The BEST episodes written by Jim O'doherty

#1 - Hit the Road Jack

Kickin' It - Season 2 - Episode 14

When Jack is offered a scholarship to the famous Otai Academy in Japan. Kim struggles to say good bye while Rudy is overjoyed. Meanwhile Jerry, Eddie, and Milton hold auditions for Jack's replacement.

#2 - It Takes Two to Tangle

Kickin' It - Season 2 - Episode 7

Rudy runs into in an old rival at a San Francisco tournament. Milton flips Jerry and thinks that he has awakened his inner voice, so he decides to become a self-help guru.

#3 - Wasabi Warriors

Kickin' It - Season 1 - Episode 1

Jack, the new kid at school, makes friends with Jerry, Eddie, Milton and Kim. who all do karate, joins the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy, and competes against their arch rivals from the Black Dragon dojo.

#4 - Spyfall

Kickin' It - Season 3 - Episode 1

After attacking a secret agent in Phil's Restaurant, Jack has to take on the agent's role of protecting a Prince from assassination.

#5 - Two Dates and a Funeral

Kickin' It - Season 3 - Episode 8

Someone buys a date with Kim at a charity auction, but all is not what it seems.

#6 - Kickin' It on Our Own (1)

Kickin' It - Season 2 - Episode 22

Rudy leaves the dojo because of a new job that he can't say no to, and Ty and the Black Dragons end up buying it. They demote all the Wasabi Warriors to white belts and the five say good-bye and leave the dojo. When they meet each other again, after three months, they have all grown apart, and Kim has a boyfriend Brett. Ty tells Rudy that in order to gain the dojo back, the two dojos must compete against each other. Milton brings in his Aunt Jillian to get everyone in shape. Later at the tournament, the two dojos are at a tie, and to win the dojo Rudy has to go up against Kofi Kingston. Eventually he beats Kofi, and they win the dojo back. Kim breaks up with Brett telling him she "has feelings for someone else (Jack)". Jack overhears, and the episode ends as Jack and Kim skip practice to go on a date.

#7 - Wasabi Forever

Kickin' It - Season 3 - Episode 22

Rudy tells the origin story of the legendary Wasabi Code, taking the gang back in time to China where they learn about ancient versions of the Wasabi Warriors.

#8 - Win, Lose or Ty

Kickin' It - Season 3 - Episode 9

Rudy is forced to share his dojo with the Black Dragons.

#9 - The Grandmaster

Kickin' It - Season 4 - Episode 18

Kim returns from Japan with her sensei, Tomo, who's interested in hiring Rudy for a position at the prestigious Otai. He interviews the gang about their sensei and after hearing about the impact he's had on their lives, Sensei Tomo makes Rudy the offer of a lifetime.

#10 - Reality Fights

Kickin' It - Season 1 - Episode 18

The gang is lured into competing in the Martial Arts reality Show, with Rudy as the show's host.

#11 - The Boys are Back in Town

Kickin' It - Season 4 - Episode 1

Jack and Milton return to Seaford and discover that Rudy has opened an impressive two-story dojo in a new mall and Phil has opened a bowling alley. As they settle in, Jack and Milton receive an urgent message from Funderburk requesting their help one last time in Washington D.C.

#12 - Eddie Cries Uncle

Kickin' It - Season 2 - Episode 4

Eddie pretends that one of the Harlem Globetrotter's is his uncle.

#13 - Dojo Day Afternoon

Kickin' It - Season 1 - Episode 4

The mall owner's obnoxious son Arthur joins the Bobby Wasabi dojo, After an altercation with Jack, Arthur's dad threatens to turn the dojo into a parking lot if Jack isn't kicked out.

#14 - Rowdy Rudy

Kickin' It - Season 1 - Episode 21

Rudy flips a professional wrestler and becomes an internet sensation. Kim helps Milton when he thinks that Julie wants to kiss him.

#15 - Mustang Lily

Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 2

Sean blows his shot at snagging a loan from Claudia's dad (Stephen Root) after losing the car he gave Lily for her birthday in a street race. Meanwhile, Henry and Jimmy put the squeeze on their grandfather for some hefty Tooth Fairy funds.

