The Critic

The Best Episodes of The Critic

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

The Critic is an American prime time animated series created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and...
Episodes
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  1. 8.7/10(178 votes)

    #1 - Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice

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    After Jay attends the Academy Awards, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert break up and each rope Jay to be their new partner.

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  2. 8.2/10(138 votes)

    #2 - Sherman, Woman and Child

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    Jay's ratings are not doing very well and Duke is about to fire him so Jay is feeling depressed. His feelings become better when he meets a new girlfriend named Alice and her daughter Penny. Alice gives Jay tips on how to improve his show and her advice works. Jay wants to get to know Alice better but discovers she has a boyfriend whom she wants to reject but can't.

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  3. 8.1/10(290 votes)

    #3 - Pilot

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    Film critic Jay Sherman falls in love with actress Valerie Fox. Jay's family and friends worry that Valerie is using him to get a good movie review. Does she truly care for him?

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    Director:Rich Moore
  4. 8.1/10(198 votes)

    #4 - Miserable

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    Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancee except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to review the movie, Indecent Proposal II, and falls in love with the projectionist screening the movie. They arrange a date at her house where she is revealed to have an obsession with Jay to the point where she kidnaps him and ties him to a bed holding him hostage.

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    Director:Dan Jeup
  5. 8.0/10(119 votes)

    #5 - Lady Hawke

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    When Jeremy Hawke's sister, Olivia Newton Hawke, visits New York, Jay meets her and is smitten with her which puts his relationship with Alice on the line when she begins to feel left out. So Jay then must decide who he really loves.

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    Director:Rich Moore
    Writer:Tom Brady
  6. 8.0/10(131 votes)

    #6 - Sherman of Arabia

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    At Marty's slumber party, Jay is asked to tell his story in which he got caught up in the Gulf War. Jay tells how he was attending an Iraqi film festival and eventually was thrown in jail where he escaped and lead a troop of men across the desert.

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  8. 7.9/10(152 votes)

    #7 - Eyes on the Prize

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    Jay celebrates his 1000th episode but the episode is less than successful. Ratings get worse so Jay seeks image consultant, Adolph Hitmaker, for advice. The advice is unsuccessful and Jay is fired. Jay gets a new job on a show which teaches English for cab drivers but Jay is unhappy so he decides to win himself another Pulitzer Prize.

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  9. 7.9/10(120 votes)

    #8 - Frankie and Ellie Get Lost

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    Franklin and Eleanor celebrate their 40th anniversary by going on vacation but the plane crashes and Franklin and Eleanor find themselves marooned on an island. Back in New York, Margo and Jay find out about their disappearance and discover they have willed Jay their entire fortune which Jay decides to put to use by cleaning up New York.

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    Director:David Cutler
    Writer:N/A
  10. 7.8/10(172 votes)

    #9 - Dial 'M' For Mother

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    Jay is considered to be one of the most unpopular men on Earth (ranking even worse than Adolph Hitler) so Duke attempts to spruce up the show to get more people interested. When this doesn't work, Jay decides to soften his image by going on the "Geraldo Show" with his mother but Jay gets an even worse reputation when his mother embarrasses him to the point where he tells her to "shut up".

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  11. 7.8/10(137 votes)

    #10 - L.A. Jay

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    Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.

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  12. 7.8/10(141 votes)

    #11 - Dr. Jay

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    Jay's boss, Duke, has just made a new invention, "Phillips-o-Vision" which alters movies to make them more "like-able". Jay is disgusted with Duke's invention but when Duke is discovered to have a fatal disease, Jay must find a cure for Duke's ailment.

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    Director:Dan Jeup
    Writer:Jon Vitti
  13. 7.8/10(123 votes)

    #12 - All the Duke's Men

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    When Jay helps Marty become class president, Duke decides to have Jay help him become US President.

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  14. 7.7/10(196 votes)

    #13 - Marty's First Date

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    Marty invites his Jay to career day at his school where Marty develops a crush on a Cuban girl named Carmen. They go on a date but when Carmen decides to fly back to Cuba, Marty follows her and Jay must get his son back.

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  15. 7.7/10(148 votes)

    #14 - Marathon Mensch

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    When the studio catches fire during Jay's show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news reports Jay's being rescued, he gets a reputation as being a wimp so he tries to prove his manliness by running in the New York marathon which tends to be more tiresome than it seems.

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    Director:Susie Dietter
  16. 7.7/10(134 votes)

    #15 - A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

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    After Marty fails to win an event at his school field day, he is feeling very low so Jay tries to improve his self-confidence by getting him interested in playing guitar and putting him in the school talent show. Meanwhile, Them Magazine names Jay "the wittiest man alive" so Duke offers to pay everyone who doesn't laugh at Jay's show $100 which doesn't go over very well.

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  17. 7.7/10(132 votes)

    #16 - A Pig-Boy and His Dog

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    "A Pig-Boy and His Dog" is the 13th episode of The Critic. This was the final episode to air on ABC.

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  18. 7.7/10(121 votes)

    #17 - From Chunk to Hunk

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    Jay and Marty begin to feel a little big so they enroll in a weight loss camp. Marty loses a remarkable amount of weight which makes him feel more self- confident but when he is placed as the star in a school play, he doesn't feel his skinny self is right for him. Meanwhile, Jay receives a death threat from Belgian actor Jean Paul Le Pope whose movie he panned.

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  19. 7.7/10(118 votes)

    #18 - Dukerella

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    Alice's sister, Miranda, comes to visit them which Alice is not comfortable with. Miranda must find work in New York so she joins "Mattress in an Hour" delivering mattresses. When everybody attends a party held by Duke, Miranda falls in love with Duke but is shy because of a wrinkle. She runs out on Duke at midnight and Duke must find the woman who fits her slipper. When it turns out to be Doris, Jay must get Duke and Miranda reunited.

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    Director:Bret Haaland
    Writer:Ken Keeler
  20. 7.6/10(162 votes)

    #19 - A Little Deb Will Do You

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    Eleanor is determined to have her daughter, Margo, attend the annual debutantes ball as it is a tradition in her family. When Margo is reluctantly forced into it, Jay decides to accompany her. Meanwhile, Jay competes in his time slot against children's idol Humphrey the Hippo.

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  21. 7.6/10(148 votes)

    #20 - Every Doris Has Her Day

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    Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks that she may be the mother who gave him up for adoption years ago.

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    Director:Alan Smart
  22. 7.5/10(121 votes)

    #21 - A Song for Margo

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    Margo gets a new neighbor, Johnny Wrath, who is the lead singer in the rock group, "Nuns in a Blender". Margo falls in love with him but doesn't feel the relationship is right when she finds him with another girl. Meanwhile Alice tries to find a suitable preschool for Penny.

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  23. 7.4/10(131 votes)

    #22 - Uneasy Rider

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    After refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.

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    Director:Alan Smart
  24. 6.4/10(120 votes)

    #23 - I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show

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    Jay is hosting his 10th anniversary show held at Carnegie Hall where he showcases a number of movie clips from old episodes such as Jurassic Park 2, Every Which Way but Lucid, and Rabbi P.I. The show is later held hostage by a number of terrorists who threaten to blow the place up with a bomb tied to Jay's waist. Fortunately, everybody is eventually rescued by Milton Berle.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice" is the best rated episode of "The Critic". It scored 8.7/10 based on 178 votes. Directed by Lauren MacMullan and written by Jon Vitti, it aired on 3/12/1995. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sherman, Woman and Child".