8.6/1042 votesLoading...#1 - Amends
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1993
John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.6/1040 votesLoading...
#2 - Dirty Deeds
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/1/1994
At a drag show, John runs into his old college roommate, who's playing Marlene Dietrich; Mahalia is targeted anew by a blackmailer she thought she'd paid off.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.4/1040 votesLoading...
#3 - A Night to Remember
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/1996
It happened one night, nearly a decade ago. Or so says John, who recalls a visit he made to the bus station in 1987, when he first encountered Catherine and had a profound impact on his current friends.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz
- 8.3/1039 votesLoading...
#4 - The Big Slip
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1994
John's order to train his boss's harebrained nephew, who been in AA for a year but is still a basketcase.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1039 votesLoading...
#5 - Death and Dishonor
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1994
John's son tries to form a father-son relationship; Chester disappears and is found dead; John must deal with a battle to the death between Mahalia and her sister Linda, who stole Mahalia's first husband.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.2/1059 votesLoading...
#6 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1993
Recovering alcoholic John Hemingway takes the job of night manager in a seedy bus station, where a robbery and a missing bus test his resolve to stay sober.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.2/1041 votesLoading...
#7 - A Dark and Stormy Night
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/12/1994
Hemingway is feeling suicidal on his birthday, but discovers new meaning when the entire bus station is held host age by a gun-toting lunatic.
Director: Greg Antonacci
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.1/1037 votesLoading...
#8 - Eggs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1994
Hemingway and Dexter get stuck together in a crummy motel with a cage full of chickens; when a baby is abandoned in the station dumpster, Officer Eggers kidnaps it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1039 votesLoading...
#9 - The Book of Rachel
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1994
A young woman informs John that he's one of three men who could be her biological father.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.1/1043 votesLoading...
#10 - Faith
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1995
Good fortune follows the appearance of a faint image of Christ on the bus station's wall.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dave Richardson
- 8.0/1046 votesLoading...
#11 - This is Not a Step
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1993
John's mother, an inveterate con artist, begs him to bail her out of jail, and then becomes the obvious suspect when a batch of credit card slips goes missing from the bus station.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz
- 8.0/1045 votesLoading...
#12 - The Past Comes Back
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1993
A startled John begins questioning his sexuality after another male alcoholic visits to make amends -- by apologizing for seducing him.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.0/1061 votesLoading...
#13 - Newcomer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1993
John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.0/1038 votesLoading...
#14 - My Hero
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1993
John's nephew Bobby learns the meaning of tough love when he shows up at the bus station for a wild evening with the man who taught him to drink.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Bill Richmond
- 8.0/1040 votesLoading...
#15 - Grit
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/15/1994
Officer Eggers develops a crush on John after he rescues her from a gunman; Dexter's business languishes after a customer puts a curse on the diner.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1039 votesLoading...
#16 - Good News/Bad News
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1994
John takes a company physical and is assured not to worry about his high cholesterol level, then the doctor drops dead, prompting John to seek lifestyle advice from Catherine. Meanwhile, Gene and Mahalia both find new loves: Gene's is Sara, a lovely ice skater, but Mahalia's turns out to be another con artist she met at a group for ""single Latinos over 30 who've recently remembered childhood abuse through hypnosis.""
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1039 votesLoading...
#17 - Just Like a Woman
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1994
Dexter dates a beautiful woman who shares John's name, and when Dexter kisses her, he can only see John's face.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1038 votesLoading...
#18 - Love on the Line
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1995
John tells Catherine that she would love him if she could forget about their past together. Later, he logs onto an computer on-line service as ""Fitzgerald"" and types flirtatious messages to a user named ""Ella."" The two seem perfect for each other and arrange a date -- only to discover that ""Ella"" is of course Catherine. Meanwhile, Dexter tries to convince filmmaker Spike Lee to let him cater the meals for Spike and his film crew while they are in St. Louis. When the overzealous Dexter accidentally injures Spike, who ends up in the hospital, the film company hires Dexter to impersonate Spike in the film until he recovers. Also, John represents Mahalia during a deposition with an opposing lawyer in her custody battle for her children but does more damage than good, while Mahalia almost ruins her case by dating the lawyer.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: John Ridley
- 8.0/1042 votesLoading...
#19 - The Train Wreck
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/1996
Is it destiny that hooks up John with a pretty yoga instructor for a health spa vacation that he planned with Catherine? If so, why is Catherine on their train? Alone at first, Catherine meets her former high school boyfriend, Todd; and John, who has dumped the annoying Penelope, now does everything he can to keep Catherine from reuniting with Todd.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1038 votesLoading...
#20 - God
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1993
John gets hooked into a crap game and finds himself being forced to pray at gunpoint by Mahalia; Dexter discovers that his new girlfriend is a hooker.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1040 votesLoading...
#21 - Another Average Night
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1994
John's girlfriend turns out to be married -- when her husband confronts John with a gun; Mahalia's estranged husband arrives.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1039 votesLoading...
#22 - A Cult to the System
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1994
John is upset when his son joins a religious cult, and enlists Dexter's help; Egger's embarassing parents visit.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1038 votesLoading...
#23 - Rachel Redux
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1995
John's daughter appears topless in a skin magazine, Officer Eggers holds an attractive stranger hostage unless he agrees to impregnate her.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 7.9/1040 votesLoading...
#24 - A Moveable Feast
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/1995
After he discovers a collection of short stories he wrote as a young man, earnest John Hemingway enters a writing contest that could send him to Paris, and Catherine hints that she'd like to accompany him. Unfortunately, the story is from John's alcoholic period, and he actually may not have written it: acerbic newspaper chief editor Otto Friedling accuses John of plagiarizing Ernest Hemingway. In a black-and-white fantasy sequence, John's autobiographical story comes to life, with the fantasy John Hemingway (Miller) a would-be writer for whose love both Catherine and Carly vie.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1039 votesLoading...
#25 - An Odd Cup of Tea
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1995
Dexter accompanies John on a visit to his boyhood home in Chicago -- where John learns his departed father never departed. Meanwhile, Hampton gets flowers from his male doctor.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: John Ridley
The Best Episodes of The John Larroquette Show
Every episode of The John Larroquette Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The John Larroquette Show!
The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night...
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Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Amends" is the best rated episode of "The John Larroquette Show". It scored 8.6/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by John Whitesell and written by Don Reo, it aired on 11/23/1993. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Dirty Deeds".