The BEST episodes written by Leilani Downer
#1 - Gimme a Break
Sister, Sister - Season 4 - Episode 3
The twins are riding high after Ray and Lisa buy them a convertible. But their days in the fast lane come to an abrupt halt after they drive the car into Lake Erie.
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#2 - The Last Picture Show (1)
Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 23
Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C.
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#3 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 13
Christmas brings anger and angst to the Seavers.
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#4 - Double Dutch
Sister, Sister - Season 4 - Episode 19
Tia and Tamera enter a rope-jumping contest, but Tia loses her confidence when she sees a bully from her childhood; Lisa convinces Ray to be Roger's substitute dad.
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A Different World - Season 3 - Episode 22
Col. Taylor is the guest of honor at a campus roast. Frank Benning, a man from his first platoon in Vietnam, comes in to serve as the surprise guest speaker. Col. Taylor feels very uncomfortable; he believes that he committed an error on the battlefield that cost Frank his leg. Frank tells a different version of events in his speech. He insists that Col. Taylor is a great leader whose bravery saved everyone's lives. Ron tries to organize the dinner while fretting about the impending selection of the ROTC's Cadet of the Year award. Dwayne bets Whitley that she cannot go a full day without flirting.
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#6 - Don't Go Changin'
Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 19
Mike thinks his friend is a bad influence on Luke.
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#7 - The Big Fix
Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 9
Consumer advocate Maggie raps a vacuum cleaner that Ben broke without telling her.
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#8 - For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 5 - Episode 25
Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.
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#9 - Not With My Carol You Don't
Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 20
Though Jason had an insensitive Carol pitch in at the clinic, he objects to her dating an ex-con she meets there.
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#10 - Paper Tigers
Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 4
Jason and Maggie compete to write a newspaper column; Ben hates his glasses.
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#11 - The World According to Chrissy
Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 13
Chrissy starts spending much time with her imaginary friend, a six-foot-tall mouse named Ike.
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 1 - Episode 22
Tyler is shaving with Mark in the bathroom. Robin and Vanessa are trying to get Tyler's father to fix the bathroom tiles. Mark also tries to fix the bathroom tiles but gets injured and also gets his hand stuck to the wall. Mark's grandmother calls up from Detroit. She will come over in a few days. Mark tells a lie to her grandmother that he still plays with the Warriors. Mark tires to get Robin to be the cook and Vanessa the maid when she comes over. The day comes and Mark tries to get Tyler out of the house and Robin and Vanessa serves Mark. The grandmother is impressed and eats everything that Robin cooks. Also the grandmother, still does not know that Mark was cut from the Warriors. The grandmother is so fascinated, that she will stay for another week. Robin and Vanessa urge Mark to tell the truth. Mark tries to tell the grandmother the truth but does not have the courage. Everything goes well until the grandmother sees Tyler watching the Warriors game and Mark is upstairs. The
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 2 - Episode 1
Mark and Vanessa get new roomies when his cousin and her daughter visit---and move in.
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 2 - Episode 3
Geneva has got a job as a music teacher at the High School. Mark tries to show her the ways around the school. They are getting a new principal and the rumour tells that she loves to fire people. It turns out to be Mark's sister's best friend, P.J. Moore. She says that Mark is the kind of teacher she hates. Mark's schedule includes Driver's Ed. and he's not very happy about that. Mark drives the Driver's Ed. car home. Darnell takes it for a ride without Mark's promission. He accidentally hit a lawn mower and gives the owner Mark's name. The owner is going after the school. Mark dresses up as a woman to play the role as the principal when they man is coming to the school. He wants a date with ""P.J."" (who Mark is pretending to be) at a karaokee bar. When they meet there, Mark gets him to sign the settlement. Then the real P.J. shows up. Mark tries to hide from her, but after a while she sees him. She realises that Mark really loves teaching and doesn't fire him.
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper - Season 2 - Episode 5
A person at Vanessa's job has quit and Vanessa thinks she'll be promoted. When she isn't, she demands a better job. She gets fired. She starts looking for a job. Mark is beginning to think that he'll have to live in his car if Vanessa doesn't get a job until the next mortgage payment. Vanessa gets job and she invites Mark, Geneva and Nicole over there. It turns out she's a waitress at a chinese restaurant. She isn't very good at it. She even makes the cook quit. Mark takes the cook's place. That doesn't work out very well. Vanessa gets fired but she gets the money to the mortgage payment through blackmail when she spots a cockroach. In the end of the episode, Mark and Vanessa watch ""21 Jump Street"" on TV and make some comments on Holly Robinson (same actress that play Vanessa). Vanessa says she doesn't like her.
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