The BEST episodes directed by Peter Baldwin

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
star
8.75
8 votes

#1 - The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Arli$$ - Season 1 - Episode 11

As a kid, Arliss idolized Hall of Fame outfielder Rocky Framaggio so much that he still carries around the Rock's rookie card. And now, after a chance meeting at the racetrack, Arliss decides to help the downtrodden Rock make some scratch and get back on his feet. But after the Rock strikes out at three job attempts, Arliss comes up with a stroke of marketing genius.

The Company Takeover
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8.67
12 votes

#2 - The Company Takeover

Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 19

Cutbacks at United Robotronics have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs.

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Rated X
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8.66
40 votes

#3 - Rated X

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 24

After Lamont, Rollo and Fred unwittingly show up at an adult movie shoot, a police raid lands them all in jail.

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Quarterback Sneak
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8.62
21 votes

#4 - Quarterback Sneak

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 9

Marcia's new beau, the quarterback of the rival Fairview team, uses her to get to Greg's Westdale playbook.

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Slightly Dishonorable
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8.58
12 votes

#5 - Slightly Dishonorable

Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 9

Jamie uses Vicki to do his homework and gets on the school honor roll.

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Marcia Gets Creamed
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8.56
19 votes

#6 - Marcia Gets Creamed

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 7

Marcia loves her new job at the ice cream parlor -- until the shiftless Peter fouls things up and Jan outperforms her.

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Good Ol' Lou
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8.50
10 votes

#7 - Good Ol' Lou

Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 20

Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese coworker loses a record amount of weight.

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No Room in the Garage
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8.50
10 votes

#8 - No Room in the Garage

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 9

A pregnant Spanish woman comes in the garage and Ed thinks that she is looking for him because he thinks that Chico may be the father of the unborn child.

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Bury the Hatchet
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8.50
2 votes

#9 - Bury the Hatchet

In the House - Season 3 - Episode 4

Marion helps an obnoxious football player facing a career-ending injury. Meanwhile, Tiffany convinces Tonia to flirt with a client.

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E Pluribus Used Car
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8.50
10 votes

#10 - E Pluribus Used Car

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 6

Louis gives Ed and Chico his used car to sell which gives Chico the idea of selling used cars as a part of Ed's business.

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Borrowed Trouble
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8.42
12 votes

#11 - Borrowed Trouble

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 5

Chico tries to persuade Ed to take a loan from the bank to improve conditions of customer service.

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Friends and Lovers
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8.29
7 votes

#12 - Friends and Lovers

My Two Dads - Season 1 - Episode 5

Nicole fixes Michael up with a neighbor, which amuses him then confuses him as their pairing becomes more and more ""comfortable.""

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Veterans
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8.27
11 votes

#13 - Veterans

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 8

Chico and Ed try getting Veterans financing from the Government.

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Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?
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8.27
11 votes

#14 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Lunch?

Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 24

Libby has been suffering from stomach pangs and Grace finds out they are from a stress-related ulcer.

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Trust Me
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8.27
70 votes

#15 - Trust Me

Benson - Season 1 - Episode 2

Katie sneaks off to a rock concert while under Benson's watch.

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New Suit
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8.25
12 votes

#16 - New Suit

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ed does not want to attend his former Army reunion.

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Wally the Wimp
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8.13
8 votes

#17 - Wally the Wimp

Small Wonder - Season 2 - Episode 21

Joan invites Wally Crandal, a former 90-pound weakling college classmate, over for dinner to meet his former school tormentor: Ted, who rigs Vicki to play even crueler tricks. Only Ted's unaware that Wally's grown into a top pro wrestler.

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Crazy Like a Fox
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8.11
9 votes

#18 - Crazy Like a Fox

Small Wonder - Season 2 - Episode 6

When Jamie is taken by a slick curbside vendor with a bad mini-TV, Ted goes after him for reparations -- and gets conned himself.

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Natural Causes
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8.10
10 votes

#19 - Natural Causes

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 11

When Ed hears about a death of an friend, he begins to think that he may be the next one to meet his maker.

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Feeb
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8.08
24 votes

#20 - Feeb

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 2 - Episode 16

An incompetent waitress is fired after Mary complains about her poor service and Mary feels obliged to hire her when she applies for an assistant's job at WJM-TV.

