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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 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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  1. Background image for Pilot
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  2. Background image for Amends
    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #2 - Amends

    S1:E10

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

    Writer:Don Reo
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  3. Background image for Death and Dishonor
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  4. Background image for Dirty Deeds
    8.1/10(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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  5. Background image for The Big Slip
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Grit
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Thirty Day Chip
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  9. Background image for Eggs
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #8 - 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. Background image for The Book of Rachel
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #9 - The Book of Rachel

    S2:E8

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

    Writer:Don Reo
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  11. Background image for Faith
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #10 - Faith

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for This is Not a Step
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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  13. Background image for The Past Comes Back
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  14. Background image for A Dark and Stormy Night
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  15. Background image for A Night to Remember
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for The Unforgiven
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #15 - The Unforgiven

    S1:E5

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for There's a Mister Hitler Here to See You
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for A Cult to the System
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #17 - A Cult to the System

    S2:E11

    John is upset when his son joins a religious cult, and enlists Dexter's help; Egger's embarassing parents visit.

    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Pros and Cons
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for Newcomer
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #19 - Newcomer

    S1:E11

    John's passionate love affair hits a snag when his perfect woman joins AA -- and must be celibate for six months.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  21. Background image for Another Average Night
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for John and Carol
    7.5/10(43 votes)

    #21 - John and Carol

    S1:E20

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

    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Date Night
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Writer:Don Reo
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  24. Background image for Good News/Bad News
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #23 - Good News/Bad News

    S2:E4

    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.""

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for An Odd Cup of Tea
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #24 - An Odd Cup of Tea

    S3:E7

    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.

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  26. Background image for Love on the Line
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The John Larroquette Show". It scored 8.2/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by John Whitesell and written by Don Reo, it aired on 9/2/1993. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Amends".