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The Best Episodes of Home Movies

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TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct over a thousand homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Home Movies Season 4 Episode 3 - Bye, Bye, Greasy
    9.1/10(282 votes)

    #1 - Bye, Bye, Greasy

    S4:E3

    Brendon is chosen to direct the school musical 'Bye Bye Greasy'. Everyone gets involved, including Fenton (lights), Paula (sets), Coach McGuirk (with a special incentive), and Shannon (the school bully who appreciates singing and dancing).

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 13 - Focus Grill
    8.8/10(143 votes)

    #2 - Focus Grill

    S4:E13

    The kids test their latest film in front of a rather hostile focus group. Meanwhile Coach McGuirk helps Paula pick out and assemble an extremely large grill for the Small family.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Brendon Small

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  3. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 13 - Coffins and Cradles
    8.7/10(140 votes)

    #3 - Coffins and Cradles

    S3:E13

    The kids are preparing for Halloween, Linda (Brendon's new stepmother) is preparing to have a baby, and Coach McGuirk is preparing to have the romantic night of his life. Despite all this, no one is prepared when things start to go wrong.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 3 - Bad Influences
    8.6/10(111 votes)

    #4 - Bad Influences

    S3:E3

    The camera does add 10 pounds, but so does bingeing on junk food. Brendon and Jason are gaining weight at an alarming rate, so in order break the 'fat-enabling' cycle, they decide never to see each other again.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 10 - Time to Pay the Price
    8.6/10(117 votes)

    #5 - Time to Pay the Price

    S3:E10

    Brendon, Jason and Melissa get in BIG trouble at school and have to go to a 'scared straight' program at the local prison. Meanwhile, Paula stumbles across a huge pile of the kids' old movies and incredibly, she watches them. What's more, she discovers an odd motif that runs through every film.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 12 - Stowaway
    8.6/10(108 votes)

    #6 - Stowaway

    S3:E12

    The kids decide to run away to Europe and become ex-patriot artists, but find their plan is a little lost at sea. Back home, McGuirk's car breaks down and he has no money to fix it. He asks Tom Wilsonberg, author of 'Starting Early: The New World of Corporate Kids,' for financial advice. Tom's answer? Gambling.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 7 - Curses
    8.6/10(131 votes)

    #7 - Curses

    S4:E7

    Brendon gets in trouble for making a movie about a foul-mouthed robot. The neighborhood kids love it; the parents hate it, and Paula orders Brendon to re-shoot and make a G-rated version. Meanwhile, Melissa gets jealous when her dad, Erik, wants to date a woman from his journal writing class.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Home Movies Season 1 Episode 11 - Mortgages & Marbles
    8.5/10(147 votes)

    #8 - Mortgages & Marbles

    S1:E11

    Coach McGuirk decides to buy a condo, but getting approved for a mortgage proves to be difficult. He probably shouldn't have moved out of his old place until he found a new one. Meanwhile, Brendon decides to make an educational film for kids.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writers:Brendon Small, Bill Braudis

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  9. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 6 - Renaissance
    8.5/10(120 votes)

    #9 - Renaissance

    S3:E6

    Brendon, Jason and Melissa are performing the musical 'King Arthur Meets Robin Hood' at a medieval fair organized by Mr. Lynch. Tensions soon arise between the fair and the sci-fi convention next door. Can Brendon bring peace to the warring factions? Also, can Coach McGuirk stay in character as a medieval blacksmith?

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 9 - Storm Warning
    8.5/10(114 votes)

    #10 - Storm Warning

    S3:E9

    Coach McGuirk tries to convince Paula to pose as his fiance while his sister visits. Meanwhile, Paula needs to get her novel to her agent before he goes on vacation. On the filmmaking front, the kids try to decide whether they want to make a mockumentary about making a movie or a mock, making-of-a-mockumentary movie or just a movie.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Home Movies Season 1 Episode 6 - Director's Cut
    8.4/10(164 votes)

    #11 - Director's Cut

    S1:E6

    Duane has written a rock opera based on Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis,'and he wants Brendon to direct. But the collaboration has a few bugs.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writers:Brendon Small, Janine Ditullio, Bill Braudis, Loren Bouchard

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  12. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 8 - Guitarmageddon
    8.4/10(108 votes)

    #12 - Guitarmageddon

    S3:E8

    The kids ignore the fact that they have no musical experience or talent and decide to start a band, recording their first single, 'Freaky Outie.' At the same time, Duane enters a guitar contest where he will face his archrival, Jimmy Monet.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 2 - Camp
    8.4/10(137 votes)

