Every season of Dear John ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Dear John!

John reluctantly attends his first meeting of the One-Two-One Club -- only after mistakenly wandering into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting across the hall. (TV Guide)

Pilot

Ralph's Curse

Hello/Goodbye

John's beautiful new girlfriend thrills himâ€”until he learns her age.

The Younger Girl

John can't understand why his son Matthew won't spend time with him.

Matthew's Dilemma

Dear Mike

Politics as Usual

Dancing in the Dark

Was It Good for Me?

Honest John

The Return of Ricky

Dream Babe

Stand by Your Man

Love and Marriage

For a Friend

The Second Time Around

The Last Dance

Kate claims that her sister always steals her boyfriends, no matter how obnoxious, and to prove it Kate dates Kirk. (TV Guide)

Sisters

On a camping trip, John and Matthew are stranded in a cabin by a snowstorm that ushers in a blizzard of chilling consequences. (TV Guide)

Gone Camping

The group tells John that the knockout who's knocking him out is really a new member's transvestite husband. (TV Guide)

Margo

Friends and Lovers

Bound for Gloria

A New Leash on Life

The Other Group

Blomlika, the bride who skipped out on Ralph at their wedding reception, bounds back into his life, eager to pick up where they left off 14 months before.

Ralph's Second Chance

After one night with John, a flight attendant is ready to fly with him forever. (TV Guide)

John's Blind Date

Ralph peddles a book promoting the power of positivity, which John could use, but won't, to publish his poetry. (TV Guide)

The Secret of Success

Unwed mother Louise needs a hubby to present to her strait-laced father---and gets more help than she can handle. (TV Guide)

The British Are Coming

Something on the Side (aka Mike's Other Girl)

Fathers Know Best

The Dilemma with Emma

Kate, a Date & Fate

It's the second anniversary of the day John's wife left him (DJ Day), and the group is concerned because John is binging on junk food. Mrs. Philbert is preparing to attend her 60th high school anniversary, her first because she was always afraid of meeting her former fiance, Lloyd, and her best friend, Clara, who eloped together. John is deputized to escort her to New Jersey, where Lloyd and Clara show up after all -- so Mrs. Philbert introduces him as her fiance, invites them back to ""their"" place, and sets about seducing Lloyd with her patented technique: playing ""Honolulu Baby"" on the ukelele.

Honolulu Baby

John's relationship with his new lady would be just great were it not for her daughter, who thinks all her mother's dates are grown-up dweebs. (TV Guide)

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Attractive newcomer Mary Beth brings out the worst in Kirk, and it's much worse than even he imagined. (TV Guide)

Kirk's Problem

Kirk takes John along for a free ski weekend, but he's left in the cold when John befriends a fellow Sherlock Holmes buff. (TV Guide)

John's Friend

An ex-con wants to join the group, and no one wants to say no to a killer whose temper is triggered by rejection. (TV Guide)

Unwelcome to the Club

Some Nights to Remember

John's going to kick himself if he can't find the cash to send Matthew to Europe for a soccer tourney. (TV Guide)

John's New Job (1)

John discovers his wonderful new job has a catch: the ex-student who got it for him expects a more intimate form of thanks. (Part 2 of 2)

John's New Job (2)

John, Kirk and Ralph give new meaning to ""change the baby"" when Louise leaves Nigel in their care. (TV Guide)

Babyface

Afraid he's becoming a support-group addict, John takes a night off to wing it on his own. (TV Guide)

John's Night Out

The group throws a surprise birthday party for Kirk, but the surprise is on them. (TV Guide)

True Confessions

John basks in the adulation Mary Beth lavishes on him for helping her write an article.

To John with Love

Kate chooses John as her nephew's role modelâ€”but the boy prefers Kirk.

Aunt Red

No More Mr. Nice Guy

John goes on a blind double-date with Kirk, and finds himself mistaken for a professional escort.

