The Best Episodes Written By J. j. philbin
Every TV Episode Written by J. j. philbin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
J. J. Philbin Ratings Summary
The best episode written by J. J. Philbin is "The White Room", rated 8.667/10 from 21 user votes. It was "directed by Adam Shankman". "The White Room" aired on 8/22/2023 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Business Unfinished".
8.7/10 21 votes#1 - The White Room
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/22/2023
Charles’s stage fright reaches unimaginable heights, involving a break from reality and multiple baby dolls. Mabel is confronted by a mysterious individual from her past with a pivotal proposal.
Director: Adam Shankman
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.8/10 4 votes#2 - Business Unfinished
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/29/2003
Daisy enlists George's help in fleecing a wealthy society matron's son, and Roxy faces her annual struggle to come to terms with her death.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.7/10 6 votes#3 - The Brothers Grim
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/2005
When Ryan's brother, Trey, gets out of jail and gives Ryan a call, the Cohens give him a warm welcome. Though, Ryan knows nothing good can come from it. Zach returns from his Italy trip and gives some news leaving Summer curious and Seth ... not really sure what to think. Meanwhile, after Julie admits her naked mistake to Kirsten, they both agree to get Caleb in on it for more help. Newport Living is officially launched.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.7/10 6 votes#4 - The O.Sea
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/2005
Seth and Zach squabble over who should take Summer to the prom and who will meet George Lucas for dinner; Sandy takes drastic actions with a recovering Kirsten; Ryan starts to piece together what happened between Trey and Marissa, courtesy of Theresa; Julie's attempts to poison Caleb take a surprise turn.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.7/10 7 votes#5 - The Cold Turkey
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2006
It's Thanksgiving time. Volchok is back in town and Ryan seems eager to take revenge. At first Sandy and Kirsten try to talk him out of this but, then, Sandy makes Ryan face Volchok. Julie's behavior turns Kaitlin away and permanently jeopardizes her relationship with Dr. Roberts. Summer starts protesting against poverty issues and turns the Cohens' Thanksgiving dinner into a homelesses' refuge. It's clear she hasn't got over Marissa's death yet. Veronica kicks Taylor out as soon as she discovers her beloved daughter married a French man during her European trip.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.5/10 21 votes#6 - Naked
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2011
Jess accidentally walks in on Nick naked, sending his self-confidence to an all-time low - just after an attractive co-worker agrees to go out on a date with him. Meanwhile, Winston becomes obsessed with learning pop-culture references online.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.5/10 6 votes#7 - The Shape of Things to Come
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/2005
Social Chair Marissa tries to plan this year’s carnival but is having much difficulty due to a little pest named Taylor. Sandy is surprised to find Kirsten has been released from rehab but instead of informing him, she has been living with another woman named Charlotte who she met in rehab. Julie and Sandy meet with the Dean and Dr. Kim to discuss Ryan and Marissa’s future at Harbor High. Later Ryan and Marissa partake in a similar meeting. Elsewhere Jimmy meets a man and feels more than open to discuss his money problems with him.
Director: Doug Liman
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.5/10 6 votes#8 - The Swells
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2005
Marissa discovers something in Johnny that Ryan lacks and Charlotte convinces Julie and Kirsten to throw a charity event. After discovering fake IDs in Charlotte's purse, Julie confronts her.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.5/10 6 votes#9 - The Cliffhanger
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2006
Sandy and Matt's hospital project hits a roadblock. Kirsten and Julie run into troubles of their own with their matchmaking business. Marissa confesses her feelings to Johnny. Summer finds out out about Seth.
Director: Michael Lange
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.5/10 4 votes#10 - Reaping Havoc
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/25/2003
George realizes that even the undead need friends, but she loses one when a reaper decides to jump to the other side.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.4/10 21 votes#11 - Kindred
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2007
Suresh finds an undiscovered Isaac Mendez painting that shows someone's death; Maya frees Alejandro from a Mexican jail; in the past Hiro discovers something new about Kensei; and Niki and Micah leave Las Vegas to get away from their past. Claire and West take a little trip.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.4/10 8 votes#12 - The New Era
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2004
It's a new era in Newport Beach. Kirsten and Julie try and work together at The Newport Group, while Sandy tries to find out what Caleb is hiding. Seth and Ryan go on a double date with Lindsay and Alex, but it ends differently than the four of them might have expected.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.4/10 7 votes#13 - The College Try
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/20/2006
Graduation is just weeks away and Ryan, Seth, Summer and Marissa leave Newport to attend their respective pre-frosh orientations at UC Berkeley and Brown. While dropping the boys off at the airport, Kirsten is surprised to see Theresa and her all-too-familiar-looking baby boy. While visiting Brown, Seth runs into Anna on the quad and they instantly connect. Could this be the end of Summer and Seth? Meanwhile, Kirsten and Sandy attend a hospital benefit where Kirsten vents her frustrations and falls back into an old habit.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.3/10 16 votes#14 - Fancyman (1)
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/20/2012
Jess reluctantly dates the wealthy father of one of her students. Meanwhile, Nick attempts to buy a new cell phone and Schmidt and Winston get ultra-competitive playing bar trivia.
