The BEST episodes written by Eric Cohen

The Encyclopedia Hustle
star
8.45
49 votes

#1 - The Encyclopedia Hustle

Good Times - Season 2 - Episode 8

An encyclopedia salesman is the last person James wants to see when he comes home from work. However, he softens when he learns the man is blind. This leads James to sign a contract and reads the fine print only after the man leaves.

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Rites of Spring
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8.29
220 votes

#2 - Rites of Spring

The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 23

A week prior to a friend's annual party, the girls debate on what they should do to improve their appearance. This leads the girls to reminisce about previous attempts to improve their looks.

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Curse of the Grandmas
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8.18
361 votes

#3 - Curse of the Grandmas

The Nanny - Season 2 - Episode 5

Fran's anniversary as a nanny for the Sheffields is coming up, but Maxwell seems to have forgotten all about it.

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Shopaholic
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8.02
292 votes

#4 - Shopaholic

The Nanny - Season 3 - Episode 6

The news of Danny's marriage to Heather Biblow makes Fran start buying everything she cans. After being confronted by Mr. Sheffield, Fran enters shoppers anonymous, but has a very tough time giving up shopping, until an unexpected kiss from Mr. Sheffield cures her miraculously.

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Frank's Tribute
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7.96
423 votes

#5 - Frank's Tribute

Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 3 - Episode 16

When Frank wins "Man of the Year" at his lodge Ray and Robert are asked to make a video tribute about Frank. While making the video they realize none of his lodge buddies like him.

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The Auction
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7.91
251 votes

#6 - The Auction

The Golden Girls - Season 4 - Episode 11

The girls try to cough up enough money to pay for a new roof. Meanwhile, Sophia's volunteer job at the hospital is what brings the girls a piece of inside information that could give them enough money for a new roof and money left to spare. The info is that a famous artist is dying, so the girls head to an auction to bid on one of his paintings.

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I've Got a Secret
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7.83
320 votes

#7 - I've Got a Secret

The Nanny - Season 2 - Episode 14

A secret celebrity is staying at the Sheffield residence while recovering from surgery, and Fran is anxious to know who it is.

The Election
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7.75
51 votes

#8 - The Election

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 5

Barbarino is running for Student Body President but his campain turns into disaster.

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Saving Harvey Cohen
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7.73
203 votes

#9 - Saving Harvey Cohen

Becker - Season 1 - Episode 18

Much to the Becker's dismay, an alley cat finds its way into his office and refuses to leave. When they realize that the cat is sick, Becker's guilted into taking care of it -- to the tune of $1,500. Meantime, Margaret attempts to help Becker plan a trip she knows he'll never take.

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Sweatgate Scandal
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7.71
7 votes

#10 - Sweatgate Scandal

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 15

Tired of the way the school newspaper is always putting them down, the Sweathogs join the staff in order to redeem themselves; and the crack investigative team of "Vinstein" (Vinnie and Juan) are hot on the trail of the culprit behind the recent break-in of Principal Lazarus's office.

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And Baby Makes Four (1)
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7.71
7 votes

#11 - And Baby Makes Four (1)

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 2

Julie goes into labor.

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Father Vinnie
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7.60
15 votes

#12 - Father Vinnie

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 22

Vinnie's grandmother's dying wish is for him to become a priest, and he takes the request seriously, until the strain of being holy becomes too much for him.

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The Giveaway
star
7.57
7 votes

#13 - The Giveaway

Chico and the Man - Season 1 - Episode 20

Chico is carrying large amounts of cash and working strange hours.

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Career Day
star
7.53
17 votes

#14 - Career Day

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 1

On career day, an inventor who is treated poorly by the Sweathogs offers a well-paying job to Gabe.

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And Baby Makes Four (2)
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7.50
6 votes

#15 - And Baby Makes Four (2)

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 3

Julie gives birth to twin girls.

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Sweathog Christmas Special
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7.50
8 votes

#16 - Sweathog Christmas Special

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 15

At Christmas time, the gang reminisces over past episodes.

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Epstein's Term Paper
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7.50
4 votes

#17 - Epstein's Term Paper

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 19

Juan buys four term papers - one for each Sweathog - from Carvelli, only to end up with an essay that Gabe had turned in eleven years earlier. DETAILS: Instead of writing their own term papers for Gabe's class, the Sweathogs choose to buy old "guaranteed A papers" for $5 each from Carvelli. Epstein's paper is on Franklin D. Roosevelt ("a mighty knight who fights for what's right"), Horshack's is on Joseph Stalin, Freddy's is on the Dust Bowl, and Vinnie's is on the Irish Potato Famine ("Great French Fry Phantom"). When Gabe grades Epstein's paper, he recognizes it as the same paper he handed in 11 years ago, so he gives all of them F's. Epstein then demands Carvelli refund their $20 per his guarantee, but Carvelli weasels out of that. Gabe tells Epstein he knows that Carvelli is selling used term papers and to thwart future use of the papers, Gabe passes around a list of them to all teachers and schools. Gabe then gives the Sweathogs one more chance to do the paper because, as he admits, he may have turned in that paper on FDR 11 years ago -- but he never said he WROTE it.

