The BEST episodes written by Victor Fresco

The Second Episode
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8.83
64 votes

#1 - The Second Episode

Andy Richter Controls the Universe - Season 1 - Episode 4

Andy finds yet another officemate named Andy, and meets neighbors who idolize him from his frat days.

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Pilot
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8.45
80 votes

#2 - Pilot

Andy Richter Controls the Universe - Season 1 - Episode 1

Andy finds his once private office is now to be shared the new Technical Illustrator to Andy's writings, a very timid and somewhat peculiar Byron.

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Halibut!
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8.36
844 votes

#3 - Halibut!

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 2 - Episode 10

With their options dwindling and their paranoia rising, Joel and Sheila consider making a move. Eric and Abby come up with a fracking good plan.

The Cult of Sheila
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8.15
615 votes

#4 - The Cult of Sheila

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 3 - Episode 10

Joel and Sheila have a scary man's undivided attention. Abby and Eric are surprised by hungry visitors. A troublesome trio crashes the Hammonds' party.

We're All the Same, Only Different
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7.96
68 votes

#5 - We're All the Same, Only Different

Andy Richter Controls the Universe - Season 2 - Episode 1

Andy and his co-workers compete for the finders fee offered to the person who brings a new writer into the company, which is said to be looking for a "person of color".

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Wanted: Dead or Alive
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7.88
282 votes

#6 - Wanted: Dead or Alive

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 3

ALF shields Willie when a criminal resembling him is profiled on a crime-stopper TV show, but Trevor turns him in.

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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7.88
311 votes

#7 - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 8

ALF gets peeved about having to remain hidden while Willie's brother extends his visit.

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Hooked on a Feeling
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7.86
281 votes

#8 - Hooked on a Feeling

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 6

Willie, in an effort to curb ALF's cotton addiction, holds a support group meeting in his living room.

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WESAYSO Knows Best
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7.74
106 votes

#9 - WESAYSO Knows Best

Dinosaurs - Season 2 - Episode 24

Earl's a real company man -- in fact he might as well be married to it -- after WESAYSO insists Roy replace Earl as the father of the Sinclairs, who are selected as WESAYSO's spokesfamily.

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He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother
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7.71
311 votes

#10 - He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 7

ALF, forced to hide, plots the removal of Willie's visiting brother Neal.

Digging Deeper
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7.71
351 votes

#11 - Digging Deeper

Man Up! - Season 1 - Episode 3

After Craig and Kenny clash, Will suggests they try working on a project together; Theresa asks Will to take an improv class with her; Brenda longs for time alone.

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No Family is Perfect
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7.68
994 votes

#12 - No Family is Perfect

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 2 - Episode 1

OK, let’s see here: Joel’s stuck in an asylum, Sheila’s chained to a pole, and Abby’s on the hunt for Serbian bile. Yep, sounds about right.

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It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal
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7.66
1143 votes

#13 - It's Nothing Business, It's Just Personal

Better Off Ted - Season 2 - Episode 4

When Veronica's sexy magician boyfriend Mordor comes to town and she starts slacking off at work big time, Ted tries to interfere in her love life to get her back on track. Meanwhile, Lem is perplexed when he is mysteriously given a bright red lab coat while everyone else has plain white ones... Is someone at Veridian trying to tell him something?

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Pilot
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7.65
1913 votes

#14 - Pilot

Better Off Ted - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ted Crisp works at Veridian Technologies in the research and development department and loves his job. However, Ted is taken aback when he learns the company has cryogenically frozen one of the scientists in his department.

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Born a Gamblin Man
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7.64
1065 votes

#15 - Born a Gamblin Man

My Name Is Earl - Season 2 - Episode 9

Earl tackles number 146 on his list. He decides to make 274 bologna sandwiches for Kenny because he stole them from him in school when they were kids. While delivering the sandwiches, Earl moves onto a new mission, to teach Kenny how to gamble but has trouble stopping. Joy goes to group therapy for her anger management issues.

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Pandora's Box
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7.64
208 votes

#16 - Pandora's Box

Mad About You - Season 3 - Episode 6

Jamie works around Paul's opposition to having a TV in their bedroom, and hotwires an additional cable outlet with Fran's help. The resulting complications ultimately lead to a city-wide blackout.