#16 - Kickin' It on Our Own (2)

Kickin' It - Season 2 - Episode 23

#17 - Dick vs. Strudwick

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 4 - Episode 21

Dick's faculty nemesis, Dr. Vincent Strudwick, writes a physics book that's hailed as a work of genius. When Dick realizes that writing a better book would expose him as a superior alien being, he seeks another means of getting even, finally seizing on Strudwick's displeasure at learning that his teenage daughter Alissa is dating dreaded Solomon spawn Tommy. Dick manipulates Alissa to cause trouble between her and her father, and the conflict comes to a head at the taping of a TV panel show about Strudwick's book, which erupts into Jerry Springer-style fisticuffs. Meanwhile, Sally and Don, feeling "lonely" since their breakup, find themselves succumbing to "ex sex." Also, once Albright befriends a group of misfit Nobel laureates who are in town to hail the publication of Strudwick's book, she can't shake them -- they've imprinted on her like a litter of helpless kittens.

#18 - How to Rock Braces and Glasses

How to Rock - Season 1 - Episode 1

After getting braces and glasses, Kacey Simon falls from the popular group. She forges unlikely friendships with the members of the band Gravity 4 featuring Stevie, Zander, Kevin and Nelson. As lead singer, Kacey takes the newly renamed Gravity 5's musical success to new heights while igniting a musical rivalry with The Perfs featuring her former best friends and fellow performers, Molly and Grace.

#19 - We Are Family

Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 10

A favor for Claudia's well-connected Uncle Sal (Vincent Pastore) goes awry, leading Sean to fear that the guy may be a goodfella. Meanwhile, Brad is more than willing to share a shower with Lily after a plumbing problem leaves the Finnertys all wet.

#20 - Kickin' It in the Office

Kickin' It - Season 4 - Episode 15

A documentary crew comes to film the dojo for a day, and Rudy takes advantage to make himself look good. Jack, angry that Rudy won't give him the sensei test, retaliates by convincing Rudy's grandmaster to fake being a fraud, demoting Rudy back to white belt. But Jack discovers that running the dojo is hard work. Meanwhile, after Jerry pranks him one time too many, Milton goes too far with pranks, not only on Jerry, but on the camera crew as well.

#21 - Fifteen Minutes of Dick

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 2 - Episode 23

Sally becomes a pseudo celebrity when she beats up Mark Hamill in a restaurant, and Dick becomes jealous while Tommy's school life is affected by Sally's newfound fame. As Sally's assistant, Harry becomes obsessed with keeping Sally on top.

#22 - Return of Spyfall

Kickin' It - Season 3 - Episode 21

Jack and Milton are invited to join an elite team of teen spies who go on secret missions.

#23 - Catch Us If You Can

Grounded for Life - Season 1 - Episode 10

Sean catches a fly ball that's still in play and loses a game for the Yankees. Claudia's upset when the bachelorette party she's throwing for her girlfriend gets disrupted by Sean, Eddie and the boys, who have been chased home by irate fans.

#24 - Badge of Honor

Kickin' It - Season 1 - Episode 14

After Milton accidentally stops a robber at the mall, he daydreams about being a Captain America-type hero - and gets his chance. Rudy wants to learn to skateboard, and it's up to Jack and Kim to teach him without killing him.

#25 - Dick Solomon's Day Off

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 5 - Episode 20

While Dick discovers the pleasures of faking "a sick day," the other Solomons find new kicks listening to cell-phone calls on Officer Don's misplaced scanner.

#26 - Dick Jokes

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 2 - Episode 11

A jealous Dick decides to show Mary how funny he is after she asks another professor to emcee a college fund-raiser she's organizing. Meanwhile, Harry loses his beloved coat, and Sally builds a shelf to hold her shoes, providing lots of unnoticed slapstick humor.

