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The Best Episodes of Arliss Season 5

Every episode of Arliss Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Arliss Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Arliss Season 5

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. 7.9/10(18 votes)

    #1 - 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:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.4/10(22 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. 7.2/10(11 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
  4. 7.2/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Comings and Goings

    S5:E4

    Arliss must help a client bury his mother. Meanwhile, Stanley's having a run of bad luck that threatens his chess game, so he goes looking for a ""slumpbuster."" And Kirby comes face-to-face with his own slumpbuster from 18 years ago, and must face the consequences.

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  5. 7.2/10(9 votes)

    #5 - The Sum of the Parts

    S5:E7

    A baseball client needs a kidney, and Arliss tries to convince the player's minor-league brother to donate his. Meanwhile, a soccer client scores a goal for the opposing team, causing him to take refuge at Rita's apartment while Kirby goes into hiding.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.2/10(9 votes)

    #6 - You Can Pick Your Friends...

    S5:E13

    Arliss' ne'er-do-well brother Archie uses his name to further a scam. Kirby and Stanley plot their own scam on a stadium concession millionaire. Stanley purposely swallows a ring that turned up in a burger.

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  8. 7.0/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Making Things Happen

    S5:E2

    Arliss learns that a good friend and client, who is about to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, is being charged with domestic abuse. Meanwhile, Rita's activist friend sides with the client's wife.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 7.0/10(15 votes)

    #8 - It's Who You Know

    S5:E5

    Arliss tries to talk the ""pot dealer to the NBA"" out of retiring by offering to get his kid into a fancy private school. Meanwhile, Rita plays a relationship with a physical trainer by ""The Rules.""

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  10. 6.8/10(9 votes)

    #9 - The Value of Honesty

    S5:E6

    Arliss has an affair with a WNBA coach, but his client (also the coach's star player) wants her fired. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of a wild birthday celebration, Kirby and Rita suspect they may have ""done it.""

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    Director:John Murray
    Writer:N/A
  11. 6.0/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Honoring Our Past

    S5:E8

    When one of his boxing clients enlists in the Army, Arliss tries to figure out a way to get him out. Meanwhile, Stanley and a native-American tribal chief attempt to get a football team to change its ""offensive"" mascot.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:Sam Kass
  12. 6.0/10(9 votes)

    #11 - A Breed Apart

    S5:E11

    Arliss pursues popular mascot Reggie the Rooster, using a fundraiser Stanley has organized for another mascot, who was injured in the line of duty. Rita takes up boxing after a series of obscene phone calls.

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    Director:Lev L. Spiro
  13. 5.9/10(10 votes)

    #12 - When Opportunity Knocks

    S5:E9

    Arliss, Rita and Stanley must deal with Kirby's absence when he leaves the agency to join a fledgling football league run by a flashy TV producer.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  14. 5.8/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Where There's a Will

    S5:E12

    Arliss is named executor of a superstar jockey's will, which leaves everything to his wife - but he had two wives. Kirby discovers that his former coach is now homeless.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Last Call" is the best rated episode of "Arliss" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/13/2000. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Creatures of Habit".