The BEST episodes written by Lou Derman

8.50

2 votes

#1 - Lucy and the Astronauts

Here's Lucy - Season 4 - Episode 5

"Operation Redhead" is a result of Lucy helping Harry, who is photographing the splash down as part of the naval reserve. Space nut Lucy must go through decontamination with Astronauts when she makes physical contact with them after a landing.

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8.42

30 votes

#2 - The Big Move (2)

Good Times - Season 4 - Episode 2

Florida's stoic reaction to James' death has the kids upset by her lack of emotion.

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8.00

1 votes

#3 - Lucy in the Jungle

Here's Lucy - Season 4 - Episode 13

Stressed out Harry needs a vacation so Lucy arranges for a house swap with a family in the jungle of Africa. The episode centers on a variety of animals they encounter (chimps, parrot, lion, gorilla) plus a silly segment about a tse-tse fly.

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8.00

1 votes

#4 - Lucy and the Mountain Climber

Here's Lucy - Season 4 - Episode 2

Harry takes on a new partner who tries to add youth to the agency. In an effort to keep her job Lucy bets Harry's business partner that she can beat him at mountain climbing.

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7.92

36 votes

#5 - Chain Letter

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 6

Archie's refusal to participate in a chain letter triggers a string of unlikely events.

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7.79

41 votes

#6 - The Little Atheist

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 11

Thanksgiving dinner becomes a family battleground when Archie discovers that Mike and Gloria don't want to impose the family's religious beliefs on their baby.

7.78

35 votes

#7 - Archie the Babysitter

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 17

Archie babysits little Joey with the help of his friends during their poker game.

7.75

19 votes

#8 - Prisoner in the House

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 16

Archie is not happy to find the plumber's assistant is a convicted felon.

7.75

43 votes

#9 - Archie, the Hero

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 4

Archie gets a rude shock when the tall,classy dame whose life he saved in a taxicab turns out to be a man.

7.69

67 votes

#10 - Sorority House

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 6

Ed is used as a team mascot and Wilbur must come to his rescue when Ed is stolen by a rival team.

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7.69

34 votes

#11 - Mike's Pains

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 5

Mike must decide if he wants to be in the delivery room during the birth of the baby.

7.65

81 votes

#12 - The Ventriloquist

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 2

Wilbur is trying to win a contract to build a clubhouse, but Ed gets him into trouble and botches the idea.

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7.65

64 votes

#13 - The Longest Kiss

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 10

Archie returns from the missing to find his friends and family celebrating.

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7.59

65 votes

#14 - Kiddy Park

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 4

Wilbur and Carol plan a trip to go to a park and Ed's feelings are hurt because he feels left out. Ed then runs away to start a new life.

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7.56

72 votes

#15 - Busy Wife

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 3

Carol gets wrapped up in a woman's club and completely ignores Wilbur. It's up to Ed to try and help her overcome the obsession.

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7.56

30 votes

#16 - No Smoking

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 23

Mike vows he can go without food longer than Archie can abstain from smoking.

7.53

31 votes

#17 - Gloria Suspects Mike

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 10

Gloria suspects handy-panky when she meets the beautiful blonde Mike's been tutoring after school hours,

7.51

33 votes

#18 - Mike Makes His Move

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 24

Mike and Gloria rent the Jeffersons' old house.

7.39

31 votes

#19 - Love by Appointment

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 21

Mike and Gloria's sex life suffers after they have to begin planning their encounters around the baby's feeding schedule.

7.37

29 votes

#20 - Everybody Does It

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 20

Archie's steals a box of nails from work and finds himself at the center of a household debate on morality.

7.36

36 votes

#21 - The Horsetronaut

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 2

Business makes Wibur take an office down town. Ed feels unwanted and decides to get out of Wilbur's way for good.

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7.36

27 votes

#22 - Edith's Night Out

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 24

Edith abandons her stick-in-the-mud husband to liven things up on her own during an evening out at Kelly's Bar.

7.35

69 votes

#23 - 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.

7.28

36 votes

#24 - Pageant Show

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 8

Wilbur makes Ed angry when he takes the phone extension out of the barn. Ed reacts by playing tricks on Wilbur and Carol.

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7.27

62 votes

#25 - My Son the Lover

Good Times - Season 1 - Episode 13

A popular girl wants J.J. to paint her portrait, but Florida and Thelma smell a rat.

7.27

28 votes

#26 - Amelia's Divorce

All in the Family - Season 5 - Episode 19

Edith is surprised to discover the truth about her cousin's supposedly ideal marriage.

7.24

37 votes

#27 - My Son, My Son

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 1

After finding a grey hair on his tail, Ed is convinced that he is getting old and wants a boy of his own to carry Ed's name.

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7.23

30 votes

#28 - Edith Breaks Out

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 8

Archie feels abandoned after Edith begins to volunteer part-time at the Sunshine Home for the Elderly.

