6.1/10 148 votes#1 - The Burning House
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/18/2002
In a satire of ""Project Greenlight,"" Finch makes a ten-minute semi-autobiographical movie for his film class, and convinces actor David Hasselhoff to play the father in the film. But when filming starts, trouble ensues when Nina, playing the mother, falls in love with the actor playing her son. Meanwhile, Jack demands an onscreen apology from Hasselhoff after the actor scratches Jack's car in the parking lot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/10 122 votes
#2 - The Comedy Stylings of Rivers & Red
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 4/22/2003
Jack and Finch prepare for a meeting with Tate Gittling (guest star Alan Rachins, ""L.A. Law""), the publisher of Blush's biggest rival magazine, in an attempt to join together for a charity function. But when Finch becomes romantically involved with Gittling's assistant, Bridget (guest star Judy Greer), he drops his guard and she sets him up to make Jack look bad. Meanwhile, Nina becomes jealous of her rock star boyfriend's (guest star Simon Templeman) celebrity status.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 263 votes#3 - Back Issues
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1997
Magazine owner Jack Gallo makes peace with his estranged daughter when she asks him for monetary help--and lands a job at the mag.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Steven Levitan
6.8/10 219 votes#4 - The Devil and Maya Gallo
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/1997
On her first day at work, Maya decides to do a hard-hitting story on child labor overseas, while Jack tries to distract her with a plush office.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Marsh McCall
6.8/10 214 votes#5 - My Dinner with Woody
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1997
Maya's fantasy piece about a dinner with Woody Allen brings notice from a lot of people--including Woody Allen himself, supposedly. The man who shows up at Maya's office the next day is not Woody Allen, but he presents himself as such, and actually seems to believe he is. Maya finds herself playing along with the charade until their relationship and her life turn into her favorite movie, Annie Hall. Meanwhile, a mix-up over eyedrops causes Jack to temporarily lose his sight.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Steven Levitan
6.8/10 181 votes#6 - Twice Burned
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1997
Jack desperately wants to get his daughter Hannah a spot in the prestigious Woodbridge School, but there's one slight problem. The Gallo name isn't exactly a hallowed one there since former student Maya once burned down a wing of it. When the headmaster blames Jack's failure to take an interest in Maya's life for the incident, he has his hands full trying to right two wrongs - one to the school and one to Maya. Meanwhile, Elliott and Nina bond when they discover both are fans of blues musician Cholera Joe Hopper.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Pam Brady
6.8/10 168 votes#7 - Sweet Charity
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1997
Maya's attempts to get her coworkers involved in her favorite charity are met with overwhelming indifference. Only after the PR-minded Jack goads them to help to Finch, Elliott, and Nina contribute. And only after Maya pleads with him does Jack finally contribute. Rather than giving his time or effort to the charity, he helps in the usual Jack Gallo fashion- by giving a giant check for $50,000. When he consequently wins an award for Humanitarian of the Year, Maya's jealousy gets the better of her. Meanwhile, Elliott tries to figure out why the office's nickname-happy gopher keeps snubbing him.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Marsh McCall
6.8/10 172 votes#8 - Jesus, It's Christmas
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1997
At Maya's urging, the gang agrees to forego the usual gift-giving tradition and pool their money into a donation for someone less fortunate than they are. The recipient turns out to be night custodian Jesus Santos, whom Maya meets while working late one night. Things become extremely awkward when Jesus decides what to spend the money on- nothing but presents for Maya. Meanwhile, Finch conspires to get Elliott to let him tag along on his trip to the Caribbean for a Christmas photo shoot with five gorgeous models.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin
6.8/10 168 votes#9 - In the Company of Maya
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1998
When Maya develops a crush on a writer she works with, she isn't quite sure how to handle the situation. Believing he likes her, but is too shy to ask her out, Maya takes some tips from Nina on how to lead him on. The strategy backfires when Maya finds herself slapped with a sexual harassment suit the next day. Meanwhile, Elliott tries to live down his humiliation when he discovers his girlfriend is a spokesperson for a brand of hemorrhoid cream.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Pam Brady
- 6.8/10 130 votes
#10 - A Night at the Plaza
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2000
Nina and Finch don't know about Jack's divorce yet. Jack moves into the Plaza Hotel for privacy. Maya wants Elliott to read an article about relationships but he doesn't, which causes problems. Everybody gathers in Jack's room. Finch and his singing group, 2 Fine, perform.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 123 votes
#11 - Blush Gets Some Therapy
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/11/2002
After the staff embarasses themselves in front of designer Kate Spade, Jack hires a corporate therapist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 128 votes
#12 - Mr. Jealousy
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2002
Finch is scared about Jack liking Vicki, so he sets her up to look bad, but he's not sure when she'll get him back. Meanwhile, Nina brings in a woman off the street to prove to Jack that he was wrong to hire Vicki. She is worried though when the woman gets lost in the building.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: David Hemingson
