The BEST episodes written by Don Ingalls
#1 - The Night Ripper
T.J. Hooker - Season 5 - Episode 8
Arriving at the scene of the brutal murder of a college girl, Hooker recognises the method of murder as used by a serial killer dubbed ""The Night Ripper"", who was behind a spree of six grisly sex murders four years previously and was never caught. With the psychotic killer terrorising the city once more, Hooker is under pressure to uncover his identity and get him off the streets...
#2 - God Child / Curtain Call
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 4
In "God Child" little Laurie Shannon who lost her parents in an accident wishes to ask God why he took them. And in "Curtain Call" a once-famous comedian whose TV show was canceled wishes to do one last shot.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - The Man Hunter
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 2 - Episode 1
Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Something to Live For
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 2 - Episode 14
On his way to help a man and his daughter over a land dispute, Paladin encounters a wealthy, drunk and helpless man whose guide left him behind to die.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Ghost's Story / The Spoilers
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 22
In "The Ghost's Story" a young woman must face being alone in a terrifying haunted mansion in order to gain notoriety as an expert of the occult. And in "The Spoilers" a famous and fair-minded bounty hunter goes after the only man who has ever eluded him.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Flying Aces / The Mermaid Returns
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 2
In "Flying Aces" airline pilot Tony Chilton goes back to World War II to experience the thrill of combat flying with his father who died in that war. And in "The Mermaid Returns" Princess Nyah desires to learn what human love is like and becomes enamored with Mr. Roarke.
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#7 - The Magic Camera / Mata Hari / Valerie
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 12
In "The Magic Camera" a man who wishes to take pictures no other photographer ever has is shocked when his pictures begin telling the future. In "Mata Hari" a woman who wants to know what Mata Hari's life was really like finds her life in grave danger when she actually becomes the famous spy.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Blood Sport (1)
T.J. Hooker - Season 5 - Episode 16
Hooker is delivering a captured criminal to the Federal court building when he meets Senator Grayle, an old friend; when a bomb intended kill the Senator explode. With Hooker having saved the Senator's life, himself, Stacy and Corrigan at the Senator's request travel to Honolulu, Hawaii, to work with the local Police department there and protect the Senator and his wife from the ruthless gangsters out to assassinate him. But in his time protecting the Senator, Hooker finds that he does not approve with many of his old friend's ways and methods; and it's a tangled web leading to finding just who is behind the threats...
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Remember...When?
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 21
Tattoo has an auto accident and suffers a serious head injury. Mr. Roarke helps him through the surgery and to overcome his depression by reminiscing about their favorite fantasies. In flashback scenes there are appearances by: Anne Jeffreys, Richard Lineback, James Steward, Mabel King, Raymond St. Jacques, Cleavon Little, Berlinda Tolbert, Kedren Jones, Samantha Eggar, Joseph Cotton, John Brandon, Linda Thompson Jenner, Don Ho, Laraine Day, Dick Fair, Sam Melville, Tom Wopat, Robert Mandan, John Fiedler, Lynda Day George, Victor Buono, Michael Hadlow, Angela Slater, Philece Sampler, Rosemary Lord, Paul John Balson, Tom Bailey.
#10 - Edward / The Extraordinary Miss Jones
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 19
In "Edward" a successful man comes to the Island to restore his acquaintance with his ex-wife and son. And in "The Extraordinary Miss Jones" Melanie Jones has a terminal blood disorder and she wishes to make a scientific contribution.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - The Chateau / White Lightning
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 14
In "The Chateau" Vicky Lee, a journalist wishes to spend the weekend with the man her grandmother, famed Silent Screen actress Becky Lee was in love with in order to complete her biography. But everything isn't what it seems to be and Vicky falls for the same trickery her grandmother did. And in "White Lightning" ehe McAllisters' and the Scoggins are feuding families from Eagle Mountain, Tennessee. They enter a contest to find homemade whiskey, aka White Lightning.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Memories of Monica
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 6 - Episode 7
Repaying a debt, Paladin rides to Valley Heart. Sheriff Reagan awaits the return of a native son who has been jailed for the past six years. The sheriff's wife was once this native son's girlfriend, and he has vowed to see Reagan dead for taking her from him.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Beautiful Skeptic / The Lost Platoon
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 6
In "The Beautiful Skeptic" a female reporter comes to the Island to prove it's a fraud. And in "The Lost Platoon" a man goes back to World War II to prove his brother was not a coward and was never engaged in black marketeering.
