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The Best Episodes of The Games

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

The Best Episodes of The Games

The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Games Season 1 Episode 4 - Robbo and the 100 Metres
    9.5/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Robbo and the 100 Metres

    S1:E4

    Jasmine presents some marketing ideas to clear out some ""dead wood"", Robbo holds a press conference on the environmental impact of the Games, and John and Bryan confront the contractor who built a 100 Metre track that doesn't quite measure up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Games Season 1 Episode 7 - Dead Man
    9.4/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Dead Man

    S1:E7

    The swimming schedule has been disastrously modified at the last minute. Meanwhile, Gina and John are asked to babysit an IOC member who has turned up dead the day before a major Dinner, while Bryan and Jasmine go to meet President Mandela and Princess Margaret at the airport.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Games Season 1 Episode 11 - A Conflict of Interest
    9.2/10(15 votes)

    #3 - A Conflict of Interest

    S1:E11

    John tries to keep a Sydney businessman from gaining a seat on SOCOG. Plans to sell Games venues to American interests trouble the crew. Gina suffers the aftereffects of conducting yet another tour for visiting dignitaries. The documentary film crew visits John at home on a Sunday morning.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Games Season 2 Episode 3 - Reconciliation
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Reconciliation

    S2:E3

    The team have to deal with a aboriginal land claim and a demand by a US senator for a formal apology by the P.M.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Games Season 2 Episode 6 - Pommy Visitor
    9.2/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Pommy Visitor

    S2:E6

    A visitor from the UK arrives from the London 2012 bid committee and highlights some airport shortcomings. Nicholas tries to sell all the furniture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Games Season 2 Episode 7 - Immigration
    9.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Immigration

    S2:E7

    Any potential "Aussie Gold Rush" at these Olympics can be expected to profit, as gold rushes in Australia have done in earlier days, from immigration. Freedom-loving peoples everywhere who yearn to start a new life in this beautiful country, should apply directly to the Minister for Sport, stating their name, event and shirt-size. The Games team must deal with the lies coming out of the Minister's office regarding immigration.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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    The 20 WORST Episodes of The Games

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  7. The Games Season 2 Episode 13 - The End
    8.9/10(15 votes)

    #7 - The End

    S2:E13

    The games team cope with the hype as the opening ceremony draws near, but there is a problem with the closing ceremony.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Games Season 1 Episode 12 - Horse and Dream Team
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Horse and Dream Team

    S1:E12

    John plays hardball with the agent representing the American basketball team when the issue of special treatment is put forth. A "Civility Awareness" programme is proposed for the city's service industry to help make visiting Americans feel more at home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Games Season 2 Episode 5 - Inquiry
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Inquiry

    S2:E5

    Each member of the Games team must face an inquiry into their practices. The system of cheques and balances which operates in an organisation of this kind ensures that the public gets the very best service, open access to decision making and full recourse to the best legal system available anywhere in the world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Games Season 1 Episode 2 - Athletics Schedule
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Athletics Schedule

    S1:E2

    Just when the administration and logistics team have got things running smoothly, sport rears its ugly head. John, Bryan and Gina go through the steps of trying to organise athletics for the games.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Games Season 1 Episode 10 - A Management Course
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #11 - A Management Course

    S1:E10

    John, Bryan, and Gina are sent to a training exercise at the Grand Vistas Conference Centre in the Blue Mountains where they are asked to solve hypothetical problems they might encounter during the Games. John utilises the "Athens Option" to deal with a petition asking that the gold medals be made of gold. The time has come to deal with the fact that no venue has been organised for fencing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Games Season 1 Episode 3 - Funding
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Funding

    S1:E3

    Funding for the games becomes a problem. John and Gina review a video designed to promote Sydney as an easy town to get around in, while Bryan meets with a mysterious potential corporate sponsor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Games Season 1 Episode 1 - The Press Conference
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - The Press Conference

    S1:E1

    Barrie Cassidy analyses John, Bryan and Gina's performance at their recent press conference.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Games Season 1 Episode 5 - Past Sports Stars and Gender
    8.5/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Past Sports Stars and Gender

    S1:E5

    The team wrestle with the Asian meltdown, the GST, an athlete who has had a sex-change and a troublesome seating plan. Gina is placed on special phone duties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Games Season 1 Episode 13 - Transport!
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Transport!