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Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?
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7.44
9 votes

#18 - Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?

Laverne & Shirley - Season 2 - Episode 17

Shirley goes to a sleazy bar to look for her father.

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One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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7.40
10 votes

#19 - One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 19

A flu epidemic hits Buchannan and everybody gets sick except for Kotter, Horshack and a few students in the other classes. In the end, the few healthy students team up with the remaining Sweathogs in the classroom.

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Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking
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7.36
11 votes

#20 - Sweathog Clinic for the Cure of Smoking

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 11

Epstein is caught smoking cigarettes. Gabe and the sweathogs try to get him to stop.

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Sweatwork
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7.33
6 votes

#21 - Sweatwork

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 16

Arnold voices angst and pioneers for change on the school radio station, gathering fans in the process.

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Sadie Hawkins Day
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7.27
11 votes

#22 - Sadie Hawkins Day

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 8

A girl wants to ask Vinnie to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance, but his insensitivity leads her to ask Arnold in retaliation, leaving Vinnie with no date at all.

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Sweatside Story
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7.14
14 votes

#23 - Sweatside Story

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 3

The Sweathogs form a gang, but won't let Arnold in until the night of their first rumble, and Arnold, against the idea of being killed, brings along Gabe and Mr. Woodman in order to prevent the fight.

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The Littlest Sweathog
star
7.14
7 votes

#24 - The Littlest Sweathog

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 2 - Episode 20

Gabe and Julie find out that they are going to have a baby.

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Swine and Punishment
star
7.14
7 votes

#25 - Swine and Punishment

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 13

Freddie cheats on an English test.

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Honeymoon Hotel
star
7.13
8 votes

#26 - Honeymoon Hotel

Laverne & Shirley - Season 2 - Episode 18

Shirley wins a vacation at a newlywed hotel. Laverne and Shirley plan to use Carmine to fool the hotel staff into letting them in, thinking they'll be left alone after the inital photos. Unfortunately they never get a moments peace and a mass party ensues.

Barbarino's Girl
star
7.13
16 votes

#27 - Barbarino's Girl

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 11

In order to bring up Vinnie's grades, Judy Borden, highly unpopular with the Sweathogs, is called in to tutor him. But when the two start liking one another, problems arise.

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Angie
star
6.83
6 votes

#28 - Angie

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 3 - Episode 18

A new girl joins the Sweathogs.

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Thelma's Reunion
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6.50
2 votes

#29 - Thelma's Reunion

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 5

As Thelma's high school reunion approaches, Thelma dreads coming to the reunion because of the way her life has turned out, and especially because of her old friend, Darlene Moore who she grew up with, and with whom she feels she could never match up. Meanwhile, the Reverend asks Thelma to go with him to her reunion, but then she finds out her father set it up. Meanwhile Cassietta is being audited by the IRS.

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The Twelve Songs of Christmas
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6.50
2 votes

#30 - The Twelve Songs of Christmas

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 11

The choir fights over which carol to sing in a competition.

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To Catch a Thief
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6.50
2 votes

#31 - To Catch a Thief

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 14

After money from the collection plate comes up missing, the Reverend and the Hetebrinks believe that Jeanette may have stolen it. And when Jeanette buys Thelma an expensive gift, they become more than convinced that she is the theif. At their accusations, the deacon is infuriated that they would suspect his precious granddaughter, and threatens to quit his position in the church. In the end, a lesson is learned by all, that what may appear to be true is not necessarily true, and that suspicion and lack of trust has no place in the church.

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Deacon Dearest
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6.50
2 votes

#32 - Deacon Dearest

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 17

Deacon Frye takes a personal interest in the divorce of a church couple, when he finds out the husband of the distraught woman is a millionaire.

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The Fantasy
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6.50
2 votes

#33 - The Fantasy

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 18

Thelma daydreams about a honeymoon with the Reverend, but the Deacon has his own vision of being with someone special, and where having the minister as a son-in-law creates lots of problems for him.

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A Slight Case of Murder (1)
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6.50
2 votes

#34 - A Slight Case of Murder (1)

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 20

When an attractive & glamorous woman comes to Deacon Frye for help in the murder of her husband, Deacon Frye defends her in court, and falls for charms.

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Who Am I?
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6.50
2 votes

#35 - Who Am I?

