The BEST episodes written by Tom Swale
#1 - In the Hart of the Night
Hart to Hart - Season 4 - Episode 8
Jonathan and Jennifer try to help a king save his culture's golden statue after it is stolen by the king's assistants.
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Hart to Hart - Season 3 - Episode 7
The Harts new musical investment (singer Lorene)is beginning an International tour. The singer's husband Jesse, a jewel thief, has a costume made for her that sparkles with diamonds. The outfit is loaned to Jennifer and Lorene's husband is desperate to retrieve it.
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The Fall Guy - Season 2 - Episode 8
When Colt is sent in to investigate a criminal at a roller derby team, Jody is persuaded to go undercover and join the skating stars to try and root out the real culprit.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - The Ghoul, the Bat and the Ugly
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 1 - Episode 12
The gang attend the Batty Awards to screen the best horror film of the year. Too bad the Shadow Creature has to shred the film to pieces giving the gang yet another mystery to solve, when all they wanted to do was sit back, relax and munch down on some pop corn.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - The Musician
Land of the Lost - Season 2 - Episode 11
While searching the temple in the Lost City, Holly gets a ring stuck on her finger and Cha-Ka unwittingly awakens the Builder.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - The Demon of the Dugout
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 1 - Episode 7
The Scooby-Doo gang investigate the appearance of the Dragon Beast at a baseball game.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Stow-Aways
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 6
Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy mistake a boat for a floating restaurant. Once abord, they realize their mistake and spend the rest of the cruise avoiding an angry first mate who hates stowaways. To escape this dude, they use a broken lifeboat as a water ski.
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Hart to Hart - Season 3 - Episode 15
A remote Island, an exotic European chateau, and a mysterious disappearance of an associate are not what the Harts anticipated when planning their romantic getaway.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - South Seas Scare
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 22
The gang's Hawaiian trip turns deadly when a Fire God starts terrorizing them.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#10 - Waxworld
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 19
The gang visit a Wax Museum where the owners wants to add them to his collection.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#11 - Scooby Ghosts West
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 14
The gang visits a ghost town, with ghosts to boot.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Alaskan King Coward
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 24
An Ice Monster ruins the gang's gold hunting plans.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#13 - Scooby in Wonderland
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 20
Scooby dreams that he and Shaggy are in Wonderland chasing Scrappy as the White Rabbit.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#14 - Scooby Gumbo
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 27
It's Mardi Gra time in New Orleans. The gang would enjoy it more if they weren't chased by a dog hating cook.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#15 - Beauty Contest Caper
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 4 - Episode 10
Scooby and the gang are called to solve the mystery of the disappearing Beauty contest contestants.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - The Test
Land of the Lost - Season 2 - Episode 5
Cha-Ka gets some help from Will and Holly stealing one of Big Alice's eggs to pass the Pakuni rite of manhood test.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Vild Vest Vampire
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 4 - Episode 21
A vampire named Count Zarko tries to turn the town into zombies, but not if Yabba and the gang can help it.
#18 - Scooby's Trip to Ahz
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 2 - Episode 33
Scooby dreams that he is in Oz.
#19 - Timestop
Land of the Lost - Season 3 - Episode 10
Will and Holly find a crystal that holds the key to time travel, which they must use to save Cha-Ka from certain death.
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Hotel - Season 4 - Episode 6
After army officers Nick Hauser and Rodger Gage check in for a weekend on the town, Rodger has an illicit rendezvous with his gay lover. In a gay neighborhood, street punks beat up Rodger, and Nick learns his army colleague's secret. Nick furiously demands that Rodger leave the hotel. Bellman Dave, who is Rodger's old friend, has a talk with Nick, helping him realize that Rodger is a good friend, regardless of his sexual orientation. Meanwhile, Elizabeth interferes with important communications between Christine and a potential client, making Christine look incompetent just as Charles Cabot is questioning Peter and Christine's managerial capabilities. Elizabeth also schemes to estrange Christine from Peter by spilling wine on her dress while visiting Peter. When Christine arrives to find Elizabeth wearing Peter's robe, Christine assumes the worst.
