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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - The One with All the Resolutions
    8.7/10(63 votes)

    S5:E11

    With the New Year, the friends make New Year's resolutions. Ross resolves to try a new thing every day. Chandler resolves to not make fun of his friends for a week. Joey resolves to learn how to play the guitar, with Phoebe as his teacher. Rachel resolves to give up gossiping. Chandler nearly goes insane holding it all in. Ross is stuck in a sticky situation at his date's apartment, in constricting and hot leather pants. Rachel discovers a big secret (Monica and Chandler) that threatens to spoil her resolution.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  2. undefined Season 6 Episode 15 - Merlot Down Dirty Shame
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    S6:E15

    When Roger and Francine go wine-tasting, Roger plants a big kiss on Francine in a drunken moment. Francine decides to tell Stan about this incident, but when they sit down to talk, Roger convinces Stan that Francine started it all.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  3. undefined Season 6 Episode 10 - The One with the Routine
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    S6:E10

    Janine gets an invitation to dance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and she invites Joey, Monica and Ross to join her. Being huge fans of the show, Monica and Ross get overly excited. At the taping, Joey tries to kiss Janine at midnight and Monica and Ross resurrect their dance routine from high school. Meanwhile, Rachel, Phoebe and Chandler look for Monica's Christmas presents.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 18 - The One with Joey's Award
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    S7:E18

    Joey is nominated for a Soapie Award for his part on Days of Our Lives, and while he doesn't win, he ends up with an award anyway - together with his partner in crime, Rachel. Meanwhile, Ross finds himself in an awkward position when one of his students proclaims that he failed his midterm because he's in love with Ross. Also, Monica freaks out a little when she realizes that after marrying Chandler she's not gonna experience a rush of dating someone new ever again. In a surprising change of roles, Chandler becomes a voice of reason that calms her.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  5. undefined Season 8 Episode 13 - Dr. Klaustus
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    S8:E13

    Roger acts as the family therapist as his alter-ego "Dr. Penguin" until he is sent out to fight the war in Iraq. Klaus decides to take Roger's role while he is away, but not without major ruckus being caused.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 11 - The One with the Apothecary Table
    7.9/10(62 votes)

    S6:E11

    Rachel orders an apothecary table from Pottery Barn, which is a problem because Phoebe hates the mass-producing company. After Janine and Joey double date with Chandler and Monica, Janine tells Joey that she thinks the other two are boring. Ross buys a new apothecary table too, which causes problems for Rachel. After a confrontation with Monica and Chandler, Joey breaks up with Janine and she moves out.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  7. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Roy Rogers McFreely
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S5:E12

    When Stan forgets to pick up grenadine at the grocery store, Roger goes ballistic and vows to get him back by taking over a project close to his heart--the Homeowner’s Association.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - Man in the Moonbounce
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    S6:E5

    Steve must become the man of the house when Stan re-lives his childhood.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  9. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - The One with Rachel's Assistant
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    S7:E4

    While hiring a new assistant, Rachel is torn between hiring a much more qualified woman, or a handsome but inexperienced young man. Monica, Chandler and Ross engage in a war of secret sharing after Monica and Chandler vow to be more honest. Meanwhile, Joey has problems when his TV show is cancelled after just one airing.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  10. undefined Season 7 Episode 14 - School Lies
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    S7:E14

    In an attempt to advance in the CIA, Stan enrolls Steve in the same private school as Senator Buckingham's daughter. After Steve quits and joins a Latina street gang, Roger fills in & things are going well until Roger accidentally sells the senator’s daughter to a drug lord.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Stannie Get Your Gun
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    S2:E7

    Francine insists that Stan and Hayley spend an entire day together, after their arguments drive her crazy, so they can work out their differences about gun control. However, her plan backfires when he takes Hayley to the "National Gun Association Land," where their conflicting opinions about gun control drive them even further apart. Back home, Roger schemes to get revenge on Steve for eating one of his cookies by convincing him that he's adopted.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  12. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Stan's Food Restaurant
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S7:E4

