The BEST episodes directed by James Frawley

The Monkees in the Ring
star
9.45
37 votes

#1 - The Monkees in the Ring

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 20

Davy takes to the ring and becomes a star boxer.

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Captain Crocodile
star
9.28
36 votes

#2 - Captain Crocodile

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 23

The Monkees appear on a children's television show.

1989
star
9.00
2 votes

#3 - 1989

Reunion - Season 1 - Episode 4

A wedding brings out old rivalries as Samantha must finally choose between Craig and Will. At the same time, Will pays the ultimate price for the one crime he did commit, after he brings down the family of a close friend. Aaron returns from Seattle with a secret, and Jenna puts her own career ahead of Carla's. Detective Marjorino learns he's carried a grudge against the wrong man for 20 years, and one of our friends receives an anonymous letter--from someone who claims to know who the murderer is.

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The Monkees in a Ghost Town
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8.96
55 votes

#4 - The Monkees in a Ghost Town

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 7

Stranded in a ghost town, the Monkees are held captive by mobsters.

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Part IV
star
8.81
130 votes

#5 - Part IV

The Practice - Season 1 - Episode 4

A nervous Lindsay prepares for her first appearance before a jury in a wrongful death case against a tobacco company. Elsewhere, Bobby is stunned by the unexpected results of the Ronald Martin murder trial, involving a grieving father, the man's rabbi and the defendant.

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The Arrow That is Not Aimed
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8.74
174 votes

#6 - The Arrow That is Not Aimed

Magnum, P.I. - Season 3 - Episode 14

Higgins sends Magnum to collect a valuable Kenzan porcelain plate, newly purchased by Robin Masters, from the airport, but the artefact, which was entrusted to the care of a Samurai warrior while in transport from Japan, has been stolen. At first, Thomas thinks the whole thing is a joke, especially when the Samurai, Tozan, claims that the plate was stolen by a ninja, but the situation is for real, and the pair team up to try and find the stolen artefact. But they must work fast, as Tozan’s centuries-old culture dictates that he must commit sepuku – which means taking his own life – if the precious plate isn’t retrieved...

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
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8.73
59 votes

#7 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 4

The manager of a rival group goes to extraordinary lengths to keep the Monkees out of a talent contest.

Guns 'R' Us
star
8.63
8 votes

#8 - Guns 'R' Us

Picket Fences - Season 2 - Episode 11

Embarrassed by a prank, Matthew tries to get even with some boys, but the practical joking gets out of hand, which may result in paralysis for him. Meanwhile, budget cuts hit the sheriff's department and Max fills in as sheriff.

Victimless Crimes
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8.57
109 votes

#9 - Victimless Crimes

The Practice - Season 4 - Episode 7

Jimmy defends a remorseless rape victim who murdered her attacker. Lucy is bitten by her dentist while under anesthesia.

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The Movie Mystery
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8.50
4 votes

#10 - The Movie Mystery

Father Dowling Mysteries - Season 3 - Episode 5

Everyone is enjoying the slice of Hollywood as a movie crew uses St. Michael's as a location, until a series of unexplained, and life-threatening, accidents put a damper on the mood. Father Dowling and Sister Steve are enlisted to assist in the investigation while Father Prestwick decides to make his screen debut...as a stand in.

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I Could Write a Book
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8.50
2 votes

#11 - I Could Write a Book

Jake and the Fatman - Season 5 - Episode 5

McCabe concocts a way to solve the murder of an author, whose ex-wife wanted to stop the publishing of his latest novel: a roman à clef.

The Medical Mystery
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8.50
2 votes

#12 - The Medical Mystery

Father Dowling Mysteries - Season 3 - Episode 2

The local hospital is the scene of some 'extra' deaths when Father Dowling and Sister Steve uncover a string of mystery murders. Father Prestwick insists on helping out and almost becomes the next victim.

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Fairy Tale
star
8.29
7 votes

#13 - Fairy Tale

The Monkees - Season 2 - Episode 16

The Monkees appear in a fairytale in which Peter pursues a young princess.

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Monkee See, Monkee Die
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8.27
74 votes

#14 - Monkee See, Monkee Die

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 2

The Monkees must spend the night in a haunted castle.

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The Christmas Mystery
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8.25
4 votes

#15 - The Christmas Mystery

Father Dowling Mysteries - Season 3 - Episode 10

There's a murder attempt on a woman who has left her son in the temporary care of St. Michael's and the search for the culprit leads to a department store on Christmas Eve.

