List of Popular (TV series) episodes

This page lists the episodes of the 1999–2001 television comedy-drama Popular. There were a total of 43 episodes in this series.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	22	September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29)	May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)
2	21	September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22)	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)

Episodes

Season 1 (1999–2000)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Phantom Menace"	Brian Robbins	Ryan Murphy	September 29, 1999 (1999-09-29)	1PO101	4.96^[1]
2	2	"Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems"	Michael M. Robin	Ryan Murphy	September 30, 1999 (1999-09-30)	1PO102	3.29^[1]
3	3	"Under Siege"	Perry Lang	Ryan Murphy	October 7, 1999 (1999-10-07)	1PO103	3.93^[2]
4	4	"Windstruck"	Jamie Babbit	Oliver Goldstick	October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)	1PO104	3.39^[3]
5	5	"Slumber Party Massacre"	Michael M. Robin	Wendy MacLeod	October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21)	1PO105	3.42^[4]
6	6	"Truth or Consequences"	Marc Buckland	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	November 4, 1999 (1999-11-04)	1PO106	3.46^[5]
7	7	"Queen B."	Matthew Harrison	Ryan Murphy	November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11)	1PO107	3.43^[6]
8	8	"Tonight's the Night"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and Ryan Murphy	November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18)	1PO108	3.68^[7]
9	9	"Wild Wild Mess"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	December 2, 1999 (1999-12-02)	1PO109	3.52^[8]
10	10	"Fall on Your Knees"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09)	1PO110	3.36^[9]
11	11	"Ex, Lies and Videotape"	Arvin Brown	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13)	1PO111	2.92^[10]
12	12	"The Trial of Emory Dick"	Perry Lang	Oliver Goldstick	January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20)	1PO112	3.24^[11]
13	13	"Hope in a Jar"	David Petrarca	Wendy MacLeod	January 27, 2000 (2000-01-27)	1PO113	4.31^[12]
14	14	"Caged!"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03)	1PO114	3.04^[13]
15	15	"Booty Camp"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	February 10, 2000 (2000-02-10)	1PO115	3.08^[14]
16	16	"All About Adam"	Perry Lang	Wendy MacLeod & Ryan Murphy	February 17, 2000 (2000-02-17)	1PO116	2.98^[15]
17	17	"Lord of the Files"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	February 24, 2000 (2000-02-24)	1PO117	3.33^[16]
18	18	"Ch-Ch-Changes"	Craig Zisk	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	April 20, 2000 (2000-04-20)	1PO118	2.29^[17]
19	19	"Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	April 27, 2000 (2000-04-27)	1PO119	2.59^[18]
20	20	"We Are Family"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy & Deidre Strohm	May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04)	1PO120	2.09^[19]
21	21	"What Makes Sammy Run"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11)	1PO121	2.12^[20]
22	22	"Two Weddings and a Funeral"	Lev L. Spiro	Ryan Murphy	May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)	1PO122	2.38^[21]

Season 2 (2000–2001)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Viewers (millions)
23	1	"Timber!"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	September 22, 2000 (2000-09-22)	2PO201	1.91^[22]
24	2	"Baby, Don't Do It"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	2PO202	2.22^[23]
25	3	"Citizen Shame"	Lev L. Spiro	Oliver Goldstick	October 6, 2000 (2000-10-06)	2PO203	2.98^[24]
26	4	"The Sweetest Taboo"	Craig Zisk	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)	2PO204	2.33^[25]
27	5	"Joe Loves Mary Cherry"	Jamie Babbit	James Duff & Ryan Murphy	October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)	2PO205	2.35^[26]
28	6	"Style and Substance Abuse (Part 1 of 2)"	Elodie Keene	Ryan Murphy	November 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)	2PO206	3.28^[27]
29	7	"Ur-ine Trouble (Part 2 of 2)"	Michael M. Robin	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	November 10, 2000 (2000-11-10)	2PO207	2.79^[28]
30	8	"Misery Loathes Company"	Craig Zisk	Oliver Goldstick & Deidre Strohm	November 17, 2000 (2000-11-17)	2PO208	3.39^[29]
31	9	"Are You There God? It's Me, Ann-Margret"	Aaron E. Schneider	Oliver Goldstick	December 8, 2000 (2000-12-08)	2PO209	2.99^[30]
32	10	"The Consequences of Falling"	Michael M. Robin	Ryan Murphy	December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15)	2PO210	2.36^[31]
33	11	"Fire in the Hole"	Randy Miller	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19)	2PO211	2.45^[32]
34	12	"The Shocking Possession"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26)	2PO212	2.80^[33]
35	13	"Mary Charity"	Lawrence Trilling	James Duff	February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)	2PO213	2.61^[34]
36	14	"The News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy	February 23, 2001 (2001-02-23)	2PO214	2.36^[35]
37	15	"It's Greek to Me"	Jamie Babbit	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	March 2, 2001 (2001-03-02)	2PO215	2.65^[36]
38	16	"Fag"	Elodie Keene	Deidre Strohm	March 9, 2001 (2001-03-09)	2PO216	2.38^[37]
39	17	"Coup"	Jamie Babbit	Ari Posner & Eric Preven	March 16, 2001 (2001-03-16)	2PO217	2.21^[38]
40	18	"The Brain Game"	Craig Zisk	James Duff	April 27, 2001 (2001-04-27)	2PO218	1.97^[39]
41	19	"I Know What You Did Last Spring Break!"	Ryan Murphy	Ryan Murphy & Tim Wollaston	May 4, 2001 (2001-05-04)	2PO219	2.67^[40]
42	20	"You Don't Mess Around with Big Bertha"	Lawrence Trilling	Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz	May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)	2PO220	2.29^[41]
43	21	"Promblems"	Jamie Babbit	Ryan Murphy	May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18)	2PO221	2.62^[42]

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