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 4

After tripping and falling during a fishing trip, Thelma looses her memory and can't remember who she is. She can't remeber that the Deacon is her father, and she forgets that she is in love with Ruben. To compensate, she takes on new personality and begins dating another man.

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Trouble in Paradise
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6.50
2 votes

#36 - Trouble in Paradise

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 21

A brick doesn't need to fall on Thelma to remind her that the honeymoon is over; Reuben has lost interest in her and Thelma blames herself.

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The Deacon's Confession
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6.50
2 votes

#37 - The Deacon's Confession

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 23

Newlywed Thelma longs to buy her first home, unaware that the Deacon is wracked with guilt over letting her $25,000 inheritance slip through his fingers.

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The Engagement
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6.33
3 votes

#38 - The Engagement

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 1

Nobody in the First Community Church can keep a secret. When word gets out that Ruben is about to propose marriage to Thelma, the whole congregation drops what they were doing, and shows up at the church to witness the blessed event. But when the deadline comes and goes, and Rev Gregory doesnt make his move, everyone wonders if it will ever happen.

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Thelma Says, I Do
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6.33
3 votes

#39 - Thelma Says, I Do

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 8

Everything goes wrong that could possibly go wrong on Thelma's wedding day; the wrong wedding dress is delivered to the house and Rev. Gregory comes down with wedding-day jitters.

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Benefit of the Doubt
star
6.00
2 votes

#40 - Benefit of the Doubt

The Hogan Family - Season 1 - Episode 5

Valerie gets a call from school and learns Willie is failing science. She quickly discovers another problem, both Mark and Willie are taking the same class and brainiac Mark is constantly making him look bad.

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You're in the Army Now (2)
star
6.00
3 votes

#41 - You're in the Army Now (2)

Amen - Season 4 - Episode 10

Rev. Gregory and the Deacon pay a visit to the Army base after a tough drill sergeant denies misguided private Thelma a weekend pass.

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A Slight Case of Murder (2)
star
5.50
2 votes

#42 - A Slight Case of Murder (2)

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 21

Deacon Frye has now defended Roxanne in court and she has been found not to have murdered her husband. Now, there is nothing to stand in the way of his romantic passions for her. After a brief romantic interlude, they decide to get married, even though Thelma strongly disapproves. At the wedding ceremony, Thelma does everything she can to interrupt the proceedings, but undaunted, Deacon Frye presses ahead with the ceremony. Not even a fire in the church could stop him from marrying the woman of his Dreams.

Stranded
star
5.00
2 votes

#43 - Stranded

Amen - Season 2 - Episode 16

At a church retreat in the mountains, the Deacon has a spiritual reawakening after almost freezing to death during a blizzard. Thanks to Amelia, who took quick action to help save his life.

A Dog Day Afternoon
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4.80
5 votes

#44 - A Dog Day Afternoon

So Little Time - Season 1 - Episode 1

Chloe learns that boys are just like dogs, and can be treated in a similar fashion. Meanwhile, a nervous Macy tries designing a dress for Teddie, only to find it's exactly the same as another dress someone else is already wearing. So, Riley asks Jake to help a reluctant Macy with her dress.

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There's Something About Riley
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0.00
0 votes

#45 - There's Something About Riley

So Little Time - Season 1 - Episode 4

Larry gets his friend, Tony, to persuade Riley that he's a great catch. But it backfires when Tony tries to woo her himself. This is all put on hold when the Carlson's home is threatened by a fire. Meanwhile, Macy becomes jealous when Teddie helps to rescue Jake from the trailer.

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Teddie's Burnout
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0.00
0 votes

#46 - Teddie's Burnout

So Little Time - Season 1 - Episode 10

Teddie decides to quit modeling over a craving for onion rings. As a debate partner for a school project on capital punishment, Chloe pairs off with a boy she admires. This makes Riley really angry at her and she pairs off with Larry, who usually gets the giggles every time.

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Look Who's Talking
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0.00
0 votes

#47 - Look Who's Talking

So Little Time - Season 1 - Episode 24

While the cable goes out all over town, the Carlsons and Manuelo reminisce about each of their experiences from previous episodes.

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Sweet 16
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0.00
0 votes

#48 - Sweet 16

So Little Time - Season 1 - Episode 26

When Jake, Macy, and Manuelo offer to give the girls a huge Sweet 16 party for their birthday, Riley and Chloe refuse in favor of some quiet time alone instead. After overhearing Manuelo on the phone talking about what they think is their Sweet 16 party, Chloe and Riley start to think about it and decide that a Sweet 16 party might not be so bad, after all. Once they arrive at the News Stand, they come to the conclusion that they might've arrived on the wrong night, due to the fact that they don't recognize anyone there.

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