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Come Fly with Me
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8.03
265 votes

#21 - Come Fly with Me

ALF - Season 1 - Episode 26

When Mr. Ochmonek becomes sick during a flight, ALF flies the plane.

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Lifestyle
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8.00
12 votes

#22 - Lifestyle

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 7

Ed thinks that something kinky was going on between Chico and his girlfriend when he caught them in the back seat of Chico's van.....but was Ed just jumping to conclusions?

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The Georgette Story
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8.00
17 votes

#23 - The Georgette Story

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 3 - Episode 18

Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.

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I Only Have You for Eyes
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8.00
2 votes

#24 - I Only Have You for Eyes

In the House - Season 3 - Episode 3

Overwhelmed by Tonia's demands on their time, Marion and Maxwell conspire to get themselves off her daily social calendar by fixing her up with Gary, the water delivery man. But when the first date lands him in the emergency room, the guys have trouble convincing Gary to go out with Tonia a second time. With the promise to 100 free gym hours sweetening the pot, Gary agrees to see Tonia again, and Marion and Maxwell decide to go along to make sure things go smoothly. But Tonia is on to their plan and has one of her own.

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The Dropout
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7.98
36 votes

#25 - The Dropout

The Brady Bunch - Season 2 - Episode 1

Don Drysdale's tips for Greg on his baseball playing go to his head. Which leads to Greg deciding to not go to college and he even starts to think about dropping out of high school.

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La Cucaracha
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7.97
288 votes

#26 - La Cucaracha

ALF - Season 1 - Episode 25

A cockroach from ALF's spaceship grows to gigantic proportions

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Wine, Women and Aunt Esther (a.k.a.) Leaving the Nest
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7.96
43 votes

#27 - Wine, Women and Aunt Esther (a.k.a.) Leaving the Nest

Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 13

After the death of a friend, Fred and his buddies throw a party to feel young again but run out of gas long before they can make time with a group of younger women.

My Nightmare, the Car
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7.96
147 votes

#28 - My Nightmare, the Car

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 2 - Episode 20

Since neither Val's parents nor Sabrina's aunts will allow them to have a car, the two teens cook up an ingenious scheme to share the costs and responsibilities for a single vehicle. Working their timetables to fit puts an intolerable strain on their friendship, however; and when the car conks out, Sabrina gives in to Salem's suggestion and buys a car for a ridiculously low price in the Other Realm. Trouble is, this old clunker has a mind and a voice of its own, which makes hiding it from Sabrina's aunts a real problem, particularly when it keeps transporting itself to her bedroom. Meanwhile, Hilda and Zelda are distracted by their own problems: they are being audited, and discover that their trusted accountant Marty has skipped town with all of their magic.

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A Home is Not Necessarily a House
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7.95
75 votes

#29 - A Home is Not Necessarily a House

The Bob Newhart Show - Season 1 - Episode 20

Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.

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Lamont, Is That You?
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7.94
47 votes

#30 - Lamont, Is That You?

Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 6

After Bubba spots Lamont and Rollo mistakenly entering a gay bar, an incredulous Fred tries to find out if his son has become a homosexual.

The Return of the Barracuda
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7.92
57 votes

#31 - The Return of the Barracuda

Sanford and Son - Season 1 - Episode 13

With Fred and Donna once again planning marriage, Lamont cooks up a scheme to drive them apart.

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Old Dog
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7.92
24 votes

#32 - Old Dog

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ed thinks that he lost his mechanic skills.

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The Suitcase Case
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7.92
67 votes

#33 - The Suitcase Case

Sanford and Son - Season 1 - Episode 12

Fred and Lamont find a large sum of money in an old suitcase but are soon visited by a gunman intent on taking the treasure.

Second Thoughts
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7.91
22 votes

#34 - Second Thoughts

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ed has second thoughts about hiring Chico and tries as best as he can to get rid of him.

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The Light Housekeeper
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7.90
36 votes

#35 - The Light Housekeeper

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 14

Lamont and Fred hire a maid who'd rather relax than work.

Pot Luck
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7.90
38 votes

#36 - Pot Luck

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 22

Lamont tries to turn a fast buck on a commode that he thinks is a valuable antique.