    S1:E13

    John discovers that the aquatic center's diving pool has been built in the wrong place, while Gina does some digging into the new transport agency Nicholas and the Minister are pushing for and Bryan helps develop a brilliant new invention.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Games Season 2 Episode 2 - Talking to the Troops
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Talking to the Troops

    S2:E2

    The organisers address the troops to bolster morale. However the team find themselves facing a hostile and unhappy group of workers. As John, Bryan and Gina try to duck and weave the curve balls thrown their way, John reveals his ten-point plan that will ensure a smooth Olympic Games for everyone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Games Season 2 Episode 4 - IOC Man
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #17 - IOC Man

    S2:E4

    The team look after an IOC man from the States. Many hundreds of thousands of internationals guests will be here with us as we celebrate the games of the (whatever) Olympiad of the Modern Era. This is the story of just one of them, and perhaps one or two others.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Games Season 2 Episode 10 - Solar
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Solar

    S2:E10

    Head of Administration and Logistics, John Clarke, and his colleagues, Bryan Dawe, Head of Accounts, Budgeting and Finance, and Gina Riley, Marketing and Liaison Manager, are sizzling in the heat of the final countdown to the Opening Ceremony. As the Games draw closer, the Games team try to devise ways of supplementing their dwindling revenue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Games Season 1 Episode 9 - J'Accuse
    8.4/10(12 votes)

    #19 - J'Accuse

    S1:E9

    Gina tries to explain the disastrous effect a 100% effective anti-doping system would have on athletic attendance at the Games, while Bryan discovers that the Lacrosse facility which Juan Antonio Samaranch is set to tour next week has not, in fact, been built. Meanwhile, John attempts to quell a particularly negative (and uncomfortably accurate) anti-Olympics reporter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Games Season 2 Episode 12 - Four Corners
    8.4/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Four Corners

    S2:E12

    The ABC's Four Corners is planning an expos on the games. John and Bryan have been secretly recorded advocating that the rich pay more taxes. A much bigger story overtakes the expos and leaves Nicholas with egg on his face.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Games Season 2 Episode 8 - Job Search
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Job Search

    S2:E8

    In the uncertain world of international logistics and sports management, prospects for the future must be considered carefully. Meanwhile, at sea, the piranha play happily in the afternoon sun. The Games team consider what the future holds after The Games.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Games Season 2 Episode 11 - Sponsorship and Media Discontent
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Sponsorship and Media Discontent

    S2:E11

    Would the person who borrowed the synopsis for this episode, please return it to the office immediately. To have this sort of thing happening at this stage is just an embarrassment. The whole world is watching and this is precisely the sort of problem we were trying to avoid. Grow up.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Games Season 2 Episode 1 - In the Public Interest
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - In the Public Interest

    S2:E1

    John becomes the target of a TV documentary. He becomes a prisoner in his own house, after accusations of corruption are made by a former college.

    Director:Bruce Permezel
    Writers:John Clarke, Ross Stevenson

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  24. The Games Season 1 Episode 6 - Millennium Bug
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Millennium Bug

    S1:E6

    Gina's voice recognition software is causing difficulties and John is having trouble with technology. The millennium bug looks like it might threaten the games. A live webchat doesn't quite go to plan.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Games Season 1 Episode 8 - Rural and Environment
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #25 - Rural and Environment

    S1:E8

    John attempts to explain the swimming schedule to the camera before going on Lateline to face the Spanish Athletics Association coordinator's concerns about the ozone hole over Australia. Meanwhile, Gina and Bryan meet with the Federation of Rural Progress delegation's proposal for an Opening Ceremony program which has already been awarded to the Germans.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Robbo and the 100 Metres" is the best rated episode of "The Games". It scored 9.5/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dead Man".