The Best Episodes Written By Eric Zicklin
Every TV Episode Written by Eric Zicklin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Eric Zicklin Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Eric Zicklin is "Yoga and Boo, Boo", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Gail Mancuso". "Yoga and Boo, Boo" aired on 10/29/1997 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Much Ado During Nothing".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Yoga and Boo, Boo
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1997
When Greg's competitive nature becomes destructive, Dharma exposes him to yoga, hoping to lower his stress level. After two classes, however, they both realize Greg's life is out of control when he gets into a macho ""I can do this"" contest with Pete and pulls a groin muscle. Meanwhile, Larry goes to Edward with a scheme to mass-market videos of Dharma's yoga instruction.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Eric Zicklin
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Much Ado During Nothing
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1998
A rather daring episode by contemporary network standards: When Jane breezes in to claim custody of Dharma's stuffed duck, Dharma explains to Greg that it's a trophy held by whoever has had sex in the unlikeliest place. Having actually fallen asleep during sex the night before, the couple decide to spice up their love life and search the city for a public place to have sex, since the rest of San Francisco will be too busy watching the finale of Seinfeld to notice. But Jane 'seduces' Pete (by painting his toenails and shaving his legs) into blabbing about their plans and sets out to sabotage their trophy win, and, after a few ironic twists, it is not Dharma and Greg who get arrested for having sex on the steps of City Hall, but Kitty and Edward! (Edward points out that the trophy is actually a goose, and Dharma calmly explains that goose wouldn't rhyme.)
Director: Ken Levine
Writer: Eric Zicklin
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1998
Dharma discovers Greg is really the only man for her when she agrees to attend a dance with a nerdy high school kid, but meets with some serious competition from the younger crowd. Meanwhile, Larry sings his ""You guys are okay"" song to Edward and Kitty, causing Kitty to fall and hurt herself; this prompts Kitty to sue Larry after she is embarrassed by her donut-cushion in front of the mayor. Larry represents himself, while Pete arbitrates.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.4/10 5 votes#4 - Motor Skills
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2001
Frasier and Niles realize their helplessness when Frasier's car stalls, so they enrol in an auto repair night class. They quickly fall behind, and understand what it's like to be remedial students.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.4/10 5 votes#5 - A Day in May
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/22/2001
Niles reacts jealously to Daphne's reunion with a fetching dog lover; Frasier appeals to the kindlier nature of caustic Lana, who's trying to close a house sale.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.2/10 4 votes#6 - Room Full of Heroes
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2001
Frasier holds a 'Dress as Your Hero' Halloween party, but nobody can tell who he is. Meanwhile, Niles dresses as Martin, Daphne as Elton John, Martin as Joe DiMaggio and Roz as Wonder Woman for the party.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.2/10 4 votes#7 - Kissing Cousin
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2002
Frasier is surprised to learn that Kenny has never unpacked the boxes in his office because he views all of his jobs as temporary. Roz's younger cousin Jen comes to stay with her for the week. She is extremely cynical and opinionated, and quickly gets on Frasier's nerves.
Director: Scott Ellis
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.2/10 5 votes#8 - Farewell, Nervosa
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2003
Frasier consults his old friend Avery for advice on his finances. Avery says that Frasier's spending habits are out of control. Frasier becomes depressed and heads out to Cafe Nervosa to think about a solution.
Director: Kelsey Grammer
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 4 votes#9 - Bully for Martin
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2001
After Frasier witnesses Martin get chewed out by his boss, Frasier feels obligated to say something on his behalf. However, it only serves to make things worse.
Director: Stuart Ross
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 4 votes#10 - Frasier Has Spokane
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2002
Frasier's show has branched out to Spokane, and he goes to the station in Spokane to meet the press. He quickly finds out that the press and his callers refuse to warm up to him.
Director: Wil Shriner
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 1 votes#11 - The Ex-Files
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1997
When Greg's former co-worker and ex-girlfriend Barbara is transferred back to his firm from Washington, Dharma seeks to assuage her own natural jealousy by finding a new Mr. Right for Barbara—a quest which takes on a desperate edge when Barbara confesses she is still in love with Greg.
Director: Tom Moore
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - The Second Coming of Leonard
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1998
When Dharma's charismatic old boyfriend, Leonard, suddenly re-enters her life after a year in India, Greg finds himself extremely uncomfortable around him—especially when it becomes clear that absolutely everyone else, from Greg's parents to even Marlene, absolutely adores Leonard. Weakened by battling a bad cold, Greg is thrown for a loop when Leonard reveals that he has been celibate since he left Dharma and Dharma decides that she and Greg should give abstinence a try as well. Finally, Dharma informs everyone that they should respect Greg's wishes and not see Leonard any more—then everyone simultaneously spots Greg on television enjoying Leonard's company and his benchside basketball tickets.
