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The Best Episodes of As Time Goes By

Every episode of As Time Goes By ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of As Time Goes By!

The Best Episodes of As Time Goes By

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
  1. Background image for A Surprise for Jean
    8.5/10(116 votes)

    #1 - A Surprise for Jean

    S6:E7

    Jean tells Lionel that she wants him to surprise her more. So Alistair suggests Lionel surprise Jean with a trip. However it turns out not to be the easiest thing to do.

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  2. Background image for Visiting Rocky
    8.4/10(146 votes)

    #2 - Visiting Rocky

    S2:E3

    Lionel takes Jean to see his eccentric father Rocky, the complete opposite of Lionel's gruff self.

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  3. Background image for Wedding Day Nerves
    8.4/10(128 votes)

    #3 - Wedding Day Nerves

    S4:E8

    Lionel and Jean's wedding day arrives. Lionel has to deal with a case of nerves while Jean has to deal with her sister-in-laws meddling.

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  4. Background image for The Copper Kettle
    8.3/10(157 votes)

    #4 - The Copper Kettle

    S1:E3

    Lionel is about to go on a lecture circuit, so he invites Jean for a day out. The revisit some old haunts, only to discover that a lot has changed. However, after a trek through an overgrown field, they find 'The Copper Kettle', an old place which Lionel and Jean were quite fond of.

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  5. Background image for Rocky's Wedding Day
    8.3/10(142 votes)

    #5 - Rocky's Wedding Day

    S3:E2

    It's Rocky and Madge's wedding day but, things don't go quite as planned.

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  6. Background image for The Anniversary Party
    8.3/10(131 votes)

    #6 - The Anniversary Party

    S4:E6

    Stephen plans a surprise anniversary party for Penny but, mixes up the dates. While Jean and Lionel argue about being ""engaged"".

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  8. Background image for Wedding Preparations
    8.3/10(122 votes)

    #7 - Wedding Preparations

    S4:E7

    Jean and Lionel finally set a date for the wedding. While the women are planning the wedding, Lionel finally finishes his script for the miniseries.

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  9. Background image for Pardon?
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    #8 - Pardon?

    S7:E1

    Jean suspects that Lionel is going deaf. But despite the fact that he clearly can't hear very much, Lionel resists going to a doctor. Meanwhile, he becomes convinced that Jean is having problems with her eyes, and sets about solving this dilemma.

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  10. Background image for Misunderstandings
    8.2/10(139 votes)

    #9 - Misunderstandings

    S2:E5

    During a weekend at Jean's sister-in-law's house, Jean and Lionel invent more and more ridiculous claims to cover-up their romance thirty-eight years ago.

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  11. Background image for Getting Rid of Gwen
    8.2/10(129 votes)

    #10 - Getting Rid of Gwen

    S4:E3

    Jean trys to help Lionel come up with a plan to get rid of Ms. Flack. While Ms. Flack decides to move away to her sister's.

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  12. Background image for The World Will Always Welcome Lovers (a.k.a The Wedding)
    8.2/10(115 votes)

    #11 - The World Will Always Welcome Lovers (a.k.a The Wedding)

    S9:E3

    Rocky comes to the rescue when there is a problem with the best man at Alistair and Judith's wedding. Lol's wedding outfit does not go quite according to plan. The family is introduced to an unusual wedding custom. And Jean is still trying to matchmake between Harry and Sandy.

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  13. Background image for Christmas Special Part One
    8.2/10(146 votes)

    #12 - Christmas Special Part One

    S10:E1

    Jean feathers the nest for grandchildren, even though Lionel points out that neither Judy nor Sandy have gotten pregnant yet. It turns out that Judy and Alistair have been trying, with no results, and Judy suspects the problem may be Alistair--who is wildly overcompensating to prove his virility. Meanwhile, Sandy is upset because Harry seeks a promotion that may put him in harm's way. And in the middle of all this, Lionel gets a very unexpected visitor from Africa.

