The BEST episodes written by Janet Leahy
#1 - The Last Barbecue
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 3
The Huxtable family erupts in a battle of the sexes after Theo suggests having a stripper at Martin's post-wedding bachelor party.
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#2 - And So We Commence (1)
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 24
Theo prepares to graduate from New York University.
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#3 - And So We Commence (2)
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 25
Theo graduates from NYU, Denise reveals that she is pregnant and Olivia leaves to join Denise and Martin in Singapore.
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#4 - Waterworks
The Cosby Show - Season 4 - Episode 18
Clair tries to stop Cliff from fixing a leaky pipe by hiring a team of professionals: friends of Sondra and Elvin from Princeton.
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#5 - The Locker Room
The Cosby Show - Season 4 - Episode 12
Theo and his classmates brag about their dates with girls in the locker room, but Theo's mood changes when one of the guys goes out with Vanessa and brags about it the next day. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as Smitty.
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#7 - Down in the Boondocks
Grace Under Fire - Season 5 - Episode 14
Bev, the mother of Quentin's girlfriend, leaves her husband and moves in with Grace and the kids.
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#8 - It's All in the Game
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 5
After Vanessa gets into a minor car accident and tries to cover it up, Cliff and Clair complain about the various small disasters the children have caused them, and the children fight back by complaining about ways Cliff and Clair have embarrassed them.
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#10 - The Prom
The Cosby Show - Season 4 - Episode 23
Theo, Denny and Smitty go to great lengths to impress their dates for the senior prom but fail disastrously; Cliff and Clair relive their own prom. Troy Winbush as Denny. Adam Sandler as Smitty. First appearance of Michelle Thomas as Justine. Phylicia Rashād appears on the episode of A Different World which airs later that evening.
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#11 - ...There's Fire!
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 17
Shirley, Paul and Brad batten down the hatches as Bev files for divorce hours after her marriage to Denny and demands half of his assets. Alan helps defend an old friend who was fired for smoking on her private time.
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#12 - Theo's Future
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 13
Theo must decide between graduate school at NYU and a corporate job in San Francisco.
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#13 - In the Clamor and the Clangor
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 11
Lorelai is distressed when she learns that Luke has moved to Litchfield to live with Nicole. Lane and her mother have a long-overdue talk with life-changing consequences after Mrs. Kim discovers her daughter's secret life.
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#14 - The Cancer Man Can
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 11
Paul recruits Denise to help him defend a cancer patient who used his wealth to guarantee he would not get a placebo during a drug study. Meanwhile, Alan goes too far in trying to convince the senior partners to promote "Hands" to partner, and Denny finds himself falling in love with a woman he meets at a charity event.
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#18 - Andalusian Flu
The Cosby Show - Season 3 - Episode 22
While Cliff and Clair have the flu, Theo tries to keep the house going.
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#19 - The Ass Fat Jungle
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 8
Denise finds herself wanting to sue her own client when Boston's most celebrated plastic surgeon is under fire for unorthodox techniques. Shirley takes on a difficult case involving an Alzheimer's patient which touches her personally. Meanwhile, Alan and Denny fight their own demons as Alan asks his new secretary to protect him from night terrors and Denny undergoes an MRI.
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#20 - Fat Burner
Boston Legal - Season 3 - Episode 15
Alan must once again defend Denny when he is arrested, this time for smuggling medical waste out of the country in order to create a new source of energy.Meanwhile, Clarence finds himself in over his head when his first case turns out to be a first-degree murder charge, involving a Haitian slave who stabbed her owner.In the wake of Denise's decision to keep Brad's baby, Jeffrey makes a bold decision.
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#21 - Cliff's Mistake
The Cosby Show - Season 4 - Episode 4
While setting up the house as a "haunted house" for Halloween, Cliff discover's he's lost a power drill that his neighbor loaned to him. First appearance of Wallace Shawn as Jeffrey Ingalls.
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#22 - Say Goodnight, Gracie
Gilmore Girls - Season 3 - Episode 20
Fran Weston dies and Lorelai and Sookie try to buy the Dragonfly Inn. Rory and Jess try approaching each other but fail to talk. Dean tells Rory unexpected news. Jess's father comes to Stars Hollow.
