The BEST episodes written by Roger Garrett

A Shot in the Dark
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8.43
7 votes

#1 - A Shot in the Dark

Empty Nest - Season 3 - Episode 13

Barbara mistakes Carol's boyfriend for a burglar and shoots him. He stays with the Westons to recuperate and only ends up getting hurt worse. Harry helps Laverne confront her fear of public speaking when she has to give a speech at an awards ceremony.

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Roots
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8.43
7 votes

#2 - Roots

Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 24

The Westons (and Charley) travel to England to their ancestral home Weston Castle, where Harry is to receive the Sword of Weston in a ceremony. Unfortunately he gets locked in a dungeon after following a secret passage. Meanwhile back home, Laverne tries to teach Dreyfuss to ride a skateboard. Richard Mulligan plays three roles in this episode: the usual Harry, a butler named Basil, and a relative Baroness Daphne Weston.

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...Or Forever Hold Your Peace
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8.40
5 votes

#3 - ...Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Empty Nest - Season 5 - Episode 4

Harry objects to Arthur's sudden wedding plans, which prompts Arthur to end their friendship. Carol tries to get Barbara to arrest her at a protest.

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Why Did the Fireman?
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8.33
3 votes

#4 - Why Did the Fireman?

Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 18

Laverne falls for a fireman who is always being called to duty. Before he gets a chance to propose to Laverne, he dies in the line of duty saving many lives.

The Tortoise and the Harry
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8.11
9 votes

#5 - The Tortoise and the Harry

Empty Nest - Season 3 - Episode 5

When a patient is depressed after his best friend moves away, Harry gives him a pet turtle. The boy becomes more upset when the turtle dies soon after. Carol talks Barbara into taking an art class with her. Charley tries new ways to meet women.

The Mismatchmaker
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8.00
7 votes

#6 - The Mismatchmaker

Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 16

Harry tries to reconcile a friend and his wife. Barbara hires Carol to cater a police party.

Dog Day Afternoon
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8.00
4 votes

#7 - Dog Day Afternoon

Empty Nest - Season 5 - Episode 17

A small investment in a mall makes Laverne especially bossy. Carol consults an animal psychologist for help when Dreyfuss ignores her after she yells at him.

Tears of Joy
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7.92
12 votes

#8 - Tears of Joy

Grace Under Fire - Season 1 - Episode 18

Quentin is totally out of control and getting into fights at school, so Grace takes him to a child psychologist.

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Lonely Are the Brave
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7.83
6 votes

#9 - Lonely Are the Brave

Empty Nest - Season 4 - Episode 10

Just as Carol conquers her emotional problems, she becomes jealous of Barbara, who is up for a medal of honor for saving a man's life (something she did by accident). Laverne upsets Harry when she asks for a second opinion after he diagnoses her visiting niece's symptoms as allergies.

Stalked
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7.60
481 votes

#10 - Stalked

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 - Episode 8

When the body of an assistant district attorney is found raped and beaten in Central Park, Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist, a local realtor, to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.

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Chat Room
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7.52
386 votes

#11 - Chat Room

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 - Episode 18

When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Internet, the detectives set up a special sting operation but end up stepping on some highly-placed toes as Munch plays the kid to net the big fish.

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Survival Test
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7.50
2 votes

#12 - Survival Test

Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 22

Sergeant Alvina Plout takes the girls on a survival test against the men.

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Born Too Late
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7.50
2 votes

#13 - Born Too Late

Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 9

Lenny and Squiggy imagine that they are the stars in a whole series of flashback black and white silent movies.

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To Thine Own Self Be Blue ... and Gold
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7.32
347 votes

#14 - To Thine Own Self Be Blue ... and Gold

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season 5 - Episode 22

Internet dating hooks up two people with a lot in common: Hershey's Kiss (Carlton) and Brown Sugar (Hilary).

Little Man Date
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7.29
7 votes

#15 - Little Man Date

Sister, Sister - Season 4 - Episode 13

Tamera experiences public humiliation of the high-school kind when Tia sets her up with her newest beau's brother - unaware that he's a pretentious 8-year-old. Meanwhile, Lisa receives a phone call from Calvin Klein after he sees her billboard.

