The BEST episodes written by Susan Harris
#1 - Episode 1.22
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 22
Jodie and Carol plan a weekend away as "just friends." Mary commits Burt to the mental hospital. Danny tells Mary he must marry Elaine. Billy runs away from home. Benson, Chester, and Jessica take the stand in Jessica's trial.
#2 - Episode 1.20
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 20
Danny learns he must marry Elaine. Mary tells Burt of her plans to commit him. Jessica's case looks even more hopeless after she meets the prosecutor and judge.
#3 - Episode 1.14
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 14
Chester and Jessica discuss her affair with Peter. The Tates and Campbells wonder who among them is a murderer. Eunice and Congressman McCallum meet up in an airplane lavatory. Chief Tinkler arrests Corrine.
#4 - Episode 3.18
Soap - Season 3 - Episode 18
Burt announces he will run for Sheriff, and Danny wants to be Deputy. Jodie enlists Mr. Mallu's help in his fight for Wendy. Chester begs Jessica to take him back. Jessica entertains her psychologist, Dr. Posner, amidst the usual Tate insanity.
#5 - Episode 1.21
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 21
Elaine meets the kooky Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim at his mountain retreat. Mallu's assistant, Carol, invites Jodie to lunch. Jessica's murder trial begins.
#6 - Episode 1.13
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 13
"Piece of Chelief" Tinkler questions the Tates and Campbells, all of whom are suspects in Peter's grisly murder.
#7 - In a Bed of Rose's
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 15
Late one evening, Rose brings a man home and they spend the night together. However, in the morning she finds that he has passed away. Even worse, she later discovers he was married.
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#11 - Episode 1.24
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 24
Carol seduces Jodie. Mary forgives Burt. Corinne returns to the Tates. Ingrid vows to destroy the Tates. Sheriff Tinkler arrives to arrest Chester for stock fraud. The jury begins deliberating Jessica's fate.
#12 - Sick and Tired (2)
The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 2
Dorothy continues to seek medical advice and turns to Harry Weston for help. Meanwhile, Blanche goes on a writing binge resulting in a novel that is less then enthralling.
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#14 - Episode 1.8
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 8
Unable to kill Burt as ordered, Danny goes on the run as a "spy" but not before finally accepting Jodie's homosexuality and bidding a tearful goodbye to Mary. At a dinner party for Chuck and Bob, Danny makes a surprise visit that turns into "a little Tuesday night shootout."
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#15 - Episode 1.18
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 18
Father Tim bids Corinne farewell. Burt tells Mary he can make himself invisible. Chester hires high-priced attorney E. Ronald Mallu to defend Jessica. Jessica decides to skip bail and head to Rio. Claire alerts the SEC to Chester's shady business dealings.
#16 - Episode 1.15
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 15
Corrine goes to jail for killing Peter. Burt launches his own investigation. Danny decides to surprise the Godfather but must get past his daughter, Elaine, first. Ingrid Svenson arrives in Dunn's River, claiming to be Corrine's real mother.
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#17 - End of the Curse
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 1
Blanche is mortified after taking a pregnancy test which indicates she's pregnant. Then after visiting her doctor, she learns the truth, she's beginning menopause. Meanwhile, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia go into the mink breeding business.
#18 - Sick and Tired (1)
The Golden Girls - Season 5 - Episode 1
Dorothy is feeling rundown, tired all the time and has a lack of energy. She is sure she is ill, but all of the doctors she visits tell her she's fine. Meanwhile, Blanche decides to write a romance novel.
#19 - Heart Attack
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 10
After a dinner party, Sophia suffers an apparent heart attack with a heavy storm delaying the paramedics.
#20 - Break-In
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 8
After a Madonna concert, the girls arrive home to discover their house has been broken into. This leads the girls to seek out means to protect themselves, including a security system, guard dog and mace. Meanwhile, Rose becomes so paranoid that the robbers will come back she goes so far as to purchase a gun.
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#21 - Maude's Dilemma (2)
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 10
After Carol suggests an abortion, Maude begins heavy debating over the pros and cons of having a baby at her age. Walter's "what-ever-you-want" attitude has Maude having a problem deciding wheather or not to keep the baby. Ultimately, Maude takes into consideration everyone's opinion and makes a final decision, she decides not to have the baby.
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#22 - Transplant
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 4
Blanche's sister, Virginia, comes to Miami for a visit and Blanche is convinced she's after something. Later, while out to dinner, she learns just what Virginia is after, Blanche's kidney. Meanwhile, Rose and Dorothy babysit for an infant.
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#23 - Episode 1.2
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 2
Jodie tells Mary that he's planning to do a sex change. Burt finds his long-lost son.
#24 - Episode 1.3
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jessica tries to confess to Chester about her affair with Peter. Danny makes peace with Burt, only to learn that he has to kill Burt in order to escape the mob.
#25 - Episode 1.9
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 9
Jodie checks into the hospital for his sex-change operation. Dr. Medlow helps Burt overcome his guilt and his impotence. At lunch with Mary, Jessica spots Chester kissing Claire.
#26 - Episode 1.23
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 23
Walter dumps Eunice. Burt tells Mary he killed her first husband. Corinne walks out on Ingrid. Father Tim tells his mother he's leaving the priesthood. Jodie and Carol plan a weekend at the Cape. The prosecution drops a bombshell at Jessica's murder trial.