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  14. Background image for You Must Remember This
    8.1/10(186 votes)

    #13 - You Must Remember This

    S1:E1

    We meet the two main characters: Lionel and Jean. In the pilot episode, Lionel is in a hotel cafe giving a waitress a hard time. He is scathingly sarcastic. Jean is, similarly, seen being brittle and unbending. Lionel is working on his book "My Life in Kenya" about his life in Kenya. (This joke comes up in numerous episodes.) He requires a secretary to help with the revisions. That's where Jean's secretary service ""...Type for You"" comes in. Judith, Jean's daughter, meets Lionel at his hotel to apologize for the terrible secretary. Lionel asks Judith out. When he arrives to pick her up he is introduced to Jean. After about two seconds Jean and Lionel both independently figure out who they each suspect the other person to be: a lover last seen in 1953.

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  15. Background image for Surprise, Surprise
    8.1/10(164 votes)

    #14 - Surprise, Surprise

    S1:E4

    Judith persuades Jean to surprise Lionel by going along to his lecture in Nowrich. However, it is Jean who gets the surprise when she finds that Lionel already has a lady friend to stay with. While Lionel attempts to deal with the embarrasing position he is in, as well as his new found reputation as an elephant killer (thanks to Alistair's hyped-up blurb), Jean faces the romantic advances of Alistair.

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  16. Background image for The Picnic
    8.1/10(152 votes)

    #15 - The Picnic

    S1:E6

    Jean and Lionel are both flattered by the romantic attentions of Alistair and Judith, but decide that things cannot continue as they are. Jean bets that if all four of them go on a picnic together, Judith and Alistair will hit it off. But perhaps it will be Jean and Lionel who grow closer...

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  17. Background image for White Hunter
    8.1/10(153 votes)

    #16 - White Hunter

    S2:E1

    Lionel is nervous regarding an upcoming photo shoot for the cover of his book. Despite advice from Jean and Judith that whatever helps sell the book is worth it, Lionel is completely taken aback by what Alistair has in mind.

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  18. Background image for The Book Signing
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    #17 - The Book Signing

    S2:E7

    The book is finally published, and Lionel begins a nationwide book-signing tour.

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  19. Background image for We'll Always Have Paris
    8.1/10(152 votes)

    #18 - We'll Always Have Paris

    S3:E1

    While on a romantic holiday in paris Jean and Lionel must help a young couple who are fighting.

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  20. Background image for The Affair
    8.1/10(123 votes)

    #19 - The Affair

    S4:E4

    Jean's sister-in-law decides to move in with her and Lionel after she finds out her husband is having an affair. Actually he being so secretive because he is planning a surprise anniversary party for her.

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  21. Background image for Welcome News
    8.1/10(127 votes)

    #20 - Welcome News

    S4:E5

    Rocky decides to give Lionel his country house in-which the film crew for the miniseries has decided to shoot. Jean and Lionel get engaged.

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  22. Background image for Judith's New Romance
    8.1/10(119 votes)

    #21 - Judith's New Romance

    S4:E9

    Judy gets a new boyfriend and Jean decides to ""help"" out her daughter.

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  23. Background image for Lionel's Ex-Wife
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    #22 - Lionel's Ex-Wife

    S5:E2

    Lionel's ex-wife, Margaret, asks him out for a drink, and he asks Jean to go with him. When Margaret arrives she isn't at all like Jean anticipated. Turns out she has changed a lot since the divorce and is now rich with a very young boyfriend.

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  24. Background image for Avoiding the Country Set
    8.1/10(122 votes)

    #23 - Avoiding the Country Set

    S5:E4

    Jean and Lionel visit the country house again but, this time try to avoid the townspeople that caused them so much trouble the last time they visited.

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  25. Background image for Showered with Gifts
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    #24 - Showered with Gifts

    S5:E7

    Lionel and Jean befriend the villagers who shower the couple with gifts.

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  26. Background image for What's Wrong with Mrs Bale?
    8.1/10(114 votes)

    #25 - What's Wrong with Mrs Bale?

    S6:E4

    Jean and Lionel visit the country house and find Mrs. Bale in an odd mood. After Jean suggests Lionel talk to Mrs. Bale to find out what is wrong he becomes ill. When the doctor shows to treat Lionel it is revealed that it's the doctor that Mrs. Bale has a problem with.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Surprise for Jean" is the best rated episode of "As Time Goes By". It scored 8.5/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Bob Larbey, it aired on 6/29/1997. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Visiting Rocky".