The BEST episodes written by Richard Gurman

#1 - The Bed of Rose's

227 - Season 1 - Episode 14

Sandra starts dating a man who works with her and Lester, however she finds him boring. She leaves it up to the Jenkins to cancel their date. When he comes to the apartment, he meets Rose and she goes out on the date instead. The two hit it off very well. He asks Rose to go to New York with him and Mary and Sandra disagree on what Rose should do. Mary thinks she should not go, because they may end up sleeping together, which would be too soon for the time they were dating. Sandra thinks she should live life to the fullest. Rose finally decides to go and Mary apoligizes for meddling into Rose's business. Rose has a great time but does not reveal if they went through it or not.

#2 - Good Girl Gone Bad

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 2

Avery arrives at school and learns that she's been left out of "ditch day."

#3 - Luck of the Bundys

Married... with Children - Season 8 - Episode 4

When the Bundys start having good luck, Al remembers the Bundy Curse and realizes he is doomed.

#4 - Who's Training Who?

Dog with a Blog - Season 2 - Episode 15

When Stan acts up, Ellen hires strict animal instructor Cherri Pickford to help train him. When Stan does not comply, Ellen goes against the kids' wishes and demands he stay outside.

#5 - A Three Job, No Income Family

Married... with Children - Season 3 - Episode 13

Al gets a second job in an attempt to make more money than Peg after she starts earning money selling 'Patty Girl' cosmetics.

#6 - You Better Watch Out

Married... with Children - Season 2 - Episode 13

This Christmas episode tells about Santa Claus, who is late showing up at the mall. His parachute doesn't open up and he falls off his sleigh and onto the Bundy property ... dead.

#7 - The Gypsy Cried

Married... with Children - Season 3 - Episode 8

When a psychic's predictions all come true for Al, Peggy and Steve, Marcy fears that what the psychic told her will come true - her death.

#8 - Johnny Be Gone

Married... with Children - Season 1 - Episode 13

Al and Peggy delay going to a closing of their favorite hamburger joint when Bud and Kelly run into a problem. Meanwhile, Steve and Marcy prepare a party for some executive big-shots.

#9 - Every Bundy Has a Birthday

Married... with Children - Season 7 - Episode 3

Peggy discovers that Seven does not know when his birthday is, and the family decides to celebrate him... on Al's birthday.

#10 - Twisted

Married... with Children - Season 11 - Episode 1

The neighbors take refuge from a twister.

#11 - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Married... with Children - Season 2 - Episode 7

The phone company cuts off the phone service to the Bundy household after Al refuses to pay for a phone call he did not make. This annoys Peggy, Kelly, and the rest of the neighborhood.

#12 - The People vs. the Fonz

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 11

Fonzie is accused of hitting a trouble-making student but refuses to testify at a school-board hearing. By not doing so, he runs the risk of being ruled against and getting fired.

#13 - Dances with Weezie

Married... with Children - Season 8 - Episode 10

Peggy and Marcy make Al and Jefferson abandon their plans of going to a new sports bar to instead go see The Jeffersons live.

#14 - Have You Driven a Ford Lately?

Married... with Children - Season 1 - Episode 5

Al and Steve draw closer together when they try to restore a 1965 Mustang. Peg and Marcy on the other hand can't stop from despising their husbands.

#15 - Still Shoplifting

Still Standing - Season 2 - Episode 6

Judy's fear that Lauren is hanging out with the wrong crowd is confirmed when Lauren gets caught shoplifting. Although Judy doesn't believe Lauren's claim of innocence, Bill convinces her to give their daughter the benefit of the doubt. When it seems that Lauren has stolen again, Bill and Judy's parenting abilities are pushed to the limit.

#16 - Sixteen Years and What Do You Get?

Married... with Children - Season 1 - Episode 6

Al is unable to purchase a gift for Peg on their 16th wedding anniversary as his credit card seemed to be maxed out.

#17 - Peggy and the Pirates

Married... with Children - Season 7 - Episode 18

Peggy tells Seven a fantasy store about pirates and beautiful princesses.

#18 - Still Single

Still Standing - Season 3 - Episode 15

Bill and Judy come to Fitz's rescue by helping him adjust to his new life as a single man by joining him in his new bachelor pad and helping him pick up women at a bar by pretending that they are all swinging singles. Meanwhile, Linda agrees to watch their kids until she figures out that Bill and Judy's efforts to help Fitz may not be as altruistic as they appear.

#19 - Blonde and Blonder

Married... with Children - Season 10 - Episode 8

At their high school reunion, Kelly and her best friends compete for the rich nerd whom Kelly teased in high school. Meanwhile, Marcy's bank holds a "Guns for Toys" drive.

#20 - Still Groping

Still Standing - Season 2 - Episode 16

When Bill's mother, Louise, introduces the family to her new boyfriend, Johnny, Bill is ecstatic that she has someone to occupy her time. But the happiness is short-lived as Bill and Judy become suspicious that Johnny, an investment counselor to senior citizens, is bilking Louise out of her life savings. So, the Miller twosome arrange to have dinner with the guy, during which they start to put aside their worries about him – until he squeezes Judy's rear end.

#21 - Still Cheering

Still Standing - Season 1 - Episode 6

Brian joins the school football team, but quits because the other kids are picking on him. He decides to do cheer-leading instead, but Bill is unsure about Brian's decision. Judy tells Bill that they need to try to support him, whatever he does.

