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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 Setting Precedents
    8.6/10(40 votes)

    #1 - Setting Precedents

    S6:E1

    Arliss deals with the domestic problems of a female tennis superstar. Kirby helps a basketball client graduate from college.

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    Director:Robert Wuhl
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The World at Your Feet
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #2 - The World at Your Feet

    S2:E4

    Kahoutec "Comet" Evans is a can't-miss tennis phenom whom Arliss discovered years ago when the boy stood as tall as his racket. Now that Comet has come of age, Arliss must juggle the boy's mother's wish for her son to go to college with his own wish to cash in on the young superstar's talents.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Like No Business I Know
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Like No Business I Know

    S6:E6

    Arliss seeks revenge on a baseball manager who embarrasses him; an actor studies Kirby as research for a movie role.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Timing Is Everything
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    #4 - 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)

    #5 - 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
  6. Background image for The Client's Best Interest
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #6 - 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. 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
  10. Background image for Kirby Carlisle, Trouble-Shooter
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Kirby Carlisle, Trouble-Shooter

    S2:E6

    When Arliss throws out his back, his dream of playing in the Crosby Pro-Am with golf client Ryan Mason III is shattered. Enter Kirby Carlisle, Arliss' Man Friday. Kirby steps in to partner with Mason and assists the pro with his club selection.

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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 The Value of Loyalty
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #11 - The Value of Loyalty

    S2:E2

    One of Arliss' long-term friends and clients leaves him when his fiancee declares it's time for a "fresh start." Meanwhile, Rita is dating a client and Arliss wants it to stop, or else.

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    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for The Real Thing
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #12 - The Real Thing

    S2:E7

    AMM client Dan Manville is closing in on his 500th home run. Add that to the 500 stolen bases he's already chalked up, and he's the charter member of the 500/500 club. Arliss has everything in position for the "500/500 Experience," a huge Manville memorabilia tour on wheels, coming to a mall near you. All that's left for Manville to hit his 500th dinger--and for Arliss to get the ball.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Price of their Toys
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Price of their Toys

    S6:E5

    Arliss tries to get a husband-and-wife broadcasting team their own show; Kirby deals with a spoiled clients's new ""hobbies.""

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for You Are Your Priorities
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #14 - You Are Your Priorities

    S6:E3

    Arliss treks to Canada in an effort to steal a hockey team; Rita uses alternative medicine in her war against age.

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    Director:John Murray
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    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Of Cabbages and Kings

    S6:E7

    Kirby reps a mercurial college basketball coach; Arliss is frustrated trying to sell beachfront property.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Hard Choices
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Hard Choices

    S6:E10

    Arliss faces his first year in the red, while Kirby deals with his model girlfriend.

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    Director:Robert Wuhl
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Athletes Are Role Models
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #17 - 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
  19. Background image for Crossing the Line
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for A Full Service Agency
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #19 - A Full Service Agency

    S2:E1

    Catcher Zack Bowers can barely get the ball back to the mound, let alone to second base. The source of his problems: he suspects his wife is unfaithful. He demands that Arliss hire a private investigator to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Kirby is asked to housesit Bruce Smith's 'cat'.

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    Director:Eugene Corr
  21. Background image for How to Be a Good Listener
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #20 - How to Be a Good Listener

    S2:E9

    It's a day from hell for Arliss Michaels: Stanley is considering leaving AMM, while client Sammy Stilton is about to be suspended for "assaulting" an umpire. All this as Arliss tries to get to the airport for a top-priority "secret meeting."

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  22. Background image for Creatures of Habit
    7.4/10(22 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. Background image for Truth and Responsibility
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Truth and Responsibility

    S2:E10

    Arliss manages to get Kirby some airtime as a sports talk radio host. What better way to promote his own clientele - especially Yoshi Kobiashi, the latest pitching phenom nobody's ever seen. Before you know it, Kirby starts to rule the airwaves, and a star is born - and a huge deal for Arliss may be on the rocks.

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    Director:Peter Baldwin
  24. Background image for Fielding Offers
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Fielding Offers

    S6:E2

    Arliss treks to Canada in an effort to steal a hockey team; Rita uses alternative medicine in her war against age.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Giving Something Back
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Giving Something Back

    S6:E9

    A female pro-golf client conceals a dark secret; Kirby gets hold of a piece of rare memorabilia.

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    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

"Setting Precedents" is the best rated episode of "Arliss". It scored 8.6/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Robert Wuhl and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/10/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The World at Your Feet".