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Presenting the Three Degrees
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7.89
44 votes

#37 - Presenting the Three Degrees

Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 4

Rollo and Lamont convince Fred to let their three-girl singing act stay at the house, but Fred and his rowdy friends ruin the opening performance.

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Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years
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7.89
240 votes

#38 - Hilda and Zelda: the Teenage Years

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 1 - Episode 15

When Sabrina is disappointed that her aunts won't let her stay out late to see a famous rock band (Violent Femmes), Hilda and Zelda decide to transform themselves into teenage chaperones as a compromise. But they're the ones causing the trouble when "Hillary" clashes with a security guard (played by Bubba Smith) and a high-school boy falls for "Zellery." After proving that even teenage aunts can be embarrassing, they apologize by giving Sabrina her very first flying lesson -- aboard a vacuum cleaner.

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White Lies
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7.88
103 votes

#39 - White Lies

The Wonder Years - Season 6 - Episode 6

Some people never find true love, but Kevin believes he did. He had what most people search all their lives for, but he blew it. When Winnie comes over for a study session while his parents were away, Kevin wants to relationship to go further. Winnie sees through his plan. She does stay, but they just fall asleep together. The next day, though, he tells his friends a different story. When Winnie finds out, she dumps him.

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To Tell a Mortal
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7.88
256 votes

#40 - To Tell a Mortal

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 2 - Episode 10

It's Friday the 13th, which Sabrina learns is the day witches can tell mortals the truth about themselves because everyone's memories will be wiped clean once the day ends. Despite warnings from her aunts about bad consequences, Sabrina decides she can trust Valerie and Harvey to take the news in stride, and grants them each a wish: Valerie gets to dance with Drew Carey, and Harvey gets to meet baseball giant Mark Langston. But there's inevitably trouble: Libby overhears the news and alerts both the PTA and the media. Happily, Valerie and Harvey save Sabrina's bacon, proving that they are true friends even though they will now forget her secret again.

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Out of This World
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7.85
21 votes

#41 - Out of This World

The Brady Bunch - Season 5 - Episode 16

After meeting an astronaut, Bobby and Peter claim to have spotted a UFO and camp out in the backyard to get it on film.

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Blood Is Thicker Than Junk
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7.85
47 votes

#42 - Blood Is Thicker Than Junk

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 10

A fed-up Lamont quits the business and takes a job with a competitor while Fred tries to replace his son.

The Charlotte Letter
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7.84
32 votes

#43 - The Charlotte Letter

Dream On - Season 2 - Episode 12

Martin's new girlfriend of three weeks, Charlotte, has a porn star past. Martin learns from Eddie. Charlotte reveals that her biggest secret is that she cannot drive. Martin begs to differ, and Charlotte admits to appearing in six porn videos to pay for college and is not ashamed. Martin and Charlotte try to continue their relationship despite this conflict. Martin tries to continue dating Charlotte, even though he keeps seeing her in porn star roles and settings.

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Ed Steps Out
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7.83
6 votes

#44 - Ed Steps Out

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 17

A widowed baker buys a bakery in the area and has her dibbs on Ed.

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Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
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7.83
23 votes

#45 - Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 2 - Episode 23

Through a minor car accident, Mary befriends a young woman, Joanne. Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary spends more time with Joanne but Mary quickly ends the new friendship when she discovers Joanne is anti-Semitic and disapproves of Rhoda.

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Lamont as Othello
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7.83
57 votes

#46 - Lamont as Othello

Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 1

While visiting the home of Lamont's white drama teacher, Fred surprises the woman's parents and exposes their prejudices as well as his own.

Gomer Minds His Sergeant's Car
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7.81
15 votes

#47 - Gomer Minds His Sergeant's Car

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - Season 2 - Episode 13

Gomer takes care of Carter's car -- which gets stolen and wrecked.

TV or Not TV
star
7.80
78 votes

#48 - TV or Not TV

Sanford and Son - Season 1 - Episode 11

Fred fakes amnesia to get Lamont to buy him a color television.

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The Sitter
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7.80
24 votes

#49 - The Sitter

Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 3

When the Lawsons' babysitter cancels, Ted sees an opportunity for a new function for Vicki.

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Card Sharps
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7.78
54 votes

#50 - Card Sharps

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 6

After Lamont loses his shirt to some crooked poker players, Fred saves the day by turning the tables on them.

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