#14 - Forget-Me-Not / The Quiz Masters
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 20
In "Forget-Me-Not" a woman who has completely lost her memory in an accident wishes to find out who she really is. And in "The Quiz Masters" the two most famous game show hosts in the world become contestants and challenge each other to an ultimate game to the death.
#15 - Soledad Crossing
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 4 - Episode 38
A diptheria scare slows the return of Paladin's prisoner to justice.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Bird of Time
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 6 - Episode 6
Paladin rides upon a man named Stryker hanging from a tree. When he learns Paladin is after the same man but with a warrant, he says he has stronger reasons and hopes he won't get in his way. Later Paladin helps the man, now wounded and in his custody, get to what he remembers as a friendly place called Sky Blue.
#17 - Nona / One Million B.C.
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 20
In "Nona" a blind man uses his gift of sight for 48 hours to search for the Nona, woman of his dreams. And in "One Million B.C. two women who wish for the days when men were expected to be macho find themselves being fought over by two tribes of cavemen.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Don Quixote / The Sex Symbol
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 4
In "Don Quixote" Texas millionaire Donald Quick wishes to become the heroic Don Quixote and find his Dulcinea encountering trouble along his journey. And in "The Sex Symbol" plain Jane, Helen Hendrix wishes to become adored and desired by men, as a sexy Marilyn Monroe type. She finds out that being a sex symbol gets her far more than she bargained for.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - The Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 2
In "The Devil and Mr. Roarke" Mephistopheles, the devil himself has come with a very specific purpose in mind -- to capture the immortal soul of Mr. Roarke. In "Ziegfeld Girls" two ex-showgirls wish to return to their youth when they were Ziegfeld Girls. And in "Kid Corey Rides Again" Ned Plummer who is enamored with the outlaws of the old west wishes to go back in time to ride with one of the legendary and deadly lawbreakers of that era.
#20 - Dancing Lady / The Final Round
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 2
In "Dancing Lady" a receptionist from Toledo, Ohio dreams of becoming the dancing star in a lavish musical. And in "The Final Round" a boxing manager wishes to manage his first champion before he retires.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Everybody Goes to Gilley's / Face of Fire
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 5
In "Everybody Goes to Gilley's" Mickey Gilley's fantasy is to become a star headliner and a big country western singer. And in "Face of Fire" a woman's fantasy is fulfilled when she risks her life in the face of fire to save a reclusive billionaire's life.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Kleptomaniac / Thank God, I'm a Country Girl
Fantasy Island - Season 6 - Episode 8
In "The Kleptomaniac" A kleptomaniac comes to the Island to rid himself of the urge to steal. Tattoo is asked to keep a constant eye on Fred Simpson, but to no avail! And in "Thank God, I'm A Country Girl" A waitress wants to appear to be a wealthy heiress for a daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby.
#23 - Goin' On Home / Ambitious Lady
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 10
In "Goin' On Home" after leaving his family to find success in Nashville, a country western singer wishes to be reunited with the people he loves. And in "Ambitious Lady" a couple have a dual fantasy - she wishes her husband would achieve the same level of success she has, and he wants to recapture the love they once shared.
#24 - Games People Play / The Sweet Life
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 11
In "Games People Play" three young lady employees of a toy company wish to fulfill their dreams. one wishes to gain the courage to stand up to her convictions the other wants to be accepted for her brains and the third wishes to find love. And in "The Sweet Life" a man arrives with the desire for his family to experience the rewards of money and position that he has never been able to give them.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Dark Secret / The Outrageous Mr. Smith
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 15
In "Dark Secret" Amy Marshall is afraid to tell her husband that she was raped before they were married, confronts her fear. And in "The Outrageous Mr. Smith" Robert Smith a professional singer whose shyness has hampered his chance of success wishes to unleash his suppressed alter-ego.
Watch Now:Amazon#26 - The Walking Years
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 6 - Episode 25
A letter from a friend brings Paladin to a bar where he's drugged. He wakes up chained and in the company of a man with a similar story and a woman who's path they've both crossed before.
#27 - A Place For Abel Hix
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 6 - Episode 4
Hix sends for Paladin. When he arrives in town, he finds that Hix was killed in a gunfight even though he's the fastest man with gun who ever lived.
