The Best Episodes Written By David Sacks

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Why Dickie Can't Teach

   S6:E612/5/2000

   Tommy is looking for a college to attend and Dick steers him away from the big names such as Harvard and tries to convince him to attend Pendelton instead. Upon taking one of Dick's classes, however, Tommy decides that Dick is a lousy teacher and that he would rather look elsewhere. Outraged, Dick orders Tommy to go to Pendelton. Meanwhile, Sally is concerned that Don isn't listed one of Rutherford's ten most powerful men and so she gets him a job working for one of them.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Selfish Dick

   S1:E195/14/1996

   Albright gets a new office, much to Dick's chagrin. Sally lands in the hospital---where she, Harry and Tommy pretend to be “ER” doctors.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #3 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (1)

   S2:E255/18/1997

   The Solomons discover dreaming---and are shaken so much that they might have to go home for repairs.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Sally Forth

   S4:E132/9/1999

   Dick is in a dispute with the Dubceks because Mrs. Dubcek won't fix his sink until he pays the rent, and he won't pay the rent until she fixes his sink. Eventually, Mrs. Dubcek ends up shutting off the Solomons' power, while Vicki invites Harry to move in with them. Sally has other things on her mind; after voicing to Officer Don that she is fed up with living with the other Solomons, he has proposed to her - but she doesn't know if she is ready. Meanwhile, Tommy deliberately lands himself in detention with his dream girl Alissa, so that he has a chance ask her out.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Sensitive Dick

   S2:E214/27/1997

   Dick's rudeness lands him in a sensitivity-training session. Dubcek's daughter takes Harry to her high-school reunion. Officer Don teaches Tommy how to drive.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #6 - The Great Dickdater

   S3:E131/21/1998

   Dick decides to date again, so he goes to Sally and Officer Don for advice; Harry and Tommy find a wallet with $200 in it, and decide to give the money back to its owner.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Sally and Don's First Kiss

   S3:E245/6/1998

   Sally's been reading romance novels, and decides to try out her fantasies on Don; Dick thinks the college cafeteria's cashier hates him; Harry receives surprising results on his GED exam.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Scaredy Dick

   S3:E510/29/1997

   Dick quakes at the prospect of a physical exam. Meanwhile, Sally and Tommy house-sit Albright's house on Halloween. Which is bad news for neighborhood trick-or-treaters.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - The Big Giant Head Returns

   S5:E122/22/2000

   Vicki Dubcek returns with her baby Eric Travis, telling of how she has cleaned up her act and become a proper mother. Unfortunately, however, the Big Giant Head decides to return to Earth and claim his son, but upon seeing Vicki with Eric, he falls in love with her and asks Dick to transform her hatred of him into love. Meanwhile, Harry admits that he is still in love with Vicki, but Dick tells him that he cannot have her because the Big Giant Head will punish him; whilst Tommy attempts to help Sally beat her addiction - shoes.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2)

    S2:E265/18/1997

    Shaken by dreams, the Solomons may have to return home for repairs. But Dick doesn't want to go---he wants to marry Mary.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Near Dick Experience

    S4:E225/18/1999

    When Sally, Harry and Tommy are nearly crushed by a chandelier in a restaurant, they feel reborn, as if they are discovering everything for the first time. Dick is jealous, however, and while Sally and Harry volunteer themselves at a homeless shelter, he strives to have a near-death experience so that he might enjoy life like they do - and a faculty trip into the mountains presents itself as the perfect opportunity. Meanwhile, Tommy decides to waste no more time in his life - and asks Alissa to marry him.

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    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #12 - Fear of Flying

    S6:E1112/18/1994

    When they try to go on vacation, the family discovers Marge's debilitating fear of flying. Marge consults a psychoanalyst to find the source of her baffling fear.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Power Mad Dick

    S4:E210/7/1998

    After Mary is made the new Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Dick uses her position to his advantage and ends up firing his arch nemesis, cafeteria worker Lucy, who then files a grievance. Sally prepares to lose her virginity to Don, but afterwards finds that she cannot talk to anyone about it, much to the other Solomons' annoyance.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Charitable Dick

    S5:E812/14/1999

    At a charity auction for the Rutherford Boys Home, Dick wants everybody to applaud him and so starts a bidding war with Studwick for a painting and ends up paying seventeen hundred dollars for it. Meanwhile, Don complains when Sally's snoring keeps him up all night, so she decides to try to stay awake all night so that he can sleep, but ends up keeping him awake anyway. Back at home, Harry and Tommy have been given the job of devising a new mission statement, and so try to work out what their purpose is on Earth.

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    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Proud Dick

    S2:E131/5/1997

    Dick, upset that Mary got a prime parking space and he didn't, quits his job. Harry loses his memory and becomes paranoid thinking aliens are taking over the world.

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