The BEST episodes written by Michael B. Kaplan

#1 - Stan's Secret Is Out

Dog with a Blog - Season 3 - Episode 24

Ellen and Bennett find out that Stan can talk, and shortly after the entire James-Jennings family is taken hostage by the U.S. Space Command's Alien Division. Together, the Jennings-James family must work together and devise an escape plan, all while protecting Stan.

#2 - The Kids Find Out Stan Blogs

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 24

Stan's blog is accidentally submitted as Bennett's latest book and the kids must work together to protect Stan's secret.

#3 - Guess Who Gets Expelled?

Dog with a Blog - Season 3 - Episode 1

On Avery's first day of high school, Tyler ropes her into his senior prank that ultimately gets them both expelled.

#4 - Too Short

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 1

On the first day of school, Avery feels insecure when noticing her classmates' growth spurts over the summer; Tyler reveals a new haircut.

#5 - And Baby Makes Four

Girlfriends - Season 4 - Episode 7

William convinces Joan to host a baby shower for his sister, Linda; and her partner, Kira. Kira's water breaks during the event. William wants to take her to the hospital, but they insist on having a midwife conduct a home delivery, which ends up taking place at Joan's house. Joan constantly worries that the water from the birthing pool will seep out and ruin her floors. Lynn drives everyone crazy as she suggests possible baby names and reads off their meanings. William fears that parenthood (and being a lesbian) is all just a phase for Linda, and they get into an argument. Linda threatens to keep William away from his nephew/son, so he says that he will not sign the papers relinquishing his parental rights. William's friends try to convince him to change his mind. He eventually apologizes and admits that the reality of having to sign away his rights had just hit him. He and Joan agree to have a baby together if neither is married or has a child in ten years. They soon come t

#6 - Avery Dreams of Kissing Karl

Dog with a Blog - Season 3 - Episode 8

Avery becomes worried when she has a recurring dream that she and Karl are boyfriend and girlfriend. Meanwhile, Chloe wants to give up choir to become a BMX bike rider like Tyler.

#7 - Stan Has Puppies (2)

Dog with a Blog - Season 3 - Episode 16

#8 - The Wedding

Roseanne - Season 8 - Episode 23

Darlene's wedding day brings unexpected tears, joy and tenderness as Dan is finally able to express his love to Darlene and the young couple's wedding vows bring Roseanne to tears.

#9 - Love Ty-angle

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 10

After Tyler's friendship with Nikki begins to interfere with his relationship with his girlfriend Emily, he has to make an tough choice between the two.

#10 - Prophet and Loss

Girlfriends - Season 4 - Episode 12

A stranger stops Joan on the street and tells her, ""You made the right decision."" He claims to be a psychic, and manages to convince Joan that he is for real. She takes his words as a sign that she was right to break up with Brock. However, she soon re-considers after she runs into Brock on the street. She observes him playing with his young niece and concludes that she might be satisfied having children in her life without being a mother for a while. However, a visit to her gynecologist gives her pause when she is forced to face the fact that her child-bearing years are limited (because many older women face complications in their pregnancies). Meanwhile, a dream prompts William to confront Lynn about annulling their marriage. He accompanies the skeptical Maya when she tries to confront the psychic. After the man tells him that ""she's right in front of you,"" he mistakenly believes that he is destined to be with Lynn. The psychic later directs him toward a woman waiting for a

#11 - Stan Runs Away

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 11

The constant fighting between the kids leads Stan to run away

#12 - A Kiss Before Lying

Girlfriends - Season 1 - Episode 19

Sean grows uncomfortable with Joan's relationship with Davis, as he feels that she flirts with him too much. After she confesses that they once shared a kiss, Sean upsets Joan by ordering her to stay away from Davis and 847 for good. Meanwhile, Toni angers Greg by displaying some of his paintings at the restaurant; and Darnell becomes impatient when Maya is reluctant to resume sexual relations with him after her surgery.

#13 - Three Days of the Condo

Frasier - Season 4 - Episode 11

Frasier fights against the condo board president's tyranny when his plans to install a door knocker are denied.

#14 - Willie or Won't He II: The Last Chapter?

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 14

On the eve of their wedding, Yvonne learns that William hasn't told his mother about their relationship.

#15 - Take Me Out After the Ballgame

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 16

Joan is the subject of office gossip and jokes after she begins dating a younger man who works in the mail room. She is embarrassed by the attention, and winds up hurting Chris's feelings. William is upset when Chris usurps his spot as pitcher on the company softball team. Maya fears that the persistent Stan will expose their involvement to Darnell.

#16 - Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven

Frasier - Season 4 - Episode 8

Martin misinterprets Frasier's polite compliment of a painting as genuine sincerity, prompting him to buy it for his son. An ungrateful Frasier finds it difficult to express his feelings.

#17 - The Unnatural

Frasier - Season 4 - Episode 16

Frederick is coming to visit and he wants to visit Microsoft. Frasier has been unable to book the visit and so takes Frederick to KACL instead. Frederick meets Bulldog and finds out that the KACL softball team is one man down as Roz injured herself during a game. Frederick suggests that his father play, and not wanting to let Frederick down, Bulldog says Frasier is too good for the team. Frederick insists to his father that he should play, since he's "really good." Frasier doesn't want to let his son down and so agrees. Of course, he knows nothing about baseball, so Martin takes him down to the park for some practice. Can Frasier learn how to play in just a few hours? Not very likely... Meanwhile Niles is jealous of his nephew's crush on Daphne, and how much attention she's paying him.

#18 - Direct to Video

Roseanne - Season 8 - Episode 10

While Roseanne narrates a video time capsule for her unborn child, Becky and Darlene find old love letters of Dan and Roseanne's; D.J. gets upset when he finds his parents did not fill out his baby book; and Mark cooks dinner for the Conner clan.

