The BEST episodes written by Howard Korder
#1 - Two Impostors
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 - Episode 11
Gyp makes his move in Atlantic City, forcing Nucky and Eddie to seek refuge with Chalky. With the Artemis Club overrun by Rosetti thugs, Gillian contemplates a business future that includes an unwelcome partner. Luciano makes a deal he’ll come to regret. Harrow loses his house privileges.
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#2 - Eldorado
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 8
Nucky plans to relocate to Manhattan. Margaret impresses Nucky and a grain company stockholder.
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#3 - Gimcrack & Bunkum
Boardwalk Empire - Season 2 - Episode 5
After a dispute with his enemies, Nucky brings in a surprise guest speaker at a Memorial Day dedication for war veterans. Running out of options, Eli questions his allegiances, but it ends up sending him deeper into the hole. Nucky hires a new lawyer. Jimmy is taught a lesson by one of the Commodore's men that he won't soon forget. Richard decides to go hunting in the forest.
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#4 - Farewell Daddy Blues
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 12
Eli braces for the worst as Agent Knox launches his plan to bring Nucky down. Capone and Torrio reach an agreement in Cicero. Chalky looks to settle scores. Richard steps forward to save Tommy, at Gillian's expense.
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#5 - Friendless Child
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 7
Nucky tries to hold onto his assets in Atlantic City. Willie and Eli become involved in Nucky's war.
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#6 - Ourselves Alone
Boardwalk Empire - Season 2 - Episode 2
Despite being publicly embarrassed by legal trouble, Nucky's biggest concern may be holding on to his private army in a battle for control of Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Jimmy pitches a business deal to Arnold Rothstein in New York, but may have more in common with Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano. Margaret draws on past experience to retrieve some valuable information, Chalky clashes with a fellow inmate, and an Irish nationalist comes to town looking for support.
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#7 - Devil You Know
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 6
Federal agents enlist the help of Eli and Van Alden to take down the Capone organization.
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#8 - The Pony
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 - Episode 8
Gillian makes her peace with Jimmy's death. Van Alden attends a meeting with Capone and Torrio. Nucky makes an offer to Andrew Mellon. Margaret makes a stand on birth control. Nucky and Owen shop for a pony. Billie considers a future in film.
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#9 - Erlkonig
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 5
Nucky heads to Philadelphia to deal with the fallout from Willie’s liquor fiasco. Eddie Kessler is detained by Agent Knox, who uses physical and psychological tactics to elicit information about Nucky’s organization. A desperate Gillian turns to an unexpected source to score a fix, and is rebuffed in her attempt to reunite with Tommy. In Cicero, Van Alden is recruited by the Capones to pay an election-day visit to local factory workers opposed to the Capones’ candidate of choice.
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#10 - Under God's Power She Flourishes
Boardwalk Empire - Season 2 - Episode 11
With Margaret pondering the consequences of sin, Nucky prepares her for a worst-case scenario as Esther Randolph plays out her trump cards. Jimmy revisits his college days with Angela and Gillian. Mickey Doyle chafes at sharing his liquor profits. Eli refuses to cop a plea. Nelson's past comes back to haunt him, tipping the scale in Nucky's favor.
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#11 - Cuanto
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 4
Nucky and Margaret find common ground in Atlantic City. Luciano encounters an old adversary.
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#12 - Havre de Grace
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 11
Nucky takes inventory after being warned of a skunk in his cellar. On the lam following a close call, Chalky and Daughter take refuge outside Wilmington with Oscar Boneau, his mentor from years ago. Gillian considers selling her mansion and starting a new life with Roy Phillips.
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#13 - The Old Ship of Zion
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 8
Nucky’s shipment from Florida arrives with some unexpected cargo. Eli is backed into a corner after Agent Knox uncovers some new dirt on the Thompsons. After talking things over with Nucky, Willie reconsiders his recent life choices. Chalky throws down the gauntlet toward Valentin Narcisse, upholding his leadership on the Northside.
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#14 - Chapter 7
Perry Mason (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Hoping to expose the hidden link between the Radiant Assembly's staggering debt and Charlie's ransom, Mason puts Herman Baggerly on the stand. Sister Alice faces mounting pressure from the church elders about her promises for a "resurrection." Strickland loses track of a key witness, while Drake's detective work opens a new avenue in the case.
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#15 - Think of Three Things
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 8
The future of the United States is decided by six men in a room. Franklin and Temple face a changed world.
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#16 - Sunday Best
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 - Episode 7
Eli hopes to get back in Nucky's good graces. Gillian tries to improve her future. Gyp asks for a blessing in New York.
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#17 - New York Sour
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 1
Following his battle with Gyp Rosetti, Nucky makes a peace offering to Joe Masseria while working the odds with Arnold Rothstein. While Chalky is busy running the Onyx Club on the Boardwalk, the impulsive Dunn Purnsley clashes with a booking agent. Fresh-faced Federal Agent Warren Knox arrives in Atlantic City to learn the ropes from Agent Sawicki. Gillian seeks custody of her grandson, Tommy, while trying to find a “good” man to keep the Artemis Club afloat. Eli’s college-age son, Willie, turns to Nucky for career advice. Al Capone enlists his brothers, Frank and Ralph, to help him expand his business in the Chicago suburb of Cicero. Richard Harrow returns to his violent ways.
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#18 - Peg of Old
Boardwalk Empire - Season 2 - Episode 7
Margaret has a family reunion. Owen gets even with a rival. Van Alden recognizes the hierarchy of the law. Jimmy wonders how a decision will affect the future.
