The BEST episodes written by Michael Russnow
#1 - The Forest for the Trees
Knots Landing - Season 6 - Episode 23
Joshua apologizes to Cathy and proposes. She accepts and Abby decides to throw them a party. Karen finds out who the nurse on duty was the night Val gave birth. Karen finds Nurse Wilson, and questions her, but she doesn't say anything. Karen tells Lilimae that Wilson is scared, and brings Lilimae to talk with her too. Gary decides to go ahead with Empire Valley, but asks Mac and Ben for their reports as he doesn't trust Greg. At the engagement party, Greg warns Coblentz about Abby. Josh announces to everyone that as soon as they're married, Cathy is going to stop singing. Cathy's angry, and he tells her she doesn't need to make scenes to get his attention. Val comforts Cathy and tells her to stand up to Joshua. Abby meets with Coblentz and pretends to know what's really going on, and Coblentz, thinking she already knows, tells her all. Greg tells Coblentz that Abby faked him out, and Coblentz tells Greg to undue the damage.
#2 - The Vigil
Dynasty - Season 4 - Episode 18
With the family at the hospital waiting for Fallon to regain consciousness, Blake races to the airport to intercept Peter. Passing through security, DeYilbis sets off an alarm and the guards find a cache of drugs in his briefcase. Blake blocks his escape, and Peter is taken to jail. Blake is offered an important political post. McYane informs Alexis of the appointment. He is sure she will try to topple him and wants to be there when she does to blackmail her. Kirby accepts Adam's marriage proposal. Fallon regains consciousness and finds she is paralyzed.
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#3 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
The Streets of San Francisco - Season 3 - Episode 13
A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.
#4 - The Fulfillment
The Waltons - Season 2 - Episode 20
The Waltons bring home an 8 year boy named Stevie who is an orphan so he can experience a family setting. Stevie meets Curtis Norton a blacksmith and an immediate bond occurs. Curtis and his wife take in the boy.
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#5 - Prep School
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Episode 4
When Mr. Drummond tries to get Arnold and Willis into an exclusive prep school, it turns out to be just a little too exclusive for everyone's tastes.
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#6 - The Voice of Tinker Jones
Little House on the Prairie - Season 1 - Episode 11
The town becomes divided when Mrs. Oleson offers to buy a bell for the church, but only if she can put up a plaque. The differences and arguing begin to affect the school children. A mute craftsman, Tinker Jones, steps in and with the help of the school children, is able to make a bell.
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#7 - Margin of Error
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 16
Alex amasses a bundle by playing the stock market on paper for his economics class, and courts disaster by secretly investing his father's money. Even broker Dan Matthews, who takes Alex's class on a tour of his company is so impressed by the teenager's acumen that he advises clients to buy his choices. Sure of himself and frustrated by his parents' insistence of holding onto their AT&T stock, Alex impersonates his father in a telephone call to Matthews and reopens Steven's account. However, when a typhoon causes the stock of his choice to plummet, Alex must scramble to get out of a gigantic jam.
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#8 - Burial
Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 5
Retired Sergeant Fish returns to assist Barney in locating a pilfered corpse.
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#9 - The Tunnel
Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 10
Wojo is buried alive after a tunnel collapses on a burglar burrowing towards the diamond exchange; a homeless Harris is combing Manhattan for a new apartment.
#10 - The Estrangement
The Waltons - Season 4 - Episode 12
Vera Walton has left her husband Wade and moves into the Walton home. Wade has been abusive and is running moonshine. John gives Wade a job at the mill to help the young couple get on their feet and get back together.
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