The BEST episodes directed by John Bowab
#1 - Hangin' with Mrs. Cooper
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 2 - Episode 22
Mark mother comes to visit him because she wants to start working and get out of the house but Mark dosen't want her too so he calls his father so he can try and get her back. Mark finds out that his mother is a great teacher after P.J made her subsitute his English class after he called in sick. Mark doesn't like it so he runs over to the school and finds Earvin and Andre and the rest of the class looking at dirty pictures. He takes them. Then his mother comes in he tries to hide but she sees him. When she starts teaching he realizes that she's a good teacher. At dinner Mark father comes and talks to his mother and they get back togther. Nicole writes an ad in the newspaper so she can get her mother a date for Mother's Day. Tyler comes over and gives Geneva a piece of string for Mother's Day because she been so nice to him. At the end of the show Nicole's gift (a man) comes and Geneva grabs him by his tie and rushes out the door. At the end of the episode Mark gets his Mom to cook for
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The Jamie Foxx Show - Season 3 - Episode 14
Jamie falls for a hotel guest in town searching for her biological father.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 13
Matthew, Grace's first born that she gave up for adoption, is engaged to an older woman.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 7
Grace and Nadine get an invitation to their twentieth reunion and they recall a trip to see Earth, Wind and Fire and decide to repeat the event. They borrow the pharmacy's delivery van (which is full of drugs), as Grace goes speeding down the highway.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 18
The new Afro-American neighbors are coming for dinner.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 5
Russell and Grace think everyone's life is more exciting than theirs, so they decide to go on a date together. The refinery gets rid of everyone as employees, but hires them back as 'independent contractors', meaning a slight raise but no benefits. Grace makes plans to go out with the smarmy guy she met while out with Russell, but that's only his bar personality. He's actually well-read, nice, interested in kids, etc.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 8
Jimmy wants to turn his life around, so Grace gets him a job at the refinery.
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Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 22
Kyle is thrilled when he is asked to serve as escort to a beautiful princess who is doing business with his company, but finds that security precautions cramp his style. Overton enlists the help of Khadijah and ""secret weapon"" Synclaire to gain revenge on a pair of pool hustlers. Regine exposes Max's jealousy concerning Kyle and the princess by claiming that the two are pictured in the society pages. She cackles when Max tears through the paper. Max announces that she will ease Regine's boredom by taking her along to watch Max get a tattoo, but her bravado fades considerably when she sees the needles. Tag: Kyle says good night to Hellura's bodyguard after date.
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#10 - A Holly, Jolly Christmas
Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 12
Christmas brings surprise for Grace about Quentin.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 21
Quentin creates the impression at school that he is seriously ill and Grandma Jean has a new beau with an amazing past.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 11
Grace has to choose between her job at the refinery or continuing her education.
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#13 - Out of the Fire...
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 1
After returning from their summer vacation, the girls discover that Edna's Edibles has burned down. This leads the girls to discuss rebuilding and opening up a new business.
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#14 - With a Little Help From My Friends
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 18
Blair is concerned when she discovers her date is doing cocaine.
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#15 - The Last Drive-In
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 22
The local drive-in theatre is closing and the girls decide to pay it one last visit on the final night it's open. However, chaos reigns when people begin to loot the theatre and Blair gets into a cat fight.
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#16 - Christmas in the Big House
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 13
For the Christmas season, Blair and some of her snobby friends plan on putting on a Christmas show at a home for boys. Her Christmas spirit quickly changes when she discovers that the home for boys is really a home for convicts.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 10
On Grace's last night in New York, she meets a firefighter who moonlights as a jazz musician.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 6
Mysterious occurrences prompt Grace to suspect her new home is haunted. Also, Grace dates a minister.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 3
Quentin returns from spending the summer with Jimmy in Ohio. He upset that his father made him return to Grace's and believes it's because Jimmy was tired of being 'daddy'. Grace tries to get Jimmy to repair things by talking to Quentin, but Jimmy has decided to move back to be closer to the kids.
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#20 - Theo and the Kids (2)
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 26
Theo continues his attempts to help Stanley and the other children at the community center.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 3 - Episode 25
Rick, who is under the influence, proposes to Grace who is inclined to accept until she learns of his new job site and Russell is invited to his detested ex-wife's wedding.
