The BEST episodes written by Bob Young
#1 - The Settlement
Melissa & Joey - Season 1 - Episode 30
Joe considers newfound possibilities, when he comes into a large sum of money. Meanwhile, a water leak is found on the living room ceiling.
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#2 - The Chain Letter
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 13
While Mrs. Garrett frets over an inspection by the Board of Health, the girls get involved with a chain letter and ignore their responsibilities.
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#3 - Talk, Talk, Talk
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 10
While working at the campus radio station, Jo finds herself needing to fill 5 hours of air time. Things start off on a bad note, when she can't find a key to the record cabinet, which leads, Natalie, Tootie, Blair and Mrs. Garrett to come to her rescue.
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#4 - Advanced Placement
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 7
Natalie is allowed to enroll in a college course at Langley College and she quickly gets an overblown ego which quickly threatens her friendships with Blair, Jo and Tootie. Things get even worse when she learns that if she can keep her grade point average up she will be allowed to graduate early and enroll at Langley in the fall.
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#5 - Sisters
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 23
During an alumni weekend at Langley, Blair's mother and Jo's father bond which leads to Blair and Jo's fears of becoming sisters.
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#6 - What Happens in Jersey... (1)
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 14
In failing health, Joe's grandmother Sofia begs him to come visit her one last time for her birthday, and to bring his beautiful wife Tiffany along. Since Joe never got around to telling "Nona" he and Tiffany got divorced, he's forced to beg Mel to pretend to be his trampy ex. Soon, Joe and Mel are on the road to Jersey with Lennox and Ryder tagging along.
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#7 - A Decent Proposal
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 17
Joe rushes home to tell Mel that he has feelings for her after their romantic night together in New Jersey. When he arrives, he's shocked to find Austin has shown up and wants to give his relationship with Mel another try. Deciding he can't stay and watch them fall in love all over again, Joe quits. Meanwhile, Lennox plots to get Joe and Mel together and Ryder gets sick from his own cooking.
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#8 - I Can Manage
Melissa & Joey - Season 2 - Episode 1
In the second-season opener, Mel has her home renovated, but the construction work does not go smoothly. Meanwhile, Lennox's school puts on a play she wrote, but the audience reaction is not what she anticipated.
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#9 - All Politics is Local
Melissa & Joey - Season 1 - Episode 24
Mel's dad comes back to town to support a bill Mel opposes. Meanwhile, Lennox's poetry proves popular with a classmate who's an aspiring singer.
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#10 - What Happens in Jersey... (2)
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 15
After a night of heavy drinking, Joe and Mel end up sleeping together to their own shock. Ryder gets worked up about helping out Joe's mother with "the rat". Lennox finds out that Marco was only pretending to be into her to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. Mel, as Tiffany, mistakenly makes a deathbed promise to Nona that she and Joe will stay together forever.
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#11 - All by Herself
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 22
Geri is in charge of organizing a charity auction but makes her first mistake by making Blair her assistant. Blair quickly takes over and begins doing things without consulting Geri. Geri in turn fires her and makes her second mistake, not accepting any help from from anyone.
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#12 - Maybe I'm Amazed
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 36
Mel gives Joe shocking news during their wedding, and he must quickly make a decision as a result. Meanwhile, Lennox feels torn between Zander and Marco and Ryder looks for the perfect opportunity to reveal that he won’t be attending college.
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#13 - Pilot
Melissa & Joey - Season 1 - Episode 1
Former wild child Mel Burke has just been elected as city council person for Toledo, Ohio. However, in addition to her new job, she is also forced into raising her niece, Lennox, and her nephew, Ryder. Lennox and Ryder's father, Louis Scanlon, was part of a ponzi scheme and fled the country. Their mother was sent to prison, leaving Mel as the only option. Joe Longo, a former employee of Louis and lost all of his money. His wife kicked him out and left him with nothing. Joe tracks down Mel for information on Louis. Their paths continue to cross until Mel accidentally offers Joe a job to help her take care of the kids. Lennox got suspended from school and Joe saves the day getting Lennox to talk to the principal and accept her punishment.
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#14 - Joint Custody
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 24
Mrs. Garrett's son, Raymond stops by Edna's Edibles for a visit and brings along his wife, Doris, whom he has been having marital problems with. This gets Mrs. Garrett and the girls worried about the future of the shop especially since Raymond and Doris have been talking about a divorce.
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#15 - Love at First Byte
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 3
With computer dating as the subject of her term paper, Natalie uses a computer dating service to find Blair and Jo "perfect dates" without their permission. Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrett targets Tootie as a bridge partner when her old one moves away.
