5.7/1027 votesLoading...#1 - Savitsky's Tennis Club
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/2003
Mr. Savitsky invites Greg to join him and his new Playmate wife, Lisa, at a charity dinner for the homeless, because he got stuck buying a table and has six seats to fill. Greg makes Kim go -- not because he wants to help the homeless, but because he wants to impress the boss and further his career by having Kim schmooze Lisa. Desperate to help him fill the other four, Greg reluctantly agrees to let Jimmy, Christine, Billy and Billy's price-memorizing supermarket clerk date, Debbie, tag along. When Greg sees Kim not doing what he asked, he orders her to go talk to Lisa, but the woman is such a foul-mouthed, lush-faced, sex-obsessed bimbo that Kim ends the conversation in disgust. After a very smashed Christine steps in and hits it off with Lisa, Greg changes tactics and decides they'll both go to Savitsky's tennis club -- via a trip that Savitsky put up for auction at the dinner -- so the four of them can spend the whole day together and Kim can win Lisa over without it looking despera
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Chris Sheridan
- 6.1/1027 votesLoading...
#2 - Christine's Journey
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001
The Warners and the Hughes invite the neighbors, Rob and Wendy, and their kids over. Greg decides to join a gym after seeing Rob give rocket ship rides to Sam, because he's too exhausted to give them to Sam himself. But Greg has no idea what to do at the gym and contemplates hiring a personal trainer, which Jimmy thinks is a waste of money. So he volunteers to personally train Greg himself. Christine, meanwhile, thinks about taking Logan out of day care because she's bored. Kim instead convinces Christine to go down to a temp agency and get a part-time job that she's qualified for -- passing out teeny-weeny samples at the supermarket. Jimmy loves Christine's new job -- especially the free lunch part -- but Christine hates it so much she quits, and tries her luck again at the temp. This time she gets an even worse job, and quits it too. Jimmy overworks Greg so much that he's ready to quit working out himself, until Jimmy confesses that he's only been ""helping"" Greg to avoid taking care
Director: Alan Kirschenbaum
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.2/1023 votesLoading...
#3 - Nitpicking
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002
After Dominic comes back from a sleepover party with head lice, Jimmy and Christine are so fearful of what Greg and Kim might think of them that they don't say anything. Jimmy and Christine quarantine Dominic while they treat it, but Jimmy inadvertently gives it to Sam by rubbing the kid's head after rubbing Dominic's. When Sam starts scratching, a guilt-ridden Christine confesses to Greg and Kim. The lice starts spreading like wildflower when Greg and Kim both catch it next, and Greg unknowingly gives it to Mr. Savitsky, who made him try on hats. But when Greg tries to tell Savitsky, he mistakenly thinks he was the one who gave it to Greg -- until Jimmy intervenes, that is.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: David W. Duclon
- 6.3/1028 votesLoading...
#4 - Who's on First
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001
Greg and Kim are hardly enamored with Jimmy's and Christine's method of potty training Logan -- stripping him naked and letting him run around in the Warners' backyard until he figures it out himself. But since Sam is the same age as Logan, Greg thinks it's time to start potty training Sam as well. Just, uh, not by using the Hughes method. Greg and Kim take Sam out to buy big kid's underwear and a bunch of potty training aids the parenting books recommend. Jimmy and Christine think all the aids -- among them, a doll called Potty Scotty that poops ping pong balls and a child's first potty training video -- are ridiculous, especially since they're not working. Kim then tries to use Greg's bodily functions as Sam's training video, without consulting Greg. After Logan trains himself before Sam does, Greg begins to wonder if they should try Jimmy's and Christine's way, but Kim thinks they should just give up and try again later when Sam's ready. Greg, however, decides to take potty matters
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Bobby Bowman, Jamie Rhonheimer
- 6.3/1026 votesLoading...
