The BEST episodes written by Jim Vallely
#1 - Big Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love - Season 1 - Episode 14
The younger Roman brothers consider their Designated Dad Jack a delightful companion, but to Joe he's an interloper in the family.
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Brotherly Love - Season 2 - Episode 4
Joe and Lou agree to be ""just friends"" and date others, but Joe fumes when Lou's ""other person"" is someone he doesn't know -- and then he unwittingly asks out Lou's best friend. Puppeteer Marc Weiner appears as himself.
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#3 - A Roman Holiday
Brotherly Love - Season 1 - Episode 11
Christmas morning promises to be a big disappointment for Andy, who entrusted Lloyd to relay his gift wish to Santa -- but now wonders if his brother really delivered it.
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#4 - Jack's Back
Running Wilde - Season 1 - Episode 10
Steve's fraternity brother visits and charms Emmy, much to Steve's chagrin.
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#5 - Return of the Wall
My Wife and Kids - Season 2 - Episode 21
Jay is coaching Kady's soccer team. The girls complain it's not any fun and Michael tries talking to Jay about it. He ends up taking over coaching the team and promising to make it fun for the girls. Jay doubts all that fun will lead to any win and just waits for vengeance. When Michael's team loses, the girls are offbeat about it and Jay breaks the news that she's been asked to coach another team, and they'll be playing Michael's on Saturday. Jay's team wins, but at least Kady gets to score her first goal. Jay decides to retire from coaching after her win – but not without enjoying her win over Michael.
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#6 - Home Again, Rose (2)
The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 24
While Rose undergoes severe surgery, the girls try to entertain themselves with fond memories and laughter, only for Rose's daughter Kirsten to walk in on them enjoying themselves! Kirsten is spiteful of them and does not allow them to visit Rose. Kirsten visits Rose, who is near knocked out, and try to have a conversation...very comically as poor Rose is not altogether. With Rose going into surgery, Kirsten reconciles with the worried girls. At last, Rose is released and they all throw a surprise welcome home party for our lovable St. Olafian!
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#7 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Before They Die
The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 10
Both Sophia and Rose take advice from Blanche that lands each of them in hot water. Due to a drought in St. Olaf, Rose swears to be celibate and Blanche advises her not to tell Miles the truth. While Sophia takes Blanche's tips to lure a man to bed but when she tells him she loves him, he doesn't respond with what she hoped.
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#8 - There Goes the Bride (2)
The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 17
Totally against Dorothy and Stan's impending nuptials, Sophia vows to not let the ceremony go off. Meanwhile, Blanche begins interviewing for a new roommate since Dorothy is planning to move out.
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#9 - Charles Splits (2)
Charles in Charge - Season 4 - Episode 15
Chaz gets married.
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#10 - Mr. F
Arrested Development - Season 3 - Episode 5
Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.
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#11 - Pier Pressure
Arrested Development - Season 1 - Episode 10
Buster realizes that medical marijuana will help cure Lucille 2's vertigo, and pays George Michael to get it for him from Gob. Lindsay sends Maeby to spend a day with Lucille to punish her for bad grades. Michael thinks George Michael is on drugs and attempts to teach him a lesson.
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#12 - Righteous Brothers
Arrested Development - Season 2 - Episode 18
Gob hides George Sr. while the model home's plumbing is checked; George Michael helps Ann protest Maeby's new movie; Tobias takes a liking to Kitty after Michael asks him to keep an eye on her.
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#13 - Where's Charlie?
The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 5
After Miles gives Rose a friendship ring, Rose becomes convinced Charlie is trying to contact her from the grave with the message that he disproves of her relationship with Miles. Meanwhile, Blanche begins coaching her new baseball player boyfriend.
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#14 - A New Attitude
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 11
Gob accepts a job from his brother, but is distracted by a scheme of his own.
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#15 - Let 'Em Eat Cake
Arrested Development - Season 1 - Episode 22
In the first season finale, George Sr. has a heart attack, and Maeby is jealous when George Michael likes another girl. Meanwhile, Lindsay decides to leave Tobias until a book he wrote a long time ago becomes a gay bestseller, and Buster and Annyong compete over women.
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#16 - Shock and Aww
Arrested Development - Season 1 - Episode 14
Michael falls for his George Michael's ethics teacher, whom his son also has a crush on. Meanwhile, Lucille adopts a 14-year old Korean boy, and George Sr.'s "Caged Wisdom" tapes have given him a new admirer.
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#17 - Basket Cases
Running Wilde - Season 1 - Episode 13
In the series finale, Steve's dad visits in the wake of an oil spill and gets Emmy to spearhead cleanup efforts, but Steve is suspicious of his father's true motives.