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Lost in the System
star
8.22
9 votes

#16 - Lost in the System

Judging Amy - Season 4 - Episode 1

Amy and Michael agree to work out Lauren's custody with a mediator; Maxine and Kimberly clash over a child lost in the system; Jared returns from China to get an answer from Maxine; Lauren fears that their apartment is haunted and Amy begins to agree with her; appearing before Amy in court as the caseworker for a teenaged mother, Maxine gives an impassioned plea which provides Amy with food for thought about not only the girl, but Amy's relationships with Maxine and Lauren; Bruce runs into Amy and spurns her offer of friendship, but later relents most emphatically.

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Reach for the Sky
star
8.18
36 votes

#17 - Reach for the Sky

Scarecrow and Mrs. King - Season 3 - Episode 8

Billy, against the advice of Lee, tries to prove a friend was murdered in connection with international electronic cash transfers.

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Escape from Death Island
star
8.14
7 votes

#18 - Escape from Death Island

Tales of the Gold Monkey - Season 1 - Episode 6

Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.

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The Royal Flush
star
8.09
101 votes

#19 - The Royal Flush

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 1

The Monkees help a pretty princess who is endangered by her evil uncle.

The Bridge
star
8.08
322 votes

#20 - The Bridge

Dirty Sexy Money - Season 1 - Episode 5

Nick finds he has a lot in common with Simon, Tripp's nemesis. In a case of sibling rivalry Jeremy and Juliet decide to try and outdo each other for their separate birthday parties. Brian Jr. wants to tell Brian's wife the truth. Karen tries to get Freddy into a fancy country club.

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Suspicious Minds
star
8.03
39 votes

#21 - Suspicious Minds

Melrose Place - Season 1 - Episode 32

The apartment building goes up for sale. Lucy resigns from D&D, and tells Amanda and Alison that promotions may be in their future. Amanda asks Alison to keep her pregnancy under wraps, but Alison lets it slip while out drinking with a colleague to make Billy jealous. Amanda denies the man's allegations. She later suffers a miscarriage while working late with Alison. Billy and Amanda grow closer as he consoles her, and he is torn between the two women. An unidentified individual begins harassing Alison. Keith returns to Los Angeles, completely obsessed with Alison. Michael and Jane rekindle their romance during a weekend getaway. Jo tries to dodge Jake's discussions of commitment. She is arrested for carrying a concealed weapon while working on a photo essay about the homeless. Jake is enraged to learn that she went back on her promise to get rid of the gun. Rhonda proposes to Terrence. Keith stakes out Alison's apartment, and attacks Billy from behind with a tire iron. While Billy is

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Victim Soul
star
8.00
19 votes

#22 - Victim Soul

Judging Amy - Season 1 - Episode 4

Amy must determine if a comatose boy who is believed to have healing powers is being abused by his grandmother; Maxine clashes with her supervisor over taking an underfed little girl away from her anorexic mother; Vincent begins a relationship with an older woman.

Maxine, Interrupted
star
8.00
6 votes

#23 - Maxine, Interrupted

Judging Amy - Season 4 - Episode 15

Maxine's reunion with Sally Godwin, her college classmate and former co-worker in the social work trenches, comes under strain after the up-and-coming politician reveals that she's back in town to evaluate Maxine's performance, and they clash over the case of a child with a sexually transmitted disease; a father testifies on behalf of his teenage daughter who appears before Amy for conspiring in his attempted murder; Bruce utilizes Donna's assistance in a creative approach to mediating the divorce of an elderly couple fighting over custody of their pet parrot.

The Wrong Man
star
8.00
8 votes

#24 - The Wrong Man

Judging Amy - Season 5 - Episode 5

Still grieving over the loss of Jared, Maxine finds it difficult to listen to Amy and Stu plan their wedding; Bruce is less than thrilled working for Judge Bell; Gillian is sad and irritable that she's having difficulty bonding to Walt, and can't seem to talk to Peter about what's troubling her; Kyle feels betrayed when Lily makes her decision about the new attending physician; Amy teaches Lauren and her friends a harsh lesson about popularity, friendship, and the cruelty of cliques; after Zola seeks Amy's help in reaching out to Bruce, he confesses that her role in the Jason Darby case may have put an end to their relationship; Kyle is put in legal jeopardy when he saves the life of a man injured in a bar fight; Maxine overcomes her initial skepticism about the latest claims coming from a young boy known for filing false complaints against the men in his mother's life, and discovers that this latest accusation may have merit, much to the dismay of the boy's mother, who doesn't wa

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Dream a Little Dream
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8.00
5 votes

#25 - Dream a Little Dream

Judging Amy - Season 6 - Episode 13

Amy oversees an emotional case involving a 13-year-old boy with a history of violent behavior who shot and killed his grandfather who was suffering from terminal lung cancer; Maxine uncovers a human smuggling operation while following up on a report of a young boy being beaten numerous times; Vincent witnesses the gunning down of a prostitute by her pimp; Meanwhile, Amy and David search for the perfect house to start their life together in.

