The Best Episodes Written By Steven Levitan
Every TV Episode Written by Steven Levitan Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Steven Levitan Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Steven Levitan is "Roseanne's Return", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Todd Holland". "Roseanne's Return" aired on 7/19/1995 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Slow Donnie".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Roseanne's Return
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/1995
Larry is apprehensive over a guest appearance by former girl friend Roseanne and decides to see a psychiatrist. The office follows the O.J. trial.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Steven Levitan
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Slow Donnie
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1999
Jack and Finch discover a pneumonic-message system in the wall. Meanwhile, Elliott invites Maya to his house for his ""slow"" brother's birthday party. At the party, Donnie reveals to Maya that he's not really ""slow."" Maya tries to tell Elliott that Donnie's not stupid, but just ends up looking silly herself. Jack's inanity causes Donnie to reveal his act. And a gift of a parakeet explodes into a living nightmare for Nina.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
8.5/10 4 votes#3 - Breaking the Ice
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/18/1995
Stranded for the night in an old ice fishing shack, Frasier confronts his father's inability to say "I love you" to his sons.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Steven Levitan
8.4/10 25 votes#4 - Connection Lost
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2015
Claire does some online snooping that causes drama with the rest of the family.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
8.3/10 3 votes#5 - Back Issues
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/1997
Magazine owner Jack Gallo makes peace with his estranged daughter when she asks him for monetary help--and lands a job at the mag.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Steven Levitan
8.2/10 14 votes#6 - Schooled
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2012
Claire and Phil embarass Haley when they drop her off at college; Manny makes Gloria and Jay take a class; Lily gets into a tussle on her first day of kindergarten.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Steven Levitan
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#7 - Nothing Personal
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/1995
Paula has trouble booking guests for sweeps week, so she leans on Larry to ask his friend Jeff Goldblum, who in turn offers to help Larry get a date with a network publicist.
Director: Todd Holland
Writer: Steven Levitan
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Who's the Boss
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/2022
Bree gets hit with surprising news during an on camera interview just as Reed gets a surprise visitor. Clay struggles with buying a house. Hannah and Gordon learn that there’s been a regime change at Hulu that does not bode well for the show.
Director: Chris Koch
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.9/10 22 votes#9 - Caught in the Act
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2011
It's Phil and Claire's anniversary, and when the kids go to surprise them with breakfast in bed, they get a surprise of their own. Jay and Gloria's plans for a Vegas vacation are ruined because of a brutally honest email accidentally sent to Claire, and Mitchell and Cam try to get into a new restaurant owned by a mom at Lily's preschool.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.9/10 17 votes#10 - Three Dinners
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2014
Haley turns the tables when Claire and Phil try to talk with her about her future; Jay receives news from his friend Shorty and his wife, Darlene; Cam and Mitch go on a romantic date.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 5 votes#11 - Seat of Power
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1994
Frasier and Niles confront the bullies who used to torment them in junior high school.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 5 votes#12 - It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1996
Frasier realizes he has strong feelings for Kate, just when she announces that she's relocating to Chicago.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 5 votes#13 - Come Lie with Me
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/1996
Frasier is uncomfortable when Daphne's boyfriend spends the night in her room, but soon finds he's even more uncomfortable with the prospect of Daphne moving out.
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 10 votes#14 - Finale (1)
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/2020
Mitchell and Cam settle in on their new normal, and Phil and Claire decide that one of the kids needs to move out in order to take control of the house again. Meanwhile, as Gloria becomes more successful at work, she notices Jay, Manny and Joe don’t seem to need her as much.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 17 votes#15 - Message Received
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2014
Jay, Gloria and Manny challenge each other to step outside their comfort zone and try something new. Mitch and Cam’s wedding is getting too big and costly so they resort to selling a couple of their prized possessions, and the kids play a joke on Phil and Claire.
Director: Jeffrey Walker
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.8/10 12 votes#16 - Clean Out Your Junk Drawer
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2015
Gloria wins a silent auction to have a therapist come for an afternoon with the adults; Haley and Alex consider dumping their boyfriends.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.7/10 36 votes#17 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2009
Jay has just recently married his younger, Colombian wife, Gloria, but he's having trouble keeping up with her and her son Manny. Claire is having trouble with her own family, especially with her husband Phil, who thinks he can be hip with his three kids. Also, Mitchell and his partner Cameron adopt a Vietnamese baby, Lily.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.7/10 27 votes#18 - The Incident
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2009
Claire and Mitchell's mother, Dede, drops in for a surprise visit and is determined to make amends with everyone she offended during what has been deemed "the incident" at Jay and Gloria's wedding. Needless to say, no one is thrilled to see her and everything comes to a head when the whole family shows up to dinner at Claire's house.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.7/10 24 votes#19 - Fifteen Percent
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2010
Mitchell plants the seed in Jay's head that he thinks one of Jay's old buddies might be secretly gay. Jay doesn't believe it for a second... except for all the questionable signs he now keeps noticing. Meanwhile Gloria gives Manny's date a makeover and Claire faces off with Phil's universal remote.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.6/10 19 votes#20 - Boys' Night
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/2011
Luke becomes friends with a curmudgeon old neighbor, which does not please Phil and Claire. Meanwhile, Gloria and Manny try to get Jay to join them at the symphony, but in an attempt to avoid the concert, he instead ends up with Mitchell and Cameron on their "boys' night out" while Haley babysits for Lily.
Director: Chris Koch
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.6/10 19 votes#21 - Treehouse
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2011
Gloria persuades Jay to commit to a night of salsa dancing after seeing how much his friend Shorty and his girlfriend do together. Meanwhile, Cameron makes a bet that he can get a woman's phone number at the bar, and Phil builds a tree house for Luke.
Director: Jason Winer
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.5/10 24 votes#22 - Fears
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/2010
When Phil and Luke embark on a discovery expedition underneath the house, Phil tries not to let his fear of the dark and of creepy crawlies get the best of him. Meanwhile, Claire takes a nervous Haley to the DMV for her driver's test, Manny's sudden illness before a friend's amusement park birthday party makes Gloria suspicious, and Cameron and Mitchell invite Lily's pediatrician over for what turns out to be an anxiety-ridden brunch.
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.5/10 20 votes#23 - Unplugged
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2010
In an attempt to reconnect the family, Phil and Claire challenge the family to see who can abstain from using their electronic devices the longest. Meanwhile, Mitchell and Cameron attempt to get Lilly into the best pre-school and Gloria deals with the neighbor's barking dog.
Director: Michael Spiller
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.5/10 6 votes#24 - A Year of Birthdays
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2019
As the birth of Haley and Dylan’s twins approaches, we take a look back at how each family member celebrated their birthdays this past year.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan
7.2/10 19 votes#25 - Send Out the Clowns
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/14/2012
The funeral service for a beloved clown mentor reunites Cameron with his estranged ex-clown partner, Lewis. Phil is serious about landing a very important listing, only to get trumped by a notorious bulldozer of an agent, Mitzi Roth. Manny has a cool new friend, which makes both Jay and Gloria suspicious.
Director: Steven Levitan
Writer: Steven Levitan