The BEST episodes directed by Ellen Falcon
#1 - Designing Women
Designing Women - Season 1 - Episode 1
Suzanne visits a new gynecologist, Mary Jo's ex-husband Ted, and a maelstrom of emotions is unleashed when she announces she is dating him.
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227 - Season 1 - Episode 1
On the way home from running errands, Mary hits a BMW, breaking the tail light. From the persuasion of Rose, she decides to leave a note on the car. The next day, after no one has arrived to see the car, Mary wants to remove her note. However, another car comes by and nearly totals it, but then drives away. Before Mary can get to the car and remove her note, the owner comes out of an apartment and sees her note. Sandra tells Mary that she needs to use her ""femininity"" to get out of paying for the total damages. Mary says that she can't do that, so Sandra poses as Mary when the owner comes by to talk to Mary about the damages. Everything goes well until Lester comes home and their lie unfolds. Everything gets straightened out between Mary, Lester, and the car owner (Marvin), ending with a date for Sandra and a new friend for the Jenkins. Meanwhile, Mary tells Brenda that she cannot go skating with Calvin because she lied.
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Lizzie McGuire - Season 1 - Episode 21
Ethan invites Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda for bowling, while on the same day Lizzie's dad wants to spend some quality father-daughter time with her. Meanwhile, Matt and Lanny plan on what they can do to stop the bully, Heywood Biggs, from ripping on them.
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Designing Women - Season 4 - Episode 26
An hour-long clip show of highlights from the previous seasons, including: razor-tongued Julia standing up for Suzanne against an insolent beauty pageant contestant, Julia defending Bernice's eccentricities, Mary Jo commenting on men and bra sizes, Charlene wondering about everything from killer bees to the personal habits of other women, Suzanne displaying a series of wacky dresses, and Anthony being plagued by a variety of indignities.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 4
Max's old beau breezes into town with his new fiancée, expecting Max to give him her blessing.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 10
Synclaire walks off the job, but Khadijah soon realizes that her replacement lacks spunk and enthusiasm, which Synclaire had in abundance.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 7
Khadijah insists on settling an accident claim civilly--and out of court--until she realizes she's up against a weaselly lawyer.
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A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 6
Denise's little sister Rudy comes to visit for the weekend. She surprises Denise by immediately hitting it off with Whitley. When Denise and Rudy find it impossible to sleep in the same bed, Whitley allows Rudy to stay in her room. Whitley teaches Rudy all of her beauty secrets, and the two become good friends. Rudy hurts Denise's feelings by spending all of her time with Whitley. Meanwhile, Jaleesa fears the worst after hearing that her sister went to dinner with Jaleesa's ex-husband. Jaleesa clears up the situation, then asks Whitley to stop monopolizing Rudy's time. Whitley tells Rudy a bedtime story about two sisters and a snow queen. Rudy understands the moral of the story and agrees to pay more attention to Denise.
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A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 8
Denise shows potential as a sprinter during P.E. class, and the track coach asks her to come out for the team. Her father is thrilled to have another Huxtable competing for Hillman, as he and his father both ran for the school. Denise enjoys the attention she receives from her friends and other students, but cannot handle the grueling practices. She considers quitting until a star runner informs her that she is not the only one who hates practice; in fact, the entire team feels this way. Maggie desperately tries to track down an economics book that she needs for a term paper.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Does He or Doesn't He?
A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 11
Dwayne annoys a graduate student with his stupid pick-up lines. She predicts that Dwayne would freak out if a woman actually responded to his advances, and decides to invite him to her apartment. Jaleesa takes bets from the entire dorm on Dwayne's possible reaction. Denise feels that Dwayne does not deserve this treatment, and warns him that he is being set up. Ron persuades Dwayne to go to Peggy's apartment and win her over with his charm. Denise and Walter (Dwayne's resident director and P.E. teacher) try to convince Dwayne to be himself around women. Peggy realizes that Dwayne is a good guy and cannot follow through with the bet.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - War of the Words
A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 5
Maggie prepares to debate Whitley on the topic of whether women can balance a career and family life. She is distracted by a surprise visit from her boyfriend, Mike, who stuns her by revealing that he has left school to take a job with the National Pork Council. He asks Maggie to transfer to a school in Washington, D.C. to be near him, and proposes marriage. Maggie is so overwhelmed by her relationship crisis that Denise must take her place in the middle of the debate. She wins easily by detailing the way in which her parents have employed compromise to make their situation work. Maggie and Mike take her words to heart and decide to slow down their relationship. Meanwhile, Dwayne tries to get a permanent spot on campus radio after successfully filling in for an ailing disc jockey.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 14
Regine's purse is snatched and the apartment is burglarized, but Khadijah can't get used to living with an alarm system.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 15
Synclaire overflows with holiday spirit despite the season's crass commercialism and her cranky roommates.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 9
A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.
