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The Worst Episodes of The John Larroquette Show

Every episode of The John Larroquette Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Copies" is the worst rated episode of "The John Larroquette Show". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by David Trainer and written by N/A, it aired on 10/16/1996. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Isosceles Love Triangle".

  • Copies
    NaN/100 votes
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    #1 - Copies

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1996

    Dexter's estranged father comes to see John's autobiographical play about father-son issues, continually rewritten after comments by the copy shop attendant.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: N/A

  • Isosceles Love Triangle
    6.6/1035 votes
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    #2 - Isosceles Love Triangle

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1996

    After John gives Eggers advice on how to get the man of her dreams, she uses the opportunity to get him to agree to be her date for a Halloween party. Meanwhile, Gene must prove his mettle by cleaning up a toxic chemical spill.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: N/A

  • The Defiant One
    6.7/1045 votes
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    #3 - The Defiant One

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1995

    John's mouthing off to the police lands him in jail with musician-author Kinky Friedman, Catherine learns about Carly's past, Eggers practices her mothering skills on Mahalia's daughter Lucy.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • More Changes
    6.7/1042 votes
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    #4 - More Changes

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1995

    John finally proposes to Catherine, she accepts, and everyone shows up for the wedding -- except the bride and groom. John accepts Carly's eager proposition to come home with her for the evening. But he disappoints Carly by proclaiming that he still loves Catherine. Mahalia advises John to call a psychiatrist, but after John reveals his deepest feelings--and his identity--he's mortified to realize that he's talking to radio psychiatrist, Dr. Frasier Crane live on the air. Determined to win Catherine back, John asks Catherine to marry him. Meanwhile, the St. Louis, Missouri Crossroads Bus Terminal begins closing at midnight.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

  • Mother of the Year
    6.8/1038 votes
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    #5 - Mother of the Year

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1996

    Thanks to John's contest-winning, double-edged essay, Mahalia is named Mother of the Year and faces a custody battle for her kids. The article spurs a home visit from a suspicious child welfare investigator (guest Adams) -- just when taskmaster ""El Capitan"" John is babysitting -- and a custody hearing in which Mahalia and John face off against Mahalia's ex, Stewie, Sr.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: N/A

  • Bathing with Ernest Hemingway
    7.0/1036 votes
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    #6 - Bathing with Ernest Hemingway

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1996

    Attempting to share John's love of literature, Carly signs up for a course on Ernest Hemingway. In exchange, John agrees to a fitness programme -- with Eggers as his all too personal trainer.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: N/A

  • Some Call Them Beasts
    7.1/1038 votes
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    #7 - Some Call Them Beasts

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1996

    John makes a bad impression upon meeting his favorite author Jackson Bishop, but Dexter's friendship with the writer leads to a second chance for John -- and a second faux pas when he succumbs to a seductive model who, unbeknownst to John, is Jackson's wife.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Independence Day
    7.1/1035 votes
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    #8 - Independence Day

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/1996

    Mahalia accidentally gets the byline for John's article on racial equality, but when the piece wins a prize of an electric car, John happily assumes the role of ""Mr. Sanchez,"" a ""light-skinned"" Hispanic. Continuing the charade, John tries to impress a sexy Basque activist and ends up leading a radical Basque political group. Upset that John is capitalizing on the troubles of a minority group for glory and romance, Mahalia gets revenge by conspiring with the Basques to fool him into appearing as Abraham Lincoln in her son's school play. Meanwhile, when Gene asks Dexter to be his infant son's godfather, Dexter realizes that he was never baptized. Fearing that he will go to hell when he dies, Dexter convinces a street preacher to baptize him. Unfortunately, the marauding elephant scares the preacher away and sprays Dexter with holy water -- which he interprets as a sign from God.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Untying the Knot
    7.1/1040 votes
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    #9 - Untying the Knot

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1996

    Picking up from last season's cliffhanger, this season's premiere polishes off the nuptials between John and Carly. In short order, at the bus station reception, Catherine drops the bombshell to the glowing groom that she's pregnant with John's child — portending a connubial future that's no piece of cake. As a stop-gap solution to the staggering dilemma, the odd trio move in together, and soon see that three is anything but company.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

  • The Job
    7.2/1037 votes
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    #10 - The Job

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1994

    John, Mahalia, Dexter and Heavy Gene apply for a better playing job at a New Orleans bus station.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Time Out
    7.2/1037 votes
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    #11 - Time Out

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1995

    Old flames resurface after John and Catherine agree to take a break to assess the direction of their relationship.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Don Reo

