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- DirectorPeter TewksburyStarsFred MacMurrayWilliam FrawleyTim ConsidineTo earn extra money, Mike and Robbie get a job painting a fence for a neighbor who's fence and yard are in a state of disrepair. The better the fence looks, the more that other neighbors help to restore the yard.Mike and Robby learn to work together and the whole neighbourhood gets in on the act in a unique and memorable episode.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsDick Van DykeRose MarieMorey AmsterdamLaura accidentally spills the beans on a nationally televised talk show that Alan Brady is bald.Laura loses her composure on a game show and Alan loses a secret.
- DirectorNoam PitlikStarsHal LindenMax GailRon GlassBarney is discouraged at being passed over yet again for promotion to the rank of deputy inspector.A moody night at the 12th as, once again, Barney looses out on a promotion.
- DirectorPhilip Charles MacKenzieStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceOne of Frasier's callers, a German woman named Gretchen, suspects that her husband is having an affair with his client. Frasier suspects that the woman is Maris. When Niles finds out, he challenges the (very large) man to a duel.Fahrvergnugen!
- 1961–196326mTV-PG7.9 (88)TV EpisodeDirectorAl De CaprioStarsJoe E. RossFred GwynneCharlotte RaeThe 53rd is embarrassed by the domestic dispute calls that come every Thursday night - from the Schnausers. Toody convinces Leo (along w/the rest of the boys) that Thursday's actually Friday leading to expected hilarious confusion.The Schnauzer's weekly set-to causes problems for the 53rd.
- 1981–198748mTV-148.2 (122)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid AnspaughStarsDaniel J. TravantiMichael ConradMichael WarrenGoldblume does his best to maintain order after angry old man Mr. Popovich shoots a local boy dead and barricades himself in his home. Belker demands that Furillo pull the gung-go Virgil Brooks from his current assignment before Jesse John Hudson discovers that he's really an undercover cop.Goldblume does his best to maintain order after angry old man shoots a local boy dead and barricades himself in his home.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsRob LoweMoira KellyDulé HillWhile preparing for (and enduring) a state dinner for the newly-elected president of Indonesia, staff deal with a multitude of other problems: Josh and Mandy argue over the best way to handle an FBI standoff with militants in Idaho; Leo (and eventually Bartlet) intervenes in a negotiations between the Teamsters Union and national reps for the trucking industry; Toby tries to convince an Indonesian cabinet member to release a friend of his, an activist or incites anti-government protests, from prison; Sam witnesses Laurie at work as a call girl, serving as the state dinner date for a big fund raiser; and a pre-season hurricane initially threatens the Atlantic Coast, and then moves out to sea, where it puts an entire naval fleet in peril.While preparing for (and enduring) a state dinner for the newly-elected president of Indonesia, staff deal with a multitude of other problems: Josh and Mandy argue over the best way to handle an FBI standoff with militants in Idaho; Leo (and eventually Bartlet) intervenes in a negotiations between the Teamsters Union and national reps for the trucking industry; Toby tries to convince an Indonesian cabinet member to release a friend of his, an activist or incites anti-government protests, from prison; Sam witnesses Laurie at work as a call girl, serving as the state dinner date for a big fund raiser; and a pre-season hurricane initially threatens the Atlantic Coast, and then moves out to sea, where it puts an entire naval fleet in peril.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS."Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't Blink. Good Luck." These cryptic messages left on 17 DVD's leave Sally Sparrow on a journey to assist the Doctor and Martha Jones, who are trapped in 1969. But Sally is in 2007, and they won't meet until 2008. Strange? Unusual? Not if you are the Doctor.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperWhat would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.What would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.
- 1955–19751hTV-PG8.0 (159)TV EpisodeDirectorGunnar HellströmStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeA lawyer passing through Dodge is reluctant to defend two renegade Indians suspected of murdering a powerful rancher's wife.A riot on an Indian reservation leads to some of the men breaking out and marauding over the plains, terrifying the local whites. In one case, their terror is well-justified: a band breaks into the home of a local rancher and destroys it, killing his wife in the process. Matt and other lawmen come upon a group carrying various stolen items and take them in. The rancher gathers his minions and rides into Dodge vowing to lynch the men. Matt won't back down and insists that the Indians be held for trial. The rancher doesn't dare challenge Matt head-to-head, but Matt soon finds that any trial would be a shambles because the Indians can't speak English. In desperation, Matt shanghais a traveling circuit rider into serving as the Indians' counsel. The rider, Cicero Wolfe finally agrees, but warns Matt that he himself is a half-blooded Cherokee and intends to make the trial a crusade against bigotry. The trial begins in a highly charged atmosphere.
Part 2: As the trial for a renegade group of Indians accused of murder during a rampage gets under way, half-breed defense counsel Cicero Wolfe turns it into an expose' on the plight of Native Americans and how they have been prejudged on the basis of their skin color. Matt has sneaked Wolfe a piece of evidence that will clear the defendants -- if Wolfe doesn't get gunned down first. The rancher who lost his wife in the attack, and his daughter, start to develop deep respect for the high-principled Wolfe and start to believe his theory that the wrong men were arrested for the murder. But will it be enough? - DirectorGunnar HellströmStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneKen CurtisFestus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away.Festus is shot by the killer he is pursuing in the blazing desert, only to be helped by a crazed hermit and forced to tote water to try and get him to a town 80 miles away.
Part 2: Festus and the hermit come upon killer Gard Dixon dying in the desert, and when Festus helps him recover, the hermit forces both of them to tote water and gold dust. Guest star, Strother Martin. - DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRichard KileyRosemary MurphyA police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return. Guest star, Richard Kiley.
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsRaymond BurrGeraldine BrooksWally CoxParalyzed by a sniper's bullet, Robert T. Ironside continues investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Ironside sets out to find his would-be assassin.Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. Ironside survives the murder attempt, but the bullet has damaged nerves in his spine, leaving him a paraplegic. Unable to gain reinstatement as chief of detectives, Ironside gets permission to continue investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Det. Sgt. Ed Brown and Officer Eve Whitfield, and a newly-hired aide/driver, Mark Sanger, Ironside sets out to solve his first case as a civilian by finding the people responsible for the attempt on his life.
- DirectorRichard BenedictStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayBarbara AndersonWith his assistants away, the chief receives a phone call telling him to expect a deadly visitor within sixty minutes. Ironside spends the remaining time improvising self defense without weapons - and trying to identify the caller.With his assistants away, the chief receives a phone call telling him to expect a deadly visitor within sixty minutes. Ironside spends the remaining time improvising self defense without weapons - and trying to identify the caller. Guest star, Robert Lipton.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsJames GarnerJack KellyRegis ToomeyBret gets ripped off by a small-town banker, and summons his friend and allies to con the man while he sits out the con, whittling on a hotel porch.Bret is picked clean & stranded in Sunny Acres by the burg's arrogant banker, so he puts together an M Team of con artists to take down & embarrass the handle-barred buzzard in Denver, while Bret sits whittling & rocking in a chair on a shady Sunny Acres porch, poor-mouthing all by-passers that he's "just working on" a plan. The small-town banker is way out of his league in silver-rich Denver with seductive Sam Crawford, intimidating Big Mike, slicksters Gentleman Jack & Dandy Jim etc. as Maverick's operatives in this classic episode. Guest stars, John Dehner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Richard Long, Leo Gordon, J. Pat O'Malley, Irving Bacon, Diane Brewster, J. Pat O'Malley, Karl Swenson, Regis Toomey.