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#18 - Motherboy XXX
Arrested Development - Season 2 - Episode 13
Lucille abducts George Michael for a mother-son dance, Buster adjusts to having a hook for a hand and Gob reunites with his estranged wife. Also, Tobias stars as George Sr. in a biopic about the Bluth family, which causes Lindsay to become more attracted to him.
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#19 - Blockheads
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 15
George-Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business.
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#20 - S.O.B.s
Arrested Development - Season 3 - Episode 9
George Sr. suggests a last-ditch effort to save the family by holding a fund raiser to raise money to pay their legal expenses. Michael suggests to Lindsay that she take over the house work, and he sends George-Michael to an expensive boarding school. Meanwhile, Maeby has trouble with a snowboarding film and Tobias tries to be a "discipline daddy".
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#21 - The One Where They Build a House
Arrested Development - Season 2 - Episode 2
Michael is driven crazy by Gob when he impresses the board as the new company figurehead due to Michael's legal troubles. Meanwhile, George Sr. is arrested in Mexico for a crime Oscar committed, and Buster witnesses something that utterly shocks him.
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#22 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (2)
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 2
Michael and Janet decide to go out on a romantic dinner, leaving their kids all alone. Claire and Jr. fight over who'll have to stay in the room babysitting for Kady, but Claire lets her brother get out of the duty, after all it's not often he gets a date. Jr. has a memorable night on the beach with Leilani, a native girl. Kady and Claire decide to spend their times on the hotel's spa, while at the dinner table Jay and Michael both struggle to say no to the temptations they met – an female underwear model and a male chest/abs model. When they go back to the hotel, they find their three kids resting in peace. Kady and Claire are glowing like never before, and Jr. has the biggest smile on his face. With all three sleeping deeply, Michael and Jay decide to extend their night at the beach, celebrating their second honeymoon.
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#23 - Whistler's Mother
Arrested Development - Season 1 - Episode 20
Michael deals with numerous requests for some unfrozen money, and chastises Lucille for being too coddling with Buster. Lindsay decides to protest the war to boost her self esteem while Tobias and Gob decide to start a coffee company.
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#24 - From Here to the Pharmacy
The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 12
A man Blanche has no memory of returns from the Persian Gulf in hopes of fulfilling the promise she supposedly made to him before he left, that she will be his and only his. Meanwhile, Sophia has Rose help her write up her will.
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#25 - The Cabin Show
Arrested Development - Season 3 - Episode 1
Michael learns that it's actually George Sr.'s twin brother Oscar serving time in prison, not George. After getting a tip from Barry, Michael heads to Reno to find George, but that costs him a camping trip he promised his son.
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#26 - Goodbye, Mr. Gordon
The Golden Girls - Season 7 - Episode 15
Dorothy is contacted by a high school teacher she once had a crush on. They quickly begin seeing each other and Dorothy is convinced his feelings are genuine. Meanwhile, Rose puts together a talk show.
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#27 - Marta Complex
Arrested Development - Season 1 - Episode 12
When Lucille throws an anniversary party for Tobias and Lindsay on Valentine's Day, Michael gives an impassioned speech about love. This makes Marta realize she has feelings for him and Lindsay realize she wants a divorce. Meanwhile, Buster decides to move out of the penthouse and Lucille revels in living alone for the first time.
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#28 - Moving on Out
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 14
Tired of living in the garage, Jr. looks for an apartment and enlists his buddy, John, to be a co-signer… except that John has to dress up and pose as Jr.'s grandmother for the realtor. When Jr. and Vanessa's families come to visit the couple's new apartment, Jay is shocked to find that her new grandchild might be living in a run-down building with yellow police tape around the entrance.
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#29 - Off the Hook
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 14
Buster struggles to make it on his own and break away from his overbearing mother.
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#30 - Blanche Delivers
The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 1
Blanche's daughter wants to give birth in a birthing center while Blanche is preoccupied by the possibility of Rebecca delivering in a local hospital. Blanche doesn't want to be embarrassed by the fact that her daughter was artificially inseminated.
#31 - Colony Collapse
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 7
Gob finds a new group of friends after his relationship falls apart and his family abandons him.
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#32 - Out on a Limb
Arrested Development - Season 2 - Episode 11
Just as Michael's relationship with Sally starts to flourish, Maggie Lizer returns nine months pregnant, and Michael immediately assumes he's the father. George Michael attempts to break up with Ann, and Buster learns he's being deployed to Iraq.
