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The Best Episodes of Dr. Ken Season 1

Every episode of Dr. Ken Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dr. Ken Season 1!

Dr. Ken is a brilliant physician with no bedside manner. He is always trying to be a good doctor, as well as a good husband...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Dr. Ken" season 1. It scored 6.1/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by Scott Ellis and written by N/A, it aired on 10/2/2015. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Seminar".

  • Pilot
    6.1/10209 votes

    #1 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2015

    Ken is stressed out at work over his “whining, complaining” patients so he needs a therapy session with Allison. Back at home, Ken is nervous about Molly’s driving test – “What if she doesn’t fail!”

    Director: Scott Ellis

    Writer: N/A

  • The Seminar
    7.2/10149 votes

    #2 - The Seminar

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2015

    When the office celebrates a promotion for Clark, Ken is oblivious since he lives in his own world…it’s the last straw for Clark dealing with Ken’s selfish ways. Clark writes a fake complaint comment card about Ken, so he’s forced to attend a training seminar for better bedside manners, which leaves Allison at home to have dinner with Ken’s parents.

    Director: Scott Ellis

    Writer: Mary Fitzgerald

  • Ken Helps Pat
    6.7/10123 votes

    #3 - Ken Helps Pat

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2015

    Pat wants everyone to start working on Saturdays, so the workers in the office ask Ken to talk Pat out of it. When Ken visits Pat at home, he's shocked to find out he's living in a boat in the driveway. After Pat explains he's going through a divorce but still loves his wife, Ken thinks they've had a bonding moment. Meanwhile, Dave is given a new nickname at school and it brings up bad memories for Allison.

    Director: Andy Cadiff

    Writer: Matthew Libman, Daniel Libman

  • Kevin O'Connell
    7.2/10124 votes

    #4 - Kevin O'Connell

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2015

    Ken is taken aback when he meets Allison’s former boyfriend Kevin O’Connell, now a very hot and successful doctor. So when Ken is asked to speak at a banquet honoring Kevin, he uses the opportunity more as a roast. Meanwhile, Molly struggles with a school assignment asking for what she wants to be when she grows up.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove

  • Halloween-Aversary
    7.2/10118 votes

    #5 - Halloween-Aversary

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2015

    The episode opens with a flashback to Ken's botched marriage proposal on Halloween. Now 20 years later, Ken tries to arrange the perfect re-proposal for Allison. Meanwhile at the office, which is decorated for Halloween, Damona and Julie accidentally drug Pat and then take advantage of their boss' suddenly giving mood.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Erik Sommers

  • Ken Teaches Molly a Lesson
    7.6/10110 votes

    #6 - Ken Teaches Molly a Lesson

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2015

    Molly admits to taking a sip of beer at a party, but insists she hated it and didn't drink the rest. While Allison is happy Molly is being honest with them, Ken is afraid of losing his little girl and uses the opportunity to explain to her what alcohol does to the body... in medical terms. His experiment goes awry when he accidentally gets blitzed and makes a fool of himself in front of her friends.

    Director: Andy Cadiff

    Writer: Mike Sikowitz

  • Dr. Wendi: Coming to LA
    7.5/10109 votes

    #7 - Dr. Wendi: Coming to LA

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2015

    Ken's sister Wendi, a successful doctor/TV host on a medical talk show, comes to visit the family and tension ensues. Ken can't admit that he's jealous of his sister's newfound success. So when Wendi invites Ken to be a guest on her show, he makes a mockery of it.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: Hilary Winston

  • Thanksgiving Culture Clash
    7.2/10121 votes

    #8 - Thanksgiving Culture Clash

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2015

    Molly rebels and gets a Japanese tattoo, which spirals Ken and Allison into having a cultural face-off. At a holiday dinner, they push their traditional dishes on their guests, while Dave documents the Thanksgiving events for a school project. Julie invites the office over to her place – but Damona and Clark try finding a way to leave early so they can make it to their other Thanksgiving plans.

    Director: Ken Whittingham

    Writer: Mike O'Connell

  • Ken Cries Foul
    7.6/1098 votes

    #9 - Ken Cries Foul

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2015

    Ken continues to push basketball (his passion sport) on Dave, but his son is more interested in going to a city council meeting about the extreme drought in California rather than playing in a game. Meanwhile, Damona tries to work the system at the office to get more vacation days and Molly tries to convince her mom to let her wear a skimpy outfit.

    Director: Rob Schiller

    Writer: Mike Sikowitz

  • The Master Scheduler
    7.2/1099 votes

    #10 - The Master Scheduler

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2015

    When Allison gushes about how excited she is to go to Hawaii for the holidays, Ken realizes that he forgot to ask for those days off. So Ken, not wanting to admit he messed up, turns to lying, begging and bribing the master scheduler for the office (with whom no one has ever met), hoping he can give him the time off.

