The BEST episodes directed by Bob Lahendro
#1 - The Bunkers and the Swingers
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 7
Edith unwillingly invites a pair of wife-swapping swingers to dinner when she responds to a newspaper ad for pen pals.
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#2 - Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle
Sanford and Son - Season 3 - Episode 15
When Lamont tries to contest a traffic ticket, Fred creates disorder in the court.
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#3 - Too Old Blues
Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 1
When James misses out on a good job because of his age, the family's celebration party turns sour.
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#4 - Archie Is Branded
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 20
Archie wakes up to find a swastika painted on his front door.
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#5 - Black Jesus
Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 2
J.J.'s painting of a black Jesus coincides with good fortune coming to each family member.
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#6 - Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding (1)
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 9
On the Stivics' second anniversary, the family recalls the comedy of errors that transpired on the wedding day.
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#7 - Edith's Conversion
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 9
Archie thinks Irene Lorenzo is trying to convert Edith to Catholicism.
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#8 - Kotter and Son
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 16
Gabe's overly-critical father comes for a visit and, unconvinced that his son has chosen a worthwhile career, goes with Gabe to school in order to watch him in action with his Sweathogs.
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#9 - Archie and the Computer
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 7
A computer informs Archie that he's been declared dead.
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#10 - Everybody Tells the Truth
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 21
The family recounts vastly different versions of the same encounter with a pair of handymen in the kitchen.
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#11 - Archie Feels Left Out
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 17
Archie refuses to attend his own birthday party.
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#12 - Archie is Cursed
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 14
Irene challenges Archie to a pool match, but he begs off, complaining of a sore back.
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#13 - Flashback: Mike and Gloria's Wedding (2)
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 10
Continuation of the flashback to the Stivics' wedding, when Michael's uncle insists that the marriage be performed by a Catholic priest.
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#14 - The Election
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 5
Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.
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#15 - Sweatgate Scandal
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 15
Tired of the way the school newspaper is always putting them down, the Sweathogs join the staff in order to redeem themselves; and the crack investigative team of "Vinstein" (Vinnie and Juan) are hot on the trail of the culprit behind the recent break-in of Principal Lazarus's office.
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#16 - Radio Free Freddie
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 21
It seems that Freddie has a future in radio, but he may also risk losing his friends for fame.
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#17 - A Pad for Lamont
Sanford and Son - Season 1 - Episode 7
Frustrated with the lack of privacy at home, Lamont moves into his own apartment.
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#18 - Oh Say Can You See
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 16
After a visit from a friend who has a young and beautiful companion, Archie realizes how lucky he is to have Edith.
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#19 - Hot Watch
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 19
Archie's expensive watch may be stolen.
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#20 - Father Vinnie
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 22
Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously, until the strain of being holy becomes too much for him.
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#21 - Archie Goes Too Far
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 17
Edith and Gloria end the latest family brawl when they storm out of the house to spend the night on their own.
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#22 - California Dreamin'
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 12
The sweathogs go bananas over Bambi, a pretty blonde girl from California. We get some very funny scenes of the guys in various costumes: Epstein as a guru, Freddy in a colorful shirt, Horshack as a movie producer, and Vinnie as a surfer. When Mr. Kotter gets fed-up with them disrupting the class, it's revealed that Bambi was just pretending to be from California in order to get attention.
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#23 - Hark, the Sweatkings
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 12
At Christmas time, the Sweathogs are all too eager to tease resident bum Angie. But after Angie tells his life story to the class, they have a change of heart, and decide to help him get back up on his feet.
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#24 - There Goes Number 5 (2)
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 19
When Arnold finally shows back up at school, it's discovered that his absence was due to the recent death of his fifth father. A feeling of responsibility within him, Arnold sets out to find a job to help support his siblings and his mother, who's only priority lies in finding a replacement father for her kids.
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#25 - The Great Debate
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 1
The sweathogs out debate a smarter debate class.