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - The Paper Hat Anniversary
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1998
It's traditional to fight on your first anniversary (even if Hallmark doesn't have a card for it): Dharma and Greg stage an argument to escape their parents' planned celebration, but in concocting the excuse Greg says Dharma was being ""flighty,"" and the gloves come off. While they drive out of the city, Dharma retaliates by calling Greg a ""stick in the mud,"" and soon their car is stuck in the mud when he tries to demonstrate how impetuous he can be. (Not very.) They hike to a diner, but find it closed because of a death in the owner's family; just as Greg breaks a pane in the door in order to use the phone, a highway patrolman happens by and the young couple get caught in a charade of being the replacement cook and waitress. There's a nice unspoken continuity with the first season episode in which Greg really did become a short order cook, and it's nice to see him sharing Dharma's role-playing game, even if unwillingly. But Dharma looks tense and unhappy even before Greg accidentally i
Director: Amanda Bearse
Writer: Eric Zicklin
8.0/10 2 votes#14 - The Incident at Pound Ridge
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 8/23/2017
Sparks fly at the annual Empirical Publishing picnic. Liza finds herself caught between Josh and Charles.
Director: Dottie Dartland Zicklin
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.2/10 6 votes#15 - Mary Christmas
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/2000
Frasier appears more jealous than jolly when he co-hosts Seattle's Christmas parade with his radio rival, Dr Mary; Niles and Daphne open their gifts early; and beer adds to Martin's holiday cheer.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Yes, We Have No Bananas (or Anything Else for That Matter)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1998
A gently surreal episode whose humor derives from escalating skewed logic in the Preston Sturges mode: Greg's hostile secretary Marlene (at last the wonderful Yeardley Smith returns!) is offended by her annual staff evaluation as ""Satisfactory,"" while Greg is overjoyed by his ""Superior"" rating until he learns Pete got the same rating. When Greg confronts his boss, he is driven to desperation by the man's apparent complete inability to discriminate between similar items (Tahiti vs. Buffalo as a honeymoon destination, freshly baked bread vs. moldy supermarket bread), and almost unhinged by the boss's decision to put Pete in charge while he is in medical leave. At the same time Greg must deal with Dharma's impulse decision to open a store without first deciding what she will sell, and the fact that the place quickly becomes packed with people who find Dharma's environment strangely soothing and establish a barter economy amongst themselves. There is of course only one ""logical"" conclusion
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.0/10 2 votes#17 - IRL
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2015
Liza struggles with the anxiety of sex with Josh and gets a little help from Maggie. At work, Kelsey pulls out all the stops to land a hot new author, while Diana dips her toe into the online dating pool.
Director: Darren Star
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.0/10 1 votes#18 - Hot Mitzvah
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/2/2015
Liza learns of a new career option; Lauren throws a bat mitzvah; Kelsey deals with the aftermath of her affair.
Director: Tricia Brock
Writer: Eric Zicklin
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - Get Real
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/2016
Liza returns from the Hamptons and has to deal with the aftermath. A famous life coach, whose book Empirical is pursuing, forces Liza to face some hard truths.
Director: Dottie Dartland Zicklin
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.7/10 3 votes#20 - Secrets & Liza
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2016
Empirical welcomes its biggest author and Liza tries to convince Thad to tell Kelsey the truth.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.5/10 2 votes#21 - Like a Boss
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2016
Liza and Kelsey prepare to launch their new imprint in spite of online criticism.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.0/10 1 votes#22 - Old Yeller
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1998
Transportation becomes an issue for the young couple when Greg insists Dharma can use his car any time she wants but makes compulsive demands on her treatment of the vehicle. (Dharma: ""Honey, I love you, but bite me!"") So Dharma goes to a city auction with Jane and Pete and becomes the proud owner of a 1968 yellow schoolbus. Meanwhile, Abby invites the Montgomerys over for a meat dinner, and reveals that she was once romantically involved with Salazar, the featured artist at Kitty's charity exhibition. An amused Edward challenges the Finkelsteins to attend the function, which is threatened by a freak rainstorm and flood—it's 'Old Yeller' to the rescue!
Director: Gail Mancuso
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.0/10 2 votes#23 - Shedonism
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/2015
Diana tasks Liza with running a book launch party for a demanding author; Maggie encounters an old crush; Kelsey starts to fall for her new author.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.0/10 1 votes#24 - Sk8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/2015
As the grind of 20-something life continues to wear Liza down, she glimpses a more age-appropriate world when her publisher needs her to babysit. Kelsey's affair with her author finally comes to a head at an award ceremony.
Director: Peter Lauer
Writer: Eric Zicklin
6.0/10 1 votes#25 - The Marshmallow Experiment
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2016
Liza’s identity is under threat by Thad’s laptop and Kelsey being exposed to the truth. A Silicon Valley billionaire invests in Empirical.
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida
Writer: Eric Zicklin