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Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman
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8.00
5 votes

#26 - Pass the Potatoes, Ethel Merman

That Girl - Season 2 - Episode 1

Ann is overwhelmed to find herself on stage with Ethel Merman.

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Every Day a Little Death
star
8.00
11 votes

#27 - Every Day a Little Death

Chicago Hope - Season 2 - Episode 4

Billy arrives home just in time to save his dog Gordie from the fire that's engulfed his apartment, and ends up rooming with a reluctant Danny until he can find a new place to live; when a teething Alicia keeps her father up at nights, an exhausted Alan is thrilled when Diane offers to help out; when a racist teenager on the transplant list refuses the heart of a murdered black teenager, the hospital offers it to another candidate, but the boy's mother sues to have the heart transplanted into her son; Alan decides to get back into the social swing by asking Diane out on a date; Kate's inattention to pre-op labs results in the post-op death of the transplant patient; Danny overcomes his dislike of Gordie long enough to notice that he's critically ill, and by acting quickly, saves the dog's life.

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Hansel And Gretel
star
8.00
4 votes

#28 - Hansel And Gretel

Faerie Tale Theatre - Season 2 - Episode 6

A mean and selfish stepmother convinces her husband that if they are to keep from starving he must abandon his children in the woods. Lost and Hungry the children come across a wonderful gingerbread cottage covered with candy and icing. Unknown to them the house is owned by an evil witch who uses it to trap boys and girls lost in the wood. She captures the children with the intent on baking them up in her oven-- but Gretal decides to try some home cooking herself!

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Full Moon
star
8.00
9 votes

#29 - Full Moon

Chicago Hope - Season 1 - Episode 21

As Jeffrey's anxieties grow over having a relationship with Geri, so does his model train layout, and he finds a fellow aficionado of the rails in Alan; after a terminally ill Charles Ellis is readmitted to the hospital with appendicitis, Dennis continues to honor his wish to stay alive as long as possible by fighting valiantly to get him the appendectomy he desperately needs; during the dinner party he arranges so that Geri and Laurie could meet, Jeffrey has a major meltdown after Laurie gets to the core of his problems with intimacy.

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Eden
star
8.00
4 votes

#30 - Eden

Vengeance Unlimited - Season 1 - Episode 3

A young couple is framed for drug dealing, just so that the local sheriff can confiscate their boat. The husband protests and is shot. A deputy who doesn't like being involved in bloodshed is murdered and the body is hidden. Then Chapel enters the picture. He starts by trying to sow dissension in the group - claiming that another deputy is talking to the feds, while the mayor's phone records say that he also has been talking to the police. Soon the group starts making demands on Chapel to back up his story, which may result in Chapel having to kill his client.

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Accountability
star
7.89
9 votes

#31 - Accountability

Judging Amy - Season 6 - Episode 1

With all three of her children living once again under the same roof with her, Maxine finally decides to let them be the grownups that they are (horseplay notwithstanding) and fix their own breakfasts; the ceiling in Amy's courtroom collapses, and she is sentenced to a stint in Accountability court, which she deems a punishment for her ruling in the Casey Ives matter; shortly after his return from New Mexico, David is devastated to discover that the man who holds the secret to his wife's murder has died; Ignacio asks Amy to plead his case with Maxine; Sean asks Maxine to track down the missing placement records on a little boy, and they discover that there's no trace of him anywhere; Heather visits Kyle to ask his forgiveness, announce that she's entering into a treatment program, and tell him about their son, but he doesn't believe any of it; Maxine relents her stance on Ignacio a little by allowing him to fix the broken sprinklers in the garden; Amy tries to figure out what's behind

