The BEST episodes written by B.w. Sandefur
#1 - Programmed for Killing
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 17
Pretending to get the birthday present for Emily, Chuck leaves the restaurant and rings up Emily's father at the company. By computer he activates a gear that kills the man. Barnaby investigates, meets young genius Brian and learns about ""Charlie"", the computer.
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#2 - Conspiracy of Terror
Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 4
Terminally ill John Riley took the blame for killing Sheffield's wife, as Sheffield promised to provide for Riley's wife. But Riley gave an interview to Terrence who is murdered thereafter. Working for Terrence's publisher Barnaby traces Sheffield and Long.
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#3 - Dangerous Summer
Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 17
When Chris, Warren, Toby and Michelle rob $200,000 from the company of Chris' wealthy stepfather Thurston, Toby is shot. Barnaby is hired by Toby's father to find the missing son. Medical student Warren fails to save Toby, panics and is killed by Chris.
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#4 - The Deadly Prize
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 8
Hollister is killed in the harbour by the dropping load of a crane. Barnaby investigates for an insurance company and uncovers the smuggling of a precious small emerald Buddha in a thermos, with one of Hollister's associates trying to kill the two others.
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#5 - Secret of the Dunes
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 13
Going by motorcycle Mason witnesses the secret burial of a murdered girl in the dunes. He is chased to death into an abyss by a helicopter. Barnaby, searching for Mason, traces wealthy Charles Manly Wheeling, whose girl friend tried to force a marriage.
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#6 - Woman in the Shadows
Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 22
When Leila Evanston dies after a plastic surgery following a serious car accident doctor Danvers talks his mistress Karen into posing as Leila in order to save his career. While Mr. Evanston doesn't notice the change, Leila's lover does and blackmails her.
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#7 - Four Eyes
Little House on the Prairie - Season 2 - Episode 2
Mary is beginning to do worse in school because she has a hard time reading the blackboard. When Mary first gets her new glasses, she really likes them. The other school children begin to tease her. She purposely loses her glasses, until she realizes that her teacher, who wears glasses, has a boyfriend.
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#8 - For My Lady
Little House on the Prairie - Season 2 - Episode 19
Charles takes a job refinishing woodwork for Thurman in exchange for a nice set of china to give to Caroline. Widow Thurman was a lovely, young lady. To keep his secret, Charles had to lie. After he tells the girls and Caroline different stories, everyone suspects that Charles is having an affair.
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#9 - The Bully Boys
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 9
Rev. Alden's pleas to "turn the other cheek" is put to the test when a family of ruffians move to Walnut Grove and cause trouble.
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#10 - Little Women
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 14
The school children are allowed to put on plays in groups. Laura and Mary work with Ginny Clark, a student who has no father. Ginny wants her mother to date, but her mother, Della, doesn't believe she looks good enough. Ginny sells her long beautiful hair so she can buy her mother a new dress. Della at first accuses Ginny of stealing money until she sees that her daughter has cut her hair.
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#11 - The Election
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 20
As a prank to make him look foolish, the older boys of Walnut Grove school nominate the object of their practical jokes, gentle Elmer Dobkins, to run for class president against popular Mary Ingalls and wealthy Nellie Oleson. While Mary and Nellie wage their campaigns with promises of popcorn and gum balls, Mr. Dobkins witnesses his son being teased by the older boys and, when he finds out why Elmer was nominated, angrily orders him to pull out of the election. But, when election day comes and the race seems too close to call, a cruel act and children tired of being bullied decide the outcome.
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T.J. Hooker - Season 4 - Episode 10
Romano, celebrating his new Porsche sports car, takes Hooker out for a night at a dance club, but the car is stolen, hitting a gypsy king as it speeds away. The injured man and his 10-year-old niece have been tracking the thieves trying to recover stolen automobile parts, but they refuse to give any information to the Police. The next day, the man is murdered, but the niece once again refuses to talk. Hooker reluctantly releases the girl into the custody of her older sister, hoping that she might open up to her about the killing, but the young gypsy girl is determined to avenge her uncle's death...
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#13 - Puzzlelock
Ironside - Season 2 - Episode 23
An ex-policeman murders his wife, and sets up a complicated false trail and apparently flawless alibi in order to cover his tracks. The Chief has to find a way to crack the man's seemingly perfect defence, in order to prove that he is guilty.