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#33 - The Kyles Go to Hawaii (1)
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 1
The Kyles are leaving for their family vacation on Hawaii, but instead of taking only one flight straight to the island, Michael thought it would be a good idea to make a quick tour around the country, so they make stops at New York, Chicago, Denver and other cities before they get to Hawaii (two days later). When they finally get there, Michael's luggage gets lost and they're forced to take a master suite because their reservation expired. While Michael wants to make it a romantic and resting trip, Jay wants to get to know place, and drags the entire family on a historical tour – except for Michael, who chose to sleep in. The kids are sick of the tour and go back to the hotel. Jr. tries to meet women and buys a book on how to talk to women subliminally, while Michael keeps scaring away any guy who lays his eyes on Claire.
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#34 - A New Start
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 5
Tobias searches for meaning after splitting with Lindsay, only to find that old habits die hard.
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#35 - The B. Team
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 4
Michael is presented with a new business opportunity that could change his life, but unfortunately, he needs his family to sign off.
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#36 - Even Grandmas Get the Blues
The Golden Girls - Season 6 - Episode 20
While babysitting for her granddaughter, a man mistakes Blanche as being the baby's mother and Blanche does nothing to set him straight. Meanwhile, Sophia gets ready for the Festival of the Dancing Virgins, a celebration of mothers and daughters but Dorothy wants no part of it.
#37 - Tazed In the Lady Nuts
Two and a Half Men - Season 11 - Episode 11
Walden teams up with a beautiful former employee (Odette Annable) on a new project; Alan gives Jenny advice about her girlfriend (Aly Michalka).
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#38 - Alan Harper, Pleasing Women Since 2003
Two and a Half Men - Season 11 - Episode 5
Alan tries to find out what Lyndsey's boyfriend has over him; Walden helps Jenny pursue her acting career.
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#39 - Jr. Gets His License
My Wife and Kids - Season 2 - Episode 27
Jr. turns 17 and gets his license and wants to drive. Michael gives Jr. some money to help buy a car that Michael has already picked out for Jr.. Jr. agrees, but then comes back with a different car.
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#40 - Candy Wars
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 15
When Kady wants to spend some quality time with her father, she enlists Michael's help in the school candy drive. But when the father of last year's winner claims he can prevail once again, a competitive Michael loses sight of helping Kady and commits to selling an exorbitant number of chocolate bars.
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#41 - Miracle's Are Real
Sit Down, Shut Up - Season 1 - Episode 2
To celebrate the first day of spring, Miracle distributes flowers (at least she thinks so) to the staff. The flowers turn out to be hemlock, and Andrew winds up in a coma. Larry’s pragmatism causes Miracle to lose her hippy-dippy spirituality. As a result, Miracle becomes despondent, and it’s up to Larry to help her regain her faith. Meanwhile, Helen’s grudge against Sue puts the school’s spring fundraiser in jeopardy.
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#42 - Michael's Tribe
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 14
Michael (aka: Chief Bald Eagle) is recruited to camp out with Kady and her friends and teach them Native American lore. Meanwhile, Clare and ""the new Tony"" plan to stay out all night themselves: they're plotting to sneak out to a ""rave.""
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#43 - Borderline Personalities
Arrested Development - Season 4 - Episode 2
George Sr. comes up with a get rich quick scam after his family falls apart.
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#44 - An Old Start
Arrested Development - Season 5 - Episode 4
Gob acquires a new office for the company with a "premium view." Michael gets a shock when he returns to a place that holds a lot of memories.
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#45 - Family Leave
Arrested Development - Season 5 - Episode 1
Surprises greet Michael at the penthouse and Sudden Valley. George-Michael confides in Maeby, who's trying to avoid Sudden Valley.
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#46 - Wilde's Kingdom
Running Wilde - Season 1 - Episode 1
Filthy-rich, immature playboy Steve Wilde tries to win the heart of his childhood sweetheart, a liberal humanitarian.
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#47 - Courting Disasters
Arrested Development - Season 5 - Episode 15
George and Lucille overestimate their new lawyer's expertise in the courtroom. Two familiar faces testify, and a video sheds more light on the case.
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#48 - Premature Independence
Arrested Development - Season 5 - Episode 8
As the Second of July parade approaches, Sally steps up her campaign against Lindsay while the Bluths again struggle to keep their stories straight.
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#49 - Sinking Feelings
Arrested Development - Season 5 - Episode 5
The Bluths receive/present their award, but it weighs on George Sr. and creates new problems. Michael and George-Michael have a deep conversation.
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#50 - Charles Splits (1)
Charles in Charge - Season 4 - Episode 14
When Charles bumps his head, he begins acting strangely and calls himself Chaz.
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