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Teacher Earl
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7.61
1370 votes

#17 - Teacher Earl

My Name Is Earl - Season 1 - Episode 5

Earl decides to teach English as a Second language to cross "Made fun of people with accents" off his karma list. While Ralph an old friend is released from prison, Earl tries to convince him in the ways of karma however Ralph ends up kidnapping Randy trying to get his hands on Earl’s lotto winnings. Recap: Earl loved to make fun of people with funny accents and because of Karma, he wants to pay back all the people he made fun of. Scandinavian, Hispanic or Asian, he laughed at them all. What does he decide to do? Teach English to foreigners. While Earl and Randy are getting something to eat, one of Earl's old friends, Ralph shows up. Turns out he just finished up 18 months in prison. Now that he's out, he's eager to start stealing again. Randy and Earl tag along a bit, but Earl realizes he can't do this anymore. After Ralph steals stuff from a store, takes a bridal dress and throws all his beer cans in the apartment complex's pool, Earl decides he has to tell Ralph about the List and his changed ways. So he takes all of Ralph's stolen stuff and cleans up the pool. While cleaning the pool, Joy shows up and tells Earl he can't teach English anymore. She explains that one of Earl's students has a nail business next door to Joy's nail business. The only reason people go to Joy is because she speaks English so she doesn't want Earl's students to learn. Just then Ralph walks in and hears them talking about the List. Ralph questions Earl and he has to explain everything. Ralph doesn't really pay attention until Earl mentions the $100,000 he won. Ralph decides to give Karma a chance and he cleans up. Soon after, Ralph gets a job and an apartment room next door to Randy and Earl. He starts working at a Lamp Store. Earl is proud of Ralph until he sees that he's been stealing lamps from the store. He decides not to be friends with Ralph anymore because he still steals. Randy starts to hangout with Ralph more then Earl and tells him that it's his List and he

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Wuffenloaf
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7.61
645 votes

#18 - Wuffenloaf

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 3 - Episode 1

God, why me? That's what Sheila wants to know. Meanwhile, Joel feels a smidge threatened, Anne spreads the gospel, and Abby and Eric pretend to date.

Stole a Badge
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7.59
1052 votes

#19 - Stole a Badge

My Name Is Earl - Season 1 - Episode 22

Earl tackles No. 127 on his list by making amends for pilfering a police officer's badge. When he discovers that the theft resulted in the cop's demotion, he tries to get the officer reinstated.

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My Boyfriend's Back!
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7.58
111 votes

#20 - My Boyfriend's Back!

Mad About You - Season 3 - Episode 22

Jamie is obliged to work on an advertising campaign with ex-boyfriend Alan, a graphics artist, who has recently published a comic book about an evil queen in outer space. But the queen's looks and exploits sound like anything but fiction to Jamie.

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High Noon
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7.56
342 votes

#21 - High Noon

Dinosaurs - Season 1 - Episode 4

Earl's blood runs colder and outraged when a monstrous male who notices Fran in the supermarket challenges him to a fight to the death for her -- Earl makes no backup but to except the challenge and the battle later takes place in front of his house. Earl quickly attacks hims and Fran stops everything telling Gary to stay away from her, her family and her life.

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Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
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7.50
307 votes

#22 - Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 18

ALF considers the future with the Tanners, who will age faster than the ageless alien.

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Heroes
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7.47
1709 votes

#23 - Heroes

Better Off Ted - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ted tries to get Phil to sign a waiver to protect Veridian from possible future litigation over the side effects from his cryogenic freezing. Elsewhere, Phil and Lem try to create beef despite having no meat in the lab.

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Money Changes Everything
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7.44
144 votes

#24 - Money Changes Everything

Mad About You - Season 3 - Episode 20

Marianne returns from Luxembourg, sans her husband, but with ""more money than Canada,"" eager to finance Ira's new catalog business with an interest-free loan, but his silent partner finds voice to veto the deal.

We Can't Kill People!
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7.43
2243 votes

#25 - We Can't Kill People!

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 1 - Episode 2

The Hammonds try to live with their new reality. Abby comes to a hard realization while browsing comics, and Joel treats Sheila to a very expensive dinner.

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The Gangs Of Camden County
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7.31
1161 votes

#26 - The Gangs Of Camden County

My Name Is Earl - Season 3 - Episode 3

Earl is offered a deal to receive a lesser sentence if he can resolve problems between rival gangs. But, he finds the task harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Randy looks for ways to join Earl in prison.

