The Best Episodes Written By Bruce Helford

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Keep On Truckin' Six Feet Apart

   S3:E110/21/2020

   The Conners are back and dealing with the pandemic, and life’s financial troubles loom over the family. Dan is still trying to catch up on back-mortgage payments and avoid a potential eviction, while the Lunch Box is closed for everything but takeout and delivery. Becky and Darlene are both forced to search for additional income at the newly reopened Wellman Plastics plant.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Panic Attacks, Hardware Store and Big Mouth Billy Bass

   S3:E112/24/2021

   Darlene starts to feel the pressures of her new job which result in a health scare. Meanwhile, Dan attempts to help Ben out at the hardware store, but the two don’t always see eye to eye on running the business.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - A Fast Car, a Sudden Loss, and a Slow Decline

   S3:E164/7/2021

   Darlene learns some shocking news about an old friend, and the Conners come together to help someone close to them.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Two Proposals, a Homecoming and a Bear

   S3:E205/19/2021

   Big changes are coming for the Conners, with not one but two proposals. Plus, Jackie uses her “JEOPARDY!” infamy to her advantage.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Jeopardé, Sobrieté, and Infidelité

   S3:E195/12/2021

   Darlene makes a decision about her trip to Hawaii, leading to a heated encounter with Barb; Becky gives a presentation on addiction to Mark's class.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Prototype

   S1:E13/27/2002

   When well-liked George becomes the first guy to be promoted from the assembly line to plant manager at a Los Angeles airplane parts factory, his life becomes a little more complicated. His pal Ernie and former compadres on the plant floor tease him about joining management. George's first test in the new position is to terminate one employee. He must choose either his acerbic line-inspector mother, Benny, or Ernie. George's hardworking and patient wife, Angie, copes with Benny's constant wisecracks and cares for the couple's kids, precocious 9-year-old Max and 13-year-old Carmen, who is dealing with the traumas of being a teenager.

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   6.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Super Bowl

   S2:E131/15/2003

   The Lopez family finds out that Benny's estranged brother, Uncle Joe is dying. George and Angie convince Benny to reconcile with Uncle Joe-but Benny's more interested in getting Joe's Super Bowl tickets. Meanwhile, since Benny never taught George how to cope with death when he was younger, he has difficulty attending the funeral.

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   5.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Fierce

   S1:E110/8/2000

   An aspiring dancer and her would-be professional-wrestler husband decide to pursue their dreams in Las Vegas. We meet Nikki, who uninvitedly met Dwight at his going away to college party two years ago. They eventually cling to each other. After taking Nikki's advice to follow his dream and disregarding his mother's wish to see her son attend college, Dwight joins a wrestling camp, and incurring the wrath of his mother who cannot stand Nikki as she visits them.

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