#5 - Kentucky Top Hat
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2001
Greg goes through an old jacket and finds a wedding invitation Kim asked him to give to her friend, Julie Grimes, years ago. Make that ex-friend, since Kim cut Julie off for not showing up at her wedding. Greg worries Kim will think he forgot to deliver it on purpose as he never liked Julie or found her funny, which Kim, Christine -- and Julie -- all did. Christine says he should just show Kim the invitation to clear Julie's name, but he throws it away. It's only after he learns that Julie moved to LA to become a comedienne and Kim sadly feels she has no friends anymore because of what Julie did that Greg decides to pay Miss Grimes a visit to clear her name to her instead. Julie, who was crushed that Kim never invited her, is relieved that she in fact did, and agrees to patch things up -- starting with an invitation to her own wedding that she wants Greg to deliver. But Julie is as unfunny as ever, spouting one catchphrase after another, that he throws her invitation away too. Meanwhil
Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.3/1024 votesLoading...
#6 - Pimpin' Ain't Easy
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2003
Greg makes an unhappy Kim be Mr. Savitsky's ""escort"" to an art gallery, but then becomes unhappy himself when Kim gains her own personal reasons for continuing the charade. Meanwhile, when Logan learns that all of his clothes once belonged to Dominic, he decides to protest hand-me-downs -- by taking them off, and going around town in his tighty whities.
Director: Jay Kleckner
Writer: Bobby Bowman
- 6.3/1022 votesLoading...
#7 - Greg Needs a Friend
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2004
Kim, Jimmy and Christine all take it upon themselves to help Greg find a friend when he needs someone to go to a jazz festival with him.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Alan Kirschenbaum
- 6.3/1022 votesLoading...
#8 - Christine The Spy
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2006
Now working for Mr. Savitsky at a different movie studio, Jimmy and Greg want Christine, who still works for their old studio, to give up secrets about it.
Director: Miguel Higuera
Writer: Bob Smiley, Melissa Carter
- 6.4/1029 votesLoading...
#9 - Big Jimmy Babysits
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2004
Jimmy is upset when Greg, Kim and Christine all tell him that they don't think Big Jimmy is responsible enough to watch the kids.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Bob Smiley
- 6.4/1028 votesLoading...
#10 - Greg and Jimmy's Criminals
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2004
Mr. Savitsky assigns Greg to look after a convicted criminal as part of a work release program he unknowingly agreed to.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer, Patrick McCarthy
- 6.5/1025 votesLoading...
#11 - The Ring
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/22/2002
While going over their homeowners' insurance, Greg lets Kim fetch the appraisal on her engagement ring, figuring she'll be thoroughly impressed with him when she finds out once and for all where he got it and what he paid for it. She is. And then she's thoroughly disgusted with him when she finds out when he got it -- two years before he met her. Greg admits that he bought the ring for another woman, but never proposed to her because he caught her getting it on with his roommate. His explanation falls on deaf ears, and Kim gives the ring, which she now considers tainted, back to him. To make amends, Greg surprises Kim with a brand-new replacement engagement ring. Or rather, a brand-new carbon copy of her original engagement ring -- which an insulted Kim also gives back, because it reminds her just as much of the other woman as the first one did. After a third failed attempt to pass the same ring off to her, Greg goes and gets her a different ring he personally designed himself. But her
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum
- 6.5/1029 votesLoading...
#12 - Savitsky's Beach House
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/2003
Kim throws a surprise party at Savitsky's beach house for Greg's birthday, but Greg can't have a good time, fearful that the weekend won't go well.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Erik Shapiro, Patrick McCarthy
- 6.5/1026 votesLoading...
#13 - Dead Aunt, Dead Aunt...
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/2004
Greg wants to bail on a marriage encounter group Kim dragged him to, and a phone call regarding a dying aunt could be his ticket out.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Greg Garcia
- 6.5/1025 votesLoading...
#14 - Quitters Never Dance
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2005
The surprise firing of Mr. Savitsky leads Greg to find him working in a soup kitchen.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1026 votesLoading...
#15 - Baby, Baby Not
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2005
When Kim and Christine decide to have another baby, Greg and Jimmy take to pleading for abstinence.
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Bob Stevens
- 6.6/1036 votesLoading...
