The BEST episodes written by Sally Lapiduss

Mascot Love
star
8.50
150 votes

#1 - Mascot Love

Hannah Montana - Season 1 - Episode 8

Lilly decides to be a cheerleader with Miley in order to spend more time together, but they end up doing the opposite when Miley ends up being the team mascot. Meanwhile, in order to get some money from his father Robbie, Jackson willingly volunteers to unclog the sink for him. However, it's not as easy as he thinks.

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Cattle Calls & Scary Walls
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8.40
98 votes

#2 - Cattle Calls & Scary Walls

Jessie - Season 1 - Episode 24

Jessie decides to pursue acting, so she auditions for a TV show.

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The Billionaire
star
8.32
203 votes

#3 - The Billionaire

Mad About You - Season 1 - Episode 17

An extremely energetic and eccentric billionaire wants Paul to make a film about him. Meanwhile, Paul hires a new editor/cameraman who is anything but energetic.

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Your Feets Too Big
star
8.23
350 votes

#4 - Your Feets Too Big

The Nanny - Season 3 - Episode 20

When Sylvia decides to have plastic surgery on her arms, the doctor tells her it's normal at a certain age for body parts to grow. Fran's feet modeling agency reunion is coming up, and Fran starts to freak out about her age and the fact that her feet have gone up a whole size. Luckily, she has Mr. Sheffield, who volunteers to escort her to the reunion.

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Tempest in a Teacup
star
8.09
72 votes

#5 - Tempest in a Teacup

Jessie - Season 1 - Episode 20

Emma and Zuri plan a romantic mystery-filled fifth first date for Jessie and Tony. Meanwhile, Ravi, Cameron and Bertram get stuck in a giant teacup on a billboard, after their failed attempt to rescue Ravi’s toy helicopter.

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Val's Apartment
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8.06
319 votes

#6 - Val's Apartment

The Nanny - Season 3 - Episode 5

Feeling that taking care of the kids has taken over her life and eliminated her personal life, Fran thinks about moving out of the mansion. But the real push is given by Mr. Sheffield who assures her she can't do it. So Fran and Val move in together to a very small apartment in a building full of gay men. Fran misses the mansion but doesn't want to give Mr. Sheffield the pleasure of being right. What she doesn't know is that he is also dying for her to come back. So they secretly ask for Sylvia's help, and Fran finally moves back to the mansion.

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Happy Anniversary
star
8.05
200 votes

#7 - Happy Anniversary

Mad About You - Season 1 - Episode 22

At the Buchmans' first anniversary party, love blossoms between Warren and Connie, while Paul tries to turn back the clock. However, there is no love between the now separated Fran and Mark.

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The Ghostest with the Mostest
star
8.03
108 votes

#8 - The Ghostest with the Mostest

Jessie - Season 4 - Episode 18

Stuart tells the Ross kids about a ghost named Abigail while trick-or-treating; Jessie attends a masquerade and meets a boy.

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Where's Fran?
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8.02
277 votes

#9 - Where's Fran?

The Nanny - Season 3 - Episode 16

When Fran gets Maggie smoking with her boyfriend, she pretends to smoke to Mr. Sheffield can teach her a lesson in front of Maggie, so she doesn't have to tell on Maggie and lose her trust. But Mr. Sheffield exceeds himself a little too much which results in Fran leaving the house. After a few hours of wondering where she is (and remembering all the unique situations they all have been since Fran entered the house), Mr. Sheffield finds her at Roger Clinton's, where Fran pretends to have an offer from Hillary just to Mr. Sheffield would beg her to come home.

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Deep Throat
star
8.01
358 votes

#10 - Deep Throat

The Nanny - Season 1 - Episode 15

Fran gets sick and has to have her tonsils removed.

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Love Among the Tiles
star
8.00
170 votes

#11 - Love Among the Tiles

Mad About You - Season 1 - Episode 16

What should a couple do when trapped in their bathroom on Valentine's Day? Paul and Jamie show the way--painting toenails, giving mutual facials, and using antacid tablets as food and more.

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The Kid Whisperer
star
7.99
86 votes

#12 - The Kid Whisperer

Jessie - Season 1 - Episode 15

Jessie thinks Luke needs strict discipline to keep him from misbehaving and enlists the help of fellow nanny, Samantha, who winds up being a dog nanny. Meanwhile, the kids break into Bertram’s cluttered room and Jessie makes them help clean it up after all of it fell and turned into a huge pile of Bertram's things which Ravi gets stuck in.

