9.1/10287 votesLoading...#1 - Goodbye (2)
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 5/24/2000
Mike and Caitlin have sex. The staff works damage control but Mike ultimately fires himself to save everybody else. The staff says their goodbyes at the bar. Caitlin promises Mike that she's not going anywhere. Mike says goodbye to the mayor and walks out of City Hall for the last time. Six weeks later, Mike turns up as an environmental lobbyist in DC.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.5/10214 votesLoading...#2 - Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1999
Mike's political mentor is preparing to visit with the mayor preparing to appoint him head of the city's millennium project. Marie is still in town and messing around with James. The mayor and Janelle plan a get-together. Owen has changed a little over the years and believes he is the Messiah. After Carter puts Rags in Paul's care, Paul accidentally kills the ailing dog. Owen brings Rags back to life with a touch.
Director: N/A
Writer: David S. Rosenthal
8.2/10173 votesLoading...#3 - Goodbye (1)
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/24/2000
Mike discusses his attempts to have sex with Caitlin with his new therapist. Nikki's new boyfriend is too likable. Caitlin isn't in the mood when Mike is. A reporter accuses the mayor of being involved in organized crime; Nikki's boyfriend turns out to be a mobster who has been getting the office staff to do favors for him. Mike weighs giving his friends up, but ultimately throws himself on his sword and takes all blame.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10227 votesLoading...#4 - Deaf Becomes Her
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1997
It's damage control time when the Mayor's inept new sign-language interpreter inadvertently offends the deaf community, and Michael rushes to appease one of its leaders, Sarah Edelman. Meantime, Paul is worried that Claudia wants to move in permanently.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
8.1/10136 votesLoading...#5 - Same Time Next Year
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1998
A champagne filled New Year's celebration at the Mayor's mansion gets out of control, resulting in more than a little embarrassment the next day, especially for Mike and Nikki. On the big night, Nikki's date, Jay, two-times her and a protective Mike not only gets even--he gets Nikki. Meanwhile, Stuart is undone over the death of his family cat and Stacy makes James question his own virility.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10195 votesLoading...#6 - Meet Tommy Dugan
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1996
An opinionated school janitor becomes ""Mayor for a Day"" when he wins an essay contest intended for schoolchildren. Meanwhile, the Mayor wants to change his image.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.0/10141 votesLoading...#7 - The Paul-Bearer
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1998
The Mayor has a stuttering problem. And Mike has a big problem when he promises to coordinate Paul and Claudia's wedding but discovers that the church is also booked for a funeral at the same time.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tim Hobert
8.0/10138 votesLoading...#8 - Internal Affairs
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1999
Mike and Nikki struggle with taking their relationship to the next level, i.e. sex. Stacy runs a phony psychic hotline on Paul. And the rest of the staff participates in a stakeout to demonstrate the city's new police technology.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gayle Abrams
8.0/10136 votesLoading...#9 - Dick Clark's Rockin' Make-Out Party '99
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1999
Mike and Nikki decide to keep their relationship a secret. Stacy's Aunt Marie visits. Deidre files sexual harassment charges against Stuart after he dumps her. Carter is talking about himself in the third person. Marie tries to seduce James. Stuart is close to being fired. Deidre offers to drop the charges for sex, immediately, with Mike. Thanks to the building's new security cameras, Deidre is exposed. The mayor finds himself growing attracted to Janelle, and the two kiss while discussing the sexual harassment case.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10138 votesLoading...#10 - Bye, Bye, Birdie
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/1998
The staff prepares for Paul and Claudia's bachelor and bachelorette parties as the city prepares to unveil a new statue that it commissioned. The girls play ""I Never...."". Paul's party is in the office because the Mayor can't go to strip clubs. The new statue, called ""The Bird,"" is, you guessed it.... The girls think a visiting priest is a stripper because of a prank pulled by Stuart. James and Carter go to the hardware store and it is robbed with them in it. Mike is trapped in the store too, after he goes checking for James and Carter. Stacy sends the guys the male stripper Stuart canceled for the girls.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Buckner
7.8/10157 votesLoading...#11 - Porn in the U.S.A.
