The BEST episodes directed by Noam Pitlik
#1 - Bringing in the Clowns
One Day at a Time - Season 9 - Episode 17
A frustrated Barbara tries to teach Mark's joke-playing friends a painful lesson.
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Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 19
Marsha gets some unexpected news that she may be pregnant which brings back the feelings she had when she became pregnant with Wesley. Not wanting another baby, Marsha voices her feelings and says out loud that she didn't want Wesley, unaware that he was standing behind her.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - The Competition
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 16
Tired of George's smug face everytime he beats him at arm wrestling, Kevin becomes to determined to beat his father and has Mr. Belvedere coach him. Meanwhile, Heather begins dating the football jock who's been ordered to take ballet class by his coach. However, when he shows little interest in her, she begins to question his sexuality and he becomes convinced he's a homosexual.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Mogul
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 21
Wesley becomes a mini-mogul when he organizes a company that goes around the neighborhood doing odd jobs. The company starts off small with just him and Miles as partners. However, when greed overwhelms Wesley, Miles splits leaving Wesley power hungry and taking advantage of his employees.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Deportation (2)
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 7
Following his arrest, Mr. Belvedere is held in jail pending bail. When he is released, Mr. Belvedere arrives at the Owens home to find another maid has taken his place. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere and the family try to come up with ways to keep him in the country and Wesley hatches a plan of his own by trying to find a woman who could marry Mr. Belvedere so he can get a green card.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Kevin's Older Woman
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 18
After a disasterous date, Kevin vows to give up women and he throws himself into his part-time job. However, one evening he meets an older woman whom he instantly becomes smitten with which leads to him losing his virginity. Later, his parents aren't exactly happy when they meet his girlfriend.
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#7 - Elegant Iggy
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 20
Jim invites Elaine to a concert, and while there, they run into an important patron at Elaine's art gallery. The woman invites them both to a party, although Elaine is very worried that Jim will embarrass her in an event that's important to her career. Still, she doesn't quite have it in her to ask Jim not to go. At the party, Elaine's worst fears are realized with Jim's behavior, until he surprisingly wows the crowd on the piano and turns things around.
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Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 5
George is to become a member of The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh but on the night of the induction, which happens to be Halloween, George and Marsha discover the Happy Guys have a dark side. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere shows a different side after he goes wild toilet papering a house while trick or treating with Wesley.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - The Auction
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 22
For a charity auction at Wesley's school, Mr. Belvedere is talked into having his services auctioned off. However after his time is up, the lonely woman who bid a whopping $500 for his time, sets into motion a bizarre scheme that begins when she drugs Mr. Belvedere.
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#11 - Pills
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 10
Heather has become convinced that she's fat and decides to try diet pills, but when Marsha discovers them, she confiscates them. Meanwhile, Marsha has been studying for an exam and a bottle of amphetamines may just be what she needs to keep her alert.
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Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 8
George and Marsha have conflicting events. George has a high school reunion and Marsha has a convention in Atlantic City and both places have things about them that are a bit tempting, gambling for Marsha and for George it's an old flame he once had a crush on and who's eagerly fanning it now.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Spelling Bee
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 9
Wesley is competing in a spelling bee at school and one of his female opponents' cozies up to him but her intentions are hardly innocent. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere puts the Owens family on a strict budget after their spending habits get out of hand.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Tornado
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 2
A tornado watch adds to the tension between George and Mr. Belvedere after Belvedere takes it upon himself to edit a story George is writing. Things reach a head when a tornado forces everyone in the basement and a pool contest begins between George and Belvedere.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - The Cadet
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 17
Wesley has gotten totally out of control and George and Marsha are up in arms over his constantly getting into trouble at school and at home. When George threatens to put him in military school, Wesley is sure he's just joking, but Wesley is certainly not laughing when he finds himself there.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Dinner for Two
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 21
Marsha has been busy night after night with her study group leaving little time for George. So George decides to plan a romantic dinner for two with Belvedere's help, but a surprised Marsha can't even find time for that. Meanwhile, Kevin begins dating a Swedish foreign exchange student.
