The BEST episodes written by Alan Rosen

Hiring the Housekeeper
star
8.43
7 votes

#1 - Hiring the Housekeeper

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 4

Archie searches for a housekeeper to look after Stephanie.

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Archie Alone (2)
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8.40
10 votes

#2 - Archie Alone (2)

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 2

Archie refuses to deal with Ediths death.

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A Slight Case of ESP
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8.33
3 votes

#3 - A Slight Case of ESP

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 11

Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

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Willis' Privacy
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8.31
16 votes

#4 - Willis' Privacy

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 17

To get rid of his pesky little brother, Willis divides the bedroom in half and spends more time at his friend's house.

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Return of the Gooch
star
8.17
6 votes

#5 - Return of the Gooch

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 20

The "Gooch" is back and this time he's terrorizing Arnold, but Arnold plans to be ready when the bully strikes. In building Arnold's confidence, Willis convinces him that his martial arts lesson has given him a "killer" foot.

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The Adoption (1)
star
8.10
10 votes

#6 - The Adoption (1)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 8

The Drummond family celebrates the day Arnold and Willis are supposed to be officially adopted until the visit of a "relative" leaves their plans in jeopardy. Whitman Mayo guest stars as Jethro Simpson, who sees his way to go from junk to jewels in a last will and testament leaving a fortune to Willis and Arnold.

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The Adoption (2)
star
7.75
12 votes

#7 - The Adoption (2)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 9

It appears that Mr. Drummond's attempts to adopt Arnold and Willis will be aborted by a conniving junk dealer until the boys take matters into their own hands. Whitman Mayo guest stars as "long-lost relative" Jethro Simpson who has arrived with a letter supposedly written by the boys' father, leaving Arnold and Willis in his custody.

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Prep School
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7.66
109 votes

#8 - Prep School

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Mr. Drummond tries to get Arnold and Willis into an exclusive prep school, it turns out to be just a little too exclusive for everyone's tastes.

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The Trial
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7.33
92 votes

#9 - The Trial

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 7

When Arnold is in trouble for putting his goldfish in Mr. Drummond's hot tub, Willis insists that it is wrong to convict him without a trial. The whole family, with Mrs. Garrett as judge, comes up with an important verdict.

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Murray Klein's Place
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6.67
3 votes

#10 - Murray Klein's Place

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 13

Fed up with Archie, Murray wants to end the partnership.

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The Date
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6.60
5 votes

#11 - The Date

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 3 - Episode 3

Roger wants to date Archies neice Billie.

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Charliegate
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6.43
7 votes

#12 - Charliegate

Head of the Class - Season 1 - Episode 3

Dennis misquotes Mr. Moore for the school newspaper

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The Squealer
star
6.33
3 votes

#13 - The Squealer

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 26

Willis seeks comradeship as a member of the Tarantulas, a street gang, but finds only deceit as he gets caught in a web of misplace loyalties. Willis allows himself to be arrested rather than "squeal" on his fellow-gang members by telling the truth.

No One Said It Was Easy
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6.33
3 votes

#14 - No One Said It Was Easy

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 4 - Episode 22

Depressed Gary has a bout with alchoholism.

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Store Wars
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6.25
4 votes

#15 - Store Wars

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 4 - Episode 20

Murray (Martin Balsam) returns to recoup his investment in the bar. Archie gives him a hard luck story and Murray allows Archie Six more months to get his share of the bar sold.

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