The 50 Greatest Episodes Of 2009
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- DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonThe end of term exams loom. Simon, to the detriment of his own subjects, is excited when Carli comes to his house to revise, revealing that she is single again and rewarding him with kisses. Jay, for once, swaps lust for romance when he is smitten by Chloe, a sweet young girl from another school. Neil forgets his P.E. kit but gets through in his vest and pants and Will has an accident with his bowels after too many energy drinks but still gets his grades. However, Chloe drops Jay for being "too sensitive", Carli goes back to her ex-boyfriend and the boys end up with each other, useless lovers but good friends.10/10
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonIt's Will's seventeenth birthday and he is planning a dinner party but it clashes with a more popular bash so that his only guests are Neil, Jay, Simon and Simon's exchange student Patrice. Out of boredom they gate-crash the other party but only one of them is asked to stay and then bedded by the hostess as a sex object. The other four are sent packing. Needless to say none of those four are French.10/10
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.10/10
- DirectorNigel SimpkissStarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayThe boys went to Bolivia for a 1000-mile epic journey from the Amazon Rainforest to the Pacific Ocean. For this journey, they have to buy cars that are 4WD (in which the producers recommend) and must be found in the Bolivian second-hand classifieds.9.5/10
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonOn a field trip to the Dorset coast Jay fails to locate the mythical housewife who deflowers schoolboys, Neil becomes a (paedophile) teacher's pet and Will and Simon fall out over pretty new girl Lauren. To cut their losses the boys take a boat around the bay but Simon falls in and ends up nude in front of the whole coach party with only a sock to cover his modesty.9.5/10
- 2002–20221h 1mTV-PG8.5 (335)TV EpisodeDirectorOwen TrevorPhil ChurchwardBrian KleinStarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayThe boys tried to make their very own electric car. Jeremy road tests the new Audi R8 V10 and compares it to the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1. Michael Sheen is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.9/10
- DirectorColin BuckseyStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Skyler have a baby girl. Now that Jesse is hooked on heroin, Walt refuses to give him his money until he gets clean. Meanwhile, as an excuse for his money, Walt decides to donate the money to himself through his son's new website.9/10
- DirectorMichelle MacLarenStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Jesse become stranded out in the middle of the desert after cooking more crystal.9/10
- 2005– 22mTV-MA9.3 (4.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorRandall EinhornStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyDennis presents his fool-proof plan for picking up chicks, but soon finds that the gang each has their own fool-proof plans for one-upping each other.9/10
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsPeter CapaldiRebecca FrontChris AddisonNicola and Peter Mannion go head to head on Richard Bacon's Radio 5 phone-in show. Nicola does not do well with her idea of "being inspired out of poverty" and Mannion, despite Phil's sycophantic praise, fares no better. Tucker and Pearson, listening in, decide they must come to the rescue of their charges and, after exchanging insults and blackmail threats regarding members of the other's party, come to see that they have a lot in common. Emma meanwhile dumps Ollie.9/10
- DirectorPhil ChurchwardBrian KleinNigel SimpkissStarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayThe boys pretend to be 17 year old teenagers as they attempt to buy cars that it is suited for a 17 year old. However, they are only given a budget of 2500 pounds and they have to buy cars that can be bought and insured for less than 2500 pounds. Richard goes to Abu Dhabi to test out the fastest Lamborghini ever made, the Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV. In addition, It's a race between 2 of the most powerful and fastest cars in the world, the Buggati Veyron VS. the McLaren F1.9/10
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonFollowing a disappointing Valentine's Day, a mix-up in the work experience programme means that Neil gets to work in a newspaper office whilst Will is stuck in a garage, where he gets stripped and thrown in a pond as an initiation ceremony. Unwisely he inadvertently invites a work colleague to the school disco, where Simon gets a pleasant surprise from a female admirer.A run-in with a younger boy, however, means that ultimately the boys end up facing their customary public humiliation.9/10