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O Say, Can You Remember the Words?
star
7.98
122 votes

#13 - O Say, Can You Remember the Words?

Hannah Montana - Season 1 - Episode 10

Frustrated by Oliver's stage fright, Miley vents to her dad that she doesn't want to help him with their upcoming drama class performance anymore, which a dismayed Oliver accidentally overhears. Miley gets a taste of what Oliver goes through, when Hannah Montana forgets the words to the National Anthem while singing at a televised Laker's game. Jackson's boss pays him to get rid of sugar addict Rico's candy stash after a bad trip to the dentist. He manages to get Rico off the goodies, but Jackson becomes even more addicted to sweets than Rico.

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Bye Bye Bertie
star
7.93
88 votes

#14 - Bye Bye Bertie

Jessie - Season 4 - Episode 10

Bertram has had enough, so decides to quit and to go work for Mrs. Chesterfield. Meanwhile, the Ross family hires a new butler, Roger, who takes his job very seriously.

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Imaginary Friend
star
7.88
450 votes

#15 - Imaginary Friend

The Nanny - Season 1 - Episode 7

Grace, the youngest, has invented an imaginary friend, Imogene. One day Grace accuses Fran of having accidentally killed her dear friend!

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Teacher's Pest
star
7.88
73 votes

#16 - Teacher's Pest

Jessie - Season 2 - Episode 9

Zuri is having problems with a teacher at school, so Jessie volunteers in her classroom so she can assess the situation.

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Good Golly, Miss Dolly
star
7.81
81 votes

#17 - Good Golly, Miss Dolly

Hannah Montana - Season 1 - Episode 16

Good golly! Miley's tells her visiting godmother, Aunt Dolly, all about her crush on Jake. Unfortunately, Aunt Dolly accidentally videotaped her confession and the tape is now in Jake's hands. Aunt Dolly, Miley, and Lilly hatch a plan to get it back before Jake can watch it. Robbie and Jackson find that it's hard to resist Aunt Dolly's attempts to add her "special touch" to every aspect of their lives.

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101 Lizards
star
7.77
96 votes

#18 - 101 Lizards

Jessie - Season 2 - Episode 4

Ravi mistakenly fears his pet lizards will be made into fashion accessories.

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What's Up, Hollywood?
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7.75
135 votes

#19 - What's Up, Hollywood?

Titus - Season 2 - Episode 4

Titus is shocked and surprised when Papa Titus says...he did a good job on the new truck he's built for his dad.

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Make New Friends But Hide the Old
star
7.71
108 votes

#20 - Make New Friends But Hide the Old

Jessie - Season 2 - Episode 3

Luke takes Kenny the Koala to the first day of school. When it gets loose, Ravi says it's his to cover for Luke and is made fun of. On Emma's first day of high school she meets an interesting new friend, Rosie.

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World Wide Web of Lies
star
7.67
88 votes

#21 - World Wide Web of Lies

Jessie - Season 1 - Episode 14

Jessie competes with another nanny named Agatha who forbids her from taking the Ross kids to Central Park. She ends up putting pictures of Jessie online that makes her look like a bad nanny.

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A Star Is Unborn
star
7.63
330 votes

#22 - A Star Is Unborn

The Nanny - Season 2 - Episode 7

Fran gets the part of Juliet in a Broadway production of "Romeo and Juliet".

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Dance, Dance, Resolution
star
7.63
91 votes

#23 - Dance, Dance, Resolution

Jessie - Season 4 - Episode 14

It’s school dance time, and the Ross family pulls out all of the stops to score dates. Meanwhile, Jessie helps Bertram prepare for his first solo at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Zuri's New Old Friend
star
7.62
145 votes

#24 - Zuri's New Old Friend

Jessie - Season 1 - Episode 6

Jessie gets worried that Zuri may have imaginary friends her whole life, so she tries to find her an actual friend at the park. Zuri meets Nana Banana, a former clown with a colorful personality, but Zuri begins to favor Nana Banana over Jessie. Jealous, Jessie throws Nana Banana out after a banana peel is left on the stairs, which upsets Zuri. Meanwhile, Mr. Kipling falls in love with a plastic toy animal at the park, so Luke, Emma and Ravi rob it from the park, while trying to avoid Ranger Bill, the park security guard. When they accidentally break the toy and try to return it to the park, they are caught. However, Nana Banana saves them from getting in trouble, which makes Jessie realize her mistake and apologize to Nana Banana, leading to all of them becoming friends.

