The BEST episodes written by Maxine Lapiduss

Just Coffee
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8.20
5 votes

#1 - Just Coffee

Ellen - Season 5 - Episode 5

Ellen goes on a date with her mortgage broker, but starts to think she's the only one looking for romance.

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Don't Make Me Over
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7.96
183 votes

#2 - Don't Make Me Over

Roseanne - Season 4 - Episode 24

The girls take Roseanne to the Beauty Box for Mother's Day in hopes of convincing her to let them attend a weekend rock concert.

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Santa Claus
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7.76
257 votes

#3 - Santa Claus

Roseanne - Season 4 - Episode 12

Roseanne talks Leon into letting her play Santa Claus at the mall -- and hears something she wishes she hadn't from one of the kids' mothers, who turns out to be Darlene's new friend and confidante.

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You're Driving Me Crazy, You're Driving Me Nuts
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7.55
406 votes

#4 - You're Driving Me Crazy, You're Driving Me Nuts

Home Improvement - Season 2 - Episode 17

Tim refuses to ask for directions on the way to Shelia's wedding.

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Pizza Parlor Protest
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7.45
11 votes

#5 - Pizza Parlor Protest

Charles in Charge - Season 2 - Episode 9

Sid's Pizza Parlor, that wondrous emporium that provides Charles a nourishing home away from home, in "Charles in Charge," is under attack. It seems the college owns the land the hangout stands on, and they are reclaiming it for a parking lot. This means Charles' favorite meeting place for dates and other occasions is about to be banished, forever. Charles turns to his adoptive family, the Powells, for assistance. Jamie is studying amateur psychiatry and Sarah is studying amateur journalism for a school project, so they feel there is deeper meaning, and a lot of unrevealed facts to this whole dilemma. Buddy thinks it's a plot, but he's not sure whose. Walter Powell thinks they all ought to improve their diet by eating on board ship. . . any ship. So in true motherly fashion, Ellen Powell gets out the placards and begins writing protest legends on them.

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Stressed to Kill
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7.37
248 votes

#6 - Stressed to Kill

Roseanne - Season 4 - Episode 9

Becky gets into hot water for helping Darlene with a school assignment; trying to stop smoking cold-turkey has Roseanne frazzled, as does working two jobs.

Her Boyfriend's Back
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7.36
240 votes

#7 - Her Boyfriend's Back

Roseanne - Season 3 - Episode 20

Frustrated because her parents can't afford the car she wants, Becky and her boyfriend Mark borrow Dan's treasured motorcyle against his orders.

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Tolerate Thy Neighbor
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7.34
282 votes

#8 - Tolerate Thy Neighbor

Roseanne - Season 4 - Episode 5

Roseanne's new neighbors the Bowmans are burgled while they are out of town -- and hold Roseanne responsible.

Second Time Around
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7.32
211 votes

#9 - Second Time Around

Roseanne - Season 3 - Episode 22

Roseanne helps Crystal with her Lamaze classes; Dan's near-fatal accident at work makes D.J. follow him obsessively; Dan and Roseanne sit up all night doing their wills, and Jackie is offended that she doesn't get custody of the kids.

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The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (1)
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7.30
79 votes

#10 - The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (1)

Dharma & Greg - Season 5 - Episode 23

In the first part of this special one-hour season and series finale, Dharma and Greg find themselves once again trying to make peace between their polar opposite parents when an argument breaks out over whether the couple will vacation with the Finkelsteins or the Montgomerys. Dharma tries to appease both sides by arranging for everyone to spend the weekend at the Montgomerys' mountain chalet, but when the usual bickering and insults kick into high gear, it finally sends Dharma and Greg over the edge. Meanwhile, back at the office, Pete is left in charge of a routine SEC inspection, but when the agent turns out to be beautiful and female, he invents wild stories about inside trading... oh, just fast forward. (Part 1 of 2)

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The Commercial Show
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7.29
211 votes

#11 - The Commercial Show

Roseanne - Season 4 - Episode 19

The Conners are sitting pretty for a TV ad for Rodbell's Luncheonette, but at home things get ugly between D.J. and Todd. Leon and Steven break up, and the Bowmans move back to Chicago.

May the Best Man Win
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7.28
451 votes

#12 - May the Best Man Win

Home Improvement - Season 2 - Episode 8

Maureen Binford, the new producer of Tool Time, tries to change everything and Tim doesn't know how to stand up to her when Al, Jill, and Wilson are all busy.

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I Think, Therefore I Am in Trouble
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7.27
81 votes

#13 - I Think, Therefore I Am in Trouble

Dharma & Greg - Season 5 - Episode 16

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer guest stars as Gretchen, a drop-dead gorgeous new lawyer in Greg's office about whom he's having sexual fantasies. Guilt-ridden over his inappropriate thoughts—especially since it's his ""four-and-a-half-year anniversary"" with Dharma—Greg tries desperately to get Gretchen off his mind, to no avail.

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Try to Remember This Kind of September
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7.09
101 votes

#14 - Try to Remember This Kind of September

Dharma & Greg - Season 5 - Episode 6

Dharma finds herself inadvertently trying to compete with a visiting childhood friend. Dharma and September grew up together in a commune, and September has remained loyal to her nonconformist ways, such as preparing a salad with greens that ""were growing in the cracks in the sidewalk"" and singing songs taught her by Nelson Mandela. Feeling guilty over how much her own life has changed, Dharma decides to get back to basics. First, she simplifies her wardrobe; then she wonders what else she and Greg can do without—like maybe electricity, or at least Greg's beloved television (just before the Superbowl). But what worries her most is a suspicion that September may have designs on Larry. And she's right—but they're not what she fears.