The BEST episodes written by Bruce Taylor
#1 - The Shoplifter
Small Wonder - Season 2 - Episode 11
While in a store with Jamie looking for a present for her mock birthday party to convince Child Services that they treat her well, Vicki picks up an expensive watch and is picked up for shoplifting.
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Small Wonder - Season 2 - Episode 1
Jamie learns a sobering lesson in using smoking and chewing tobacco to elevate his freshman status in junior high.
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Small Wonder - Season 2 - Episode 3
Jamie tries to recover his respect in class when his mother comes in as substitute teacher by trying to humiliate her out of her job.
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#4 - A Camping We Will Go
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 20
A camping trip with Arnold and Sam intended to strengthen Drummond's relationship with Sam goes awry when Sam's real father shows up and invites himself along.
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#5 - The Houseguest
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 23
Willis and Charlene's budding young love begins to wilt when she moves in as a temporary houseguest at the Drummond's. Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson's younger sister, returns in her role as Willis' girl friend Charlene.
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#6 - Eighteen with a Bullet
The Equalizer - Season 4 - Episode 4
McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.
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#7 - Santa's Helper
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 5 - Episode 12
Arnold falls innocent victim to a beguiling street-corner Santa who has an ulterior financial motive for hiring him as a holiday "helper".
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#8 - Carmella Meets the Gooch
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 7
The Gooch returns to taunt Arnold and take on a new target--Sam, only to face his first challenge in the Drummond's new neighbor, an Italian foreign exchange student.
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#9 - Street Smarts
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 23
Although Arnold boasts he held his own in a mugging, Drummond fears the incident goes deeper than Arnold will admit and becomes concerned when he finds Arnold has sought a dangerous method of protection.
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Too Close for Comfort - Season 2 - Episode 18
Just before heading off on a Las Vegas vacation, Henry reluctantly lends $100 to Sara, April, and Monroe so they can start a business selling home-baked cookies using Grandma Rush's recipe. However, a promising and profitable start quickly turns into a disaster that includes a trashed kitchen, hefty fines, a potential lawsuit, and a visit from the immigration service.
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#11 - Big Brother
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 5 - Episode 4
Arnold's got a "can't lose" plan for curing a new classmate's loneliness -- sharing big brother Willis -- but his kind of intentions leave Arnold feeling like the lonely, only child.
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#12 - Cheers to Arnold
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 19
Arnold's attempt to stop a friend from drinking backfires as he's left standing in the boy's bathroom holding a bottle of booze when the teacher walks in.
#13 - Where There's Smoke
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 6 - Episode 12
Arnold and Dudley succumb to peer pressure and ignore warnings against cigarette smoking, only to have the harsh realities brought to light by Dudley's father, a chronic smoker.
#14 - Palindrome
Witchblade - Season 2 - Episode 11
Jake and Danny go undercover posing as hot-headed fighters to investigate the murder of a young man who was in an underground fight club. But the deadly game becomes complicated when Sara's long-lost love, Conchobar (Kim De Lury), steps into the ring. In a bizarre twist of fate, Sara finds herself risking everything - including the Witchblade - to save her lover and bring the killer to justice.
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#15 - Bed-Wetting
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 3
The Drummond household is faced with Sam's bed-wetting problem trying everything from scolding to fawning, only to have Sam become more frustrated and hurt.
#16 - Hierophant
Witchblade - Season 2 - Episode 8
A killer known only as V tries to take over New York's organized crime syndicates, causing mayhem. But when the evidence gathered at the crime scenes includes the fingerprints of Sara's long-dead father, Sara must trust the Witchblade's powers to overcome her emotions and wage war with the greatest evil she has ever faced.
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#17 - First Day Blues
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 2
Willis has jitters on his first day of high school but hooks up with a bad group who ask him to supply drugs for their party.
#18 - Arnold's Songbird
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 12
In order to be elected the entertainment chairman for a school charity fundraiser, Arnold promises to get a celebrity but when it's time to deliver, he's forced to look to his nemesis Carmella for help, hoping she can save the day.
#19 - Tonsils
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 11
Drummond is a tower of strength for Sam as he prepares to have his tonsils removed, but what will happen when Drummond finds out he is to be Sam's roommate while having some "minor" knee surgery.
#20 - The Big Heist
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 5
Arnold is accepted into an elite club at school, but his membership could lead him to commit a crime as part of the secret initiation.
#21 - My Fair Larry (a.k.a.) My Fair Lady
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 5 - Episode 24
School thug Larry coerces Willis into teaching him how to "make it" with girls, but things go from bad to worse when Larry's first target is Willis' sister Kimberly.