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Dave Moves Out
star
7.57
130 votes

#25 - Dave Moves Out

Titus - Season 1 - Episode 3

Titus explains that screwed-up people need translators to communicate with the ""normal"" people, because expressions of dysfunctional love come in odd forms. Case in point: Ken has Dave thrown in jail for grand theft because he took the VCR. Ken didn't know Dave was moving out until all of his son's stuff was gone. So, Titus explains, by having Dave arrested, Ken was just saying how empty the house would feel without him. At the police station, Ken discovers that it was Titus who told Dave to secretly move. Titus is proud of his achievement and admits to packing up the truck with Dave's stuff--and Ken's VCR. As an expression of pride in his eldest son, Ken has Titus arrested as an accomplice! Finally, Erin arrives and gets Ken to drop all charges. Then she realizes that with Dave out of the house, Ken will have more time to spend with her and Titus. Titus tries to snowball Dave with a story about how their dad is dying and needs company. Not until Titus promises Dave a new DVD player a

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Do the Right Thing
star
7.46
121 votes

#26 - Do the Right Thing

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 16

Carl finds a diamond bracelet and wrestles with doing the right thing, as does Steve, who holds in his hands the academic fate of his romantic rival Todd, who needs Steve's tutoring skills.

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They've Got a Secret
star
7.46
1470 votes

#27 - They've Got a Secret

Farscape - Season 1 - Episode 10

During routine searches for Peacekeeper beacons, D'Argo falls down a chute, destroys a Peacekeeper shield and gets ejected into open space. After being rescued D'Argo starts to think that everyone on Moya are members of his family. Moya, meanwhile, starts to alter the environmental conditions inside the ship so that it is hardly habitable for the crew. .

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Pizza Parlor Protest
star
7.45
11 votes

#28 - Pizza Parlor Protest

Charles in Charge - Season 2 - Episode 9

Sid's Pizza Parlor, that wondrous emporium that provides Charles a nourishing home away from home, in "Charles in Charge," is under attack. It seems the college owns the land the hangout stands on, and they are reclaiming it for a parking lot. This means Charles' favorite meeting place for dates and other occasions is about to be banished, forever. Charles turns to his adoptive family, the Powells, for assistance. Jamie is studying amateur psychiatry and Sarah is studying amateur journalism for a school project, so they feel there is deeper meaning, and a lot of unrevealed facts to this whole dilemma. Buddy thinks it's a plot, but he's not sure whose. Walter Powell thinks they all ought to improve their diet by eating on board ship. . . any ship. So in true motherly fashion, Ellen Powell gets out the placards and begins writing protest legends on them.

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Token Friend
star
7.45
207 votes

#29 - Token Friend

Mad About You - Season 1 - Episode 7

Paul is suddenly reluctant to use the subway because a former fellow film school student turns up as the token clerk at his station.

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The Big Fix
star
7.42
151 votes

#30 - The Big Fix

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 17

Eddie persuades Laura to date a guy he's indebted to.

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Episode 27
star
7.39
103 votes

#31 - Episode 27

Titus - Season 2 - Episode 12

Ken Titus and his bride-to-be take their families out to celebrate, but after Kat taunts Titus, he's forced to pull out the video tape of Ken caught drunken-driving and things go downhill from there.

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My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna Be Trouble
star
7.32
121 votes

#32 - My Boyfriend's Jackson and There's Gonna Be Trouble

Hannah Montana - Season 1 - Episode 21

A sneaky photographer takes a picture of Hannah and Jackson, causing everyone to think that Jackson and Hannah are a couple. Meanwhile, Oliver has a school assignment with Sarah and he finds himself liking her.

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Marriage 101
star
7.30
194 votes

#33 - Marriage 101

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 3

For a class project, Laura is "married" to Steve for a day. Meanwhile, one of Carl's sergeants casts his eye on Rachel.

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Why Do Foils Fall in Love?
star
7.30
65 votes

#34 - Why Do Foils Fall in Love?

Jessie - Season 2 - Episode 15

Jessie decides to write Tony a sweet song for their first anniversary, but when he forgets their special day she composes an angry ballad instead that goes viral. Meanwhile, Luke tries to help build Ravi's self-esteem.

