6.1/10211 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
7.2/10150 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
6.7/10124 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
7.2/10125 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
7.2/10119 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
7.6/10111 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
7.6/10110 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
7.3/10123 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
7.6/10100 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
7.2/10100 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
7.3/10103 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
7.3/10100 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
7.6/1097 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
7.8/10102 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
7.3/1089 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
7.4/1091 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
7.3/1085 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
7.2/1083 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
7.2/1078 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
7.4/1076 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
7.2/1078 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
7.7/1087 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
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 211 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".