The BEST episodes written by Bill Dial

Turkeys Away
star
9.05
252 votes

#1 - Turkeys Away

WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 - Episode 7

Feeling left out at the station, Mr. Carlson comes up with a top-secret Thanksgiving promotion involving twenty live turkeys.

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Eye of the Needle
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7.76
2472 votes

#2 - Eye of the Needle

Star Trek: Voyager - Season 1 - Episode 7

Stardate: 48579.4 The discovery of a wormhole leading to the Alpha Quadrant elates the crew, however, their only contact within range is a skeptical and paranoid Romulan.

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Baby, If You've Ever Wondered
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7.65
104 votes

#3 - Baby, If You've Ever Wondered

WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 2 - Episode 9

The new ratings book arrives, and WKRP has climbed from 16th to 14th place in the Cincinnati market. Everyone is happy about the gain except Andy, who knows that the station has not improved enough, in part because of his own unwillingness to fire incompetent employees like Herb and Les.

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Asylum
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7.35
278 votes

#4 - Asylum

Sliders - Season 4 - Episode 10

On a world raided by Kromaggs for natural resources, Rembrandt falls in love with a doctor who can save a critically injured Quinn. Problem is, Maggie learns this doctor collaborated with the Kromaggs and is on the run from the British secret service.

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Tribunal
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7.32
1234 votes

#5 - Tribunal

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 25

O'Brien is found guilty and later tried at a tribunal held on Cardassia Prime.

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Prophets and Loss
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7.32
316 votes

#6 - Prophets and Loss

Sliders - Season 4 - Episode 2

Quinn, Rembrandt and Maggie land on a world where the United States is run by the Oracle, a blend of fundamental beliefs and right-wing conservatism. Followers trade their wealth and possessions in return for passage to a nirvana world, but the Sliders discover the Oracle's portal is a deadly sham.

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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
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7.30
279 votes

#7 - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Sliders - Season 4 - Episode 6

The Sliders track down Quinn's long lost brother, Colin, to a Amish-type Earth. Quinn convinces Colin they are brothers and to slide to find their true home. But on the next world, a double of Colin's former love takes advantage of him and involves him in a scam to steal cryogenically frozen bodies.

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The Alternate
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7.19
1390 votes

#8 - The Alternate

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2 - Episode 12

Dr. Mora Pol, who first studied Odo as an infant, announces that he may have found Odo's homeworld in the Gamma Quadrant.

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Roads Taken
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7.12
256 votes

#9 - Roads Taken

Sliders - Season 4 - Episode 21

A rough slide separates Quinn and Maggie from Rembrandt and Colin for a brief time. Soon after they reunite, Quinn and Maggie become seriously ill and appear to be dying of old age. Unable to help them themselves, Rembrandt and Colin will have to rely on someone claiming to be Quinn and Maggie's son.

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Revelations
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7.04
269 votes

#10 - Revelations

Sliders - Season 4 - Episode 22

With nearly a month until their next slide, the Sliders find themselves extremely bored on a dull world. While the others get jobs, Rembrandt dives into a sci-fi book that bears more than a resemblance to their lives. When the Sliders track down the author, they learn he came from Quinn and Colin's home world.

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Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack
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7.00
1 votes

#11 - Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack

Evening Shade - Season 1 - Episode 18

A convict who'd threatened prosecutor Ava when she had him put away escapes and heads toward town.

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The Unstuck Man
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6.96
279 votes

#12 - The Unstuck Man

Sliders - Season 5 - Episode 1

After experiencing a rough slide, Rembrandt and Maggie see Colin is nowhere to be found. More disturbing, they meet a stranger claiming he is Quinn Mallory. Rembrandt and Maggie learn too late that this is all apart of an evil genius' desperate plan to save his life.

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The Gravity of It All
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6.94
35 votes

#13 - The Gravity of It All

Time Trax - Season 2 - Episode 5

Lambert and SELMA hear reports of people flying without planes, and investigates. They find that an inventor from the future has brought his banned invention - a belt that can lift you from the ground - to the present. But Lambert isn't the only one after the inventor. A gang of thugs sees the possibilities of the belt and goes after it.

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Preacher
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6.94
103 votes

#14 - Preacher

WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 - Episode 22

WKRP's Sunday morning evangelist (and former wrestler) may be a fraud, but no one has the nerve to fire him.

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Never Leave Me, Lucille
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6.78
108 votes

#15 - Never Leave Me, Lucille

WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 - Episode 15

Herb separates from his wife Lucille and stays at Johnny's apartment while Jennifer tries to reunite the couple.

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Love Returns
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6.61
132 votes

#16 - Love Returns

WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 - Episode 8

Andy falls back in love with an old girlfriend, now a famous singer, and must decide whether to follow her on the road.

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To Catch a Slider
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6.00
199 votes

#17 - To Catch a Slider

Sliders - Season 5 - Episode 15

The timer continues to malfunction, giving the Sliders rougher slides than usual. To fix it, the Sliders need to get ahold of a gem, even if it means stealing.

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Irish Jug
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5.97
32 votes

#18 - Irish Jug

Poltergeist: The Legacy - Season 3 - Episode 11

Kat is on the job when the team is put in charge of cataloging and disbursing the bequeathed estate of Hanney Ellen Keane and Derek makes a grave error. Taking a few drinks from a cursed Irish Jug causes two ne'er-do-wellers escape from the Jug and possess Derek and Milo. Once the boys realize what year they're in and the fortune the one called Derek possesses they soon decide to stay awhile but before they can enjoy the riches they must get rid of the women. Being the only one that sees the two impostors for what they are Kat must think quickly and convince Alex to help her as Rachel is nowhere to be found.

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Dust
star
5.92
165 votes

#19 - Dust

Sliders - Season 5 - Episode 16

The Sliders are lost in the desert, but happen upon an archaeological dig. They soon find, however, that the dig is unearthing a buried Los Angeles and that the locals consider Rembrandt a deity.

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Apocalypse Maybe
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5.91
33 votes

#20 - Apocalypse Maybe

Team Knight Rider - Season 1 - Episode 20

When an ""earthquake machine"" falls into the sinister hands of a depraved televangelist the team must stop him before he levels Las Vegas.

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