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Rachel's First Date
star
7.27
244 votes

#35 - Rachel's First Date

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 4

The Winslows finally get to be alone together when Rachel accepts a date with a man from the church choir.

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Debt It Be
star
7.24
86 votes

#36 - Debt It Be

Hannah Montana - Season 1 - Episode 20

After Miley charges a wild shopping spree to her emergency credit card, she begs Jackson to help her pay it off before Robbie finds out. Jackson hatches a plan to auction off Hannah's old clothes and a fake pair of sapphire earrings given to her for a video shoot. The siblings manage to raise the money to cover her debt and she thinks that they are home free. That is until Robbie tells them that the jeweler wants the sapphire earrings back, because they mistakenly gave Hannah the real pair instead of the fake ones.

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Cousin Urkel
star
7.23
154 votes

#37 - Cousin Urkel

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 8

Steve's cousin from Biloxi sets out to sweep Eddie off his feet.

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Beauty Contest
star
7.23
53 votes

#38 - Beauty Contest

Step by Step - Season 1 - Episode 22

Carol and Karen enter a mother-daughter beauty contest.

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Private Dave
star
7.20
74 votes

#39 - Private Dave

Titus - Season 2 - Episode 20

Titus tries to undo what he sees as damage when Dave's response to a Dear John letter is to join the Army.

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I, E.T.
star
7.20
1454 votes

#40 - I, E.T.

Farscape - Season 1 - Episode 7

A peacekeeper beacon goes off and Moya has to land on an alien planet to prevent it's signal being intercepted and Moya being discovered. Crichton, D'Argo and Aeryn leave Moya and explore the planet in search of a substance that can be used to numb Moya's senses so the beacon can be removed. Crichton gets separated from the group and meets up with some inhabitants of the planet who hide him from the authorities.

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Senior Ditch Day
star
7.20
32 votes

#41 - Senior Ditch Day

The Suite Life on Deck - Season 3 - Episode 12

London and Woody go to a posh beach club for senior ditch day, but when the bouncer won't let Woody in, London and Zack go without him. Meanwhile, in an effort to keep their perfect attendance records, Bailey and Cody show up for class, which annoys Ms. Tutweiller who was looking forward to her day off.

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Take This Job and Love It
star
7.06
86 votes

#42 - Take This Job and Love It

Hannah Montana - Season 2 - Episode 8

Roxy's overprotecting nature causes her to ruin Miley's date, so Miley convinces her to take up a security job working for the President of the United States. Jackson pretends to be a professional motocross racer to impress a girl

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The Science Project
star
7.05
124 votes

#43 - The Science Project

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 10

Everyone vies to be partners with budding scientist Steve, who teams up with Laura for a science project - an A-bomb.

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Three Strikes
star
7.03
35 votes

#44 - Three Strikes

Ellen - Season 2 - Episode 21

Ellen joins an animal rights group, gets thrown in jail and winds up in the custody of her parents.

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The Good the Bad and the Urkel
star
6.94
135 votes

#45 - The Good the Bad and the Urkel

Family Matters - Season 2 - Episode 24

In a dream, Carl and Steve duel over a compost heap as Old West characters Carl and Two-Gun Urkel - the most annoying gunslinger in the West.

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Stake-Out
star
6.93
167 votes

#46 - Stake-Out

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 9

After Carl is on an all-night stakeout with his attractive new partner, Harriette finds a room key to Louie's Love Grotto in his pocket.

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Shannon's Song
star
6.72
71 votes

#47 - Shannon's Song

Titus - Season 3 - Episode 4

Titus' ""perfect"" sister Shannon arrives, upstaging Christopher at every opportunity.

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So You Think You Can Date?
star
6.63
72 votes

#48 - So You Think You Can Date?

The Suite Life on Deck - Season 3 - Episode 3

The Seven Seas High dance is coming up. Having broke up, Cody and Bailey lie about having dates to the dance, so they quickly try to find a backup date to backup their lie. Now the pressure is on to see who has the best game. Meanwhile, Woody is tired of Tutweiller and Moseby arguing about who should get the skydeck for the school dance, so he makes them share the skydeck. It is revealed though flashback that Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiler's interest in the Middle Ages and 1980s, respectively, comes from the tribulations they endured as outcasts in their youth. Through understanding, Mr. Moseby convinces Emma that they both have become successful adults and have overcome their painful pasts.

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