#16 - Greg's Big Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000
Greg's big day is his birthday. Kim wants to take him and the kids to Disneyland, but Jimmy talks Greg into going out and partying like he did when he was single. Greg begins to wonder if he made the right decision after he goes cruising with Jimmy's aging frat boy friends, Chuck, Steve and Gino. While trying -- and failing -- to get into a cliquey club, Greg, Jimmy and company run into Bret Michaels from Poison. Jimmy introduces himself to Bret, and soon everybody is invited to a wild party Bret's having. Greg, out of his element, is surprised to learn that the real Bret Michaels lives the same kind of family life that Greg does, and is merely hosting the party for some of his friends who are in town. At Bret's urging, Greg returns home, realizing that the only place he should be spending his birthday is with his family.
Director: Rich Correll
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.6/1032 votesLoading...
#17 - Jimmy's Jimmy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2001
Jimmy's best friend, Billy, comes to Los Angeles in hopes of becoming a star. But since Jimmy doesn't have a place of his own for Billy, he instead asks Greg to let his friend pitch a tent in the backyard. Greg, annoyed at having houseguests who have houseguests, makes no secret of the fact that he thinks Billy's dream of acting is a waste of time. Greg later gets jealous after finding out that Jimmy is taking Billy to a hockey game when he had previously offered that extra ticket to Greg. Trying to make up with Greg, Jimmy manages to get a third ticket so the three of them can go, but Greg continues to feel left out when Jimmy and Billy have seats next to each other, and he has to sit alone. Greg feels better after hearing from Jimmy that he's tired of Billy after spending so much time with him. Then both of them are stunned when Billy blows them off after his very first audition lands him a starring role on CBS' The District.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
- 6.6/1025 votesLoading...
#18 - One Fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish, Blue Fish
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2002
At a school carnival, Kim persuades Greg to try to win a fish for Sam. Greg doesn't want a fish, so he tries to lose on purpose. But Jimmy comes along and wins it. Sam likes the fish so much that Kim gloats about how right she was. The next morning, though, the fish dies. Kim makes Greg have to explain to Sam what happened to it, so he butters him up with the promise of a new fish and some candy. Then Kim overrides Greg's explanation and tries to make Sam sad, which ticks off Greg. Since he believes she's making the situation worse and doesn't respect him, Greg starts argument #1 with Kim. Jimmy finds out about it and tells Greg that Christine is his puppet and he loses arguments with her on purpose just so they can get to the make-up sex faster. And since Greg never wins any arguments with Kim anyway, he should do the same. So Greg goes home and takes a dive, which Kim falls for. But Greg can't bear to play Jimmy's game for very long, and soon admits the truth. Which spurs argument #2
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Greg Garcia
- 6.6/1025 votesLoading...
#19 - Walk Like a Man
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2002
Greg is ashamed when Sam runs screaming to Jimmy for comfort during a thunderstorm. Jimmy thinks the reason Sam didn't run to Greg is because he doesn't act like a man, and suggests he let Sam watch him do manly things to change the tot's mind. Like playing touch football with Jimmy, Billy, Oscar, and Oscar's secret crush, Dot. Greg scores a touchdown during the game, but Sam misses it. What Sam doesn't miss is Greg getting knocked to the ground. Greg sees a chance to redeem himself when Billy kicks the football into a tree, it gets stuck, and nobody wants to get it. Greg decides to impress Sam as the only one brave enough to climb the tree and get it -- except right after he does, his fear of heights kicks in, and the fire department have to come help him down. Jimmy warns Greg to break the chain now, or else his wuss gene will be passed down. Greg has his chance to do so when everybody goes to the movies, and a guy won't stop talking during the film. So Greg stands up and blocks the
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: David Hoge, Dan Cross
- 6.6/1023 votesLoading...
#20 - March Madness
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2003
Kim and Christine plan a celebration for their grandmother's 80th birthday, and most of the Ludke family will be in attendance. Greg might be getting a VIP ticket to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans as a gift from the studio. But the date conflicts with Grandma Nan's birthday, so Kim whines and stomps her feet in hopes that he'll give it away. He gets two tickets, and gives one to Jimmy; that way, he won't be the only one avoiding the party. When Christine hears this, she handles things just like Kim. Both men stand up to their wives, and tell them they're going no matter what, but Kim lays on a guilt trip so thick that Greg eventually throws up his hands, and gives his extra ticket to Jimmy. Jenny arrives with Grandma Nan and Kim's and Christine's aunt, Millie. Greg is irked when he discovers that their uncles were a no-show, and are at home watching the Final Four on TV. Jimmy gives Billy Greg's ticket, and they both meet sportscaster Jim Nantz, who'll be covering the games, and wh
Director: Jeff Meyer
Writer: Bobby Bowman, Danny Smith
- 6.6/1026 votesLoading...