#28 - A Snare for Murder
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 2 - Episode 11
Two ornery old gold miners, who hate each other, have struck it rich. Problem is they talk too much, and now it appears someone is trying to kill them.
#29 - Elizabeth's Baby / The Artist and the Lady
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 11
In "Elizabeth's Baby" terminally ill and very expectant Elizabeth Blake wishes to look ahead into her unborn baby's future. And in "The Artist and the Lady" an untalented artist wishes to possess the talent to paint a great masterpiece, ends up becoming enamored of his muse.
Watch Now:Amazon#30 - A Miracle for St. Francis
Have Gun, Will Travel - Season 6 - Episode 10
Paladin rides to the San Luis Rey church in search of a very old brandy. When he is asked by the Padre to retrieve a statue of worship, they strike a bargain where they both may get what they want.
#31 - Night in a Small Town
The Big Valley - Season 3 - Episode 5
Traveling on a stage, Heath, Victoria, Audra, and a wayward saloon girl, stop in a small town for the night, where the town marshal turns out to be an old friend of Heath's. The man, though, is clearly not the man Heath remembers.
Watch Now:Amazon
#32 - Smile of a Dragon
The Virginian - Season 2 - Episode 22
Trampas is the sole survivor of a stagecoach robbery but he is wounded and wanders off in a daze. The local Sheriff (Richard Carlson) finds him and accuses him of being one of the robbers, hints the townspeople will lynch him and even tries to kill him. Trampas escapes and takes refuge with Kim Ho (Miyoshi Umeki) who learns of his innocence. Meanwhile Steve Hill heads for the area thinking Trampas is dead. Trampas tries to find the real guilty parties to clear himself and in the end is saved by the arrival of Steve Hill.
Watch Now:Amazon#33 - Loving Strangers / Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 15
In "Loving Strangers" a couple Tom & Marge Wilkerson, who have been happily married for 25 years wish to become strangers to fall in love all over again. And in "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" a young bride-to-be Pamela Archer's future happiness threatens to be destroyed when an element from her past makes an unexpected and threatening appearance.
Watch Now:Amazon
#34 - Playgirl / Smith's Valhalla
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 17
In "Playgirl" beautiful former centerfold model Erica Clark wishes to turn the tables and treat men as sexual objects. And in "Smith's Valhalla" Jason Smith wishes to become a war hero and lead a team of soldiers on a daring commando raid.
#35 - Duel at Shiloh
The Virginian - Season 1 - Episode 15
This episode explains how Steve Hill came to work at Shiloh Ranch. Running away from home to become a cowhand he meets grizzled cowboy Johnny Wade (Brian Keith) who takes him under his wing and gets him a job working at a new ranch owned by Georgia Price (Geraldine Brooks). Georgia's plan is to make a huge profit quickly at the expense of destroying the common range by overgrazing. She uses her feminine wiles to get Johnny to head up her plan and their actions bring them into conflict with Judge Garth and eventually, with Steve Hill. Steve leaves to work at Shiloh and is forced into a showdown with his former friend and mentor Johnny.
Watch Now:Amazon
#36 - Log 114: The Hero
Adam-12 - Season 2 - Episode 22
Malloy and Reed respond to a fire where a young man, Lauro, saves a man trapped inside. When the police department and city wish to give him a citation, Lauro seems reluctant to receive it or any attention much to everyone's surprise. This raises questions in Malloy and Reed's minds so they pursue what is bothering Lauro. A concerned landlord reports suspicious in-activity from a tenant with heart trouble where Malloy and Reed arrive in time to give him CPR and save his life. Malloy attempts to keep his new hat clean, but finds it an impossibility.
Watch Now:Amazon#37 - A Very Strange Affair / The Sailor
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 10
In "A Very Strange Affair" Ron Price gets some very unusual help in obtaining the needed funds for an orphanage. And in "The Sailor" Mr. Roarke successfully arranges a love match but in order for the couple to have a future happiness together, Laura Myles must forfeit her life.
Watch Now:Amazon
#38 - Day of the Scorpion
The Virginian - Season 4 - Episode 2
An Australian, Adam Tercell (John Anderson), has bought a local ranch and plans to graze sheep on open range, a strategy which would destroy it as grazing land for cattle, so the locals want to negotiate an area set aside for sheep. However, Tercell's bullying son, Abel (Jon Locke), refuses and even stockwhips a local rancher (Edward Faulkner) which brings him into conflict with the Virginian. Abel tries to bullwhip the Virginian and falls and is accidentally killed when he hits his head on a rock. Adam Tercell arrives in Medicine Bow and tries to get the Virginian charged with murder but is unsuccessful and things become complicated when Tercell's daughter Reagen (Maura McGivney) begins to fall in love with the Virginian. Events continue to escalate and eventually lead to a fateful confrontation between Adam Tercell, his estranged daughter, and the local ranchers.