    #13 - Camp

    S4:E2

    Brendon, Jason and Melissa attend Camp Campingston Falls for the summer, home to stifling heat and crappy music counsellors. Meanwhile, McGuirk's camping trip with The Crywalkers, a sensitive men's group, turns out to be not entirely about the free food.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 5 - The Party
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    #14 - The Party

    S2:E5

    The kids are invited to Fenton Muley's birthday party. Brendon has been asked to make a special film for the occasion, but has a hard time praising Fenton since he can't stand him.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 9 - Class Trip
    8.3/10(113 votes)

    #15 - Class Trip

    S2:E9

    A class trip to a hotel provides a great opportunity for some 'on location' footage. It sounds like a great plan until Paula is asked to chaperone the trip with Mr. Lynch. Coach McGuirk has to get a second job to pay for damages resulting from a fight with the office coffeemaker.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 1 - Shore Leave
    8.3/10(131 votes)

    #16 - Shore Leave

    S3:E1

    Erik is worried that Melissa doesn't have enough friends who are girls so he enrolls her in The Fairy Princesses. Meanwhile, Brendon gets invited to spend the weekend with Fenton, whom he didn't even know he was friends with. Both Brendon and Melissa have what they consider to be the worst weekends of their lives.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 10 - Cho and the Adventures of Amy Lee
    8.3/10(100 votes)

    #17 - Cho and the Adventures of Amy Lee

    S4:E10

    When Brendon scores a lucky goal in a soccer game, he runs a foul of Cho, the best goalie in the league. Jason thinks Cho's a bully, Melissa thinks he's hot, but Brendon is caught up in the middle of doing nice things for people and changing their lives.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 11 - Definite Possible Murder
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #18 - Definite Possible Murder

    S4:E11

    Brendon, laid-up in his room with a broken leg, thinks that the man who just moved in next door may be a murderer. McGuirk trains to become a bartender.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 8 - Therapy
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    #19 - Therapy

    S2:E8

    Brendon goes to family therapy with Andrew and Linda to learn 'gentle talk.' Brendon doesn't like the therapy, and when the therapist begins to analyze his movies, he likes it even less.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 12 - Pizza Club
    8.2/10(111 votes)

    #20 - Pizza Club

    S2:E12

    Paula tries to get a role in one of Brendon's films about a little girl named Little Malooloo who has two fathers. McGuirk feels left out by the regular pizza club meetings that Brendon has with his dad.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 13 - The Wedding
    8.2/10(120 votes)

    #21 - The Wedding

    S2:E13

    The big day is here: Brendon's dad is marrying his girlfriend. A rash is slowly covering Brendon's body, but otherwise he's doing okay. Paula's friend Stephanie is in town for the wedding and takes a liking to Coach McGuirk.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 2 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    #22 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

    S3:E2

    A kitchen fire at the Smalls is nothing compared to the flaring tempers triggered when both of Paula's newly separated parents move in. To make matters worse, Coach McGuirk volunteers to 'renovate' the kitchen. Meanwhile, Brendon, Jason and Melissa make a crime drama called 'Mulligan and Winooski' about two cops.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 5 - Four's Company
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #23 - Four's Company

    S3:E5

    Melissa gets a new French-accented boyfriend, and Brendon and Jason get jealous when her love life starts to interfere with their busy production schedule--and the casting of their Susan B. Anthony biopic. Meanwhile, Coach McGuirk transforms into to a social planner.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 11 - Broken Dreams
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    #24 - Broken Dreams

    S3:E11

    In a suspicious coincidence, Melissa and Jason each break their arms. This may affect the current film in production, but Brendon is also worried that he is dumb, or at the very least, that Melissa is smarter than he is. Meanwhile, McGuirk wants desperately to become a lifeguard.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 1 - Everybody's Entitled to My Opinion
    8.2/10(107 votes)

    #25 - Everybody's Entitled to My Opinion

    S4:E1

    Brendon begins writing reviews for a movie website called movie-winner-or-weiner.com. Jason and Melissa are excited because Brendon gets passes for all of them to see the premiere of 'All That Violence'. Meanwhile, Coach McGuirk wreaks havoc because he's finally got a friend 'on the inside'.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Bye, Bye, Greasy" is the best rated episode of "Home Movies". It scored 9.1/10 based on 282 votes. Directed by Loren Bouchard and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/18/2004. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Focus Grill".