#21 - Mama Said Knock You Out
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2004
Jimmy sees a chance to get even with his tough female supervisor when he learns Christine is a menace in the boxing ring.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Michael A. Mariano, Danny Smith
- 6.6/1031 votesLoading...
#22 - Greg's a Mooch
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2005
Realizing just how much fun being out of work can be, Greg lets Jimmy have a taste of what it's like to have someone sponge off of him for a change.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Erika Kaestle, Patrick McCarthy
- 6.7/1038 votesLoading...
#23 - All I Want for Christmas Is My Dead Uncle's Cash (a.k.a. Silent Night, Holy Crap)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2000
Jimmy finds out that his mean Uncle Elton died and left him $5000. Jimmy takes half of it and tells Greg and Kim he'll be paying them back the money he owed them to get set up in L.A. Afterwards, Jimmy and Christine go Christmas shopping with the other half. Despite Christine's protests, Jimmy sees two expensive Lionel train sets and wants to spoil Dominic for Christmas, but can't decide which one to get. So he gets both. But when he visits with his uncle's lawyer to claim his inheritance, Jimmy learns the bad news -- he doesn't get $5000, he gets $5000 less taxes. And he's now overdrawn before he's even paid Greg back. With no other choice but to get a second job to cover his debt, Jimmy lands work at the toy shop where he bought the trains. And where he now has to answer to the smug manager he was rude to previously. If that's not embarrassing enough, Greg bumps into Jimmy while he's on the job in a silly reindeer costume. Jimmy comes clean, and Greg demands that he just take the mon
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Bobby Bowman, Paige Bernhardt
- 6.7/1027 votesLoading...
#24 - Mr. Fix It
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2001
Christine plans to get out of jury duty by using her kids as an excuse, until Kim's speech about giving back to the country guilts her into going. Kim soon realizes what a mistake it was to offer to take care of Dominic and Logan after they tire her out. Christine finds out who got the better end of the bargain, as her trials on the jury are far more peaceful than her trials at home. Greg feels bad that Kim can't handle juggling all three children, so, after consulting with Jimmy, he flies out Jimmy's mother, Kitty, to help out. Kim feels twice as bad after learning that Kitty -- whom she hates -- is coming. Kitty's chain smoking and nonexistent parenting skills only end up tiring Kim out more, especially after she has to add Kitty's errands to her list of things to do. Greg finally confronts Kitty, and lets her know how Kim feels about her... which doesn't have the intended effect. Kim then learns it was Greg not Jimmy who invited Kitty in a botched effort to fix things. While deliber
Director: Jay Kleckner
Writer: Greg Garcia
- 6.7/1028 votesLoading...
#25 - Worst in Show
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2001
Jimmy's mother moves out of her house and into an apartment, and calls to say she can no longer keep his childhood dog, Happy. Jimmy wants to take the dog, but can't because Greg's allergic. After Kim tries to convince Greg to take it in anyway, Greg tells the truth -- he's not allergic to dogs, he just doesn't like them. Kim ignores Greg's wishes, and lets Jimmy and Christine keep Happy there. To get even with her, Greg gets something Kim doesn't want around: a go-cart. Happy arrives, but is hardly the dog Jimmy remembers; he's more like Cujo. Kim admits to Greg that she made a mistake, but still doesn't want to tell Jimmy to get rid of it -- even though Christine agrees it needs to go. Happy gets loose and chases after Greg while riding his go-cart, causing him to have an accident. But it's not Greg who gets hurt. While at the vet's, Greg, Kim and Christine are finally able to convince Jimmy that Happy is too aggressive to keep. The vet tells Jimmy that Happy is a goner and should be
Director: Alan Kirschenbaum
Writer: Greg Garcia
The Worst Episodes of Yes, Dear
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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Savitsky's Tennis Club" is the worst rated episode of "Yes, Dear". It scored 5.7/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Mark Cendrowski and written by Chris Sheridan, it aired on 5/12/2003. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Christine's Journey".