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Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 4 - Waiting for Tonight
    6.8/10(197 votes)

    S6:E4

    Grayson makes a reservation at the hottest restaurant in town, and he and Jules are determined to make it despite constant obstacles. Andy rents a special costume for Stan's birthday, but he has trouble getting it off. And Ellie starts ghost tweeting for Laurie, eventually getting lost in her new character.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writers:Emily R. Wilson, Brad Morris

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  2. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 7 - The Wild One, Forever
    6.8/10(190 votes)

    S6:E7

    After a hurricane floods the gym of a local high school, Jules volunteers Gray's Pub as a venue for their prom, with the gang ready to serve as chaperones. Jules and Laurie try to have an amazing night, but Laurie isn't feeling it. Andy and Ellie try to stop a gang of bullies. And Travis and Grayson help their high school counterparts win a girl.

    Director:Josh Hopkins
    Writer:Blake McCormick

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  3. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 8 - This One's For Me
    6.8/10(189 votes)

    S6:E8

    When Jules finds a bag of unusual items Grayson's been hiding, she goes on a mission to learn his secret. Andy talks Travis into using a baby gift for himself and Ellie can't stand that Laurie is treating Baby Bobby like an accessory.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writers:Emily R. Wilson, Brad Morris

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  4. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 3 - To Find a Friend
    6.9/10(199 votes)

    S6:E3

    When Grayson helps Andy with his tryouts for a new best friend, Jules and Ellie step in to run the bar. But they soon find it's harder than they thought. And Travis and Laurie spend their first weekend alone with Baby Bobby.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Melody Derloshon

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  5. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 5 - Even the Losers
    6.9/10(195 votes)

    S6:E5

    Jules sees that Travis is struggling financially, so she lends him money that he uses to start a new business. Ellie takes Andy on a revenge mission after he loses his mayorship. And Grayson fills in as a music teacher at Stan's school.

    Director:Busy Philipps
    Writer:Sean Lavery

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  6. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 2 - Into the Great Wide Open
    7.0/10(516 votes)

    S1:E2

    Jules tries to party hard like a twentysomething and ends up looking like a total fool, when even her best friend Ellie, told her not to do it. Travis discovers trying to avoid further embarrassment due to his father, Bobby, working at his school, can actually add to it. Jules gets as frustrated as she faces the physical limitations of her age.

    Director:Chris Koch
    Writer:Bill Lawrence

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  7. Cougar Town Season 5 Episode 11 - Refugee
    7.0/10(197 votes)

    S5:E11

    When Bobby's boat goes missing, Jules and Bobby step into their old crime fighting personas, "Blacktop" and "Gumshoe", in order to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, Grayson helps Andy win over his new supervisor by teaching him "the neg," and Laurie and Travis attempt to decorate her apartment together.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writers:Michael Lisbe, Nate Reger

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  8. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 1 - American Dream Plan B
    7.0/10(220 votes)

    S6:E1

    Jules agrees to stop drinking wine during Laurie's pregnancy, but the rest of the gang doesn't agree, so Tom opens up his garage as a speakeasy. Meanwhile, Grayson prepares Travis for fatherhood with the help of a baby pig.

    Director:Courteney Cox
    Writer:Blake McCormick

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  9. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 6 - The Wrong Thing To Do
    7.0/10(192 votes)

    S6:E6

    Seeing that Andy is unprepared for his upcoming job interviews, Jules agrees to coach him through it. Ellie needs a place to escape since Andy is home all the time, so she goes to Bobby's boat, only to find that Grayson beat her to it. Meanwhile, Travis and Laurie encourage Tom to date ... with disastrous results.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Eric Ernst

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  10. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 1 - Dating Scene
    7.1/10(675 votes)

    S1:E1

    Pilot - We meet Jules, a woman who at her twenties took on marriage and a baby instead of experiencing the dating scene. Now on her forties, she finds herself as a divorcee and eager to live the dating scene that she missed. With the help of her friend, Laurie, her younger co-worker who wants to show Jules to go out there and have fun. Ellie, her sarcastic, married and content to her average but lovable husband Andy. There's also her family, her ex-husband Bobby and her son Travis, who will test her patience, and her new forty-something divorced neighbour Gray, who doesn't believe that Jules can date again.

    Director:Bill Lawrence
    Writers:Bill Lawrence, Kevin Biegel

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  11. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 3 - Don't Do Me Like That
    7.1/10(483 votes)

    S1:E3

    Jules family and friends crash the 10th date with her new boyfriend, Josh. Ellie and Laurie help Jules realize that it's ok to be selfish once in a while, when Jules has a disastrous experience in bed with Josh. Meanwhile, Jules left Travis with Bobby, who has to be responsible and deal with his son.

    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writer:Kevin Biegel

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  12. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 5 - You Wreck Me
    7.1/10(419 votes)

    S1:E5

    Jules rues the day when her ex-husband, Bobby, and Grayson become fast friends over a mercy golf lesson that she organized to help boost Bobby's self esteem. Meanwhile, Laurie surprises even herself when she takes on a new client to prove her worth to Jules.

