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The Best Episodes of Yes, Dear

Every episode of Yes, Dear ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Yes, Dear!

A comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success in his career, his more difficult job is keeping his wife calm as they raise their two young children. While Kim is determined to be the perfect mother and perfect wife and to raise the perfect children, her sister, Christine Hughes, a very down-to-earth mother of two, continually reminds her that life will never be perfect. Christine's husband, Jimmy, often feels compelled to share with his brother-in-law his philosophy about being a husband and a parent while still remaining a man.

Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Yes, Dear" is "Jimmy from the Block", rated 8.7/10 from 358 user votes. It was directed by Jeff Meyer and written by Eric Zicklin. "Jimmy from the Block" aired on 10/19/2005 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Pilot".

  • Jimmy from the Block
    8.7/10 358 votes

    #1 - Jimmy from the Block

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2005

    Envious of Jimmy and Christine's newfound neighborhood popularity, Kim throws a barbeque, where she discovers that she and Greg are not popular at all.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Eric Zicklin

  • Pilot
    8.3/10 74 votes

    #2 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000

    Kim drives Greg up the wall when she worries that Sam isn't walking yet. Jimmy advises Greg that he should let Kim have the day off if he wants her to lighten up. So Greg arranges for Kim and Christine to go a day spa, giving him and Jimmy a day alone with the kids at the park. Jimmy gets hot at the park, and talks Greg into taking the kids someplace else that's cool -- a casino. Greg catches Sam on tape taking his first steps in the casino lobby, but then realizes that he can't show the video to Kim because of where it was taken. While waiting for their massages, Christine manages to talk Kim into relaxing more when she returns home. Jimmy pays a friend to digitally alter the background in the tape to a park, so Greg can show it to Kim. Kim is thrilled to watch it, until she -- and everyone else -- views Sam walking right over a pond! Greg has no choice but to come clean with Kim about what happened, causing her to unravel all over again.

    Director: Andrew D. Weyman

    Writer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

  • Mr. Big Shot
    8.2/10 29 votes

    #3 - Mr. Big Shot

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002

    When Greg and Kim plan a family trip to Lake Tahoe with the Hughes, Greg remembers a classy restaurant in the area called The Pinnacle Room that his well-to-do uncle always used to tell him about. As he considers eating there a status symbol, it's a big disappointment when Kim tells him they can't book two rooms in the restaurant's lodge, as it's out of Jimmy's and Christine's price range. On the trip, Jimmy is equally irritated when he realizes Greg took a bigger room for himself. After Jimmy puts him on the spot, Greg admits that he took it on purpose because he's always felt held back on account of Jimmy's lack of money. But after a disastrous meal with Kim at the stuffy, snooty Pinnacle Room where everything that can go wrong does go wrong, Greg sees firsthand that the humble life Jimmy lives ain't so bad.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Danny Smith

  • The Limo
    8.1/10 36 votes

    #4 - The Limo

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2006

    An anniversary gift of taking their wives via a limousine to a Rascal Flatts concert goes horribly wrong, leaving Greg and Jimmy scrambling to find a way to save the night.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Erika Kaestle, Patrick McCarthy

  • Jimmy and Chuck
    7.8/10 47 votes

    #5 - Jimmy and Chuck

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2003

    Chuck Norris is shooting a movie at the studio (where he plays a security guard), but looks are deceiving for Jimmy, who idolizes the guy.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer, Patrick McCarthy

  • Broken by the Mold
    7.8/10 33 votes

    #6 - Broken by the Mold

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 5/18/2005

    Unable to find employment after giving up his job at Radford, Greg is forced to swallow his pride and take a position outside of the movie world. But when he finds out his house is covered in toxic mold and unfit to live in, he's unable to swallow it a second time.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Greg Garcia

