The Best Episodes Written By Phil Lord

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand

   S1:E111/2/2002

   Vying for alone time with Cleopatra, Abe scores an invite to JFK's party with the promise of beer, Joan fumbles over her feelings for Abe, and Gandhi botches his crisis hotline duties.

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   7.5/10(48 votes)

   #2 - Sweet Taste of Liberty

   S1:E310/3/2005

   Ted agrees to let Barney spice up his love life, and ends up on a crazy adventure of flying to Philadelphia, encountering the law, and visiting the Liberty Bell.

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   7.3/10(47 votes)

   #3 - Belly Full of Turkey

   S1:E911/21/2005

   Ted and Robin are surprised to run into Barney when they volunteer at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving. Lily is on the brink of freaking out when she goes to Thanksgiving dinner at her future in-laws house.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Episode Two: Election Blu-Galoo

   S1:E211/3/2002

   Abe runs for class president in an attempt to impress Cleopatra, but when Abe sells out to a corporate sponsorship, Joan questions his leadership abilities, and Gandhi falls ill.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Let's Try This Again

   S1:E15/23/2023

   Decades after they were frozen, Abe, JFK, Joan and Cleo are suddenly thrust into 2023, where they find it difficult to navigate new societal norms.

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   6.0/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Zoë

   S1:E62/18/2022

   Zoë confesses she came to the reunion for a wild night out—a break from her divorced, single-mom life. Things get animated in her retelling.

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   4.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Raisin the Stakes: A Rock Opera in Three Acts

   S1:E91/12/2003

   The teens at Clone High begin smoking raisins, which sets them on a groovy, music-filled trip, so Principal Scudworth and the PTA develop a plan to fence in the students.

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   3.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale

   S1:E122/10/2003

   It's prom night, and Abe finds himself torn between Cleo and Joan, Gandhi forms a prom posse, and the Secret Board of Shadowy Figures threatens to take back the clones.

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   Writer:Phil Lord

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