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#22 - Guess Who's Coming Forever?
Who's the Boss? - Season 1 - Episode 14
Mona has been evicted from her apartment and begins looking for a new home. She takes Tony's suggestion to convert the loft above Angela's garage into an apartment. Angela is not happy about the new arrangements.
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#23 - Theo and the Kids (1)
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 25
Theo, who is majoring in pediatric psychology, begins an internship as a junior counselor at the community center; he soon suspects that one of the children there is dyslexic. First appearances of Merlin Santana as Stanley and Eugene Byrd as Eugene.
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#24 - Talk, Talk, Talk
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 10
While working at the campus radio station, Jo finds herself needing to fill 5 hours of air time. Things start off on a bad note, when she can't find a key to the record cabinet, which leads, Natalie, Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett to come to her rescue.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 2
Wade inspects Grace's new house and says it's in bad shape. Russell lends her the money to take care of it. Jean also offers to lend the money for the roof and can be considered rent if Grace will let her move in. Grace discovers that Jean has been lying about her full social life, so invites her to move in.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 9
Grace and Nadine accompany Libby to a poetry contest in New York, where they run into Rick who has returned from Alaska.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 4
Grace rents out her apartment to Dougie. Libby receives a package from her penpal, who thinks she's older, divorced and has three kids. Sailor Bob takes a trip to meet 'Libby'.
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#28 - Two Guys From Appleton
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 17
Mrs. Garrett receives a visit from the high-school sweetheart she ran out on, and she's swept off her feet all over again.
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#29 - Me and Eleanor
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 14
A no-win situation: Tootie asks Natalie for an honest opinion of her dreadful one-woman play about Eleanor Roosevelt.
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#30 - The Bully
Small Wonder - Season 1 - Episode 8
When a bully begins extorting money from Jamie and his friends, Ted attempts to teach Jamie how to fight.
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Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 24
Synclaire is offered a role in a play about a group of strangers waiting for an ATM. The quirky director decides that the perfect ending for the play would be for Synclaire to scamper across the stage in the nude. Synclaire is unsure about showing her ""ta-ta's"" on stage, but Overton tells her that the decision is hers alone. Synclaire is prepared to back out of the play, but changes her mind when she sees a poster that refers to her as the star. Max refuses to believe that Khadijah is friends with Vinnie of the rap group Naughty By Nature, even after Regine confirms her story. (She says that Vinnie used to look up Regine's dress and made her eat flies when they were children.) Max mocks Khadijah when she can't get in touch with Vinnie, but is speechless when the group shows up on Khadijah's doorstep. Max hits on Treach, but finds that he is ""too freaky"" for her, and the group agrees to attend Synclaire's play (after learning there is nudity involved). Tag: Slow-motion replay of Synclai
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#32 - Back Story
My Wife and Kids - Season 2 - Episode 24
When the kids tease him about getting old, Michael pretends to have hurt his back in a game of Twister so they will have to cater to his every whim.
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#33 - Gone With the Wind (1)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 19
The girls have no plans for spring break until Natalie learns that her grandmother's condominium is available in Fort Lauderdale, where the boys are.
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#34 - It's Lonely at the Top
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 24
With Mrs. Garrett out of town, Blair wants to be in charge of the shop so a reluctant Jo, Natalie and Tootie step aside and let her. Quickly Blair's handling of a competitor food shop goes awry.
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#35 - Teacher, Teacher
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 4
Jo is offered a job at a major company which is tempting but this causes her to reevaluate her dream of becoming a teacher.
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The Wayans Bros. - Season 5 - Episode 2
Marlon wants more exposure on his sitcom Everybody Loves Everybody, so manager Shawn gets Marlon a big romantic scene: with a guy.
