The BEST episodes written by Burton Armus

Laid Off
star
8.88
8 votes

#1 - Laid Off

Kojak - Season 5 - Episode 3

A laid off police officer with two jobs and a sick wife takes a bribe under pressure from a loan shark.

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Guns 'n Rosaries
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8.83
85 votes

#2 - Guns 'n Rosaries

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 21

Medavoy tells Donna that he's caught his wife in the act of being unfaithful, so he is moving out. Racial hostilities flare up after Martinez shoots a belligerent black motorist who draws a gun on Medavoy, but the gun is missing. Distressed by recent events, Licalsi searches for direction, John points her to his friend, Father Downey. After talking with him, she then confesses to Fancy that she killed Angelo Marino and his chauffeur and then the circus begins. Sipowicz tries to attend an open meeting.

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Vishy-Vashy-Vinny
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8.76
118 votes

#3 - Vishy-Vashy-Vinny

NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 11

After discovering a key piece of evidence, Simone gets his chance to question the serial killer suspect. The detectives work on stopping the armored car robbery and then Fancy plays the incriminating tape that he had Vinnie record for him. Haverill is given the choice of retiring or a trial and he elects retirement. Martinez and Lesniak arrest an odd extortionist. James tells Adrianne that he enjoys working with her.

The Frame
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8.60
10 votes

#4 - The Frame

Kojak - Season 3 - Episode 21

A hood claims that Kojak accepted a bribe.

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Lady in the Squad Room
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8.60
5 votes

#5 - Lady in the Squad Room

Kojak - Season 4 - Episode 23

Kojak and a female detective must overcome their dislike for each other when she is transferred from the rape squad to help nab a drug-dealing rapist-muderer.

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Over the Water
star
8.27
11 votes

#6 - Over the Water

Kojak - Season 3 - Episode 9

A mobster's son puts out a contract on Kojak's life after he breaks up a barroom brawl.

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A Piece of Cake
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8.25
48 votes

#7 - A Piece of Cake

The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 7

Terri sends Colt to New York City to bring in a bail jumper, only for Colt to find himself stepping into the middle of an FBI stakeout to try and nail a syndicate member -- via any means necessary!

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In the Butt, Bob
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8.25
121 votes

#8 - In the Butt, Bob

NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 10

Lesniak is flashed, brings the perpetrator in and deals with his "high priced lawyer and shrink," especially when he repeats the offense. Another detective uses his pull to take a possible serial killer case away from Bobby after he brings in a possible suspect. One of Fancy's old contacts, Vinnie Greco, brings in a tip about a couple of guys looking for some heavy hardware to do an armored car job; Sipowicz works with him but the guy is really working for someone else against Fancy. Fancy discovers this and has Vinnie wear a wire for him. Andy invites his son over for dinner and finds out Andy Jr. is joining the Air Force; later, Andy proposes to Sylvia; this time she accepts.

From Hare to Eternity
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8.23
132 votes

#9 - From Hare to Eternity

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 11

Borough Commander Haverill starts to come down on Fancy. Kelly and Sipowicz investigate the kidnapping of a doctor's daughter. A woman claims to have no knowledge of the robbery the man they were riding with committed in North Carolina. Janice must pass some more information to the mob, but wonders how she'll ever get out of this situation. Sipowicz threatens to reveal some incriminating evidence about Haverill to get him to lay off Fancy, he later plays Santa Claus to underprivileged children. Kelly stops to visit his mother in her rest home. Martinez receives his new badge, making him a detective.

Ten Wheel Trouble
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8.10
121 votes

#10 - Ten Wheel Trouble

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 19

Michael takes the wheel of a big rig to help independent truckers fight a takeover by a ruthless corporation.

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Sweeter Than Life
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8.08
13 votes

#11 - Sweeter Than Life

Kojak - Season 3 - Episode 4

While responding to a homicide call, Kojak discovers his camera that had disappeared earlier at a party in which he, his nephew and friend attended. His nephew's friend steals the camera and uses it to buy drugs from the murdered man. They witness the murder and are reluctant to involve the police. Kojak's nephew must go 'cold turkey' before he ends up like his friend who overdosed.

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Double Abandando
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8.00
91 votes

#12 - Double Abandando

NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 7

Donna's sister Dana moves in with her and Greg; later she tries to move in on Greg. Shots are fired at the school across the street, but Bobby doubts the confession of his friend's son, the 11-year-old murder suspect in a gang related shooting. A lothario appears to be targeted by a woman he's infected with HIV, Lesniak and Martinez try to bring him down for reckless endangerment.

