Every season of Diff'rent Strokes ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Diff'rent Strokes!

Movin' In

The Social Worker

Mother's Last Visit

Prep School

The Spanking

Goodbye Dolly

The Trial

Retrospective (1)

Retrospective (2)

The Fight

The Club Meeting

The Woman

No Time for Arnold

The Relative

The Tutor

The New Landlord

Willis' Privacy

Mrs. Garrett's Crisis

The Job (a.k.a.) Willis' Job

The Trip (I)

The Trip (2)

Getting Involved

Willis' Birthday

The Girls School (a.k.a.) Garrett's Girls

Arnold's Girlfriend (1)

Arnold's Girlfriend (2)

Feudin' and Fussin' (I)

Feudin' and Fussin' (2)

Mrs. Garrett's Romance

Birds and Bees

Arnold's Hero (a.k.a.) The Hero

The Adoption (1)

The Adoption (2)

Father and Son Day

Thanksgiving Crossover (I)

Thanksgiving Crossover (2)

The Rivals

Hot Watch

The Dog Story (a.k.a.) A Dog Story

The Election

Friendly-Mate

Poor Drummond

Big Business

Return of the Gooch

Valentine's Day Retrospective (a.k.a.) Valentine's Vigil

Skin Deep or True Blue (a.k.a.) Guess Who?

Teacher's Pet

The Slumber Party

Arnold Faces Fatality (a.k.a.) The Will (a.k.a.) Drummond's Will

The Squealer

The Bank Job (1)

The Bank Job (2)

Small Claims Court

Substitute Mother

The Accident (1)

The Accident (2)

Little Mother

Football Father

First Love

Count Your Blessings

The Loan

Roots

Junk Food Junkie (a.k.a.) Junk Food

The Bus

The Older Man

Where There's Hope

The Magician (a.k.a.) It's Magic

Drummond's Fair Lady

The Ancestors

Almost American

Room for One More

The Athlete

Growing Up

First Day Blues

The Model

The Team

The Big Heist

Double Date (a.k.a.) Blind Date

The Ski Weekend

Health Club

Burial Ground

Hello, Daddy

Jilted

Dreams

Kathy

Fire

The Squatter

The Car

Crime Story (Part 1) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools

Crime Story (Part 2) (a.k.a.) Crime in the Schools

B.M.O.C.

Green Hair

Have I Got a Girl for You

Lifesavers

Stress? What Stress?

The Music Man

Short But Sweet

On Your Toes

Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade

In the Swim

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

The Best Seasons of Diff'rent Strokes

The Best Seasons of Diff'rent Strokes

Season 6

Season 5

Season 3

Other Seasons

Season 4

Season 7

Season 1

Season 2

Season 8