The BEST episodes written by David Lloyd

#1 - Chuckles Bites the Dust

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 6 - Episode 7

Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.

#2 - Brenda Runs Away

Rhoda - Season 5 - Episode 13

Feeling trapped and confused when everybody tries to run her life for her, Brenda runs away.

#3 - Sisterly Love

Cheers - Season 7 - Episode 21

Sam tries to reconcile Rebecca and her sister.

#4 - Ted's Wedding

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 6 - Episode 9

Out of pity for Ted, Mary invites him & Georgette over for brunch. While he as an onion ring in his mouth, he proposes to Georgette...again. When, for the first time, Georgette says no, she & Ted have a talk and decide they want to get married now. They invite all their friends: Lou, Murray (with mud on his sweatshirt from his son's football game), and Sue Ann (who, in a spectacularily comedic enterance, brings a veil, flowers, and rice, among several other things). Ted's mom can't make it (she's washing her hair), but the incompetent minister comes straight from his tennis match. Best man Lou helps Ted calm his wedding day jitters. When the minister asks Ted if he takes Georgette to be his lawfully wedded wife, he pauses for a moment. Finally, with a smile on his face, he says, "I do." When they are pronounced husband & wife, Sue Ann sings the wedding march...very poorly, of course. Once the wedding ends and Lou, Murray, & Sue Ann leave, Ted asks, as if nothing had happened,

#5 - Lou and That Woman

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 4

Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.

#6 - The Last Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 24

WJM-TV has some personnel changes in the executive department (again), and everyone except Ted Baxter is fired. The new station manager wants to see the WJM News the highest-ranked in Minneapolis, and for some reason feels that Ted can help him make it happen. (Seems a little odd, eh?) The gang says goodbye to each other in the form of a long, hard cry. Mary thanks them all for being her surrogate family, and Lou finally sentimentally says, "I cherish you people." They bravely march out the office doors singing, "It's a long, long way to Tipperary." At the last moment, Mary leans back through through the WJM-TV doors and turns out the light. So long, WJM-TV.

#7 - Murray Can't Lose

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 10

Lou learns from a source on the Teddy Award's panel that Murray will finally win an award for his news writing.

#8 - Happy Birthday, Lou!

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 4 - Episode 15

Mary plans a surprise party for Mr. Grant's birthday, only to find out too late that he hates birthday parties.

#9 - Mary Richards: Producer

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 16

Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'clock News alone.

#10 - You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 3

Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him through the office doors. Lou feels guilty, and Ted takes advantage of him.

#11 - Mary Moves Out

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 6 - Episode 2

Mary, wanting some change in her life, makes the decision to move to a new apartment.

#12 - Lou Dates Mary

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 23

Mary has another disastrous date and worries she'll never meet the right man, until Georgette points out that every quality she seeks can be found in Lou Grant.

#13 - Sue Ann's Sister

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 3

Sue Ann becomes deeply depressed when her sister arrives and gets an offer to do a competing homemaker show in Minneapolis.

#14 - Murray Ghosts for Ted

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 20

Ted offers Murray $200 to write an article on his behalf. The article becomes a success, but Ted refuses to share the credit with Murray.

#15 - Mary Midwife

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 1

Georgette gives birth at Mary's dinner party. With the hospital and doctor too far away, Lou and Mary help deliver the baby.

#16 - Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 4 - Episode 23

Ted joins Mary at a night-school class in creative writing, and winds up plagiarizing her assignment.

#17 - Elaine's Strange Triangle

Taxi - Season 3 - Episode 4

At Mario's, while Elaine is complaining about problems with her love life, a handsome man named Kirk approaches. Tony then plays matchmaker for Elaine and soon she and Kirk are dating happily. Kirk later tells Tony in private that he has a problem: he is interested romantically in someone else-- Tony! Tony, who is not gay but does not want to see Elaine hurt over this, tells Alex and although he doesn't really want to get involved, Alex agrees to meet Tony and Kirk at a gay bar to help smooth over the situation. Alex arrives at the bar before Tony and is nervous, but relaxes after Kirk tells him he knows Tony isn't interested and he's already gently broken things off with Elaine. Alex begins to feel more at ease, but soon he is asked to dance by a large man. Alex is then pulled on to the dance floor and is eventually chased on to the bar itself by a chorus of gay dancers and unable to escape, begins dancing on the bar, when Tony arrives..

