6.5/104 votes#1 - Dog Bites Cliff
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1987
On his postal route, Cliff is bitten by a dog, and decides to sue the owner for $200,000. Madeline, the dog's owner, ends up being a beautiful, voluptuous woman, but one that is up front about wanting to help Cliff despite the fact that she has little money. Cliff and Madeline start dating, the gang at the bar thinking that it only a ploy on her part for Cliff not to sue. Cliff realizes this is the case, but is still dating her in hopes of trading dropping the lawsuit for a roll in the sack. Madeline announces to everyone that her lawyer wants her to get Cliff to sign a waiver to absolve her of any responsibility, but she refuses to do so. Perhaps Madeline really does like Cliff. Or maybe she's got other methods of getting her way. Madeline and Cliff make it all the way to bed in a nice suite at the Ritz, when... Meanwhile, Diane is off on a Buddhist monastery retreat for a couple of weeks.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
6.0/101 votes#2 - The Mermaid and the Matchmaker / The Obsolete Man
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/1984
In ""Mermaid and the Matchmaker"" the mermaid, Nyah asks Mr. Roarke to end her immortality, but upon Mr. Roarke's refusal to do so she threatens to seek revenge on him and Fantasy Island. And in ""The Obsolete Man"" young man who may be replaced at his job by a computer, wants to feel like his life has a purpose once again.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
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"Dog Bites Cliff" is the best rated episode written by Joanne Pagliaro. It scored 6.5/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by James Burrows. It aired on 2/19/1987 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Mermaid and the Matchmaker / The Obsolete Man".