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The Best Episodes of Anything But Love

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

Anything But Love is an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"I Feel a Cult Coming On" is the best rated episode of "Anything But Love". It scored 9.6/10 based on 706 votes. Directed by Robert Berlinger and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/1991. This episode scored 1.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "Those Lips, Those Thais".

  • I Feel a Cult Coming On
    9.6/10706 votes
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    #1 - I Feel a Cult Coming On

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1991

    Marty exposes a cult and they retaliate by exposing facts about the staff. Marty becomes worried because he has one thing about him and Catherine that he hasn't yet mentioned to Hannah.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: N/A

  • Those Lips, Those Thais
    7.7/1017 votes
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    #2 - Those Lips, Those Thais

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/7/1989

    If he doesn't already feel guilty enough about everything, Marty really feels guilty when his Thailanese foster daughter comes to attend college in Chicago and he is really attracted to her.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: Bruce Rasmussen

  • It's Better to Have Loved and Flossed
    7.4/1014 votes
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    #3 - It's Better to Have Loved and Flossed

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1989

    A trip to the dentist for Marty also includes making a date with Robin and she is more than ready for a relationship and proves it by overreacting to a little kiss.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore

  • Thirty... Something
    7.4/1010 votes
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    #4 - Thirty... Something

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1990

    Hannah's 30th birthday is no party for her when she takes time to reflect on her life and love. Hannah's little voice inside her head tells her that what's missing is Marty.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: Peter Noah

  • Bang You're Dead
    7.1/1015 votes
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    #5 - Bang You're Dead

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1989

    Hannah loves Marty's psychiatrist to death and Marty finds it difficult to cope with being shrinkless. Marty has a final session with his shrink casket-side.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore

  • Burning the Toad (a.k.a. The Jack Story)
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #6 - Burning the Toad (a.k.a. The Jack Story)

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/21/1989

    Hannah's old boyfriend and Marty's ex-college roommate are one in the same person, and Jack tries to convince her that he has changed. Meanwhile, Hannah and Marty are working on a story that will expose a charity scam.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Just the Facts, Ma'am
    7.0/1012 votes
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    #7 - Just the Facts, Ma'am

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1989

    Hannah sweet-talks Bradley, a fact checker, into letting a libelous quotation into her article, this all leads to a 10 million dollar libel suit and Hannah having to fire him.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Hotel of the Damned
    6.8/1011 votes
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    #8 - Hotel of the Damned

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1990

    When the magazine needs a new cover story in less than 20 hours, Hannah & Marty must go to a hotel to write the story. While searching for an angle on the story, Hannah decides the mood may be just right to check out the bed with Marty.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: N/A

  • Mr. Mom
    6.7/1013 votes
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    #9 - Mr. Mom

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1990

    Hannah finds out that her mother had her heart donated. She finds the new owner is a depressed man, who is not living his prolonged life to its fullest, the way Hannah envisioned the recipient would.

    Director: Matthew Diamond

    Writer: Lloyd Garver

  • Love and Death
    6.6/1010 votes
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    #10 - Love and Death

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/28/1989

    Marty doesn't want anyone to know he is living in fear when he receives his first death threat.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Fear of Flying
    6.3/1019 votes
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    #11 - Fear of Flying

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/1989

    Hannah decides to quit teaching and leave her boyfriend, Jack, and return home to Chicago to become a writer. On the flight home to Chicago, Hannah meets and helps Marty deal with his fear of flying and he tells her about a research job open at Chicago Monthly, the magazine where he is a writer. Hannah goes down the magazine to apply for the job, meets the editor and is challenged to write a 2,000 word article on ""the tortilla wars, does Chicago prefer corn or flour?"" for 9 o'clock the following morning.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Truth or Consequences
    6.3/1012 votes
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    #12 - Truth or Consequences

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1989

    Catherine makes everyone take a lie detector test when she suspects someone on the staff is leaking gossip about her to an underground rag.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: Bruce Rasmussen