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#17 - The Unkindest Cut
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 18
Elaine spends over $200 to go to a trendy hairstylist before a special date, but the result is outrageously bad. When she expresses some disappointment, the hairstylist insults her and she leaves, crying, but still pays. Alex talks her into going back and standing up for herself, so she can get her hair fixed and her money back. That doesn't go too well, but in the end, Louie, who has followed Alex and Elaine to the hairstylist, exacts revenge on the guy by pouring a bucket of red hair dye on him.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Kevin's Date
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 4
Kevin's 18th birthday is approaching and he's apprehensive for his first sexual experience. Pressure from his friends doesn't help any when they suggest he take out a girl who has a reputation for being easy. Kevin quickly finds himself in an uncomfortable situation when he takes their advice.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Strike
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 8
When George's newspaper goes on strike, he finds himself board to death and becoming increasingly more irritating to Belvedere. Meanwhile, the family tries to cut costs which means no new car for Kevin and Wesley and Heather put together a garage sale where Wesley inadvertantly sells a priceless Fabrache egg of Mr. Belvedere's.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - College Bound
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 11
Kevin has been looking at colleges and has even gotten some acceptance letters, however, the schools he wants to attend are too expensive for the Owens' family, so he quickly informs his family, that he just wants to get out of the nest and away from their rules. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere is horrified at the prospects of teaching Heather how to drive after she receives her learners' permit.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Pinball
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 10
George buys a pinball machine to recapture memories from his youth but quickly tires of it. However, Mr. Belvedere takes a liking to the machine and quickly becomes a pinball junkie and in the process begins to neglect his household duties. But when George sells the machine, Mr. Belvedere takes up a new residence, in the local arcade.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Will
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 17
When one of George's cousins' suddenly dies it prompts George and Marsha to prepare a will and they must decide whom should look after the children if they should die suddenly. Mr Belvedere, who happens to be their number one pic, turns them down without hesitancy.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Grandma
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 2
Heather and Angela are participating in an Adopt-a-Grandparent program at a retirement home and Wesley is talked into going with the prospect of squeezing some money out of and unsuspecting old person. However, Wesley makes quick friends with one woman in particular but he soon realizes she has Alzheimer's disease.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Wesley's Friend
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 16
When one of Wesley's friends is revealed to have AIDS, he is taken out of school due to the ignorance and uncertainty that many of the other children's parents share. This leads Wesley to shun his friend in fear of getting the disease himself.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The Crush
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 15
Kevin agrees to go to a Huey Lewis concert with Heather's best friend, Angela. However, this one date, ends with Angela coming down with a serious case of puppy love, much to Kevin's dismay. Meanwhile, Wesley and Mr. Belvedere camp out in the back yard.
Watch Now:Amazon#26 - Delivery
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 5
Kevin has his friend come over to help him on a science project and George and Marsha quickly become worried when the girl arrives 8 months pregnant and wanting to name the baby Kevin if it's a boy. That appears to be besides the point when the girl suddenly begins to go into labor.
Watch Now:Amazon#27 - The Prize
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 11
Wesley begins selling cookies door to door in an attempt to win a trip to Disney World. However, when he does win, he surprisingly gives it away to a sick kid in the hospital. Little does anyone know, that Wesley has hopes that this will lead to an even better trip. Meanwhile, George and Mr. Belvedere hold a contest concerning the stock market and Heather debates cheating on an algebra exam in order to bring her grades up.
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#28 - The Harris Incident
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 10
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
Watch Now:Amazon#29 - The Teacher
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 13
With everyone busy with their own lives, Mr. Belvedere appears to be lonesome, at least from Wesley's point of view and decides what he needs is a woman in his life. However, the woman who peaks his interest, wasn't quite the woman Wesley had in mind, when Mr. Belvedere begins seeing Wesley's teacher.
Watch Now:Amazon#30 - Jobless
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 13
Fired from his job, George finally decides to go down to the unemployment office, however, George quickly finds himself the community hero, when he saves a woman from a mugger. However, the media attention leads the Owens' financial situation to become public knowledge and the they find themselves swamped with gifts from the people in the community.
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#31 - Field Associate
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 8
Someone is sending specific information on transgressions of the men to Internal Affairs; Harris sets up a reunion between an elderly cat burglar and the wife who reported him missing years ago.