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#16 - My Boyfriend's Back
The Facts of Life - Season 6 - Episode 4
Tootie's first date with Jeff since he started college leaves her feeling she must sleep with him to keep him.
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#17 - Seoul Man
Melissa & Joey - Season 1 - Episode 9
Due to a recent scandal at the city council, Mel is asked to prove Joe’s legal working status in the United States. Much to her surprise, Joe was born in Korea while his family was stationed abroad, and he can’t find his legal documents. Meanwhile, when Lennox decides to go to a school dance with one of her girlfriends, rumors start circulating about her sexuality.
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#18 - The Mighty Megalosaurus
Dinosaurs - Season 1 - Episode 1
In this first episode of the series, Earl Sinclair talks to his born son about how his life was before he was born. he talks to him about the stress between his family and how his wife Fran Sinclair had been dealing with a lot of troubles and situations over the past. Earl also talks about how he wanted his boss B.P. Richfield to give him a first raise.
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#19 - Chaperones
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 26
Mel and Joe are forced to chaperone Ryder’s school dance, getting themselves kicked out by the Vice Principal for bad behavior. Meanwhile, Ryder contemplates breaking up with Stella but does an about-face after helping her nurse a sick Isabel.
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#20 - Inside Job
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 3
Joe paints Mel into a corner, forcing her to get him a job at City Hall with fellow City Council member Paul. Once there, Joe gets wrapped up in another potential financial scandal, leading to all sorts of headaches for Mel. Meanwhile, Lennox is torn between her boyfriend Zander and her hot co-star in the school play, Archer.
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#21 - The Knockout
Melissa & Joey - Season 2 - Episode 5
Mel punches a person in Ryder's defense, then must think fast when video of the altercation is posted online. Meanwhile, Lennox attempts to befriend a new girl at school, but the girl takes advantage of Lennox's kindness, which dismays Joe.
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#22 - Moving On
Melissa & Joey - Season 1 - Episode 2
Mel dates a guy with ulterior motives. Joe deals with getting his stuff back from his ex-wife, most importantly his flat screen TV. Lennox tries to make friends in her new school.
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#23 - Works for Me
Melissa & Joey - Season 3 - Episode 1
Mel tries to convince Joe of his importance to her and the family after she learns that he has been looking for another job.
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#24 - The Mating Dance
Dinosaurs - Season 1 - Episode 2
Fran feels very depressed after staying up all night trying to keep Baby from being awake and trying to go to sleep. That morning Baby went to sleep and Fran was outraged and upset that she did not get enough sleep. Earl and Roy later tries to find out what's wrong with Fran's life and they believe that if she wasen't with the children she would have a perfect life. Later, Farn goes to her mothers to spend some time with her, while Earl tries to make dinner. Fran later comes home to tell Earl that there is defidently something wrong in her life. When Earl watches TV, he thinks that the only way to cheer Fran up again is the mating dance.
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#25 - All or Nothing
The Facts of Life - Season 5 - Episode 16
Newly elected board member Jo tackles the regents of Langley when they vote to cut academic scholarships in favor of a scoreboard nobody wants.
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#26 - Working Guy
Smart Guy - Season 2 - Episode 2
T.J. learns a hard lesson about office politics while taking part in a work-study program that lands him in a lofty position at an electronic company. Floyd lays down the law when he feels that T.J. is spending too much time at work and not enough time with the family.
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#27 - Big Time Charlie
The Facts of Life - Season 7 - Episode 22
Jo's father shows up to announce that he's won a publisher's giveaway, and is determined to give Jo everything he could never give her before.
#28 - The Sidewalk Sale
227 - Season 1 - Episode 7
The tenants have a sidewalk sale to pay for the repairs needed to fix up 227. Lester asks Mary not to sell his aunt's old, ugly lamp, but she does anyway, for $5. When Lester finds out, he is upset, but for more reasons than one. The lamp is where he hid the profits of the sale. The tenants get upset with Mary and outcast her. Luckily for her, the wife of the gentleman who bought the lamp comes by her apartment to give it back to Mary, because she did not like the lamp either. They buy it back from the couple for $50 and got the money back to save 227.
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227 - Season 1 - Episode 11
Brenda desperately tries to get Calvin to notice her. When Mary doesn't seem to help Brenda out, she seeks romantic advice from Sandra. This ultimately upsets Mary when she finds out that Sandra alters Brenda's appearance.
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