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The Best Episodes of Providence

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Providence Season 2 Episode 10 - Home for the Holidays
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Home for the Holidays

    S2:E10

    Syd finds how much family means to her. When she sees what life may have been without them.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Mike Kelley

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  2. Providence Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Dr. Sidney Hansen returns home to Rhode Island From Los Angeles after tragedy strikes.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:John Masius

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  3. Providence Season 1 Episode 2 - Home Again
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Home Again

    S1:E2

    Sydney helps a woman with a bad home life; Joanie names her baby. Kyle reenters Syd's Life.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:John Masius

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  4. Providence Season 1 Episode 3 - All Good Dogs Go to Heaven
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    #4 - All Good Dogs Go to Heaven

    S1:E3

    A dying dog triggers Jim's greif; Syd races to save a teen whoose diagnosis is grave; Joanie gets into a lather after meeting Syd's Soap- Star patient.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Providence Season 1 Episode 4 - Sisters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Sisters

    S1:E4

    Syd helps Joanie's friend whose health is as bad as her reputation: Jim and Robbie bust a sick chimp out of the zoo.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Lance Gentile

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  6. Providence Season 1 Episode 5 - Runaway Sydney
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Runaway Sydney

    S1:E5

    Trouble at home & at the clinic causes Syd to pack her bags to return to LA; Jim faces a clingy client.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Providence Season 1 Episode 6 - Tying the Not
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Tying the Not

    S1:E6

    Syd's thrilled when Joanie announces that she's marrying Richie, but Lynda plants doubts in Syd's mind weather or not the pair really love each other.

    Director:Marc Buckland
    Writer:Todd A. Kessler

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  8. Providence Season 1 Episode 7 - If Memory Serves
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - If Memory Serves

    S1:E7

    Syd's momeries confirm her fears about Jim's mystery lady; Robbie jumps through the hoops for a new lady.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Providence Season 1 Episode 8 - Blind Faith
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Blind Faith

    S1:E8

    Syd's hospital job is jeopardized by a surly surgeon-and a blind date who gets struck by lighting; a seeing-eye dog (voice of Jay Leno) opens up to a flu-ridden Jim.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Providence Season 1 Episode 9 - Taste of Providence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Taste of Providence

    S1:E9

    Syd helps a stripper leave the business, drawing fire from Dr. Marcus and the dancer's angry lover; Joanie makes a splash at a cooking contest; Robbie gets involved with a bookie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lance Gentile

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  11. Providence Season 1 Episode 10 - You Bet Your Life
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - You Bet Your Life

    S1:E10

    Syd is staggered by the indecent proposal of an eccentric, elderly but lustful millionaire who offers her cash-starved medical clinic a fortune if she'll spend 48 hours traveling with him; a debt-ridden Robbie gets in deeper when he urges his injured girlfriend not to play in a key college basketball game while he secretly bets against her team; Joanie begins cooking school and falls for a mysterious fellow student who admires her ""aphrodisiacal"" clam chowder; Jim hires a klutzy veterinary assistant at the clinic.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Providence Season 1 Episode 11 - Pig in Providence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Pig in Providence

    S1:E11

    Syd gamely tries to help a young stripper who wants to leave her profession and have her bustline reduced to alleviate a dangerous back problem - but her abusive biker boyfriend may have other ideas. Elsewhere, Sydney's chilly relationship with a desirable chief surgeon begins to thaw quickly; Robbie's lucky dalliance with horse racing encourages him to roll the dice one too many times; and Joanie searches for the missing ingredient that could make her clam chowder a winner in the 'Taste of Providence' cooking contest.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Todd A. Kessler

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  13. Providence Season 1 Episode 12 - Saint Syd
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Saint Syd

    S1:E12

    No good deed goes unpunished. Against her better judgment, Syd can't resist reaching out to help a wayward teenager, but her efforts only complicate the manipulative young woman's relationship with her new foster parents - especially when she suddenly disappears; Joanie is agog when a major food distributor wants to buy her secret chowder if she will leave her family and move to Japan to provide quality control; and resourceful Robbie borrows more trouble when he secretly volunteers one of his dad's prized poodle patients for a day-long, lucrative TV commercial shoot that backfires.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Andrew Gottlieb

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  14. Providence Season 1 Episode 13 - Family Tree
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Family Tree

    S1:E13

    A wary Syd tries to do the right thing when she takes in Lilly , a troublesome teenager who is returned by her latest foster parents, but in no time, the lodger's carelessness places the entire Hansen household in jeopardy. Joanie's hopes soar when she learns that her handsome business partner has broken up with his girlfriend, but their main concern however, is finding a restaurant that will let them showcase her special chowder for food distributors. Robbie comes to the rescue and risks his job when he volunteers his place of employment while the owner is away. In addition, Sydney encounters a likable elderly patient (guest star Maxine Stuart) with hidden health problems, and Jim wants to help a bedraggled stray dog give birth to her pups.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Providence Season 1 Episode 14 - Good Fellows
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Good Fellows