  • Black and White and Red All Over
    7.2/1041 votes
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    #12 - Black and White and Red All Over

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1996

    After John writes a scathing negative newspaper review of performance artist Amanda Cox, she professes respect for his critical opinion and seductively lures him to her loft -- where she exacts her revenge with an unforgettable show involving John and a concealed live audience. Unfortunately, Catherine and her mother, Louise Merrick are part of that audience. John vows revenge with some trickery of his own but is again humiliated. Meanwhile, Catherine bribes her friends at the bus terminal to exaggerate her status to make her mother proud; and Hampton practices being a Buckingham Palace guard.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Here We Go Again
    7.2/1041 votes
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    #13 - Here We Go Again

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/12/1996

    A parody of Sunset Boulevard, with Betty White as the Norma Desmond of TV who has written ""Golden Girls: The Musical"" and entices John into rewriting it, with Catherine as lyricist, and staging it in the bus terminal (with John press ganged into the role of Dorothy when Catherine mysteriously goes missing).

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

  • Even More Changes
    7.3/1037 votes
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    #14 - Even More Changes

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1995

    John reconciles with Catherine, who takes on a new enterprise by buying the bus bar from Carly and turning it into a jazz club; the entire crew switches to the day shift; and Eggers introduces her beloved dog -- which turns out to be a wild wolf.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

  • Rachel and Tony
    7.3/1038 votes
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    #15 - Rachel and Tony

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1995

    John's daughter and son hit town at the same time, and John decides to tell each of them about the other's existence. John's children by different mothers, Rachel and Tony, each unaware that the other exists, meet at the bus terminal. Rachel is in town for a memorial concert by the band Grateful Dead, and Tony has ended his studies at Yale University, although he claims he's on vacation. Not knowing that they're related, they become attracted to each other. When they go on a date, John panics and tries to find them before they become physically involved. Meanwhile, Mahalia persistently tries to seduce an attractive traveler, despite his protests that he is not available. Feeling guilty, she goes to confession at church and finds out he's a priest.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Don Reo

  • Hiding Out
    7.4/1037 votes
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    #16 - Hiding Out

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1994

    Dexter hides from an angry girlfriend in John's apartment, foiling John's amorous intent with his new neighbour.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Don Reo

  • You Bet Your Life
    7.4/1037 votes
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    #17 - You Bet Your Life

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1995

    A canine is the centerpiece of the bus station's new security system, Catherine and John try living together, and John's former art professor show up to announce he has incurable cancer and intends to commit suicide.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • And the Heat Goes On
    7.4/1039 votes
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    #18 - And the Heat Goes On

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 8/29/1995

    John searches for a lost package and Carly mulls a marriage proposal.

    Director: Gil Junger

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Moves
    7.4/1036 votes
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    #19 - Night Moves

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1995

    After a burglary in the apartment building where John and Catherine live, he seizes the chance to play on her vulnerability; Dexter's mom and Cathy's beau have something in common. Catherine is very scared when a thief breaks into the building she lives in. John exaggerates the danger, figuring that if she's frightened she'll want him around. Meanwhile, Carly introduces everybody at the terminal to her millionaire boyfriend, Karl. To Dexter's dismay, his visiting mother recognizes Karl from when she worked as his nanny.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Pros and Cons
    7.5/1041 votes
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    #20 - Pros and Cons

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/5/1993

    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

  • John and Carol
    7.5/1040 votes
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    #21 - John and Carol

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/8/1994

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

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: N/A

  • Wasted Lives
    7.5/1040 votes
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    #22 - Wasted Lives

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/29/1994

    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

  • A Bird in the Hand
    7.5/1038 votes
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    #23 - A Bird in the Hand

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1994

    Carly asks John if he wants to have a serious relationship with her -- just after Catherine has indicated that she is interested, then both come to his housewarming party.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Don Reo

  • Vacation
    7.5/1038 votes
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    #24 - Vacation

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1994

    With Dexter's help, John practices driving so he can renew his license for a vacation with Catehrine; meanwhile, Boyz II Men trade a performance for bus repair.

    Director: John Whitesell

    Writer: Don Reo

  • Wrestling Matches
    7.5/1041 votes
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    #25 - Wrestling Matches

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1995

    John tries to help a famed '70s poet (Cassidy) onto the wagon, while attempting to get his second ex-wife pay his first ex-wife's son's college tuition, the bus station bar and lunch counter become the trendiest places in town, a lesbian customer challenges Officer Hampton to an arm-wrestling match.

    Director: Gil Junger

    Writer: N/A