The BEST episodes written by Rich Reinhart

#1 - In Vino Veritas

Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 3

Mike persuades Jason and Maggie to let Luke stay with them temporarily; then Jason's wine cellar goes missing.

#2 - Carol's Carnival

Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 22

On a blind date shaping up as a disaster, Carol goes to the carnival, and finds unexpected fun and excitement.

#3 - The Disciple

Family Ties - Season 4 - Episode 13

Alex offers to help Jennifer with a speech project and winds up creating a monster, the speech is such a success that she is asked to repeat the performance for an awards panel. Jennifer does her class project perfectly, but doesn't understand what she said because Alex coached her on most of the material. So when asked to present it to the panel of judges, her nerves get the best of her.

#4 - The Last Picture Show (1)

Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 23

Maggie is offered a plum job in Washington, D.C.

#5 - Guns

Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 16

Wojo fears that a despondent Luger is planning to do himself in; a man seeking to reclaim his television set robs the police vault; a rash of bizarre robberies leads to an eccentric gun collector.

#6 - Constitution (2)

Night Court - Season 5 - Episode 10

#7 - Home Malone

Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 10

The ghost of Maggie's father oversees the Seavers' visit to her childhood home.

#8 - The DNA Story

Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 10

The detectives search for a missing viral strain stolen from a lab; a woman is convinced that her husband is actually a clone.

#9 - Slice of Life

Growing Pains - Season 1 - Episode 8

Coming across a compatibility test in Jason's office, Maggie decides she and Jason should fill it out, but her answers don't tab with his. Meanwhile, Mike feigns interest in karate when his real goal is a girl attending the course.

#10 - Constitution (1)

Night Court - Season 5 - Episode 9

Harry tries to talk sense to Roz, a recently diagnosed diabetic whose convinced her life is over, and handle a desperate man holding an original draft of the Constitution hostage in the courtroom.

#11 - Don't Go Changin'

Growing Pains - Season 7 - Episode 19

Mike thinks his friend is a bad influence on Luke.

#12 - Handwriting on the Wall

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 19

A controversial bill brings the governor strange threats.

#13 - Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye

Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 17

Maggie's dad drops in for an unexpected visit, with news of his imminent death.

#14 - A Keaton Christmas Carol

Family Ties - Season 2 - Episode 9

A cynical Alex finds the spirit of Christmas in a dream, when he's shown shocking visions of the past and future by ghosts of Mallory and Jennifer. While the family enjoys trimming the tree, singing carols and taking pictures, Alex would rather listen to stock reports and finds Christmas "a silly sentimental farce" except for the commercialism. That evening, when he drifts off to sleep, Jennifer, The Ghost of Christmas Past, takes him back ten years to a scene in the Keaton living room and a time when young Alex loved Christmas. Next, the Ghost of Christmas Future, Mallory, appears and transports Alex 15 years ahead in time. The impoverished Keaton household is a sorry sight, visited by a rich fat cat on his way to Las Vegas - the future Alex.

#15 - Sprained Dreams

Newhart - Season 1 - Episode 11

Dick jeopardizes Leslie's lifelong dream of becoming a world-class skier when he accidentally falls on her.

#16 - Bringing Up Baby

Family Ties - Season 3 - Episode 21

With two careers, three bickering children and one demanding baby, Steven and Elyse can't seem to find any time for each other. But when they do finally take the time for a quiet evening alone, they miss all the chaos.

#17 - Lifesaver

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 22

Kraus becomes overly appreciative when Benson saves her life.

#18 - Clayton's Condo

Benson - Season 3 - Episode 15

Clayton buys an apartment building, not knowing Benson is now one of his tenants.

#19 - Be a Man

Growing Pains - Season 1 - Episode 20

Custodian Mike watches a wild party explode in his home.

#20 - Benson in the Hospital

Benson - Season 2 - Episode 2

Benson is hospitalized with a mysterious allergy.

#21 - Kraus's Deadly Mistake

Benson - Season 3 - Episode 11

Believing she will die soon, Kraus tries to seize the day.

#22 - A Foreign Affair

Three's a Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 10

Hoping to no longer pay alimony, James seeks a marriage partner for Claudia.

#23 - One Ego to Go

Three's a Crowd - Season 1 - Episode 16

Jack's ego is bruised when Vicky wins a trivia game.

#24 - Sit-In

Benson - Season 3 - Episode 3

In Benson's office, a conductor holds a concert in protest.