8.2/10569 votes#1 - Pay It Forward
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/15/2011
The four jokers "cook up" some fun at a local burger joint, scam tourists, and prepare a trick for customers at a warehouse store.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.2/10482 votes#2 - Butterfly Crime Scene
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/2011
The guys rub sunbathers the wrong way and steal from others' grocery baskets.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10426 votes#3 - Unmotivational Speaker
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/22/2011
The guys approach strangers with humiliating one liners on the street, play a word game in a grocery store, and compel shoppers to hop in a trunk at a car dealership.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.1/10433 votes#4 - Boardwalk of Shame
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/29/2011
The guys compete to embarrass each other, tackling speed dating with the world's worst pickup lines, reading phony fortunes on the boardwalk, and getting too personal with shoppers in the hygiene aisle of a pharmacy.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10410 votes#5 - Drawing a Blank
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/2012
The guys demonstrate their odd living habits while interviewing for roommates, cut the line for Broadway tickets in Times Square, and push puppies on customers in a pet store.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.1/10390 votes#6 - Panty Raid
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2012
The guys massage beachgoers on the boardwalk, broadcast the news from Times Square, and get their kicks teaching a karate class.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10389 votes#7 - Out of TP
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2012
The guys swipe food off other people's plates at a buffet, tutor students in a foreign language they don't speak, and try to start a dance party in a public park.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10380 votes#8 - Who Arted?
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2012
The guys conduct a focus group with unique consumer questioning, are totally unfit as trainers in a gym class, and pretend to work at a famous New York bakery.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10354 votes#9 - A Loser Presents
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/16/2012
Q's dad makes an appearance in White Castle and serves up his own round of mischief. Also, the guys pose as bouncers at a nightclub and offer phony horoscope readings in a mall.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
7.2/10296 votes#10 - What'd I Eat?
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/29/2012
The guys try to sell diamonds to unsuspecting couples ready to tie the knot, and pose as members of a very unwelcoming committee down at the boardwalk.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.4/10341 votes#11 - Starfart Macchiato
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/29/2012
The guys share humiliating text messages in a quiet waiting room, shampoo women's hair at an upscale hair salon, and teach a driver's ed course that's a guaranteed fail.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.3/10332 votes#12 - Bellydancer
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/5/2012
The pranksters take jobs at a garden center, try their luck as CPR instructors and see if they can cut it as deli-counter workers.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.2/10327 votes#13 - Charity Case
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/12/2012
The pranksters tee it up as golf instructors; line up investors as Broadway producers; and play cat-and-mouse with customers at a pet store.
Director: P.J. Morrison, Alphonse Freed
Writer: N/A
8.4/10325 votes#14 - Theater del Absurdo
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/19/2012
The pranksters raise dough for unusual charities at a donut shop, interrupt some fed-up diners mid-meal in a Chinese restaurant and provide shoppers with unsolicited advice at a mall.
Director: P.J. Morrison, Alphonse Freed
Writer: N/A
8.2/10322 votes#15 - Pick a Loser
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/26/2012
The guys try to smooch strangers on the streets of Manhattan, play a word game with unsuspecting shoppers, and try not to be camera shy when they're forced to pose as photographers.
Director: P.J. Morrison
Writer: N/A
8.1/10308 votes#16 - Supercuts
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/3/2012
The guys toy with customers at a candy store using bizarre party props, they all try their hands at nosing, and they break the rules of appropriate elevator etiquette.
Director: P.J. Morrison, Alphonse Freed
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Impractical Jokers Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pay It Forward" is the best rated episode of "Impractical Jokers" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 569 votes. Directed by P.J. Morrison and written by N/A, it aired on 12/15/2011. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Butterfly Crime Scene".