The BEST episodes written by Paul David

The Matthew Lowry Story
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8.75
4 votes

#1 - The Matthew Lowry Story

Wagon Train - Season 2 - Episode 26

Matthew Lowry seems timid to everyone especially a bully on the wagon train. Riding upon some cholera sick wagons in a pass, they find out who he really is and why he has been acting this way.

The Very Informal Dress
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8.06
156 votes

#2 - The Very Informal Dress

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 8

The evening wear which Aunt Clara conjures up for Darrin and Samantha does not last the evening.

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An Old, Old Friend of the Family
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8.00
12 votes

#3 - An Old, Old Friend of the Family

My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 23

After Martin makes Tim miss a deadline, Martin decides to help Tim get an exclusive interview. Jakobar, the rogue leader of Kobima, is the story's subject matter. Martin is a legend in Kobima and has inside knowledge of Kobiman legend since he was good friends with Jakobar's great-grandfather Kobima, for who the country was named. After displaying the sign of Cocobahn - Martin's name in Kobiman - Jakobar agrees to see Martin. Martin talks Jakobar into making himself accessible to the media, namely Tim, but later reneges since he still has the suspicious mind of an outlaw leader. Martin needs to convince Jakobar to be a more forthright leader for the betterment of Kobima, which will perish as a country otherwise, this strategy which again includes being accessible to the media. Because of Martin's sage advice, Jakobar muses that Martin may actually be Cocobahn.

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What Every Young Man Should Know
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7.81
112 votes

#4 - What Every Young Man Should Know

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 36

Darrin and Samantha revisit their courtship to find out if Darrin would have proposed if he had known she was a witch.

Disappearing Samantha
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7.80
137 votes

#5 - Disappearing Samantha

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 29

Lecturer Osgood Rightmire declares that witches do not exist and unknowingly puts a curse on Samantha and even Endora.

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Premonition
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7.74
19 votes

#6 - Premonition

One Step Beyond - Season 1 - Episode 8

A young girl has a terrible vision of herself being killed by a chandelier falling on her from the ceiling of her home's ballroom. Growing up, she never sets foot in the room, but when her engagement is to be announced, both her father and fiancé insist that she set aside her foolishness for the party.

Speak the Truth
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7.54
175 votes

#7 - Speak the Truth

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 14

Endora gives Darrin a statue that makes anyone near it tell the truth.

The Horse's Mouth
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7.51
174 votes

#8 - The Horse's Mouth

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 25

Samantha turns an escaped racehorse into a human.

The Leprechaun
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7.49
134 votes

#9 - The Leprechaun

Bewitched - Season 2 - Episode 27

Samantha must help a leprechaun from Darrin's side of the family.

The Matchmakers
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7.45
47 votes

#10 - The Matchmakers

My Favorite Martian - Season 1 - Episode 2

There is dual girl trouble in the O'Hara household. George, the dog who Tim is looking after for Mr. Burns, is in love with Chloe, the dog from next door. Through trying to get George and Chloe together, Tim falls for Chloe's owner, Marsha Carson. However Marsha has had some recent relationship problems of her own. Howard Loomis, her boyfriend, took off to Mexico without as much as a goodbye. Because Marsha feels betrayed by Howard, she is now overprotective of Chloe and suspicious of all men, including Tim. Tim's case is not helped by Angela, who bad mouths Tim to Marsha solely because Angela has a crush on Tim herself. From information from Chloe, Martin finds out the whereabouts of Howard, who rushes back to Los Angeles based on "anonymous" information provided by Martin. Howard, whose departure to Mexico was beyond his control and who tried to contact Marsha prior to his departure, clears the air with her and reignites their relationship to the point of getting engaged. This leaves Tim out in the cold. But at least all works out for George and Chloe, as Tim is given the task of sitting for Chloe while Marsha and Howard rush off to Las Vegas to get married.

The Girl Reporter
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7.40
238 votes

#11 - The Girl Reporter

Bewitched - Season 1 - Episode 8

A young female reporter takes after Darrin while her jealous boyfriend takes an interest in Samantha.

Lost and Found
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6.65
23 votes

#12 - Lost and Found

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 6 - Episode 19

Aunt Bee loses a piece of jewelry then turns it into the insurance office to collect a claim on it. Then she eventually finds the jewelry. She spends the money that the insurance gave her.

The Battle of Mayberry
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6.50
21 votes

#13 - The Battle of Mayberry

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 6 - Episode 29

Opie does some investigative reporting for an essay on the Battle of Mayberry but finds getting at the truth is harder than he imgagined.

Bub Goes to School
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6.33
3 votes

#14 - Bub Goes to School

My Three Sons - Season 2 - Episode 11

Bub decides to go to night school when he finds that his grandsons keep asking endless questions that he simply cannot answer. He meets a fellow student and passes himself off as a former show business producer, while she makes out she's a high society dame, when in fact she's really a maid.

Heat Wave
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6.00
2 votes

#15 - Heat Wave

My Three Sons - Season 3 - Episode 11

A summer heat wave has tempers flaring. Steve remains cool and calm until some important plans go missing and he thinks it might be in the pile of papers given to the boy scouts for its paper drive.

Robbie Valentino
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5.50
2 votes

#16 - Robbie Valentino

My Three Sons - Season 2 - Episode 21

Bub fires Robbie's show business ambitions when he tells him to make the most of an opportunity when Robbie's 9th grade physics class is the subject of an educational film. He is excited when he and a fellow student are told they will be part of a close-up scene.

Goober Makes History
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5.08
47 votes

#17 - Goober Makes History

The Andy Griffith Show - Season 7 - Episode 14

Goober grows tired of being the most ignorant one in town; he goes away fishing and accidentally grows a beard. The beard makes him believe he is smart--and he becomes an unbearable bore to everyone in Mayberry.