#18 - This Old House

Wings - Season 3 - Episode 15

The news that the Hacketts' old house has been condemned due to storm damage has the two brothers reminiscing about their childhoods.

#19 - An Old-Fashioned Wedding (1)

Cheers - Season 10 - Episode 25

Woody and Kelly's wedding faces some funny obstacles, before and during the ceremony, including Sam's flirtation with a German guest who turns out to be married, the priest dying and Kelly's Uncle Roger having to perform the ceremony - but only if he is drunk, Rebecca having to ice the cake after insulting the kitchen staff, and Lilith having to sing to the guests in order to stop them, and Woody and Kelly, from finding out the disasters going on behind the scenes.

#20 - Mary's Insomnia

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 11

Mary is having trouble sleeping and resorts to pills, which has Lou concerned that she's become addicted to them.

#21 - A House to Die For

Wings - Season 6 - Episode 22

The gang sees opportunities to benefit from Carlton Blanchard's impending death as his nephew invites them to Carlton's house to start selling off the old man's items.

#22 - Love Me, Love My Car

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 11

Sam gets cold feet about selling his beloved car, and goes so far as to romance the buyer's widow to get it back. Rebecca befriends a pig destined to be Woody's Christmas dinner.

#23 - The Wrong Stuff

Wings - Season 6 - Episode 10

To counteract Roy's Aeromass promotions, the Hacketts' woo a famous astronaut as a spokesman for Sandpiper.

#24 - Boys Will Be Girls

Wings - Season 5 - Episode 20

When the football coach who belittled Joe and Brian in high school returns to Nantucket to be honored in a gym dedication, they plan a practical joke that gets way out of hand.

#25 - A Kiss is Still a Kiss

Cheers - Season 6 - Episode 10

Rebecca asks an eager Sam to escort her to a company function to correct a false impression held by her boss.

#26 - Mother Wore Stripes

Wings - Season 2 - Episode 20

The brothers' estranged mother returns to Nantucket after Brian sees her at a sporting event on TV. Brian is thrilled but Joe feigns apathy to hide his anger for having to be the responsible one of the Hackett household.

#27 - The Visiting Lecher

Cheers - Season 7 - Episode 22

Rebecca accuses a respected authority on marital fidelity of making a pass at her.

#28 - Exclusively Yours

Wings - Season 5 - Episode 17

Brian's exclusive commitment to Alex is sorely tested when Joe flies in a group of models for a photo shoot. Helen's decision to name food items on her menu after the people in the airport doesn't go as well as she hoped.

#29 - The Key to Alex

Wings - Season 4 - Episode 18

Joe and Brian, in heated competition, pull out all the stops in a transparent attempt to get closer to Alex.

#30 - A New Sue Ann

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 7

A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.

#31 - Casting the First Stone

Amen - Season 1 - Episode 15

While testifying in the church, Lorenzo admits to having an affair with an unnamed sister in the church, which starts the congregation speculating and gossipping, and turns member against member. In order for the church to get back to normal, and for people to stop speculating, the woman must come forward and also confess her illicit affair with Lorenzo. However, in an uncharactistic move, the congretation gels when the guilty party stands before them.

#32 - Maitre D'eacon

Amen - Season 1 - Episode 8

A woman bequeaths the church members her eatery (a French restaurant) — providing they continue its successful operation. But the church runs into trouble meeting it's next balloon mortgage payment, which is due immediately. So, in order to save the church, they decide to sell the restaurant, but the terms of the will state that as long as it is a success, they can never sell it. What will the church do in order to meet its obligation to the bank?

#33 - Sam Ahoy

Cheers - Season 8 - Episode 12

Robin lends Sam and the gang his yacht race in a regatta, but the motley crew discovers a bomb in the refrigerator, right next to the beer.

#34 - The Stork Brings a Crane

Cheers - Season 8 - Episode 6

Lilith spoils Rebecca's elaborately planned celebration of Cheers' 100th anniversary by going into labor.

#35 - Friends or Lovers?