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Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 4
An old friend of James who is now a shady televangelist offers him a $100-per-day job that doesn't sit well with Florida's morals.
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#27 - Black Is the Color of My True Love's Wig
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 11
Gloria's new wig raises Michael's libido.
#28 - The Taxi Caper
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 13
An influential politician attempts to dissuade Archie from pressing charges against his son.
#29 - The Reunion
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 10
Gabe is less than thrilled when an old too-perfect classmate, and his too-perfect wife, decide to pay him a visit.
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#30 - The Telethon
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 20
Kotter and the "Sweathogs" raise a telethon to raise $700 for new supplies. If not the remiedial class will be cut.
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#31 - I'm Having Their Baby
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 22
With Gabe away at a teacher's convention, the Sweathogs take it upon themselves to watch over the pregnant Julie...but the harder they try to make Julie comfortable, the more trouble they seem to cause.
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#32 - Archie in the Hospital
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 15
Archie befriends the other patient in his hospital room, unaware that his neighbor is black.
#33 - Building the Restaurant
Archie Bunker's Place - Season 1 - Episode 7
Construction on the restaurant is underway, but the contractor Archie and Murray hired is demanding more money. Archie, who is determined that the restaurant will be a success, goes to a loan shark.
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#34 - Archie in the Cellar
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 10
Locked in his cellar with a bottle of vodka, Archie spends a long night contemplating his life.
#35 - Sadie Hawkins Day
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 8
A girl wants to ask Vinnie to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance, but his insensitivity leads her to ask Arnold in retaliation, leaving Vinnie with no date at all.
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#36 - Class Reunion
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 18
Archie refuses to come to Edith's high-school reunion until he finds out that one of her beaus will be attending.
#37 - Mr. Kotter, Teacher
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 9
Gabe's teaching theories in question, he is temporarily suspended. The Sweathogs, liable to lose their teacher, come to his defense.
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#38 - Sweathog, Nebraska Style
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 7
Julie's visiting sister, recently at odds with her long-time boyfriend, falls for Juan.
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#39 - Hello, Ms. Chips
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 9
The new student teacher discovers that all her training to work with remedial children hasn't prepared her for dealing with the Sweathogs.
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#40 - Gloria's Boyfriend
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 19
Archie's misconceptions run amok when Gloria befriends the retarded box boy from the local market.
#41 - One of Our Sweathogs Is Missing
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 8
After losing a fight with Todd Ludlow, Juan is made fun of by his fellow Sweathogs. His feelings and his pride hurt, he runs away -- to the Kotters' bathroom.
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#42 - Has Anyone Seen Arnold? (1)
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 18
For the school drama festival, Gabe is going to direct a scene from Cyrano de Bergerac. Arnold is set to play the lead, but recieves only heckling and ridicule from his fellow Sweathogs; and when Arnold turns up missing, Vinnie is forced to take his place on stage.
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#43 - Dr. Epstein, I Presume
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 18
Juan, because of his love for animals, decides that he would like to be a veterinarian. A guidance couselor quickly thwarts his dream, until he performs an emergency operation on his pet hamster.
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#44 - Gloria the Victim
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 23
After an attempted sexual assault, Gloria suffers through the legal aftermath of reporting the crime.
#45 - Second Honeymoon
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 12
Archie and Edith rekindle their romance during a second honeymoon in Atlantic City.
#46 - Et Tu, Archie
All in the Family - Season 4 - Episode 18
Archie sabotages an old friend's efforts to land a job at the loading dock because he's afraid the man might be in line for his position.
#47 - Caruso's Way
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 14
Vinnie's goofing off in gym gets him in trouble with the teacher, Mr. Caruso, who's reprimending after class gets out of hand when he hits Vinnie in front of the girls' locker room.
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#48 - Gloria and the Riddle
All in the Family - Season 3 - Episode 4
Gloria stumps Mike and Archie with a riddle that Edith easily answers.
#49 - The Sit-In
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 15
The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.
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