The BEST episodes written by Jon Sherman
#1 - A Farewell to Barnes
Royal Pains - Season 3 - Episode 11
Hank blames Dr. Van Dyke for a prescription error; the HankMed team attends a divorce party.
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#2 - Off-Season Greetings (1)
Royal Pains - Season 4 - Episode 15
Several months after the events of the explosive summer finale. With the Hamptons decked out for the holidays, Dr. Hank Lawson continues to treat his patients in very unexpected ways, but Hank's biggest challenge will be facing his own medical issues. As the wedding approaches, Evan and Hank head to Las Vegas for some bachelor party fun, while Paige and Divya travel out of town for her bachelorette party. And with a snowstorm descending on the Hamptons, Paige rapidly finds her dream wedding turning into a nightmare.
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#3 - Manimal
Royal Pains - Season 4 - Episode 8
Hank and Divya treat a Large Animal Veterinarian going through a bitter divorce while Evan and Paige help a close friend reeling from an unexpected loss.
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#4 - Terrible Things
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 1 - Episode 4
Sabrina makes three wishes come true for her unsuspecting friends: Jenny gets elected student president, Harvey becomes a football star, and Mr. Pool becomes rich (by discovering how to change lead into gold). But she soon learns the truth of her aunts' warnings that one shouldn't meddle with the fate of others: Jenny is crushed when she learns the student president is merely a rubber stamp assistant to the principal, and resigns in favor of Libby, Harvey really can't play football and is injured on the field, and Mr. Pool's success at alchemy turns him into an obnoxious blowhard. Sabrina is faced with the ominous task of explaining her error to the Witches' Council. Meanwhile, Salem must perform community service as part of his sentence.
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#5 - Steaks on a Plane
Royal Pains - Season 6 - Episode 4
Hank travels to Monte Carlo and finds himself in the middle of a plot to rid Boris’ bank of a shadowy depositor. Back in the Hamptons, Divya and Jeremiah treat a group of firemen who have fallen mysteriously ill. Paige and Evan find themselves in need of a new place to live, and the most convenient solution may bring its own set of challenges.
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#6 - Hankmed on the Half Shell
Royal Pains - Season 6 - Episode 11
Despite their strained relationship, Divya and Jeremiah work together to treat a model who is struggling to eat. After Ray’s past catches up with him, Evan tries to distance himself from their partnership but it proves to be harder than he expected. Hank and Boris return from Argentina with an idea to enlarge the scope of Boris’ foundation, and Emma violates her brothers’ trust.
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#7 - The Crucible
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 1 - Episode 23
Sabrina's fears become reality when she takes part in a re-creation of the Salem witch trials and is accused of sorcery while defending Jenny's honor.
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#8 - The Shaw/Hank Redemption
Royal Pains - Season 3 - Episode 4
On a trip to Florida to attend Eddie's parole hearing, Hank and Evan find him in the company of an ex-con seeking spiritual salvation whose erratic behavior has Hank worried.
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#9 - Home Sick
Royal Pains - Season 8 - Episode 6
Hank meets a woman who fears she has an inherited disease. Eddie makes a medical decision. Jeremiah discovers that Boris went to clinical trials without his input.
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#10 - Palpating the Orbital Rim
Royal Pains - Season 8 - Episode 2
When Diana's hacked records go viral, Evan handles the aftermath. Divya helps Jeremiah and his parents. Hank and Jen go on a first date.
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#11 - Jenny's Non-Dream
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 1 - Episode 13
When Sabrina is apprehensive about inviting Jenny to spend the night because of her "unique" home life, Hilda and Zelda assure her that she has nothing to worry about. But when Jenny accidentally enters the other realm through the linen closet, Drell cites the rule against mortals entering his world and turns her into a grasshopper, so Sabrina and her aunts must find a way to convince her that the whole experience was just a dream. (They get help from the official Rules Keeper, who cites the rule that "Every rule must have a loophole.")
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#12 - I Did Not See That Coming
Royal Pains - Season 6 - Episode 8
As a new mother, Divya finds herself bonding with a HankMed patient who is struggling to get pregnant. Hank reignites his romance with a woman he met in Europe when she arrives in the Hamptons, and Divya worries about Jeremiah’s relationship with Viviana. Emma is the new it-girl on SnarkHampton and gets invited to one of the hottest parties of the summer, and Paige and Evan enlist Bob to help with their issues with Russel.
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#13 - Game of Phones
Royal Pains - Season 5 - Episode 10
Hank must rescue Molly after she disappears; Divya goes to Italy to share big news with her mother, and an oblivious Evan decides to tag along; and Paige feels burdened by work and out of sync with Evan.
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#14 - Dawn of the Med
Royal Pains - Season 4 - Episode 4
Hank & Evan's father Eddie makes his return to the Hamptons and schemes to bring his boys back together. Hank has a new patient who is participating in a zombie race for charity. Evan also has a new patient, a retired biochemist with a possibly sinister past.
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#15 - Crock Tales
Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 22
As Frasier prepares for a dinner party, he considers throwing away an old broken crock pot. However, the crock pot stirs many memories of past experiences with his friends and family. Among the times he recalls are getting accidentally super-glued to a blind date after Martin tried to repair the pot; a birthday party for Roz that found Niles and Daphne feeling especially amorous.
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#16 - Mulligan
Royal Pains - Season 2 - Episode 13
Following Eddie's heart attack, Hank and Evan discover things they didn't know about their father. Hank treats Jill after she collapses at a golf tournament and Divya still hasn't decided what to do about her feelings for Adam.