Wings - Season 2 - Episode 9

Joe and Helen attempt to secretively go on their first date. Brian hires a backup pilot for the grounded Joe.

#36 - How to Recede in Business

Cheers - Season 7 - Episode 1

Rebecca's life suffers a further disruption when Evan Drake's replacement makes Sam the new manager of Cheers.

#37 - Jim Gets a Pet

Taxi - Season 2 - Episode 14

The gang goes to the track and Jim falls in love with horse racing. Jim starts gambling at the track every day, until Alex tells him of the evils of gambling. Meanwhile, Jim turns out to have already won $10,000 at the track, and what's more, he bought the long-shot horse that he won most of the money on. Jim renames the horse Gary and keeps him in his apartment. However, when the gang comes over to check on Gary, they found he has died. When a depressed Jim returns to the garage, the gang convinces him to hold a funeral service for Gary (since Jim is an ordained minister, after all). Jim gives a touching eulogy that leaves everyone in tears.

#38 - Lou Proposes

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 9

Lou realizes that he has feelings for Mary's Aunt Flo, a journalist with a similar pride and passion in the news profession.

#39 - Rebecca Gaines, Rebecca Loses (2)

Cheers - Season 11 - Episode 24

#40 - Like Father, Like Son

Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 6

Alex's estranged father contacts Alex and reluctantly, Alex agrees to have lunch with him. At first, Alex lays into his father about having deserted his family, but eventually they start having a nice conversation. Alex's father, a real ladies' man, even sets him up with an attractive woman sitting at the table next to them at Mario's. When Alex leaves Mario's, Alex's father makes a date with the woman as well. Evidently, both men continue dating the woman, but when Alex learns that his father has double crossed him, he becomes furious and confronts his father. Ultimately, Alex's father lays on the charm enough with Alex that Alex forgives him and they are seen having dinner together.

#41 - Bidding on the Boys

Cheers - Season 6 - Episode 8

Sam and Woody are up for bids at a charity auction but less than thrilled at their new "owners".

#42 - Louie Bumps into an Old Lady

Taxi - Season 3 - Episode 16

Louie, driving a cab in order to give pointers to a new driver, accidentally runs into an old lady pedestrian. Louie starts catering to the old lady, in the hopes of avoiding being sued, but soon learns she is still going to sue him for a million dollars. Alex notices that the old lady looks familiar, and recognizes her as a con artist, who pulls scams like this on cab drivers all the time (faking injuries in order to sue them). Alex makes a deal with Louie to find some of her previous victims to testify against her, if Louie agrees to treat Alex with more respect. It turns out, however, that this time, the woman really has broken her leg this time, and is indeed confined to a wheelchair legitimately (she tells this to her lawyer without any of the gang around). At the trial, Alex shows up alone because he couldn't get anyone to testify in Louie's behalf, so Louie gets a bright idea. In an attempt to prove that the woman is faking an injury, in front of the court, Louie pushes he

#43 - The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One

Cheers - Season 1 - Episode 12

The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.

#44 - Ham Radio

Frasier - Season 4 - Episode 18

Frasier's ambitious plans to put on a "classic" radio drama are foiled after the actors, perturbed by Frasier's tyrannical style, revolt.

#45 - The House that Bled to Death

Hammer House of Horror - Season 1 - Episode 5

Emma and William Peters and their young daughter, Sophie, move into an old house that has been empty for many years. Unknown to them, Number 42, Colman Road, has not been lived-in since an old man murdered his wife there. As severed hands and kukris materialize, echos of the house's grisly history begin to terrorise the new occupants.

#46 - Diane's Perfect Date

Cheers - Season 1 - Episode 17

Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.

#47 - What's Wrong with Swimming?

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 7 - Episode 4

Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming and is faced with the prospect of firing her.

#48 - Diane's Nightmare

Cheers - Season 4 - Episode 5

Diane spends a dark and stormy night worrying that Andy Schroeder has escaped and is out to kill her.

#49 - What Are Friends For?

The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Season 5 - Episode 10

Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

#50 - The Innkeepers

Frasier - Season 2 - Episode 23

Frasier and Niles open their own restaurant, "Les Frères Heureux" (The Happy Brothers). When Opening Night arrives, everything that can go wrong does.