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1997
When Mike's new girlfriend, Laurie, bonds with Nikki, Mike must compete with his own staffer for Laurie's attention and free time. Meanwhile, Paul's bombshell mom dazzles his coworkers when she visits the office, and the Mayor is in a mess over an X-rated video.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10161 votesLoading...#12 - Radio Daze
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1997
The Mayor agrees to a mock election with a popular disc jockey. Meanwhile, the women in the office compete for the affections of the water delivery man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10144 votesLoading...#13 - There's Something About Heidi
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1998
After Mike's picture with model Heidi Klum is in the tabloids, people assume he's dating her. But, he soon is after she asks him out. As a result, Nikki reveals to Carter that she has a secret crush on Mike. And The Mayor can't stop laughing at VERY inappropriate times.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10132 votesLoading...#14 - How to Bury a Millionaire
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1999
Mike and Caitlin agree to share the mayor on odd/even days. On Caitlin's day, Mike ""borrows"" the mayor to visit a kid who fell in a well. Unfortunately, they're 20 minutes late and the mayor falls in the now vacant well. Carter puts Rags in doggie day care. Paul appears on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and wins $1,000,000. Stuart negotiates with firemen.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10117 votesLoading...#15 - About Last Night
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/19/2000
With the President coming to visit City Hall, Mike is upset when Caitlin gets to meet him instead until plans change. The rest of the staff gathers at the bar, where Caitlin joins them. Nikki and Carter bet on who can pick up more women. Stuart tries to get Caitlin drunk; he succeeds and she leaves a drunken message for Mike. Paul tries to get James to help take his picture with the President.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tad Quill
7.7/10190 votesLoading...#16 - The Competition
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1996
When the Mayor's office competes against City Council in an annual Thanksgiving contest, the stakes are high, since the losers must croon a show tune in front of the press. James has trouble breaking up with a longtime girlfriend visiting from Wisconsin.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Sarah Dunn
7.7/10189 votesLoading...#17 - Dog Day Afternoon
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1996
Mike tries to appease the disgruntled Police Commissioner by honoring a beloved police dog who has recently died. But things go awry on the way to the funeral when Paul and Carter lose the canine's body. And Mike buys an air hockey table for the staff proving Stuart a very big talker.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
7.7/10180 votesLoading...#18 - Kiss Me, Stupid
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1997
It's Valentine's Day, and Carter's old flame Spence wants to meet with him. Meantime, Mike goes on a date from hell with a beautiful friend of Nikki's, and Paul's romantic evening with Claudia becomes unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Sarah Dunn
7.7/10153 votesLoading...#19 - The Thirty Year Itch
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1997
As Mike's 30th birthday approaches, he is reminded of a promise he made to his high-school sweetheart, Renee Miller, long ago: If they were both still single by the time Mike turned 30, they'd reunite at the top of the Empire State Building on his birthday. Both of them keep their promise, with surprising results. Meanwhile, the Mayor wonders if his nephew is gay.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10141 votesLoading...#20 - My Life is a Soap Opera
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1997
When Mike begins dating Lisa, a writer from the soap opera ""All My Children,"" he starts to see their dating life echoed on episodes of the popular serial: A new hunk named Mick Flannery joins ""All My Children"" and woos the resident vixen, Gillian--until she reveals their bedroom secrets to Edmund. Meanwhile, Stuart plays gay in order to get dates with beautiful women.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10143 votesLoading...#21 - Gentleman's Agreement
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1998
Mike tries to dissuade the Mayor from joining a club for males only. Stuart joins the City Hall all-female reading group. Paul schools James in playing three-card monty.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tim Hobert
7.7/10141 votesLoading...#22 - Deaf Man Walking
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1998
Stacey's grandmother puts a curse on Mike after he convinces her to move out, into Manhattan. The Mayor is concerned he's losing his hearing. And there's a void in Stuart's life after he is moved upstairs and is not allowed to make sarcastic comments anymore.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10145 votesLoading...#23 - Gone with the Wind
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1998
Mike prepares to have sex with Heidi Klum for the first time. After ""it"", Heidi asks Mike to keep their relationship a secret. James receives his Aunt Sarah's ashes in the mail; his Aunt Sarah was a cow. Mike daydreams while making a statement to the press and accidentally reveals his relationship with Heidi; she breaks up with him. Paul's new fan creates problems for Aunt Sarah (take a wild guess).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10138 votesLoading...#24 - Local Hero
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1998
The staff prepares for the Mayor's costume ball. Stuart tries to break up with Deidre. And after Mike sets Stacy up with a councilman to get his vote, she likes the set-up as the councilman plays the hero.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10134 votesLoading...#25 - Taxi Driver
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1999
Mike can't stop thinking about Nikki. Nikki is ready to take the next step with Arthur, but Mike is worried about that. Paul unwittingly has an affair because Stuart needs him to. Stacy dates a job-obsessed cabbie just because he looks good. James inadvertently causes a taxi driver strike, which interferes with Arthur getting to the airport. You see, if Arthur misses a plane, he and Nikki will have sex.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tim Hobert
The Best Episodes of Spin City
Every episode of Spin City ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Spin City!
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city...
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Goodbye (2)" is the best rated episode of "Spin City". It scored 9.1/10 based on 287 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Bill Lawrence, it aired on 5/24/2000. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day".