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The Best Episodes of Reba

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After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Reba Season 6 Episode 13 - The Kids are Alright
    8.5/10(161 votes)

    #1 - The Kids are Alright

    S6:E13

    Cheyenne and Van ask Reba if they can move back in with her after Van accidentally starts a fire at their new house. Also, Barbra Jean is offered a job at a TV station in Arkansas.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Chris Atwood

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  2. Reba Season 2 Episode 11 - A Moment in Time
    8.4/10(150 votes)

    #2 - A Moment in Time

    S2:E11

    Reba suggests that the family create a time capsule and videotape private messages for Cheyenne's baby, Elizabeth. Unfortunately, privacy is thrown out the window and feelings are hurt when curiosity gets the best of everyone and they foolishly decide to watch the tape.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Chris Case

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  3. Reba Season 3 Episode 4 - Spies Like Reba
    8.4/10(123 votes)

    #3 - Spies Like Reba

    S3:E4

    Barbra Jean becomes suspicious about Kyra's secretiveness and convinces Reba to hack in to Kyra's e-mail account. Barbra Jean and Reba discover that Kyra is planning to go to an unsupervised party and possibly go to the next level with a boy. Brock, Barbra Jean, and Reba all want to prevent Kyra from making the same mistake as Cheyenne so they stake out the party.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Patricia Carr, Lara Olsen

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  4. Reba Season 4 Episode 5 - Surprise
    8.4/10(121 votes)

    #4 - Surprise

    S4:E5

    Van comes home late after having a few drinks with his buddies and is feeling a little frisky, but climbs into the wrong bed. Reba wakes and says she has a headache. The next morning he says that his friends are happy for what he has accomplished on their football team and that's why they took him out to celebrate. Reba, Cheyenne and BJ all decide to give him a surprise party to show him that they are proud of him too. Reba gets satellite hooked up, BJ makes a cake, and Cheyenne prepares a speech. After the speech Van blurts out that he has been traded to Denver and Cheyenne freaks out. Brock chases after Van and Reba goes after Cheyenne. Kyra tries to talk sense into Brock and BJ. She says they can't keep arguing. So they start to talk civilly to each other. Reba says the same thing that Kyra says to Van about moving away and leaving his family for football. Van and Cheyenne try to talk things out but Van walks away saying that he has to do this...

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Matt Berry

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  5. Reba Season 5 Episode 18 - The Blonde Leading the Blind
    8.4/10(129 votes)

    #5 - The Blonde Leading the Blind

    S5:E18

    After the family makes fun of Reba's poor eyesight, she secretly gets laser eye surgery, which leaves her temporarily blind. Barbra Jean insists on helping Reba post-surgery while the rest of the family is away. Later, thinking she is talking to Cheynne, Reba badmouths Barbra Jean, only to find out she's been talking to Barbra Jean the whole time. Overwhelmed with guilt for the hurtful things she said, and with Brock's help, Reba finally tells Barbra Jean how thankful she is for their friendship.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Reba Season 6 Episode 8 - As We Forgive Those...
    8.4/10(147 votes)

    #6 - As We Forgive Those...

    S6:E8

    Barbra Jean who is training an up and coming weather woman from Oklahoma (Kelly) fears she will soon take her job. At first Reba adores Kelly but when she realizes Kelly is just like Barbra Jean in every way, Reba comes to see that perhaps she hasn't forgiven Barbara Jean like she thought. Meanwhile, finding out they're having a boy, Van and Cheyenne have to find a way to break the promise Cheyenne made when she was younger to name her first son - Brock. In the episode's final scene, Brock, Cheyenne and Van perform a spoof of the three "American Idol" judges.

    Director:Robbie Countryman
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Reba Season 6 Episode 10 - Cheyenne's Rival
    8.4/10(122 votes)

    #7 - Cheyenne's Rival

    S6:E10

    Reba finds Van & Cheyenne their perfect house and when trying to make the deal with the owner realizes it is Cheyenne's enemy from high school. Meanwhile, Brock and Barbra Jean get all dolled up to have a divorce date.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Donald R. Beck

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  8. Reba Season 4 Episode 15 - Flowers For Van
    8.3/10(118 votes)

    #8 - Flowers For Van

    S4:E15

    Cheyenne who is feeling strain on her marriage with Van decides to setup a play date for Elizabeth not knowing that the father of this play date believes this new play date means something more. Upon receipt of flowers who Reba and BJ believe are from this father tell her to send flowers back with a note saying this relationship is over. The father returns the flowers but they end up in Van's hands where he reads the note believing the flowers and note are for him. Meanwhile, Van's addiction of on line poker attracts and hooks Reba who ends up talking with a man in the chat room who she is beating badly. They both end up really interested in each other until Reba finds out this man lives across the street and is someone she knows...Brock!

