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The Best Episodes of The Drew Carey Show

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The Best Episodes of The Drew Carey Show

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with...

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  1. Background image for Finale
    8.0/10(136 votes)

    #1 - Finale

    S9:E26

    Kellie finally agrees to marry Drew, but their wedding plans are thrown into disarray when she goes into labor.

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    Director:Sam Simon
  2. Background image for In Ramada Da Vida
    7.9/10(149 votes)

    #2 - In Ramada Da Vida

    S4:E2

    Drew entertains a group of investors from Vietnam who are considering opening a store in Hanoi. They have drinks at the Airport Ramada Inn. When the house band goes on break, Drew and the guys fulfill the investors' request for music by taking the stage for a song. The manager feels that they are better than the regular band and asks them to play for a week. Drew fears that this would be too much of a distraction and wants to focus on his new job. He changes his mind after a groupie hits on him in the parking lot. The guys audition guitar players, and hire a free-spirited guy named Ed. Kate becomes dissatisfied with her job and tries to get fired. Drew agrees to let her go, but promises to re-hire her if she can't find a better job in a week. She doesn't have any luck, but Drew backs out of the deal because he wants her to find the kind of happiness he now has with his band. Drew blows off a party at Mrs. Louder's house, and later skips work to fool around with Darcy. The ho

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
  3. Background image for A Very Special Drew
    7.7/10(115 votes)

    #3 - A Very Special Drew

    S5:E26

    The cast laments the show's inability to pick up even a single major Emmy nomination. Hoping to win over Emmy voters, they decide to make a ""very special"" episode filled with tragedy and controversial issues. Drew and Lewis deliver a homeless woman's baby in the living room. She promptly pulls a gun on them and tries to rob them. Drew responds by buying a gun and making an over-the-top speech about his right to own it. Some latchkey kids move into the neighborhood, and the gang acts irresponsibly around them. Oswald becomes a kleptomaniac. Mimi suffers a recurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder after losing her clothes in a fire. Wick becomes bulimic. Kate gets a headache, and quickly winds up in the hospital with an incurable illness. Lewis repeatedly makes insensitive comments, and follows each with a spotlit monologue in which he tries to psychoanalyze himself. The doctor gives Drew a medical book and suggests that he might be able to find a cure for Kate...but Drew ca

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Atomic Cat Fight
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #4 - Atomic Cat Fight

    S1:E19

    Lisa, Kate and Mimi are candidates to head the store's personal-services department, and Drew has trouble deciding among them.

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    Director:Sam Simon
  5. Background image for Buzz Beer
    7.6/10(150 votes)

    #5 - Buzz Beer

    S1:E22

    Drew starts his own beermaking business after learning there's trouble brewing at the store and that he could be getting canned.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
  6. Background image for Sexual Perversity in Cleveland
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Sexual Perversity in Cleveland

    S4:E5

    Darcy breaks up with Drew after he admits that he is not a full-time musician. He starts spending a lot of time at his computer, and begins a steamy on-line affair with an anonymous woman. He becomes concerned after learning that his chat room girlfriend works at a department store and has a large collection of troll dolls. When he confirms that it is Mimi, Drew begins showering compulsively. He feels extremely awkward when he and Mimi run into each other while visiting Wick in rehab. Mimi does not realize that she was involved with Drew, and is angry that she hasn't heard from her online man for a while. Drew gets really drunk and writes her a kiss-off note in which he claims to be Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, Oswald grows concerned about his mother's financial status after her birthday check to him bounces. He learns that her business partner deserted her, and that she may lose her beauty salon and house. Oswald follows Lewis's advice and agrees to test breast implants for DrugC

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
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  8. Background image for Oswald's Son
    7.6/10(105 votes)

    #7 - Oswald's Son

    S5:E21

    A 21-year-old man claims to be Oswald's son, the result of a fling at a summer tap dance camp. However, the man bears a striking resemblance to Lewis. Lewis admits to Drew and Kate that he also slept with the girl. He believes that he must be the father, but Oswald argues that Robert actually looks like his mother. The guys arrange for separate outings with Robert, but begin bickering about ""custody"" issues. They finally decide to take a DNA test to find out which of them is the real father. Robert reveals that he is married and has a child of his own, and finally sought out his father because the baby doesn't have a grandpa. He is perfectly happy to have Lewis and Oswald share father/grandfather duties, so they decide to save their friendship by tearing up the results of the paternity test. Meanwhile, Drew's decision to allow the employees to put together the store newsletter proves disastrous.

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    Director:Bob Koherr
  9. Background image for Kate's Wedding
    7.6/10(99 votes)

    #8 - Kate's Wedding

    S8:E2

    Drew pulls out all the stops to stop Kate from walking down the aisle with her military beau--and out of his life for good.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for What Screams May Come
    7.6/10(91 votes)

    #9 - What Screams May Come

    S8:E24

    Drew is left bruised and battered as Lily continues to suffer from night terrors. He grows tired of the beatings, but is afraid to talk to her about her problem because he believes she would leave him.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Drew and Kate and Kate's Mom
    7.5/10(148 votes)

    #10 - Drew and Kate and Kate's Mom

    S1:E20

    Drew's in a knotty position when he tries to straighten out family ties between Kate and her mom.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Three Guys, a Girl and a B-Story
    7.5/10(117 votes)