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What Price Glory?
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7.17
12 votes

#16 - What Price Glory?

Bosom Buddies - Season 1 - Episode 5

Kip and Henry have to compromise their morals to compete with Marty Bursky, the office boot-licker, for a prestigious new account, Dr. Bob.

Fat City Holiday
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7.14
7 votes

#17 - Fat City Holiday

Laverne & Shirley - Season 5 - Episode 3

The girls get jobs at a weight loss camp.

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Night at the Awards
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7.00
2 votes

#18 - Night at the Awards

Laverne & Shirley - Season 7 - Episode 6

When Lenny and Squiggy invade the backstage of a televised awards show, they suddenly find themselves in the middle of the stage with Joey Heatherton.

Helmut Weekend
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7.00
1 votes

#19 - Helmut Weekend

Laverne & Shirley - Season 7 - Episode 18

Squiggy's long lost father suddenly shows up and wants to spend time with his son.

The Fashion Show
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7.00
2 votes

#20 - The Fashion Show

Laverne & Shirley - Season 8 - Episode 15

Jealous of all the beautiful girls her new photographer boyfriend has to take pictures of, Laverne goes to a fashion show where he is working and ends up being one of the models in the show.

How's Your Sister?
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7.00
1 votes

#21 - How's Your Sister?

Laverne & Shirley - Season 8 - Episode 19

Squiggy's bizarre sister, Squendolyn, arrives for a visit and ends up moving in with Laverne and falling for Carmine.

Maybe Baby
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7.00
1 votes

#22 - Maybe Baby

Webster - Season 1 - Episode 15

Webster wants a baby brother or sister so he goes to George and Katherine and asks them for one.

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The Mummy's Bride
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6.75
4 votes

#23 - The Mummy's Bride

Laverne & Shirley - Season 8 - Episode 1

Shirley marries Walter Meeney.

Birthday Show
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6.56
9 votes

#24 - Birthday Show

Laverne & Shirley - Season 2 - Episode 12

While the girls are stuck at a train station in Canada, the rest of the gang is waiting for them to have a surprise party at the Pizzabowl. To pass the time they sit around and reminisce through flashbacks of scenes from previous episodes.

Sex, Lies and Mrs. Peterson
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6.50
4 votes

#25 - Sex, Lies and Mrs. Peterson

Blossom - Season 4 - Episode 24

Blossom and Anthony scheme to fix up a lonely Buzz with Anthony's cantankerous EMT partner Mrs. Peterson; meanwhile, Joey takes notes from Nick on a school project.

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Love Is the Tar Pits
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6.33
3 votes

#26 - Love Is the Tar Pits

Laverne & Shirley - Season 7 - Episode 11

Squiggy is jealous of Lenny's new girlfriend. While out at the local tarpits, Lenny sees a nice girl reading on the lawn. A guy starts to hassle her so he tells him to leave her alone. Lenny then asks her out on a date, and this starts to make Squiggy feel that he's being left out. Three weeks later Lenny and Karen are still together and Squiggy is sure that Karen is out to break Lenny and Squiggy up. Lenny and Squiggy have an argument over Karen and Lenny leaves in a huff. Later at Cowboy Bills, Lenny learns that Karen has been accepted for a university in New York and she leaves in 2 days. Lenny thinks she's breaking up with him because he's too dumb, and tells Frank he's going back to the tarpits for a last farewell. Squiggy hears this from Frank and thinks Lenny is going to kill himself. He rushes to the tarpits to find Lenny waste deep in the tar, jumps in to save his life and after a heartfelt chat Squiggy apologizes and they leave best friends again.

School Dazed
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6.25
8 votes

#27 - School Dazed

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 20

Joanie brings home one of her students in an attempt to help her with her drug problem. The student promises Joanie that she'll make changes in her life, but she immediately takes several pills after everyone has gone to bed.