The BEST episodes written by Tim Maschler
#1 - Scapegoats
Knots Landing - Season 2 - Episode 8
The Fairgates find out that Michael suffers from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder). Sid hires Abby as the bookkeeper for Knots Landing Motors. Frank Kolbert and Roy Lance from "Orchid Cab Co" offer Gary a deal on cheap parts, but Sid declines, thinking it sounds illegal. Frank and Roy tell Gary they had a verbal agreement and threaten him, telling him he'd better have $50,000.00 for them by the end of the week. Abby overhears and suggests Gary ask J.R. for the money, as she read in the paper that J.R. will be in town soon.
#2 - Deadly Persuasion
Hawaii Five-O - Season 8 - Episode 16
A disturbed young man steals nerve gas to use against a visiting royal family as revenge for the death of his father.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#3 - Hit Man / The Swimmer
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 1
In "Hit Man" a desperate man hires a hit man to eliminate him, so his family can inherit his lucrative insurance money. When suddenly an unexpected sales offer comes to him, is it too late or will Johnny Detroit do him in. In "The Swimmer" Olympic swimmer Terry Summers is paralyzed in an accident and comes to the island seeking a cure.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Survival
Starsky & Hutch - Season 2 - Episode 18
After Hutch plays the key part in a successful undercover operation to nail a wanted racketeer, the captured felon hires a hit-man to prevent Hutch from testifying in court. The assassin runs him off the road and down an embankment, leaving Hutch trapped under the wreckage of his car, near death, in a desolate area, while Starsky desperately searches for his missing partner...
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#5 - The Game
Starsky & Hutch - Season 4 - Episode 2
When they blow the capture of a wanted felon, Starsky and Hutch each blame the other, and lay down a bet to see whether or not Hutch can successfully elude Starsky for a whole weekend. But the exercise in hide-and-seek becomes more than just a game when Starsky realises that Hutch has unknowingly eaten contaminated soup, and could die from the potentially lethal botulism poisoning. It's a race against time as Starsky struggles to locate Hutch to warn him, but Hutch, unawares to the poisoning, assumes it's all part of Starsky's attempts to draw him out, and dons a number of disguises in order to stay one step ahead...
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Dealer's Choice -- Blackmail
Hawaii Five-O - Season 9 - Episode 17
A hit and run incident leads Five-O to a gambling syndicate and Officer Welles's brother.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#7 - The Kidnapping
Matt Houston - Season 1 - Episode 9
The son of an Arab King is kidnapped while they're on his private plane while in flight. Later on recommendation of the his personal pilot, an old friend of Houston's, he hires Houston. The King suspects that someone on the plane brought the kidnapper on board. So while he does that, he learns that his son who was on his way for medical treatment has only a little time.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Class of '69 / The Pug
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 10
In "Class of '69" An overweight woman wishes to become thin in order to overcome her humiliation 10 years ago. And in "The Pug" Mitch Lee wishes to see his father fight for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - I Love You, Rosey Malone
Starsky & Hutch - Season 3 - Episode 4
Two Senate Investigative Committee agents want Starsky to strike up romance with a beautiful young woman he met while out jogging, in order to get close to her and extract information about her syndicate figure father. But as Starsky enters the "undercover relationship", he falls blissfully in love with the girl for real - and the two agents are manipulating them both...
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - A Bullet For El Diablo
Hawaii Five-O - Season 6 - Episode 10
A dictator must evade a female assassin sent to kill him, one that looks just like his own daughter.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#11 - Look-Alikes / The Winemaker
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 14
In "Look-Alikes" A salesman wants to trade places with someone who looks like him and leads a more exciting life. In "The Winemaker" A nun submits her wine for her financially pressed church and townspeople, hoping that first prize will be enough to keep the people and abbey afloat.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Jungle Man / Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate
Fantasy Island - Season 3 - Episode 21
In "Jungle Man" David Farley an actor who's life has been centered on the television character "Jungle Man" he created wishes to have one last adventure in that role before it's taken from him. In "Mary Ann and Miss Sophisticate" Mary Ann Karlen a ventriloquist wishes to rid herself of the tormenting split personality she shares with her puppet, Miss Sophisticate.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Lady of the Evening / The Racer
Fantasy Island - Season 1 - Episode 5
In 'Lady of the Evening' a prostitute wants to change her life and settle down but is afraid to tell her respectable fiancé. And in 'The Racer' ex-race car driver Kincaid proves to himself and his family that the crash which destroyed his career is not the reason he quit racing.
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - I'll Kill 'Em Again
Hawaii Five-O - Season 7 - Episode 3
Eddie Josephs is a paranoid schizophrenic who is carrying out murders based on old Five-O cases. McGarrett must follow his clues and catch him before more people die.
Watch Now:Apple TV#15 - Computer Killer
Hawaii Five-O - Season 7 - Episode 15
An investigation into a murder is sent off track through the modification of computer information, and Five-O must use the latest technology to rescue the case.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - Ring Of Life
Hawaii Five-O - Season 7 - Episode 18
A million dollar reward for the return of five figurines sparks off a trail of murder and theft that leads to Hawaii.
Watch Now:Apple TV#17 - Yes, My Deadly Daughter
Hawaii Five-O - Season 9 - Episode 11
When $10 million goes missing from a crimelord, the culprit seems to be dangerously close to home...
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Ready... Aim...
Hawaii Five-O - Season 9 - Episode 15
Five-O must work with a Japanese officer to find the source of handsguns that are flooding the black market in Tokyo.
Watch Now:Apple TV#19 - The Over the Hill Caper / Poof! You're a Movie Star
Fantasy Island - Season 1 - Episode 10
In "The Over-the-Hill Caper" an elderly man's fantasy is to reunite his old gang and pull off one last caper. In "Poof, You're a Movie Star" Shirley Russell wishes to become a movie star when the director demands more than she can offer.
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - Target? The Lady
Hawaii Five-O - Season 8 - Episode 5
Five-O must find a female courier who witnessed a murder before a hitman can...
Watch Now:Apple TV