The Best Episodes Written By Bill Lawrence
Every TV Episode Written by Bill Lawrence Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Bill Lawrence Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Bill Lawrence is "Goodbye (2)", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by N/A". "Goodbye (2)" aired on 5/24/2000 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "My Finale".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Goodbye (2)
Season 4 Episode 26 - Aired 5/24/2000
Mike and Caitlin have sex. The staff works damage control but Mike ultimately fires himself to save everybody else. The staff says their goodbyes at the bar. Caitlin promises Mike that she's not going anywhere. Mike says goodbye to the mayor and walks out of City Hall for the last time. Six weeks later, Mike turns up as an environmental lobbyist in DC.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bill Lawrence
9.6/10 9 votes#2 - My Finale
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2009
J.D. is planning on leaving Sacred Heart but before he goes there are a few things that he wants to do including; getting a hug from Dr. Cox, and learning the Janitor's real name. Elliot is ready for the next step in her and J.D.'s relationship and she begins moving her furniture into J.D.'s apartment.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
9.0/10 7 votes#3 - My Occurrence
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2002
Jordan's brother Ben is admitted at Sacred Heart for having an accident with a nail gun. J.D. learns that Ben has leukemia, but won't believe it, since there have been many mixups in the hospital lately, so he goes on a search for the real test results.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Bill Lawrence
9.0/10 6 votes#4 - My Catalyst
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2004
J.D. believes he may have finally found a mentor in Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and it turns out that Dr. Cox has always been jealous of the guy. Meanwhile, the Janitor and his new assistant help Kelso out with a garbage problem.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.3/10 18 votes#5 - My First Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2001
John Dorian, "J.D." to friends, is a boyishly handsome, self-deprecatingly funny, likeable guy who would be confident if he only realized his assets. Four years of medical school have prepared J.D. for his first day as an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital - but he has his doubts.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.3/10 7 votes#6 - My T.C.W.
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/20/2003
J.D. flirts with the wife of a patient who's been in a coma for the past two years, whom they all call T.C.W. (Tasty Coma Wife). He feels guilty for doing that, even though she wants to go ahead with it. Meanwhile, he can't stand listening to any more relationship problems, as everybody dumps their issues on his ears: Elliot, sabotaging her relationship with Paul over beef jerky, Carla, finding out her engagement ring passed through a patient's digestive system and Dr. Cox's unsucessful attempts to get some attention from Jordan, who can only think about her baby right now.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.3/10 3 votes#7 - Ain't Love Strange
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2012
Jules is miffed when Grayson (who has an ulterior motive) calls her "predictable"; Ellie frets that little Stan is turning into a "devil child," or even worse, could grow up to be like Laurie; and Travis likes his new off campus housing, until Bobby tries to convince him to take dog Travis in.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.3/10 7 votes#8 - My Overkill
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2002
Relationships between the staff of Sacred Heart Hospital have been shaken since Jordan's revelations. Turk is sleeping on J.D.'s bed, after Carla kicked him out of his own. Elliot is having a hard time facing J.D. every day at work. J.D. desperately tries to get Dr. Cox's attention back, unsuccessfully.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.2/10 5 votes#9 - My ABC's
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2009
Featuring a special appearance from Sesame Workshop's "Muppets", J.D. learns a lesson about the gift of compassion, while Elliot gets scammed by intern Katie to secure a spot on Turk's team.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.1/10 45 votes#10 - The One with the Candy Hearts
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1995
Ross's first date in nine years is on Valentine's Day with a beautiful neighbor. Susan and Carol, also out on a romantic date; end up at the same restaurant. Joey sets Chandler up on a blind date. And Phoebe, Rachel and Monica decide to spend the holiday building a boyfriend bonfire in their apartment.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Father/Son Game
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1993
Cory and Eric try to avoid attending a father-and-son softball game that their dad is looking forward to.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - Bye Bye Love
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1997
The office rallies to lift Mike's spirits after his break-up with Ashley, but he resists their best efforts. That is, until he decides he needs a friend and reaches out to Nikki in the middle of her date with the perfect man. And Paul sets a New Year's resolution to be less gullible.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.0/10 9 votes#13 - My Best Friend's Mistake
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2001
J.D. begins to feel distant from Turk, when he leaves him abandoned every time that he tries to talk to him. Elliot fights with Kelso for calling her "sweetheart," and she seeks Dr. Cox's advice. J.D.'s relationship with Elliot goes in a time race, when he has 48 hours to kiss her before he is put into her "Friend Zone."