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#14 - Gold Country (2)
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 22
A heavy rain has been falling in Walnut Grove for two months, and it shows no signs of stopping. Farmers like Charles fear that their families will go hungry, and after reading an article in the newspaper, they take a 400-mile journey with their wives and children for a temporary new life in Gold Country. Things start out pretty well when Charles and Isaiah dig up some gold, but Laura and Carl get a completely different perspective from a new friend that they meet near their camp site. Meanwhile, Caroline opens and teaches a school in a tent, right in the middle of town, but it proves to be a less-than-ideal learning environment for everyone.
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#15 - A Matter Of Faith
Little House on the Prairie - Season 2 - Episode 15
Charles and his girls go on a trip, while Caroline stays home. Just before they leave, she gets a scratch on her leg by a rusty nail. At first, everything seems OK. However, as time progresses, she gets weaker and more ill.
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#16 - The Hot Dog Murder
Quincy, M.E. - Season 2 - Episode 9
After a talk at a university a student who wants his advice approaches Quincy. He thinks that a body that was donated to the university was murdered, that he didn't die accidentally as the records show. What makes it worse is that the body came from a top security prison wing, where the man was being held for his own safety at the time.
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#17 - Gold Country (1)
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 21
After having their crops destroyed, the Ingalls leave Walnut Grove to try their luck at striking it rich. After being at the gold mines for a while, the Ingalls realize that greed has been poisoning their minds. They leave to go home instead of looking for more gold.
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#19 - Soldier's Return
Little House on the Prairie - Season 2 - Episode 21
The son of Mrs. Whipple returns to Walnut Grove after serving in the Civil War. To forget his painful past, he takes morphine, which he becomes addicted to.
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#20 - Cruising Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 13
Bosley and the Angels are sent to transfer Charlie's 100-foot yacht to Miami, only to find it stolen and mysteriously returned. They find blood on the deck and gold hidden on board.
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#21 - Bully and Billy
Voyagers! - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jeff and Bogg arrive in the Cuban revolution, to find history changed because Teddy Roosevelt never led the charge up San Juan history. He was killed by Billy the Kid in 1889. The Voyagers head back to that time, stopping briefly to help Ben Franklin get his kite in the air. Once back in the Old West, the two infiltrate Billy's gang and then save Roosevelt's life. Billy turns out to be a coward without his gun, much to Jeff's dismay. Travelling back to Cuba to make sure history is on track, they meet up with Roosevelt and help the Cuban rebels, setting history right.
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#22 - The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Airwolf - Season 3 - Episode 20
Hawke is doing some late-night fishing on the lake outside his cabin, when he sees a helicopter fly over and drop a body into the water. Pulling the unconscious, dumped young woman out and taking her to hospital, he finds that the girl has amnesia due to her trauma, but doctor's examination indicates that she is a drug user and worked as a prostitute. Hawke sets out to help the girl find out her true identity, and just what trouble she was in that had led to people trying kill her - but when the hit-men who had dumped her into the lake find out that she is still alive, they set out to see that neither girl or Hawke are around to uncover the truth about her...
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#23 - Chicago
Little House on the Prairie - Season 8 - Episode 8
Charles travels to Chicago to comfort a deeply grieving Mr. Edwards, whose son John Jr. had died in a tragic accident. But that grief soon gives way to rage when it becomes apparent John Jr.'s death was no accident. Charles and Mr. Edwards enlist the aid of the editor of the newspaper where John Jr. worked to uncover the truth.
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#24 - The Passing of a King
Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 5
The son of a rancher to whom the Cartwrights are selling a prize bull is trying to get his father ruled mentally incompetant, and will let no one stand in his way.
#25 - Attack Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 5 - Episode 14
The Angels take jobs in the corporate world when they are hired by the president of a big company to find out who is killing off his executives.
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#26 - The Reformation of Harry Briscoe
Alias Smith and Jones - Season 2 - Episode 9
After helping a pair of nuns whose wagon has broken down, Smith and Jones run into Harry Briscoe who claims one of the nuns is a fake who stole $30,000 from a bank she worked at.
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#27 - Nips and Tucks
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 22
When a congressional witness is found dead, the Angels investigate a plastic surgeon's association with a racketeer whom they learn wants surgery to change his identity.
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#28 - Caged Angel
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 7
When a young woman who is supposed to be in prison is found dead at the scene of a robbery, the Angels are called in to investigate. Kris enters prison undercover to find the thieves.
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#29 - One Love...Two Angels (1)
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 25
Kelly, who was orphaned as an infant, receives a visit from attorney Bill Cord, who is convinced that she's Margaret Barrows, the daughter of multi-millionaire hotelier Oliver Barrows. Kelly flies to San Diego to meet the man who may be her father, and begins a romance with the handsome attorney. After a joyful reunion, Barrows dies of an apparent heart attack two days later.
