The BEST episodes written by Dave Hackel
#1 - Becker the Elder
Becker - Season 1 - Episode 13
Becker is less than thrilled when his estranged father, Fred, makes an unannounced visit. Although Becker is unhappy to see his father, the others are instantly charmed by Fred's easygoing, jovial manner. Despite Becker's chilly welcome, Fred refuses to give up on resuming contact with his polar opposite son.
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#2 - Limits & Boundaries
Becker - Season 1 - Episode 16
When a patient's mother desperately needs Becker to watch her two kids for the day, he reluctantly agrees and then makes Margaret and Linda keep an eye on them. But when the day turns into an unexpected sleepover at Becker's, his attempts to establish rules for the kids are about as effective as a blender during a power outage.
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#3 - Accidental Cruise/The Song Is Ended/A Time for Everything/Anoushka
The Love Boat - Season 2 - Episode 8
An executive and his secretary are mistakenly assigned the honeymoon suite; a songwriter's music renews a woman's love for her husband; Captain Stubing meets his daughter by a former girlfriend; Julie helps give a Russian commissar a sexy new image.
#4 - DNR
Becker - Season 6 - Episode 13
In the series finale, Becker realizes he's happy, but Chris fears that John is going to break up with her after he invites her to dinner at a nice restaurant; Jake used his inheritance from his grandmother to go off to Northwestern University; and Linda finds a new Italian boyfriend on the subway.
#5 - Pilot
Becker - Season 1 - Episode 1
Becker deals with an HIV-positive child, and the fact that Reggie has inherited his favorite diner from her father.
#7 - Labor Pains
Wings - Season 4 - Episode 13
When Lowell demands a raise from Joe and Roy, shrewd bargaining tactics by Antonio and Roy leave Lowell dejected and jobless.
#8 - Two Jerks and a Jill
Wings - Season 4 - Episode 6
The arrival on Nantucket of beautiful new helicopter pilot, Alex Lambert soon has the brothers chasing after her, despite her obvious non-interest. Meanwhile, Antonio gets invited to the Tuesday Night Rat Shoot where he upstages Lowell in front of his buddies.
#9 - Sergeant Bull/Friends and Lovers/Miss Mother
The Love Boat - Season 4 - Episode 1
Four men who served together in Korea hold their reunion on the ship. Gopher convinces Julie to pose as his girlfriend to impress his abrasive fraternity brother. A single mother-to-be finds romance with a fellow passenger, but fears that he won't react well to the news of her pregnancy.
#10 - Stop in the Name of Love
Wings - Season 5 - Episode 1
Everyone is of course skeptical when Brian announces that his relationship with Alex is special. To try to insure that their relationship lasts longer than a couple of weeks, they decide not to sleep with one another yet.
#11 - Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy
Wings - Season 3 - Episode 19
Antonio's stories of success with a video dating service have Joe, Brian, Helen, and Lowell trying their luck and betting on who went on the worst date.
#13 - All for One and Two for Helen
Wings - Season 1 - Episode 6
Joe spies on Brian and Helen when they go on a date.
#14 - There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket
Wings - Season 1 - Episode 5
Brian sets Joe up on a date with a woman who's been with every man on the island.
#16 - A Standup Kind of Guy
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 5
Joe feels obligated to hold a bachelor party for a guy he can't remember going to high school with but the guy considers Joe his best friend. Lowell is fascinated by a metal plate in Roy's head.
#17 - Love Is Like Pulling Teeth
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 13
Joe has to take care of Helen when she gets her wisdom teeth pulled out. Unfortunately for Joe, her appointment falls on the same day as a party to watch the biggest college basketball game of the year between Boston College and Providence. With Helen's TV in the shop, Joe's loyalty is tested.
#19 - Murder She Roast
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 21
While the brothers' house is being fumigated, Brian sees a woman who looks like Fay on a TV show about escaped fugitives. He's convinced Fay is the killer and is trying to murder him.