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#23 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 20
Shirley defends a long-time client who doesn't want his Victorian erotica collection lost in his divorce, but she is shocked when Ivan is opposing council. Alan takes drastic steps to help Catherine's friend, who is being taken advantage of in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Paul cuts back on his time at the firm when Fiona begins to take priority, causing worry among the other partners.
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#24 - Spring Fever
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 26
Shirley once again helps Professor Cabot, whose research into human sexual behavior gets him into trouble when he's caught with a prostitute. Marlene and Denise continue their fight for the spot to become partner by trying to assist. Meanwhile, Denny takes Alan to LA when he pays a visit to the West Coast branch of Crane, Poole & Schmidt, but his motives become clear once Alan meets Barry Goal, and Brad is shocked to discover his niece is arrested for participating in a drug "pharming" party.
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#25 - Squid Pro Quo
Boston Legal - Season 2 - Episode 25
Denny once again goes head-to-head with his non-son, Donny, when he shows up in his new role as a Lawyers Without Borders representative, but Alan finds it difficult to support Denny's defense when Denny makes light of the case. Meanwhile, Marlene Stanger, known as "The Squid," is hired at the firm, and immediately attracts Alan and repels Denise.
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#26 - Two Is a Crowd
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 11
Vanessa and Dabnis have relationship problems, as do Rudy and Stanley.
#27 - Lorelai Out of Water
Gilmore Girls - Season 3 - Episode 12
Lane's clever scheme to get her mother's permission to attend the prom horribly backfires. Luke offers to teach Lorelai the fine art of fishing after Alex invites her to go fishing. Paris' and Rory's conflict is brought to a swift end by Headmaster Charleston, who threatens to revoke the glowing letters he wrote to Harvard for each of them.
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#28 - Turtle Undefeated
Life UneXpected - Season 1 - Episode 5
Lux volunteers to host a classmate's party at Baze's loft, hoping to become more accepted by the students at her new school. Cate sees that Lux and Baze have made a great connection and she worries that she will never have a similar relationship with Lux.
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#29 - Money Dearest
Cheers - Season 5 - Episode 3
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
#31 - There's No Place Like This Home
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 2
While Cliff plans to add a new room to the house for Clair's private use. Sondra and Elvin are about to purchase their first home.
#32 - Truth Unrevealed
Life UneXpected - Season 1 - Episode 6
Pressured by radio station management, Cate and Ryan reluctantly agree to let Baze join them on air for what turns into a public therapy session. Lux tries to get Jones to drop the charges against her boyfriend, Bug.
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#33 - Bookworm
The Cosby Show - Season 4 - Episode 14
Clair drags Cliff to her book club meeting, and he's the lone male there. Much to Clair's surprise, Cliff knows quite a bit about the book in question! Meanwhile, the kids attempt a sleepover at Sondra and Elvin's run-down studio apartment, but are overwhelmed by the noise and lack of utilities. Appearances by Angela Bassett and S. Epatha Merkerson.
#34 - How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
The Cosby Show - Season 5 - Episode 9
Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes, which turns out to be a toaster. Pam Potillo as Janet. Elizabeth Narvaez as Kara. Guest appearance by singer Betty Carter.
#35 - The Price Is Wrong
The Cosby Show - Season 8 - Episode 14
Pam, Lance, Charmaine and a group of senior citizens protest a grocery chain that gives preferential treatment to customers in wealthier neighborhoods.
#37 - The Infantry Has Landed (and They've Fallen Off the Roof)
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 9
Rudy gets her first period. Clair plans "Women's day" where she goes out alone with Rudy and answers any questions she has, but Rudy refuses to talk. Keith Diamond as Danny.
#38 - 27 and Still Cooking
The Cosby Show - Season 7 - Episode 18
To celebrate his 27th wedding anniversary with Clair, Cliff recreates the Callaloo Pot, a Caribbean restaurant where the couple dined on their honeymoon.
#39 - Much Ado About Mitch
Newhart - Season 4 - Episode 11
George joins a Big Brother program and is dismayed when his young protege Mitch is awestruck by Dick's fast paced lifestyle. Michael and Stephanie use a Oujia board.
#41 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter
Newhart - Season 4 - Episode 20
On a lark, Dick submits his newest book to his publisher under the pseudonym he used when he first started writing, Dwight Schmidlapp, only to find it rejected. Dick sinks into a funk when he realizes he's 'coasting' in his writing career.
