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The Best Episodes of Happy Endings

Every episode of Happy Endings ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Happy Endings!

Best episode
S3E12 The Marry Prankster
8.9348 votes
Worst episode
S3E20 The Ballad of Lon Sarofsky
6.7213 votes
Top season
Season 2
7.7avg
Binge time
20h 54m
57 episodes

Seasons3

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 12 - The Marry Prankster
    8.9/10(348 votes)
    S3:E12

    When the gang pranks Max into thinking he won a big lotto jackpot, he vows revenge when they least suspect it. Meanwhile, Brad gets a new job as a CFO, but Jane is not amused when she learns the title is Chief Fun Officer and that Brad is working at a kids' gym.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Gil Ozeri

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  2. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 13 - The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre
    8.2/10(327 votes)
    S2:E13

    Penny has a new boyfriend she wants to dump and Dave is afraid his new girlfriend is about to dump him. Alex goes looking for a party in the sketchy part of town, and Brad's hopes for a perfect night out for Jane are dashed when a dental appointment goes terribly wrong. Max picks up a couple with his limo only to find that one of the passengers is Grant, the boyfriend he broke up with a year ago.

    Director:Joe Russo
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 16 - Cocktails & Dreams
    8.2/10(321 votes)
    S2:E16

    Dave gets a liquor license for his food truck, making it a new hot spot. The gang avoids Dave because his signature drink gives them sex dreams about him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 20 - Big White Lies
    8.2/10(295 votes)
    S2:E20

    Things spiral out of control after Penny tells a white lie to avoid an irritating childhood friend. Dave and Max's lonely and jealous landlord falls for Alex.

    Director:Gail Mancuso
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 5 - Spooky Endings
    8.1/10(339 votes)
    S2:E5

    Penny, Max, Dave and Alex head to a Halloween warehouse party, where their costumes don't have the effect they anticipated. Meanwhile, Jane and Brad spend their Halloween house sitting for some friends in the suburbs.

    Director:Fred Savage
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 21 - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Minus Three Weddings and One Funeral)
    8.1/10(297 votes)
    S2:E21

    The gang find themselves at yet another wedding, this time the nuptials of Derrick and Eric. Brad struggles to tell Jane something important, Jane tries to find a way to help Eric hide the fact that the pricey reception must be downscaled, and Max tries to find the courage to perform with his old all-male Madonna cover band. Meanwhile, a dateless Penny is sad that she's at another wedding, alone, until she meets cute guy Chris via Skype.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 17 - The Kerkovich Way
    8.1/10(285 votes)
    S2:E17

    A panicked Alex enlists Jane's help in convincing Dave that something he's certain happened never did using "The Kerkovich Way," an ancient Serbian memory-wiping technique passed down through the Kerkovich clan. Meanwhile, Penny and Max are determined to finally beat an annoyingly perfect couple in the annual Rosalita's Run and Scavenger Hunt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 15 - The Butterfly Effect Effect
    8.0/10(286 votes)
    S2:E15

    The friends wait for Brad and Jane's annual "Spring Smackdown," their yearly blowout of a domestic squabble, to let them know when Max will come out of hibernation and when winter will end.

    Directors:Victor Nelli, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 18 - Party of Six
    7.9/10(277 votes)
    S2:E18

    After years of bad luck every time the gang celebrates Penny's birthday, the gang starts to believe the day is cursed.

    Director:Fred Goss
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Happy Endings Season 1 Episode 4 - Mein Coming Out
    7.8/10(414 votes)
    S1:E4

    Max's friends encourage him to tell his parents he is gay; Penny meets her perfect man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Happy Endings Season 1 Episode 12 - The Shershow Redemption
    7.8/10(350 votes)
    S1:E12

    An old friend gets married, and the bride thinks Alex is a jinx; Penny and Derrick pretend to be engaged.