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#17 - Can of Worms
Royal Pains - Season 5 - Episode 6
Hank treats a diet-cocktail maven facing a great deal of pressure; one of Evan's detractors has an accident; Divya's neighbor is diagnosed with an ailment that hits close to home for Divya; and Hank makes a business decision.
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#18 - Guns N' Neuroses
Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 9
Lilith comes to town for a one-day conference. She and Frasier try to get together, but keep having to cancel. Lilith discusses her romantic problems with a colleague at Cafe Nervosa before having to return to the conference. The woman then meets Frasier and arranges a blind date between an unwitting Frasier and Lilith. Frasier and Lilith plan to meet for drinks at her hotel before their date(s). When it takes longer than expected, Frasier calls the woman who arranged the date and says that he has to cancel. Lilith tries to save face by cancelling the date herself. She and Frasier each believe they have been stood up, but are hesitant to admit it to each other. They have a wonderful evening together, and even help the couple in the next room deal with relationship problems. Frasier winds up falling asleep and staying overnight. Meanwhile, a frantic Niles, Martin and Daphne try to undo the damage after Martin's gun accidentally discharges in Frasier's apartment.
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#21 - Mano A Mano
Royal Pains - Season 2 - Episode 5
Hank saves a hand; Boris' health quickly fails after Marisa's treatment; Divya clashes with Dr. Peck.
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#23 - You Can Always Trust Your Vaganya
American Princess (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 9
Amanda and David are forced to take a corporate group around the Renaissance Festival together. Brian and Juan Andres double date with Natasha, Phil and Stephen. Delilah manages her residual emotions from the trial, and Maggie seeks guidance from the faire fortune teller.
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#25 - Who's Your Daddy?
Royal Pains - Season 4 - Episode 10
With a Polo tournament in full swing in the Hamptons, HankMed's on hand to treat a Polo Team Owner who won't quit playing despite his condition. Also, Divya deals with the realities of dating and Evan frets about an impending meeting of the in-laws.
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#26 - A Man, a Plan, and a Gal: Julia
Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 2
Niles accuses Frasier of sabotaging his relationships whenever things start to get serious. Frasier vows to "commit to commitment," and tries to win Julia back. She accepts his apology and sleeps with him, and the pair seems to be getting along well. However, Julia proceeds to offend the entire Crane family during a dinner that Niles and Daphne had scheduled to announce her pregnancy. She even inadvertently spills the beans about the pregnancy (she overheard Niles and Daphne discussing it) before the couple can make the announcement. Frasier tries to excuse her behavior because of his new dedication to commitment, but ultimately dumps her.
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#30 - Young and the Restless
Rules of Engagement - Season 1 - Episode 3
While Russell has a hot new date, Audrey bets Jeff that he can't score a phone number from a younger woman and gives him a night without his wedding ring to try.
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#31 - The Great Mistake
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 1 - Episode 22
Sabrina hits a really bad day: disregarding her aunts' warning, she buys a "tomorrow" ball from a supernatural traveling salesman, and believes its prediction that she will get an "A-" on her science project. Unfortunately, Mr. Pool (dressed in a kilt for "Scots Pride Day") doesn't share that estimation of her work, and gives her a C- and a chance to redo the project overnight. Instead, Sabrina tries to sneak out of the house aboard her trusty vacuum cleaner to attend a "Smashing Pumpkins" concert, but gets pulled over by a flying motorcycle cop and cited for flying over the town "with a full bag and bad dust emissions." An abashed Sabrina shrinks to miniature size as a result of guilt; to cheer her up, her aunts share stories of how they have "messed up" over the centuries -- including the hitherto unheard story of Zelda's literally middle-aged marriage to one Benvolio. In a related subplot, Salem visits his witchly parole officer, and pleads that his rehabilitation is going well, but
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#33 - Just Boob Stuff
American Princess (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 2
Amanda tries to find a job at the Renaissance Festival until she can plan her next move. David suffers an injury that hinders his performance in the mud pit, while Maggie is visited by an old flame.
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#34 - Frasier-Lite
Frasier - Season 11 - Episode 12
KACL employees face off against another station in a weight-loss competition, with the winning team to receive a trip to Las Vegas. Tensions rise among the staffers, who become extremely cranky due to hunger as the contest proceeds. Noel starves himself and repeatedly faints after Roz suggests that he might get lucky with her in Vegas if they win the trip. Frasier refuses to get into the competitive spirit until he discovers that their opponent's general manager is a man who bullied him in high school (stealing his chess set). Meanwhile, Niles and Martin try to nurse an injured pigeon back to health; and Niles repeatedly suffers injuries of his own because the pregnant Daphne rolls over onto him in her sleep.
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#36 - Frasier's Edge
Frasier - Season 8 - Episode 9
Frasier is delighted to hear that he's been awarded a lifetime achievement award, but freaks out after he receives flowers from his mentor with a card that doesn't say exactly what he hoped. Moments before the awards dinner, Frasier goes down to his mentor's office and confronts him about the reason he wrote what he did in the card, and soon beings a ride of self-analysis and looks back on his life, wondering why he feels so empty despite all his achievements. Meanwhile, Martin tries to reassure Niles he's just as good a psychiatrist as Frasier, even though he's not receiving any awards, and Roz wonders why Daphne is putting on so much weight.
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#38 - Lama Trauma
Royal Pains - Season 7 - Episode 7
Hank helps Boris prep a secret patient for surgery; Evan tries to chase a bad omen from the hospital; and an offer from Quami forces Divya to make a major decision about her personal life.
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