- DirectorTerry McDonoughStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulBadger is caught by the DEA. Walt and Jesse hire the best criminal lawyer in town, Saul Goodman.9/10
- DirectorCharles HaidStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's disappearance is met with investigation by both his wife and Hank, as Tuco Salamanca intends to leave town with his kidnapped cooks.9/10
- DirectorBill LawrenceStarsZach BraffSarah ChalkeDonald FaisonJ.D. and Turk skip "steak night" to hang out with a dying patient who has no next of kin.9/10
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor.9/10
- DirectorBryan CranstonStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Jesse realize how dire their situation is. They must come up with a plan to kill Tuco before Tuco kills them first.9/10
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulAfter Skinny Pete gets ripped off, Walt makes Jesse go get the money. Meanwhile, Walt's cover story on how Elliott and Gretchen are paying for his medical treatment is on the verge of collapsing.9/10
- 2005– 22mTV-MA9.1 (3.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorFred SavageStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyThe gang takes Dee's new subcompact car and a U-haul on the road with the intentions of hitting the Grand Canyon, and Charlie attempts to expand his horizons.8.5/10
- DirectorPhilip JohnStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsHaving heard television puppet Orville claim that she 'has made it to hospital' Alex attends at a burglary of her future in-laws and 14-year-old spouse-to-be, who obviously fail to recognize her. The thief's fingerprints are those of a crook who faked his death years earlier but has had a sex change, re-emerging as home beautician Gaynor who uses her work to locate victims like the Drakes. Alex is visited by ex-cop Summers, who is also from the 2000s, and who offers her a path home by subscribing to the dodgy Operation Rose, but she is wary, knowing that it implies the corruption Hunt is anxious to kill, following adverse press reports of police behaviour in the wake of the death of Mackintosh and his equally dishonest buddy.8.5/10
- 2008–201024mTV-148.1 (1.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonWill is asked to co-ordinate the school's Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and recruits the other boys to assist, even though Neil and Jay have no idea who the Duke is. Their first task is as volunteers in an old folks' home, where Daisy, Will's pretty ex-baby-sitter, is a care assistant, though his date with her goes wrong after a cruel prank played on him by Jay. And it is Jay's customarily sex-mad behaviour that gets the boys tossed off - an operative phrase - the scheme for good.8.5/10
- DirectorBecky MartinStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbEliza L. BennettMark invites Dobby to a party at his flat, then has to work out how he'll actually organise it. Meanwhile things have gotten a bit frosty between Jez and Elena but he reckons he knows to handle it so she'll come running back to him.8.5/10
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsGypsy car thief Jed dies after Hunt has pursued him in a high speed chase and Hunt and Mackintosh put out a cover-up story to exonerate Hunt. Drugs are found on the corpse and the whole camp is arrested including an old lady who tells Alex's fortune and recognizes her parallel existence. The deceased was known to abuse his pregnant girlfriend Alva and Alex believes that seemingly altruistic local Dr. Battleford, the camp's G.P., fed Jed lethal pills, as he was in love with Alva and is the baby's father. She is eventually proved to be right and Alex and Hunt deliver Alva's child. An even more bizarre alliance is formed when Hunt buys Alex's view that Hales was a pawn in a conspiracy to kill officer Irvine and joins the Masons to gain Mackintosh's confidence.8.5/10
- DirectorBecky MartinStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbOlivia ColmanJeremy starts working at JLB Credit, however the entire UK division of the company gets shut down by the German head office the same day. Mark forms a group to protest against the firings but really wants to impress Dobby.8.5/10
- DirectorPhil AbrahamStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's cancer has greatly improved. Time to celebrate. Meanwhile Jesse tries to meet his new girlfriend's father.8.5/10
- DirectorTerry McDonoughStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Jesse try to come up with alibis for their disappearances.8.5/10
- 2005– 43mTV-MA9.2 (5.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorFred SavageStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyDennis and Dee decide to teach Frank a lesson "A Christmas Carol"-style, and Mac and Charlie learn some shocking things about their childhood Christmas traditions.8.5/10