#39 - The Returning
Daniel Boone - Season 1 - Episode 14
Boone cannot believe a boyhood friend (Pat Hingle) murdered three Cherokee youths.
#40 - Daddy's Little Girl / The Whistle
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 14
In "Daddy's Little Girl" Christa Ackland wishes to find her real father, a man she has never laid eyes on, so that he may give her away at her wedding. And in "The Whistle" Scientist, Adrian Brilles wishes to make a famous discovery at any cost, comes face to face with a terror he has never known before.
#41 - The Mermaid and the Matchmaker / The Obsolete Man
Fantasy Island - Season 7 - Episode 18
In "Mermaid and the Matchmaker" the mermaid, Nyah asks Mr. Roarke to end her immortality, but upon Mr. Roarke's refusal to do so she threatens to seek revenge on him and Fantasy Island. And in "The Obsolete Man" young man who may be replaced at his job by a computer, wants to feel like his life has a purpose once again.
#42 - The Blue Veil
Danger Man - Season 1 - Episode 4
John Drake flies to the Arabian desert to investigate stories of slavery and finds himself befriending a Muslim lad and helping a stranded showgirl who believes Drake to be a slave broker.
Watch Now:Amazon#43 - Show Me a Hero / Slam Dunk
Fantasy Island - Season 5 - Episode 1
In "Show Me a Hero" Helen Ross a romantic woman must confront the love of her past, John Day before she can experience real love in her present, Ted Kingman. And in "Slam Dunk" a successful sports writer Matt Kane wishes to become a super-star basketball player in hopes in winning over Ginger Donovan the girl he loves.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#44 - Eileen
The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 21
The daughter, Eileen Linden, of a friend of the Graingers comes to visit the Graingers. Her father has asked her to take a six week hiatus from seeing Peter Bowers who she wants to marry. Her father does not trust him. When Peter follows her and starts working at Shiloh, her and others become entangled in a situation that make none of them happy. Eileen finally comes clean with Clay but other problems surface.
#45 - The Tin Badge
Bonanza - Season 3 - Episode 13
Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involving murder.
#46 - With Affection, Jack the Ripper / Gigolo
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 6
In "With Affection, Jack the Ripper" Lorraine Peters a female criminologist sets out to discover the identity of Jack the Ripper and solve the Whitechapel mystery and finds herself marked as his next victim. And in "Gigolo" Stanley Hocker from Stubbenville, Ohio feels totally inadequate in matters dealing with the opposite sex, he dreams of becoming a modern day Don Juan.
#47 - The Ordeal
The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 19
Clay Grainger sends a letter to The Virginian to take on a new hand, Scott Austin, while Clay is in Denver. Scott is the spoiled son of a wealthy self made man who is hoping a summer working at Shiloh will make him a responsible person. Scott is insecure and after several incidents including one involving the thoroughbred colt belonging to Elizabeth,he decides to leave. The Virginain goes after Scott and tries a scheme to change Scott but it has unintended consequences for both of them.
#48 - Search in Limbo
Bonanza - Season 13 - Episode 21
Sid Langley is a real estate broker who is not well liked in Nevada, thanks to his shady ways of doing business. An irritable Ben is barely polite with Langley when closing a land transaction. However, things soon get worse than that headache and blurred vision Ben suffers from when he learns that Langley has been critically wounded by an unknown assailant. Ben, who somehow can't remember the past 24 hours, fears he may have been the gunman and tries to reconstruct the activities of the past day to prove his innocence.
#49 - An Echo of Thunder
The Virginian - Season 5 - Episode 4
After helping deliver a herd of horses, Trampas decides to take a few days to visit an old friend nearby but he arrives in time for his friend's funeral. He is bothered by the circumstances of his death, so he decides to investigate.
Watch Now:Apple TV
#50 - The Favor
Gunsmoke - Season 12 - Episode 25
With a man being released from prison that has made threats toward Marshal Dillon, Kitty is torn between a man that saved her life and her duty as a citizen of Dodge City.