The Best Episodes Directed By Lawrence Dobkin

#1 - Mascot

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/1972

A woman involved in a car accident is concerned about her dog so John agrees to take care it, which complicates his life. At the hospital, doctors treat a girl who has difficulty breathing and a man who appears to be drunk. When a man has chest pains at a party, his guests think he is joking. The paramedics rescue an injured hunter.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: N/A

#2 - Dealer's Wild

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/26/1972

John keeps losing at cards and being stuck with doing the dishes at the station, so he creates his own card game. Roy talks down a boy in a plane after the pilot (his father) has a heart attack. The paramedics respond to an attempted suicide, an overturned truck and a teenage overdose victim.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Carey Wilber

#3 - Munster Masquerade

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1964

Marilyn’s boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Bob Mosher

#4 - A Two-Family Christmas

Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1969

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: N/A

#5 - A Trout in the Milk

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1973

Stone and Keller suspect that an artist's fatal fall from his studio window was not an accident.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: N/A

#6 - Charlie X

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1966

Charlie Evans, the sole survivor of a transport crash, is transferred to the Enterprise from a different ship. Why are they so eager to rid themselves of him, though? There's more to Charlie than meets the eye...

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Gene Roddenberry

#7 - Plant You Now, Dig You Later

Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1965

While working for Mr. Howell, Gilligan unearths a chest. The castaways think it must contain a pirate's treasure. When ownership of the chest is disputed, the case goes to court, with the Professor presiding as judge.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Oliver Crawford

#8 - Soldiers of Misfortune

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/1982

The bounty is a mercenary trainee. Colt and Howie have to 'join up'. In the process, they meet a woman journalist with her own reasons for pursuing this story.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: David Braff

#9 - Act of Duty

Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1973

After a female detective is killed by the rapist she had been bait for, her roommate (played by Brenda Vaccaro) goes on the warpath to catch him. After Mike Stone kicks her off the case, she continues on her own, hurtling headlong into peril.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: N/A

#10 - Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy

Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1965

Gilligan discovers a jungle boy living on the island. He shows them a hole in the ground that causes objects to float, and the professor theorizes that it is expelling either helium or hydrogen. He immediately sets to work building a large balloon, with the hopes of carrying one of them back to civilization.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Al Schwartz

#11 - Black Market Baby

Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1978

Worried about not being able to produce a Ewing heir before Pamela does, Sue Ellen decides to pursue illegal adoption.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Darlene Craviotto