The BEST episodes written by Daphne Ballon

Futuritis
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8.50
2 votes

#1 - Futuritis

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 18

A worried Casey is having difficulty writing her valedictorian speech for graduation, which she blames on Derek. Edwin is concerned that he won't be able to live up to Derek's reputation at J.S. Thompson High when he goes there in the fall.

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Sixteen Sparkplugs
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8.00
2 votes

#2 - Sixteen Sparkplugs

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 14

The family stages an intervention to convince George to buy a new car; Derek faces the scary possibility of spending his 16th birthday at home with his family.

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Stroll on the Wild Side (1)
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7.86
273 votes

#3 - Stroll on the Wild Side (1)

Murdoch Mysteries - Season 5 - Episode 7

Detective Murdoch's investigation into the disappearance of a quiet librarian leads to a reunion with former love Anna Fulford and the discovery of a seamy underworld.

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6 1/2
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7.50
2 votes

#4 - 6 1/2

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 5

Casey is crushed when a new kid at school named Truman starts rating girls, and only gives her a 6½ out of 10.

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Truman's Last Chance
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7.50
2 votes

#5 - Truman's Last Chance

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 16

Derek serves as a chaperone for Casey who is going to a party in Toronto with Truman. Lizzie goes out on a date with a boy that the family has never met.

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A Very Derekus Christmas
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7.50
2 votes

#6 - A Very Derekus Christmas

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 16

When Christmas plans go awry, Aunt Madge encourages Derek to help restore the family's holiday spirit.

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Lies My Brother Told Me
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7.33
3 votes

#7 - Lies My Brother Told Me

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 6

Casey, compromising all her principles, takes Derek's advice and lies when she desperately needs an extension on a school assignment. Soon she is trapped in a web of deceit and the harder she tries to extricate herself, the worse it gets.

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Two Kisses, One Party
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7.00
2 votes

#8 - Two Kisses, One Party

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 1

Derek refuses to help out with Marti's birthday party despite being asked by Sally. Casey wants to get back together with Max, but he is hesitant about the whole idea.

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Derek Denies Denial
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7.00
2 votes

#9 - Derek Denies Denial

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 6

Derek breaks up with Sally after she announces her plans to attend an out-of-province university in the fall. Derek claims he's fine with the breakup, but Casey and Edwin don't believe him. Meanwhile, Lizzie and Marti take care of a lost dog.

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Happy New Schoolyear
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7.00
2 votes

#10 - Happy New Schoolyear

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 7

All the kids are in crisis about going back to school in September, but they have to put their problems aside to stop Derek from dropping out of school to go west with Sally.

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No Secrets
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7.00
2 votes

#11 - No Secrets

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 8

Casey is in panic mode after the diary that details her unsettling romantic dreams about Truman goes missing. Believing that Derek and Edwin took it, Lizzie and Marti attempt to get the diary back by making their stepbrothers' lives miserable.

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No More Games
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7.00
2 votes

#12 - No More Games

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 10

Casey gets stuck with Truman as her fencing partner in gym. What starts out as a friendly game of table-tennis between Derek and Edwin turns into an ongoing competition to figure out who is the best player.

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Marti the Monster
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7.00
5 votes

#13 - Marti the Monster

Life With Derek - Season 1 - Episode 9

Derek sabotages Marti when he babysits her in an attempt to impress a girl.

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Prank Wars
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7.00
2 votes

#14 - Prank Wars

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 8

To pay Derek back for his many practical jokes, Casey pulls a huge prank of her own: stealing the office furniture from the new uptight Vice Principal. Everyone assumes Derek did it. The only two people who know he didn't are Casey and Derek.

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Freaked Out Friday
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7.00
2 votes

#15 - Freaked Out Friday

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 9

While Casey is freaking out about her upcoming dance competition and Derek is freaking out about his upcoming hockey playoffs, Lizzie and Edwin decide they're sick of being the ever-accommodating middle-kids.

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Mice and Men
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7.00
2 votes

#16 - Mice and Men

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 11

When Derek starts to have a crush on a girl named Kendra (Casey's new study partner), Casey tricks him into changing his laid-back image into a more mature person because he wiped out Casey's report on the computer. While George, Edwin, and Derek are afraid of the mice living in their house they try to kill them, but Lizzie won't allow it and makes the mice her new pets.

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Dinner Guest
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7.00
2 votes

#17 - Dinner Guest

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 12

Casey tries to get rid of Derek for the dinner party she has planned with her biological father. But to Casey's surprise, Derek and the rest of the Venturis get along great with her father, leaving her jealous.

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Dating Game
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7.00
2 votes

#18 - Dating Game

Life With Derek - Season 2 - Episode 13

Kendra volunteers to help Casey get a boyfriend by throwing a small get together at the Venturi-McDonald home. However, Derek uses the opportunity to throw a huge house party.

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Two Timing Derek
star
7.00
2 votes

#19 - Two Timing Derek

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 1

When Derek already has a girlfriend, Casey is shocked when he asks out a friend of hers, Lucy. Casey asks Emily to dig up information on whether Max is available or not. Meanwhile, Nora has set up a dinner with another family, but some members of her family object.

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Slacker Mom
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7.00
2 votes

#20 - Slacker Mom

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 4

Nora decides to quit her job for a while to spend more time with her family who she assumes she's been neglecting. But Casey risks losing her 'cool' status when Nora tries to recruit her new friends to help at the high school fun fair.

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When Derek Met Sally
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7.00
1 votes

#21 - When Derek Met Sally

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 15

Derek swears off girls until he meets Sally, the attractive new waitress at Smelly Nellie's. Lizzie is freaked out when her best friend Jamie tells her he likes her.

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Not So Sweet 16
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7.00
2 votes

#22 - Not So Sweet 16

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 20

Casey's 16th birthday is coming up, and she is planning a sophisticated dinner with her friends, but Derek has other ideas, and all plans go horribly wrong with an unexpected trip to hospital.

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The Fall
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6.83
6 votes

#23 - The Fall

Life With Derek - Season 1 - Episode 2

Casey trips at school on the staircase (and takes it out on innocent bystanders) after Derek insults her. Derek can't stop laughing as he and his best friend, Sam, look on. Derek nicknames her "Klutzilla", a name that quickly spreads throughout the school. The whole school is "watching out" for Klutzilla and she blames it all on Derek. A second incident happens when Derek insults her again and she falls into Marti's box in front of Sam. Soon, Derek connects the two incidents to Sam and accuses Casey of secretly crushing on him.

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Derek Un-Done
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6.50
2 votes

#24 - Derek Un-Done

Life With Derek - Season 3 - Episode 19

When signals get crossed, Derek thinks he has a chance with Sally, and Casey is sure Max is going to dump her.

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Surprise!
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6.00
2 votes

#25 - Surprise!

Life With Derek - Season 4 - Episode 17

As the prom approaches, Casey and Derek both find themselves without a date. Meanwhile, George and Nora have something to tell the family.

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The Room
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5.86
7 votes

#26 - The Room

Life With Derek - Season 1 - Episode 1

Casey finds her room in the new house too small to live in so she asks the parents to have Derek's room. It turns out in a battle between the two stepsiblings to determine who will have Derek's room.

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