The BEST episodes written by Lois Hire
#1 - Dear Libby
The Brady Bunch - Season 1 - Episode 2
An article in an advice column, Dear Libby, draws Marcia's attention. In the article, an anonymous person is in the same situation as Mike and Carol is in and this particular person is unhappy. This leads Marcia to draw the conclusion that Mike or Carol wrote the letter. She later shows the article to the other kids and they devise a plot to keep their newly formed family together.
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#2 - You Can't Win 'Em All
The Brady Bunch - Season 4 - Episode 22
Both Bobby and Cindy have the opportunity to try out to be on a televised children's quiz show, if they get a certain score on a written test. However, an overconfident Bobby doesn't study at all and fails, while Cindy is chosen and her ego alienates the rest of the Brady kids.
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#4 - You Can Lead a Horse to Water
The Virginian - Season 8 - Episode 15
The accent is on comedy as a proper Southern woman, aided by Trampas and old Luther, goes after robbers who took her dowry.
#5 - Green-Eyed Robbie
My Three Sons - Season 8 - Episode 18
Robbie Douglas displays a bit of jealousy when his bride innocently agrees to tutor a handsome student. Later, Katie confides to Uncle Charley that he was once her steady boyfriend, and Charley off-handedly warns Katie to be careful because Robbie has a jealous nature.
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My Three Sons - Season 8 - Episode 28
Steve Douglas is promoted to head up the Airflight Helicopter Division and the unmarried female employees quickly check and discover that he's a widower. Robbie's wife Katie takes a tour and Uncle Charley passes his girlfriend off as Steve's wife. When two Mrs. Douglases visit Steve at his new job, his employees suspect that he's a bigamist.
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#7 - Mr. French's Holiday
Family Affair - Season 2 - Episode 27
Mr. French has a nice vacation planned for himself, but the kids come along and makes his vacation more enjoyable, whether he likes it or not.
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#8 - Walter and the Outlaws
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 34
Hilarious sequel to "Any Friend Of Walter's" in which Obie leaves Walter in Hoss' care. The three outlaws, Macy, Teague, and Willard, kidnap Walter and hold him for ransom, leaving Hoss and the returning Obie to rescue him, but matters turn out the other way.
#9 - The Grandfathers
My Three Sons - Season 9 - Episode 4
Because he is about to become a Grandfather, Steve has an easier time working out an important Air Force contract with a hard-shelled General. By watching the way Katie walks, the General predicts that she will have a baby boy. Meanwhile Ernie decides to run for class President at school.
#10 - The Pure Truth
Bonanza - Season 5 - Episode 23
Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
#11 - Experiment at New Life
The Virginian - Season 9 - Episode 10
The Virginian comes to the communal village of New Life, looking for a number of Shiloh cattle that have strayed. At the commune council meeting, the members agree to let him take his cattle back. After the Virginian leaves, however, the council makes another vote---to start "complex" or group marriage in the community, meaning that every woman will be considered married to every man. Given an unreasonably short time by the acting leader to round up his cattle, the Virginian appeals to the widow of the commune's original leader for help, but when he learns of the new marriage rule he decides to help her and her daughter escape the commune.
#12 - St. Louis Blues
My Three Sons - Season 11 - Episode 13
Katie's mother gives Katie and Robbie a vacation by taking the triplets to St. Louis with her for a couple of weeks. Robbie figures that now is the perfect time to do all of the things they haven't been able to do when they had the boys to look after.
#13 - The New Vice-President
My Three Sons - Season 11 - Episode 16
Barbara suspects that a promotion for Steve maybe in the works and as her suspicions become stronger, a routine investigation on Steve's family background turns up some rather startling information when it focuses on Uncle Charley.
#14 - The Homecoming
My Three Sons - Season 8 - Episode 6
Robbie and Katie come home from their honeymoon to face the problems of newlyweds in a previously all-male household. Katie finds her role difficult, for Charley insists on continuing as the family cook and attending to all the laundry. Robbie becomes worried about her frequent weeping spells.
#15 - Big Ol' Katie
My Three Sons - Season 9 - Episode 6
In an advanced stage of pregnancy, Katie suffers qualms about her looks that are as out of proportion as her figure. She is temporarily distressed by her hugeness until she learns from her doctor that she is going to have more than one baby.
#16 - Chip on Wheels
My Three Sons - Season 9 - Episode 18
Steve Douglas gives Chip a well-preserved second hand car for his 16th birthday but he is astounded by his son's unenthusiastic reaction; he is embarrassed to drive it, and parks it a long way from school so he won't be recognized as the old car's owner.
#17 - Expendable Katie
My Three Sons - Season 9 - Episode 12
With three babies to look after, Dr. Osborne says Katie is completely exhausted and he prescribes a couple of days bed rest. She flies to Santa Barbara to be with her mother. While she is away the family must hire three cleaning ladies to restore the house back to normal.
#18 - The O'Casey Scandal
My Three Sons - Season 9 - Episode 22
Ernie and his girlfriend are dismayed when Uncle Charley and her grandmother don't act like old folks after they meet at a school band contest. Ernie confides in his amused family about his concern over Uncle Charley's behaviour.
#19 - After You, Alphonse
My Three Sons - Season 10 - Episode 10
With Steve and Barbara due back from their honeymoon in Mexico, Katie forces Robbie to lecture Uncle Charley on politeness, and the result of his very puzzling behaviour nearly drives Barbara out of her mind.
#20 - Guest in the House
My Three Sons - Season 10 - Episode 19
Barbara tells her mother that she feels rejected when the boys never tell her their troubles and go to Steve or Charley instead. While Steve is away on business, she is forced to confront one of Chip's teachers when he and another student are accused of cheating in an exam.
#21 - Mister X
My Three Sons - Season 10 - Episode 23
A bearded man of mystery confounds the Douglas family and the authorities alike, while Steve is working on a top priority project at home. Barbara soon identifies him as her former father-in-law.
#22 - Dodie's Dilemma
My Three Sons - Season 10 - Episode 24
Dodie calls upon her big brothers to help her fight her battles in the school playground when some girls say that Douglas is not her real name. Steve feels he should formally adopt Dodie to make it official but this only solves half of Dodie's problems.
#23 - Three for School
My Three Sons - Season 12 - Episode 14
Katie decides to put the triplets in a nursery school during the day when she fills in for a friend as a secretary, a move that enrages Uncle Charley when he hears about it. Later, it becomes apparent that he goes missing every afternoon causing the family to worry.
#24 - Bad Day for Barbara
My Three Sons - Season 12 - Episode 20
Although Barbara is feeling very ill, she is saddled with the responsibility of looking after the entire Douglas household but in the end, to escape the pressure, she just walks out leaving Steve in a worried state.
#25 - The Return of Terrible Tom
My Three Sons - Season 11 - Episode 23
Uncle Charley is elated when he gets word that his pugislistic shipmate and buddy is going to visit him in a few days. However, Charley is forced to concede that times and people do change when the tough-talking, bad mannered ex-sailor he once knew isn't so terrible anymore.
#26 - The Meredith Smith
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 8
Ben must determine who is the rightful heir to a fortune that includes water rights vital to the Ponderosa.
#27 - Second Banana
My Three Sons - Season 12 - Episode 19
While Steve becomes pre-occupied with a time-consuming project named Taurus, Barbara blossoms forth as a Championship Cook. Her recipe for 'Tangy Tidbits' wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cookout.