    #11 - Three Guys, a Girl and a B-Story

    S4:E17

    Lewis meets a woman at a Babylon 5 convention and gets a date with her. Oswald gets a date with the same woman, Tracy, when he delivers a package to her house. It is an ice cream maker from Lewis, but Oswald doesn't know this because Lewis wrote his name and address in an alien language from Babylon 5. Drew meets Tracy when she complains to him about the store's reluctance to exchange the broken ice cream maker. He also gets a date with her. The guys are excited to have found possible girlfriends, and have no idea that they are dating the same woman. They seek advice from Kate on how to make a first date special. They follow her suggestions a little too literally and freak out Tracy by each following the same routine (paying everyone at the Warsaw to yell out his name when he enters, pulling out a pocket watch, and singing the Commodores' ""Three Times a Lady""). The guys finally run into each other during Drew's date and realize what has happened. Tracy is mortified. Drew late

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Good Vibrations
    7.5/10(108 votes)

    #12 - Good Vibrations

    S4:E24

    Drew is the butt of all jokes at a convention after security finds a naughty little something hidden in his luggage.

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  14. Background image for Eyes Wide Open
    7.5/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Eyes Wide Open

    S8:E3

    Recurring dreams of Kate force a heartbroken Drew to forego sleep, until Mimi offers him a surefire way to get over being dumped. Meanwhile, Lewis finds some unsettling common ground with Nicki after taking her out on a pity date.

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  15. Background image for Drew Takes a Guilt Trip
    7.5/10(88 votes)

    #14 - Drew Takes a Guilt Trip

    S8:E13

    After Oswald fails his nursing school exam, Drew feels bad and helps him get a job at the web site. Oswald finds a way to nearly destroy the entire business. He ends up being reassigned to a job that he (sort of) knows how to do--delivering packages. Mimi repeatedly sucks up to Traylor in an attempt to get on her good side after trying to kill her.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Turkeyspotting
    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #15 - Turkeyspotting

    S8:E15

    Larry encourages Drew to lose weight before attending one of his singles mixers. Drew winds up giving up food altogether, but his crash diet has unintended side effects--he can't stop hallucinating about turkeys!

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    Director:Bob Koherr
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for A Means to an End
    7.5/10(87 votes)

    #16 - A Means to an End

    S8:E22

    Oswald and Lewis seek revenge against Drew after they discover that he gave away their Christmas gifts--handmade mugs--to a thrift store. Drew winds up getting an unscheduled colonoscopy from a Russian veterinarian.

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    7.5/10(93 votes)

    #17 - Drew Answers the Belle

    S8:E23

    Oswald and Lewis put Drew's picture and phone number on Buzz Beer bottles in the hopes of landing him a wife. Much to everyone's surprise, a southern belle responds to the campaign and expresses an interest in Drew. Drew travels down south to meet the woman, Lily. They hit it off, and Drew believes he may have finally found a wife. He then discovers that she suffers from night terrors.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Bataan Wedding March
    7.5/10(94 votes)

    #18 - The Bataan Wedding March

    S8:E26

    As Drew prepares to marry Lily, his mother notes how upset Kellie seems and realizes that she has strong feelings for Drew. She believes that Drew feels the same way about Kellie. Drew and Lily go through with the wedding, but the union proves to be a brief one when they realize that they really are not right for each other. Drew winds up sharing a dance with Kellie.

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    Director:Bob Koherr
  20. Background image for Brotherhood of Man
    7.4/10(121 votes)

    #19 - Brotherhood of Man

    S4:E27

    The store's Dutch owner draws Drew into his plans to demolish Winfred-Louder to build a parking garage.

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    Director:Gerry Cohen
  21. Background image for Mama Told Me I Should Come
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    #20 - Mama Told Me I Should Come

    S8:E6

    Drew's mother comes to town and sets him up on a blind date. Drew soon finds that the woman has a minor eccentricity: she likes to dress as a squirrel when she has sex. Mimi tries to find a way to profit after a few prescient dreams convince Oswald that he is psychic.

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    Director:Bob Koherr
  22. Background image for Miss Right
    7.3/10(207 votes)

    #21 - Miss Right

    S1:E2

    Drew finally meets "Miss Right," only to discover she's also just right for a job he's trying to fill. Meanwhile, Mimi's back--and this time, it's personal: she's been hired as personal assistant to Drew's boss.

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    Director:Sam Simon
  23. Background image for The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture
    7.3/10(179 votes)

    #22 - The Joining of Two Unlike Elements Is a Mixture

    S1:E3

    Drew vows to throw Kate a surprise shotgun wedding, after she laments that one of the states she never entered was that of holy matrimony. Meanwhile, a co-worker asks Drew to fire him.

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    Director:Sam Simon
  24. Background image for Drew in Court
    7.3/10(162 votes)

    #23 - Drew in Court

    S1:E7

    Drew finally gets his day in court to defend himself against sexual-harassment charges. But he lends his case little appeal when he acts as his own counsel.

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Drew Blows His Promotion
    7.3/10(135 votes)

    #24 - Drew Blows His Promotion

    S2:E15

    Drew's plans for a promotion may be put on hold when Kate plays a birthday prank on him and alters training videos he made to impress the store's board of directors.

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    Director:Sam Simon
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for DrugCo
    7.3/10(116 votes)

    #25 - DrugCo

    S4:E20

    Drew's dog Speedy disappears from DrugCo while taking part in clinical trials for a new canine medication, so the gang breaks into the facility to find him.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Finale" is the best rated episode of "The Drew Carey Show". It scored 8/10 based on 136 votes. Directed by Sam Simon and written by Clay Graham, it aired on 9/8/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "In Ramada Da Vida".