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The Best Episodes of Ellen

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

The Best Episodes of Ellen

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The...

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  1. Background image for The Hand That Robs the Cradle
    7.1/10(89 votes)

    #1 - The Hand That Robs the Cradle

    S1:E6

    Ellen feels old and out of it when she starts dating a younger man, but her attempts to be cool leave her date lukewarm.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Christmas Show

    S2:E12

    Ellen's holidays are bittersweet, thanks to an acerbic new employee and a sugarcoated suitor. Meanwhile, Paige agonizes over what to get her overly sensitive mother for Christmas.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Do You Fear What I Fear?

    S3:E12

    Ellen's holiday spirits hit an all-time low when her parents present her with a cemetery burial plot as a Christmas present.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Fleas Navidad

    S4:E12

    Ellen bites off more than she can chew when she rescues an abandoned dog at Christmas.

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    6.8/10(114 votes)

    #5 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Ellen, mortified by her driver's license photo, pulls out all the stops in a desperate attempt to get a decent picture.

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    6.7/10(100 votes)

    #6 - The Anchor

    S1:E2

    A guilt-ridden Ellen grovels to win back the friendship of Audrey, an annoying acquaintance she's been trying to dump for years. Meanwhile, Holly puts on a false front to impress a guy.

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  8. Background image for A Kiss Is Still a Kiss
    6.7/10(91 votes)

    #7 - A Kiss Is Still a Kiss

    S1:E3

    Ellen answers a personal ad and meets the man of her dreams, with one problem: he's a horrible kisser.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(88 votes)

    #8 - The Promotion

    S1:E5

    Ellen kisses up to her boss by buying a gift for her new baby, but her job is put in jeopardy through casual remarks overheard through a baby monitor.

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    6.7/10(89 votes)

    #9 - The Go-Between

    S1:E7

    When Ellen fans a romantic flame between her boss and Adam, she's the one who may get burned.

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    6.7/10(83 votes)

    #10 - The Soft Touch

    S1:E10

    Convinced she's responsible for getting a car salesman fired, Ellen hires him to work at Buy the Book. Meanwhile, Ellen's parents unwittingly interfere with her plans to buy a new car.

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    6.7/10(86 votes)

    #11 - The Boyfriend Stealer

    S1:E11

    Things have changed at the bookstore for Ellen, as a coffee shop is added and Joe is hired as its manager. Meanwhile, Ellen thinks Holly's boyfriend is hitting on her, causing problems in their friendship.

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    6.4/10(91 votes)

    #12 - The Class Reunion

    S1:E4

    Anxious to impress her classmates at a reunion, Ellen masquerades as a married cardiologist, jeopardizing her romance with a former high-school heartthrob.

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    Director:Unknown
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    6.4/10(85 votes)

    #13 - The Refrigerator

    S1:E9

    Ellen and Adam struggle to find the perfect refrigerator.

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    Director:Unknown
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    6.3/10(94 votes)

    #14 - The Houseguest

    S1:E8

    Ellen's visiting cousin Tracy mistakenly thinks Ellen has intentionally sabotaged her L.A. vacation, and flees town with a notorious motorcycle gang, with Ellen in hot pursuit.

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    #15 - The Dentist

    S2:E1

    Paige refers Ellen to a handsome dentist and Ellen hopes the professional visit might lead to a personal relationship. However, her serious flirtations have unexpected results when a few whiffs of laughing gas unleash her primal instincts. Meanwhile, Adam can't seem to decide whether he wants to date a woman or not.

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    #16 - Saint Ellen

    S2:E2

    When Ellen learns that the show-biz party she crashed was for charity, she tries to make amends by going on a volunteering binge.

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    #17 - The Thirty-Minute Man

    S2:E3

    Ellen flips for a customer whose visits to the bookstore spice up her life, but her rising hopes for romance fall flat when she learns he's a pizza delivery man who savors his work.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    #18 - The Note

    S2:E4

    Stumbling upon evidence that someone in her reading group dislikes her, a downcast Ellen stoops to spying in order to root out and win over the malcontent.

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    #19 - The Fix-Up

    S2:E5

    When Ellen's blind date, whom she remembers as a childhood weirdo, turns out to be a perfectly normal guy, she's eager to pursue the relationship, but a series of complications convinces him that she's the one who's strange.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
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    #20 - So Funny

    S2:E6

    Ellen feels threatened by Adam's visiting friend, Theresa, whose humor rivals her own. But when Ellen sees her own jealousy drive her comic competitor away, she literally flies to make amends.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - The Toast

    S2:E7

    When Ellen hosts the wedding rehearsal dinner for her brother and his bride-to-be, she unintentionally causes their breakup.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - Adam's Birthday

    S2:E8

    Convinced that Ellen is limiting his potential, Adam moves out, leaving Ellen with limitless possibilities as to what to do with his vacant room.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Trainer

    S2:E9

    To help Paige appease her demanding movie-producer boss, Ellen pretends to be his exercise trainer. But when the boss offers Ellen a development job, Paige has a fit.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Mrs. Koger

    S2:E10

    Ellen speaks her mind to her cranky old neighbor who then dies. Meanwhile, she hires a pushy new bookstore manager with a history of mental problems.

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    Director:Tom Cherones
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    #25 - Ellen's New Friend

    S2:E11

    Ellen tries to make a new friend without offending Audrey, the person who introduced them. Meanwhile, Adam inherits historical family letters.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Hand That Robs the Cradle" is the best rated episode of "Ellen". It scored 7.1/10 based on 89 votes. Directed by Andrew D. Weyman and written by Mark Driscoll, it aired on 4/27/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Christmas Show".