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The Best Episodes of Boston Common

Every episode of Boston Common ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Boston Common!

After moving to Boston from Virginia, to spy on his sister who just started college, Boyd finds himself working for the student union where he...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"Boyd Gets Shrunk" is the best rated episode of "Boston Common". It scored 8.6/10 based on 328 votes. Directed by Tom Cherones and written by N/A, it aired on 4/18/1996. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Triage Grows in Boston".

  • Boyd Gets Shrunk
    8.6/10328 votes
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    #1 - Boyd Gets Shrunk

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/1996

    At Jack's suggestion, Wyleen see the school therapist to help with her problems with Boyd. The therapist suggests bringing Boyd in for a session. Leonard's brother is coming for visit and he isn't prepared to see him.

    Director: Tom Cherones

    Writer: N/A

  • A Triage Grows in Boston
    8.4/10328 votes
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    #2 - A Triage Grows in Boston

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1996

    Boyd and Wyleen host the Pritchett family barbecue. Joy seems to get very tired, every time her pending wedding to Jack is mentioned. Leonard has a part-time job delivering meals to shut-ins and his first stop won't let him go. Wyleen is struck on the head by a flying pork chop that brings them to the hospital.

    Director: Max Tash

    Writer: Bill Canterbury

  • Everybody's Stalking
    8.3/10325 votes
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    #3 - Everybody's Stalking

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/1996

    Wyleen gets hooked on fat-free cookies. Leonard wins free groceries and the ensuing publicity photo gets him a disciple who thinks he's the messiah. Boyd tries to follow Joy's wish that they take a break from each other.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: N/A

  • Virginia Reeling
    8.0/10327 votes
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    #4 - Virginia Reeling

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/1996

    Boyd plans a group outing for line dancing at a country bar. Wyleen gets the opportunity to be a country singer. Leonard confesses to having a dream about Liz and is nervous about making another date.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • The War Room
    8.0/10327 votes
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    #5 - The War Room

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1996

    Wyleen decides to run for president of the freshman class.

    Director: Max Tash

    Writer: Michael Feldman

  • Trustee and Sympathy
    8.0/10326 votes
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    #6 - Trustee and Sympathy

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1996

    Boyd searches for the name of the landlord of their building, since the heat has been off for the past two days. The college entertains an obnoxious alumnus, who is funding the establishment of a new media center.

    Director: Brian K. Roberts

    Writer: Eric Preven, Ari Posner

  • Soup to Nuts
    8.0/10330 votes
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    #7 - Soup to Nuts

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1997

    Everybody wants to have lunch with Boyd so they can get his advice. Wyleen wants to him to be there when she has lunch with the newly reformed Cookie. Joy wants advice about her pending wedding to Jack. Tasha wants assistance with her husband Darrell. Leonard worries about talking about radio in front of Jack's students.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • Commander-in-Grief
    8.0/10328 votes
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    #8 - Commander-in-Grief

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 3/9/1997

    When a new president is selected for the college, Boyd loses a job. Cookie expresses an interest in Leonard.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: N/A

  • To Bare is Human
    8.0/10326 votes
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    #9 - To Bare is Human

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/1997

    A men's magazine want to do a layout featuring the women of Harrington. Leonard gets a date with a former centerfold. Cross takes Joy out to dinner at the same time Jack takes the editor of the men's magazine.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Michael Feldman

  • Pilot
    7.9/10334 votes
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    #10 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/1996

    Boyd arrives in Boston with his sister Wyleen. While she is attending Randolph Harrington College, he gets a job as a handyman at the Student Union.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • Everything's Coming Up Sub-Rosas
    7.9/10329 votes
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    #11 - Everything's Coming Up Sub-Rosas

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1996

    Wyleen discovers a there is a secret woman's society on campus and decides she needs to join them. Butterfield schedules to meet with Leonard about something.

    Director: James Hampton

    Writer: Kari Lizer

  • Conspiracy of Dunces
    7.9/10326 votes
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    #12 - Conspiracy of Dunces

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1996

    Tasha detects that Joy might be a bit jealous of Boyd. Wyleen learns about conspiracy theories and hidden agendas from Professor Reed. Leonard gives up his job at the cafeteria to go on unemployment and spend his time in the park, where he makes new friends.

    Director: Rod Daniel

    Writer: Bill Canterbury

  • This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco ...
    7.9/10327 votes
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    #13 - This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco ...