- DirectorJeffrey BlitzStarsSteve CarellRainn WilsonJohn KrasinskiDwight's too-realistic fire alarm gives Stanley a heart attack. When he returns, Michael learns that he is the cause of Stanley's stress. To remedy the situation, he forces the office to throw a roast for him.8.5/10
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulRumor is spreading that Jesse killed the man that ripped Skinny Pete off. Walt uses this to his advantage on expanding their territory. Meanwhile, Hank has been promoted to the El Paso office. But it's not all he hoped it would be.8.5/10
- DirectorSeth GordonStarsJoel McHaleGillian JacobsDanny PudiJeff hangs out with Senor Chang to get out of an essay, angering the rest of the group. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy search for their missing lab mouse, and Pierce helps Shirley out with a presentation.8.5/10
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed and Barney get an opportunity to run their own bar during a historic blizzard, while Marshall and Lily try to defy the odds and continue one of their cherished traditions.8.5/10
- DirectorAdam DavidsonStarsJoel McHaleGillian JacobsDanny PudiShirley throws a Christmas party for the gang and much to her surprise learns her classmates come from various religious backgrounds. Meanwhile, Jeff is challenged by the school bully and faces the reality that he may fail Spanish 101.8.5/10
- DirectorPhilip JohnStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsColin Mitchell's corpse is found in a canal and his father Stanley points the finger at vicious loan shark Riley who once employed Colin. Alex - witnessing her successful operation in the 2000s via an out of body experience - finds Riley too obvious, even though Colin and his wife Donna were planning to flee the country to escape him, and first Stanley, then Hunt, are assaulted by Riley's goons. Hunt terrorizes Riley in a junk-yard but Alex's belief in his innocence is eventually exonerated. Shazz and Chris, after arguing, agree on their wedding plans.8.5/10
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsAlex and DCI Hunt lead a raid on a construction site where a drug deal is being finalized. They also discover a partially buried body in a bed of freshly poured cement. For Hunt, making the drug bust and finding the the body is just a bit too convenient. He suspects the building site foreman of being up to something but can't quite put his finger on it. He soon realizes however that someone on the team is leaking information and he sets an elaborate trap to learn who it is. Alex meanwhile knows she's about to come out of surgery in her waking life and Summers, the rogue copper from her own time, warns her that her time is running short. She is shocked however when she meets the young PC Summers who approaches Hunt with a story about crooked cops and requesting his assistance.8.5/10
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsPhilip GlenisterKeeley HawesDean AndrewsA voice from the future tells Alex she must fight post-op infection, which she interprets as Summers. Hunt's grass 'Rock Salmon' Doyle is murdered after divulging an upcoming heist, which Alex realizes is Operation Rose, in which corrupt cops will rob a bullion van. She even pinpoints where the crime will take place, correctly leading to successful arrests and several deaths, including Summers. And so she wakes up in hospital in her own time, free at last... except for an annoying face which crops up on her television screen.8.5/10
- DirectorBecky MartinStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbEmily BruniAfter Gail's surprise proposal to Elena, they are soon to have a civil partnership, but Jez won't give up that easily. Sophie is also due to give birth and wants Mark to pass his driving test, unfortunately he gets a bad driving instructor.8/10
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsPeter CapaldiRebecca FrontChris AddisonIn an interview Nicola makes it sound like Tom may be the "right man" for the job, but maybe she is "the right woman", starting a hide-and-seek game with the media. Now she's stuck on her own floor with her team, Ben Swain and Tucker.8/10
- DirectorBecky MartinStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbOlivia ColmanJeremy starts getting to know gorgeous new neighbour Elena and Mark invites Dobby round to the flat one evening. But they are about to find out who the father of Sophie's baby really is.8/10
- DirectorBecky MartinStarsDavid MitchellRobert WebbEmily BruniJeremy finds out that Elena is already in a relationship, but with a woman. This turns him on and he continues seeing her. Johnson invites Mark to join his new management consultancy firm, but Mark starts to question his faith in Johnson.8/10
