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Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Bette Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    When Danny DeVito asks Bette to play his mother in his TV show and when Roy falls asleep on her, Bette begins to thinks she's getting old.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Jeffrey Lane

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  2. Bette Season 1 Episode 3 - Halloween
    8.6/10(88 votes)

    #2 - Halloween

    S1:E3

    Bette wants to go trick-or-treating with Rose, who is less than thrilled about going out for Halloween with her mother. After wrecking the set of Dolly Parton's TV special, which she's guest starring in, Bette steals one of Dolly's outfits and drags Rose out for Halloween. But when Bette's usual antics go too far, she winds up getting Dolly arrested.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bette Season 1 Episode 2 - And the Winner Is...
    8.9/10(80 votes)

    #3 - And the Winner Is...

    S1:E2

    When Bette forgets to thank Roy in a speech after she won an award she works hard to win another one. She ends up as Woman Of the Year for an airline.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Robert Cohen

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  4. Bette Season 1 Episode 5 - Two Days at a Time
    8.9/10(85 votes)

    #4 - Two Days at a Time

    S1:E5

    Bette is asked to participate in Oprah's book club but, because of her hectic schedule, never has time to actually read the book she is to discuss on television.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bette Season 1 Episode 11 - True Story
    8.9/10(71 votes)

    #5 - True Story

    S1:E11

    Bette appears on The View. Bette's happy to sing on the show and promote her latest CD, but she doesn't look forward to chatting with the girls because she simply can't think of any new stories to tell. When it's time to talk, Bette tries to rehash some old tales but the gals stop her cold. They want news, so Bette obliges by implying that she rescued a drowning boy near Malibu. Actually, she just found the kid's watch and returned it to him. No harm, right? Well, not until Vieira later calls her up — seeking to reunite Bette and the boy on the show.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bette Season 1 Episode 13 - Big Business
    8.9/10(67 votes)

    #6 - Big Business

    S1:E13

    Bette sets out to help Rose with a report on women in business by designing her own clothing line and selling it on QVC.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Bette Season 1 Episode 14 - The Invisible Mom
    8.9/10(81 votes)

    #7 - The Invisible Mom

    S1:E14

    Bette finds a letter in the recycling bin, and shows up at Rose's school as a volunteer mom on the same day Olivia Newton-John is helping out. Olivia spends the day avoiding Bette, since (unknown to Bette) Olivia's held a grudge ever since Bette locked her up while she was supposed to be at an audition for ""Grease."" After fending off the head of the school, who's trying to solicit a screenplay, Bette notices that Rose got her belly-button pierced, much to her mother's dismay. Meanwhile, Connie shows up to get some promotional CDs autographed and winds up spending the day in the girls bathroom doling out advice to the adolescents.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bette Season 1 Episode 4 - Silent But Deadly
    9.0/10(76 votes)

    #8 - Silent But Deadly

    S1:E4

    Bette gets laryngitis after pushing herself too hard but refuses to admit to Roy that he was right when he suggested that she take it easy.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Jeffrey Lane

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  9. Bette Season 1 Episode 7 - In My Life
    9.0/10(80 votes)

    #9 - In My Life

    S1:E7

    Throughout the episode, Bette plays the piano singing the theme to the series ""Nobody Else But You"" as Connie, Roy, Oscar, and Rose one-by-one begin to join her, she reminisces about how she first met them... Connie - 1980 Bette meets Connie in the restroom at Studio 54. Bette misses Connie's performance of ""Funky Mailbox"" so she sings a little bit to her. They become friends. Roy - 1983 Connie and a nervous Bette get onto an airplane and Bette's seat is next to Roy. He is obviously annoyed by her. Roy eases her into the flight and she begins to like him. Oscar - 1986 Oscar comes to apply for the job of musical director. She's more interested in a table than Oscar's application. Oscar avoids her question of how much she paid for the table by answering different questions about himself and ending up with a generous amount of money for his pay. Rose - 1987 Rose gives birth to Rose. In a lot of pain, she slams Roy's head into the bed repeatedly, makes Connie perform the end of Wes