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Living Single - Season 2 - Episode 6
In the hopes of spending more time with Synclaire, Overton enrolls in the art appreciation class she is taking at the night school. When the teacher marvels over one of Overton's first observations, he begins to hog the spotlight, leaving prize pupil Synclaire feeling crowded and unappreciated. She asks Overton to drop the class, but he refuses, as he feels he has uncovered a new talent. After Synclaire skips the class, Overton is overcome with guilt. Synclaire explains that she needs a place to call her own, as she is overshadowed at home and work. Overton agrees to drop the class, but decides to take an architecture course because he had enjoyed being back in school so much. Kyle places Khadijah on a strict budget to help solve her financial woes. Khadijah can't handle the prospect of buying generic foods and going without luxuries such as videos and microwave popcorn. Tag: Synclaire paints a portrait of her friends.
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#38 - Our Very First Christmas Show
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 9
Teaser: Having a family photo taken for a Christmas card. Main Synopsis: The family is on a flight to Colorado to spend Christmas with some relatives, and this is a trip that Danny has spent months planning -- but on the way to Colorado, a blizzard forces an emergency landing at an unfamiliar airport. The family is forced to spend Christmas in the baggage claim room, where everyone thinks Christmas is ruined this time around. Among the things that happen here are: Jesse's father Nick tries to get Jesse to kiss Becky under a mistletoe, D.J. is upset that the gifts that the family brought along on the flight with them are missing, and Michelle is afraid of Lionel, a man who made her cry on the airplane. Jesse, becoming ever so frustrated by everyone's sour attitudes, speaks to the people in the baggage claim room about the real meaning of Christmas, then Santa Claus shows up and shows the family where the missing gifts are, and it turns out that Lionel is Santa Claus.
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#39 - For Men Only
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 9
Cliff teaches a "for men only" class at the community center.
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#40 - Eye on Angela
Who's the Boss? - Season 1 - Episode 17
A local news reporter, Bobbi Barnes, wants to do a story on the daily life of Angela. But when a series of innocent mix-ups leads Tony and Angela to wake up in the same bed, Bobbi's camera crew is waiting in the hall to capture the scene. Bobbi thinks she has a juicy story for her show, but Mona has other ideas.
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The Wayans Bros. - Season 5 - Episode 1
Amazing as it sounds, Marlon has an acting gig and Shawn is the one hard up for cash. With the newsstand still out of circulation, Shawn has do some major maneuvering to get a little money out of Marlon.
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Grace Under Fire - Season 4 - Episode 1
When Grace finishes painting the house, the landlord decides it will never look better so it's time to sell it. The house of the recently-deceased neighbor is also for sale, for about half the price. Grace decides to buy it.
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#43 - Gone With the Wind (2)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 20
On spring break in Fort Lauderdale and to the surprise of everyone, especially herself, Blair falls in love with a mere building manager.
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#44 - A New Life
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 6
Needing advice on her love life, Blair asks her mother to visit, only to learn that mom needs advice even more than Blair does.
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#45 - Rites of Passage (1)
The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 23
After her commencement speech is rejected, Jo refuses to make a speech at all, but then learns that her grandfather has come all the way from Poland to hear it.
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#46 - A Little Romance
Full House - Season 2 - Episode 11
Teaser:The guys sing a bedtime song for Michelle. Main Synopsis:D.J. has her first boyfriend, Michael Montfort, but D.J. is crushed when Michael leaves her for Kathy Santoni, because Michael believes Kathy is prettier than D.J. is. Meanwhile, Becky and Danny are hosting a charity event where eligible bachelors are auctioned off to women who want a date with them. Three of the participating bachelors are Danny, Jesse, and Joey. Jesse ends up receiving the highest bid of them all -- from a very jealous Becky.
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#47 - E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 8
Mrs. Garrett enrolls in a Shakespeare class, but worries that she might neglect her business and have trouble fitting in with the college crowd.
#48 - Free Wally
The Wayans Bros. - Season 1 - Episode 4
When Lisa and Shawn's relationship hits rough waters due to Marlon's constant interference, Marlon goes overboard to make amends -- sending them on a romantic ferry cruise on the harbor.
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The Wayans Bros. - Season 4 - Episode 12
Marlon reluctantly steps into the ring with former boxing champ Hector ""Hot-Pepper"" Lopez after he brags about accidentally knocking him out at the gym.
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The Wayans Bros. - Season 5 - Episode 20
A famous singer finds Shawn's indifference irresistible, and he and Marlon find themselves competing for her affections.
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