The BEST episodes written by Shelly Landau
#1 - Ben's Movie
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 25
Ben casts a girl he likes as the lead in his home movie.
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#3 - The Kissing Game
Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 23
JT, Al, and Dana are having problems finding some privacy, when JT comes up with the idea to use Carol's new salon as a place for privacy. He, also, sells the key to some friends for the same purpose. They all want the salon at once though, so they end up just having a party. Carol tries to set up Jean-Luc with Julie. Jean-Luc messes up the barbeque and their clothes. He even sets his pants on fire. When he changes into Frank's clothes, He and Frank have a talk and Jean-Luc realizes if he wants to find the perfect one (like Carol is for Frank), he has to try. Frank and Carol go to get some take out while Jean-Luc and Julie stay and get to know each other. The restaurant Frank and Carol go to, happens to be right next to the salon, where they find a big party.
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#5 - Just Looking
Ally McBeal - Season 2 - Episode 8
Cage and Fish go undercover at Ling's mud-wrestling club; Ally gets stuck in the unisex toilet; and Georgia finds herself attracted to a man she once dated.
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#9 - Weekend at Mike's
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 24
With Jason's wallet missing, the Seavers must rely on others to provide them with room and board while their house is being fumigated.
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#10 - Ben's Sure Thing
Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 5
At the school's Parents Night, the Seavers learn Ben's been telling his friends that the girl he's dating is promiscuous.
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Step by Step - Season 7 - Episode 16
Frank acquires two tickets to the Bucks-Bulls game. He invites JT to go with him. They really enjoy the first half, but then a guy with a huge ""Yosimite Sam"" hat sits down right in front of JT. Frank agrees to switch seats with JT. Immediately following the switch, the seat JT is now is drawn and JT wins a brand new truck. Frank and JT spend two days arguing over who should get the truck. Finally, Carol arranges for them to meet a friend of hers who is a judge. Just before the judge rules Carol makes a speech on how their friendship should take precedence. They decide she is right and decide to sell the truck and split the profits. Karen and Al have no interest in Dana's self protection class-- until they see the instructor, that is. Upon seeing him, both girls attempt to win his heart, argue over him, and threaten each other's lives. A week after the class is over, both girls call 911 to have the instructor refresh their memory on a self-defense tip.
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#12 - I.Q.
The Facts of Life - Season 1 - Episode 4
Tootie comes across a paper listing the girls' I.Q. scores. Nancy scored highest and Sue Ann lowest, which puts extra pressure on them just before midterm exams.
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#13 - The Return of the Triangle
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 15
David turns to Mike for help with Kate.
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#14 - Viva Las Vegas
Growing Pains - Season 6 - Episode 24
Mike and Kate accompany the eloping Eddie and a hat-check bimbette to Las Vegas, giving Mike and Carol the wrong idea.
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#16 - The "L" Word
Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 5
Frank and Jean Luc go camping to do a little ""Male-Bonding"". Frank tells Jean Luc not to tell anyone he's a contractor, beccause he doesn't want everyone asking him to fix this and that.So Jean Luc tells the couple next door there certainly not hairstylists,but there brain Surgeons.Turns out the lady is pregnant and she goes into labor just as her husband goes fishing.So Frank and Jean Luc have to deliver the baby. Meanwhile, back at home Dana begins to question her relationship with Rich when an old friend from high school, now attending Harvard, tries to woo her away. Rich gets jealous and forbids her to see him,which only makes Dana laugh.She then accepts an invitation to go with her friend for the weekend to visit the Harvard campus.Rich shows up and things get crazy.
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#17 - The Triangle
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 14
Mike falls for his leading lady.
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Step by Step - Season 6 - Episode 13
Al's in for a disappointment when she discovers that her blind date is overweight-- and carrying an even heavier chip on his shoulder. Meanwhile, Carol's ""worry meter"" jumps off the scale when Dana, Rich, JT, and Sam check into a Chicago Hotel unsupervised.
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#19 - The New Deal (1)
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 8
Jason gets a promising job offer.
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#20 - The Squatter
Diff'rent Strokes - Season 4 - Episode 15
Drummond learns the hard way that converting apartments into condominiums can mean hurting lots of innocent people when he becomes the unsuspecting "victim" of an eccentric tenant he's displacing.
#21 - The New Deal (2)
Growing Pains - Season 5 - Episode 9
Jason can't tell Maggie about the job offer.
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