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#19 - Paris Green
Boardwalk Empire - Season 1 - Episode 11
Nucky has emotionally charged conversations with both Margaret and Eli over his business and the killing of Margaret's husband, leading to dramatic shake-ups in his personal and political lives. Jimmy meets with his dying father for the first time in years, and in the process reevaluates his relationships with both his parents. Van Alden and Agent Sebso's working relationship is pushed to the limit by Van Alden's suspicions, ending after a definitive confrontation at a river baptismal. Angela prepares to flee from Jimmy to Paris, but learns her support system is not as strong as she believed.
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#20 - Golden Days for Boys and Girls
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 1
In Cuba, Nucky presses a U.S. senator on Prohibition's repeal and eyes a business deal with a rum magnate. Margaret witnesses a casualty of the Great Depression. Luciano makes a bold career move. Chalky catches a break to get out of a bad situation. In a flashback to 1884, a young Nucky makes an impression on the Commodore.
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#21 - Resignation
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 2
Now working as a “delivery man” for Dean O’Banion, Van Alden is ordered to keep tabs on Al Capone, joining the ascendant mobster to help keep Cicero voters “informed” at a political rally. Dr. Valentin Narcisse arrives in Atlantic City, clashing with Chalky and Nucky over the loss of an employee. In Washington, Agent Knox aligns himself with J. Edgar Hoover, acting director of the Bureau of Investigation. Harrow fails to finish a job in Milwaukee, while Eddie demands a promotion after 11 years of service. With a business opportunity on the horizon, Nucky departs for Florida.
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#22 - Spaghetti & Coffee
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 - Episode 2
Nucky mixes business with pleasure in New York; Margaret's altruism is met with resistance; Gyp tries to establish a strategic foothold; Chalky and his daughter disagree about her future, Eli gets a new boss.
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#23 - What Jesus Said
Boardwalk Empire - Season 5 - Episode 3
Chalky heads in a new direction. Margaret finds herself in a quandary.
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#24 - Family Limitation
Boardwalk Empire - Season 1 - Episode 6
After the brazen robbery of one of his ward bosses, Nucky turns up the heat on Lucky Luciano. An emboldened Margaret stands up to Lucy at the dress shop, then accepts an offer from Nucky to change her circumstances. In Chicago, Al Capone's frustration over family issues spills over into his relationship with Jimmy, who scores points with Johnny Torrio for a bold power play involving mob heavy Charlie Sheridan and the neighborhood of Greektown.
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#25 - Single Combat Warrior
The Right Stuff - Season 1 - Episode 3
After mysterious bouts of vertigo, Shepard turns to Dee O'Hara to help him. Meanwhile, Cocoa Beach has transformed from ghost town to perpetual party. Gordo finds himself tempted by another woman. Glenn seeks refuge from the bedlam at a local church gathering, where even he is confronted by temptation. The astronauts' families arrive in Florida to watch the first test launch of the Atlas Rocket.
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#26 - Small Revenge
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Franklin pays back an insult—and receives the favor of a king. A new lover catches his eye, and an old rival turns up to thwart him.
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#27 - The North Star
Boardwalk Empire - Season 4 - Episode 6
After a cautious reunion with Margaret in New York City, Nucky heads to Tampa to work out details of his land deal with Bill McCoy. While there, he reconnects with Sally Wheet. Richard Harrow returns to Atlantic City and makes a confession to an ailing Paul Sagorsky, who encourages him to get over the past and return to Julia and Tommy. Having lost J. Edgar Hoover’s confidence, Agent Knox finds a new way to gain Eli’s trust. Meyer Lansky decides to go it alone on the Tampa land deal when Lucky Luciano gets spooked by an investor, Vincenzo Petrucelli, who has ties to Joe Masseria in New York. Chalky takes his frustrations out on Daughter Maitland.
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#28 - Begin by Creeping
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 7
After victory at Yorktown, the Americans and the French plot against each other for the upper hand. Franklin is laid low at a crucial moment.
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#29 - The Natural State of Man
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 5
Tensions mount between Franklin and Adams. Madame Brillon asserts her power. Temple decides to fight his own war.
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#30 - Sauce for Prayers
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 1
As the fight for independence teeters on the brink of defeat, Benjamin Franklin and his grandson plunge into a world of intrigue and deception.
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#31 - Welcome, Mischief
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 2
An arms operation is threatened by a ruthless opponent. The Paris police watch Franklin’s every move. Temple makes a confession.
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#32 - Pride and Gout
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 3
Bad news arrives from America. Franklin finds himself ensnared in the traps of Versailles. Temple bows down before a star.
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#33 - Beauty and Folly
Franklin (2024) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Franklin suspects traitors are everywhere. Vergennes makes a final offer. Jacques introduces Temple to the thrill of the hunt.
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Kate & Allie - Season 4 - Episode 15
Jennie arranges a date for Emma. Kate and Allie interfere in Jennie and Emma's latest spat.
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Kate & Allie - Season 4 - Episode 17
At a singles bar, Allie becomes the target of a bet between three men on the prowl.
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Kate & Allie - Season 4 - Episode 22
Fed up with constant demands from the kids and Kate, feeling overworked and unappreciated, Allie goes ""on strike"" -- then gets worried when the others start to cope without her.
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Kate & Allie - Season 4 - Episode 25
Kate and Allie deal with a demanding socialite's children's party, while Allie mopes over turning 39 without a surprise party of her own.
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Kate & Allie - Season 5 - Episode 9
Businessman Bill Connor comes with a startling proposition: he is single but pretending to be married in order to get a promotion, and needs someone to impersonate his non-existent wife at an executive party. Kate agrees with his stand against prejudice on the basis of marital status but then is attracted to a man who turns out to be a co-worker of Bill's. The whole farce turns out to be moot when Bill finds out the promotion was never available--the company was hiring from the outside--and quits, leaving Kate free to date Peter.
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