Knight Song
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8.00
89 votes

#13 - Knight Song

Knight Rider - Season 4 - Episode 11

A childhood friend of RC3's is involved with a blockbusting real-estate developer, who's trying to prevent the opening of a nightclub that could revitalize RC3's old neighborhood.

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Dead or Alive
star
7.88
8 votes

#14 - Dead or Alive

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 5 - Episode 3

A millionaire's (Duff) daughter (Eilbacher) is raped and murdered at a public tennis court. He finds a suspect and sends handbills over the city, posting a $1 million dead or alive reward for the suspect (Gail). The SFPD has to spend an extraordinary amount of time and manpower on this case when the greed of ""human nature"" takes over, causing innocents to be injured or killed in the process of trying to collect the reward.

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A Sudden Fish
star
7.86
51 votes

#15 - A Sudden Fish

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 16

Medavoy suffers a stress-related anxiety attack after making into the station. Sipowicz looks into the robbery of a Vietnam veteran, who's confined to a wheelchair. Andy rejects a gift from Sylvia. John starts moonlighting as a bodyguard for his rich friend's girlfriend, but he catches her in the act of being unfaithful. When he confronts her, she tells him that she's being blackmailed, so Kelly meets the blackmailer and advises him not to do it again. Medavoy doesn't want to tell his wife about his problem, which displeases Donna, and he thinks he still may want a divorce. The wheelchair-bound veteran takes his mugger's hostage. Laura invites John out to dinner and tells him about her serious relationship. John is best man at an impromptu wedding.

An Unfair Trade
star
7.86
7 votes

#16 - An Unfair Trade

Kojak - Season 4 - Episode 6

The shooting of a Puerto Rican youth by the Police anders the community.

Serge the Concierge
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7.78
60 votes

#17 - Serge the Concierge

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 19

Robin's husband dies, later she is angry when her husband's will seems to stipulate that Kelly should resume his duties as her bodyguard. Sipowicz must clear his son of a drug pushing charge. The detectives check a garbage dump for a female body but turn up a male. Looking into the male body's murder, Kelly suspects a concierge and the hotelier of conspiring to murder the hotelier's husband.

Personal Foul
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7.62
144 votes

#18 - Personal Foul

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 6

A minor skirmish on the basketball court leaves one of Kelly's friends dead and the other in jail for murder. Laura feels as though she's being dangled in front of Giardella. John's buddy has trouble dealing with being locked up and makes the whole situation worse. Sipowicz is convinced that a man knows more about his wife's death than he is letting on so he stirs him up. Janice warns Kelly and saves his life during a drug raid and the event seems to bring them back together.

Dead Again
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7.56
9 votes

#19 - Dead Again

Kojak - Season 4 - Episode 14

A woman informs the detectives that she had seen a wanted man that had supposedly died in a house fire, but they don't believe her until it's too late.

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One Hundred Miles a Gallon
star
7.54
41 votes

#20 - One Hundred Miles a Gallon

The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 19

The son of one of Colt's friends skips, and Colt goes to South Carolina after him. However, they aren't running moonshine like he thought, and the regular drivers quit.

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Guns
star
7.50
4 votes

#21 - Guns

Police Woman - Season 4 - Episode 2

Pepper acts as a target by offering Congressional testimony against an international gun-running operation.

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The Best War in Town
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7.40
10 votes

#22 - The Best War in Town

Kojak - Season 2 - Episode 12

A rookie cop (Mark Shea) stumbles upon an attempted murder of a rival gang leader in which he foils, triggering a gang war.

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A Matter of Honor
star
7.39
1975 votes

#23 - A Matter of Honor

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 - Episode 8

Commander Riker participates in an officer's exchange program which lands him an assignment on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey. Meanwhile, a Benzite ensign has trouble assimilating to the routines of the Enterprise.

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Follow the Yellow Gold Road
star
7.35
20 votes

#24 - Follow the Yellow Gold Road

Street Hawk - Season 1 - Episode 13

Street hawk is up against a band of Gold thieves with a little help from the neighbourhood watch.

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Jumpin' Jack Fleishman
star
7.27
104 votes

#25 - Jumpin' Jack Fleishman

NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 14

Medavoy and Martinez work a strangulation murder case that appears to be the work of a cross-dresser. Andy has a bad tooth, hates needles, and tries to prevent a dentist from jumping off a 28th floor ledge; he fails. LaSalle's first case involves a woman who was raped and she, John, Andy, Janice and Licalsi's hot-headed new partner try to catch the most probable suspect; however the hot-head blows the bust. Lois tries to reconcile her relationship with Andy.