Rembrandt's Girl
star
7.88
163 votes

#32 - Rembrandt's Girl

Magnum, P.I. - Season 4 - Episode 14

Magnum is hired by a bank teller from Robin Master's bank to investigate her father, world-famous counterfeiter Herbie "Rembrandt" Norton, who has recently been released from penitentiary and whom she suspects has returned to counterfeiting after coming into large amounts of money since his release. Before starting investigations, the pair go to retrieve a book for Higgins from a safe deposit box at the bank, but the woman accidentally locks them in the vault, and with the time-release door and a slowly dwindling air supply, the pair are trapped inside... Meanwhile, spurred on by getting the potentially lucrative case, Thomas had promised to take Rick and T.C. for a luxurious weekend away, but unaware that Magnum is trapped in the vault at the bank, they are annoyed to presume that he has gone without them, and - with T.C. having problems with his girl-friend - they decide to hold a party at Magnum's guest house - which does not go down well with Higgins, who is holding a meditation we

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Motion Sickness
star
7.88
8 votes

#33 - Motion Sickness

Judging Amy - Season 5 - Episode 1

When Amy is transferred to criminal court, Bruce stays behind in juvenile court, and she inherits Spencer, an insolent clerk; Lauren has an extremely unhappy first day at junior high, but things brighten up on day two when, much to her mother's dismay, she finds a boyfriend who is a year older; after accepting Stuart's proposal, Amy begins to have nightmares about the wedding; recently unemployed as a result of budget cuts, Donna helps Peter care for his sons while Gillian languishes in a coma; Ellen, D.C.F.'s newest employee, uses her experience as a former foster child to help Maxine deal with a teenager who's run away from her foster home; fed up with his impudence and disloyalty, Amy fires Spencer and hires Donna, who's recently graduated from law school; Amy's predecessor in the criminal division threatens her with retribution after she considers overturning his decision to suppress evidence in a capital murder case; Gillian finally emerges from her coma.

Family Connections
star
7.88
8 votes

#34 - Family Connections

Cagney & Lacey - Season 5 - Episode 16

Cagney meets the new woman in her father's life; Isbecki regrets his lack of a family life; and, after a wild ride to the hospital, the Laceys welcome a new family member.

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Some Like It Lukewarm
star
7.83
6 votes

#35 - Some Like It Lukewarm

The Monkees - Season 2 - Episode 24

Davy dresses as a woman so that the Monkees can enter a lucrative band contest.

The Monkees on the Line
star
7.83
6 votes

#36 - The Monkees on the Line

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 28

The boys take a job at a phone-answering service.

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A Time to Kill
star
7.83
12 votes

#37 - A Time to Kill

Chicago Hope - Season 3 - Episode 7

Aaron faces a huge moral dilemma when he's asked to operate on a death-row inmate scheduled to be executed in two weeks. McNeil treats a feisty old lady whose daughter is an old flame os his. Dr. Watters entertains an amnesiac, believing that he's a distinguished visiting doctor.

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The Picture Frame
star
7.82
11 votes

#38 - The Picture Frame

The Monkees - Season 2 - Episode 2

The boys are tricked into robbing a bank, thinking they are appearing in a movie.

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A Nice Place to Visit
star
7.82
11 votes

#39 - A Nice Place to Visit

The Monkees - Season 2 - Episode 1

When the Monkees' car breaks down in Mexico, Davy falls in love with a pretty waitress.

Pilot
star
7.80
100 votes

#40 - Pilot

Ed - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ed Stevens has just been fired for misplacing a comma in a 500 page contract, which cost his law firm employer millions of dollars. When he arrives home to give his wife the bad news, he finds her in bed with the mailman. He decides to pack it all in and head back to his hometown of Stuckeyville, Ohio. When he runs into Carol Vessey, the girl of his high school dreams who is now an English teacher at Stuckeyville High School, he decides to stick around and purchase the local bowling alley, where he sets up a law practice. Ed moves in with his best friend Mike and Mike's wife Nancy who are adjusting to life with a new baby. Still intent upon winning over Carol, Ed dons a suit of armor and enters her classroom carrying flowers and seeking a date. Although she is dating another faculty member, Carol agrees.

