The BEST episodes written by Vic Rauseo
#5 - One on One
Alice - Season 9 - Episode 14
Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.
#6 - Doogenstein
Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 2 - Episode 1
Doogie's heavy third-year residency duties make him fear he's missing out on his youth.
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Alice - Season 5 - Episode 6
Against Alce's expressed wishes, Mel secretly teaches Tommy how to take care of a school bully.
#8 - The Great Escape
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 17
A trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to hit the road.
#9 - The Grass is Always Greener
Alice - Season 7 - Episode 17
In role reversals, Mel becomes an employee by accepting an executive position with a catering firm, and the waitresses become owners by buying his diner.
#12 - The Ice Queen Cometh
Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 1 - Episode 2
Doogie freezes in disbelief when he's asked out to dinner by Victoria Burke, the new radiology chief, known in some circles as "the Ice Queen."
#13 - Doogie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 4 - Episode 4
Doogie hunts for new digs—a Venice Beach loft; and Vinnie must also find a new home when his parents divorce.
#16 - Dark Victory
Frasier - Season 2 - Episode 24
Martin's birthday finds everyone in a bad mood. Daphne and Martin are arguing, Niles loses a patient because of Frasier, etc. A citywide power outage does nothing to soothe jangled nerves. Frasier uses his professional training to help bring everyone together.
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#18 - Barbarino's Baby
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 15
Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.
#20 - Barbarino's Boo-Boo
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 7
When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other Sweathogs try to find him.
#21 - The Barbarino Blues
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 9
Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.
#22 - Cook's Tour
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 23
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
#23 - The Bread Winners
Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 4 - Episode 23
While Horshack adjusts the married life, Epstein sets up an interview for a job. Washington gets the job before Epstein, unaware that it's the same job. The two get into a fight and end up in a gym ready to box.
#24 - Good Buddy Flo
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 12
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
#25 - Mel and the Green Machine
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 1
An automated bank teller accidentally spews out $24,675 to an astonished but delighted Mel.
#26 - Alice's Big Four-Oh!
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 5
It's Alice's 40th birthday, and for the milestone she gets a millstone, a visit from her meddling mother.
#27 - Vera, the Vamp
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 21
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
#28 - For Whom the Belle Toils
Alice - Season 4 - Episode 19
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
#29 - Vera Goes Out On a Limb
Alice - Season 5 - Episode 11
Vera goes out on a limb to save a century old tree in front of the diner from being cut down for a road-widening project.
#30 - Mel's Cousin, Wendell
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 6
Smooth operator Mel teaches his shy cousin, Wendell, how to score with Vera.
#31 - Mel's Christmas Carol
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 9
The ghost of a partner past gives Mel the dickens on Christmas Eve after Mel fired Alice, Jolene and Vera.
#32 - The Best Little Waitress in the World
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 16
A book on building self-confidence inspires Vera to become ""the best little waitress in the world!"" Later, Mel leaves a newly confident Vera in charge of the diner.
#33 - Mel Wins By a Nose
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 19
Mel considers getting a nose job while undergoing surgery for a deviated septum.
#34 - Monty Falls for Alice
Alice - Season 6 - Episode 22
A jilted acquaintance flips for Alice on the first bounce and when she doesn't reciprocate his feelings he threatens to jump from the Mel's Diner sign.
#35 - Jolene Gets Her Wings
Alice - Season 8 - Episode 3
Everyone's up in the air over Jolene's maiden flight as a part-time stewardess.