The worst episodes of Joey
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
When Joey's new TV show is cancelled and the show he turned down is a big hit, it leaves Joey kicking himself and in search of work. Joey's nephew wants to leave his mother's house and live with his cool uncle but is afraid to tell her.
- 02
Joey wants to go out with Alex but she's not sure if she wants to go out with him.
- 03
Joey wants to join Michael's book club so he can flirt with some of hot members. Gina wants to try hairdressing for celebrities.
- 04
Joey is an understudy in three different plays. The lead actor from each play, cannot go on, Joey has to figure a way to be in all three plays when they're all on at the same time, in different locations.
- 05
When Michael gets sick, Gina takes care of him. This bothers Joey too, because now his sister is around all the time. Joey meets the same actor at his auditions over and over again but Joey doesn't realize is that this guys screws him, so that Joey doesn't get the parts.
- 06
Having trouble meeting people in L.A., Joey throws a party to get to know some of his neighbors. The one he'd like to get to know, Jake, is more interested in Gina. Alex pretends to be Michael's girlfriend so that he can one-up his friend.
- 07
Joey discovers a Critic on the internet and goes to visit her, only to discover that it is an 11 year old.
- 08
Alex's husband visits, and is a little jealous when he finds out Alex is friends with Joey. After they meet, her husband is convinced that Joey's no threat to his relationship with Alex.
- 09
Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving
Joey mulls over whether to spend a stuffy Thanksgiving with his family or attend his playboy neighbor's wild holiday bash, which features brew, a band, single girls and one George Hamilton (playing himself). In addition, Joey discovers ancient Native American artifacts buried on his property.
- 10
Joey wants to take his relationship with Alex to the next level, but Alex only wants sex. Gina finds out that Jimmy is married to a woman that is in prison, and Michael meets a man on internet and Michael thinks that he is a woman.
- 11
Jimmy and Gina get married.
- 12
When Joey plans to teach Michael how to pick up women, Gina invites herself along, even though the guys don't want her to come. Joey finds out that Alex is the one who has been placing complaint notes about everything he does and that everyone hates her because of this.
- 13
Joey enrolls in an English class for foreigners to court a beautiful woman student; Gina tries to help Bobby find a new client.
- 14
Joey and Gina pretend to be married and parents of a baby, in order to buy a house from its protective owner.
- 15
Since Joey doesn't like losing, Alex comes up with some creative card-playing rules, which Joey uses when he appears on "Celebrity Poker."
- 16
To prevent an old girlfriend from releasing an embarrassing tape, Joey agrees to apologize to her on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." DeGeneres appears as herself.
- 17
Joey tries to impress his new flame by directing her grandmother's musical, but it turns out he's a dud as a director.
- 18
Joey and the High School Friend
Joey meets up with his estranged high-school buddy (Adam Goldberg), a once promising athlete who has fallen on hard times and harbors a secret. Also, Joey tries to show his movie-set crew that he's a down-to-earth guy.
- 19
Love blooms once again between Dean (Gregory Harrison) and Alex, which brings out some bizarre behavior in Joey. Also, Joey's action figure arrives.
- 20
Joey flies his blue-collar father out to Hollywood to attend his big movie premiere, but Joey gets upset when he discovers that the elder Tribbiani isn't impressed by his surging acting career. Meanwhile, Joey's billboard on Sunset Boulevard is upstaged by a sexy billboard of Carmen Electra (who plays herself); and Bobbie goes on a liquid diet for Joey's premiere.
- 21
Well, Donna begged her not to, but of course Gina tells Joey about Donna's husband begging to reconcile. Joey takes Donna to a romantic bed-and-breakfast, but when Ron shows up in town, Donna ultimately ends up heading back to New York with him. Meanwhile, Alex discovers that she's hot and that hot girls get free stuff.
- 22
After he's assigned a stuntman (Dan Cortese), Joey gets a bit carried away. Elsewhere, he gets annoyed at Michael's date.
- 23
A discouraged Joey is just looking for an audition for a good show. At Alex's Northwestern alumni party, he's mistaken for a fellow alumni, and introduced to the Northwestern Mafia. They help him get an audition for a show called Deep Powder, described as "Baywatch on skis." Joey's a little depressed that he's auditioning for the father of 2 teenage characters.
- 24
Unable to decide who to take to the premiere of Deep Powder, Joey struggles to find tickets for Gina, Michael and Alex. Michael meets a girl and Brent Spiner and must choose who to leave with. Gina's date is Lauren's ex-boyfriend. Alex's date is a lesbian. Joey and Lauren kiss.
- 25
Bobbie has booked Joey on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. En route to the show, he's stuck in a major traffic jam. After giving the finger to a guy who cut him off, Michael is terrified after they are stuck next to the guy's car. Gina meets two guys, one in an El Camino and one in a Mercedes. Alex saves the day when she shows up with a motorcycle that gets Joey onstage and hugging Jay Leno just in time.
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The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.
- 01Comedy·RomanceThe worst episodes of Friends1994–2004Matt LeBlanc also stars·Same network — NBC
- 02Comedy·Romance·DramaThe worst episodes of How I Met Your Mother2005–2014·CBS
How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted and how he fell in love. - 03Comedy·Romance·DramaThe worst episodes of Gilmore Girls2000–2007·The CW
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- 05Comedy·Romance·DramaThe worst episodes of Hacks2021–2026
Hacks explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old. - 06Comedy·Romance·DramaThe worst episodes of Rivals2024–present·Disney+
Rivals dives headfirst into the cut-throat world of independent television in 1986, where the shoulder pads are big and ambitions even bigger.
