The BEST episodes written by Arnold Margolin
#1 - Rain Dance
The Wild Thornberrys - Season 2 - Episode 3
With the commvee broken down in the desert and no water left to survive, the Thornberrys go through desperate measures to maintain their sanity.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 7 - Episode 9
Andrew is a judge, Monica and Tess are sentenced to community service. They work with two arguing people who once were in love years ago, but forbidden to marry. Can the angels heal their feud and help them find their love again?
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#3 - Break a Leg
That Girl - Season 1 - Episode 10
Ann's friend Sandy, an actress who has just won a lead role in a Broadway play, visits Ann. Suddenly, Sandy gets sick, leaving Ann to play her role. Everyone thinks that Ann stole teh job from her, but Ann pays them no never mind as she enjoys her chance. Unfortunately the play closes after one performance.
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#4 - Weekend Fantasy
Growing Pains - Season 1 - Episode 7
Jason and Maggie want to go to a mountain lodge for a weekend, but are reluctant to leave the kids alone.
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#5 - Don't Just Do Something, Stand There
That Girl - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ann's five years of being an independent woman actress begins when she meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine reporter, in one of her in-between jobs as a candy clerk. She gets a job in a perfume commercial where she plays a woman who gets kidnapped by two robbers. Donald happens to see the act and thinks that Ann is in real trouble, so he saves her only to get serious flack from her. But with that incident aside, Ann and Donald find out that they really belong together.
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#6 - Only a Rose
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 12
Aunt Bee is totally excited about her rose that she has been growing for over a year for the annual flower show. While Opie and Arnold are playing, however,they accidently destroy it.
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#7 - His Two Right Arms
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 2 - Episode 24
Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his aides try to bring him up to speed on current events so he can make a good impression on the show.
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#9 - Otis the Deputy
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 13
Andy is captured by two escaped convincts and Otis and Howard ride to his rescue.
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#10 - Vengeance is Mine
War of the Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 20
Ironhorse must deal with a mistake that no soldier wants to make: the killing of an innocent civilian.
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#12 - The Darling Fortune
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 6
The Darling Family comes back, suddenly rich. They want their sons to marry well, and decide they should pick from the women of Mayberry.
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#14 - The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver
Growing Pains - Season 1 - Episode 13
Mike backs out of the family-bowling match so he can date a snobbish girlfriend.
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#15 - Floyd's Barbershop
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 22
Floyd gets a rent hike after Howard buys the barbershop.
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Love, American Style - Season 1 - Episode 1
An ex-wife makes matters difficult for her ex-husband who's about to propose to his new girl.
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#17 - The Lodge
The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 2
Andy invites Howard to join "The Regal Order of the Door to Good Fellowship" lodge. Howard's mother doesn't like the idea of Howard being around the other men, so she concocts a scheme whereby Howard will be denied membership. It's all a big misunderstanding, and Howard eventually is allowed to join the lodge.
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Love, American Style - Season 2 - Episode 37
A newly married couple spends the night at a vampire's house when their car breaks down in the middle of a storm.