The BEST episodes written by Ellen Herman

Forget Selma
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8.20
5 votes

#1 - Forget Selma

Picket Fences - Season 4 - Episode 20

Wambaugh is convinced Myriam's new beau has ulterior motives.

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Vanishing Acts
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8.18
11 votes

#2 - Vanishing Acts

Chicago Hope - Season 5 - Episode 19

Diane tries to help grieving parents when their three year old child dies; Aaron is institutionalized after an experiment backfires.

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Kiss of Death
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7.89
9 votes

#3 - Kiss of Death

Chicago Hope - Season 5 - Episode 22

Kate meets up with an old boyfriend, who turns out to be an ex-husband. Lisa tried to prolong the like of a pregnant woman with brain cancer. Cacaci forces Aaron to investigate his charge that Phillip had an affair with a patient.

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This Is Your Brain on Drugs
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7.88
24 votes

#4 - This Is Your Brain on Drugs

The Riches - Season 1 - Episode 10

Wayne suspects that Dahlia still has a drug addiction and takes meth himself as a way of showing her how much the fact that she is on drugs hurts. Meanwhile, when things at Panco go crazy, it is up to Dahlia to keep everything and everyone together. Finally, Dale shows up at Edenfalls and befriends the family's neighbor, Hartley.

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The Other Cheek
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7.82
11 votes

#5 - The Other Cheek

Chicago Hope - Season 5 - Episode 8

A celebrity dies and news crews invade the hospital to cover the story.

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Dangerous Reunions
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7.80
10 votes

#6 - Dangerous Reunions

Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 3 - Episode 13

Katherine relives the past with her visiting first love; Raymond starts hanging out with pals from the 'hood.

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My Romance
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7.75
4 votes

#7 - My Romance

Picket Fences - Season 4 - Episode 13

After being struck by a falling power line in a fluke accident, Carter meets his long dead Grandpa Bob while clinically dead for about 3 minutes. This causes him to question his relationship both with God, and his girlfriend Sue. Judge Bone meets up with an old flame from over 50 years ago, both of them now widowed, and a little flames are rekindled. Zack gets a crush on a beautiful young Asian gal that is in their home for a week for some kind of musical competition; she is a cello prodigy. However, she has eyes for Zack's older brother, Matthew, and Zack catches them kissing after dark, and is heartbroken.

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Only You
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7.66
207 votes

#8 - Only You

Northern Exposure - Season 3 - Episode 2

Maurice sulks over what he believes is an unflattering photo taken by Holling, Maggie worries about needing glasses and getting old, and Joel tries to explain Chris' uncanny appeal to women, who is busy chasing the one woman immune to his charm.

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What I Did for Love
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7.53
273 votes

#9 - What I Did for Love

Northern Exposure - Season 2 - Episode 4

Joel's plans for a vacation to New York are sidetracked by Maggie's dreams about his death in an airplane crash and his suspicions about the enthusiastic doctor sent to temporarily replace him. Maurice's annual visit from an astronaut "groupie" is interrupted by his sleeping problems.

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Heart of Saturday Night
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7.50
4 votes

#10 - Heart of Saturday Night

Picket Fences - Season 4 - Episode 6

Saturday night in Rome and the residents' minds turn to leisure activities. Matthew goes cruising with his pals. Jill and Jimmy's attempt at romance leaves him in an extremely painful position. Meanwhile, Judge Bone and Wambaugh's poker gang loses a player when one of them drops dead at the table.

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True or False
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7.33
12 votes

#11 - True or False

Party of Five - Season 4 - Episode 18

Claudia gets help from a psychologist. Griffin discovers that he cannot fight with his growing attraction to Rosalie anymore. Julia rediscovers the academic world in a college literature class.

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Pressure
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7.25
117 votes

#12 - Pressure

My So-Called Life - Season 1 - Episode 13

Angela must make the decision whether or not to sleep with Jordan, while Graham is being pressured into going into the restaurant business with Hallie Lowenthal.

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Poetry and Pastries
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7.14
42 votes

#13 - Poetry and Pastries

Newhart - Season 8 - Episode 3

Dick is chosen to judge the annual Poetry and Pastry contest. Miss Goddard, the reigning champion, uses her feminine wiles to try to influence the judging. Michael throws an all-male baby shower.

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Single White Sister
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7.08
13 votes

#14 - Single White Sister

Melrose Place - Season 1 - Episode 19

Jane receives a surprise visit from her sister Sydney, who has dropped out of college. Jane keeps the news from their parents, but is annoyed when Syd hangs around her workplace. Kay eventually hires Sydney as her assistant. Billy agrees to set up Alison with one of his friends, as she needs a date to the advertisers' ball. He scuttles the whole thing due to jealousy, and agrees to be Alison's date to make it up to her. Jake buys a new motorcycle and tries to convince Jo to take his old bike. She hesitates because she fears becoming indebted to a man. Jake tries to prove himself by taking up one of Jo's interests, poetry. He tells her that he has gained a lot from knowing her, and that he only wants to see her happy. Jo is disturbed when she is repeatedly contacted by her husband, whom Jake later finds snooping around the mailboxes. Rhonda is furious when Terrence doesn't defend her honor to his snobbish friends, but he later proposes marriage.

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Beauty and the Pest
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6.95
41 votes

#15 - Beauty and the Pest

Newhart - Season 8 - Episode 13

Joanna takes an odd man to several houses to try to convince him to buy one, but he just can't seem to commit. Joanna visits his home and walks in to find a shrine dedicated to her.

Resolutions
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6.94
115 votes

#16 - Resolutions

My So-Called Life - Season 1 - Episode 16

It's New Year's Eve and while everyone else is busy making or breaking his or her resolutions, Rickie faces an increasingly difficult situation.

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Dreams Come True
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6.46
46 votes

#17 - Dreams Come True

Melrose Place - Season 1 - Episode 13

Alison continues to see Keith, despite the misgivings of her friends and the fact that her erratic behavior has put her job in jeopardy. Billy confronts Keith about his treatment of Alison. Matt is the victim of an attack outside a nightclub. When an officer from the hate crimes unit comes to the halfway house, Matt's supervisor is stunned to learn that Matt is gay. He quickly devises a reason to fire him. Jake and Rhonda convince Matt to seek legal recourse. A customer at Shooters asks Sandy to audition for a soap opera. She wins the role and moves to New York.

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Leap of Faith
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6.41
51 votes

#18 - Leap of Faith

Melrose Place - Season 1 - Episode 5

Jane learns that she is pregnant, but doesn't tell Michael because he hadn't seemed thrilled by the prospect of having kids. She tries to get an abortion secretly, but changes her mind. Michael is furious at Jane for keeping him in the dark, until the joy over their child brings them back together. Billy is given a column in the neighborhood newspaper. He can't come up with a topic because his life is boring. Hoping to alleviate this problem, he convinces Jake and Matt to go bungee-jumping with him. After he is unable to go through with the jump, Billy writes a column about ""wimping out.""

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