The Best Episodes Written By Ross Thomas

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Youth from Vienna

   S6:E137/2/1983

   Being admired by the inventor of an anti-ageing formula is handy for Caroline, who is eager to keep her looks.

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   #2 - Number Eight

   S7:E56/9/1984

   A driver picks up a hitchhiker. They hear on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose, nicknamed Willow the Wisp, and the description matches that of the passenger.

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   #3 - In the Cards

   S8:E27/14/1985

   Madame Myra is a third-rate fortune teller who foresees a dim future for herself. And then she meets a stranger in town who shows her a way to do a whole lot better. What, though, is in it for him?

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   6.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Light Fingers

   S5:E117/4/1982

   Tired of gloves vanishing from his factory, Ralph hires a detective. Then, gloves begin appearing in unexpected places.

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   #5 - Bird of Prey

   S7:E108/4/1984

   Jack and Edna's pet parrot dies after laying an unusually large egg. On hatching, it reveals an aggressive black-feathered bird.

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   #6 - People Don't Do Such Things

   S8:E13/30/1985

   Trouble looms when married woman Gwen falls for a successful romantic novelist.

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   5.9/10(8 votes)

   #7 - The Sacrifice

   S2:E55/15/1990

   Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn boss and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed.

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   #8 - A Glowing Future

   S4:E157/19/1981

   Jack and Betsy are lovers. That is until Jack decides to go halfway across the world to be with his new Australian girlfriend. But Betsy isn't going to make it easy.

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   #9 - Heir Presumptuous

   S6:E55/7/1983

   George Devon, a wealthy rancher, is found murdered. His identical twin nephews stand to inherit his fortune, but one of them was seen at the scene of the crime. Both have alibis and no one can tell them apart.

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    #10 - The Turn of the Tide

    S6:E149/3/1983

    Criminal lawyer Slade has his reasons for wanting his colleague dead. He meticulously plans the perfect murder.

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    Writer:Ross Thomas

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