Mad Over Miami
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7.26
132 votes

#26 - Mad Over Miami

Airwolf - Season 1 - Episode 9

Santini makes an unauthorized flight to Cuba in order to rescue two political prisoners who are being ransomed for $2 million. However, while there, the exchange site is attacked and the ransom money is stolen. While flying back to the mainland, Santini is forced to crash land back on Cuba and Hawke must brave a hurricane in Airwolf to rescue his friend. When String and Dom are reunited, the pair must negotiate with a band of freedom fighters who raised the capital to ransom their compadres and are not convinced of Santini's innocence in the theft of the funds. To make matters more interesting, Archangel is supplying weapons to a paramilitary band that just may have had a hand in stealing the ransom money.

One Two Many
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7.15
71 votes

#27 - One Two Many

CHiPs - Season 1 - Episode 13

A civilian impersonating a CHP officer terrorizes female drivers and lands Jon in hot water with Getraer; with his motorhome in the shop for repairs, Ponch temporarily moves into Jon's apartment.

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Knight of the Rising Sun
star
7.07
57 votes

#28 - Knight of the Rising Sun

Knight Rider - Season 4 - Episode 21

A powerful Japanese businessman attempts to abduct the adopted son of Devon's friend because the boy is a direct descendent of the founder of an ancient terrorist cult.

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The Outrageous Okona
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7.06
2144 votes

#29 - The Outrageous Okona

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 - Episode 4

Stardate: 42402.7 The Enterprise is placed in a compromising situation when the captain of a disabled starship places the crew in the middle of a love triangle.

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The Loner
star
7.00
4 votes

#30 - The Loner

Police Woman - Season 1 - Episode 22

Pepper is strangely fascinated by a ruggedly individualistic ex-cop who works as a bodyguard and is antagonizing both the police and the gangster who is after his client.

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Custom Made Killer
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6.85
98 votes

#31 - Custom Made Killer

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 12

An extortionist (James Luisi) out to sew up the garment industry hires a hit man with a killer car to cut his competition. For laughs: Photog and model use KITT as a model stand.

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Knight of the Juggernaut (1)
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6.70
118 votes

#32 - Knight of the Juggernaut (1)

Knight Rider - Season 4 - Episode 1

Michael and K.I.T.T.'s latest assignment, to guard a volatile new isotope in Chicago, looks as if it could be their last, when the late Wilton Knight's daughter Jennifer plans to shut down their division of FLAG, and suspends Michael. But meanwhile, international terrorist Phillip Nordstrom kidnaps Devon, and uses hi-tech laser surgery on a criminal to create an impostor, as part of Nordstrom's plot to get his hands on the valuable isotope. Even though suspended, Michael becomes suspicious of (the impostor) Devon's behaviour and investigates — but Nordstrom plans to get rid of their interference, coating K.I.T.T. in a chemical to break down his molecular amour coating, before turning loose "The Juggernaut" — a deadly mobile battering ram...

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Bite of the Jackal
star
6.67
177 votes

#33 - Bite of the Jackal

Airwolf - Season 1 - Episode 4

An ambitious executive at the Firm makes a subversive play for Archangel's job. A bomb is planted aboard a vintage helicopter owned by Dominic Santini and he's forced to crash land. When Hawke and Archangel go hunting for Dom, Airwolf is ambushed and shot down. The two must convince a group of locals to help them repair their damaged tail rotor. Complicating matters on Dom's end, he must contend with a stowaway aboard his chopper -- a young girl searching for her dad.

Fight Like a Dove
star
6.59
168 votes

#34 - Fight Like a Dove

Airwolf - Season 1 - Episode 8

An Israeli war crimes hunter is killed by a suspected Nazi named Hans Daubert in France. His daughter vows revenge and seeks the help of String and Dom, along with Airwolf, to bring him to justice. Complicating matters is Archangel's involvement with Daubert who is a known arms dealer selling to the powers that he chooses to in order to influence political outcomes in the world -- and Archangel is his supplier!

Knight of the Juggernaut (2)
star
6.52
92 votes

#35 - Knight of the Juggernaut (2)

Knight Rider - Season 4 - Episode 2

With K.I.T.T. completely wrecked by Nordstrom's "Juggernaut" battering ram, Michael and Bonnie, unable to turn to the strangely behaving Devon, enlist a street gang headed by a vigilante known as "The Street Avenger" to rebuild K.I.T.T. in a back-street garage, adding some key new features in the process; but it's a race against the clock to rebuild K.I.T.T. in time to prevent Nordstrom stealing the isotope...

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The Purge
star
6.00
2 votes

#36 - The Purge

Police Woman - Season 2 - Episode 11

Pepper goes undercover to clear Crowley, who is suspended for killing a teenager, and find out the real reason behind the attack.

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