The BEST episodes written by Arthur Rowe
#1 - Explosion! (pt. 2)
The Big Valley - Season 3 - Episode 11
Jarrod, Nick and Heath volunteer to take the nitroglycerin to the fire.
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Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 8
In "Lillian Russell" Lillian Martin goes back in time and becomes a famous singer in order to accurately write a biography of the performer. And in "The Lagoon" a man seeking a peaceful, nostalgic weekend is forced to come face to face with some events of his secret, tormented past.
#3 - The Ghost's Story / The Spoilers
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 22
In "The Ghost's Story" a young woman must face being alone in a terrifying haunted mansion in order to gain notoriety as an expert of the occult. And in "The Spoilers" a famous and fair-minded bounty hunter goes after the only man who has ever eluded him.
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The Big Valley - Season 3 - Episode 10
A forest fire rages, drawing closer to Stockton. The only solution is a firebreak created by a nitroglycerin explosion.
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#5 - Operation 'Heart'
Mission: Impossible - Season 2 - Episode 7
Professor Bennett is an archaeologist who is caught up in political coup by Gomalk, the Chief of Security Police. The coup is aimed at President Rurich. Bennett was accidentally arrested and interrogated, inducing a heart attack. The team must both rescue Bennett and prevent the coup. The IMF stage an assassination, spoiling Gomalk's own intended assassination. Cinnamon, impersonating Bennett's husband, tries to frame Bennett so that President Rurich believes he is an American agent. That would screw up Gomalk's plans, so he keeps the news secret, except that Phelps tells Rurich anyway. Rurich orders an interrogation of Bennett and orders an operation. Rollin, disguised as a doctor, slips in and "discovers" a bomb in the room. Barney, Willy, and guest agent Dr. Siebert come in as a bomb disposal unit who pull guns and try to "rescue" Bennett. Rollin fakes Bennett's death and the IMF team escape with Bennett hidden in a bomb disposal gentry, and then Rollin takes Bennett's place. Rurich
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Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 3
In "The Skater's Edge" untrained farm girl Charlie Girl from Minnesota fantasizes about competing as a world-class figure skater. In "Concerto of Death" piano player Jeremy Hale comes to believe that his famous concert pianist brother was murdered and is tormented by his memory. And in "The Last Great Race" a couple agree to a winner-take-all race to decide the property settlement for their divorce.
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#7 - The Wedding
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 7
Mr. Roarke marries his longtime love Helena Marsh, knowing that their time together will be very short. Helena has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and her last wish is become Mrs. Roarke.
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Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 21
In "Basin Street" a would-be musician visits New Orleans during the heyday of ragtime jazz, and learns much more than he bargained for about the old days of Louisiana jazz. And in "The Devil's Triangle" an adventure film crew wants to solve the mystery of the Devil's Triangle.
#10 - The Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 2
In "The Devil and Mr. Roarke" Mephistopheles, the devil himself has come with a very specific purpose in mind -- to capture the immortal soul of Mr. Roarke. In "Ziegfeld Girls" two ex-showgirls wish to return to their youth when they were Ziegfeld Girls. And in "Kid Corey Rides Again" Ned Plummer who is enamored with the outlaws of the old west wishes to go back in time to ride with one of the legendary and deadly lawbreakers of that era.
#12 - Kill Oscar (1)
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 6
Jaime combats female robots that Dr. Franklin is using in a scheme to kidnap Oscar Goldman and obtain an experimental weather control device. Parts 1 and 3 of this three part cross over were broadcast as part of The Bionic Woman season 2, while part 2 was shown on The Six Million Dollar Man season 4. In syndication and the DVD release, all three installments are part of The Bionic Woman season 2.
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#13 - Clown of Death
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 4 - Episode 20
Two retired brothers, both having worked as riggers for circuses many years before, are found murdered while a circus happens to be performing in San Francisco at the Cow Palace.
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#14 - A Coffin for Starsky
Starsky & Hutch - Season 1 - Episode 21
A masked assassin breaks into Starsky's apartment in the middle of the night, and injects him with a deadly poison. With the lethal drug quickly taking its hold, the rapidly ailing Starksy has less than 24 hours to live unless Hutch and himself can find the antidote in time. And to identify the exact poison in order to find the right antidote, they must first find the would-be killer...
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#15 - Railroad
Gunsmoke - Season 14 - Episode 9
Matt clashes with maverick railroad builder Wes Cameron and his wild men running a railroad line through Dodge.
#16 - Fembots in Las Vegas (1)
The Bionic Woman - Season 3 - Episode 3
Carl, the son of the deranged Dr. Franklin, reactivates his father's army of female robots in order to steal America's first directed energy ray weapon.
#17 - Fembots in Las Vegas (2)
The Bionic Woman - Season 3 - Episode 4
Carl demands Jaime, Oscar, and Rudy as ransom for the stolen energy ray weapon that he has launched into orbit and now controls.
#18 - Pentagram / A Little Ball / Casting Director
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 18
In "Pentagram" TV reporter Jane Garwood becomes an unsuspecting target when her relationships start dying one by one. In "A Little Ball" a nun has to decide between the church and getting married. In "Casting Couch" Felix Birdsong becomes casting director and is overwhelmed when all the lovelies attempt to win the lead role in a movie. Bribs not withstanding Felix is between a rock and a hard place.
#19 - Tattoo: the Love God / Magnolia Blossoms
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 3
In "Tattoo: the Love God", Tattoo's fantasy of becoming a god to many beautiful native women becomes a bit too much for him too handle. In "Magnolia Blossoms" Myra and Gladys seek romance a la "Gone With the Wind".
