The Best Episodes Written By Blake Hunter

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Pilot

   S1:E19/20/1984

   Single dad Tony Micelli and his street smart young daughter Samantha decide to leave the mean streets of their poor neighbourhood for a chance at a better life in Connecticut. Tony happens upon a job offer as a live-in housekeeper for wealthy business woman Angela Bower and her young son by means of her flirtatious mother Mona. He puts his machismo aside and takes the job for the betterment of his daughter and a new ""family"" is formed.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - The Bicycle Man (1)

   S5:E162/5/1983

   Unaware that he's being lured into the carefully crafted trap of a child molester, Arnold eagerly agrees to perform a simple task in return for an overly generous reward from a ""friendly"" neighborhood merchant.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - The Bicycle Man (2)

   S5:E172/12/1983

   Arnold and Dudley's ""friendship"" with a local merchant reaches a dangerous turning point when, unbeknownst to the boys, the man, who is actually a child molester, is about to make his move.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Johnny Comes Back

   S1:E142/26/1979

   Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Jennifer and the Will

   S4:E812/2/1981

   Colonel Buchanan, Jennifer's elderly gentleman friend, dies suddenly. As executrix of his will, Jennifer must deal with the press and with the Colonel's money-grubbing, rumor mongering relatives.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - The Baby

   S3:E411/22/1980

   Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Goodbye, Johnny

   S1:E132/19/1979

   Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Tornado

   S1:E122/5/1979

   A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

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   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - The Patter of Little Feet

   S2:E811/26/1979

   Mr. Carlson's wife Carmen announces that she is pregnant. Mr. Carlson is overjoyed, and certain that Carmen feels the same way. However, Mama Carlson points out the potential dangers of middle-aged pregnancy and recommends an abortion.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Put Up or Shut Up

    S2:E161/21/1980

    Bailey convinces Jennifer to accept a date with Herb in the hope that he'll get scared and back down.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Union

    S4:E310/21/1981

    The staff of WKRP considers joining a union. Mr. Carlson is furious and rushes to his mother for advice, while Andy tries to appear neutral in this labor-management conflict.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Jennifer and Johnny's Charity

    S4:E142/3/1982

    When a fire destroys the kitchen at the Vine Street Mission, Johnny recruits Jennifer to help raise the $40,000 dollars to rebuild it. Jennifer throws a party for her rich friends and asks them to contribute, and everything is going fine until the contributors meet the people involved.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Creation of Venus

    S4:E193/31/1982

    When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the persona of Venus Flytrap.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Baby, It's Cold Inside

    S3:E81/3/1981

    On a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - A Simple Little Wedding

    S3:E193/21/1981

    In honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.

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    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - It Happened One Summer (2)

    S2:E210/1/1985

    After visiting the site in the woods where each remembers from their past, a thunderstorm prevents Tony and Angela from returning to the campsite in time. They end up having to share a room at a cheap hotel. Meanwhile, Mona and the campers tell scary stories and play pranks on the counselor.

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    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Mona

    S3:E235/12/1987

    Mona's brother has bought a seedy hotel in New York City and used Mona's money for it.

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