9.2/1043 votes#1 - Remedial Chaos Theory
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2011
When Jeff introduces an element of randomness into Troy and Abed's housewarming party, reality splits into six timelines.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.9/1037 votes#2 - Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2010
When Jeff tries to obtain credit for a fictitious class, the unintended consequences rock Greendale. Abed and Troy build an elaborate blanket fort.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.6/1032 votes#3 - Paradigms of Human Memory
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2011
Working on their final anthropology diorama, Chang finds a cache of items stolen by Troy's monkey that dredge up unhappy memories for the study group.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.3/1035 votes#4 - Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2015
The former study group's future — and friendships — are put to a test when one chapter of their lives closes and a new one begins.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.1/1034 votes#5 - Anthropology 101
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2010
When the semester starts, Jeff is stunned that his rejection of Britta has made her a campus star; Chang wants to be accepted into the study group.
Director: Joe Russo
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.0/102 votes#6 - Bar Mitzvah Shuffle
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2009
Steve and his friends sabotage a stuck-up kid's bar mitzvah after the kid hits on Steve's girlfriend, Debbie. But when Snot is wrongly accused of stealing the kid's bar-mitzvah money, his own bar mitzvah is put in jeopardy.
Director: Brent Woods
Writer: Chris McKenna
8.0/104 votes#7 - Mindy's Brother
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2013
When Mindy's brother visits from college, he tells Mindy that he wants to drop out and start a rap career, immediately causing Mindy to panic. Meanwhile, Danny and Jeremy lift the spirits of their elderly landlord with the hopes that she will reduce their office rent.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.9/1034 votes#8 - Communication Studies
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/2010
As Valentine's Day finds Jeff struggling with his feelings for Britta and Professor Slater, Pierce and Troy are wrongly blamed for a prank.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.7/103 votes#9 - A Piñata Named Desire
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/2011
With a flair for the dramatic, Roger invites Stan to attend one of his acting classes. However, tempers flare when they both audition for the same role, leaving them to duke it out for top dog. Meanwhile, Steve and his friends get into a pillow fight when they try to plan the greatest slumber party ever.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.6/1034 votes#10 - The Art of Discourse
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2010
While a tasteless prank ends with Pierce being tossed out of the group, Britta and Jeff are forced to team up against some teen newcomers at school.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.6/1027 votes#11 - Digital Exploration of Interior Design (1)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/2012
When Britta falls for the human embodiment of the Subway sandwich chain, Shirley and Pierce hope to use the situation to their advantage.
Director: Dan Eckman
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.6/105 votes#12 - Halloween
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2012
When Josh invites Mindy to a Halloween party, Mindy stresses out about finding the perfect costume to impress him. Meanwhile, Danny and Jeremy leave work early to finally take their driver's license tests, much to Danny's embarrassment.
Director: Jesse Peretz
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.5/102 votes#13 - The One That Got Away
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2008
Roger plays detective to track down a case of what he suspects is identity theft. Meanwhile, the Smith family gets sucked into a mean game of Simon Says.
Director: Tim Parsons
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.4/1032 votes#14 - Ladders
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2015
New administrative consultant Frankie's strict — and sobering — changes split the group when Abed goes rogue to side with the enemy.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.3/1033 votes#15 - Repilot
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2014
With his law practice doomed, Jeff returns to Greendale to start a class action suit against the school, but a hologram of Pierce has him reconsider.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Chris McKenna
7.0/103 votes#16 - Fart-break Hotel
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/2011
When Roger releases lethal gas into the Smith residence, the family moves into a hotel while the fumes clear.
Director: Rodney Clouden
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.9/108 votes#17 - The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2007
Stan dies on Christmas Eve while trying to find a perfect Christmas tree, then wreaks havoc in heaven (and limbo) trying to return to Earth to save his family--who were dragged along on his quest--from freezing to death in the woods.
Director: John Aoshima
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.6/1010 votes#18 - All About Steve
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2005
When the CIA organizes a father-son baseball game, Stan is determined to show his co-workers that his son is masculine and athletic. Unfortunately, Steve is a geek, so Stan decides to lie and ditches him. But after getting a taste of his own treatment at work, Stan turns to Steve and his sci-fi knowledge to help capture a cyber-terrorist. Meanwhile, Roger goes incognito in a desperate attempt to interact with humans.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.6/109 votes#19 - Star Trek
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2005
Steve becomes a famous author, and the entire family gets caught up in his celebrity, including Stan, who becomes an unbearable "stage parent." After Steve hooks up with an agent, he abandons his family to lead a "Cribs" lifestyle.
Director: Mike Kim
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.6/108 votes#20 - Tears of a Clooney
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/14/2006
When Francine's birthday brings back haunting memories of a celebrity film moment stolen by George Clooney, Francine's new dream is to destroy the star. But when she tries to win Clooney's heart with the intention of breaking it, Stan actually falls for him and sabotages the plan. Meanwhile, back at home, Roger builds a vineyard and starts up a private sweat shop of foster children.
Director: Brent Woods
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.4/107 votes#21 - Irregarding Steve
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/2006
When Roger helps Steve see that his father isn't as smart as he always believed, the power-hungry pair set their sights on fame and fortune in New York City. It doesn't take long for Roger to lose everything on Wall Street, and Steve contemplates prostitution after Jon Stewart shoots down his comedy routine. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is certain that the two have just run away to the tree house, so when it explodes in a lightning storm, they are devastated, but console themselves with Steve's college fund.
Director: Pam Cooke
Writer: Chris McKenna
6.0/103 votes#22 - Rapture's Delight
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2009
When the Smith family goes to church on Christmas Day, Stan is furious when he can’t get a good seat. While Francine tries to ease his frustration, a moment of divine intervention occurs. Upset that he has been left on earth with Francine during the ultimate fight between good and evil, Stan ditches his wife to get into the pearly gates of heaven, but when Francine is kidnapped, Stan fights to get her back.
Director: Joe Daniello
Writer: Chris McKenna
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"Remedial Chaos Theory" is the best rated episode written by Chris McKenna. It scored 9.2/10 based on 43 votes. It was directed by Jeff Melman. It aired on 10/13/2011 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design".