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Jeffrey Lane

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  10. Bette Season 1 Episode 12 - Of Men and Meatballs
    9.0/10(71 votes)

    #10 - Of Men and Meatballs

    S1:E12

    Bette takes Connie out to find her a date, and the two finally realize things could be worse -- she could end up with one of the losers they encounter.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bette Season 1 Episode 16 - A Brand New Roy
    9.0/10(68 votes)

    #11 - A Brand New Roy

    S1:E16

    Roy and Bette's plans for a romantic evening are ruined by. . .well, everyone. So Roy decides to whisk his wife away for an evening in Paris -- but flight delays cause them to be stuck at the airport with an assortment of weirdos who they were supposed to share the flight with.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bette Season 1 Episode 6 - Color of Roses
    9.1/10(75 votes)

    #12 - Color of Roses

    S1:E6

    After firing her record producer, Bette is under pressure to record her new single. She agrees to give Oscar a shot at producing, but keeps changing her ideas of what the song should sound like, not giving Oscar the chance to do it the way he wants. In the end, Oscar and she perform the song the way he originally wanted it.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Bette Season 1 Episode 9 - ... Or Not to Be
    9.1/10(73 votes)

    #13 - ... Or Not to Be

    S1:E9

    When Bette finds out that Tim Curry is in town doing a stage production of William Shakespeare's ""Hamlet,"" she pushes her way into the production, playing the part of his mother, Gertrude. Oscar can't stand Mr. Curry, due to an encounter he thinks he had with the actor while he was a cater-waiter in London, but agrees to help Bette learn her lines. Bette, however, is disinterested in learning the part and proceeds to ruin the rehearsals, forgetting her lines, letting her cell phone go off, and finally (accidentally) punching Tim in the crotch. So Tim suggests they move her character's death into the prologue -- and Bette obliges, working out a catchy production number with The Harlettes.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Jeffrey Lane

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  14. Bette Season 1 Episode 10 - Diva, Interrupted
    9.1/10(75 votes)

    #14 - Diva, Interrupted

    S1:E10

    Bette fails to make People magazine's list of ""The 50 Hottest People in Hollywood"" and realizes she needs to come up with a clever career gimmick. A high-powered, trendy publicist concocts the perfect comeback plan for her, but all doesn't go as planned.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bette Season 1 Episode 15 - Polterguest
    9.1/10(72 votes)

    #15 - Polterguest

    S1:E15

    Jon Lovitz shows up at Bette's front door and announces that he is her new next-door neighbor. Unfortunately, his new home is being remodeled and he needs a place to stay for a few days. Bette suggests a hotel, but the manipulative Lovitz succeeds in worming his way into her house---and into her life. Not only is he conniving, he's rude and demanding as well, and goes on to tell Bette that her house is ""spiritually toxic"" and its evil vibes are the reason her movie career is in the toilet. As crazy as it sounds, Bette believes him and considers selling her house.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Robert Cohen

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  16. Bette Season 1 Episode 8 - I Love This Game
    9.3/10(76 votes)

    #16 - I Love This Game

    S1:E8

    Bette tells Roy that she got him Lakers tickets for his birthday present. Bette now has to find a way to get the tickets. Turns out, Oscar has been working on a jingle for Kobe Bryant's new basketball shoe, and Bette forces Oscar to take him to introduce her. Kobe's bodyguard Andre gets the tickets for Bette. The tickets turn out to be as far back as possible. Bette gets angry because the seats are so far back and she goes to try and get the ""real"" tickets. The usher, Larry, won't let her in because she embarrased her at a concert there a few years back. Bette ends up in the middle of the court among the Laker girls... While waiting for a doctor to check her out, Kobe walks in and she convinces him to get her better seats untils she dislocates his finger, causing him to be out of the game.

    Director:Andrew D. Weyman
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the worst rated episode of "Bette". It scored 7.8/10 based on 90 votes. Directed by Andrew D. Weyman and written by Jeffrey Lane, it aired on 10/11/2000. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Halloween".