#19 - The Importance of Being Frank

Girlfriends - Season 1 - Episode 11

Joan begins dating a client, Frank Anderson. Everything seems to be going well until a crazed woman shows up at the office looking for Joan. She tells Maya and Lynn that she trailed her husband to Joan's house. Joan angrily breaks up with Frank in public. She later learns that Toni has been using her house to rendezvous with her married boyfriend and assumes that she was wrong to suspect Frank of wrongdoing. However, Toni's boyfriend soon delivers some surprising news that sheds new light on the situation.

#20 - Maya Takes a Stan

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 9

Maya befriends Stan, a man she meets at the office and helps get a job. He encourages her aspirations to return to school. Maya initially tries to fix up Joan and Stan, but soon grows jealous. Toni joins a protest against a rapper in the hopes of winning God's approval. William searches desperately for a best man.

#21 - The List

Girlfriends - Season 1 - Episode 12

The girls and William make lists of the qualities they want in their ideal partners. When everyone goes to an art gallery, Joan is amazed to find a man who meets all of her qualifications, but her friends later warn her that she may have frightened him with her aggressiveness. At the same gallery, Toni runs into an ex-flame who is tending bar; and William has another meeting with possibly unstable cop Yvonne and considers giving her a try. Lynn, meanwhile, becomes obsessed with a painting of a red triangle.

#22 - Willie or Won't He?

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 6

Yvonne panics when William seems hesitant to set a wedding date, as she fears that he is getting cold feet. A very reluctant Joan finds herself caught in the middle of the couple's relationship problems. After a chance meeting at a restaurant, Toni declares her love for Greg and manages to win him back. Lynn and Maya try to arrange a friendship between Darnell and Vosco in the hopes that their good qualities will rub off on each other.

#23 - Santa v. Monica

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 11

William agrees to dress as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve in the hopes of restoring Jabari's belief in Santa (something that seems to concern Joan just a little too much). However, Monica arranges for him to host the annual Christmas party for the senior partners and important clients on the same night, and pressures him to blow off Jabari and his friends. As they argue, Monica makes a startling revelation about the way the met. Meanwhile, Todd gives Toni a unique Christmas gift: a doll of herself, which has a bizarre effect on her.

#24 - Too Much Sharin'

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 21

William and Sharon decide to continue their relationship, even after he re-joins the firm. Joan discovers that the two are together, and inadvertently blabs about it to Sharon in a moment of anger. Sharon breaks up with William, who shuts out Joan. Joan tries to rectify the situation, only to make things worse. Maya is desperate to find out what is going on when Joan fails to share the gossip with her. Meanwhile, Toni asks Lynn for tips for her wedding night.

#25 - To Err Is Herman

Herman's Head - Season 1 - Episode 15

Herman fills out an evaluation form for Mr Bracken which included some negative remarks. After realizing that his evaluation might have serious consequences on Bracken's career, Herman goes about trying to set things right.

#26 - The J-Spot

Girlfriends - Season 5 - Episode 4

Joan decides to open her own restaurant. William is offended when Joan fails to share the news with him, as he instead hears it from two junior partners at the firm. Joan responds by taking William to task for reuniting with Monica so soon after declaring his love for Joan. They get into a heated argument and decide to end their friendship. Joan finds the perfect space for her restaurant, but doesn't have the money to lease it immediately. Toni suggests that she get an investor, then tries to arrange a truce (for business purposes only) between Joan and the one person she knows who can supply enough capital for the restaurant: William. Meanwhile, Joan and Maya grow concerned by Lynn's behavior after she begins performing on the streets while painted up as a robot.

#27 - Finn-ished

Girlfriends - Season 5 - Episode 19

After sleeping with bandmate Finn, Lynn believes that she can deal with an open relationship, but becomes extremely jealous whenever she sees him with other women. Meanwhile, Joan forces William to attend Toni's baby shower, although he believes such events should only be for women. He gives Toni an heirloom cradle that he expects to get back in the future for his own kids, only to learn that Toni has given it away to her cleaning lady (before firing her).

#28 - A Partnerless Partner

Girlfriends - Season 4 - Episode 20

William is made a senior partner in the law firm. He is thrilled about this, as is Maya, who will now get a substantial raise. He brings a beautiful date to the party honoring his promotion. Joan comments that he now has everything he wants, but William still feels as though something is missing. He talks with Swedelson at a strip club. Swedelson says that William should not pursue a relationship with Joan and instead advises him to go after Sharon, who had earlier seemed to be sending William signals. However, William discovers that Sharon is involved with the building's security guard. He goes to Joan's house and tries to share his feelings with her, but backs down after she talks about thinking of him as her ""big brother."" Meanwhile, Toni, Maya and Lynn enjoy the benefits of an especially friendly masseuse.

#29 - Great Sexpectations

Girlfriends - Season 5 - Episode 14

As Valentine's Day arrives, William is very excited because he and Joan have been dating for three months and can now sleep together. Although William is anxious to get to it right away, Joan insists on planning a romantic evening so that she can finally have a good Valentine's Day. William agrees to go along with her wishes. However, their efforts to consummate their relationship prove so uncomfortable that they reluctantly come to the realization that they are better off as friends. Meanwhile, Toni, Maya and Lynn go out to dinner together for Valentine's Day and reveal their deepest, darkest secrets.

#30 - Star Craving Mad

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 4

Joan has several run-ins with an actor at the gym, but finds herself attracted to him. However, she re-considers her decision to date Ellis after discovering that he has lied to her. William's sister comes out to him, then asks him to become a sperm donor so that she and her partner can have a child.