#27 - Stuck with Dick

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 3 - Episode 19

Dick wants to get back together with Mary, so he's in luck when they find themselves locked in the school library overnight. Meanwhile, Sally, Harry and Tommy search for Dick. Their first (and only) stop: Mary's house.

#28 - My Mother The Alien

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 2 - Episode 9

Mrs. Dubcek asks the aliens to baby-sit her infant nephew. Dick discovers he's not very good at taking care of things when he kills Albright's fish.

#29 - When Aliens Camp

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 3 - Episode 25

Dick takes the family camping as a mission bonding activity. At the campsite, the family and Mary all become angry with Dick -- the family because he lies about bringing Mary along after he tells them it's "family only," and Mary because he tells her the family doesn't mind she's coming along. After they all cast him out, Dick goes off by himself and attempts to form a new society with a troop of Beaver Scouts he encounters. The Solomons assume Dick is lost and set out to find him. They (especially Sally, who resents her command being usurped) initially reject Mary's offers of help in finding Dick... until they realize she knows a lot more about the outdoors than they do.

#30 - Bringing Down the House

Kickin' It - Season 4 - Episode 16

The gang decides to buy themselves the ultimate gift - a boat. However, when they're short on cash and use money from a fund set aside for the Seaford Boys' Club, their plan backfires and they host a telethon to raise funds.

#31 - Let's Talk About Sex, Henry

Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 8

After Henry unexpectedly catches Sean and Claudia having sex, Sean is determined to handle the inevitable topic of the birds and the bees with Henry in a better way than Walt did with he and Eddie. After having a father/son talk with Henry about sex, Sean feels good about how he handled things. When Sean and Claudia catch word that they have a ""reputation"", they discover that Henry told his entire class about what he caught Sean and Claudia doing, forcing them to do some damage control.

#32 - Collect Call for Dick

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 4 - Episode 4

After Dick almost bites into a "Fuzzy Buddy" in a fast-food restaurant burger, he becomes obsessed with the collectibles. Meanwhile, Tommy goes overboard on school spirit when he becomes the basketball team's mascot. The Solomons confront the collector mentality when they discover Fuzzy Buddies -- highly collectible small plush animal toys. Sally enjoys the thrill of the hunt and the prospects for financial rewards, Harry just thinks they're cute, but for Dick it's deeper -- he enjoys the sensation of collecting until it gets to be like a drug for him, and his family and friends have to do an intervention. In an effort to instill "pep" into Tommy, the basketball coach forces him to become the team mascot, "Hootie the Owl." Initially contemptuous, Tommy finds that folks (especially cute cheerleaders) dig him when he's in costume, and the power goes to his head. When the team loses, Tommy, high on school spirit, tackles the coach, landing him in the principal's office.

#33 - Jailhouse Dick

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 3 - Episode 11

Dick thinks he's doing the right thing when he offers to personally rehabilitate a criminal, but winds up doing more harm than good; Sally tries to help Mary find a new home for Pepper; and Harry struggles to complete a book report on Little Women.

#34 - Dick Digs

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 6 - Episode 9

When Mary invites Dick to accompany her on an archeological dig, he eagerly accepts; he's seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark," so he knows how exciting and dangerous archeology can be. The Rutherford Garlic Festival is underway, and hotel rooms are at a premium. Since Dick's gone on the dig, the other aliens decide to rent out his bed. Soon the Solomons' apartment becomes "The Inn at Solomon House" with Tommy and Sally committed to giving their guests outstanding service in hopes of earning four stars in the Crown Travel Guide. Harry's not enthusiastic about the new venture, because he gets to do all the dirty work. At the dig, Dick's disenchanted when Mary gives him a trowel, a brush and an air bulb and tells him to carefully dust the sediment in one square foot of land. Dick grudgingly gets to work and later complains that he's been working five hours and all he's found is a pointy rock. Mary's astonished when she identifies his "pointy rock" as a spear head. She sadly confesses that s

#35 - Episode I: The Baby Menace

3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 5 - Episode 1

Greatly relieved when Vicki's baby turns out to be human, the aliens are freshly alarmed to discover that she intends to sell her story to the tabloids.