    Director:Jack Kenny
    Writer:Chris Case

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  9. Reba Season 4 Episode 19 - Driving Miss Kyra
    8.3/10(113 votes)

    #9 - Driving Miss Kyra

    S4:E19

    Kyra, growing up so fast, gets her drivers license. This new level of life for Kyra leads to a discussion of how freeing that is by Cheyenne, who now feels like a caged bird. Reba gives Kyra a cell phone, but the phone also serves as a tracking device so Reba can see where she's at. Wise Kyra is on to Reba, so she trades phones with Cheyenne, leading to Reba and BJ catching Cheyenne on a secret trip to a Karaoke bar. Reba convinces Cheyenne that she should share her feelings with Van. All is well as they go to leave the bar but not without a special duet between Reba and BJ.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Reba Season 3 Episode 5 - Calling the Pot Brock
    8.2/10(118 votes)

    #10 - Calling the Pot Brock

    S3:E5

    When Kyra asks Brock if he ever smoked marijuana, he is caught off guard and claims he never did. Brock's agonized confession that he did try pot, shocks Barbra Jean, while Reba is proud to say that she never used drugs. Meanwhile, Cheyenne makes a confession to Van about her own brush with the drug world.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Matt Berry

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  11. Reba Season 3 Episode 8 - The Cat's Meow
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    #11 - The Cat's Meow

    S3:E8

    Kyra and Barbra Jean hide a stray cat in the attic so Brock won't have an allergic reaction to the animal, but it turns out that Barbra Jean and Cheyenne are the ones who are really allergic to cats. Meanwhile, Reba and Brock use outrageous gifts to compete for Jake's affection.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Pat Bullard

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  12. Reba Season 3 Episode 9 - Regarding Henry
    8.2/10(112 votes)

    #12 - Regarding Henry

    S3:E9

    Van has a big away game coming up, but his superstistions for winning are getting on Cheyenne's nerves. The two of them ask Barabara Jean to watch Elizabeth while they're gone. After learning that Barabra Jean once lost Henry at the mall, Reba tries to take Elizabeth for herself. When that doesn't work, Reba offers to go to the zoo with Henry, BJ, and Elizabeth. At the end, Reba is forced to admit some of her feelings to Barabra Jean, who in turn, gloats in a Broadway-style song. Brock, Kyra, and Jake all only make 2 appearances in the show.

    Director:Keith Samples
    Writer:Steve Stajich

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  13. Reba Season 3 Episode 13 - To Tell You the Truth
    8.2/10(119 votes)

    #13 - To Tell You the Truth

    S3:E13

    Cheyenne sees Van getting a ride home from the team's attractive female publicist, and suspects he's cheating on her. An upset Cheyenne kicks Van out of the house, and admits to Reba that she's afraid her marriage will fail just like her parents.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Christopher Lehr

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  14. Reba Season 3 Episode 20 - Happy Pills
    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #14 - Happy Pills

    S3:E20

    Reba has problems with Kyra going out on a date alone with her 17 year old boyfriend, so she asks Cheyenne and Van to double date with them. Later, Kyra gets dump because she would not "take the next step" in the relationship. Meanwhile, Barbara Jean believes Brock is cheating on her and asks Reba to interrogate him. Reba finds out that Brock has been seeing a therapist and taking "Happy Pills". Barbara Jean is upset that Brock is doing this but comes to the conclusion that it's alright cause Reba did the same thing when Brock and her split up.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Kevin Abbott

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  15. Reba Season 3 Episode 22 - Core Focus
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #15 - Core Focus

    S3:E22

    Van & Cheyenne decide it's time to become more independant, so they go apartment shopping. They find the perfect place but they don't have enough money. They ask Reba to co-sign and she refuses. They forge her signature on the lease only to be turned down due to Reba's poor credit. Brock breaks down to Reba about all the stuff he's done and the people he has hurt and they embrace in a tearful hug only to be seen by Barbara Jean. Reba confronts Barbara Jean after BJ tells Kyra that she caught the two of them in bed. She tells BJ that Brock loves her and she has no reason to worry. Brock comes home to talk to BJ, but first asks BJ if he could first talk to Reba for a minute. BJ tells Brock that this better be an important mintute and that he better figure everything out as she stomps out of the room. Reba trys to convince Brock to run after her and tell her that it wasn't a mistake that he left Reba for BJ. Brock then tells Reba that he believes it was a mistake...

