The BEST episodes written by James Schmerer
#1 - A String of Puppets
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 2 - Episode 19
Det. Keller goes undercover as an ex-con musician to bust a crooked parole officer and his ring of parolees.
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#5 - Every Time She Smiles
MacGyver - Season 1 - Episode 16
MacGyver is on his way out of Bulgaria with a secret microfilm, when he meets Penny Parker, a beautiful, talkative American, who is on the run from her lover, a man named Stephan Frolov. She stashes some jewels on MacGyver, thus making him a suspect, and now MacGyver and Penny must flee Bulgaria together.
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#7 - Nightmares
MacGyver - Season 1 - Episode 11
When MacGyver comes home with some important documents, he's drugged by enemy agents and told that he will die in six hours if he doesn't retrieve the documents for them. But MacGyver, using an old prisoner trick, escapes. Now the only problem is convincing someone that he's not just another drunk.
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#9 - Jailbirds
CHiPs - Season 3 - Episode 16
First Jon then Ponch get put in jail for contempt of court when they refuse to name their informant. Getraer gets the rest of the team searching through parking violations to prove the defendant was no stranger to the raided warehouse.
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#11 - Target MacGyver
MacGyver - Season 1 - Episode 10
After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a contract is out on his life and he needs to skip town for awhile.
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#16 - The Heist
MacGyver - Season 1 - Episode 5
When $60 million worth of stolen diamonds destined for a relief charity end up in the hands of casino owner Jack Catlin, MacGyver must head to the Virgin Islands to try and get them back. With the help of Chris Rhodes, a senator's daughter, MacGyver masterminds a plan to break into Catlin's vault and steal them back.
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#17 - The Bait
Starsky & Hutch - Season 1 - Episode 9
Starsky and Hutch work undercover as snazzy-dressed drug dealing pimps in an operation to put a heroin-pushing syndicate out of business. They spring a young woman, arrested for unwillingly acting as a drug courier, from jail, and convince her to act as a lure in a bid to trap the elusive drug kingpin at the head of the syndicate...
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#19 - Return / The Toughest Man Alive
Fantasy Island - Season 2 - Episode 8
In "Return" lovely Helena Marsh returns to Fantasy Island to proclaim her love for......Mr. Roarke. In "The Toughest Man Alive" an average man becomes a hero and saves the village from Captain Fisk.
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#20 - The Collectors
Logan's Run - Season 1 - Episode 2
While Rem repairs the vehicle, Logan and Jessica go off looking for water.
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#21 - The Crying Child
Starsky & Hutch - Season 3 - Episode 7
A school teacher, fearing loosing her job if her concerns are unfounded, asks Starsky and Hutch to look into a suspected case of child abuse surrounding a continually bruised six-year-old boy in her class. The pair are drawn into a disturbing case of domestic violence, but they most prove their concerns if they are to save the young boy from further abuse...
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#22 - The Funny Girl / Butch and Sundance
Fantasy Island - Season 1 - Episode 7
In "The Funny Girl" a TV comedian wishes to become a nobody again and lead a simpler life. In "Butch and Sundance" two friends wish to become Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, for thrills and adventure.
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#24 - The Survivor
Star Trek: The Animated Series - Season 1 - Episode 6
Patrolling near the Neutral Zone, the U.S.S. Enterprise finds a ship and rescues Carter Winston, a Federation citizen, financier, and philanthropist missing for 5 years. However, Winston turns out to really be a Vendorian, an alien species that can transform its shape at will. He is also allied with the Romulans.
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#25 - Image Of Fear
Hawaii Five-O - Season 12 - Episode 7
When a woman is stalked by a strange figure, she seems to be seeing things and her friends are worried as to her mental health. However, events prove her case and an accomplice is revealed...
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T.J. Hooker - Season 5 - Episode 4
A 17-year-old girl is killed in a struggle during the filming of a porn movie, and when her dumped body is found, it turns out to be the niece of Hooker's colleague, Detective Max Brodsky. Hooker takes charge of the case, with Stacy going undercover as a potential porn star to get inside the production company; but Brodsky's obsession with nailing the killers himself jeopardises the whole investigation...
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The High Chaparral - Season 4 - Episode 14
Gilbert Roland guest stars as the surprise heir to the Montoya ranch in this special two-hour presentation. The sudden, peaceful passing of Don Sebastian Montoya brings his daughter Victoria, his son Manolito, John Cannon and Buck to the Montoya ranch to attend funeral services and to settle estate matters. All are amazed to learn the will leaves the vast Montoya holding to Don Sebastian's ne'er-do-well brother Don Domingo, a charming, irresponsible rascal currently living in Mexico City. Upon his return to the family home to claim his legacy, Domingo shocks the family by announcing he plans to sell the ranch and travel. A series of unexplained raids on his new-found cattle and property serves to uncover a little-known dimension of Don Domingo