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The Best Episodes of Arliss

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The Best Episodes of Arliss

A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the eternally optimistic and endlessly resourceful L.A. sports agent Arliss Michaels whose Achilles'...

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  1. Background image for Fans First
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #1 - Fans First

    S3:E4

    Disaster hits AMM when Defensive Player of the Year Lucian Balboa is stabbed by a crazed fan at the office's annual Super Bowl party. Where was the security? How did the stabber get into the party? These are the questions Arliss has to answer. And now Lucian has decided not to play on Super Sunday unless Arliss can guarantee that the stabber will be locked up.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Behind Every Great Client...
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Behind Every Great Client...

    S3:E10

    Arliss knows as well as any agent that helping a client in his personal life is part of the job. So when all-star shortstop Joe Garrison asks Arliss to tell his wife that he's leaving her, Arliss obliges. But what happens between Arliss and Erica Garrison isn't necessarily part of the job--nor what Joe had in mind.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #3 - Timing Is Everything

    S1:E9

    Arliss and Kirby decide to take beach volleyball to the next level by creating a new made-for-TV indoor tour with high-level glitz, oiled bodies, fluorescent sand, and heavy promotion. But everything goes afoul as the tour's top women's pair have irreconcilable differences, and one of the top guys infects his toe on a petrified kelp pod.

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    8.1/10(27 votes)

    #4 - A Man of Our Times

    S1:E1

    While being nominated for the civic honor "Man of Our Times," Arliss must juggle one client's plans for a same-sex marriage on the opening night of a huge ice-skating tour, Kirby's gambling habit, and another client's financial ruin and impending unemployment.

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    Director:Andy Wolk
  5. Background image for The Client's Best Interest
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #5 - The Client's Best Interest

    S1:E10

    In the 12th annual Den of Thieves Rotisserie Baseball League, Arliss and Kirby hope their Frozen Ropes can bring the title back where it belongs, away from cosmetic surgeon Vic Freed and his hated Silicone Valley. Arliss must resolve a conflict of interest between the good of the Frozen Ropes, and the good of AMM client and Phillies ace Ned Bastille.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Profiles in Agenting

    S7:E10

    Stanley and Kirby try to persuade boxer Roy Jones Jr. to endorse an innovative cooking product, while Arliss is smitten with Rita's sports photographer friend.

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    Director:Robert Wuhl
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  8. Background image for The Company You Keep
    8.0/10(19 votes)

    #7 - The Company You Keep

    S1:E6

    Mike Armstrong, president of multinational CPM, is interested in buying AMM. Arliss never dreamed of selling until he hears what Armstrong's paying. AMM staffers, particularly Kirby, Rita, and Stanley, know their boss is up to something and begin to worry about their job security.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for How to Turn a Minus into a Plus
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #8 - How to Turn a Minus into a Plus

    S1:E3

    AMM client and boxing champ Sucre Rey Santos finally gives in and grants top contender Cojones Ochonez a title fight. The huge payday means Arliss can finally buy that Gulfstream Jet he's had his eyes on. But when Ochonez is arrested and tossed in jail, the fight is no mas. However, Arliss gets the governor to sign off and approve the fight, allowing HBO to televise the Battle in the Bighouse, live from the state penitentiary.

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    Director:Nick Marck
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    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Family Trust

    S3:E1

    After Kirby signs hockey star Luc Cassoulet to the biggest contract in AMM history, an extremely delicate situation develops: how does AMM get paid its commissions without going public that the client is a deadbeat? Meanwhile, Arliss has his hands full defending NBA star Dewayne Troy for assaulting a referee.

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    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Last Call

    S5:E10

    Arliss tries to get a dotcom millionaire team owner to re-sign an aging broadcaster who may be losing his touch. Rita ghostwrites a column for Arliss, and Kirby helps discipline Stanley's unruly dog.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for It's All in the Game
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #11 - It's All in the Game

    S7:E7

    Arliss and Kirby support an ex-client's political rise while Rita seeks a spokesmodel for a specialty clothing item.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for All That Glitters
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #12 - All That Glitters

    S7:E11

    Stunned by the sudden death of a good friend, Arliss goes off on a road trip of soul searching, leaving Rita, Kirby and Stanley to manage AMM on their own.

