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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 15 - Death and Dishonor
    8.5/10(43 votes)

    #1 - Death and Dishonor

    S1:E15

    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

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  2. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.4/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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

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  3. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 10 - Amends
    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #3 - Amends

    S1:E10

    John tries to make amends to ex-wife Carol and son Tony he ran out on.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Don Reo

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  4. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 19 - Dirty Deeds
    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Dirty Deeds

    S1:E19

    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

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  5. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 21 - Grit
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Grit

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown

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  6. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 2 - Thirty Day Chip
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #6 - Thirty Day Chip

    S1:E2

    John goes 30 days without alcohol, and wants to get back together with his wife. Before he can reach her, she serves him with divorce papers.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Don Reo

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  7. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 4 - This is Not a Step
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #7 - This is Not a Step

    S1:E4

    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

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  8. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 14 - The Big Slip
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #8 - The Big Slip

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown

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  9. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 17 - Eggs
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #9 - Eggs

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The John Larroquette Show Season 3 Episode 19 - A Night to Remember
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #10 - A Night to Remember

    S3:E19

    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

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  11. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 18 - Another Average Night
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #11 - Another Average Night

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  12. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 22 - Date Night
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #12 - Date Night

    S1:E22

    Dexter is outraged when his sister strikes up a friendship with Hemingway, Mahalia is overjoyed to hear her first boyfriend is coming to visit, Carly reports to Hemingway that she was sent out on a house call -- to his son.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Don Reo

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  13. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 23 - Wasted Lives
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #13 - Wasted Lives

    S1:E23

    John accidentally gets high on marijuana brownies, Hampton gets an unusual request from his long-estranged father, actor Joe Pesci studies a homeless man living at the bus station as research for a role.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Mitchell Hurwitz

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  14. The John Larroquette Show Season 2 Episode 8 - The Book of Rachel
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Book of Rachel

    S2:E8

    A young woman informs John that he's one of three men who could be her biological father.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Don Reo

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  15. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 8 - The Past Comes Back
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #15 - The Past Comes Back

    S1:E8

    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

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  16. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 13 - God
    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #16 - God

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown

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  17. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 20 - John and Carol
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #17 - John and Carol

    S1:E20

    Carol is furious when Tony leaves her to stay with John; Mahalia worries about her brooding son Dante.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 24 - A Dark and Stormy Night
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #18 - A Dark and Stormy Night

    S1:E24

    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

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  19. The John Larroquette Show Season 2 Episode 13 - Faith
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #19 - Faith

    S2:E13

    Good fortune follows the appearance of a faint image of Christ on the bus station's wall.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dave Richardson

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  20. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 3 - Celibate!
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #20 - Celibate!

    S1:E3

    John is not about to celebrate when his sponsor orders him to be celibate -- especially when it's for six long months.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 5 - The Unforgiven
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #21 - The Unforgiven

    S1:E5

    John takes stock of himself while helping a runaway teen realize that she can go home.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The John Larroquette Show Season 3 Episode 8 - Love on the Line
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #22 - Love on the Line

    S3:E8

    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

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  23. The John Larroquette Show Season 3 Episode 15 - The Train Wreck
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #23 - The Train Wreck

    S3:E15

    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:Unknown

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  24. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 6 - Pros and Cons
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #24 - Pros and Cons

    S1:E6

    A fellow con artist from John's drinking days offers to cut him in on a lucrative real-estate scam; a bounty hunter is taking an incredibly naive Mississippi teenager to face a ten-year sentence.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Bill Richmond

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  25. The John Larroquette Show Season 1 Episode 9 - There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #25 - There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You

    S1:E9

    John's given food for thought when an old writer friend bases his first book on John's bacchanalian past, a neo-Nazi named Steve Hitler demands to charter a bus, with support from the ACLU, and a sleazy health inspector threatens Dexter with blackmail.

    Director:John Whitesell
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Death and Dishonor" is the best rated episode of "The John Larroquette Show". It scored 8.5/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by John Whitesell and written by Don Reo, it aired on 1/11/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".