The Best Episodes of Dharma & Greg

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   8.1/10(173 votes)

   #1 - A Closet Full of Hell

   S2:E610/28/1998

   A hilariously spooky Halloween episode finds the couple engaged in amorous horseplay (Dharma showing Greg how to do a strip-tease for her) on the eve of their house-warming party when the dogs sniff out something eerie in their new apartment: a hidden storage closet full of antique dolls. Although Dharma senses evil, Greg talks her into going ahead with the event while he cleans away the dolls, but in the middle of the party Dharma discovers the dolls have quietly returned to their former positions, together with two new dolls which bear an alarming resemblance to Dharma and Greg. Abbie intervenes with an exorcism (to Pete's amusement), then all seems well until the newlyweds hear heavy footsteps in the attic at midnight, and discover a single doll hung from the ceiling. Greg determines to spend all night in the attic to find out once and for all what is going on, joined by a reluctant Dharma, and they are both terrified when a trapdoor opens to reveal a screaming elderly woman who dem

   Director:Gil Junger

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Gil Junger

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   8.0/10(329 votes)

   #2 - Pilot

   S1:E19/24/1997

   Free-spirited Dharma and straitlaced Greg break the news to their respective parents, none of whom are especially thrilled with the match.

   Director:James Burrows

   Writer:Chuck Lorre

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   Director:James Burrows

   Writer:Chuck Lorre
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   8.0/10(160 votes)

   #3 - Much Ado During Nothing

   S1:E225/13/1998

   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

   Writers:Eric Zicklin, Chuck Lorre

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   Director:Ken Levine

   Writers:Eric Zicklin, Chuck Lorre
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   8.0/10(119 votes)

   #4 - Mission: Implausible

   S5:E184/2/2002

   A visit from Kirk, a younger alumnus from Greg's law school, launches an unsuspecting Greg into the middle of a crazy college game with very specific rules developed by ""seriously drunk"" undergraduates. Despite Greg's reluctance to engage in a college prank at this stage in his life, Dharma leaves him no choice when she rallies the gang to help him win back his championship title in a relatively amusing parody of Mission: Impossible. Meanwhile, security guard Larry is disturbed when his supervisor Walter points out that he gets special treatment because his daughter is married to the boss's son. When Larry demands Edward rescind all special treatment, Walter obligingly fires Larry.

   Director:Asaad Kelada

   Writer:David Babcock

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   Director:Asaad Kelada

   Writer:David Babcock
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   7.9/10(176 votes)

   #5 - The First Thanksgiving

   S1:E1011/26/1997

   After Dharma, Larry and Abby give a farm-full of turkeys their freedom, Dharma volunteers to make Thanksgiving dinner for the whole family in Kitty's spacious kitchen, with Jane's help (while Kitty plays it safe with a restaurant reservation). But Greg is not offering up thanks when he's the last to know that Dharma might have more than just a bird in the oven.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Chuck Lorre

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   Writer:Chuck Lorre
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   7.9/10(134 votes)

   #6 - The Paper Hat Anniversary

   S2:E410/14/1998

   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

   Writers:Eric Zicklin, Bill Prady

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   Director:Amanda Bearse

   Writers:Eric Zicklin, Bill Prady
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   7.9/10(147 votes)

   #7 - Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date

   S2:E811/11/1998

   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:Unknown

   Writer:Eric Zicklin

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   Writer:Eric Zicklin
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   7.9/10(138 votes)

   #8 - Dharma Drags Edward Out of Retirement

   S2:E203/31/1999

   When Greg rather reluctantly gives Dharma half of his on-line investment account, she becomes obsessed with profit (even borrowing from her parents), but unwisely follows a tip from a friend of Larry's and sinks everything into a San Francisco company that promptly sinks even further. When she appeals to a recently retired Edward for help, he quickly rejuvenates the business, which happens to merchandize women's fashions for men: edrag.com; but Kitty objects that Edward's golden years were reserved for her.

   Directors:Chuck Lorre, Gail Mancuso

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Chuck Lorre, Gail Mancuso

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   7.9/10(127 votes)

   #9 - Drop Dead Gorgeous

   S3:E131/11/2000

   Finding that Greg is overwhelmed with paper work (and that her own efforts to help only lead to desktop carnal encounters), Dharma determines to hire him a first-rate legal secretary. She tries to get pointers from Greg's former secretary Marlene, but discovers that Marlene's only real skill is in dodging work. After submitting applicants to a battery of tests, both skill-related and New Age, Dharma finds the perfect secretary: the intelligent, caring, spiritually centered Kim -- who also happens to be a former fashion model. Despite Jane's skepticism, Dharma insists she trusts Greg completely and goes out of her way to throw Kim & Greg together, going so far as to have her accompany Greg to a dance with Kitty and Edward while she goes to a Smothers Brothers vineyard jamboree with Abby and Larry. When the car brakes Kim supposedly had serviced fail, Dharma's trust looks like a fatal mistake...

