The Best Episodes Directed By Ray Danton

#1 - Better Than Equal

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/1982

C&L are assigned to protect a feminist, only not a Gloria Steinem type, but a Phyllis Schlafy type. This episode was very controversial, and several stations refused to run it.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: N/A

#2 - Stop the Presses

Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1978

David is washing dishes at Bruno's Restaurant, whose owners are being targeted by a sleazy journalist from The National Register. When Banner's picture is taken, he has to break into the building where Jack McGee works to get it back.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: N/A

#3 - The Love That Lies

Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1987

Thomas is trying to protect Carol, who is in the middle of a particularly controversial court case, when he is hired by a woman from the mainland to help locate the birth certificate for the child she gave up for adoption 30 years ago. But in doing so he becomes embroiled in Carol's personal life, as he discovers a powerful secret about her parents and her true birthright that could shatter her...

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: Jeri Taylor

#4 - The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company

Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/27/1988

Thomas is trying to get Rick, T.C. and Higgins interested in joining him in a potentially lucrative new tourist business venture. But his friends all have other things on their minds, especially T.C., who puts thoughts of the deal on the back-burner when his son Bryant lands in trouble with the Police after becoming mixed up with a juvenile biker gang...

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: Jeri Taylor

#5 - Street Scene

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1982

Hispanic gang member is killed.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: N/A

#6 - Suffer the Children

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/1982

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: N/A

#7 - Bird of Prey

Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/1984

Jack and Edna's pet parrot dies after laying an unusually large egg. On hatching, it reveals an aggressive black-feathered bird.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: Ross Thomas

#8 - The Best Policy

Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/31/1981

Harry Flock has had a temporary promotion as acting manager of a branch bank. He is honest and meticulous to a fault, but in danger of losing his job when head office gets anonymous complaints about alleged embezzlements. His accounts are immaculate - in fact, they seem too good to be true.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: David Scott Milton

#9 - The Turn of the Tide

Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 9/3/1983

Criminal lawyer Slade has his reasons for wanting his colleague dead. He meticulously plans the perfect murder.

Director: Ray Danton

Writer: Ross Thomas