The BEST episodes written by Stephen Lord
#1 - Criss-Cross
Matt Houston - Season 2 - Episode 16
Lt. Vince Novelli asks Matt to help clear his name when he is framed for stealing drugs.
Watch Now:Amazon
#2 - The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger
Ellery Queen - Season 1 - Episode 22
In the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.
Watch Now:Amazon
#3 - The Dancer / Nobody's There
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 9
In "The Dancer" a Texas millionaire sponsors the comeback of a famous ballerina, so that he can declare his love for her. And in "Nobody's There", a well-intentioned but bumbling lady private eye gets the chance to crack her first big case.
Watch Now:Amazon
#4 - Deadly Fashion
Matt Houston - Season 1 - Episode 4
When a fashion designer is murdered, the prime suspect is a model who happens to be Houston's ex. She turns to him for help. And he looks at the man's wife, his partner, and a designer.
Watch Now:Amazon
#5 - The Love Doctor / The Pleasure Palace / Possessed
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 5
In "The Love Doctor" movie actress Kim Holland seeks to become anonymous for the weekend and finds the Love Doctor instead. In "The Pleasure Palace" Gordon Hughes' attitude about his life is dramatically altered when he travels back to find his "roots" circa San Francisco 1906. In "Possessed" a very worried mother brings her suddenly cold and very changed little girl to Mr. Roarke for help.
Watch Now:Amazon
#7 - Cold, Hard Cash
Ironside - Season 6 - Episode 14
When the team gets word of a kidnap plot, Ed goes undercover as the wheel man; but he soon finds himself battling with a fellow gang member who wants the victim dead, and is happy to kill Ed too if he gets in the way. Meanwhile the Chief struggles to gain the trust of the victim's mother, a film star whose head is being kept firmly in the clouds by her manager.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Blood Money
Matt Houston - Season 3 - Episode 10
An old high school friend of Matt's is unaware she is being used as a decoy when she asks for his help to find her boyfriend.
Watch Now:Amazon
#9 - Shadow Assassin
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - Season 1 - Episode 3
Caine helps author Elliott Cooper,who has been marked for death for writing a book about Shadow Assassins, men who can kill you with their thoughts.
Watch Now:Amazon
#11 - Vigilante
CHiPs - Season 4 - Episode 19
Ponch and Jon investigate a mysterious vandal harassing Getraer and his family. They also have to get a handle on a local community patrol operation. One of its members has become a vigilante, using excessive force while trying to fight crime in remembrance of his son who was run down by a drunk driver.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#12 - The Christmas Story
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 14
On a cold Christmas Eve, hungry Boonesborough awaits the birth of an Indian child who could reconcile two tribes.
Watch Now:Amazon
#13 - Specimen: Unknown
The Outer Limits - Season 1 - Episode 22
The crew aboard a space station investigates the death of a young lieutenant and uncovers a strange and deadly new life form.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#15 - Luthor Unleashed
The Adventures of Superboy (1988) - Season 1 - Episode 26
Luthor steals a powerful weapon developed by the army and prepares to sell it to weapon dealers. Later, while Luthor is working in the Shuster laboratory he causes an explosion and Superboy saves him by blowing the chemical fumes out of the building. The fumes kill Lex's hair and cause him to go bald and now Luthor's hatred for Superboy is greater than ever. He prepares to sell the weapon to anyone who can kill Superboy and three assassins try their best, but are defeated by Superboy. Meanwhile, Lex's hatred for Superboy has grown and led him to a change...
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Delphine / The Unkillable
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 20
In "Delphine" Mr. Roarke's god-daughter Delphine comes to him for help in solving a most unusual problem. And in "The Unkillable" a scientist and his assistant make a scientific discovery that threatens to cost them both their lives.
#17 - I, the People
Ironside - Season 2 - Episode 7
An obnoxious talk show host known as ""The Peoples' Voice"" begins to receive death threats, and the Chief is assigned to protect him. Firstly he must overcome his own feelings of dislike for the man, but are those feelings entirely misplaced? Events escalate when the host's wife is killed by a car bomb apparently meant for her husband.
Watch Now:Amazon
#19 - Aphrodite / Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 18
In "Aphrodite" Professor Blair risks his sanity and his life when he goes after the woman of perfect beauty. And in "Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde" Dr. Griffin, a drab and unfeminine lady psychiatrist makes a shocking discovery about her own nature and instincts.
#20 - Keeper of the Purple Twilight
The Outer Limits - Season 2 - Episode 12
An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#22 - My Fair Pharaoh / The Power
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 22
In "My Fair Pharaoh" Lucy Atwell travels in time to ancient Egypt and poses as Cleopatra, only to find her life in grave danger. And in "The Power" Fred Webster wishes to assert more control over his life, is given the tricky power of telekinesis.
#23 - Daughter of the Devil
Daniel Boone - Season 1 - Episode 27
Superstition runs rampant in Boonesborough when two mysterious travelers arrive and are followed by the appearance of a deadly panther.
#24 - Seminole Territory
Daniel Boone - Season 2 - Episode 17
After Seminoles hail him a god, a magician lets his power go to his head; guests Diane Ladd, Leonard Nimoy.
#25 - The Heritage
The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 7
A Shoshone Indian girl return from the East after receiving an education. She is unsure if she want to rejoin her tribe and seeks advice and help from the Graingers. Her tribe is facing threats from a land-greedy cattleman.
#26 - Demon in Lace
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Season 1 - Episode 16
On a college campus, young men are dying of heart attacks. According to witnesses, they are last seen with young women who apparently died shortly before meeting the men. When Kolchak investigates, he finds that the men were associated with Professor Spate, who is researching an ancient Middle East tablet, and that a series of similar deaths plagued his expedition to recover the tablet. The tablet is tied to a supernatural creature known as a succubus, who possesses young women at the moment of their death and then reveals her true visage to men, frightening them to death and feeding upon their energies. Kolchak must destroy the tablet to destroy the succubus once and for all.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#27 - The Strange One
Bonanza - Season 7 - Episode 10
Hoss and Joe find a woman abandoned by a wagon train because her gift of prophecy is considered a curse. "Wouldn't it be wonderful," says Ben, "if eveybody made a real effort to understand whatever's strange and unfamiliar rather to fear it and try to destroy it?"
#28 - Man-Beast / Ole Island Oprey
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 23
In "Man-Beast" David Tabori has horrifying and recurring nightmares, discovers he is actually some kind of monster. And in "Ole Island Oprey" a man wishes for his daughter to become an Oprey singer turns out to be quite different from those of her own.
#29 - Melanie
The Virginian - Season 5 - Episode 22
An old and successful friend and his daughter from Chicago visit the Graingers. John is surprised when he learns they want to stay in the area. The high society daughter falls in love with Trampas who doesn't know about her secret illness.