    Director: Beth McCarthy-Miller

    Writer: Paul O'Toole, Andy St. Clair

  • Delayed in Honolulu
    7.3/10101 votes

    #11 - Delayed in Honolulu

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2016

    The Park family are in the airport on their way home from Hawaii when their flight is delayed for several hours. Ken has an interaction with Dr. Oz that goes awry - and then needs to get the famous TV doctor to switch airplane seats with him. Meanwhile, Allison gets overly involved in Molly's love life and accidentally breaks up with her boyfriend via text message, and Dave finds himself in a high-stakes card game with some college students. Back at Welltopia, it's "Black Monday," the clinic's busiest day of the year, and in Ken's absence, Julie is the doctor in charge, and Clark and Damona have to help her learn that thoroughness doesn't have to take forever.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Mike Sikowitz

  • Ken's Physical
    7.3/1098 votes

    #12 - Ken's Physical

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2016

    Allison is upset to find out that Ken hasn't had a physical in years and urges him to do so. Ken asks Julie to sign that he's had a physical, but Julie insists on doing the real thing due to her professionalism. After the physical, Julie learns that Ken is suffering from moments of high stress - he blames Allison at first, but then they both realize it's due to their kids and their growing concerns. Meanwhile, Molly is having trouble holding down a job to earn money to go to skiing, but uses her entrepreneurial spirit to make the den's bathroom available to a nearby film crew - much to her parents' dismay.

    Director: Victor Gonzalez

    Writer: Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove

  • D.K. and the Dishwasher
    7.6/1096 votes

    #13 - D.K. and the Dishwasher

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2016

    After Ken's father shows up unexpectedly, he takes care of chores around the house that Ken has not been doing.

    Director: Scott Ellis

    Writer: Mary Fitzgerald

  • Dave's Valentine
    7.8/10101 votes

    #14 - Dave's Valentine

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2016

    Dave's date to the Valentine's Day dance ends up being the daughter of a well-known, successful malpractice lawyer who does not like Ken. Julie feels rejected by Topher.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Paul O'Toole, Andy St. Clair

  • The Wedding Sitter
    7.3/1088 votes

    #15 - The Wedding Sitter

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2016

    Things end up not running smoothly after Ken and the office staff attend a colleague's wedding. Molly hires a baby sitter for Dave. Dave attempts to sneak out and he hires a friend to impersonate him.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Matthew Libman, Daniel Libman

  • Meeting Molly’s Boyfriend
    7.4/1090 votes

    #16 - Meeting Molly’s Boyfriend

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2016

    When Molly brings home her boyfriend, Allison has a conflict of interest when she realizes that he’s the son of one of her patients. Through a therapy session, Allison concludes that Molly’s boyfriend is cheating on her, but when Ken and Allison try to pry it out of him, it’s actually Molly who admits to cheating. This leads Allison to reveal her own overlapping romance when she first started dating Ken. Meanwhile, Pat begins kissing up to the staff, knowing that his evaluation is coming up.

    Director: Victor Gonzalez

    Writer: Nicole Sun

  • Ken at the Concert
    7.3/1084 votes

    #17 - Ken at the Concert

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2016

    Ken feels that Molly is pulling away as a teenager and tries to reconnect by taking her and her friends to a concert for Emblem3. Though she is embarrassed by her dad’s antics at the concert, Molly does appreciate the effort and finally warms up to her dad — just a little. Meanwhile, Allison takes Dave to a birthday party, but after he cuts his foot, he wreaks havoc on the Welltopia team when he is forced to face a big fear – a needle for the tetanus shot. Also, Damona struggles with how to break things off with Pat.

    Director: Scott Ellis

    Writer: Nicole Sun

  • Dicky Wexler's Last Show
    7.1/1082 votes

    #18 - Dicky Wexler's Last Show

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2016

    Ken is delighted when a long-time favorite patient/comedian comes in for a checkup. Unfortunately, tests reveal that Dicky’s cancer has come back and he must stay at the hospital, keeping him from performing what was going to be his last stand-up show. But Ken is determined to get Dicky what he wants! Meanwhile, Allison runs into an old-time patient at another therapist’s office, causing her to question her own abilities and friendship with the woman.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Erik Sommers

  • Ken's an Expert Witness
    7.1/1077 votes

    #19 - Ken's an Expert Witness

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2016

    Ken's confidence as a medical expert witness is shattered when the plaintiff's lawyer shreds his credibility on the stand; Dave gets Allison's help to sew a designer dress for Molly.

    Director: Jean Sagal

    Writer: Mike O'Connell

  • Dave's Sex Talk
    7.3/1075 votes

    #20 - Dave's Sex Talk

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/2016

    Dave gets an impromptu birds-and-the-bees talk from Julie after Ken has been avoiding it, but he's not off the hook with Allison when she learns he took full credit. Meanwhile, Clark gets dubious advice from Pat.

    Director: Eric Dean Seaton

    Writer: Hilary Winston

  • Korean Men's Club
    7.2/1077 votes

    #21 - Korean Men's Club

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/15/2016

    Ken, at the insistence of Allison, reluctantly joins a civics-minded community group – but it may not be what it seems.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Farhan Arshad

  • Ken Tries Stand Up
    7.7/1086 votes

    #22 - Ken Tries Stand Up

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/22/2016

    A visit from Ken’s college friend, a touring stand-up comedian, ultimately spurs Ken to pursue his own lifelong dream of stand-up comedy. But when he does it, suddenly it’s not as easy as he thought, nor does it go as he planned.

    Director: Anthony Joseph Rich

    Writer: Richard Lowe