The BEST episodes written by Bonnie Kallman

Dream On
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8.00
35 votes

#1 - Dream On

Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 2

Claudia's dream about Eddie has Sean out to relight his wife's fire, until he goes down in flames during an impromptu visit to her work. Meanwhile, Lily bombs out with a new boy after guzzling Jimmy's spiked cider. (TV Guide)

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Is She Really Going Out with Walt?
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7.77
30 votes

#2 - Is She Really Going Out with Walt?

Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 9

The Finnertys' plan to push Walt (Richard Riehle) back into the social scene backfires when he's social with a lady they don't like. Meanwhile, Lily fears that her bad behavior has thrust Brad into Kristina's arms.

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Wings
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7.70
322 votes

#3 - Wings

8 Simple Rules - Season 1 - Episode 4

Bridget takes drastic measures when an overprotective Paul keeps coming up with excuses to delay her from taking her driver's test. Meanwhile, after convincing a less-than-confident Kerry that she has the talent to enter an art competition, Paul is shocked and Kerry is devastated when her submission is rejected, on ""8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.""

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Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (2)
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7.67
213 votes

#4 - Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (2)

8 Simple Rules - Season 1 - Episode 28

The sibling rivalry between Cate and Maggie (Cybill Shepherd) comes to a boiling point when Maggie gets a sexy, new makeover and gives Bridget a water bra as a gift. Meanwhile tensions between the Hennessy sisters mount when Kerry and Kyle begin dating, while Bridget's popularity takes a nosedive after she dissed her friends for Donny (Thad Luckinbill); and Paul becomes concerned when he finds an empty pregnancy test kit.

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Cheryl's Old Flame
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7.56
590 votes

#5 - Cheryl's Old Flame

According to Jim - Season 1 - Episode 7

Jim and Cheryl find themselves wondering if they've set too many rules for their household when they find themselves arguing over whether to put a TV in the girls' room, making Jim promise Cheryl not to ride his motorcycle, and Ruby then tells Jim that Cheryl has been smoking again.

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Trick or Treehouse
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7.54
325 votes

#6 - Trick or Treehouse

8 Simple Rules - Season 1 - Episode 7

Paul seems to be the only one looking forward to a family Halloween, as Bridget, Kerry and Rory make plans to spend the spooky evening away from home and with their friends. But Paul's wish to relive the past by having the family get together for one last Halloween campout in the old treehouse may turn out to be the biggest nightmare of the evening.

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The First Thanksgiving
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7.53
206 votes

#7 - The First Thanksgiving

8 Simple Rules - Season 2 - Episode 8

While Cate plans to raise the family spirits with a special Thanksgiving dinner, Rory takes it upon himself to be the man of the house by looking after Bridget and Kerry when he learns that they are planning to attend a party with their boyfriends on the holiday. Meanwhile, Laura's visit to the Hennessy household ignites sparks between her and Jim.

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Paul Meets His Match
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7.50
259 votes

#8 - Paul Meets His Match

8 Simple Rules - Season 1 - Episode 11

After meeting his new editor Nick, Paul becomes quick friends with the man when he discovers they both have a common bond-being married fathers of teenage girls. But Paul soon learns that he may have something else in common with Nick-having the reputation of being an overprotective ""psycho dad."" Meanwhile, Paul wants to make Thanksgiving a family affair, and forbids Bridget and Kerry from inviting their boyfriends to the festive feast.

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Kerry's Video
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7.48
241 votes

#9 - Kerry's Video

8 Simple Rules - Season 1 - Episode 21

Kerry devotes her school video project to sister, Bridget, to illustrate the hypocrisy that life is much easier for the ’beautiful people.' But when Bridget discovers that the video makes her look shallow, she takes Paul's advice to enrich her life by taking up tennis again -- and ends up with a broken nose.

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Secrets
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7.42
177 votes

#10 - Secrets

8 Simple Rules - Season 3 - Episode 8

Everyone in the Hennessy family fears the ringing of the phone when they all find themselves keeping secrets from one-another. Rory refuses to divulge the identity of the student responsible for bullying and beating him up at school, which leads Principal Gibb (Adam Arkin) on a mission to find the culprit and tell Cate; Bridget and Kerry use fake IDs to get into a club, where Bridget meets a cute guy and gives him her phone number -- before discovering that he's a cop (Colby Donaldson, ""Survivor""); Cate doesn't want the family to know that Bridget's tennis coach, Scott (Dan Cortese), is in hot pursuit to get her to go out on a date with him; and C.J. is distracted and forgets to pick up Rory's pain medication, which leads the pharmacist to call the house to find out if Rory's OK

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Lily B. Goode
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7.40
210 votes

#11 - Lily B. Goode

Grounded for Life - Season 1 - Episode 1

In a desperate attempt for attention, Lily makes out with the nerdish next-door-neighbor, Brad O'Keefe, in his car. Sean, who went to get a bucket of chicken, is out walking the dog when he spies his daughter and the neighbor boy. So Sean responds in a very unorthodox way -- by lobbing fried chicken at the car. Elsewhere, Walt babysits Jimmy and Henry, and decides to teach them how to dig a hole. And Eddie stays in the house and tries to illegally hook up cable so that he and Sean can watch soft-core porn.

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Finale Part Un (1)
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7.29
150 votes

#12 - Finale Part Un (1)

8 Simple Rules - Season 2 - Episode 23

Part 1 of 2. Cate finds herself once again in the awkward position of having to deal with Principal Gibb when she forgets to turn in a health form for Kerry's trip to Europe. Meanwhile, Cate is resentful of Jim's relationship with Tina because she still hopes that her father will reconcile with her mother, and Rory plays a nefarious joke on C.J. when he sets him up with girlfriend Missy's already engaged sister, Sissy.

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The Story of Anne Frank and Skeevy
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7.20
180 votes

#13 - The Story of Anne Frank and Skeevy

8 Simple Rules - Season 2 - Episode 9

After Cate encourages Bridget to participate in extracurricular activities to beef up her college resume, Bridget shocks the family by landing the lead in the high school production of the story of Anne Frank. But after reading Anne Frank's diary, she doubts her own ability to play the role. Meanwhile, Rory's obsession with a dummy named Skeevy becomes a little unnerving for the Hennessy clan.

YMCA
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7.18
177 votes

#14 - YMCA

8 Simple Rules - Season 2 - Episode 10

Cate decides the family isn't active enough and takes them to join the YMCA where Bridget works. Jim is overprotective of her at the YMCA and doesn't think she should be working there. Meanwhile Rory deals with a coming-of-age issue that keeps ""popping up"" at the worst of times.

Goodbye (2)
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7.02
162 votes

#15 - Goodbye (2)

8 Simple Rules - Season 2 - Episode 5

The family finds Paul's last written article, and reads it just before going to sleep.

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