  • Kim's New Nanny
    7.7/10 27 votes

    #7 - Kim's New Nanny

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002

    When Kim arranges a playdate with one of Sam's classmates, she's in for a big surprise when the girl's mother, Jessica, drops off her child - she drops off her sweet, elderly nanny, Sylvia, too. Angry about her uninvited guest, Kim ignores Sylvia at first, but when she changes her mind and gives her the time of day, Sylvia lets her know that Jessica yells at her all the time. She's just afraid to speak out against Jessica for fear of getting fired. After Jessica returns to pick up her kid and Kim witnesses her yelling at Sylvia, she tells Jessica off and asks Sylvia to come to work for her instead. But no sooner than the new nanny starts work than Kim figures out why Sylvia got yelled at -- she's incompetent. Yet Kim feels so bad for Sylvia that she can't bring herself to fire her. At least not until she discovers how many other mothers have had her and how they all managed to get rid of her. Meanwhile, when Jimmy buys a robotic dog for Dominic and then accidentally ruins it when he le

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Erik Shapiro, Patrick McCarthy

  • We're Having a Baby
    7.7/10 30 votes

    #8 - We're Having a Baby

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2002

    When Kim and Greg decide to go on TLC's A Baby Story, they run into major problems with their parents. For example, when Kim and Greg announce that they want to name the baby Charlie if it's a boy and Lucy if it's a girl, everyone calls out with their own picks for a girl. Kim's dad wants the baby to be named Rachel, and Greg's mom wants the baby to be named Margaret if it's a girl. The baby indeed turns out to be a girl, and as Kim and Greg are about to pick the baby up from the nursery, they hear Greg's dad stating that he wished that his own daughter were named Emily after his aunt who practically raised him. After overhearing this, Kim and Greg decide to name the baby Emily.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

  • When Jimmy Met Greggy
    7.7/10 29 votes

    #9 - When Jimmy Met Greggy

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2003

    When Greg tells Jimmy he never does anything for him, Jimmy shares with him a story back in ye olden days -- the 1980s -- when Jimmy, Billy and their friend, Brian, were just a trio of pizza delivery boys with bad hair, and Christine was a lowly waitress at Howard Johnson's. Jimmy flips his lid when Christine lets him know that Kim is coming by with her new boyfriend, as this is going to crush Brian, whom Kim used to be dating before college -- especially since Greg, said new boyfriend, will be staying on Jimmy's couch and mooching off him. When Jimmy meets Greg for the first time, he wonders what on earth Kim sees in him. Tough guy Brian comes over uninvited, and begs Kim to take him back. After she asks him to leave, he plans to beat Greg up, but Jimmy gets him to hold off on his plan of action by saying he'll get rid of the new boyfriend in his own way. So Jimmy takes Greg to a diner, where he learns that Kim is his first, and tries unsuccessfully to scare him off by lying to him ab

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

  • A List Before Dying
    7.7/10 35 votes

    #10 - A List Before Dying

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2004

    After a near-death experience, Jimmy finds a list he made of everything he ever wanted to do in life but didn't -- and plans to do everything on it while he still can.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Ralph Greene, Danny Smith

  • Jimmy the Teacher
    7.7/10 36 votes

    #11 - Jimmy the Teacher

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2005

    Jimmy begins teaching the neighborhood kids different things that their fathers can't, and makes a little money on the side doing it.

    Director: Liza Snyder

    Writer: N/A

  • Jimmy Sponsors a Vacation
    7.7/10 36 votes

    #12 - Jimmy Sponsors a Vacation

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2005

    Jimmy decides to treat Greg and Kim to a weekend vacation, but his "do anything to save a buck" attitude quickly puts a damper on the excitement.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Bob Smiley, Melissa Carter

  • Big Brother-in-Law
    7.6/10 45 votes

    #13 - Big Brother-in-Law

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2003

    When Jimmy gets accepted as a contestant on Big Brother, the thought of him and Christine having enough money to get their own place makes Greg takes drastic measures to see to it that Jimmy wins.