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Hotel - Season 4 - Episode 9
Ellen Pierson and her friend Sherry are on a mission to get even with Ellen's husband for cheating on her. Sherry has talked Ellen into finding a random man to have sex with. Ellen's first rendezvous proceeds no further than a passionate embrace, and before she can accomplish her mission, she accidentally discovers that Sherry was the woman involved in her husband's infidelity. Ellen decides to immediately return to her husband and deal openly with his adultery. Peter dreads having to attend an opera board party, fearing that his ignorance of opera will cause the organization to cut its support for the hotel's annual charity gala. Although Christine tutors Peter, it's only by being himself that Peter charms the opera aficionados. Grieving over the death of her infant daughter, Audrey Beck accompanies her husband Jason on a business trip for a change of scenery.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#22 - Discoveries
Hotel - Season 4 - Episode 12
Amanda Price, an actress-singer superstar, checks in and meets her niece Julie, the hotel employee, for the first time since Julie was eight years old. When Amanda asks Julie to leave the hotel to become her personal assistant, Julie becomes puzzled since Amanda had severed ties with the family twenty years earlier. Amanda also reunites with famous actress Joan Gilbert , who was long ago her friend, but now her enemy. Fueled by champagne, Amanda publicly denounces Joan. Preparing for his bar exam, bellman Dave continues popping pills supplied by his study-buddy. Megan intercepts a pill delivery and shows them to Billy, who identifies them as Black Beauties, a dangerous and highly addictive amphetamine. Megan tries talking to Dave about the pills, but he only becomes more dependent on them. His work at the hotel becomes sloppy, and after he insults a guest, Christine gives him the ultimatum to straighten up or leave.
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Hotel - Season 4 - Episode 17
The St. Gregory Hotel plays host to the 15th reunion of Christine's high school class. Eric Madison, former student body president and captain of the football team, sets his sights on Christine, who was homecoming queen to his king back in 1972. When Eric makes a play for her on the dance floor, Peter steps in and fights Eric, who is obsessed with his shining past. Once the school's ugly duckling and butt of many jokes, Janice Fletcher now heads a publishing firm and is escorted by a suave, attractive man whom she introduces as her fiancé, Mark Fredricks. In reality, Janice hired Mark from an escort agency. Though Mark has a business degree, he thought he could get by in the business world with his looks. Janice and Mark's role-playing carries over into a genuine night of passion. The next day, however, Janice becomes cold and distant, and when Mark tries to convince her of his sincerity, a former classmate, who used to torment Janice, overhears them.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - All the King's Horses
Hotel - Season 4 - Episode 22
Businessman Franklin Danforth is distracted by Ward Matthews, an opportunistic private investigator who claims he has located Danforth's granddaughter Karen, who disappeared 16 years ago. The detective wants to collect the $100,000 reward, but Danforth angrily dismisses Matthews's claim, having been pestered for years by fraudulent claims. Matthews coaches Karen on details she would remember as Danforth's granddaughter, and eventually Matthews succeeds in introducing her to Danforth. Having spent her early childhood in an orphanage, Karen wants to believe that Danforth is her real grandfather. Although Matthews is exposed as a fraud, Danforth decides to suspend doubt and welcome Karen into the family. After a long, suspenseful wait, Dave receives the results from his second try at the bar examination and learns that he is now a lawyer.
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Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 2
Richard Anderson (TED SHACKELFORD), whose wife has been declared dead but whose body has never been recovered, hires a psychic, Natalie Trent (GINGER ROGERS), to verify her death. At a séance, Natalie brings forth the voice of his wife Linda, who accuses Anderson of plotting her accident. Later in Natalie's suite, the real Linda (KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT) appears, having recruited Aunt Natalie for a sting operation to prove her husband's guilt. After figuring out that his wife is alive and in the hotel, Anderson devises a plot to lure both Linda and Natalie to their death. Dave, having passed the bar, seeks employment as a lawyer. While Megan plans to keep her job unless she and Dave have to move out of San Francisco, Dave is offered an interview for a promising position with a firm in San Diego. Christine, whose torrid love affair with her boss Peter has reverted to a less volatile friendship, is dismayed that Peter has chosen another date for the annual Hotel Association Awards Banquet.
