidden prejudices.

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    #19 - Lucas v Lucas

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    S3:E6

    Jane and Laurence grow farther apart when their baby is kidnapped by a disturbed man.

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    #20 - Rings Off Their Fingers

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    S3:E7

    Laurence tries to win Jane back and she throws a New Year's Eve party that promises to change many people's lives.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Arrivals and Departures" is the best rated episode of "Agony". It scored 8.6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/1981. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Conjugal Wrongs".