Pretty Man

John hopes for a reconciliation whe his ex-wife Wendy says she wants another childâ€”but she only wants her sperm.

And Baby Makes Four (1)

Feeling pressured and rushed, John breaks into the insemination clinc to retrieve his sperm.

And Baby Makes Four (2)

John tries to mediate a fight over a woman between Kirk and his amazingly similar brotherâ€”a priest.

A Priest's Story

A new member proposes to both Kate and Louise.

That's Big of Me

John sort of fulfills his dream of playing clarinet at Carnegie Hall.

Hot Lips Lacey

At her aunt's funeral, Kate confronts her ex-husband Blake, a cad nonetheless loved by the rest of her family.

Hole in One

John seeks a reunion with famous adventure author Jessica Stone, whom he recalls in flashbacks as the great love of his youth.

The Blunder Years

Despite interruptions by a newly svelte woman from Overeaters Anonymous (new recurring guest Olivia Brown), the groups tries to heer up Mary Beth, who's lost her job.

Down and Out in Rego Park

John wants his aging mother to move in with him.

Homeward Bound

John's job is jeopardized and the group disbands after a tabloid links him to a promiscuous movie star. (Part 1 of 2)

Matter of Trust (1)

Matter of Trust (2)

Ralph falls for a married fellow toll-taker.

Molly and Me

John meets a pretty periodontist, Kate a suave South American, and Kirk his fiesty match. (Part 1 of 2)

Love Stories (1)

Jackie agrees to live with Kirk, under exacting conditions; Louse gets a date with her IRS auditor. (Part 2 of 2)

Love Stories (2)

Everyone gets dumped except Ralph; John's ex-wife Wendy brings news of a new baby. (Part 3 of 3)

Love Stories (3)

Kirk loses John's antique watch to a pretty thief.

John and Kirk's Excellent Adventure

When John's college poetry teacher visits, he steals some of John's poems for a book. Meanwhile, the group preps for a talent show.

The Poet (1)

John huddles with the group members over whether to expose the former professor who plagaarized his poems. (Part 2 of 2)

The Poet (2)

After they learn she'd been institutionalized, the groups scoffs at Louise's claim she can save the financiall strapped center.

Louise, the Hero

John tries getting his son Matthew to discuss his hurt feelings about the baby his mom and John are having.

Matthew and the Baby

John is stranded in remove Hawaiian airports after buying a discount ticket from Kirk; Alejandro proposes to Kate.

John's Week Off

Kirk convinces John they're long-lost brothers, and moves in with him.

Brothers

Kirk goes into hiding when the group discovers his wife left him for another woman.

Kirk's Ex-wife

Kate faces her fear of intimacy by dating the cop who takes the report when the group is held at gunpoint.

Kate's Cop

Whose Soap Opera Is It Anyway?

Hello, Annie

Lust & Death

John and Kirk's windfall at an automated bank teller comes to light at a police officer's bachelor party.

The Bachelor Shower

Kirk claims there is good reason to terminate Kate's wedding plans; John has trouble at childbirth class.

I Do, Baby (1)

I Do, Baby (2)

Louise confesses to an affair with a club member.

Once I Had a Secret Love

John unwittingly hires a Santa Claus with problems for a Christmas party at the day-care center.

'Twas the Fight Before Christmas

Do the Wrong Thing

The Big Payday

Scriptwriter Mary Beth sees John's problems as soap-opera fodder for her show ""The Divided Heart.""

John's Divided Heart

John is suddenly willing to take risks after a near-death experience in an elevator.

Who's Who

Lack of funds clouds John's ski weekend with a new flame. (Part 1 of 1)

Poor John (1)

John overextends his credit to impress his new girlfriend. (Part 2 of 2)

Poor John (2)

A doctor links John's stomach pain to Kirk.

Heartburn and Heartache

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).

The Best Seasons of Dear John

The Best Seasons of Dear John

Season 3

Season 2

Season 4

Season 1