The BEST episodes written by Fred Rubin

Hiring the Housekeeper
star
8.43
7 votes

#1 - Hiring the Housekeeper

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 4

Archie searches for a housekeeper to look after Stephanie.

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Archie Alone (2)
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8.40
10 votes

#2 - Archie Alone (2)

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 2

Archie refuses to deal with Ediths death.

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A Slight Case of ESP
star
8.33
3 votes

#3 - A Slight Case of ESP

Alice - Season 3 - Episode 11

Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.

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Willis' Privacy
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8.31
16 votes

#4 - Willis' Privacy

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 17

To get rid of his pesky little brother, Willis divides the bedroom in half and spends more time at his friend's house.

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Return of the Gooch
star
8.17
6 votes

#5 - Return of the Gooch

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 20

The "Gooch" is back and this time he's terrorizing Arnold, but Arnold plans to be ready when the bully strikes. In building Arnold's confidence, Willis convinces him that his martial arts lesson has given him a "killer" foot.

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The Adoption (1)
star
8.10
10 votes

#6 - The Adoption (1)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 8

The Drummond family celebrates the day Arnold and Willis are supposed to be officially adopted until the visit of a "relative" leaves their plans in jeopardy. Whitman Mayo guest stars as Jethro Simpson, who sees his way to go from junk to jewels in a last will and testament leaving a fortune to Willis and Arnold.

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Little Big Guy
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7.85
77 votes

#7 - Little Big Guy

Family Matters - Season 7 - Episode 1

Mischief-maker Urkel and his troublesome transformation chamber move in with the Winslows and he wreaks household havoc by shrinking both himself and Carl in an experiment gone awry.

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Nightmare on Carrie's Street
star
7.80
10 votes

#8 - Nightmare on Carrie's Street

Two of a Kind - Season 1 - Episode 6

Mary-Kate and Ashley switch costumes with Max and Brian so that they can attend Carrie's Halloween party, from which they were banned by Kevin.

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The Adoption (2)
star
7.75
12 votes

#9 - The Adoption (2)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 9

It appears that Mr. Drummond's attempts to adopt Arnold and Willis will be aborted by a conniving junk dealer until the boys take matters into their own hands. Whitman Mayo guest stars as "long-lost relative" Jethro Simpson who has arrived with a letter supposedly written by the boys' father, leaving Arnold and Willis in his custody.

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Prep School
star
7.68
107 votes

#10 - Prep School

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Mr. Drummond tries to get Arnold and Willis into an exclusive prep school, it turns out to be just a little too exclusive for everyone's tastes.

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Carrie Moves In
star
7.67
9 votes

#11 - Carrie Moves In

Two of a Kind - Season 1 - Episode 16

Trouble starts when Carrie moves into Kevin's basement.

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Mama for Mayor (Part 2)
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7.64
56 votes

#12 - Mama for Mayor (Part 2)

Mama's Family - Season 2 - Episode 17

Thelma wins the race for mayor only to find the job more challenging than she envisioned.

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The Trial
star
7.34
91 votes

#13 - The Trial

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 7

When Arnold is in trouble for putting his goldfish in Mr. Drummond's hot tub, Willis insists that it is wrong to convict him without a trial. The whole family, with Mrs. Garrett as judge, comes up with an important verdict.

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Mac Takes a Vocation
star
7.32
65 votes

#14 - Mac Takes a Vocation

Night Court - Season 8 - Episode 21

Harry gets riled when a supreme court judge woos Mac away to serve as a vote-getting token on his staff and Dan hires an English valet in an attempt to replace Phil.

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A Closer Look
star
7.23
61 votes

#15 - A Closer Look

Night Court - Season 7 - Episode 23

Harry, his court and co-workers come under the sharp journalistic eye of a TV reporter doing a story on typical night court events.

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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King
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7.21
68 votes

#16 - Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King

Night Court - Season 7 - Episode 4

On Halloween night, Harry loses his new bat, Tito, and an exorcist's curse resurrects the unquiet spirit of a defendant from fifty years earlier.

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Stevil
star
7.17
71 votes

#17 - Stevil

Family Matters - Season 8 - Episode 7

Ventriloquist Steve's look-alike dummy comes alive on Halloween.

