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The Best Episodes of My Hero

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

My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September...
Genres:ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:BBC One

Best Episodes Summary

"Pet Rescue" is the best rated episode of "My Hero". It scored 7.5/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/21/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "My Hero".

  • Pet Rescue
    7.5/1040 votes
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    #1 - Pet Rescue

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2002

    George is puzzled by the British love of pets - until his mother-in-law's dog explains it all. However, talking to animals is not normal behaviour, and the conversation lands George in hot water

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • My Hero
    7.4/1048 votes
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    #2 - My Hero

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/2000

    Janet does not realize that the Irish hypochondriac who's come to see her at the health centre is actually the famed superhero Thermoman, who saved her life while she was vacationing in Arizona.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thermoman's Greatest Challenge
    7.2/1041 votes
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    #3 - Thermoman's Greatest Challenge

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/2000

    George and his dashing alter-ego (Thermoman) are invited to the same charity fundraiser.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Day to Remember
    7.2/1032 votes
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    #4 - A Day to Remember

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/23/2002

    George doesn't want to change Olly's nappies. He keeps flying off to an emergency. When George has to erase the memory of a man He tells Janet about it when he returns home & demonstrates on himself. George has erased his memory & doesn't know he's Thermoman. Arnie tries to retrain him. George is shocked that his infant son can talk.! Janet is happy because George is now changing Olly's nappies. George thinks he is an ordinary man with a Wife,a child & a small business. When a bushfire flares out of control in Queensland Australia, it's Olly to the rescue. Janet & Arnie tell George he's Thermoman. They need to convince him because a Meteor is heading for Earth & Thermoman has to stop it. George remembers he is Thermoman & flies off to stop the Meteor, Janet,Arnie & Tyler think he didn't make it until he comes back to the flat. Janet asks George to change Olly & George pretends he has amnesia again.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Parents
    7.1/1037 votes
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    #5 - Parents

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/14/2001

    Thermoman reveals his double identity to Janet's parents, in an attempt to gain their favour, but her mother can't keep a secret.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Girlfriend
    7.0/1043 votes
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    #6 - Girlfriend

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/21/2001

    A curvaceous Ultronian appears, claiming to be George's fiancee. Xil learns to speak English when speaking to Tyler, she realises that she can learn from him. She does so and picks up his (local) accent. Meanwhile, Mrs Raven asks for a better deal for the job she does, Piers decides to let her go instead.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wedding
    7.0/1032 votes
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    #7 - Wedding

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/18/2001

    Shortly after they wed, janet goes into labor. The baby has super powers and can talk, which is normal for Thermian babies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shock, Horror!
    7.0/1032 votes
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    #8 - Shock, Horror!

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2002

    George has had very little time to rest.(too many rescues.) Janet urges him to rest. Olly is sick & George keeps flying home to check on him before flying away again. As George tires, he flies slower & a reporter tracks him to the flat where he takes a picture & splashes it all over the next mornings paper. With several T.V. crews camped on the footpath outside the flat George tries to tell the reporter that there is nothing going on between Janet & Thermoman. Kevin Trench (the reporter) sensationalises George's explanation infering Thermoman & George are a couple.! Janet solves the problem by discrediting the reporter,saying that he is actually an Ultronian & an arch enemy of Thermoman. Olly gets better & things go back to normal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Party's Over
    6.9/1042 votes
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    #9 - The Party's Over

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/10/2000

    George decides to throw a surprise 30th-birthday party for Janet.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Space Virus
    6.9/1029 votes
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    #10 - Space Virus

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 9/5/2003

    Termoman - space virus - George - passing it onto those closest to him. Now he has to fix it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Guess Who's Coming to Lunch
    6.8/1042 votes
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    #11 - Guess Who's Coming to Lunch

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2000

    As George and Janet are now an item, things move on for them and it's time to meet Janet's parents. But Janet's mother knows what she wants for her daughter - smooth, oily Dr. Piers, not weird George. Janet is a bag of nerves and even more so that George says and does the oddest things, sometimes at the worst moment imaginable.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mission Impossible
    6.8/1041 votes
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    #12 - Mission Impossible

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/18/2000

    Thermoman faces his biggest challenge yet. After Janet washes his superhero outfit in biological detergent which make him itch, an book from his home planet says that he mustn't have sex more than once a month. But worst of all, Piers knows George's secret.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nemesis
    6.8/1033 votes
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    #13 - Nemesis

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/4/2001

    An old friend of Thermoman's takes over Piers' body and tries to put Thermoman out of the superhero business.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby Talk
    6.8/1034 votes
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    #14 - Baby Talk

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/7/2002

    The arrival of a little bundle of joy with superhuman powers has made life even more stressful for George and Janet. Meanwhile, Dr Piers's TV career appears to be on the up after he appoints a new agent

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Puttin' on the Writs
    6.8/1030 votes
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    #15 - Puttin' on the Writs

