The Best Episodes of The John Larroquette Show Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(62 votes)

   #1 - Pilot

   S1:E19/2/1993

   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

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2. 

   8.1/10(49 votes)

   #2 - Thirty Day Chip

   S1:E29/7/1993

   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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   Writer:Don Reo
3. 

   7.7/10(47 votes)

   #3 - Celibate!

   S1:E39/14/1993

   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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4. 

   8.1/10(49 votes)

   #4 - This is Not a Step

   S1:E49/21/1993

   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

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5. 

   7.7/10(44 votes)

   #5 - The Unforgiven

   S1:E59/28/1993

   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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6. 

   7.6/10(44 votes)

   #6 - Pros and Cons

   S1:E610/5/1993

   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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7. 

   7.5/10(43 votes)

   #7 - Jumping Off the Wagon

   S1:E710/12/1993

   Badgered by an extortionist, bedeviled by a work slowdown and befuddled by his sponsor's drinking, John feels like he's teetering on a ""tightrope of sobriety.""

   Director:John Whitesell

   Writer:Brenda Hampton

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   Writer:Brenda Hampton
8. 

   7.8/10(48 votes)

   #8 - The Past Comes Back

   S1:E810/26/1993

   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

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9. 

   7.6/10(44 votes)

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

   S1:E911/2/1993

   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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10. 

    8.3/10(47 votes)

    #10 - Amends

    S1:E1011/23/1993

    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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    Writer:Don Reo
11. 

    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #11 - Newcomer

    S1:E1112/7/1993

    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

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    Writer:Don Reo
12. 

    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #12 - My Hero

    S1:E1212/14/1993

    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

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13. 

    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #13 - God

    S1:E1312/21/1993

    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:Unknown

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14. 

    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Big Slip

    S1:E141/4/1994

    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:Unknown

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15. 

    8.5/10(43 votes)

    #15 - Death and Dishonor

    S1:E151/11/1994

    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

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16. 

    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #16 - Don't Drink and Drive Nuclear Waste

    S1:E161/18/1994

    Entrusted for a few moments with the official United State inch, John can't resist peeking -- and damages it; meanwhile, he worries over a bus driver who drinks but denies it.

    Director:John Whitesell

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #17 - Eggs

    S1:E171/30/1994

    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:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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18. 

    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #18 - Another Average Night

    S1:E182/1/1994

    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:Unknown

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19. 

    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #19 - Dirty Deeds

    S1:E192/1/1994

    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

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20. 

    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #20 - John and Carol

    S1:E202/8/1994

    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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21. 

    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Grit

    S1:E213/15/1994

    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:Unknown

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22. 

    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Date Night

    S1:E223/22/1994

    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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23. 

    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #23 - Wasted Lives

    S1:E233/29/1994

    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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24. 

    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #24 - A Dark and Stormy Night

    S1:E244/12/1994

    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

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    Writer:Don Reo