    Director: Alan Kirschenbaum

    Writer: Linda Videtti Figueiredo

  • The Owner's Suite
    7.6/10 29 votes

    #14 - The Owner's Suite

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/1/2004

    Greg's open invitation to his parents and Kim to attend an L.A. Lakers game in the owner's suite doesn't pan out the way he wanted.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Bobby Bowman, Michael Pennie

  • Couples Therapy
    7.6/10 29 votes

    #15 - Couples Therapy

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2004

    When Kim invites hers and Christine's mutual friends (a marriage counselor and his wife) over for a dinner party, and tries to get rid of Christine, Christine schemes to trash the event -- and forces Jimmy to join her.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Christopher Vane

  • Weaning Isn't Everything
    7.5/10 48 votes

    #16 - Weaning Isn't Everything

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000

    Greg, Kim, Jimmy and Christine are horrified to see a mother nursing her walking, talking toddler at the park. Greg wonders what's the proper cutoff age for breast-feeding. Kim says about a year, and she couldn't wait to stop nursing after that. But that night, she screams at Greg to get out of the baby's room when he catches her off guard still nursing Sam. Greg thinks she hasn't stopped breast-feeding because she can't sever ties to her son, but Kim confesses she does it so she can have big, milk-filled boobs. Greg convinces her to start weaning Sam now before she's got a walking, talking toddler asking her to breast-feed him at the park, but no matter what he tries, Sam won't take to bottles. When Greg's just about ready to give up, Jimmy tells him how he got Dominic and Logan to wean; he'd dress up like Christine with a bottle shoved under her clothes and pretend to be Mommy. It works like a charm, after which Greg finds out that Jimmy made the whole story up. The next night, Kim c

    Director: Andrew D. Weyman

    Writer: Bobby Bowman, Douglas Lieblein

  • Let's Get Jaggy with It
    7.5/10 33 votes

    #17 - Let's Get Jaggy with It

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/2003

    Tom and Natalie call Greg to say they're coming for a visit, because Natalie won Tom a walk-on role on JAG in a charity auction. Greg wants his parents to stay in the guest house, so he nudges Kim to ask Jimmy and Christine to sleep on the living room couch and send Logan to Dominic's room. Kim, who doesn't want the critical Natalie around, is relieved when Jimmy tells her that she'll likely be spending the whole day on the set, since JAG does day-long shoots. Kim's elation is crushed when Natalie says that she isn't going with Tom, she's staying home. Tom anxiously awaits his film debut as a jury member, as it's the first time he's ever acted in front of something besides his mirror. One of the other extras fills him in on how he and all the other ""background actors"" (as they prefer to be called) have perfected personalized moves to help them get discovered. Greg, Natalie, Jimmy and Christine see for themselves just what moves Tom invents when Greg brings home a tape of the dailies. W

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Greg Garcia

  • Shirley Cooks with Love
    7.5/10 28 votes

    #18 - Shirley Cooks with Love

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/2004

    Greg surprises Jimmy and Christine with a wedding video for their anniversary, but the trip down memory lane is not a happy one... for anyone.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Greg Garcia

  • Senior Olympics
    7.5/10 29 votes

    #19 - Senior Olympics

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2005

    When Tom comes to town to participate in a senior fencing match and Big Jimmy has also shown up to help the Hughes with their house, Big Jimmy throws his hat into the ring and challenges Tom to a duel.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer

  • On Your Marks, Get Set, Mow
    7.5/10 29 votes

    #20 - On Your Marks, Get Set, Mow

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2005

    Jimmy enters the world of competitive lawn mower racing, but sadly discovers that even that is ruled by the almighty dollar.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Gigi McCreery, Perry Rein

