The Best Episodes Written By Ron Osborn

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   #1 - The Bride of Tupperman

   S2:E111/14/1986

   Dave and Maddie compete to fulfill their client's unusual request: find him a possible mate fitting his very specific requirements.

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   #2 - Witness for the Execution

   S2:E153/11/1986

   A sick old man asks Dave and Maddie to be the "expert" witnesses at his murder.

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   #3 - 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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   #4 - Pick a Number

   S2:E410/25/1984

   The courtroom becomes a circus when a meek little fellow chooses Harry to decide what worthy person will receive the money from his winning lottery ticket.

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   #5 - The Birthday Visitor

   S2:E121/3/1985

   Billie's birthday dinner for Harry is disrupted by an insecure intruder.

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   #6 - Married Alive

   S2:E192/21/1985

   His friends believe the worst when Dan starts dating a homely, gauche woman who's heir to $40 million.

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   #7 - The Wheels of Justice (1)

   S3:E912/5/1985

   Everyone is in a financial crisis when the city can't pay its employees, Harry has to evict a woman and son, and a homeless couple from West Virginia tells their tale of woe.

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   #8 - Knowing Her

   S2:E611/12/1985

   Maddie fears David's old flame is using him when she returns and asks him for help with a bad marriage.

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   #9 - Come Back Little Shiksa

   S4:E210/6/1987

   With Maddie in Chicago, Dave feels very sympatico with a client who offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.

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    #10 - Eek! A Spouse!

    S4:E112/9/1988

    Dave is skeptical about the existence of Walter Bishop and bugs Maddie about it as they work on case for a woman who wants to buy off her husband's mistress.

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    #11 - Here's Living With You, Kid

    S4:E133/15/1988

    Bert, bored on an all-night stakeout, dreams about how nice it would be to live with Agnes, but her hesitation when he actually asks her hurts his tender ego.

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    #12 - The Son Also Rises

    S3:E19/23/1986

    David's estranged father makes a surprise visit to announce his upcoming wedding and to introduce his bride-to-be, who comes as a shock to David.

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    #13 - Atomic Shakespeare

    S3:E711/25/1986

    A boy hoping to watch Moonlighting but forced to study Shakespeare instead daydreams about the cast performing their own version of The Taming of the Shrew complete with Petruchio Dave and Kate Maddie.

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    #14 - Perfetc

    S5:E94/9/1989

    Maddie resists, but David plunges ahead when a dying burglar asks for their help in proving he committed the perfect crime 25 years earlier.

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    #15 - Fetal Attraction

    S4:E91/19/1988

    Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.

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    #16 - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3)

    S3:E133/3/1987

    Maddie feels more and more confused about Sam and Dave after an all-night stakeout with Dave ends in an early morning proposal from Sam.

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    #17 - I Am Curious... Maddie (4)

    S3:E143/31/1987

    Sam confronts Dave about Maddie, and tells him he's not good enough for her.

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    #18 - Enemies

    S1:E811/17/1999

    Bartlet and Hoynes argue in front of the Cabinet. CJ fends off Danny's advances when she suspects he's after a big story. Mallory asks Sam out. The staff leaps hurdles to pass a banking bill.

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    #19 - I, Duckman

    S1:E13/5/1994

    We are introduced to Duckman, who's ignored by his family and feels under appreciated, he is searching for something to be remembered by. The agency receives a package that contains a bomb that goes of in the office. Duckman is happy someone cared enough to try and kill him so he visits the sender in prison. Only that suspect also receives a package.

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