#20 - Black Magic
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 9
Jaime is sent to a remote island to impersonate the niece of the Carstairs family. When the family is sent on a scavenger hunt to find their dead brother's fortune, it's up to Jaime to locate it first and obtain the formula for a top-secret alloy.
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Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 10
In "A Very Strange Affair" Ron Price gets some very unusual help in obtaining the needed funds for an orphanage. And in "The Sailor" Mr. Roarke successfully arranges a love match but in order for the couple to have a future happiness together, Laura Myles must forfeit her life.
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#22 - Kill Oscar (3)
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 8
Steve and Jaime become Oscar and Callahan's only hope of survival when Franklin uses the weather control machine to repel a military strike force from his island. Parts 1 and 3 of this three part cross over were broadcast as part of The Bionic Woman season 2, while part 2 was shown on The Six Million Dollar Man season 4. In syndication and the DVD release, all three installments are part of The Bionic Woman season 2.
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#23 - The Chain Gang / The Boss
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 5
In 'The Chain Gang' Mike Jenner is obsessed with finding his father's killer, which could wind up causing his own death. In 'The Boss' switchboard operator Cindy Carter fantasizes about becoming the boss of a large corporation, but she uncovers deception and underdealings along the way.
#24 - Fly Jaime
The Bionic Woman - Season 1 - Episode 11
Jaime goes undercover as an airline stewardess to protect Dr. Rudy Wells and the top-secret formula that he possesses.
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#25 - The DeJon Caper
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 21
Jaime travels to Paris with art forger Pierre Lambert to trap a master criminal and recover valuable paintings from him.
#26 - Jaime's Mother
The Bionic Woman - Season 1 - Episode 8
Jaime's mother has supposedly returned from the dead for a last visit with Jaime in Ojai knowing that foreign agents are after her and that her visit endangers Jaime's life.
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#27 - The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird / The Island of Lost Women
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 10
In "The Flight of the Great Yellow Bird" a former professional adventurer is hired by Professor Smith-Myles to go in search of Bigfoot. In "The Island of Lost Women" a girl crazy sailor Barney Shaw wishes to find out if an island of beautiful women really exists.
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#28 - The Antidote
The Bionic Woman - Season 3 - Episode 14
A deadly poison will kill Jaime unless she reveals the location of a secret conference in exchange for the antidote.
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#29 - The Vega Influence
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 11
At a government base on an isolated island, Jaime is pitted against a ""living"" meteorite's strange ability to overpower the human will.
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#30 - Jaime and the King
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 19
Jaime becomes a tutor to a difficult young prince in order to protect his father from assassins.
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#31 - Beyond the Call
The Bionic Woman - Season 2 - Episode 20
Jaime tries to befriend a withdrawn girl who hasn't spoken since her mother's death. Meanwhile, the girl's father plans to steal a top-secret missile guidance system.
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#32 - The Energy Eater
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1 - Episode 10
Several Indian construction workers are killed during high-rise work on a new hospital. They leave the job, and the hospital is completed. However, a series of strange electrocutions continue to plague the hospital after its grand opening. Kolchak investigates and finds that a "bear-god" spirit, Matchemonedo, was resurrected from its burial spot beneath Lake Michigan by the hospital construction. Now the creature, which feeds on energy, is beginning to awaken. Kolchak must convince the hospital officials to re-refrigerate the "bear-god" and drive it back into hibernation before it awakens once and for all.
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#33 - The Pyramid
The Bionic Woman - Season 3 - Episode 13
Jaime and Chris get trapped in an underground pyramid with an alien sentinel who warns them that Earth faces imminent destruction.
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#34 - The Big Dipper / The Pirate
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 2
In "The Big Dipper" a young girl tries to find a normal life with her pick-pocketing father, when a police sergeant shows up in search of her father. In "The Pirate" an eccentric Ted Cavanaugh hopes to win back the love of his ex-wife by playing out a fantasy.
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#35 - Legacy of Terror
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1 - Episode 17
Physically fit specimens (an Air Force pilot, a football player, a cop) are all being targeted for a grisly death: their hearts are being cut from their chests while they're still alive, with a dull blade, on higher and higher flights of steps. Kolchak investigates and spots a strange feathered creature near the scene of one of the murders. He finds out that an ancient Aztec cult is trying to resurrect their ancient god, Nanautzin, the Lord of the Smoking Mirror. Since his destruction at the hands of the Conquistadores 520 years ago (the Aztec millennia), his worshippers must sacrifice the hearts of five worthy victims every 52 years. Upon the completion of the final cycle, Nanautzin will be restored to life. However, the final death must be a ""perfect sacrifice"": a willing victim who is given his every wish for a year before his final death. Pepe, a box boy, is the ""perfect sacrifice"" and Carl must track him to the highest staircase in Chicago and convince him to back out of the sacrifice.
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#36 - The Appointment / Mr. Tattoo
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 9
In "The Appointment" Dr. John Carlson who is doctor too busy with business to see his patients, seeks funds to build a computerized health care complex and winds up having to make a life and death decision. In "Mr. Tattoo" Dee Dee and Evelyn enlist Tattoo in helping them find millionaires to marry.
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#37 - Terror on Grant Avenue
Ironside - Season 7 - Episode 17
An elder in the Chinese community is murdered, and a young man is held to be responsible. The Chief calls in his friends in the community to help him find the young man in question, whom he believes has been framed in order to cause a rift between young and old in China Town.
#38 - Rancho Outcast
The Bionic Woman - Season 3 - Episode 21
Jaime is paired with a double-crossing convict who claims he can identify the criminal that the OSI is seeking.
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