The Best of Spin City

The Best of SPIN CITY (ABC)

Creators: Gary David Goldberg, Bill Lawrence

Seasons: 6 Episodes: 145 Years: 1996-2002

Premise: The NY mayor’s fun staff do constant damage control

My 20 Standout Episodes

1. Pilot S01E01 | #01

Michael deals with a garbage strike & the mayor’s comments about gays

2. An Affair to Remember S01E17 | #17

James edits a birthday video; Mike tries to hide the mayor’s affair

3. They Shoot Horses Don’t They S02E11 | #35

The Mayor’s daughter participates in an animal rights demonstration

4. Bye Bye Birdie S02E21 | #45

Pranks are played during the bachelor/bachelorette parties

5. Dead Dog Talking S03E01 | #49

Carter adopts Rags; Paul teaches Stacy to cheat; Mike saves a baby

6. Gone with the Wind S03E03 | #51

Mike can’t keep his Heidi Klum relationship a secret; James’ cow dies

7. Quest for Fire S03E08 | #56

The torch carrier is lost; Nikki’s boyfriend is fake; Paul is ‘black’

8. The Kidneys All Right S03E09 | #57

The mayor promises a kidney to a child, but Mike has to step in

9. Internal Affairs S03E16 | #64

Nikki is arrested while meeting with Mike; the boys go on a stakeout

10. Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Make-Out Party 99 S03E17 | #65

Diedre sues Stuart for sexual harassment, Stacy’s aunt likes James

11. Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day S03E18 | #66

Mike’s political mentor returns but is too religious; Rags dies

12. Casino S04E14 | #88

Paul messes up a raffle; Stuart and Carter blackmail Caitlin

13. Don’t Get On the Bus S04E21 | #95

Mike hits Caitlin’s fiancé with a bus, Paul & James imitate Carter

14. The Commitments S04E24 | #98

Mike abstains from sex with Caitlin; the Mayor poses with Rags

15. Goodbye, Part I & II S04E25-26| #99 & #100

Mike jumps on the grenade with the Mayor is tied to organized crime

16. Hello Charlie S05E01 | #101

Charlie is hired and already has a few crises on his hands

17. Science Friction S05E20 | #120

The Mayor does a media boycott; Caitlin attends a sci- fi conference

18. The Arrival / A Tree Falls in Manhattan

S06E01-02 | #124 & #125

Mike returns and needs to help the Mayor in an affair and kills a tree

19. Rags to Riches S06E14 | #137

Charlie’s father comes by to defraud the government

20. A Friend in Need S06E22 | #145

Charlie & Caitlin try to hide the fact that they had sex in the Mayor’s office

My Top Five

1. Gone with the Wind

2. Quest for Fire

3. An Affair to Remember

4. The Commitments

5. Science Friction