The Best Episodes Written By Jonathan Lemkin

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Funeral for a Door Nail

   S2:E174/29/1986

   A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Besieged (2)

   S2:E310/4/1987

   Hanson and Hoffs go undercover in order to put a crack ring out of business. Penhall, working on the same case, returns to squad car and becomes convinced that his new partner killed a drug pusher.

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   Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Besieged (1)

   S2:E29/27/1987

   Hanson and Hoffs go undercover in order to put a crack ring out of business. Penhall, working on the same case, returns to squad car and becomes convinced that his new partner killed a drug pusher.

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   Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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   #4 - Mean Streets and Pastel Houses

   S1:E136/28/1987

   Hanson goes undercover as a punk rocker in an effort to stop a feud between two rival gangs from turning into a war.

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   #5 - Chapel of Love

   S2:E142/14/1988

   Past romances that didn't have happy endings are the subject of conversation at a Valentine Day Eve poker game.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Raising Marijuana

   S2:E194/17/1988

   Penhall and Ioki go undercover as the ""Swark Twins"" to get in with teenage boys working for drug smugglers. Meanwhile, Hoffs becomes romantically involved with the head drug smuggler.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Best Years of Your Life

   S2:E205/1/1988

   The suicide of a popular student, whom Hanson and Penhall had arrested the night before, leaves his family, fellow students and Hanson in a state of depression and forces Penhall to relive bitter childhood memories.

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   #8 - Blindsided

   S1:E95/31/1987

   The daughter of a policeman who claims her father is sexually abusing her tries to hire Hanson—undercover with Penhall as one of the drug dealing McQuaid brothers—to kill her father.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Meeting Mr. Pony

   S2:E254/2/1992

   The gang stays at the Peach Pit after hours to study for midterms. Brenda is left alone while Brandon and Dylan take out the recycling. A gunman enters through the unlocked door, holds a rifle to her head, and forces her to empty the cash register. Brenda puts on a brave front for family and friends, but suffers nightmares and behaves erratically. She has a flashback during a midterm, screams, and runs out of the classroom. A psychiatrist helps her begin to deal with her fears. Brenda reluctantly views a police line-up, resulting in the arrest of the 17-year-old gunman. Music: ""Let the Good Times Roll"" by Shirley & Lee (#20, 1956)

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   Writer:Jonathan Lemkin

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