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The Best Episodes of Home Movies

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

Best episode
S4E3 Bye, Bye, Greasy
9.1293 votes
Worst episode
S1E8 Method of Acting
7.6140 votes
Top season
Season 3
8.3avg
Binge time
1h 7m
52 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Home Movies Season 4 Episode 3 - Bye, Bye, Greasy
    9.1/10(293 votes)

    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(156 votes)

    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(148 votes)

    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 10 - Time to Pay the Price
    8.6/10(127 votes)

    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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  5. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 12 - Stowaway
    8.6/10(116 votes)

    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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  6. Home Movies Season 1 Episode 11 - Mortgages & Marbles
    8.5/10(160 votes)

    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:Bill Braudis, Brendon Small

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  7. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 6 - Renaissance
    8.5/10(131 votes)

    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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  8. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 9 - Storm Warning
    8.5/10(123 votes)

    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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  9. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 3 - Bad Influences
    8.5/10(122 votes)

    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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  10. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 7 - Curses
    8.5/10(121 votes)

    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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  11. Home Movies Season 1 Episode 6 - Director's Cut
    8.4/10(180 votes)

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

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  12. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 2 - Camp
    8.4/10(150 votes)

    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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  13. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 1 - Shore Leave
    8.3/10(144 votes)

    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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  14. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 5 - The Party
    8.3/10(137 votes)

    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 8 - Therapy
    8.3/10(125 votes)

    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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  16. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 8 - Guitarmageddon
    8.3/10(120 votes)

    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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  17. Home Movies Season 4 Episode 11 - Definite Possible Murder
    8.3/10(111 votes)

    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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  18. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 13 - The Wedding
    8.2/10(130 votes)

    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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  19. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 7 - Dad
    8.2/10(122 votes)

    S2:E7

    Brendon spends the weekend with his father and his father's girlfriend, Linda, who turns out to be a very unpleasant person. Coach McGuirk, meanwhile, plays big brother to a student who is prone to sickness.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Home Movies Season 2 Episode 12 - Pizza Club
    8.2/10(121 votes)

    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 4 Episode 1 - Everybody's Entitled to My Opinion
    8.2/10(115 votes)

    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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  22. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 2 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    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 4 Episode 6 - Psycho-Delicate
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    S4:E6

    Brendon, Jason and Melissa try their hand at a Hitchcock-style thriller. They want to get into a film festival run by a local video store clerk. Coach McGuirk spends all his time at a diner, trying to woo a roller-skating waitress/actress named Fred. Meanwhile, Paula tries to get a refund from her hairdresser.

    Director:Loren Bouchard
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 5 - Four's Company
    8.2/10(112 votes)

    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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  25. Home Movies Season 3 Episode 11 - Broken Dreams
    8.2/10(110 votes)

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Bye, Bye, Greasy" is the best rated episode of Home Movies. It scored 9.1/10 from 293 votes. Directed by Loren Bouchard and written by Unknown, it aired on January 18, 2004. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Focus Grill".

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