  • Hearts and Bones
    6.3/1012 votes
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    #13 - Hearts and Bones

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1989

    Hannah insists she's not jealous of Marty's new girlfriend and invites them to dinner to prove it. When his date appears to be choking, Hannah delivers the Heimleich maneuver and breaks a rib, but she's not jealous.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum

  • Proof It All Night
    6.2/1010 votes
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    #14 - Proof It All Night

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1990

    When the staff is gearing up for an all-niter to get out their election issue, Hannah gets excited; however Marty is less than enthusiastic, especially when the election is close, the night is long and the candidate he thought was a lock, loses and he has no material.

    Director: Robert Berlinger

    Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum

  • Three Men on a Match
    6.2/1014 votes
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    #15 - Three Men on a Match

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1990

    Hannah and Marty go out to dinner with Robin to help her celebrate her un-anniversary. After seeing Robin's ex-husband there, each has a different perspective on how the restaurant caught fire. Everyone turned their heads when they walked across the room.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow
    6.0/1013 votes
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    #16 - Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1990

    Marty's girlfriend plans a surprise birthday party for him, but he surprises her and everyone else by breaking up with her, before everybody yells surprise.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: Billy Van Zandt, Jane Milmore

  • Deadline
    5.9/1014 votes
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    #17 - Deadline

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/14/1989

    Hannah's first deadline prompts her first fight with Marty when she loses his article in the computer and he doesn't have a backup, much to Pamela's delight.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Breast of Friends
    5.9/1013 votes
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    #18 - Breast of Friends

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1989

    Marty nurses a bruised ego when he sings show tunes on a news talk show and Hannah makes a celebrity out of a woman who was thrown out of a restaurant for nursing her baby.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • This is Not a Date
    5.8/1011 votes
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    #19 - This is Not a Date

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/11/1989

    Hannah is down in the dumps and Marty gets dumped, so the two of them go out together, for her birthday and the end of his relationship with Alice- but it's ""not a date"".

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: Barbara Hall

  • It's My Party and I'll Schvitz If I Want To
    5.8/1012 votes
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    #20 - It's My Party and I'll Schvitz If I Want To

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1989

    An unexpected heat wave puts a damper on a party Hannah tries throwing because she wants to warm up her relationship with Catherine.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: N/A

  • Scared Straight
    5.8/1011 votes
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    #21 - Scared Straight

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1989

    Marty and Hannah trade bylines to prove that Catherine is using favoritism in choosing articles for publication, and Marty winds up jail protecting ""his"" source.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • All About Allison
    5.8/1015 votes
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    #22 - All About Allison

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1990

    Marty is the unwitting weapon used by an aspiring young journalist against Hannah, after Hannah helped her get a chance to work for the magazine.

    Director: Michael Lessac

    Writer: N/A

  • Robin Q. Public
    5.8/1010 votes
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    #23 - Robin Q. Public

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1990

    When Catherine gets the impression that the magazine may have become too high brow, she searches out the everyman's opinion. When she hears Robin's thoughts, she is impressed and takes her on as a consultant and the entire staff becomes on edge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ch-Ch-Changes
    5.7/1012 votes
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    #24 - Ch-Ch-Changes

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1989

    Hannah returns from a vacation to find that the magazine has been bought by a corporation and the hip new editor comes in and begins to stir things up, especially Marty who considers resigning. Hannah becomes a writer, the magazine is changed to a weekly format and is renamed The Chicago Weekly and an English book and theater critic is brought into review television.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Peter Noah

  • Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
    5.7/1013 votes
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    #25 - Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1989

    Catherine's decides to become ""ordinary,"" after being snubbed of a mention in pop-culture legend's recently published diaries, and leaves Marty in charge of the magazine. The ""Squaddies"" protest Brian's review of the latest Star Squad movie and storm the newsroom to make Brian come to their convention.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: N/A