10.0/101 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1984
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.
Director: Bill Persky
Writer: Blake Hunter
6.5/102 votes#2 - The Baby
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/1980
Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Blake Hunter
6.5/102 votes#3 - Jennifer and the Will
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1981
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Blake Hunter
6.0/101 votes#4 - Tornado
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/5/1979
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Blake Hunter
6.0/101 votes#5 - Goodbye, Johnny
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/1979
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Blake Hunter
6.0/101 votes#6 - Johnny Comes Back
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/1979
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#7 - The Patter of Little Feet
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1979
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.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#8 - Put Up or Shut Up
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/1980
Bailey convinces Jennifer to accept a date with Herb in the hope that he'll get scared and back down.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#9 - Baby, It's Cold Inside
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 1/3/1981
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.
Director: Rod Daniel
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#10 - A Simple Little Wedding
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/21/1981
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#11 - The Union
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1981
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.
Director: Linda Day
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#12 - Jennifer and Johnny's Charity
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/3/1982
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.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Blake Hunter
5.0/101 votes#13 - The Creation of Venus
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/1982
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.
Director: Gordon Jump
Writer: Blake Hunter
1.0/101 votes#14 - It Happened One Summer (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1985
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.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Blake Hunter
- 1.0/101 votes
#15 - Mona
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1987
Mona's brother has bought a seedy hotel in New York City and used Mona's money for it.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Blake Hunter
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Blake Hunter. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Bill Persky. It aired on 9/20/1984 and is rated 3.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Baby".