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.0/10 8 votes#14 - My Nickname
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2001
J.D. begins a new relationship with Carla. J.D. gains a new nickname - "Scooter" - and his relationship with Nurse Carla evolves as he begins to out-distance her medical knowledge, while Turk trembles, when he learns that his secret lunch spot was claimed years ago by the territorial Dr. Kelso. Elsewhere, Dr. Cox gives Elliot the evil eye when she won't discharge a troublesome patient.
Director: Matthew Diamond
Writer: Bill Lawrence
8.0/10 6 votes#15 - My Own American Girl
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2003
A run-in with her old flame Sean and an accident in her new car lead Elliot to the realization that nothing good has happened to her in the three years that she has been at Sacred Heart. This realization drives her to take drastic measures, including a complete makeover, both inside and out, in an attempt to change her luck. Meanwhile, J.D. gets stuck with a patient, whose diagnosis he can't quite pin down, and when Dr. Cox denies him any assistance, he looks to Carla and Turk to help him out. While Dr. Cox is busy not helping J.D., he takes the time to make amends with Dr. Kelso.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.8/10 13 votes#16 - My Mentor
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2001
J.D. tries to persuade a smoker patient to quit smoking in order to impress Dr. Cox, who is just feeling lonely in his opinion. Elliot's attitude towards Carla annoys her, thus Turk is able to go on a date with Carla, when he convinces her to forgive Elliot.
Director: Adam Bernstein
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.8/10 4 votes#17 - Dating Scene
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2009
Pilot - We meet Jules, a woman who at her twenties took on marriage and a baby instead of experiencing the dating scene. Now on her forties, she finds herself as a divorcee and eager to live the dating scene that she missed. With the help of her friend, Laurie, her younger co-worker who wants to show Jules to go out there and have fun. Ellie, her sarcastic, married and content to her average but lovable husband Andy. There's also her family, her ex-husband Bobby and her son Travis, who will test her patience, and her new forty-something divorced neighbour Gray, who doesn't believe that Jules can date again.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.7/10 17 votes#18 - Coin Flip
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2023
Jimmy, a therapist mourning his wife, takes a more proactive approach with his patients in the hopes that helping them will help himself.
Director: James Ponsoldt
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.7/10 3 votes#19 - My Changing Ways
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/10/2005
With their residencies over, there are big changes at Sacred Heart. J.D. moves out to live on his own, while Turk and Carla consider a family change, creating another rift in their long friendship. Jordan is hired to handle some paperwork for Kelso, which annoys Cox. Elliot has a job interview at a different hospital thanks to her boyfriend Jake.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.7/10 3 votes#20 - My Intern's Eyes
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2006
Attending at Sacred Heart, J.D. now has to deal with his own interns. Turk has doubts having children, then tries to prevent Carla from getting pregnant. Meanwhile Elliot struggles to find her way at County Hospital and doesn't want to seem like the helpless person she was before.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.5/10 2 votes#21 - Something Good Coming (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/25/2011
When Travis abruptly moves to Hawaii, the gang go after him and decide to spend their vacation there too. As Jules struggles with Travis' choice, Grayson tells her he's keen on having kids. Meanwhile, Bobby acts as Ellie and Andy's vacation surrogate, and Laurie hatches a plan to lure Travis back home.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.3/10 3 votes#22 - Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2002
Vying for alone time with Cleopatra, Abe scores an invite to JFK's party with the promise of beer, Joan fumbles over her feelings for Abe, and Gandhi botches his crisis hotline duties.
Director: Ted Collyer
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.3/10 7 votes#23 - All Mixed Up
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2010
Bobby struggles with the reality of Jules being in a relationship with Grayson. Jules has issues with her new psychiatrist when she discovers the truth behind her methods.
Director: Bill Lawrence
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.0/10 1 votes#24 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1996
Michael Flaherty and his team grapple with a garbage strike and a political gaffe by the Mayor who accidentally insults gays. In addition, Ashley questions Mike's commitment to their relationship when is nervous about moving in together.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Bill Lawrence
7.0/10 1 votes#25 - The Apartment
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1996
Michael and the Mayor work around the clock to negotiate an end to the garbage strike, which leaves Stuart in charge of the office, to everyone's dismay. And, though they just moved into a new apartment, life is so hectic that Ashley and Michael never get to see each other.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: Bill Lawrence