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#30 - To Live With Fear (1)
Little House on the Prairie - Season 3 - Episode 16
Mary has an accident with a horse in the barn. When Mary starts to get worse, the Ingalls take her to a specialist. There they learn that Mary needs an immediate operation.
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#31 - Wipe-Out
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season 1 - Episode 11
While in Hawaii for a surfing contest, the boys' hotel room is robbed and the two detectives discover that they're not the only victims who've been hit. The Hawaiian police enlist their aid in tracking down the burglars. Everyone's in for the surprise of their lives when the determined duo finally crack the criminal ring.
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#32 - One Love...Two Angels (2)
Charlie's Angels - Season 4 - Episode 26
What Kelly does not know is that Oliver was poisoned by his nephew, Glenn Staley. Deep in debt, Staley promised to deluver Barrows' San Diego hotel to a developer with syndicate ties. Hoping the murder of Oliver would solve the problem, Glenn is now faced with the necessity of killing the new heiress. Kelly, meanwhile, is still uncertain about her real heritage, and hires Kris, Tiffany and Bosley to find proof. Tiffany joins Kelly in San Diego to study the Barrows family history, while Kris follows up on Bill Cord's investigation. In the course of their collaboration, Bill and Kris fall in love!
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#33 - A Matter of Circumstance
Bonanza - Season 11 - Episode 28
Little Joe stays back at the Ponderosa to tend to its operation as Ben, Hoss, Candy and Hop Sing leave for a cattle drive, who leave as a severe thunderstorm approaches. Joe goes to the barn to calm a horse that was spooked by the thunder and lightning. But just when it seems like the horse has settled down, the horse goes wild, knocking down Joe and crushing his left arm and breaking his leg. Joe goes in and out of consciousness and – after struggling against driving rain and winds to get into the house – treats his wounds. However, the arm is infected and Joe, fearing gangrene has set in, debates whether to amputate the wound.
#34 - The Legacy of Spencer Flats
The Virginian - Season 9 - Episode 17
Stopping in nearly abandoned Spencer Flats, Trampas is held by sisters Della and Annie Spencer, who accuse him of being outlaw Deke Slaughter, though their handyman is not so convinced. Then the real Slaughter rides into the town, claiming to be a sheriff.
#35 - Waikiki Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 5 - Episode 6
Hoping for a vacation, the Angels go to Honolulu. But instead, they are called to the aid of a Congressman's son, who is attacked while honeymooning with his new wife.
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#36 - Speak No Evil
Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 28
Coley Clayborn, who has always thought his mother abandoned him and his father, thinks she is only after the gold mine he inherited when she recently returned to Virginia City.
#37 - Moonshinin' Angels
Charlie's Angels - Season 5 - Episode 8
The Angels are sent to the deep south to investigate problems between two long-feuding families of bootleggers.
#38 - The Price of Salt
Bonanza - Season 9 - Episode 19
When a young woman inherits her late father's salt mine, a greedy rancher wants to buy all the salt for himself. Ben, standing for the smaller ranchers who cannot afford to pay the heiress' prices, bids against the wealthy rancher to get a fair price for all.
#39 - The Deserter
Bonanza - Season 10 - Episode 24
Candy comes upon a soldier who is running from charges of desertion, and with Joe's help they foil a plan to sell rapid-fire rifles to the Indians.
#40 - Rage
Little House on the Prairie - Season 9 - Episode 4
Mr. Stark has gotten himself so far in debt that he has lost his mind. He goes home and shoots his wife and daughter. Then he goes off and ends up at Laura's house. He mistakes Laura and Jenny for his wife and daughter, but when he sees Rose, he thinks that his daughter has had a baby.
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#41 - Is There Any Man Here?
Bonanza - Season 11 - Episode 19
When the daughter of a friend declares her love for him, Ben agonizes over what to do.
#42 - For a Young Lady
Bonanza - Season 12 - Episode 14
A girl's uncle and aunt want custody of her only because they believe she has the rights to her late grandfather's mine.
#43 - J.P. Douglas
My Three Sons - Season 10 - Episode 26
Chip turns on to economics and is enthralled by the latest book by his accounting teacher, and vows that he will become rich early in life by instituting a break-neck money earning schedule. Whilst working at several jobs, he doesn't take into account the expenses he begins to incur along the way to his goal.