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The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 16
The death of a famous jazz singer brings back fond memories to Tootie and Natalie, who got to know him at a resort hotel where he worked as a waiter.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 4
Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 2
Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 5
Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 7
Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 11
Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 3
Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party; Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 8
Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 6
Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended -- and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 6
Another dateless Saturday night prompts the gals to get back in the mix at an uptown club, where Khadijah performs for the crowd.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 15
On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
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A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 9
Many of the girls become smitten with Byron Walcott, their handsome new geology professor. Professor Walcott's knowledge and enthusiasm for geology inspire Denise to develop a fascination for the subject. Although Denise mocks the other girls for their crushes on the professor, she also mistakes his attention for romantic interest. Stevie confronts Professor Walcott and accuses him of leading his students on. Dwayne witnesses their argument and suspects that they like each other. Denise feels like a fool for misreading Professor Walcott's intentions, but quickly gets over it. She plays matchmaker for Stevie and the professor. Maggie concludes that Americans require too much personal space; she gets on everyone's nerves by cutting down on her "body buffer zone."
Watch Now:Amazon#35 - Something for Nothing
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 12
After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.
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A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 7
Denise is apprehensive about a visit from her grandfather, as she fears that she cannot live up to his expectations. Jaleesa and Maggie ask Denise to take part in a traditional homecoming prank by stealing the head of the rival mascot's bear costume. (They would be the first women in Hillman history to accomplish this.) Denise initially turns them down because she does not want to disappoint her grandfather. She does not realize that Russell tried to steal the bear head in 1935, but was bested by a friend. He is still bitter about this, and bets his friend that he can pull off the feat. Denise decides to help her roommates after Whitley angers her by belittling the prank as "foolishness." Russell and the girls separately seek the assistance of Hillman mascot Dwayne, who distracts the guys assigned to guard the mascot. Denise and her grandfather simultaneously try to steal the mascot head; they realize they have misjudged each other. The girls leave the head in Whitley's bed as revenge
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 11
Overton makes himself comfortable at the women's apartment after a falling-out with Kyle.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 19
Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 17
When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 1
Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 9
Khadijah fears she may have wrecked a friendship by succumbing to a few hours of intimacy with an old friend.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 13
On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
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Living Single - Season 1 - Episode 8
Regine's latest flame's daughter stirs her maternal instincts--until she's stuck with the youngster overnight.
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A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 1
Denise Huxtable begins her sophomore year at Hillman and moves into Gilbert Hall. She meets her roommate, Jaleesa Vinson, a 26-year-old divorcée who is the subject of much rumor and innuendo. Denise feels uneasy around Jaleesa and asks Stevie Rallen, the resident director, to find her a new room. Denise decides to try harder to get along with Jaleesa, but Jaleesa is offended that Denise has gone behind her back. They get into an argument, and Denise moves in with wealthy Whitley Gilbert (for whose family the dormitory is named). Whitley drives Denise insane with her idiosyncrasies and generally self-absorbed behavior. Denise apologizes to Jaleesa and asks for another chance, and Jaleesa agrees to stop being so defensive. Meanwhile, overeager freshman Dwayne Wayne hits on every woman in sight.
Watch Now:Amazon#45 - My Dinner with Theo
A Different World - Season 1 - Episode 22
Denise becomes depressed about her grades. To take her mind of her troubles, she calls her brother Theo and asks him to visit for the weekend. Theo, a high school senior, is considering applying to Hillman. He quickly makes friends on campus and has little time for Denise because of his busy social calendar. During an interview, the dean stresses that Hillman is a very difficult academic school. He warns Theo that his fun-filled weekend might be giving him the wrong impression. Denise later reiterates this over dinner; she was an excellent student in high school, and now is having trouble just passing her classes. She wants to take a semester off, but Theo encourages her to tough it out. Meanwhile, Maggie tries to write a letter to her boyfriend.
Watch Now:Amazon#50 - Ill Will
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 2 - Episode 18
The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.
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