   Director:Amanda Bearse

   Writers:Bill Prady, Rachel Sweet

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   Writers:Bill Prady, Rachel Sweet
10. 

    7.9/10(114 votes)

    #10 - Dharma Does Dallas

    S4:E152/20/2001

    Dharma gets to know Greg's dysfunctional cousins and in-laws just in time to keep Edward from making a huge mistake in choosing his successor as head of the firm.

    Directors:Chuck Lorre, Robert Berlinger

    Writers:Eddie Gorodetsky, Bill Prady

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    Directors:Chuck Lorre, Robert Berlinger

    Writers:Eddie Gorodetsky, Bill Prady
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    7.8/10(231 votes)

    #11 - And the In-Laws Meet . . .

    S1:E210/1/1997

    When Dharma and Greg throw a party to celebrate their union, a disapproving Kitty boycotts the event, and Dharma sets out to befriend her mother-in-law. But when the Montgomerys and the Finkelsteins finally get together to plan the details, the hostilities really begin.

    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Chuck Lorre

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    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Chuck Lorre
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    7.8/10(171 votes)

    #12 - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

    S1:E911/19/1997

    When Greg needs an upgraded security clearance to work on a top-secret case, Dharma and the families are subjected to a background check, which reveals some very interesting information about Larry and Edward. Dharma discovers to her horror that her proud anti-establishment rebel father in not in fact wanted by the FBI as he's always bragged, and embroils Greg and Pete in a scheme to plant a phony file for Larry to steal. Meanwhile, Greg is shaken to discover that Edward never in fact divorced his first wife; and Kitty's reaction to the news is not what anyone would expect.

    Director:Gail Mancuso

    Writer:Bill Prady

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    Director:Gail Mancuso

    Writer:Bill Prady
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    7.8/10(167 votes)

    #13 - The Official Dharma & Greg Episode of the 1998 Winter Olympics

    S1:E172/25/1998

    While Dharma, Abby and Jane try to help a depressed Kitty struggle through her 50th birthday, Greg, Larry and Edward head off to the slopes to stage their own Winter Olympics. To head off Kitty's stated intention of immediate plastic surgery, the daffy trio persuades her to join them, big wigs and scanty dresses donned, on a mission to flirt at a navy bar. Kitty is an immediate hit - until one of the young men tells her she reminds him of his mother! Meanwhile, tobogganing down a mountainside in a canoe, at night, backwards, turns out to be the father and son bonding experience Greg and Edward never found time for.

    Director:James Burrows

    Writers:Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre

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    Director:James Burrows

    Writers:Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre
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    7.8/10(161 votes)

    #14 - Invasion of the Buddy Snatcher

    S1:E235/20/1998

    When Greg hosts a poker game, Dharma takes advantage of the occasion to meet his buddies. Petty jealousies surface as she begins befriending the men and privately advising them on personal matters - including bankruptcy, impotence, and a serious crush one of the men has on Greg - and they in turn begin to full uncomfortable around Greg because he won't share his feelings with them. Upset that Dharma has taken over his friends, Greg tries to bluff her by maintaining that he has plans of his own to hang out with Jane; and when Dharma thinks this an ""awesome"" idea, he finds himself involved in a bizarre role-playing game with Jane's very bizarre friends (including the Vulcan-eared Trekkie seen at the end of episode 20). Meanwhile, Kitty and Edward are unhappily afloat in ""duck soup,"" as their swimming pool is invaded by waterfowl. Enter Abby, who is getting a Berkeley degree in ornithological intelligence. (Larry: ""It's the study of bird brains."" Kitty: ""Oh, that must be useful."")

    Director:Gail Mancuso

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Gail Mancuso

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    7.8/10(128 votes)

    #15 - Thanksgiving Until It Hurts

    S3:E1011/23/1999

    In an attempt to make Thanksgiving more enjoyable than last year's debacle (which we see in flashbacks), Dharma and Greg devise a plan to entirely avoid their families. When it becomes clear how much this has hurt everyone, the pair wind up more stuffed than any turkey after eating four Thanksgiving dinners: their own, one cooked (barely) by Kitty, another with Abby and Larry, and a fourth with Celia's family -- who have a fight that top last year's.

    Director:Amanda Bearse

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(117 votes)

    #16 - Weekend at Larry's

    S3:E162/15/2000

    While spending the weekend at Dharma's parents' house, Greg fears they're in grave danger when an old family friend shows up unexpectedly -- Nunzio and Stinky dig up his skeleton in Larry's garden. Meanwhile, Larry and Abby run into Edward and Kitty on a flight to Washington and discover that Edward is testifying before Congress on an environmental issue that Larry and Abby are protesting.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Bill Prady

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    Writer:Bill Prady
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    7.8/10(114 votes)

    #17 - The Best Laid Plans

    S3:E193/14/2000

    For the first time in her life, Dharma gets depressed about her sex life when she discovers that Greg can't make a move in the bedroom without checking his day planner first. Meanwhile, a depressed Greg confides in Pete, who convinces him the only logical explanation for the downturn in his sex life is that Dharma is seeing someone else.

