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The Best Episodes of The Critic Season 1

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

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Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Critic Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.1/10(303 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Film critic Jay Sherman falls in love with actress Valerie Fox. Jay's family and friends worry that Valerie is using him to get a good movie review. Does she truly care for him?

    Director:Rich Moore

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  2. The Critic Season 1 Episode 2 - Marty's First Date
    7.6/10(204 votes)

    #2 - Marty's First Date

    S1:E2

    Marty invites his Jay to career day at his school where Marty develops a crush on a Cuban girl named Carmen. They go on a date but when Carmen decides to fly back to Cuba, Marty follows her and Jay must get his son back.

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  3. The Critic Season 1 Episode 3 - Dial 'M' For Mother
    7.8/10(176 votes)

    #3 - Dial 'M' For Mother

    S1:E3

    Jay is considered to be one of the most unpopular men on Earth (ranking even worse than Adolph Hitler) so Duke attempts to spruce up the show to get more people interested. When this doesn't work, Jay decides to soften his image by going on the "Geraldo Show" with his mother but Jay gets an even worse reputation when his mother embarrasses him to the point where he tells her to "shut up".

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  4. The Critic Season 1 Episode 4 - Miserable
    8.0/10(206 votes)

    #4 - Miserable

    S1:E4

    Jay, noticing everyone in New York has a fiancee except him, begins to feel unloved. Things change when he goes to review the movie, Indecent Proposal II, and falls in love with the projectionist screening the movie. They arrange a date at her house where she is revealed to have an obsession with Jay to the point where she kidnaps him and ties him to a bed holding him hostage.

    Director:Dan Jeup

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  5. The Critic Season 1 Episode 5 - A Little Deb Will Do You
    7.6/10(170 votes)

    #5 - A Little Deb Will Do You

    S1:E5

    Eleanor is determined to have her daughter, Margo, attend the annual debutantes ball as it is a tradition in her family. When Margo is reluctantly forced into it, Jay decides to accompany her. Meanwhile, Jay competes in his time slot against children's idol Humphrey the Hippo.

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  6. The Critic Season 1 Episode 6 - Eyes on the Prize
    7.7/10(160 votes)

    #6 - Eyes on the Prize

    S1:E6

    Jay celebrates his 1000th episode but the episode is less than successful. Ratings get worse so Jay seeks image consultant, Adolph Hitmaker, for advice. The advice is unsuccessful and Jay is fired. Jay gets a new job on a show which teaches English for cab drivers but Jay is unhappy so he decides to win himself another Pulitzer Prize.

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  8. The Critic Season 1 Episode 7 - Every Doris Has Her Day
    7.5/10(156 votes)

    #7 - Every Doris Has Her Day

    S1:E7

    Jay befriends his make-up lady Doris after they attend a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and thinks that she may be the mother who gave him up for adoption years ago.

    Director:Alan Smart

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  9. The Critic Season 1 Episode 8 - Marathon Mensch
    7.6/10(153 votes)

    #8 - Marathon Mensch

    S1:E8

    When the studio catches fire during Jay's show, he collapses and must be rescued from the fire by Doris. When the news reports Jay's being rescued, he gets a reputation as being a wimp so he tries to prove his manliness by running in the New York marathon which tends to be more tiresome than it seems.

    Director:Susie Dietter

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  10. The Critic Season 1 Episode 9 - L.A. Jay
    7.8/10(141 votes)

    #9 - L.A. Jay

    S1:E9

    Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, Ghostchasers III, so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.

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  11. The Critic Season 1 Episode 10 - Dr. Jay
    7.7/10(147 votes)

    #10 - Dr. Jay

    S1:E10

    Jay's boss, Duke, has just made a new invention, "Phillips-o-Vision" which alters movies to make them more "like-able". Jay is disgusted with Duke's invention but when Duke is discovered to have a fatal disease, Jay must find a cure for Duke's ailment.

    Director:Dan Jeup
    Writer:Jon Vitti

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  12. The Critic Season 1 Episode 11 - A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera
    7.6/10(139 votes)

    #11 - A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera

    S1:E11

    After Marty fails to win an event at his school field day, he is feeling very low so Jay tries to improve his self-confidence by getting him interested in playing guitar and putting him in the school talent show. Meanwhile, Them Magazine names Jay "the wittiest man alive" so Duke offers to pay everyone who doesn't laugh at Jay's show $100 which doesn't go over very well.

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  13. The Critic Season 1 Episode 12 - Uneasy Rider
    7.3/10(137 votes)

    #12 - Uneasy Rider

    S1:E12

    After refusing to plug chewing tobacco on his show, Jay quits his job and becomes a truck driver.

    Director:Alan Smart

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  14. The Critic Season 1 Episode 13 - A Pig Boy and His Dog
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #13 - A Pig Boy and His Dog

    S1:E13

    "A Pig-Boy and His Dog" is the 13th episode of The Critic. This was the final episode to air on ABC.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "The Critic" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 303 votes. Directed by Rich Moore and written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, it aired on 1/26/1994. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Marty's First Date".