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    Director:John Murray
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #13 - My Job Is to Get Jobs

    S3:E2

    AMM client Theo Holt is the kind of football player every team needs: a reliable backup quarterback capable of winning games. But when Theo's team decides to let him go and there are no other takers for his services, Arliss begins to wonder. When Arliss learns about a league-wide rumor that Theo is gay, he resurrects Theo's career as only Arliss can.

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    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #14 - End Game

    S7:E9

    Arliss and Stanley try to persuade a reclusive former chess champion to get back into the game, and Rita is wooed by a former lover.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Athletes Are Role Models

    S1:E4

    Temptation gets the better of squeaky-clean QB Dan Hendricks. Arliss battles with a client's desire to confess his sins to the world while keeping the suspicious media and his scorned wife at bay.

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    Director:Tucker Gates
  17. Background image for Crossing the Line
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Crossing the Line

    S1:E8

    Why would Arliss even consider representing Anya Slovachek, the 186th ranked woman tennis player whose father is a psychotic maniac? Well, when he sees Anya with his own eyes, Arliss' mind is made up for him.

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    Director:Robert Wuhl
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Where Do Clients Come From?
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Where Do Clients Come From?

    S3:E5

    Whenever a rival agent passes away, Arliss always leads the feeding frenzy to sign the available clients. But when Leo Maroni bites the dust, 'Young Turk' Jeremy Brenner gives Arliss a battle in the scramble for new business. That's why Arliss signs Kit Ballew, a loser on the NASCAR circuit. But with nothing to live for, Kit starts tearing up the field, giving Arliss more than he bargained for.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Creatures of Habit
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #18 - Creatures of Habit

    S5:E1

    Arliss buys a rare piece of memorabilia, and sends a client to a hypnotist to help him quit chewing tobacco. When treatment appears to work, Arliss sends Kirby there to quit gambling. Meanwhile, Rita tries to keep an LPGA client from falling off the wagon.

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    Director:Robert Wuhl
  20. Background image for What Arliss Hath Joined Together...
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #19 - What Arliss Hath Joined Together...

    S3:E7

    AMM client Amadou M'Bow is in love. And the NBA center from Senegal plans to marry his beloved, Miss Lisa Levine of Long Island. When Arliss insists that Amadou get his betrothed to sign a prenuptial agreement, Lisa balks, wedding bells are put on hold and Amadou plans to hang up the hightops.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for In with the New
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #20 - In with the New

    S7:E3

    Arliss works to make an NBA client's dream come true, while Stanley mentors a student project.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Whatever It Takes
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Whatever It Takes

    S3:E3

    Representing clients who line up against each other in the heat of battle is nothing new to Arliss. But he hopes to hold running back Quinton Holloway out of Sunday's game. It isn't because Quinton will face another AMM client, linebacker Chet Smitrovich. So when Arliss gets Quinton a new contract extension, it clears the way for a showdown.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(9 votes)

    #22 - The Legacy

    S3:E6

    Arliss has a comfortable arrangement with a Midwestern football powerhouse university: Arliss negotiates the school's exclusive network TV deal pro bono, and teaches an ethics class at the school. This provides him access to the student-athletes and creates a pipeline straight from the dorm to AMM. However, the pipeline may dry up when an investigation into legendary Coach Duffy's program reveals some improprieties.

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for Stanley Babson...Win, Place, or Show
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #23 - Stanley Babson...Win, Place, or Show

    S3:E9

    AMM's financial whiz Stanley Babson is fed up with his conservative reputation. But when Arliss accuses him of always playing it safe, Stanley puts the company at risk by using clients' funds to purchase a racehorse.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for His Name Is Arliss Michaels
    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #24 - His Name Is Arliss Michaels

    S3:E13

    Longtime AMM client Donnie Thurman isn't quite ready to hang up the baseball cleats. So when Arliss tells Donnie there are no takers for his services and then signs a younger ballplayer to a big contract, Donnie sues Arliss for conflict of interest.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for I Get Involved
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #25 - I Get Involved

    S5:E3

    Arliss has to walk the fence when two clients, both teammates, are dating the same girl. Rita plays Cyrano for one of the clients, and a TV reporter shows up to do a ""Where Are They Now?"" segment on Kirby.

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Fans First" is the best rated episode of "Arliss". It scored 8.3/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Melanie Mayron and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/28/1998. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Behind Every Great Client...".