#27 - The Engagement
The Golden Girls - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the Pilot, Sophia arrives after her retirement home burns down and Blanche prepares to get married.
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#28 - Maude's Dilemma (1)
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 9
Maude and Walter are scheduled to play cards one evening with some friends but Maude is anything but in a card playing mood. Especially since, she just came back from a doctor's appointment with some shocking news. At 47 years old, Maude has become pregnant. Now the hard part, breaking the news to Walter.
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#29 - Archie and the FBI
All in the Family - Season 2 - Episode 16
Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.
#30 - Snowbound
Benson - Season 1 - Episode 7
Heavy snowfall leaves the staff stuck in a cottage in the woods.
#32 - Episode 1.17
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 17
Jessica is booked into jail. Mary realizes Burt needs psychiatric help. Elaine introduces Danny to her father. A blackmailer threatens to publish photos of Walter and Eunice. Chester hires an attorney for Jessica but is told Jessica's case is hopeless.
#35 - Whatever Happened to Keith Partridge?
The Partridge Family - Season 3 - Episode 11
A talent agent sees Keith and offers him a screen test for a Hollywood movie. He practices his scene and drives to the studio with the whole family. Keith is offered the part, and as he packs, he finds out he lost the part just that fast.
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#36 - Like Mother, Like Daughter
Maude - Season 1 - Episode 4
Carol is dating Russell Asher, a dashing writer, who just happens to have once dated and later jilted Maude. This leads Maude to do her best to warn Carol of Russell's egotistical ways. However, Carol refuses to heed Maude's warnings and continues to date him, even spending the night with him which turns into a disaster.
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#38 - Maude's Facelift (1)
Maude - Season 2 - Episode 4
At age 47 and recently divorced, Vivian begins her single career (a.k.a. husband search) by getting a face-lift; her new face receives plenty of cheers from Carol and Walter, but only jeers from Maude. This leads Vivian to state the obvious, Maude is jealous and would like a face-lift herself. Maude finally decides to have one and intends to keep it a secret from Walter until she has it done.
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#39 - Pilot
The Golden Palace - Season 1 - Episode 1
After their ex-roommate Dorothy moves away to Atlanta with her new husband, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia sell their house and decide to purchase a dilapidated hotel near the beach.
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#40 - Edith Has Jury Duty
All in the Family - Season 1 - Episode 9
Edith abandons the kitchen for the courtroom when she is chosen for jury duty.
#41 - The Claw Meets the Fonz (AKA The Godfonzer)
Happy Days - Season 6 - Episode 10
Al thinks about taking on an investment partner to create an Arnold's franchise. When Al suggests consulting an accountant and lawyer before they complete the deal, the man he's dealing with calls in his goons to threaten Al.
#42 - Episode 1.19
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 19
Mr. Mallu interviews the family in a desperate search for character witnesses in Jessica's trial. Dr. Medlow recommends that Burt be committed to a mental hospital. Jessica makes an impassioned plea to Corinne. The blackmail photos of Eunice and Walter end up in the wrong hands.
#43 - Episode 3.12
Soap - Season 3 - Episode 12
Jodie and Wendy move in with the Campbells. Chester and Jessica see a marriage counselor. Danny finds Polly. Burt gets mixed news from the doctor.
#44 - Episode 3.16
Soap - Season 3 - Episode 16
Carol pays a late-night visit to Jodie and Wendy. Jessica sees a psychiatrist who is crazier than she is. Burt learns he was the victim of computer error. Billy admits he is growing bored in his relationship with Leslie. The Tates rally to support Dutch after Eunice leaves him for another man.
#45 - Episode 3.20
Soap - Season 3 - Episode 20
At the hospital, the family anxiously awaits Jessica's diagnosis. Burt becomes Sheriff but must remove the outgoing sheriff by force. Corinne convinces Dutch to stay. Jodie finds the odds stacked against him in the custody trial.
#46 - Episode 4.10
Soap - Season 4 - Episode 11
Jessica and Chester announce their divorce. Danny reveals his love for Gwen. Jodie tells the family about his affair with Maggie. At a party for El Puerco, Danny is shot.
#47 - Aspirin at 7, Dinner at 8
The Partridge Family - Season 3 - Episode 14
Shirley has a first date with a pediatrician. At dinner, he orders the food so Shirley does not eat fat, cholesterol, salt, or other negative food items. She tries to discourage him from another date, but he is persistent.
#48 - The Modfather
The Partridge Family - Season 3 - Episode 7
Shirley's parents visit, and they try to find a hidden meaning from every sound and sentence when these are simple every day things. Soon, the Partridge family is finding faults with everything and arguing with each other.
#49 - Empty Nests
The Golden Girls - Season 2 - Episode 26
In this pilot for another series (Empty Nest, obviously the concept was retooled), the girls' friend Renee is feeling depressed and lonely with her children grown up and moved out and her husband's workaholic habits.
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#50 - Episode 1.16
Soap - Season 1 - Episode 16
Corrine learns the truth about her mother. Ingrid hires an investigator to clear Corrine. Burt becomes obsessed with finding Peter's killer. Jessica is arrested.