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/2002

    George & Janet are loading their groceries into their car when they hear Mrs Raven yelling at the triplets as she's loading her groceries. The trolley man loses control of his trolleys on the ramp of the car park & they head straight for Mrs Raven.! As she goes over the edge of a Multi-Storey car park It's Thermoman to the rescue.! Next day George has bad news in the form of a writ from Mrs Raven's solicitor. It seems while saving her life he squeezed her arm & sprained it causing her trauma, distress & potential loss of earnings should she ever want to take up skiing professionaly. George wants Arnie to talk to Mrs Raven & ask her to drop the charges, Meanwhile Janet's parents have had a row & Mr Dawkins has moved in with Tyler next door. Thermoman visits Mrs Raven & apologises for hurting her. He almost has the case dismissed when Mrs Raven asks for a kiss & Thermoman knocks her cold with his helmet.! Mrs Raven is now asking for more money for the extra pain & suffering. Mrs Dawkins

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Time and Time Again
    6.8/1032 votes
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    #16 - Time and Time Again

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 10/10/2003

    When going to an Ultronian Court Meeting because of Arnie supposedly getting Mrs Raven pregnant, George and Arnie run into a time field and get launched 7 years into the future. Things have changed, so, they go back to the year 2003. George realises he can use this to his advantage, and can change history to make things better... However, things don't go to plan when he is trying to stop Janet from breaking her arm, and he turns her bald. Turns out, she had cronic scalp problems, so when she broke her arm, the doctors fixed her hair. Then, George goes back again and fixes the problem. However, when trying to sort it out fully and properly, he messes things up, saving her from breaking her arm and leaving a note for her to go to a doctor about her scalp. However, she and the doctor fall in love, and in 2003, she is married with Piers and they have 10 children! No one knows who Arnie or George are, Mrs Raven is nice, and Tyler actually has a girlfriend! So, in the end, it turns out Piers

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pregnant
    6.7/1036 votes
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    #17 - Pregnant

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/11/2001

    Our heroic couple find out that they're pregnant in this episode. As part of the pregnancy George endows Joyce with Ultronian powers, which she the uses to go about saving the day. The sub plot is Mrs. Raven convincing Piers that he is going to be on ""This is Your Life"", and uses this to milk all sorts of 'goodies' out of smarmy Dr Piers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Zero Tolerance
    6.7/1034 votes
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    #18 - Zero Tolerance

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2002

    George takes the law into his own hands when he joins a neighbourhood watch scheme

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Older Man
    6.7/1034 votes
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    #19 - The Older Man

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2002

    It's George's 327th birthday, Arnie asks George if he told Janet about what happens to Ultronians after their 327th birthday. Janet soon finds out, George starts to age ! It seems his body is worn out & he needs a new one. George selects 3 replacements (handsome, young,masculine) but Janet doesn't want these, She wants the body she fell in love with & married. George continues to age & Janet's parents visit. She tells them he's George's Grandfather & when they leave George & Janet kiss but Janet's Mum returns & catches them kissing.! Janet tells them she's left George & taken up with his Grandfather. When George is so old he can hardly walk he decides to try the time tunnel of youth that Ultronian woman sometimes use. However he goes to far & ends up as a baby.! Janet takes him to the bathroom & he goes to find the body in the reject room & surprises Janet with an old model body of his usual self.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mayor of Northolt
    6.7/1034 votes
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    #20 - The Mayor of Northolt

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/2003

    George is standing for mayor - his policy - to fix Stan and Ella's broken street light. His opponent is Piers. Piers sticks it to George by treating him as a joke in the hope that George can't possibly win. Janet is so incensed by George's attitude of becoming mayor, with him secretly being Thermoman; she leaves home taking Ollie with him. Piers hatches a plan to disgrace George, now that Janet is out of the way, but the broken street light has a way of interfering when Stanley comes to get some much needed sleep and Pier's setup deos not go according to plan.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Brother
    6.7/1026 votes
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    #21 - Big Brother

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/18/2005

    George's family discover the joys of reality TV.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Man Riverdance
    6.6/1039 votes
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    #22 - Old Man Riverdance

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/3/2000

    Thermoman's father comes to visit and starts interfering with his son's love life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Car
    6.6/1033 votes
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    #23 - Car

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/28/2001

    Piers get a new Mercedes. George works hard to buy Janet a car and Arnie gets his powers back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Little Learning
    6.6/1028 votes
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    #24 - A Little Learning

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 8/16/2002

    It's Mr & Mrs Dawkins 40th wedding anniversary. They're planning a party and don't want George to come.! George wants to be more thoughtful & smarter, so he flies to Ultron & asks for a cure for stupidity. They give him a pork flavoured snack. Now George is smarter & more helpful. Mr and Mrs Dawkins want him to come to their party and to give a speech as well. Mrs Raven asks Arnie to marry her & she's planning the wedding but Arnie's not that keen. George becomes addicted to ""pork scratchings"" It's up to Arnie to help him get off them & go 'cold porky' ! Four days later George is cured of his addiction but is back to his old self & still has to give the speech.(Which he does in typical George fashion) Mrs Raven decides after listening to George's speech,not to marry Arnie & Janet welcomes back 'her' George.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big
    6.6/1029 votes
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    #25 - Big

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/19/2003

    ollies half human half ultron body has unexpected results when he grows from a baby to an 18 year old with a serious girlfreind in just 24 hours

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A