The BEST episodes written by Ruth Bennett
#1 - Engine Trouble
Family Ties - Season 4 - Episode 17
Elyse enrolls in an auto mechanics class to prove Alex and Steven that women can be just as competent with cars as men, but to protect his own masculinity, Alex joins the class to prove her wrong.
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#2 - Say Uncle
Family Ties - Season 2 - Episode 14
Alex discovers that his idol, young Uncle Ned, has a serious drinking problem when the bright, but ill-fated corporate whiz kid returns for a visit after losing another job.
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#3 - You Can't Twin
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 5 - Episode 4
While attending an Other Realm amusement park, Sabrina runs into her shifty evil twin, Katrina, who's set on sabotaging Sabrina's life.
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#4 - The Old College Try
Family Ties - Season 4 - Episode 6
When Mallory informs her parents that she has no intention of going to college after graduation, they are sure she is being influenced by her boyfriend, Nick, a high school dropout. Elyse is crushed by Mallory's decision to forego a college education, and Mallory turns to Nick for support.
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#5 - Sabrina's New Roommate
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 5 - Episode 13
When Sabrina reluctantly takes in Zelda for a few days while Hilda's on a home remodeling binge, Sabrina and her roommates try to loosen up the tightly wound Zelda.
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#6 - You've Got a Friend
Family Ties - Season 4 - Episode 11
Mallory begins to feel severe guilt after reporting a young girl to the police for shoplifting, especially when he learns that the girl is from a home for abused children. Mallory visits Jessie at the home but is suspicious of the girl's intentions. Nick warns Mallory that she can't change Jessie overnight, but Mallory is sure that she can at least be a good influence.
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#7 - Family Un-Ties
Home Improvement - Season 6 - Episode 22
Jill wants to spend quality time with the family, but the guys take her to the hardware expo.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 10
After learning that Laverne fears for his safety, Sonny quits his job as a stuntman and takes a job selling insurance.
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#9 - Al's Video
Home Improvement - Season 6 - Episode 5
When Al is the producer of a video, he selects Tim to direct, until Tim gets too bossy. Jill gets a computer.
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#10 - Stage Fright (a.k.a.) Video Jitters
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 21
While gearing up to face the TV cameras as captain of his high school's team on "Quiz Off," Alex panics at first when a teammate drops out. He then launches a major tutoring program for his sister Mallory.
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#11 - Help Wanted
Family Ties - Season 3 - Episode 12
Because of Elyse's pregnancy, the family decides to get a housekeeper, so Alex hires the lovely Karen Nicholson, a totally incompetent young lady whom the family immediately adores but Steven insists she must be fired. Despite the fact that Karen has no domestic skills and is rapidly destroying every appliance in the house, the kids love her and Steven has a difficult time trying to fire her.
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#12 - No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 8
To the dismay of the Keaton children and their equally conservative grandparents,Steven and Elyse take time out Thanksgiving Day to attend an anti-nuke rally and wind up spending the holiday in jail.
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#13 - Oh, Brother
Home Improvement - Season 5 - Episode 13
When Tim hires Marty to rebuild the Tool Time set it puts their friendship on the line.
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#14 - Her Cheatin' Mind
Home Improvement - Season 5 - Episode 3
After Tim becomes threatened by one of Jill's classmates, he joins her book club.
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#15 - The Bud Bowl
Home Improvement - Season 5 - Episode 20
When Tim and Jill go bowling with Bud and his wife, Tim tells Jill to lose because he's afraid his career will be ruined if they beat Bud and his wife. Meanwhile, Angela, Brad's girlfriend, sets her sister up with Randy.
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#16 - Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger
Family Ties - Season 3 - Episode 11
Alex plays Cupid to help his shy pal Skippy get together with Jane, the girl of his dreams, but his good intentions goes awry when the girl falls for him instead. When Skippy and Mallory find Alex locked in a passionate embrace with Jane, Skippy accuses him of stealing his girl.
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#17 - High School Confidential
Family Ties - Season 5 - Episode 10
Nick faces a serious dilemma when he learns that to teach an art class he must have a high school diploma. Mallory volunteers to tutor him, but it takes the skills of another Keaton to help him prepare for his final exam. When Mallory fails to make Nick understand grammar, Alex finds a unique way to help him grasp the basics.
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#18 - Ready or Not
Family Ties - Season 2 - Episode 16
Mallory turns to Alex for some advice when she begins to fear she'll lose her new boyfriend unless she agrees to his pleas for a more "adult" romance. Sixteen-year-old Mallory and eighteen-year-old Rick seem to have a special romance, and she fears that she'll ruin it unless she gives in to his request to enter a new phase of the relationship. Mallory becomes burdened with the question of what is the "right time" for the "first time".
