10.0/101 votes#1 - Life Behind Larry
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/7/1993
Everybody has their own ideas about who should host the show being readied to follow Larry, while Larry worries over not winning a major award again.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
10.0/101 votes#2 - Off Camera
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 9/15/1993
Artie has a terrible day backstage with an Entertainment Weekly writer prowling around, John Ritter and Gene Siskel nearly coming to blows, and a stray dog nipping at everyone.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Peter Tolan
10.0/101 votes#3 - N.Y. or L.A.
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 9/29/1993
Larry seriously considers either quitting the biz or moving his show to New York after the network's new owner begins to meddle with the format.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
10.0/101 votes#4 - Montana
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/22/1994
Larry's going out of his mind with boredom up in Montana when Artie appears with a scheme to resurrect the show.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#5 - Hank's Night in the Sun
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/27/1994
Hank gets his shot at the big chair when Larry gets food poisoning just before a taping.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#6 - The Mr. Sharon Stone Show
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/10/1994
Larry hits it off with guest Sharon Stone, but finds he can't cope with her greater celebrity status.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#7 - Like No Business I Know
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/24/1994
Regis Philbin causes some major unrest when he intimates to Hank that there might be place for him on Regis' new show. Larry and Artie worry about what guest Bobcat Goldthwait might do to top his chair-burning incident on The Tonight Show.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#8 - Doubt of the Benefit
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 9/7/1994
Larry becomes convinced that Rob Reiner is snubbing him and the show, and retaliates by canceling out of a benefit.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#9 - Arthur After Hours
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/2/1995
After a particularly trying day at work, Arthur spends the night at the studio with two new friends, Nicolae the janitor and Hank's karoake machine, and one old bottle of booze.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#10 - Brother, Can You Spare 1.2 Million?
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/20/1995
Larry scrambles to make some money after his accountant admits he's lost all of Larry's funds. Artie and Hank set out to teach the guy a lesson.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#11 - I Was a Teenage Lesbian
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/11/1995
While awaiting the results of a breast biopsy, a tense Paula angers Brett Butler who offers Larry some tips on his weekly massage. Hank interviews possible new agents while his beloved Sid lies gravely ill in the hospital.
Director: Michael Lehmann
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#12 - Eight
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 11/15/1995
Chaos reigns as the eighth anniversary show tapes and Larry tries repeatedly to sneak in a bathroom visit during a commercial break.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#13 - My Name is Asher Kingsley
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/1996
Hank's decison to re-embrace Judaism throws the office and the network into a tizzy. Larry worries that someone has been sitting in his new massaging recliner.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Peter Tolan
- 10.0/101 votes
#14 - Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 1/22/1997
Artie falls off the wagon with his second addiction, Angie Dickinson, and flies to Venice with her. Larry's affair with Laura Leighton stumbles over their obsessions with watching their own TV shows. Hank auditions for a voice part in the new Disney movie, Hercules.
Director: John Riggi
Writer: Peter Tolan
10.0/101 votes#15 - Just the Perfect Blendship
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 5/10/1998
Larry hits on a guest. Hank hits on his doctor. Mary Lou considers letting her best friend be on the show.
Director: Melanie Mayron
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.5/102 votes#16 - The Spiders Episode
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/1992
Larry battles his reluctance when real live spiders are scheduled for the show, and tries to find a sketch to do with guest Carol Burnett.
Director: Ken Kwapis
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.5/102 votes#17 - Justice
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/13/2005
Tommy copes with a tragedy. Jerry must decide what to do when his wife's condition worsens. Sean has a crisis of faith. Lou learns some shocking facts about Candy. And the crew responds to a multi-level building fire with people trapped inside.
Director: Peter Tolan
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.3/103 votes#18 - Kansas
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2004
Tommy decides to make life a living hell for his wife's new boyfriend by wreaking havoc on his business and finances. Meanwhile, Chief Reilly faces possible suspension as the result of an altercation with a fellow firefighter and Lou decides to share his poetry.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#19 - A Brush With (the Elbow of) Greatness
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/1992
Larry makes the tabloids when a woman claims he knocked her into a magazine rack and neglected to apologize.
Director: Peter Tolan
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#20 - Immortal
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/22/2004
When Tommy struggles to help Janet in a financial crunch, he must turn to his Uncle Teddy to help him out. The new female addition to the house fights to be accepted by the guys while they do everything they can to drive her nuts. Just as Mike is getting fed up from sleeping on the firehouse couch, he is offered a helping hand with a free place to stay... at a steep price.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#21 - Mom
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/29/2004
While Tommy attempts to make reason of the chaos in his life, he continues to defy death while pulling dangerous stunts on the job. Lou admits his infidelity to his wife and receives an unexpected surprise. When tragedy strikes his family, Tommy must come to the rescue of his father.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#22 - Leaving
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/6/2004
When Janet needs more money to cover house repairs, Tommy turns to Uncle Teddy and his "little" friend to help him out with extra cash. When Franco's father has a stroke, Franco finds himself trying to juggle work and raising his daughter on his own. Meanwhile, a goodwill tribute to the firefighters lost in 9/11 goes awry and the firehouse is put in jeopardy.
Director: Peter Tolan
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#23 - Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/2004
The hockey game rematch between the NYPD and the FDNY is right around the corner and Tommy must figure out a plan to save himself from being pummeled by the cops who have it out for him. Tommy's relationship with Sheila is discovered by the guys and they must adhere to tradition to handle it in their own way. When Tommy is visited by his demons during a fire, Franco comes to his aid... with devastating results.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Peter Tolan
9.0/102 votes#24 - Harmony
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/28/2005
In an effort to get more time off to search for his wife and kids, Tommy joins the new firehouse’s Barbershop Quartet. Meanwhile back at the old station, Lou and Chief Reilly conspire to get Tommy back, but the rest of the crew has grown fond of his replacement.
Director: Jace Alexander
Writer: Peter Tolan
8.6/105 votes#25 - All Hell
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/12/2016
Asa tries to end Big Foster's reign of terror once and for all.
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: Peter Tolan
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"Life Behind Larry" is the best rated episode written by Peter Tolan. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Todd Holland. It aired on 7/7/1993 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Off Camera".