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So Then a Bat or a Monkey
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7.16
2806 votes

#27 - So Then a Bat or a Monkey

Santa Clarita Diet - Season 1 - Episode 1

Joel and Sheila's marriage gets a jumpstart when Sheila debuts a truly killer new personality and an anything-goes menu. And they used to be so normal.

Baby Talk
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7.15
95 votes

#28 - Baby Talk

Dinosaurs - Season 3 - Episode 2

Earl does the dirty work of organizing a civic protest against the TV powers-that-be when the baby repeats (constantly) a dirty word that he hears on the tube.

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Refrigerator Day
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7.14
154 votes

#29 - Refrigerator Day

Dinosaurs - Season 2 - Episode 12

The dinosaurs get a warm and fuzzy feeling as they celebrate the gift of cold storage, but what's a dinosaur (like Earl) to do when his fridge is repossessed?

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Unstable
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7.00
189 votes

#30 - Unstable

Unstable - Season 1 - Episode 1

Reeling from a tragedy, Ellis struggles to focus at work as a major project looms, forcing Anna to reach out to Ellis' son Jackson for help.

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Fran Live
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6.92
152 votes

#31 - Fran Live

Dinosaurs - Season 2 - Episode 14

Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs with problems, giving Earl a problem in need of a solution: how to cope with a wife who works.

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Consider Me Gone
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6.70
383 votes

#32 - Consider Me Gone

ALF - Season 4 - Episode 24

It's a sad day in the Tanner household as ALF announces he's leaving Earth to settle on another planet with Skip and Rhonda, but ALF is captured by the Alien Task Force before he can get to their spaceship.

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Pilot
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5.93
268 votes

#33 - Pilot

Sean Saves the World - Season 1 - Episode 1

Sean is a divorced dad who juggles a lot — his successful but demanding career, offbeat employees, pushy mom, Lorna , and weekends with his teenage daughter, Ellie. So when his 14-year-old bundle of joy moves in full time, the parenting books come out in full force. From keeping his boss, Max, happy, employees motivated and enduring his mother’s tactless "advice" to raising a smart, grounded and healthy kid, it’s going to be a growing experience, to say the least. But if anyone can handle it all, it’s Sean.

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You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You
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0.00
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#34 - You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 3

Ava sends Wood to investigate when Harlan rents property to a massage parlor.

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The Hole Story
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#35 - The Hole Story

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 6

Events get out of hand when a hole in a bedroom wall resembles Abraham Lincoln.

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The NFL on CBS
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#36 - The NFL on CBS

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 9

Wood forgets his anniversary when he gets a chance to be on ""The NFL Today.""

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Ava Takes a Shower (1)
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0.00
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#37 - Ava Takes a Shower (1)

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 15

Ava hosts Fontana's baby shower, and wants Herman, who has joined Reba McEntire's security team, to get her to entertain.

Ava Takes a Shower (2)
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0.00
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#38 - Ava Takes a Shower (2)

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 16

Rebuffed by Reba McEntire, Ava still persists in planning the baby shower all by herself.

Mommy Goes AWOL
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0.00
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#39 - Mommy Goes AWOL

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 22

Fontana despairs of her mothering abilities when only Evan can quiet baby Scout.

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Teaching Is a Good Thing
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#40 - Teaching Is a Good Thing

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 23

Herman is ashamed to tell his mentor that he has lost his teaching job.

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The Graduation
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#41 - The Graduation

Evening Shade - Season 3 - Episode 25

Herman books John Denver for Taylor's graduation but gets Bob Denver instead.

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Four Naked Women
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0 votes

#42 - Four Naked Women

Evening Shade - Season 4 - Episode 1

After the women play a joke on them, the guys get even by locking them out of Fontana's house—while they're clad in Fontana's stripper costumes.

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One Hot Game
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#43 - One Hot Game

Evening Shade - Season 4 - Episode 3

Wood and Frieda get locked inside a sauna while everyone else in Evening Shade sweats out the football team's first game of the season.

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Chain of Fools
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#44 - Chain of Fools

Evening Shade - Season 4 - Episode 11

A new restaurant threatens Ponder's business, so the gang agree to participate in a serious of bizarre commercials.

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