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#19 - Thin Ice
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 6 - Episode 6
Sabrina faces the wrath of Zeus when she uses her magical powers to help her ex-boyfriend Harvey afterhe gets a hockey injury and needs help, so Sabrina goes to Mercury to get the god's special ice skates. But Sabrina has to pay the deity back when Harvey's coach has the skates bronzed to celebrate the team's victory.
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#20 - Big Brother is Watching
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 7
As the new editor of his school paper, Alex uncovers a cheating scandal and to everyone's chagrin prints a list of students who were caught - including his sister Mallory. Alex aims to inaugurate a hard-hitting investigative approach in the Harding Hurray, and the hushed-up fact that 27 students were caught buying copies of the algebra final is just the story to cause a stir. The result of his expose is more than he bargained for, and he must face the wrath of his teachers, classmates and sister Mallory, whose explanation for her actions surprises the whole family.
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#21 - French Lessons
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 17
Mallory's handsome but shy French tutor, Jeff, finally musters up the nerve to ask her out and then courts disaster by enlistening Alex's advice on how to behave on the date.
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#23 - Baby Boy Doe
Family Ties - Season 2 - Episode 19
When Alex's pal Skippy discovers he's adopted, Alex helps him cope with the shocking news and accompanies the nervous teenager on a memorable meeting with his real mother.
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#24 - Here We Go Again
Family Ties - Season 3 - Episode 2
The news that their mother is pregnant sends the three Keaton kids into an angry outburst resulting in a family battle. The children react with panic and outrage at the though of having a baby around, and the Keaton household is in turmoil while Elyse tries to make them see the brighter side of the situation.
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#25 - The Competition
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Season 6 - Episode 17
Sabrina gets offended when Josh says that women can't play tennis as well as men, so she enlists tennis superstar Andy Roddick for lessons and juices up with a witch's potion that sends her competitive streak out of control. Meanwhile, Hilda and Zelda reluctantly coach Sabrina's mischievous cousin Amanda for her witch's license test.
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#26 - The Graduate
Family Ties - Season 2 - Episode 20
Alex is so sure that he will be named valedictorian of his class that he can't cope with the thought of being defeated by a girl especially his girl so his budding romance with Rachel is threatened when she wins the honor. The dismayed and shattered Alex, who even memorized his valedictory speech, feels cheated out of an honor he felt was his destiny all thru high school and he precedes to sabotage his relationship with Rachel.
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Laverne & Shirley - Season 6 - Episode 4
In order to pay Shirley back some of the money she owes her, Laverne agrees to be the target in Sonny's knife throwing act at Cowboy Bill's grand opening. When Sonny breaks his arm and is unable to do the act, Shirley takes over throwing the knives at Laverne, which makes Laverne extremely nervous since she knows that Shirley is already upset with her.
#28 - Lost Weekend
Family Ties - Season 3 - Episode 10
Steven and Elyse plan a nostalgic weekend with the kids before the baby arrives, and are crushed to discover that the children are not at all interested in reminiscing about old times, they'd rather be with their friends. Elyse's camping trip with Mallory and Jennifer is cut short when she realizes that the girls are bored to death, while Steven's plans to spend time with Alex at home are crushed when his son leaves on a date.
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#29 - Have Gun, Will Unravel
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 10
The Keatons are burglarized, and a terrified Steven and Elyse wrestle with the previously unthinkable notion of buying a gun for protection. As pacifists, Steven and Elyse have always hated guns. However, the burglary and a discouraging neighborhood-watch meeting make them begin to see things in a different light. After a reluctant trip to the the sporting goods store, they emerge with a weapon they hope to put out of sight forever. That evening though, a bump in the nite and the sound of breaking glass force them to face the threat - one way or another.
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#30 - Suzanne Takes You Down
Family Ties - Season 1 - Episode 19
Soon after free lance architect Elyse Keaton hires her friend Suzanne Davis to handle clerical chores, she wants to fire the under-qualified, overly aggressive secretary, but Suzanne's marriage breaks up, making the new job her only salvation. After 20 years as a housewife, Suzanne feels she lacks an identity outside the home. Swamped with paperwork, Elyse decides to solve that problem while easing her friend's mid-life crisis. Unfortunately Suzanne's take-charge approach to business throws a wrench into Elyse's client dealings and threatens to ruin the women's friendship. On the brink of firing Suzanne, the frustrated Elyse faces a terrible dilemma when Ron Davis decides he "needs space" and leaves his wife.
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