- 2002–20221hTV-MA8.9 (393)TV EpisodeDirectorPhil ChurchwardBrian KleinNigel SimpkissStarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayThe boys are having an epic race against each other from London to Edinburgh as they find out what Top Gear would look like 60 years ago. James takes the beautiful Jaguar XK120 sports car, Richard chooses the Vincent Black Shadow motorbike and Jeremy chooses the not-so-old but newly built Tornado steam train which represents Britain's steam trains back in the day. Jeremy road test the new Lotus Evora. The Stig takes the Ferrari FXX and sets a new lap time around the Top Gear test track.8/10
- DirectorPhil ChurchwardBrian KleinNigel SimpkissStarsJeremy ClarksonRichard HammondJames MayJeremy and James are told to direct a commercial for the new Volkswagen Sirocco TDI. Richard tests the new Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst edition. Jeremy drives the latest Aston Martin V12 Vantage. The star in the reasonably priced car is Jay Leno.8/10
- 2005– 22mTV-MA8.5 (2.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorFred SavageStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyTaking Dee's advice seriously, Mac and Dennis decide that they're too co-dependent on each other and need to spend time apart. Meanwhile Charlie and Frank help Dee out with a major cat problem in her apartment.8/10
- 2005– 21mTV-MA8.3 (2.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorRandall EinhornStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyFighting a series of traffic tickets, Dennis, along with the rest of the gang, tell the judge about their horrific experiences at Game 5 of the Phillies' world series.8/10
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsPeter CapaldiRebecca FrontChris AddisonNicola is keen to find a famous sports person to front her Healthy Choices campaign but Tucker is officially on holiday - or rather recovering from the result of his spat with Terri. Thus new spin doctor Steve Fleming is brought in and whilst Ollie may regard him as a saviour this is the man Tucker once drummed out of the party. The last thing he wants is to give his old adversary power over him so he hosts a cosy lunch for the press, stressing that, whatever people think, he is still in charge.8/10
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneMona MarshallCartman tries to become a superhero, only to have another fourth grader steal his thunder by becoming one too and becoming more popular.8/10
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed gets around the three-day rule by texting a woman he just met, but he doesn't realize that he's actually texting Barney and Marshall.8/10
- DirectorDean HollandStarsSteve CarellRainn WilsonJohn KrasinskiJust before leaving for New York for a meeting with David Wallace, Michael tells Andy that Angela is having an affair with Dwight. Andy and Dwight then decide to have it out in the parking lot.8/10
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonWill decides the boys should reinvent themselves as trendy clubbers and they drive to London in Simon's car, though to gain entry to the best club in town Simon must swap his trainers for a tramp's filthy old shoes. Neil cuts his penis weeing into a can and when Jay inspects the damage they are ejected as perverts. Can things get any worse for the lads? The wheel-clamping of Simon's car might provide the answer.8/10
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsPeter CapaldiRebecca FrontChris AddisonOpposition minister Peter Mannion comes to visit with his spin doctor Stewart Pearson and ambitious researcher Phil. Pearson is desperate to bring old style Tory Mannion into the twenty-first century but Mannion is the only one of the party unenthusiastic about the visit. Terri is looking forward to new blood taking over the building but for Nicola, anxious to push through her Fourth Sector Path-finder policy, the visit is just another unwelcome diversion to add to the phone calls from her mother and her daughter's school.8/10
- DirectorJames StrongStarsAdrian LesterRobert GlenisterMatt Di AngeloWith a new team ready for action, Mickey focuses on Carlton Wood and Harry Fielding, high tech entrepreneurs who have essentially robbed a small-business of a valuable patent. Ash is worried that their new mates are a little too inexperienced to undertake a complicated con but Mickey decides there's only one way to test their mettle. When they learn that their marks have recently fired their advertising company, causing a delay in the product launch, Mickey decides to set them up by posing as PR consultants and convincing them to sell their new security product as being so secure, users will not have to insure their valuables. The entrepreneurs sell the product to a museum for use on a very valuable painting. Having hooked their marks, they now have to figure out a way to steal the painting.8/10