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 Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.
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The best episode of "The John Larroquette Show" is "Amends", rated 8.8/10 from 39 user votes. It was directed by John Whitesell and written by Don Reo. "Amends" aired on 11/23/1993 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Dirty Deeds".
8.8/10 39 votes#1 - Amends
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1993-11-23
John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.6/10 38 votes
#2 - Dirty Deeds
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1994-02-01
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
- 8.5/10 40 votes
#3 - Faith
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1995-01-10
Good fortune follows the appearance of a faint image of Christ on the bus station's wall.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dave Richardson
- 8.5/10 39 votes
#4 - A Night to Remember
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1996-04-09
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
- 8.4/10 37 votes
#5 - Running for Carly
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 1996-05-14
John reluctantly agrees to help Carly's rich, moronic boyfriend Karl campaign for the state senate, but after learning that Karl wants Carly only as a showpiece, John decides to run himself and saves Carly from a loveless marriage by purposefully losing a key debate.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 55 votes
#6 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1993-09-02
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
- 8.3/10 36 votes
#7 - The Big Slip
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1994-01-04
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
- 8.3/10 38 votes
#8 - A Dark and Stormy Night
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1994-04-12
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
- 8.3/10 37 votes
#9 - The Book of Rachel
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1994-11-15
A young woman informs John that he's one of three men who could be her biological father.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.2/10 38 votes
#10 - Good News/Bad News
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1994-10-18
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
- 8.2/10 37 votes
#11 - Just Like a Woman
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1994-11-29
Synopsis unknown.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 38 votes
#12 - Happy Endings
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 1996-05-21
Now that they're both free and clear, Carly and John agree to a date, but advice from Dexter keeps them apart -- at first. Later on, nothing can. No longer a bum, Oscar opens a shoeshine stand in the bus station. Unfortunately, no one is brave enough to sit under the giant shoe sign hanging menacingly overhead. Meanwhile, John's landlord, Mr. Soulaymanulo comes to the station to berate John for causing a high electricity bill with his electric car. Mr. Soulaymanulo and Mahalia are immediately attracted and begin dating. Later, John gets a huge rebate from the government for driving the electric car, and he pays his landlord extra. When John announces that he and Carly are getting married, everyone expects that some sort of disaster will prevent it. At the wedding, Hampton accidentally reveals that he is a homosexual. Then, after John and Carly exchange vows, Catherine arrives and tells Dexter that she is pregnant with John's child...
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 42 votes
#13 - The Past Comes Back
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1993-10-26
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
- 8.1/10 37 votes
#14 - Death and Dishonor
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1994-01-11
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
- 8.1/10 37 votes
#15 - Grit
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1994-03-15
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
- 8.1/10 37 votes
#16 - A Cult to the System
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1994-12-06
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
- 8.1/10 39 votes
#17 - Bad Pennies
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1995-02-14
Catherine has two house guests: a seven-year-old niece, who invests in Dexter's nine-ball skills, and her jazz musician ex-husband, who wants her back.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.1/10 36 votes
#18 - Rachel Redux
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 1995-05-09
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
- 8.1/10 36 votes
#19 - Love on the Line
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1995-12-26
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
- 8.1/10 41 votes
#20 - The Train Wreck
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1996-02-20
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
- 8.0/10 36 votes
#21 - My Hero
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1993-12-14
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
- 8.0/10 35 votes
#22 - Eggs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1994-01-30
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
- 8.0/10 36 votes
#23 - Freedom's Just Another Word For Nothing Left to Lose, But Then So's Desperate
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1994-11-22
Catherine gets the wrong idea when she spies John dancing with Carly, Mahalia is cheered by a passenger passing through.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Don Reo
- 8.0/10 35 votes
#24 - The Wedding
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 1995-08-22
Heavy Gene and Sarah plan to wed.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz
8.0/10 36 votes#25 - Several Unusual Love Stories
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 1995-05-23
Catherine breaks up with John because ""things are too good"", Dexter discovers that his new love Annie has a surprising past, Mahalia loses her new dog, and John's suspicions are aroused by the kindly gentleman who returns it.
Director: John Whitesell
Writer: N/A