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1996

    Tasha suggests to Jack that he recruit Boyd to organize a surprise party for Joy's birthday, a date he'd forgotten. President Butterfield tries to inform Leonard that his funding has been cut.

    Director: James Hampton

    Writer: N/A

  • Mercury Retrograde
    7.9/10326 votes
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    #14 - Mercury Retrograde

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1996

    Tasha sets Boyd up on a blind date. Joy accidentally calls Jack "Boyd". Leonard helps Tasha move into her newly painted office. Wyleen, still working for Professor Reed, must listen to him deal with losing Joy.

    Director: Rod Daniel

    Writer: Kari Lizer

  • The Finals Curtain
    7.9/10329 votes
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    #15 - The Finals Curtain

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1996

    Trying to study for her finals, Wyleen is fighting a cold, Boyd's interruptions and Jack's cryptic messages about the content of the final. Boyd cons the campus radio station manager into letting them use the station equipment. Instead of cutting a tape, Boyd lets Leonard rave out over the air about the blues he's feeling.

    Director: James Hampton

    Writer: N/A

  • Extra Credit
    7.9/10327 votes
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    #16 - Extra Credit

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/1997

    The college rolls out a new credit card program that it locates in the student union. Wyleen's been approved and begins to spend and spend. Leonard is caught in the middle of Jack and Joy's separation as well as Boyd and Tasha's disagreement about their need for office space.

    Director: Tom Moore

    Writer: N/A

  • The Occidental Purists
    7.9/10326 votes
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    #17 - The Occidental Purists

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/1997

    Wyleen gets the lead in the play The Tea Ceremony. Joy arranges a date for Tasha and also tries to fix her hair. Leonard reluctantly agrees to become the editor for Jack's new book, but becomes a replacement for Joy.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: Bill Canterbury

  • Sophomore's Choice
    7.9/10327 votes
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    #18 - Sophomore's Choice

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/1997

    Cross gets on Tasha for disciplining the son of a major college benefactor. Wyleen tells Boyd it is time for him to move out. He looks for a place to stay and winds up with Tasha. Joy is hired by Cross as a professor in Jack's department.

    Director: James Hampton

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • I Thee Endow
    7.8/10327 votes
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    #19 - I Thee Endow

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/1996

    Wyleen is the subject of a student film, showing her daily life. When Jack doesn't seem to want to make the effort, Boyd takes the challenge of raising the funds to keep the school's non-essential programs alive, including Joy's storytelling program.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • Relationship of Fools
    7.8/10327 votes
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    #20 - Relationship of Fools

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/1996

    Joy asks Boyd to double-date with Jack and her friend Anna. Boyd uses the chance to get closer to Joy. Meanwhile, Wyleen tries to have a relationship with Morgan.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Jenji Kohan

  • Heres to You, Mrs. Byrnes
    7.8/10328 votes
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    #21 - Heres to You, Mrs. Byrnes

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/7/1997

    Joy's mother comes for a visit and takes more of a liking to Boyd than is comfortable for him. Leonard needs an insurance physical and gets an appointment with Tasha's gynecologist. Wyleen is also going there because she is thinking about making the next step in her relationship with Drake.

    Director: Linda Day

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • I.D. Endow
    7.8/10326 votes
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    #22 - I.D. Endow

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/1997

    Boyd and others are against a tuition increase proposed by Cross. Wyleen wants to borrow money to obtain a fake ID. Leonard's guest for his radio show is Tasha's estranged grandfather.

    Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie

    Writer: N/A

  • Out, Out, Damn Jack!
    7.7/10329 votes
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    #23 - Out, Out, Damn Jack!

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/1996

    Boyd uses Leonard to get Jack to take an offer from Stanford, so he can have Joy to himself. Wyleen finds another student who's also having trouble adjusting to college life.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

  • His and Herpes
    7.6/10330 votes
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    #24 - His and Herpes

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/16/1997

    Wyleen develops a large cold sore on her upper lip. Boyd frets over the color of his teeth as he begins to work his new job. The crisis center is in danger of losing its funding, Boyd's first case as student liaison. Joy and Jack discuss their relationship.

    Director: James Widdoes

    Writer: Kari Lizer

  • A Cross to Bear
    7.6/10326 votes
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    #25 - A Cross to Bear

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1997

    Cross is going to be featured on a public television program called American Mind as a prominent educator. Boyd is tired of paying for everything and wants Wyleen to get a job.

    Director: James Hampton

    Writer: N/A