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End Game
star
7.79
13 votes

#41 - End Game

Melrose Place - Season 1 - Episode 26

Billy's father dies of a heart attack. Amanda tries to exploit Billy's vulnerable state to seduce him, and then shows up at the funeral in an attempt to score points with her ex. Alison flies back from Seattle to comfort Billy. Billy feels that he let his father down, and decides to take over the furniture store. His mother says that she has sold the store to the employees, and that she wants Billy to use his writing gifts. She gives Billy a letter in which his father expressed his pride in him. Billy drives Alison to the airport, but she decides to move back to Los Angeles. Michael tries to convince Kimberly to move in with Billy, but she declines. She explains that seeing the death of his father reminded her of how much involvement she would have in his life if they were roommates. Michael lies about going to the hospital and instead helps Kimberly with a plumbing problem. She offers him dinner and tries to come on to him, but he resists. Billy's family tragedy prompts Matt to

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The Devil and Peter Tork
star
7.78
9 votes

#42 - The Devil and Peter Tork

The Monkees - Season 2 - Episode 20

Peter sells his soul to the devil to gain the ability to play the harp.

One Man Shy
star
7.73
11 votes

#43 - One Man Shy

The Monkees - Season 1 - Episode 13

Mike. Micky and Davy help shy Peter woo a pretty debutante.

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How to Dial a Murder
star
7.72
353 votes

#44 - How to Dial a Murder

Columbo - Season 7 - Episode 4

A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.

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CSO: Hartford
star
7.71
7 votes

#45 - CSO: Hartford

Judging Amy - Season 4 - Episode 22

On ""Take Your Daughter to Work Day"", Lauren learns how lucky she is when she spends the afternoon with Maxine, and Rebecca becomes seriously injured after she falls during a seizure; Kyle continues to drink; Stu reassures Amy that she's a permanent part of his life after she fails to make a fabulous first impression during lunch with his opinionated mother; Bruce struggles to get a boy discharged from probation; after begging Lily to rehire Heather, Kyle is shocked when she refuses to return; Heather and Zola let the men in their lives know that they've got romance on their minds.

The Song That Never Ends
star
7.71
7 votes

#46 - The Song That Never Ends

Judging Amy - Season 5 - Episode 17

Kyle disregards Maxine's advice at his own peril when he bends the rules for a new mother who wants to hold her newborn baby just once before she's returned to prison; when the tension and awkwardness between Amy and David as they keep bumping into each other in the court house becomes more than she can bear, Amy withdraws her consent to the breakup and they decide to reconcile; Matthew asks Gillian out on a date, and she nervously turns him down until she seeks out Donna for some single mother bonding and realizes what she really wants to do; Maxine asks Ignatio to family dinner, and is surprised when he shows up with a disapproving Isabel in tow; Kyle is wary when Todd offers a hand in friendship; Amy devises a creative way to allow a young mother to retain custody of her children as she struggles to earn a living hampered by idiotic provisions of the ""Welfare to Work"" program.

Victimless Crime
star
7.71
7 votes

#47 - Victimless Crime

Cagney & Lacey - Season 3 - Episode 3

Cagney and Lacey investigate the death of a man at a porno filming site; and a visiting French policeman makes overtures toward Lacey.

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Exit Stage Centre
star
7.71
7 votes

#48 - Exit Stage Centre

Cagney & Lacey - Season 5 - Episode 19

An investigation of an actress's apparent suicide reveals several murder suspects; Cagney makes an interesting date; and Harvey reveals a secret from his past to Mary Beth.

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With the Greatest of Ease
star
7.69
16 votes

#49 - With the Greatest of Ease

Chicago Hope - Season 1 - Episode 4

Jeffrey tells Nadine about Laurie's schizophrenia and the death of his son; Aaron and Camille grieve about their impending divorce; several members of a family of trapeze artists are brought into the hospital in critical condition after a devastating accident during a circus performance; one of Aaron's former patients reveals his bigotry when he refuses to allow Nadine to remove his diseased gall bladder and insists that Aaron or another Jewish surgeon perform the procedure; Jeffrey exhibits signs of a meltdown when, in the space of a few hours, outrageous conduct in a nightclub gets him mistakenly arrested for soliciting a prostitute and he vandalizes the car of a man who stole his parking space; Phillip incorrectly attributes Aaron's angry outburst at one patient minutes after losing another young patient in surgery to tensions with Camille, and threatens to fire Camille if there's a recurrence.

Speed Demon
star
7.68
429 votes

#50 - Speed Demon

Ghost Whisperer - Season 2 - Episode 14

Melinda's Jeep breaks down on a deserted road and a young woman who owns an auto shop comes by to help. Melinda meets a ghost who comes to her in the form of a skeleton. Melinda must first decipher the mysterious code that is linked to the drag racing society. Melinda finds that Ned is involved with the society and needs his help. Ned lies to his mom and sneaks out to go to the drag races. At the end the ghost finds closure and crosses over into the light.

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