#22 - Business Sucks (1)

Married... with Children - Season 9 - Episode 5

NO MA'AM counter-protests against Marcy and company when Al banishes a customer for nursing her baby. Meanwhile, train accidents delay Peggy's trip home.

#23 - Out of Peekskill (1)

The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 1

Mrs. Garrett must decided between her two loves, the girls or Bruce, a man she falls for and who asks her to go to Africa with him.

#24 - A Shoe Room with a View

Married... with Children - Season 10 - Episode 2

When Al suggests an aerobics studio for the open lot next door, he puts peep holes in the wall, but all of the students are fat.

#25 - Still Changing

Still Standing - Season 1 - Episode 19

Bill and Linda meet some Bill's old high school buddies, who since then has turned his life around. Bill says his wife changed him, which leads into an argument between him and Linda about how they changed each other. Bill decides to grow back his old mustache and smoke cigars, while Linda goes back to hanging out with her drunk friend from high school. After realizing that maybe changing does come for the better, they both go back to their usual selves.

#26 - Still Neighbors

Still Standing - Season 3 - Episode 2

When a lesbian couple moves in next door, Bill and Judy are shameless in their quest to get approval to build the deck of their dreams. But when they fail to make nice with the couple, they decide to use Lauren to score points and convince her to go out with the neighbors' nerdy son, Chris. However, their plan backfires when Lauren actually falls for Chris, but his mothers think that Lauren's a bad influence.

#27 - May the Best Man Win

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 19

Fonzie is the best man at the wedding of an old pal, but the bride-to-be stops the ceremony after spotting Fonzie. Meanwhile, K. C. awaits word about a part in the school musical.

#28 - Still Sisters

Still Standing - Season 1 - Episode 18

After Linda meets a nice man and goes out with him hours after being dumped by another guy, Judy advises her not to go so fast. Linda and Judy have a fight, where Judy is blamed to always be nosing on her sister's life. Judy then decides to let her sister live her own life, and as a result she starts overcontrolling her children's lives with all the extra time she has in her hands. When they can't take it anymore, Bill decides to get the two back together and establish peace in the family.

#29 - Still the Man

Still Standing - Season 2 - Episode 19

When Tina comes running to Judy to do the ""manly job"" of killing a spider, Bill realizes that does not wear the pants in the Miller household, but in fact, Judy does since she does all the jobs he should stereotypically do. With that in mind, Bill decides to prove that he is indeed the manlier Miller by repairing Tina's broken dollhouse all by himself. Meanwhile, Lauren gets conflicting advice about dealing with her new boyfriend from Bill, Judy and Linda.

#30 - Your Money or Your Wife/Joint Custody/The Temptations

The Love Boat - Season 9 - Episode 2

Vicki is thrilled when The Temptations board the ship and tries to convince their manager to let them perform for the passengers. Also, a custody battle on board becomes a matter of kidnapping, and a loan shark tells an overdue customer he'll forgive the debt in exchange for a date with the man's wife.

#31 - Gotta Run (2)

Mork & Mindy - Season 4 - Episode 20

After the evil Kalnik bombs their apartment, leaving them on the run, Mork, Mindy and Mearth decide their only chance of surviving is to go public about Mork's real roots.

#32 - Southern Crossing

Happy Days - Season 9 - Episode 13

After seeing reports on television, Al feels compelled to visit the South to take part in an upcoming freedom march. Fonzie, concerned for his friend's well-being, decides to go with him. Meanwhile, the Cunningham's television set is broken, and, while it is away being repaired, Howard suffers withdrawal symptoms.

#33 - Wild Blue Yonder

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 18

Fonzie and Roger miss their flight to Minneapolis for a teacher's convention, so they agree to go with Potsie's uncle, Omar, who has a small plane he uses for crop dusting and spreading ashes. Omar jumps out when there is trouble with the engine leaving Fonzie and Roger by themselves with no parachutes.

#34 - Enemies

Married... with Children - Season 10 - Episode 22

In another spinoff attempt, Kelly ends up in the middle of a couple.

#35 - Sam's Missing (2)

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 2

The Drummonds, desperate to get Sam back, go on the news to try and advertise to get Sam back. In the meantime Sam risks everything to tell the Drummonds where he is.

#36 - Going Steady

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 7

Fonzie pledges his love to Ashley but risks losing her when he allows an old girlfriend to spend the night at his apartment. Meanwhile, Howard teaches K. C. to drive.

#37 - A Tale of Two Teachers

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 7

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest stars as a high school English teacher who gives Arnold a "classic" punishment for "goofing off" in class and the freshman quickly learns his lesson when his penace is teaching "A Tale of Two Cities" to his rowdy classmates.

#38 - The Front Page

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 19

Arnold's feature story about his high school football team threatens to turn into a controversial expose for the school newspaper when he witnesses team members buying steroids.

#39 - The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 2

New events in Joanie's life cause Chachi to resent her for not having enough time for him. Each has their own solution: Joanie wants to break up, and Chachi wants to get married.

#40 - Radio Free Trumaine

Married... with Children - Season 9 - Episode 24

In an attempt for a spinoff, we follow the lives of DJs Oliver Cole and Mark Campbell at a local radio station at Bud's college. Oliver and Mark risk being expelled for revealing the truth about dean Steve Rhoades' past.

#41 - Out of Peekskill (2)

The Facts of Life - Season 8 - Episode 2

#42 - Willis Goes to College

Diff'rent Strokes - Season 8 - Episode 5

Willis takes a big step when he leave home for college, but fears his initiation to dorm life is only one of the freshman experiences he may not be ready to handle.