The BEST episodes written by Brian Bird
#1 - Into the Fire
Touched by an Angel - Season 5 - Episode 20
After a woman is fired for hollering at a telemarketing customer on the telephone, Monica temporarily joins a cult with her. Tess gives a required assignment to Monica about exposing the cult’s leader as a sinister fraud before his followers self-destruct as their final fate.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 7 - Episode 10
The family of a convicted murderer face a bleak Christmas in a town which blames them.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 8 - Episode 20
A man with a beautiful voice is encouraged to sing for the first time in twenty-five years.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 6 - Episode 19
Monica and Tess enter a woman’s prison to help a woman who thinks she was wrongly convicted of killing a man. Monica helps stage a play in prison to get the women to open up. Andrew must help the father of that man come to forgive the woman.
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#5 - Song For My Father
Touched by an Angel - Season 9 - Episode 16
A talented teen sings in the choir and a band, but also smokes. She is diagnosed with throat cancer. She is told her vocal cords need to be removed.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 7 - Episode 19
A rich teenager whose life is laid out for him, is set up when his father has to declare bankruptcy. His plans for Harvard and hockey seem lost when he has to go to a local school with a mediocre hockey team.
#7 - We're in the Money
Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 18
After traveling around the world for a year, Cody returns. He bought gifts for the family, including some magic necklace for J.T., that makes him attractive to woman. Unfortunately, J.T. can't accept the gift since he is dating Sam. He also gives Frank and Carol a huge check and they have a dispute on how to spend the money. Frank decides to buy himself a leather chair and Carol gets furious and they get into a big arguement.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 8 - Episode 15
A father whose daughter has leukemia must ask his ex-mistress to allow their son to be a bone marrow daughter. Since his ex-mistress refuses, the angels must find a way to help.
#9 - Phoney Business
Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 11
Al gets an acting job in what she thinks is a commercial for suntan lotion, but altered dialogue turns it risque. Meanwhile, Carol and Dana try to force healthy food on the family after taking a nutrition class.
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#10 - Jump!
Touched by an Angel - Season 9 - Episode 6
Monica becomes a radio assistant to a crude talk show DJ. One of his callers is a depressed young boy who is on verge of committing suicide. The boy calls into radio show for help. The angels must save the boy and the DJ.
#11 - What's Wrong with This Picture?
Step by Step - Season 5 - Episode 12
Dana admires a abstract, feminist artist and is honored to be chose to pose for her. Knowing she will be a part of what be a great work, she agrees to pose nude. Since Dana is convinced that the work will be abstract, and she will not be recognizable, she proudly invites Frank, Carol, Karen and Al to a charity auction where it will be unveiled. Unfortunately, the painter decided to change styles to Photo-realism, and the painting is obviously Dana. Carol is determined to outbid the ""perverts,"" but Frank does not allow her to top $100,000. Fortunately, the artist destroys her work, because anything that appealing to the masses must be bad. JT goes on a date with Casey Maxwell, the daughter of an alleged crime boss, who requires him to spend $200 per plate for their date. When JT ends the relationship, he fears for his life. Frank refuses to hire an exterminator to kill the rat in the attic. He becomes so obsessed with catching the rat that he hurts himself (throwing out his shoulder, fa
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Step by Step - Season 4 - Episode 19
Cody's speech teacher tells him he says the word ""dude"" too much. He creates a device whereby someone can press a button and give him an electrical shock every time he uses the word. Dana volunteers and takes her job seriously, ""zapping"" him as much as possible. Cody decides that the word ""dude"" is part of who he is and how he communicates and therefore, quits. Carol is 8 months pregnant and VERY large. Frank gets a job with a beautiful ex-girlfriend and neglects to tell Carol, feeling she is insecure. Carol finds out about the job, but more importantly finds out that she can trust Frank.
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Step by Step - Season 3 - Episode 22
Cody's father comes to see him on his 21st birthday. He gives him a job as executive VP of his successful real estate business. Cody comes into the first meeting and disturbs everyone even coming up with an idea to build a mall on the beach that looks like a sandcastle. Upon advice from Frank, Cody decides to quit realizing,he will not be happy. Carol keeps setting up Dana and Karen with blind dates. They are all bad especially the latest one where the guys are dressed up like Beavis and Butthead and bring fake snot. They plot with Frank to pay Carol back. Afterward, they all agree to not have anymore blind dates. Carol reneges, though, and tries to get them to date a cute guy, but they refuse before seeing him and later try to get him.
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Step by Step - Season 3 - Episode 3
While at church with the Fosters (and NOT the Lamberts), Carol invites the pastor and his wife over for Sunday lunch. The Lambert's notice that he is a normal guy, and Frank promises that the Lamberts will be there next week. Cody and his friends, Slasher and Death, come too because the Pastor is into bikes. The only problem is that a big televised Packer's game is on that week. While at church, JT sneaks away to watch the game, Frank follows him up and falls through the ceiling. Frank agrees to fix the roof and go to church from now on. The very next week he observes Cody, Slasher, and Death singing, ""Pharaoh, Pharaoh""-- a ballad of the Israelites to the tune of ""Louie, Louie.""
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Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 1
Dana is told she must tutor another student.As she goes on about ""moron jock"" she will to tutor this time she discovers it's Rich;whom she loathes. But the first thing they learn is that opposites attract, and soon, to everyone's shock, sparks begin to fly. Meanwhile, Carol and Frank, eager to be alone and away from the ever-present Jean-Luc, escape for a much needed romantic weekend, but find an unwelcome surprise awaiting them,Jean Luc.It's his birthday and he ends spending it alone after Carol and Frank explain to him they need some time alone themselves.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Forever Young
Step by Step - Season 5 - Episode 17
Frank and Carol go to a class with Lilly for parents of young kids. In this class they begin to feel they are too old for Lilly. They try to be ""young"" like some of the other parents. They go to a grunge club with the parents of another kid and they realize that they don't need to change their entire lifestyle for Lilly's sake. Rich and JT tell Dana that ""buds are thicker than babes."" Dana disagrees and challenges them, then she tries to get a friend, Brandy Hartman, to come between them. JT and Rich figure this out and end up trapping Dana into an embarrassing situation. Cody tries to make many strange greeting cards, including one that explodes for National Demolition Worker's Day.
