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The Best Episodes of Nikki Season 1

Every episode of Nikki Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nikki Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Nikki Season 1 Episode 10 - Bottoms Up
    5.6/10(11 votes)

    S1:E10

    Nikki gets a chance to appear as a weather girl, but her excitement turns to embarrassment when she and Dwight realize bar patrons drink a toast to her "bottom" every time she turns her back to the camera.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Amanda Lasher

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  2. Nikki Season 1 Episode 1 - Fierce
    5.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E1

    An aspiring dancer and her would-be professional-wrestler husband decide to pursue their dreams in Las Vegas. We meet Nikki, who uninvitedly met Dwight at his going away to college party two years ago. They eventually cling to each other. After taking Nikki's advice to follow his dream and disregarding his mother's wish to see her son attend college, Dwight joins a wrestling camp, and incurring the wrath of his mother who cannot stand Nikki as she visits them.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Bruce Helford

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  3. Nikki Season 1 Episode 15 - Cheerleader of Doom
    5.3/10(11 votes)

    S1:E15

    Dwight talks Jupiter into hiring Nikki as a ring-side cheerleader.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Tom Martin

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  4. Nikki Season 1 Episode 18 - Dwight and Nikki and Ken and Alice
    5.0/10(9 votes)

    S1:E18

    Dwight and Nikki befriend a married couple who move into their building and the Whites decide to spice up the dull duo's social life.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Ben Wexler

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  5. Nikki Season 1 Episode 22 - Family Lies
    5.0/10(12 votes)

    S1:E22

    The first season concludes as Nikki's younger brother, Scott, arrives in town and asks his sister to arrange a job for him at the casino.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Kirk J. Rudell

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  6. Nikki Season 1 Episode 8 - Stealing Nikki
    4.8/10(11 votes)

    S1:E8

    Dwight gets a match with CWF champ The Big Easy but isn't happy when the script calls for his opponent to win Nikki away with a kiss.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Rachel Powell

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  7. Nikki Season 1 Episode 13 - Dream Weaver
    4.6/10(10 votes)

    S1:E13

    Nikki fears that Marion will ask the rich man she's dating to persuade Dwight to give up wrestling and go to college. However, Marion's friend may not be as happy with his success as he seems.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Maria Espada

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  8. Nikki Season 1 Episode 5 - Won't You Beat My Neighbor?
    4.4/10(9 votes)

    S1:E5

    When Nikki and Dwight's new neighbor Robert complains about the noise and trades insults with Nikki, Dwight throws him out the door. When Nikki accuses him of trying to look macho in front of his buddies, they have their first big fight.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Bill Diamond

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  9. Nikki Season 1 Episode 4 - No Sex, No Mary, No Title
    4.2/10(12 votes)

    S1:E4

    Nikki and Dwight have a hard time trying to squeeze having sex into their busy schedule. Dwight impresses Jupiter at practice and gets a chance to wrestle on television, but he'll have to abstain from having sex for two weeks to conserve his energy. Meanwhile, Nikki competes for the position of dance captain, but loses it to Mary.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Joey Soloway

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  10. Nikki Season 1 Episode 16 - I'll Kick Your Ass
    4.2/10(12 votes)

    S1:E16

    Nikki's abrasive father arrives in town and goes to a show at the casino to watch his daughter dance.

    Director:Joe Regalbuto
    Writers:Kirk J. Rudell, Rachel Powell

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  11. Nikki Season 1 Episode 3 - Topless
    3.9/10(15 votes)

    S1:E3

    Nikki learns that the next show at the casino requires the dancers to perform topless- or take the month long run off without pay. Dwight's medical insurance is cancelled because of an injury he sustained in junior high school, and he can't wrestle until he gets a new policy. Before leaving for home, Marion tries to persuade Dwight that he's throwing his life away.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Laura Perkins-Brittain

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  12. Nikki Season 1 Episode 2 - Humiliated
    3.8/10(16 votes)

    S1:E2

    Dwight makes his debut as The Crybaby in his first professional wrestling match, but his embarrassment leads him to ditch the script. Meanwhile, Nikki is up for a solo act in a musical production at the casino, but the lyrics could harm her big chance.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Scott Buck

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  13. Nikki Season 1 Episode 11 - The Jupiter and Mary Chain
    3.7/10(10 votes)

    S1:E11

    Nikki's career hits a new low when she has to work with a drunken knife-thrower, but things get even weirder when, against Dwight's objections, Nikki sets up her friend Mary with Dwight's wrestling coach Jupiter.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Ben Wexler

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  14. Nikki Season 1 Episode 9 - The Crybaby Who Stole Christmas
    3.4/10(9 votes)

    S1:E9

    It's The Crybaby vs. Kriss Kringle as Dwight wrestles Santa Claus in this festive episode.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writers:Ben Wexler, Laura Perkins-Brittain

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  15. Nikki Season 1 Episode 14 - Fallback
    3.4/10(9 votes)

    S1:E14

    Dwight considers going to college after he meets his childhood hero, wrestler Pretty Boy, who is now old and poor.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Ben Wexler

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  16. Nikki Season 1 Episode 20 - And the Winner Is...
    3.4/10(10 votes)

    S1:E20

    Dwight rescues Robert Goulet's nephew, and the singer wants to repay the deed by selecting Nikki as the winner in a showgirl pageant.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Rick Nyholm

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  17. Nikki Season 1 Episode 6 - The Next Step
    3.2/10(9 votes)

    S1:E6

    Dwight auditions for a music video that features dancing wrestlers, and he persuades the director to let Nikki try out for a part in the production.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Rich Amend

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  18. Nikki Season 1 Episode 21 - Love at First Dwight
    3.2/10(9 votes)

    S1:E21

    An old friend of Nikki's visits and recalls the first time Nikki saw Dwight during a high school wrestling match. Meanwhile, Jupiter hires Mary to photograph his wrestlers for a calendar.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writer:Tom Martin

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  19. Nikki Season 1 Episode 12 - Let it Ride
    3.0/10(9 votes)

    S1:E12

    Nikki breaks her pledge to Dwight that she won't gamble after the wrestling arena is temporarily closed and her car breaks down.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writers:Scott Buck, Les Firestein

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  20. Nikki Season 1 Episode 7 - The Ex Factor
    2.8/10(9 votes)

    S1:E7

    Nikki throws a surprise birthday party for Marion on a night when the mother-in-law had dinner plans with Dwight's ex-girlfriend.

    Director:Gerry Cohen
    Writer:Stephen Marlin

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  21. Nikki Season 1 Episode 19 - Schisler's List
    2.8/10(10 votes)

    S1:E19

    The IRS takes over the casino and the representative in charge makes the dancers perform in additional shows without extra pay.

    Director:John Fuller
    Writer:Kirk J. Rudell

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  22. Nikki Season 1 Episode 17 - One Wedding and a Funeral
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E17

    Dwight is a late addition to a wrestling event slated for the same day that he and Nikki plan a second wedding ceremony for themselves.

    Director:Steve Zuckerman
    Writers:Rich Amend, Stephen Marlin

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bottoms Up" is the best rated episode of Nikki season 1. It scored 5.6/10 from 11 votes. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Amanda Lasher, it aired on January 7, 2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Fierce".