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  13. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 7 - The Code War
    7.8/10(322 votes)
    S2:E7

    When Max's high school girlfriend Angie, the girl he dated before he realized he was gay, returns to town, Penny (who was Max's girlfriend in college) starts to feel jealous. Meanwhile, Alex starts to develop an unusual crush on Max. When Dave starts dating Angie, Max becomes angry and declares a "code war". Jane finds out that Brad has a "work wife", so she sets out to obtain a "work husband".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 7 - No-Ho-Ho
    7.8/10(254 votes)
    S3:E7

    The gang discovers that Jane has been lying about her birthday, and that she was actually born on Christmas but never liked her natal day being trumped by the holiday. With that in mind, they throw her a celebration that is Christmas-free and all about Jane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 1 - Blax, Snake, Home
    7.7/10(342 votes)
    S2:E1

    Alex and Dave to decide that they should be honest with each other. Penny buys a new condo and declares that it's "The Year of Penny", the year where everything will start going her way. Max tries to find out why Brad hasn't been hanging out with him lately.

    Director:Anthony Russo
    Writer:Josh Bycel

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  16. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 12 - Makin' Changes
    7.7/10(296 votes)
    S2:E12

    Jane encourages Penny to find a man and then change him to suit her expectations. Alex stages an intervention to stop Dave from his obsession with V-neck shirts.

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  17. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 14 - Everybody Loves Grant
    7.7/10(279 votes)
    S2:E14

    When the whole gang, with the exception of Dave, falls in love with Grant, Max wonders if he really is good enough to date the "perfect" guy. Meanwhile, Dave sets out to prove he's way cooler than Max's new boyfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 4 - More Like Stanksgiving
    7.7/10(266 votes)
    S3:E4

    The gang celebrates Thanksgiving by watching a previously unaired episode of "Real World" they appeared in back in college, and, long after the fact, learn some shocking new dirt about one another.

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  19. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 14 - In the Heat of the Noche
    7.7/10(225 votes)
    S3:E14

    Brad uses his skills, plus help from the gang, to prop up Chuckles and Huggs after the gym's loopy owner, Terry tells him it may be closing. Meanwhile, Penny and Max try to break the habit of texting the men in their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Happy Endings Season 1 Episode 7 - Dave of the Dead
    7.6/10(368 votes)
    S1:E7

    Dave shocks everyone by quitting his job and plans to open a restaurant; Jane and Max face off in silly challenges; Penny is exhausted by trying to keep up with her new boyfriend's friends.

    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Happy Endings Season 2 Episode 2 - Baby Steps
    7.6/10(325 votes)
    S2:E2

    Alex's new T-shirts intended for children end up being a hit with with teenagers. Jane searches for the child she believes was conceived from an egg she donated years ago. Max starts working at Dave's food truck.

    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 2 - Sabado Free-Gante
    7.6/10(273 votes)
    S3:E2

    Dave and Alex's inability to commit to a new apartment proves to be quite a challenge for their real-estate agent, while Jane pulls out all the stops when she takes Penny car shopping. Later, Max shows out-of-work Brad how easy it is to spend a cashless Saturday in Chicago.

    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 23 - Brothas & Sisters
    7.6/10(225 votes)
    S3:E23

    The third Kerkovich sister, Brooke, is the alpha sister of the group, and Jane has the daunting task of planning a wedding for her more perfect and exquisite older sibling. Meanwhile, Brad is having a tough time himself dealing with Brooke's equally more perfect African American fiance, Elliot, and Alex and Dave have a big secret they're hiding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 18 - She Got Game Night
    7.6/10(218 votes)
    S3:E18

    Brad and Jane host a couples game night with Penny, Pete, Max and Scotty and the competitiveness gets a little out of hand. Meanwhile Dave has a big decision to make on the career front, and Alex tries to help but they end up at a psychic instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 15 - The Straight Dope
    7.6/10(213 votes)
    S3:E15

    Max meets a cute girl who is a season tickets holder for the Bulls, leaving him no choice but to pretend to be straight. Meanwhile, Alex is tired of everyone dismissing her as the dimwitted blonde, so she becomes well read to prove them wrong and in the process throws off the whole group dynamic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Happy Endings Season 3 Episode 13 - Our Best Friend's Wedding
    7.5/10(234 votes)
    S3:E13

    In order to get Pete to change his mind about eloping with Penny, wannabe matrimonial coordinator Jane spirits the whole gang to a wedding exposition. Once there, Max and Brad wind up at a gay-marriage part of the expo, while Alex and Dave contemplate their own commitment issues.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Marry Prankster" is the best rated episode of Happy Endings. It scored 8.9/10 from 348 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Gil Ozeri, it aired on January 29, 2013. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "The St. Valentine's Day Maxssacre".

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