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Touched by an Angel - Season 8 - Episode 6
After discovering a heartbreaking secret about his mother, a man discovers his last chance to repent before being executed for killing his abusive stepfather.
#18 - Little Sister Don'tcha
Step by Step - Season 5 - Episode 1
J.T. is excited about his double date with his pal and two girls, until he finds out who his pal's date is.
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#19 - The New Mafia
Sue Thomas F.B.Eye - Season 3 - Episode 4
Sue meets a special agent with the FBI named Tony. While Sue is undercover with Tony things get off to a bad start when he refers to Sue as "his girl" Jack immediately questions Tony's interests that he has for Sue. The relationship between Sue and Tony goes even further when he asks her how to sign do you want to go to dinner? Lucy learns something shocking that will change Sue and Tony's relationship.
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Step by Step - Season 3 - Episode 11
After Carol presents an idea of exchanging fewer gifts, Frank announces he gets a 20% discount at Hartman's Toy Store because of his remodeling work there. Both believe one has picked up Brendan's train set and therefore, neither does. When they realize this on Christmas eve, they use Frank's key to get into the toy store and are leaving money in the register when Deputy Barney Feif notices them. They are taken to jail where they are detained. After the kids open all their presents without knowing where their parents were, Cody points out that Christmas should be about joy and loved ones. The kids realize their mistake, get concerned, and find out their parents are in jail. They bring food and caroling to the jail. Deputy Feif lets them out and they all go back home to celebrate Christmas, even Barney.
#21 - Animal House
Step by Step - Season 4 - Episode 3
Cody joins a college fraternity (Delta Delta Beta),to be cool.But finds the way they treat woman disgusting after Karen attends a party with him. Meanwhile joins the schoolband.
#22 - Show Me the Money
Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 15
When JT and Rich take on the job as sports agents to an up-and-coming college hockey player, they find themselves becoming his personal servants and dating service—with Karen serving as the main course. Meanwhile, the battle between the hairdressers and the contractors begins when Carol and Jean-Luc challenge an overly-macho Frank and his pal, Moose, to a game of bowling.
#23 - We're Going to Disney World (1)
Step by Step - Season 5 - Episode 22
Frank's mother offers the entire family a trip to Disney World the weekend of Frank and Carol's anniversary. Flash shows up to return Frank's hammer and ends up staying the weekend, and over the weekend he visits more rides than anyone in the history of Disney World has beating out a Russian and bringing the title back to America. JT and Rich dip into their apartment fund to get Rich to come. JT poses as J.T. Disney and ends up spending the whole fund trying to attract 2 girls. They go different ways for a few hours until JT ""redeems"" himself by selling his plain ticket and agreeing to ride the bus back with Rich. Karen enters a country music contest with Dana and Al as backup singers but gets rid of them because they aren't dedicated enough. When she gets on stage the first time, though, she realizes that she needs them.After a little making up Al and Dana agree to re join the group and they rock the house with ""Girls with Guitars"" By ""Wynona""
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Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 4
The kids all head off to Rockfest 97, causing Carol (as usual) to worry they might misbehave. Just as she had feared they are tested. when Al's morals are put to the test when she's tempted to try marijuana. Meanwhile, when Patti, Carol's friend from high school, finds herself being ignored by her husband, she develops a crush on Jean-Luc.
#25 - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Step by Step - Season 4 - Episode 12
It's christmas time at the Lambert/Foster's and J.T. decides he's to old to spend Christmas with the family and he wants to go skiing with his buddies.Frank doesn't want him to, but doesn't object.J.T. realizes the minute they arrive at the cabin that he made a mistake and would rather go home.He calls Cody and confesses, but refuses to call Frank.Cody talks Frank into going to see J.T. and he admits he would rather be home with the family and Frank says he wants him home too.
#26 - Take This Job and ...
Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 4
JT loses his fourth job of the month and can't even afford a date with Sam. JT convinces Sam to get her boss to hire him as an apprentice mechanic. JT is terrible and Sam is forced to fire him on the second day after he nearly kills the boss, twice. JT is frustrated and angry, but the only sympathy he gets is from the people who lost the pool (of how many days he would last at this job). Carol advises JT to not lose Sam because he is too proud to say, "I'm sorry." After JT apologizes to Sam, he gets a job that he is good at-- as a giant weiner. Meanwhile, Frank is delighted when he receives a dilapidated boat in lieu of payment on a job. He spends every free, waking hour fixing the boat. He annoys the whole family, and even though Carol supports him in front of the kids, she is concerned. Frank explains to Carol that his dream at one time was to buy a really nice boat and go sailing on the weekend. While he loved all seven kids, the only opportunity for
#27 - Don Juan's Last Affair / The Final Adieu
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 20
In "Don Juan's Last Affair" Two good friends who share a platonic relationship come to the Island in search of true love - with other partners. And in "The Final Adieu" a high-powered career woman wishes to end a long relationship she has had with a married man.
#28 - Play Herman For Me
Evening Shade - Season 2 - Episode 19
An auto mechanic hopes to get Herman's engines running with a series of erotic letters, causing a breakdown in Herman's relationship with Margaret (Ann Hearn).
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