The BEST episodes written by Ken Hecht

#1 - After Mel's Gone

Alice - Season 6 - Episode 8

Mel becomes despondent when he realizes he has no heirs.

#2 - Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 13

Fred must scramble to keep two dates entertained, much to the delight of a scheming Lamont.

#3 - Watts Side Story

Sanford and Son - Season 2 - Episode 18

When Lamont takes out Julio's sister, Fred spies on them and finds Julio's mother doing the same.

#4 - Silence is Not Golden

Full House - Season 6 - Episode 17

In a special episode: Stephanie and her classmate Charles are assigned to work together on a homework assignment. After school, Charles goes to the house with Stephanie, and while working on the assignment with Stephanie, Charles slips up and is forced to admit that his father beats him all the time.

#5 - A Special Friend

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 24

Arnold and Sam's new friendship with a street performer gets mired in fear and confusion when they discover she has epilepsy.

#6 - Jack's 10

Three's Company - Season 6 - Episode 19

Jack's snobby new girlfriend wants to keep him on a tight leash and force him into a career in cardboard.

#7 - Carmella Meets the Gooch

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 7

The Gooch returns to taunt Arnold and take on a new target--Sam, only to face his first challenge in the Drummond's new neighbor, an Italian foreign exchange student.

#8 - Shirley's Cookies

What's Happening!! - Season 3 - Episode 5

Shirley goes into business selling her homemade cookies.

#9 - Junior the Senior

Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 8

Florida and James try to get to the bottom of J.J.'s poor performance in school.

#10 - Boomerang/Captain's Triangle/Out of This World

The Love Boat - Season 4 - Episode 10

A model pretends to be married to keep away annoying suitors. The captain's ex-girlfriend comes aboard the ship and constantly makes passes at him because she feels neglected by her husband. A man is convinced that a fellow passenger is an alien who turns into a plant every night.

#11 - Sam's New Pal

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 17

Sam is taken aback when he realizes his new "buddy" is a girl, but Mr. Drummond is even more dumbfounded when the kids want to have a sleepover.

#12 - The Not Making of the President

Happy Days - Season 2 - Episode 15

Richie goes against Howard and, to get a girl, campaigns for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 Presidential race.

#13 - A Haunting We Will Go

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 1

When Arnold and Sam creep through the crevices of the neighborhood's haunted house they find the ghost boasts a bounty of surprises--the biggest being a love for people and contempt for war.

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Mein Leben & Ich - Season 3 - Episode 8

#15 - Arnold's Songbird

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 12

In order to be elected the entertainment chairman for a school charity fundraiser, Arnold promises to get a celebrity but when it's time to deliver, he's forced to look to his nemesis Carmella for help, hoping she can save the day.

#16 - Sam's Missing (1)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 1

A family whose little boy died, forces the father to kidnap Sam, who is shopping for some snacks in a grocery store. After the kidnapping, the man threatens to kill Sam's parents if he attempts in any way to escape.

#17 - Arnold's Job

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 6

Arnold's dream of becoming an "overnight" success as a photo-journalist run headlong into reality when he gets his first job on a local newspaper.

#18 - Unforgettable

Amen - Season 5 - Episode 10

Frye dates a beautiful and much younger environmentalist.

#19 - Judge Deacon Frye

Amen - Season 5 - Episode 7

Newly appointed to the bench, power-drunk Judge Frye aims to throw the book at all who come before him.

#20 - The Gymnasts

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 7 - Episode 10

Drummond's surprise meant to encourage an Olympic hopeful felled by a tragic accident backfires when the young man instead becomes embittered at meeting the 1984 Men's Olympic Gold Medal-winning Gymnastics Team until Willis and Sam take on the challenge of setting things right.

#21 - Fonzie's Spots

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 22

With the recent death of a fellow Leopard Lodge member, Howard fears that he may be ousted as Grand Poohbah for not attracting any new members other than Potsie during his five-year reign. He gets Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger to join as pledges, and they have to follow the orders of Potsie during their initiation.

#22 - Vera's Bouncing Check

Alice - Season 6 - Episode 7

Against Mel's orders, Vera cashes a check for an old flame, who's nowhere to be found when it bounces.

#23 - Love and the First Kiss

Love, American Style - Season 4 - Episode 45

About the cave man's invention of the kiss.

#24 - Love and the Laughing Lover

Love, American Style - Season 4 - Episode 62

A newlywed wife has a problem laughing when she kisses.