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The Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 1

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The Best Episodes of The Single Guy Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Jonathan endures a setup at Matt and Janeane's with a hideous girl, while missing the heavyweight fight on pay-per-view.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 2 - Tennis
    5.7/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Tennis

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 3 - Gift
    5.8/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Gift

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 4 - Babysitting
    6.0/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Babysitting

    S1:E4

    Jonathan discovers that women are attracted to a man with a baby when he babysits Sebastian.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 5 - Charity
    6.2/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Charity

    S1:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 6 - Neighbors
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    #6 - Neighbors

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 7 - Mugging
    6.7/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Mugging

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 8 - Sister
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Sister

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 9 - Attraction
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Attraction

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 10 - Midnight
    5.0/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Midnight

    S1:E10

    Jonathan pines for Amanda on New Years Eve, after he spies her out with Broadway actor Jamie Barron.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 11 - Communication
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Communication

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 12 - Nineteen
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Nineteen

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 13 - Distance
    4.8/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Distance

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 14 - Rival
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Rival

    S1:E14

    Jonathan competes with an old college rival to get a famous author's quote on the jacket of his new book.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 15 - Pudding
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Pudding

    S1:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 16 - Affair
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Affair

    S1:E16

    Jonathan worries that Sam is having an affair with Paula Abdul.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 17 - Wedding
    6.2/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Wedding

    S1:E17

    Jonathan attends the wedding of his college girlfriend. Manny sits on a jury.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 18 - Poetry
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Poetry

    S1:E18

    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:Unknown

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  19. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 19 - Lovenest
    5.8/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Lovenest

    S1:E19

    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

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  20. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 20 - Kids
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Kids

    S1:E20

    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
    Writers:John Masius, Andrew Gottlieb

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  21. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 21 - Pop
    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Pop

    S1:E21

    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

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  22. The Single Guy Season 1 Episode 22 - Moving
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Moving

    S1:E22

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Single Guy" season 1. It scored 6.1/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1995. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Tennis".