The Best Episodes Directed By Amanda Bearse

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   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Somebunny's in Trouble

   S2:E186/21/2013

   Jessie loses a pet bunny. Emma gets Luke to help her learn more about sports to impress a guy at school.

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   #2 - Two Guys, a Girl and Graduation

   S2:E152/3/1999

   Sharon goes for a new job to impress her dad, but during a background check, her alma mater reports she never graduated due to tickets she thought the guys had paid.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - The Paper Hat Anniversary

   S2:E410/14/1998

   It's traditional to fight on your first anniversary (even if Hallmark doesn't have a card for it): Dharma and Greg stage an argument to escape their parents' planned celebration, but in concocting the excuse Greg says Dharma was being ""flighty,"" and the gloves come off. While they drive out of the city, Dharma retaliates by calling Greg a ""stick in the mud,"" and soon their car is stuck in the mud when he tries to demonstrate how impetuous he can be. (Not very.) They hike to a diner, but find it closed because of a death in the owner's family; just as Greg breaks a pane in the door in order to use the phone, a highway patrolman happens by and the young couple get caught in a charade of being the replacement cook and waitress. There's a nice unspoken continuity with the first season episode in which Greg really did become a short order cook, and it's nice to see him sharing Dharma's role-playing game, even if unwillingly. But Dharma looks tense and unhappy even before Greg accidentally i

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   7.9/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Kelly Takes a Shot

   S9:E151/15/1995

   Kelly must learn how to fire a bow in order to get a part in a commercial.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #5 - The Weaker Sex

   S10:E610/22/1995

   Al says he thinks women are weak when Peggy and Marcy begin taking a self defense class. But a newscrew labels Al as weak when Peggy punches a man trying to steal Al's wallet.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #6 - The Two That Got Away

   S10:E911/19/1995

   Al and Jefferson's fishing lodge is taken away by a famous actress, but Jefferson plots revenge, and a small fortune, when they find out that they unknowingly took a nude picture of the actress. Kelly and Bud try to get Lucky a part in a dog food commercial.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Love Conquers Al

   S10:E1212/10/1995

   Al, Peggy, and her parents go to a marriage retreat and water park to get her parents back together. Meanwhile, Kelly has a guy she likes, Carlos, who agrees to date her if Bud can amuse his sister.

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   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Kelly Knows Something

   S8:E265/22/1994

   Al teaches Kelly about sports, so she can be on a sports trivia game show.

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   7.5/10(10 votes)

   #9 - You Can't Miss

   S7:E172/21/1993

   Bud appears on a game show for single men. Meanwhile, Al and Peg don't sleep for days and Kelly fears that there is a conspiracy against her.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #10 - The Stepford Peg

    S11:E101/6/1997

    When Peggy gets amnesia, Al turns her into the perfect wife, which makes everyone happy, except Marcy.

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Shoeless Al

    S9:E255/14/1995

    Al can't wear shoes because of his phony lawsuit against the mall.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Dial B for Virgin

    S9:E710/16/1994

    Bud gets assigned to the Virgin hotline, but has problems doing his duties. Al and Peggy have problems deciding what movie to rent at the video store.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Requiem for a Chevyweight (2)

    S11:E511/17/1996

    Al buries the Dodge and leases a new sports car. Meanwhile, Peggy digs up the Dodge so she can sell the engine.

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    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Al Goes Deep

    S8:E255/15/1994

    Al convinces Jefferson to bet on a football game, but the star of the football team starts dating Kelly, and it interrupts his training.

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    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Sofa So Good

    S8:E141/16/1994

    While Al and Peggy are away at a family reunion, Kelly's boyfriend ruins Peggy's couch. Bud and Kelly have to find a new couch similar to the one they had.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #16 - How Bleen Was My Kelly

    S10:E510/15/1995

    While researching for her new part of playing a scientist, Kelly discovers the new color bleen. Al finds that bleen grows hair.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - God Help Ye Merry Bundymen

    S11:E812/22/1996

    Al and Griff are fired during the holidays and have to take small jobs in the mall. Meanwhile, Kelly and Bud swipe biblical figures from the D'Arcys' nativity scene and Peggy enters the neighborhood Christmas decoration contest.

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    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Un-Alful Entry

    S7:E203/28/1993

    Al ends up being sued by a burglar after Al punches him while he breaks into the Bundy house.

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    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #19 - A Bundy Thanksgiving

    S11:E611/24/1996

    Al goes to look for his aunt's pie, but finds she is dead.

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    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Psychic Avengers

    S6:E193/1/1992

    Jefferson lets Al in on his psychic phone scam but the Bundys soon take over the business.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Something Larry This Way Comes

    S9:E203/12/1995

    Al is all excited when Kelly's acting instructor Larry Storch is coming to the house.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Kelly's Gotta Habit

    S11:E310/12/1996

    Kelly must sign a morals clause when she gets a commercial part playing a nun. Meanwhile, Al gets to be on Cops as Officer Dan's partner.

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    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Crimes Against Obesity

    S11:E912/29/1996

    Al is sued by all of the overweight women he has insulted in the past, and they hold a trial in the shoe store. Meanwhile, Kelly and Bud tint the windows on Al's car for his birthday gift.

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    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Kelly Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    S7:E811/8/1992

    Al makes Kelly get a job, so she becomes a waitress.

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    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Children of the Corns

    S11:E210/5/1996

    Al and Griff blackmail Gary, because of a bad promotion contest, when they find the shoes from the shoe store are made by children in sweatshops. Meanwhile, Peggy wins a microwave and Kelly and her try to hide it from Al.

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