5.5/1013 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1995
Jonathan endures a setup at Matt and Janeane's with a hideous girl, while missing the heavyweight fight on pay-per-view.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/108 votes
#2 - Tennis
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1995
Sam fixes Jonathan up with Christie, an expert at all sports. Jonathan's macho competitive streak risks a great relationship. Sam takes secret tennis lessons so he can beat Matt.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/108 votes
#3 - Gift
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1995
Jonathan is forced to scramble when he promises to take his girlfriend to an exclusive French restaurant in a rare 1962 car wth reclusive author J.D. Salinger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.0/109 votes
#4 - Babysitting
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1995
Jonathan discovers that women are attracted to a man with a baby when he babysits Sebastian.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.0/106 votes
#5 - Charity
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1995
Jonathan is shocked when he learns that Matt does charity work. He wonders whether he's evil because he has no inclination to do likewise.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1020 votes
#6 - Neighbors
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1995
Jonathan stays with his homosexual neighbors when his apartment requires extensive repairs. He and Janeane's friend Ross go to the theater together, each worried the other is gay.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1023 votes
#7 - Mugging
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1995
Jonathan dates 'Danger Girl', a woman who's only excited in dangerous situations. The gang is mugged, causing Janeane to consider moving to Connecticut.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/108 votes
#8 - Sister
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1995
Jonathan takes up with Janeane's sister Paula who's visiting for Thanksgiving. Despite their mutual dislike of each other, they can't stay away.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/108 votes
#9 - Attraction
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1995
Jonathan meets the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, she works for his current girlfriend. A greatful client gives Garth Brooks' lucky cowboy hat to Sam, giving him confidence he never knew he had.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 4.9/109 votes
#10 - Midnight
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1995
Jonathan pines for Amanda on New Years Eve, after he spies her out with Broadway actor Jamie Barron.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/107 votes
#11 - Communication
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1996
Jonathan falls for a TV commercial actress, the 'Butter Girl'. He gets an opportunity to meet her, only to find she only speaks French. Oddly enough she goes home with Jonathan, even though they don't understand a word the other says. Trudy throws Sam out when he tells a deeply embarrassing story about her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/108 votes
#12 - Nineteen
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1996
Jonathan dates a fabulous girl only to discover she's only 19-years-old. Janeane ventures to a tattoo parlor to prove she's still hip and 'with it'. Sam and Trudy house an 'artist' who steals objects and calls it art.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1011 votes
#13 - Distance
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/1996
Jonathan dates Janeane's sister Martha and revels in their no-strings-attached, NY/Washington D.C. relationship. Sam and Janeane decide they're perfect together so try a little matchmaking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/109 votes
#14 - Rival
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/1996
Jonathan competes with an old college rival to get a famous author's quote on the jacket of his new book.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/107 votes
#15 - Pudding
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1996
Manny is fired when the tenant association votes to install a security system. Meanwhile Janeane and Matt's building fires their doorman for sloppy work. Sam borrows money from a fraternity to invest in a 'trapezoid scheme'
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/107 votes
#16 - Affair
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/1996
Jonathan worries that Sam is having an affair with Paula Abdul.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/109 votes
#17 - Wedding
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/1996
Jonathan attends the wedding of his college girlfriend. Manny sits on a jury.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.0/107 votes
#18 - Poetry
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/7/1996
Jonathan confronts a columnist after she writes a scathing review of his book. Sam and Trudy try to beat a Three Card Monte dealer, Freaky Lou. Matt tries to write a poem for Janeane for their fifth anniversary.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1010 votes
#19 - Lovenest
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/14/1996
Jonathan pursues Charlie McCarthy, even following her to Seattle in the hopes of starting a relationship. Meanwhile, Sam, Trudy, Janeane, and Matt discover the sensuous powers of Jonathan's apartment.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Brad Hall
- 5.2/107 votes
#20 - Kids
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1996
Sam and Trudy watch Sebastian, Matt and Janeane's child, for a night to see if they're ready for parenthood. Sam and Trudy impulsively take Sebastian to Madison Square Garden to see a boxing match and pay the price for their recklessness when they're trapped on the subway.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: John Masius, Andrew Gottlieb
5.5/108 votes#21 - Pop
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/1996
Jonathan discovers that his dad's new fiancée is one of his old lovers. Meanwhile Sam discovers an old recording that he thinks is by the Beatles.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Andrew Gottlieb
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Moving
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1996
Jonathan plays musical apartments when his building is temporarily closed for asbestos removal and he and Charlie can't bring themselves to move in together. Sam is down when he quits his job and finds out the $9,000 he invested with Matt has evaporated.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Jay Kogen
The Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 1
Every episode of The Single Guy Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 1!
The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Single Guy" season 1. It scored 5.5/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1995. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Tennis".