    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Will Mackenzie

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    7.8/10(102 votes)

    #18 - How This Happened

    S4:E225/8/2001

    A simple garden on Montgomery-owned land triggers a war of the roses (and ladybugs) between Kitty and Dharma's hippie friends. Meanwhile, Dharma gets her hands dirty helping one of Ed's wrongfully terminated employees put his life back together, whether he likes it or not.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Don Foster

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    Writer:Don Foster
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    7.7/10(214 votes)

    #19 - Shower the People You Love With Love

    S1:E310/8/1997

    Dharma tries to sprinkle a little TLC in Greg's life by installing a new, deluxe ""Spring Mist 3000"" shower, while Greg finds himself on a testosterone-ridden golfing afternoon with Edward and Larry. Meanwhile, Kitty, misunderstanding the word ""shower,"" readies for a social event with hors d'oeuvres and formal invitations.

    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Bill Prady

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    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Bill Prady
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    7.7/10(199 votes)

    #20 - And Then There's the Wedding

    S1:E410/15/1997

    There's love amid the ruins when Dharma and Greg hold a ""do-over"" wedding to appease their families, particularly the hostile Kitty, who turns the young couple's plans for a simple party into a big country-club affair, including a formal renewal of the wedding vows. (Says Greg to Dharma: ""You know, some day our parents will be gone and we'll look back on this day and not miss them so much."") Meanwhile, Pete and Jane have a surprising encounter of their own in the cloakroom.

    Director:Will Mackenzie

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(161 votes)

    #21 - Do You Want Fries With That?

    S1:E131/7/1998

    Greg's latest legal victory leaves him depressed in the middle of the office celebration, so Dharma suggests that maybe Greg should quit and ""follow his bliss."" It turns out that Greg's suppressed passion is for cooking, so he informs his disturbed parents that he is starting a new career as a short-order cook in a hamburger joint. This prompts Edward to confession his own secret talent: hairdressing.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Chuck Lorre

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    7.7/10(143 votes)

    #22 - The House That Dharma Built

    S2:E1112/9/1998

    Gail Mancuso seems to direct all the best episodes, and this is no exception: A friendly game of strip poker between the newlyweds is interrupted by an emergency visit from Larry and Abbie (who are willing to wait a half hour until the sex is finished, an offer Greg can't accept). It turns out that their property is under siege by an unscrupulous developer who happens to be a former, and hated, classmate of Greg's. After Dharma invites the developer and his wife to dinner, then has to fight off his sexual advances, she is forced to accept Greg's viewpoint -- that he is evil -- and to seek a flattered Kitty's advice on how to get rid of him and save her parents' beloved home. The solution involves Jane, Pete, a trampoline, some garbage cans, and the IRS... and a wonderful coda using the trampoline. (In the course of the episode we also learn that Dharma has been both a magician's assistant and a professional casino dealer.)

    Director:Gail Mancuso

    Writers:Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre

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    7.7/10(143 votes)

    #23 - Death and Violins

    S2:E131/6/1999

    Edward's mother Beatrice is dying and knows it, despite the efforts of everyone around her to deny the fact except Dharma, who argues for honesty and gets a priceless Stradivarius as a keepsake, much to the horror of Kitty who believes it belongs in a museum -- especially after everyone has heard Dharma trying to learn ""Three Blind Mice"" on the instrument. Then Dharma learns something very surprising: Edward and Kitty's marriage was a whirlwind courtship bitterly opposed by Beatrice, who has never forgiven her ""free-thinking"" daughter-in-law and refuses to pass on the family heirloom engagement ring to her. Dharma tries to help mend fences before it's too late -- then tries to respect Beatrice's dying wish to pass on the ring when it is much, much too late. In a coda, Greg is more than happy to let Dharma's violin teacher borrow the Strad for a recital, then learns Dharma has taken up the trombone instead.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Chuck Lorre

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    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #24 - Dharma and Greg on a Hot Tin Roof

    S2:E141/20/1999

    Role playing at a golf shop, the couple put on fake Southern accents and wind up endearing themselves to a genuine Southerner -- who turns out to be the federal judge before whom Greg must argue a cast the next day. After an evening's panic, he decides to tough it out and wins the case hands down (while mystifying Pete). But he discovers he has succeeded only too well: Judge Harper becomes the couple's best friend and constant companion, and Greg despairs at having to keep up the pretence forever -- especially when the judge comes to meet the entire extended family.

    Director:Gail Mancuso

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(113 votes)

    #25 - The End of the Innocence (2)

    S4:E245/22/2001

    After catching Dharma innocently hanging out with her old college tutor---and failed suitor---Charlie, an enraged Greg moves out. Then the misunderstanding turns into a crisis as they both get caught up in the planning of their mutual friends' impending wedding, compelling Greg to seriously reevaluate his own crazy marriage. But when he finally sees the light, it may be too late.

    Director:Joel Murray

    Writer:Don Foster

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    Director:Joel Murray

    Writer:Don Foster