The Best Episodes Written By Brian Boyle

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(62 votes)

   #1 - The One with All the Resolutions

   S5:E111/7/1999

   With the New Year, the friends make New Year's resolutions. Ross resolves to try a new thing every day. Chandler resolves to not make fun of his friends for a week. Joey resolves to learn how to play the guitar, with Phoebe as his teacher. Rachel resolves to give up gossiping. Chandler nearly goes insane holding it all in. Ross is stuck in a sticky situation at his date's apartment, in constricting and hot leather pants. Rachel discovers a big secret (Monica and Chandler) that threatens to spoil her resolution.

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   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Merlot Down Dirty Shame

   S6:E154/18/2010

   When Roger and Francine go wine-tasting, Roger plants a big kiss on Francine in a drunken moment. Francine decides to tell Stan about this incident, but when they sit down to talk, Roger convinces Stan that Francine started it all.

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   8.2/10(61 votes)

   #3 - The One with the Routine

   S6:E1012/16/1999

   Janine gets an invitation to dance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and she invites Joey, Monica and Ross to join her. Being huge fans of the show, Monica and Ross get overly excited. At the taping, Joey tries to kiss Janine at midnight and Monica and Ross resurrect their dance routine from high school. Meanwhile, Rachel, Phoebe and Chandler look for Monica's Christmas presents.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Dr. Klaustus

   S8:E133/11/2012

   Roger acts as the family therapist as his alter-ego "Dr. Penguin" until he is sent out to fight the war in Iraq. Klaus decides to take Roger's role while he is away, but not without major ruckus being caused.

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   8.1/10(56 votes)

   #5 - The One with Joey's Award

   S7:E183/29/2001

   Joey is nominated for a Soapie Award for his part on Days of Our Lives, and while he doesn't win, he ends up with an award anyway - together with his partner in crime, Rachel. Meanwhile, Ross finds himself in an awkward position when one of his students proclaims that he failed his midterm because he's in love with Ross. Also, Monica freaks out a little when she realizes that after marrying Chandler she's not gonna experience a rush of dating someone new ever again. In a surprising change of roles, Chandler becomes a voice of reason that calms her.

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   7.9/10(61 votes)

   #6 - The One with the Apothecary Table

   S6:E111/6/2000

   Rachel orders an apothecary table from Pottery Barn, which is a problem because Phoebe hates the mass-producing company. After Janine and Joey double date with Chandler and Monica, Janine tells Joey that she thinks the other two are boring. Ross buys a new apothecary table too, which causes problems for Rachel. After a confrontation with Monica and Chandler, Joey breaks up with Janine and she moves out.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Roy Rogers McFreely

   S5:E123/8/2009

   When Stan forgets to pick up grenadine at the grocery store, Roger goes ballistic and vows to get him back by taking over a project close to his heart--the Homeowner’s Association.

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   7.8/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Man in the Moonbounce

   S6:E511/8/2009

   Steve must become the man of the house when Stan re-lives his childhood.

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   7.8/10(58 votes)

   #9 - The One with Rachel's Assistant

   S7:E410/26/2000

   While hiring a new assistant, Rachel is torn between hiring a much more qualified woman, or a handsome but inexperienced young man. Monica, Chandler and Ross engage in a war of secret sharing after Monica and Chandler vow to be more honest. Meanwhile, Joey has problems when his TV show is cancelled after just one airing.

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    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #10 - School Lies

    S7:E144/3/2011

    In an attempt to advance in the CIA, Stan enrolls Steve in the same private school as Senator Buckingham's daughter. After Steve quits and joins a Latina street gang, Roger fills in & things are going well until Roger accidentally sells the senator’s daughter to a drug lord.

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    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Stannie Get Your Gun

    S2:E711/20/2005

    Francine insists that Stan and Hayley spend an entire day together, after their arguments drive her crazy, so they can work out their differences about gun control. However, her plan backfires when he takes Hayley to the "National Gun Association Land," where their conflicting opinions about gun control drive them even further apart. Back home, Roger schemes to get revenge on Steve for eating one of his cookies by convincing him that he's adopted.

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    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Stan's Food Restaurant

    S7:E411/14/2010

    Stan is ecstatic when Roger offers to help him live out his lifelong dream of opening a restaurant to rival his favorite childhood haunt - until their different visions for what the eatery should be cause havoc. Meanwhile, Steve meets Ashley, the new girl in school who invites him over while her parents are out of town.

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    7.4/10(10 votes)

    #13 - The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari

    S9:E91/13/2013

    Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.

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    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Permanent Record Wrecker

    S10:E185/4/2014

    Stan is fired from the CIA in a round of budget cuts, but since his 20 years of work experience are classified and hidden from his "permanent record", the only job he's able to land is at the local grocery store where Steve is the manager. Meanwhile, Roger bets an annoying coffee shop musician that he can outplay him in one week. To accomplish his goal, he enters into a Faustian bargain with Lorenzo, a guitar-instructing infomercial host.

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    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Standard Deviation

    S13:E226/27/2016

    To avoid a suicide mission, Stan must beat Bullock in a DJ battle; Jeff starts drinking psychedelic teas and builds an imaginary musical instrument with Roger's help.

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    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #16 - The Best Christmas Story Never Told

    S3:E912/17/2006

    When an injunction prevents Langley Falls from lighting their annual Christmas tree, Stan blames secular non-believers for ruining his favorite holiday. With Stan's holiday spirit at an all-time low, the Ghost of Christmas Past visits him and tries to show him the true meaning of Christmas. However, Stan is convinced that Christmas can be saved by changing the outcome of Vietnam, but finds that changing the past only dramatically changes the future.

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    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas

    S12:E612/1/2014

    When Stan wishes he could have Principal Lewis' carefree, single life, a la "It's a Wonderful Life," his wish comes true. In Stan's wish world, Principal Lewis has his family.

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    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Stan Time

    S5:E92/8/2009

    Stan is ecstatic--and energetic--when a coworker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #19 - West to Mexico

    S14:E229/11/2017

    Stan becomes a wanted man, running from Roger the bounty hunter, and ends up in a town in need of a good guy to help Principal Lewis, Francine, Steve and Hayley.

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    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Big Stan on Campus

    S12:E411/10/2014

    When the CIA is forced to make cutbacks and go on furlough, Stan volunteers to take a position as a college campus security guard. Meanwhile, Roger opens a bed and breakfast to boost the family's income.

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    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Of Ice and Men

    S3:E711/26/2006

    When Francine discovers Stan's secret, decades-old passion for competitive figure skating, she decides to be supportive and becomes his pairs partner until Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him and he ditches her for a new partner. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground.

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    6.8/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Blood Crieth Unto Heaven

    S9:E101/27/2013

    When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.

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    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Cock of the Sleepwalk

    S10:E111/26/2014

    Stan mixes up his nighttime routine after his 100th kill, but mistakenly unleashes a "good" Stan in his sleep - Jekyll & Hyde-style - who's hell-bent on pursuing all the good deeds that real Stan would never consider, and stopping him from ever killing again.

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    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #24 - Frannie 911

    S4:E91/6/2008

    Stan and Francine give the constantly nasty Roger an ultimatum: Be nice or ship out. Meanwhile, Klaus and Hayley play truth or dare, and Steve decides to become a backup dancer.

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Guardian

    S21:E213/17/2025

    Stan uses a mothballed military computer to do Steve's math homework, starting the clock toward nuclear annihilation.

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