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Matt Berry, Kevin Abbott

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  16. Reba Season 4 Episode 4 - Van's Agent
    8.2/10(128 votes)

    #16 - Van's Agent

    S4:E4

    Van reaching the next season's negotiations realizes he won't get the amount he wants nor deserves if he doesn't hire a agent. He ends up finding the best but she would like to do an evaluation of his family before she decides to take him on. At her arrival the Hart clan unravels and makes a fool out of Van in front of the agent. Reba missing her friendship with Lori Ann decides to ask the agent to hang out with her as a friend not knowing that Van had lied and told this lesbian agent that Reba is gay. Reba not wanting to hurt Van's chance of a getting this great agent goes along with the lie but later confesses, but all ends in a great new friendship.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Reba Season 4 Episode 18 - Reba's Rules of Real Estate
    8.2/10(124 votes)

    #17 - Reba's Rules of Real Estate

    S4:E18

    Reba persuing her career in real estate, scores an interview with the biggest real estate agent in Houston- Dolly Majors. As Barbara Jean helps her prepare, Dolly makes a surprise apperance at Reba's house to test her abilities. Reba's selling ability gets her the job only to found out she might not be the shark-like seller that Dolly is looking for.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Patricia Carr, Lara Olsen

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  18. Reba Season 4 Episode 20 - Go Far
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #18 - Go Far

    S4:E20

    Brock not spending enough time with Jake decides to coach a football team on which Jake will try out for. After the first practice, Brock tells the others how pathetic Jake was, not knowing how great of a time Jake had. Reba decides that they will improve his skills by getting Van to train him. Van, being emotional, doesn't want to because of memories of him with his dad. Barbra Jean, having played football as a girl and later coaching a woman's prison team, decides to coach Jake with Reba's help. When Jake finds out that he might be cut, he doesn't think Brock will still love him. Van finally agrees to help out and Jake makes the team - but not for long as he's banned for being too agressive!

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Pat Bullard

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  19. Reba Season 5 Episode 6 - Best Li'l Haunted House in Texas
    8.2/10(178 votes)

    #19 - Best Li'l Haunted House in Texas

    S5:E6

    Reba is beyond disappointed when her plans for a fright-filled Halloween fall through because everyone in the family has other plans. Meanwhile, Van's green-eyed monster comes out when Cheyenne starts spending an inordinate amount of time with her handsome sponsor, Frank

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Reba Season 5 Episode 8 - Grannies Gone Wild
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    #20 - Grannies Gone Wild

    S5:E8

    When Cheyenne declines Brock's offer to intern at his dental office, the family finds out she no longer wants to become a dentist. Instead she plans to devote her life to helping people. Reba, Van and Brock are upset by this and visit the senior center where Cheynne has been volunteering and discover that she's been "helping" by giving the women makeovers. Meanwhile, Barbra Jean's attempt to get picked for jury duty backfires after she annoys the judge.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writers:Pat Bullard, Chris Atwood

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  21. Reba Season 5 Episode 20 - Red Alert
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #21 - Red Alert

    S5:E20

    When Barbra Jean takes up selling insurance, she wants Reba to be her first client. After Reba's physical shows that she has high blood pressure, she finds out she's at risk to lose her old insurance policy. Meanwhile, Van seeks out Brock's advice in coming up with a unique anniversary present for Cheyenne.

    Director:Will Mackenzie
    Writer:Pat Bullard

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  22. Reba Season 6 Episode 3 - Trading Spaces
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    #22 - Trading Spaces

    S6:E3

    After Van declines the offer from Norris, he decides to build an office in the Hart's garage for him and Reba to work from. Reba questioning his decision finds out that Cheyenne is pregnant again but was told not to let Cheyenne know he told her. Meanwhile, with only 10 months to college, Kyra decides to move back in with Reba. Reba gets Cheyenne to confess only to also learn that they plan on moving out. Reba is torn emotionally with the return of Kyra and the probable move of Van and Cheyenne.

    Director:Christopher Rich
    Writer:Donald R. Beck

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  23. Reba Season 6 Episode 4 - Roll With It
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #23 - Roll With It

    S6:E4

    Reba and a pregnant Cheyenne realize that Kyra had too much freedom at Brock and Barbra Jean's. Meanwhile, Jake finds himself accidentally trying out for the wheelchair basketball team and pretends to be handicap to become their star player.

    Director:Christopher Rich
    Writer:Pat Bullard

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  24. Reba Season 6 Episode 7 - Locked and Loaded
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #24 - Locked and Loaded

    S6:E7

    Brock wants to bring the spark back to his marriage, but he doesn't know what to do so he goes to Reba for advice. Meanwhile, Cheyenne's pregnancy sends her hormones crazy and Kyra films Van's goofiness for You Tube.

    Director:Robbie Countryman
    Writer:Chris Atwood

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  25. Reba Season 6 Episode 9 - Bullets Over Brock
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    #25 - Bullets Over Brock

    S6:E9

    Reba is ordered to relax in order to bring her blood pressure back down, but that is impossible with Brock living in the garage to avoid fighting with Barbara Jean. His constant lies lead Barbara Jean to believe he's out of town and Reba argues for him to just be honest with his wife; the tension between them reaches an all time high leading them to file for divorce. Meanwhile, Van sees his father in himself as he gets fired for his temperament while coaching Jake's lousy soccer team with Jake being the worse player.

    Director:Robbie Countryman
    Writer:Chris Case

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Kids are Alright" is the best rated episode of "Reba". It scored 8.5/10 based on 161 votes. Directed by Will Mackenzie and written by Chris Atwood, it aired on 2/18/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Moment in Time".