Watch Now:Apple TV#26 - Reservations
Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 3
Christine decides to move to a larger apartment, but the realtor has promised the apartment to another applicant as well: Michael Casey, a retired airline pilot. Michael gallantly withdraws his offer and Christine helps him find temporary lodging at the hotel. The friendship between Christine and Michael blossoms, causing Peter some concern. Michael starts to get serious about Christine, but she cannot commit herself. Leslie Chase, a former New Orleans socialite, is using a suite to operate an escort service. Peter is an old friend of Leslie's, but he is unaware of the nature of her business. Seeing Christine's involvement with Michael, Peter spends time with Leslie, which sparks a mutual attraction. Leslie adds to her staff of escorts a beautiful model named Dana March. Dana, a close friend of Julie's, has found modeling jobs scarce and desperately needs work. When Julie questions Dana about her new job, Dana brushes her aside.
Watch Now:Apple TV#27 - And Baby Makes Two
Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 4
Garment manufacturer Robert Matthews, whose business brings him to San Francisco twice a month, is having an affair with dress designer Lynn Patterson. Their affair is interrupted when Robert's dutiful wife Gail pays him a surprise visit. Distraught, Gail seeks the solace of an old friend, Margaret Hudson, who advises Gail to win back Robert's love. Meanwhile, Lynn informs Robert that she has tested positive for AIDS and that Robert has been exposed to the virus. Robert knows that if he tests negative, he won't have to admit his unfaithfulness to his wife. Christine finds an abandoned baby in one of the rooms and plays baby-sitter while Billy seeks out the mother. Christine, who had been abandoned by her own father at an early age, relates strongly to the motherless child. Christine obtains permission from the child services department to be the baby's foster parent. Noticing that Christine is getting too deeply involved with somebody else's child, Peter begins to show concern.
Watch Now:Apple TV#28 - Comfort and Joy
Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 11
With Christmas only two days away, new full owner Peter and general manager Christine prepare to host the annual St. Gregory Hotel staff party. Among the honored guests this year are Dave, the ex-bellman who became a San Diego attorney, and his pregnant wife Megan. Peter and Christine, returning from a Portland convention, become marooned in a remote mountain village when their rented Porsche breaks down. Because the local garage doesn't have the auto parts to repair the Porsche, Peter and Christine are forced to stay in a decrepit boarding house room with only one bed. On the second night, Peter and Christine share the bed with a hanging sheet as a partition, but eventually end up in each other's arms. Although they have drifted into friendship, the incident brings them closer together. The hotel party is in full swing as Peter and Christine return and learn that Megan has given birth to a healthy baby boy.
Watch Now:Apple TV#29 - Contest of Wills
Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 15
Fashion consultant Sydney Page is unable to find a male model for a new clothing line until she meets Chuck Fisher, the hotel's plumber. Chuck exudes sex appeal, and Sydney tries to talk him into doing a photo session. When Chuck expresses that he hates modeling, Sydney resorts to seduction in an effort to change his mind. They spend the night together, but Chuck still refuses to model. Sydney realizes she'd rather have a man in her life than a model for her fashion campaign, and the two make up. A crusty businessman from Maine, Vein Lambert, whose daughter Joanne has been killed in an accident, comes to gather up her personal effects and take her back to Maine for burial. Lambert is unaware that, for the past six years, Joanne had lived with her lesbian lover, Carol Bowman, the hotel's catering manager.
#30 - Aftershocks (2)
Hotel - Season 5 - Episode 17
Since the announcement of wedding plans for Peter and Devon Sloan, the interior designer hired to re-decorate the hotel, Christine has been depressed. Peter's fiancee has begun to interfere with hotel operations. Unable to convince Peter that Devon's meddling is hurting the hotel's operations, Christine resigns. Peter recognizes Christine's great value, but it's too late. Peter decides that he and Devon are too much alike and neither one could change enough to make their marriage work. Reluctantly, Devon agrees and packs for departure. Later, Peter begs Christine to return. One of the reasons Peter broke up with Devon is the love he still feels for Christine. Cliff Phillips, the personable new assistant manager, is enjoying the rekindling of a friendship he formed with two other men when they shared jury duty a year ago. Tom Conner, the aggressive jury foreman, arranged the reunion with Cliff and Joe Duran for a serious reason.