  • The Good Couple
    7.4/10 44 votes

    #21 - The Good Couple

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000

    Jimmy sees Sam playing with an elderly couple's kid at the park, and warns Greg that parents don't pick their own friends, their kids pick them. Following Jimmy's advice, Greg spots a young, attractive couple with a kid of their own, and gets Sam to play with theirs instead. Jimmy's worst nightmare comes true when he sees Christine let Logan play with the old couple's child anyway. Greg and Kim get to go out with the young, attractive couple, John and Rebecca. Greg naturally thinks he got the better deal -- until he and Kim learn the hard way that their couple are violent lunatics prone to road rage. Jimmy is in for a surprise of his own when the old couple, David and Judy, are actually fun to be around. Kim returns to the park and befriends David and Judy in an attempt to steal them away from the Hughes. Christine is angry when she finds out that David and Judy invited all four of them over for dinner, as she doesn't want to share the good couple. At David's and Judy's house, Kim and

    Director: Rich Correll

    Writer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum

  • Making Baby
    7.4/10 27 votes

    #22 - Making Baby

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/2002

    Kim catches Greg off guard when she tells him she wants to have another baby. To try to talk her out of it, he uses the excuse that they're going to paint the house, and pregnant women shouldn't be around the fumes. Christine then catches Jimmy off guard when she offers their painting services. On the first day of the job, Christine and Jimmy receive a housecall from two missionaries, David and Ricky, who are going door-to-door to promote family values and do charity work... like painting houses for complete strangers. Too lazy to do it themselves, Christine and Jimmy gladly take them up on that. Jimmy's bad drinking and gambling influence rubs off on the innocent missionaries, so it's up to Jimmy and his knowledge of all things 700 Club to get them back into the faith and out of the house. Kim talks Greg into going for round 2, but just as they're about to begin, she confesses she wants another girl. And if they keep getting more boys, then they'll keep trying until they get a girl. E

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Greg Garcia, Bobby Bowman

  • Wife Swapping
    7.4/10 23 votes

    #23 - Wife Swapping

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2002

    Since her doctor put her on bedrest for the week, Kim is in a bind when her babysitter calls and cancels. So Christine offers up Jimmy's babysitting services. Greg and Christine both have to go to the store to pick up stuff for Kim and Jimmy, respectively, so Jimmy recommends they both go together, even though they don't want to. Greg and Christine end up having a surprisingly good time out at the supermarket -- where Greg gets to buy the bread Kim won't let him buy -- that they cap it off with a trip to a coffee shop where Jimmy refuses to go. Kim and Jimmy, who had a bad time together, become jealous when they find out how much fun their spouses had -- and that they're planning to go out again. Greg and Christine are equally jealous when they come back from their second night out to find Jimmy giving Kim a neck rub in her bed. Jimmy and Kim decide to get even with them by pretending they're pals too. But the pair can't keep the facade up after a game of Scrabble gone awry, and blast

    Director: Ed. Weinberger

    Writer: Chris Sheridan

  • Sorority Girl
    7.4/10 38 votes

    #24 - Sorority Girl

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2003

    Christine's desire to fit in better at school leads her to join a sorority, which in turns leads Jimmy to beg her to come home so he doesn't have to take care of the kids. After seeing Christine rack her brains trying to study for a test and hearing Greg and Kim talk about the study groups they had, Jimmy tells his wife that she should join a study group. Christine doesn't want to join anything where she'll feel like a square peg, but Jimmy is persuasive enough that she gives her younger classmates' group a shot. She gets cold feet when Jimmy drives her there, and she sees the group is in a sorority house. But, because of Jimmy, she marches right into Phi Sigma Gamma and introduces herself to the sisters, who are in the middle of pledging some new blood. The girls hit it off, and after studying economics, the chapter president, Katie, and her right-hand sister, Maryanne, ask Christine to join the sorority. Since Christine already bore witness to what the pledges have to do (like be hum

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: Bobby Bowman, Michael Pennie

  • Jimmy Has Changed
    7.4/10 24 votes

    #25 - Jimmy Has Changed

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2005

    When Jimmy comes down with a case of the sweats and a decreased interest in sex, he goes to the doctor, who diagnoses him with andropause (male menopause) -- which leaves him feeling insecure about his masculinity.

    Director: Jeff Meyer

    Writer: Michael Pennie, Ralph Greene