Director: Peyton Reed
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.3/10 13 votes#15 - First Date
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/4/2013
Jess and Nick, who are caught between friendship and something more, try to break out of relationship-limbo by going on a First Date. Once Schmidt and Winston realize a full-on Jess/Nick romance might be happening, they swoop in to try to sabotage the date.
Director: Lynn Shelton
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.3/10 13 votes#16 - The Last Wedding
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2014
At the last wedding of the summer, the gang makes a pact: Each of them will get lucky by night's end. Jess sets her sights on the best man, who also has caught the eye of a beautiful scientist. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Nick get an indecent proposal. Winston recovers from his police academy training, and Coach panics when he realizes he already has hooked up with every woman at the party.
Director: Trent O'Donnell
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.3/10 7 votes#17 - The Shower
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/21/2004
Marissa plots to ruin her mother's happiness by inviting someone from her mother's past to the wedding shower, while Sandy attempts to hide Theresa's return to the O.C. from Ryan. When Ryan discovers Sandy's lies and Theresa's reasons for coming back, he puts himself in a dangerous situation. In the meantime, Seth's unimpressive first meeting with Summer's father leaves their relationship in doubt.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.2/10 6 votes#18 - The Undertow
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/2006
When an old friend returns to Newport, Ryan decides to help her, which causes problems for him and Sadie. When Summer and Seth run into another rough patch Taylor tries to help them out. Sandy has to deal with more problems with the Newport Group and Marissa must deal with being alone.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.1/10 13 votes#19 - Fluffer
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2012
Jess and Nick examine their friendship. Elsewhere, Schmidt hopes to impress an attractive Republican by pretending to be one of Mitt Romney's sons.
Director: Fred Goss
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.1/10 7 votes#20 - The Ex-Factor
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/20/2005
Seth is thrown when Alex's ex arrives in town for a visit, and is even more thrown when he finds out who it is. Julie has a plan to try and save The Newport Group, which to everyone's surprise, might actually work. Lindsay sticks out when she joins Summer and Marissa for a girls night out; meanwhile, Ryan, Seth and Zach contemplate playing it safe on a guys' night in. But nothing ever goes as planned.
Director: Michael Fresco
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.1/10 8 votes#21 - The Case of the Franks
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2007
Seth and Summer come upon a fortune teller whose prediction makes the two question whether they are truly meant for each other. Ryan gets back in touch with his father (with a little help from Taylor). When the two teens discover a love connection between Frank and Julie despite her pending engagement, a Valentine's competition is sparked between "Team Bullit" and "Team Frank". Meanwhile, with a new baby on the way, Kirsten finds herself dwelling on an old secret involving Jimmy Cooper.
Director: Norman Buckley
Writer: J. J. Philbin
7.0/10 8 votes#22 - The Chrismukk-huh?
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2006
Chrismukkah once again returns to the Cohens. Ryan and Taylor have an accident while putting up the holiday lights and they end up in a sort of parallel universe, where all is not like it is meant to be, since Ryan does not exist. While - in the real world - everybody is worrying about them, except Taylor's mom, they eventually manage to fix things, also thanks to a letter from the past.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: J. J. Philbin
6.9/10 14 votes#23 - Cabin
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2013
Jess and Sam go on a weekend getaway with Nick and Angie. But this might not be the trip they expected when Jess starts to party and trouble begins. Could jealousy get in the way of a good time?
Director: Alec Berg
Writer: J. J. Philbin
6.9/10 14 votes#24 - The Captain
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2013
Schmidt sets out to sabotage Jess and Nick's relationship.
Director: Fred Goss
Writer: J. J. Philbin
6.7/10 7 votes#25 - The French Connection
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2007
Taylor's ex-husband comes to Newport and causes a rift in her relationship with Ryan. Seth goes to Seattle to obtain Dr. Roberts blessing, while Summer "travels to the past" for 48 hours. Kaitlin finds love, while Julie finds problems with Kirsten.
Director: John Stephens
Writer: J. J. Philbin