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#32 - The Inventor
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 21
The squad tries hypnosis to uncover the name of a felon that Wojo has forgotten; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation.
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#33 - Hash
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 11
Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned; while an actor and critic ("natural enemies" says Harris) square off with dueling swords.
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#34 - Lady and the Bomb
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 18
The verdict is in on the Harris/Ripner libel suit, and a woman threatens to blow up the squad room with a homemade bomb. What better time for Detective Fish to drop by for a visit?
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#35 - Love Un-American Style
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 1
Newlyweds Latka & Samka throw a Shloogel, one of their religion's traditions. The shloogel is, in effect, a party at Mario's where they set all the gang up on blind dates. Tony is set up with Vicki, an abrasive brunette and immediately starts arguing with her. Elaine is set up with mousy Arnie, who has low self esteem. Jim is set up with actress, Marcia Wallace, who played Carol on his favorite show, Bob Newhart. Louie is set up with Judy, a pretty blind woman. Alex is set up with Susan, who seems to be his dream woman and he seems to be falling for her immediately. Despite the fact that none of the other matches seem perfect, all of them show promise by the end of the evening.
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#36 - You Dirty Rat
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 9
Barney smells a rat when two pounds of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker, and a homeless man spends the night in a department store apparently one of many.
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#37 - The Slave
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 5
Harris bristles when he learns that the Burmese chauffeur being booked for a traffic accident is actually an indentured servant.
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#38 - Grand Hotel
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 7
Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.
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#40 - The Thief
Mr. Belvedere - Season 3 - Episode 1
Heather and Angela get a job at a music store and at least Heather seems to have enough responsibility to do a good job, that is until she begins dating the captain of the football team and he just assumes it would be okay to stop by Heather's work and rip off a few things. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere tries to beat Wesley at gin rummy.
Watch Now:Amazon#41 - The Dropout
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 14
Marsha is hitting the books for her finals but she doesn't feel her hard work is paying off after she fails her exam. This leads her to decide to quit college and become a full-time housewife, complete with a housedress and a string of pearls around her neck (shades of June Cleaver).
Watch Now:Amazon#42 - Requiem
Mr. Belvedere - Season 2 - Episode 4
During an accordian lesson, Wesley's teacher, Mr. Zabriskie suddenly dies right after a frustrated Wesley silently wished his death. This leads Wesley to believe he is the one responsible for his teacher's death and begins to believe he has a special power.
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#43 - A Grand Gesture
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 23
Newly wealthy Jim gives each of the gang $1000 to give away, in an effort to teach them how good it feels to give someone else $1000. Latka & Simka give the money to their minister, who protests loudly (as is their custom) but accepts the money nonetheless. Tony uses the money to buy his friend Walt a large TV set. Elaine (inexplicably) gives the money to her daughter, suggesting that she split it with her brother. Louie gives the money to Jeff, who won't accept Louie's "dirty money" until he learns it was from Jim. Alex has trouble finding someone to give the money to until he comes accross an old lady in his cab with seven kids.
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#45 - The Tennis Bum
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 14
Brian is upset because Fay beat him at tennis. Meanwhile, Roy tries to mess with Helen's mind by claiming that one of his male pilots is actually female and Joe, despite being told otherwise, can't resist flying Lowell's prized Graf Zeppelin model he's keeping in Joe's office ahead of a model airplane show.
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#46 - The Doll
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 17
An expensive doll is abducted for ransom; a man claims he was swindled in exchange for a ticket on the space shuttle; Luger informs Barney that he's in his will.
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#47 - The Search
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 3
Off goes the moustache, as it's Harris' turn for cross-dressing mugging detail; the host of a kids' science show goes off the deep end; Barney's men reopen a twenty-eight year old missing persons case.
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#48 - Vanished (1)
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 13
Vagrant Ray returns to report his fellow bums' disappearances; a woman wishes to have a child with a surrogate and is focusing in on Dietrich and Wojo.
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#49 - My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 15
Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves his normally overly detailed schedule for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe's schedule and runs the airline his own way. All his schemes suddenly go off the rails when the plane goes missing.
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#50 - Dorsey
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 4
The new detective is convinced that his compatriots are on the take and asks to be dealt out.
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