7.22

32 votes

#29 - Ed the Redecorator

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 4

Carol wants the house redecorated and Ed thinks that the barn should be redecorated first.

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7.20

35 votes

#30 - The Aunt

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 9

Wilbur's well deserving vacation plans come to a close when an annoying aunt with her talking parrot comes to visit for the duration.

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7.19

36 votes

#31 - Ed the Witness

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 11

When Wilbur ends up in a Mexican jail after refusing to pay a repair bill to a mechanic to damaged his trailer, Ed comes to the rescue.

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7.19

36 votes

#32 - Ed the Lover

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 7

Ed thinks it's silly to play in a Western play. But Wilbur persuades him to act when he tells Ed that a philly horse has fallen in love with Ed. Wilbur then talks Ed into returning back to the set.

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7.19

31 votes

#33 - Ed's Bed

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 13

Carol is jealous and wants to leave Wilbur because he is spending most of his time with Ed, trying to help him cure his cold.

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7.19

31 votes

#34 - Ed the Pilgrim

Mister Ed - Season 3 - Episode 9

Ed tells how a horse was involved in the true story of Thanksgiving, in the hopes that Wilbur will consider giving him some of the Thanksgiving dinner.

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7.19

31 votes

#35 - Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed

Mister Ed - Season 4 - Episode 1

Ed, who is a die-hard Dogers fan, notices some weaknesses from the line-up while watching a televised game. Ed then takes it to the field when he himself bats a few and slides onto bases himself at the L.A. Dodgers Stadium.

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7.18

33 votes

#36 - Ed the Songwriter

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 14

Through a musical experience, Wilbur has a music publisher record a song written, composed, and sung by Ed.

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7.17

30 votes

#37 - Ed the Tout

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 13

With the help of Ed, Wilbur picks a winning racehorse for Carol and his neigbors. Unfortunatelly they end up betting on a horse that Wilbur has mistakenly circled.

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7.17

30 votes

#38 - Ed's Ancestors

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 3

Ed is used as a model for a park statue glorifying the American Palimino, but Ed refuses to go any further when he finds out something about his ancestry.

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7.17

30 votes

#39 - Ed Discovers America

Mister Ed - Season 4 - Episode 3

The city's American History Museum offers Wilbur a task to build a monument. The best part is that they offer Wilbur a commision, but he doesn't know what he should create.

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7.16

30 votes

#40 - New Year's Wedding

All in the Family - Season 6 - Episode 16

Mike continues to make decisions without consulting Gloria.

7.16

31 votes

#41 - Psychoanalyst Show

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 16

Ed is afraid of heights and Wilbur gets help from a psychiatrist to help Ed, unfortunately everyone around Wilbur think that the psychiatric help is for him.

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7.16

31 votes

#42 - Ed the Beachcomber

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 23

Addison's beach property is in trouble by a buch of beatnicks, but when Wilbur tries to help with Addison's problem, then Wibbur devolopes his own beatnick problem.

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7.16

31 votes

#43 - Working Wives

Mister Ed - Season 3 - Episode 20

After cutting the budget on their wives spending, it's up to Wilbur and Addison to keep house while the women work and make the money.

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7.16

31 votes

#44 - Ed the Emancipator

Mister Ed - Season 3 - Episode 24

The Posts buy Kay a cockatoo bird for her birthday. Addison is disappointed in the gift and Ed is pleased with the gift.

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7.16

32 votes

#45 - Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 25

A temporary party line on the barn phone allows Ed to court Clint Eastwood's horse. However, Ed's ways to arrange thing wreak havok between Clint and Wilbur.

7.14

29 votes

#46 - Lie Detector

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 24

Addison asks Wilbur to help him finance a lie detector machine, causing fights, arguments, and chaos in the Posts' home.

7.14

66 votes

#47 - Stable for Three

Mister Ed - Season 1 - Episode 5

Ed becomes trouble when he knocks over a barbecue and then eats Carol's planted vegetables. After all this, Wilbur and Addison both end up having to sleep in the barn.

7.13

30 votes

#48 - Hunting Show

Mister Ed - Season 2 - Episode 7

When Ed fids out that the Posts and Addisons use their weeekend to hunt for sport, Ed is against it and tries to stop it.

7.13

30 votes

#49 - The Price of Apples

Mister Ed - Season 3 - Episode 22

Ed has an uncotrollable urge for Addison's apples and constantly takes them from Addison's apple tree. Addison gets very angy at Ed and threatens Wilbur to stop Ed, or there will be trouble.

7.13

30 votes

#50 - Unemployment Show

Mister Ed - Season 3 - Episode 17

Ed becomes unemployed when Wilbur works him in the stable. After that happens, Ed feels that he is entitled to unemployment insurance.