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Razing Bull
star
7.14
96 votes

#18 - Razing Bull

Night Court - Season 7 - Episode 13

Bull chains himself to the entrance of an old theater scheduled to be demolished and the ensuring efforts to save the building reveals a secret life from Mac's past.

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The Glasnost Menagerie
star
7.12
64 votes

#19 - The Glasnost Menagerie

Night Court - Season 7 - Episode 19

Harry helps Yakov get a visa extension for his father and Mac buys a washing machine with an attitude problem.

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Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore
star
7.11
63 votes

#20 - Nobody Says Rat Fink Anymore

Night Court - Season 8 - Episode 10

Harry has to summon the courage to face a bully from his childhood who is brought before him in court, and Christine searches high and low for the perfect nanny.

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Goin' to the Chapel
star
7.11
19 votes

#21 - Goin' to the Chapel

Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 12

When Carol forbids Dana from having sex before marriage, Dana decides to elope with Rich. Meanwhile, J.T. pretends to be a fitness fanatic to impress a sexy aerobics instructor.

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Amore or Less
star
7.08
60 votes

#22 - Amore or Less

Night Court - Season 7 - Episode 12

Christine finds everyone too busy to help her our with her new romance so she turns to two feuding advice columnists.

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Poetic Justice
star
6.95
19 votes

#23 - Poetic Justice

Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 5

Karen has a professor (actually a teaching assistant) try to date her by influencing her with grades. Karen tells Dana about her predicament. Dana has the perfect plan to catch Jason in his own deceitful web. While a battery that does not keep going and going causes a hitch, the plan does end up working. Mark's date comes in all her glory for a date with Mark. Actually, she is repulsive to Frank and Carol, a source of comedy to Rich and JT, and a shocking match for Mark to everybody. Mark stays out past curfew, is grounded, and runs off in Frank's truck with this girl.

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Attachments Included
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6.94
61 votes

#24 - Attachments Included

Night Court - Season 8 - Episode 16

Christine finds herself tense over finalizing her divorce, Harry is nervous about moving in with Margaret, and Bull follows his mother's advice and looks for a wife-with the help of a matchmaker.

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Movin' On
star
6.80
95 votes

#25 - Movin' On

Family Matters - Season 8 - Episode 4

Urkel fits in with his new college friends but pines for Laura.

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Murray Klein's Place
star
6.67
3 votes

#26 - Murray Klein's Place

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 2 - Episode 13

Fed up with Archie, Murray wants to end the partnership.

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The Date
star
6.60
5 votes

#27 - The Date

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 3 - Episode 3

Roger wants to date Archies neice Billie.

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My Big Brother
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6.53
86 votes

#28 - My Big Brother

Family Matters - Season 7 - Episode 18

Urkel volunteers as a Big Brother to a touch street kid who's mastered pick pocketing skills but harbors a secret about his reading ability. Through a charity, Steve becomes a mentor for a tough but charming inner-city nine-year-old, 3J. While tutoring him, Steve discovers that, although 3J is smart, he is illiterate. At first, 3J rejects Steve's help, preferring to survive with his natural talents as always. But Steve excites him about the wonderful worlds of imagination one can find in books, and 3J decides to make his life better by learning to read. Meanwhile, Carl finds Harriette's secret savings account book. He is upset that she hid it from him. But later, he regrets arguing with her when she gives him an expensive gift for which she was secretly saving money.

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I'm Torn Here
star
6.40
5 votes

#29 - I'm Torn Here

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 4 - Episode 24

Gary is jealous when he learns his old school rival is dating his ex- girlfriend,Billie. Billie is concerned about Garys feeelings and he tells her he would like to start dating her again but she wants to remain just friends with Gary.

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The Squealer
star
6.33
3 votes

#30 - The Squealer

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 2 - Episode 26

Willis seeks comradeship as a member of the Tarantulas, a street gang, but finds only deceit as he gets caught in a web of misplace loyalties. Willis allows himself to be arrested rather than "squeal" on his fellow-gang members by telling the truth.

Pound Foolish
star
5.85
84 votes

#31 - Pound Foolish

Family Matters - Season 8 - Episode 22

Donna Summer reprises her role as Urkel's Aunt Oona from Altoona, who has put on weight but anticipates taking it off in her nephew's new-fangled fat-compression chamber.

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