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#1 - The Prototype
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/1994
A retired racecar driver and garage owner has to adjust when his daughter Bobbi and her children come to live with him, beginning with a clash over how to discipline the kids.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra
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#2 - The Love Triangle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/1994
Gil becomes romantically interested in Harry's teacher, not realizing the boy has a crush on her himself.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#3 - Chore Patrol
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/1994
Gil bribes the children with a promise of pizza to get them to do their chores, but his plan backfires.
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Writer: N/A
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#4 - Girls' Night Out
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/1994
Gil baby-sits while Bobbie goes out to dinner with his niece Rita.
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Writer: N/A
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#5 - Girls Night Out
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/30/1994
Gil baby-sits while Bobbie goes out to dinner with his niece Rita.
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Writer: N/A
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#6 - Bloodsuckers
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/6/1994
Gil's impending IRS interview worries Bobbie; meanwhile, Gil plans a practical joke on the kids using a hearse that is in the garage for servicing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Happy Endings
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/1994
Claudine is interested in a boy; meanwhile, Gil is being honored with a lifetime-achievement award.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#8 - A Fistful of Phyllis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/20/1994
Hostilities with annoying neighbor Mrs. Millman escalate when Jenny punches her daughter Phyllis.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Pardee, Joey Murphy
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#9 - As a Matter of Fact
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/4/1994
Gil has trepidations about his grandchildren's behavior at an awards banquet.
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Writer: N/A
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#10 - Never Say Die
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1994
Bobbi and Gil clash over how to soothe Harry's fears over an impending tonsilectomy.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: Lissa Levin
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#11 - Speak No Evil
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1994
Gil addresses Harry's class on career day, but Bobbie doesn't like the message he gives about the worth of formal education
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Easy Money
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1994
Gill takes the kids to the racetrack, to Bobbi's consternation.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: Michael Weinberger, Jake Weinberger
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#13 - Get a Job
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1994
Gil is left to content with the kids after he shames Bobbie in looking for a ""real job"".
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#14 - First Date
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1994
A boy asks Claudine to the school dance, but Bobbi and Gil impose conditions she rebels against.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Give 'Em Hell, Bobbi
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1994
As the new coach of Jenny's basketball team, Bobbie renames it the Bluebirds and puts its members (and their parents) in a foul mood with a winning-isn't-everything philosophy.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Sex, Lies and Popcorn
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1994
Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Sex, Lies & Popcorn
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1994
Bobbi tells one little white lie, which escalates out of all proportion.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#18 - The Garage Sale
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1994
A family garage sale finds Bobbie and Gil in a rhubarb over ownership of a 1972 baseball card collection that may bring in as much as $2200
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Accidentally at First Sight
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1995
Bobbi meets an attractive new man, but the rest of the family don't approve of her dating him.
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Are We There Yet?
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/1994
It's time for the stock-car racers' reunion, but Harry puts the brakes on Gill's enthusiasm when he decides to ta g along; Bobbie tries to sell the girls on the idea of a mother-daughter slumber party
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: Lissa Levin
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#21 - Breaking Away
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/1995
Bobbi and Harry both learn lessons about trust and letting go when Bobbie, worrying that Claudine doesn't confide in her, is tempted to read her diary; and Gil prods Harry to lose his bicycle training wheels
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Writer: N/A
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#22 - The Trouble with Harry
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/1995
The girls convince Harry that he has ruined Gil's prized stock-car engine with a dropped marble, but the prank backfires when Harry confesses and an overheated Gil explodes, prompting Harry to run away from home
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#23 - Workin' Man's Blues
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/4/1995
When the kids misbehave, Gil metes out their punishment: Harry must work in the garage, and the girls are evicted from their rooms. Meanwhile, Bobbie laughs at Gil's plan to ""lock the tigers outside of their cage.""
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: Bill Freiberger
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#24 - A Little Me Time
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/11/1995
Bobbie takes a break from the demands of the kids and Gil by going bowling with Rita and her friends -- on the night Gil plans to watch ""the fight of the century.""
Director: Robby Benson
Writer: N/A
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#25 - I Am Spartacus
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/18/1995
When Bobbie finally takes Gil's advice about demanding the kids respect her authority, they seem singularly unimpressed
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Thunder Alley
Every episode of Thunder Alley ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Thunder Alley!
Thunder Alley is an American sitcom which aired from March 9, 1994 to July 4, 1995 on ABC.
Genres:ComedyDramaFamily
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Prototype" is the worst rated episode of "Thunder Alley". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Barnet Kellman and written by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra, it aired on 3/9/1994. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Love Triangle".