    Director:Jamie Babbit
    Writer:Linda Videtti Figueiredo

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  13. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 10 - Mystery Man
    7.1/10(390 votes)

    S1:E10

    Scott Foley guest stars as Jeff, a very wealthy potential home buyer who is interested in one of Jules overpriced homes. Meanwhile, Ellie with reserves leaves the baby with Andy for a day to prove that she trusts in him.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Kevin Biegel

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  14. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 16 - What Are You Doin' in My Life?
    7.1/10(370 votes)

    S1:E16

    Laurie needs a co-signer to buy her first condo and finds her less than stellar, absentee mother no help at all. Meanwhile, Bobby is mugged by a woman and Travis comes to Barb's aid after her latest cosmetic surgery procedure.

    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 18 - Turn This Car Around
    7.1/10(368 votes)

    S1:E18

    Sara is a confident wine rep who sets her sights on Grayson; but is he strong enough to be her man? Meanwhile, when Ellie tells Jules she can't change past a certain age, Jules is determined to prove her wrong by giving up wine for a month; and Bobby's new dog poses some unwanted competition for Andy.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cougar Town Season 2 Episode 16 - Baby’s a Rock ‘N’ Roller
    7.1/10(272 votes)

    S2:E16

    Ellie tricks Jules into watching Baby Stan on her own for a day, but Jules is determined to prove how easy it is... especially when she's roped in Grayson to help. Meanwhile, Bobby's given the chance to play golf for free in order to train for his upcoming tournament, as long as he tees off before 6:00 a.m., and Andy volunteers to be Laurie's wingman as she puts herself back out there after her split with Smith.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writer:Peter Saji

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  17. Cougar Town Season 3 Episode 7 - You Can Still Change Your Mind
    7.1/10(244 votes)

    S3:E7

    Travis wants to take Jules and Grayson's wedding pictures, but Jules, who wants everything to be perfect for her second wedding, isn't so sure; meanwhile Bobby wants to get serious with Angie, but does she feel the same way?

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Blake McCormick

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  18. Cougar Town Season 4 Episode 1 - Blue Sunday
    7.1/10(245 votes)

    S4:E1

    It's the first week of marriage for Grayson and Jules, but when Grayson doesn't know the rules, he soon becomes Jules' "coffee and wine bitch." After Travis' 21st birthday, Bobby tries to make up for lost time by teaching him lessons about being a man. And Ellie and Laurie try to pull Jules out of her depression when Grayson refuses to apologize for what he did in her dream.

    Director:Courteney Cox
    Writer:Bill Lawrence

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  19. Cougar Town Season 5 Episode 9 - Too Much Ain't Enough
    7.1/10(199 votes)

    S5:E9

    After Jules receives a large commission check, she enlists Andy to be her business partner in a get-rich-quick scheme. Meanwhile, Grayson tries to seem cool to Travis's new hipster friends, and Bobby struggles to feel comfortable with his new bag.

    Director:Josh Hopkins
    Writer:Sean Lavery

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  20. Cougar Town Season 5 Episode 12 - Love is a Long Road
    7.1/10(200 votes)

    S5:E12

    As Chick deals with the fallout from his first Alzheimers symptoms, Jules convinces him to look at houses nearby. Without meaning to, Grayson introduces the idea of Chick moving in with them, a suggestion he quickly regrets. All the while, the Cul de Sac Crew excitedly prepares for Travis's college graduation which kicks off, among other things, a rivalry between Ellie and Laurie for who is #1 on Jules' most-important-friend list.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writer:Mary Fitzgerald

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  21. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 2 - Full Grown Boy
    7.1/10(207 votes)

    S6:E2

    Jules is overprotective when Chick wants to go to his Civil War reenactment. Bobby considers a job opportunity in another state. Travis hates Laurie's choices for baby names and needs Ellie to destroy them.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Kevin Biegel

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  22. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 9 - Two Men Talking
    7.1/10(186 votes)

    S6:E9

    Jules tries to set her father up with Grayson as a best friend; a cool mom group.

    Director:John Putch
    Writer:Melody Derloshon

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  23. Cougar Town Season 6 Episode 11 - Climb That Hill
    7.1/10(187 votes)

    S6:E11

    Jules tries to read a book for the first time; Grayson tries to remember what his friends say.

    Director:Courtney Rowe
    Writer:Melody Derloshon

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  24. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 6 - A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)
    7.2/10(416 votes)

    S1:E6

    When Josh tells Jules he's in love with her, she knows the time has come to break things off with him. Unfortunately for Jules, she's not the best at ending relationships without hurting people's feelings, but thankfully she has the expertise of friends Laurie and Ellie to see her through. Meanwhile, Bobby, Grayson and Andy hit the links with money and pride on the line.

    Director:Ken Whittingham
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Cougar Town Season 1 Episode 13 - Stop Dragging My Heart Around
    7.2/10(368 votes)

    S1:E13

    After her breakup with Jeff, Jules turns to Bobby for some cheering up. But when a bottle of wine leads to a passionate kiss, will they agree it was only a casual meaningless kiss? Meanwhile, Laurie discovers a thing that both Jules and Grayson have in common, while Travis plans with Kylie don't go as planned.

    Director:Michael McDonald
    Writer:Mara Brock Akil

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Waiting for Tonight" is the worst rated episode of "Cougar Town". It scored 6.8/10 based on 197 votes. Directed by Michael McDonald and written by Emily R. Wilson, Brad Morris, it aired on 1/27/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Wild One, Forever".