    Stan is ecstatic when Roger offers to help him live out his lifelong dream of opening a restaurant to rival his favorite childhood haunt - until their different visions for what the eatery should be cause havoc. Meanwhile, Steve meets Ashley, the new girl in school who invites him over while her parents are out of town.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  13. undefined Season 9 Episode 9 - The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari
    7.4/10(10 votes)

    S9:E9

    Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  14. undefined Season 10 Episode 18 - Permanent Record Wrecker
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    S10:E18

    Stan is fired from the CIA in a round of budget cuts, but since his 20 years of work experience are classified and hidden from his "permanent record", the only job he's able to land is at the local grocery store where Steve is the manager. Meanwhile, Roger bets an annoying coffee shop musician that he can outplay him in one week. To accomplish his goal, he enters into a Faustian bargain with Lorenzo, a guitar-instructing infomercial host.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  15. undefined Season 13 Episode 22 - Standard Deviation
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S13:E22

    To avoid a suicide mission, Stan must beat Bullock in a DJ battle; Jeff starts drinking psychedelic teas and builds an imaginary musical instrument with Roger's help.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - The Best Christmas Story Never Told
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    S3:E9

    When an injunction prevents Langley Falls from lighting their annual Christmas tree, Stan blames secular non-believers for ruining his favorite holiday. With Stan's holiday spirit at an all-time low, the Ghost of Christmas Past visits him and tries to show him the true meaning of Christmas. However, Stan is convinced that Christmas can be saved by changing the outcome of Vietnam, but finds that changing the past only dramatically changes the future.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  17. undefined Season 12 Episode 6 - Dreaming of a White Porsche Christmas
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    S12:E6

    When Stan wishes he could have Principal Lewis' carefree, single life, a la "It's a Wonderful Life," his wish comes true. In Stan's wish world, Principal Lewis has his family.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Frannie 911
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    S4:E9

    Stan and Francine give the constantly nasty Roger an ultimatum: Be nice or ship out. Meanwhile, Klaus and Hayley play truth or dare, and Steve decides to become a backup dancer.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 9 - Stan Time
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    S5:E9

    Stan is ecstatic--and energetic--when a coworker gives him pills that allow him to stay up all night.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  20. undefined Season 14 Episode 22 - West to Mexico
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    S14:E22

    Stan becomes a wanted man, running from Roger the bounty hunter, and ends up in a town in need of a good guy to help Principal Lewis, Francine, Steve and Hayley.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  21. undefined Season 12 Episode 4 - Big Stan on Campus
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    S12:E4

    When the CIA is forced to make cutbacks and go on furlough, Stan volunteers to take a position as a college campus security guard. Meanwhile, Roger opens a bed and breakfast to boost the family's income.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Of Ice and Men
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    S3:E7

    When Francine discovers Stan's secret, decades-old passion for competitive figure skating, she decides to be supportive and becomes his pairs partner until Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him and he ditches her for a new partner. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  23. undefined Season 9 Episode 10 - Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    S9:E10

    When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  24. undefined Season 10 Episode 11 - Cock of the Sleepwalk
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S10:E11

    Stan mixes up his nighttime routine after his 100th kill, but mistakenly unleashes a "good" Stan in his sleep - Jekyll & Hyde-style - who's hell-bent on pursuing all the good deeds that real Stan would never consider, and stopping him from ever killing again.

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    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  25. undefined Season 21 Episode 21 - Guardian
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    S21:E21

    Stan uses a mothballed military computer to do Steve's math homework, starting the clock toward nuclear annihilation.

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Brian Boyle Ratings Summary

"The One with All the Resolutions" is the best rated episode written by Brian Boyle. It scored 8.698/10 based on 63 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/7/1999 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Merlot Down Dirty Shame".