- 6.8/10 131 votes
#13 - The Last Temptation of Elliott
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 8/9/2003
Richard Kind ("Spin City") plays a boorish intern at Blush with a crush on Maya. Also: Elliott is drawn to the women at his Bible-study class that's crashed by lascivious Finch, passing himself off as a sinner anxious to be saved.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 217 votes#14 - Secretary's Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1997
Dennis experiences an identity crisis on Secretary's Day, while Nina tries to lift her spirits.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Tom Martin
6.9/10 163 votes#15 - Elliott the Geek
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1998
When his favorite high school teacher dies, Elliott at first sees the memorial service as an opportunity to flaunt his flashy career and his glamorous lifestyle in his old classmates' faces. His cockiness is quickly tempered, however, by the revelation of the truth about his high school years- he was something of a nerd. When the office hears about it, his present becomes almost as intolerable as his past. Meanwhile, Jack trains Finch in the art of being influential around the office.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Marsh McCall
6.9/10 163 votes#16 - Jack's Old Partner
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1998
While writing his memoirs, Jack suddenly contracts a horrible case of writer's block. He then realizes why- he has come to the place in his memoirs where he fired his old partner Herb just before Blush took off. Discovering that his old partner has been toiling in a toyshop in Connecticut for 30 years earning a meager living only worsens the guilt. In an attempt to make it up to him, Jack gives Herb a high position in the magazine only to rediscover the reason he let Herb go in the first place- Herb is terrible at the magazine business. Meanwhile, Nina's problems with an IRS audit seem to be over when the female auditor takes a liking to Elliott, but in fact, they're just beginning.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Marsh McCall
6.9/10 149 votes#17 - Steamed
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1998
Jack wants the tenants on the floor above Blush to move. Maya is taken in by Finch's lie that he wants them to move so he can build a free daycare center. The real reason: a steam room. Meanwhile, Nina meets with her former model roommate, who is now fat.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 136 votes#18 - Hello Goodbye
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/1999
Finch realizes that he and Adrienne are very different from one another and begins to doubt their marriage. Meanwhile, Jack asks Maya to do the annual employee evaluations.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 126 votes
#19 - Choosing to Be Super
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2000
Maya is reunited with her best friend in high school, Alan, who is now a successful motivational speaker. However, Alan confesses to Maya that he is a recovering alcoholic, but another revelation causes the trouble: he was responsible for her school shunning her. When Maya is unable to forgive him for this, he begins drinking again, disrupting the motivational talk he is to give at the Blush office. Meanwhile, Jack is frightened because of a recurring dream he has about Kevin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 127 votes
#20 - The Gift Piggy
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2001
Elliott goes to traffic school where Finch is his teacher. Nina and Maya debate why they were invited to a coworker's bridal shower. Jack accidentally sets Kevin's pet tarantula loose in the office.
Director: Peter Bonerz
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 130 votes
#21 - About a Boy
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2002
Finch schemes to hire a sexy au pair to care for his nonexistent son. Elliott and Jack have trust issues after Jack gives Elliott a loyalty test.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/10 138 votes
#22 - Guess Who's Coming to Blush
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2002
Jack hires a woman off the street to run the desk. The staff thinks its because Jack wants to seduce her. This causes her to quit. When the staff finds out that Jack didn't hire her for that reason, they convince her to come back to work. Meanwhile, Finch tries to get a distraught female co-worker to take comfort in his arms.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Jon Pollack, Judd Pillot, John Peaslee
- 6.9/10 120 votes
#23 - Son of a Preacher Man
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 8/9/2003
The outrageous behavior between Finch and his sexy partner (Gina Gershon) galls Maya, who sets out to rein in the stallion. Also: Jack and Maya compete for an office-cleaner's favor in a feud that gets way out of hand.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 201 votes#24 - Nina's Birthday
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1997
Maya discovers that organizing a birthday party for Nina is no cause for celebration.
Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Writer: Stephen Engel
7.0/10 210 votes#25 - In Your Dreams
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/25/1997
Maya's life becomes a nightmare when her co-workers discover that she's had a sex dream involving Elliott.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Steven Levitan
The Worst Episodes of Just Shoot Me!
Every episode of Just Shoot Me! ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Just Shoot Me!!
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Just Shoot Me!" is "The Burning House", rated 6.1/10 from 148 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Burning House" aired on 4/18/2002 and is rated 0.6 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Comedy Stylings of Rivers & Red".