    S1:E14

    14 A busy Syd helps an injured high school runner (guest star Brian Poth) who is driven to win at any price by his stern coach/father even as she is romanced by the handsome son of a courtly mob boss (guest star John Capodice) whose beloved pug is treated in her dad's veterinary clinic. Elsewhere, Joanie's culinary reputation takes a hit when her vaunted meatloaf is spurned by humans but makes for a tail-wagging dogfood among the canine set.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Todd A. Kessler

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  16. Providence Season 1 Episode 15 - Two to Tango
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Two to Tango

    S1:E15

    Syd firmly tries to fend off the romantic advances of a handsome businessman (guest star David Lee Smith) whose family is linked to the Mob, and lavish gifts begin to wear her down while at the clinic. She diagnoses a sickly landscaper (guest star Tim Ransom) who she suspects is being poisoned by pesticides. Elsewhere among the Hansen clan: Joanie -- on the eve of her new shop opening -- becomes concerned when boyfriend/business partner shows little interest in her infant daughter; Jim indulges himself when he commits to helping Lilly rig up a Rube Goldberg contraption as part of a school project; and Robbie begins to appreciate the hidden allure of Jim's clumsy veterinary assistant in a whole new way.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Providence Season 1 Episode 16 - Guys and Dolls
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Guys and Dolls

    S1:E16

    Syd and her father clash over her relationship with Paul when it's revealed that the District Attorney's office has begun a criminal investigation into Paul's alleged mob ties. Meanwhile, Robbie talks Joanie into filming her own cable TV commercial to promote the Barkery, and Syd tries to treat a teenage boy whose symptoms don't match his blood tests.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Carol Barbee

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  18. Providence Season 1 Episode 17 - Heaven Can Wait
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Heaven Can Wait

    S1:E17

    The series closes its first season with an emotional episode revolving around troubled teen Lilly. With Syd and the Hansens, Lilly has found a sense of security. Syd is thrilled when Kyle returns to Providence for a quick visit, but later becomes concerned when he also seeks her medical advice. Meanwhile, Jim is stunned when his assistant, Heather, quits her job, and enlists Robbie's help to convince her to stay. Joanie has a difficult time finding someone suitable to help her out at the Barkery. And, a family celebration turns tragic when a friend from Lilly's past arrives in Providence.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Providence Season 2 Episode 1 - The Third Thing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Third Thing

    S2:E1

    In this season's opener, an out-of-control Mercedes smashes through a wall of the clinic; Molly, a mentally disturbed and dellusional young woman, holds Syd (Melina Kanakaredes) at gunpoint because she thinks she kidnapped her baby; and Helen contemplates a new career, away from the clinic. Meanwhile, Joanie hires Doug Dog Boy Boyce to help her out at the Barkery.

    Director:Michael Fresco
    Writer:John Masius

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  20. Providence Season 2 Episode 2 - The Letter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Letter

    S2:E2

    On the first anniversary of Lynda's death, the Hansens agree to celebrate her life with a memorial dinner until Jim causes a family uproar when he confesses that a missing secret letter that he wrote to his wife just before her fatal heart attack might have caused the calamity. Elsewhere, Sydney stays close to the athletic Kyle when he learns he must undergo a traumatic surgery. Joanie must make a painful decision when she discovers that the obedient employee in her dog store eatery has been behaving more and more like a canine.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Tim Kring

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  21. Providence Season 2 Episode 3 - The Birthday Party
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Birthday Party

    S2:E3

    SURPRISE PARTY -- While making preparations for baby Hannah's first birthday party, Joanie (Paula Cale) is pleased to learn that Ritchie , the baby's father, will be in town to join the celebration. What she hadn't planned on was that Ritchie would be bringing a special guest of his own to the party -- his new, very young bride, Kris. Meanwhile, Syd invites Kyle to move into the guest house while he undergoes his chemotherapy treatment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carol Mendelsohn

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  22. Providence Season 2 Episode 4 - You Can't Hurry Love
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - You Can't Hurry Love

    S2:E4

    Syd tries to fix the past with her mom.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Providence Season 2 Episode 5 - He's Come Undone
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    #23 - He's Come Undone

    S2:E5

    Kyle is dying of cancer.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Providence Season 2 Episode 6 - The Phantom Menace
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Phantom Menace

    S2:E6

    Syd helps someone pass a physical.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Providence Season 2 Episode 7 - Sail Away
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Sail Away

    S2:E7

    Kyle has lost his arm and Syd may loose everthing to help Kyle deal with the loss of his arm.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Carol Barbee

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Best Episodes Summary

"Home for the Holidays" is the best rated episode of "Providence". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Mike Kelley, it aired on 12/17/1999. This episode scored 7.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".