Diff'rent Strokes (1979)
The misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
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Episode 1 - Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 1
Release Date: 21 Sep. 1979Arnold must have an appendectomy. Fred Tanner wants his daughter Alice put in a bedroom away from Arnold. When the two learn of this, they run away.
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Episode 2 - Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 2
Release Date: 21 Sep. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 3 - Feudin' and Fussin'
Release Date: 28 Sep. 1979At Arnold's suggestion, a TV producer gives Larry Alder an audition for a TV hosting job.
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Episode 4 - Birds and Bees
Release Date: 19 Oct. 1979Arnold wants to know where babies come from, but no one will give him a straight answer until one of the other tenants in the building, a woman whose pregnancy sparked Arnold's curiosity, complains to Mr. Drummond.
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Episode 5 - Mrs. Garrett's Romance
Release Date: 12 Oct. 1979Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal from a younger man with whom she attends night school.
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Episode 6 - The Adoption: Part 1
Release Date: 31 Oct. 1979Mr. Drummond's plans to officially adopt Arnold and Willis are delayed when a man claiming to be the boys' cousin claims he was promised custody in their father's will.
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Episode 7 - Arnold's Hero
Release Date: 24 Oct. 1979Arnold wants to meet his hero, world champion boxer Muhammad Ali. Willis and Kimberly meet him and say that their little brother is dying and that his last wish is to meet him.
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Episode 8 - Father and Son Day
Release Date: 14 Nov. 1979Willis wants to beat an obnoxious braggart in an upcoming father and son athletic competition at the YMCA. Believing Mr. Drummond may not be able do it, he asks another man to be his "father".
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Episode 9 - The Adoption: Part 2
Release Date: 7 Nov. 1979While Mr. Drummond's lawyers investigate Jethro Simpson's claim, Arnold and Willis prepare themselves for the possibility that they may have to live with the man.
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Episode 10 - The Rivals
Release Date: 5 Dec. 1979A girl at school pretends that she likes Arnold only so that she can get close to Willis.
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Episode 11 - Thanksgiving Crossover: Part 1
Release Date: 28 Nov. 1979Mr. Drummond's old friend, Larry Alder, visits New York on a business trip to present a business plan for purchasing a television station.
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Episode 12 - The Dog Story
Release Date: 19 Dec. 1979Arnold saves a dog from being hit by a car, but when the dog bites him, Mr. Drummond thinks the dog might have rabies.
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Episode 13 - The Election
Release Date: 9 Jan. 1980While a new housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, takes over from Mrs. Garrett, Mr. Drummond decides to run for city council after a friend's suggestion.
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Episode 14 - Hot Watch
Release Date: 12 Dec. 1979Arnold and Willis find an expensive watch in the hall of their building and then Willis is accused of stealing it from a neighbor's suite.
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Episode 15 - Poor Drummond
Release Date: 23 Jan. 1980Arnold and Willis apply for welfare when they think Mr. Drummond's company may be going under.
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Episode 16 - Big Business
Release Date: 30 Jan. 1980Arnold and Willis go into business together selling Adelaide's homemade brownies.
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Episode 17 - Friendly Mate
Release Date: 16 Jan. 1980Mr. Drummond is lonely so Arnold and Willis set him up with a date from a computer dating service but do not know that Mr. Drummond's friend set him up with a date as well.
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Episode 18 - Valentine's Day Retrospective
Release Date: 13 Feb. 1980Arnold and Willis get trapped in the building's storage room and reminisce about time with the Drummonds.
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Episode 19 - Skin Deep or True Blue
Release Date: 20 Feb. 1980Mr. Drummond scolds Arnold for secretly recording other people's conversations. Arnold disobeys him and records Kimberly's boyfriend Roger making racist comments about Willis to his sister.
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Episode 20 - Return of the Gooch
Release Date: 6 Feb. 1980Arnold is tired of being bullied at school so he takes karate lessons.
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Episode 21 - The Slumber Party
Release Date: 12 Mar. 1980A huge fight ensues when Kimberly invites her friends from Eastland Academy over at the same time that Willis has his friends over.
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Episode 22 - Arnold Faces Fatality
Release Date: 19 Mar. 1980Arnold's beloved goldfish Abraham passes away.
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Episode 23 - Teacher's Pet
Release Date: 27 Feb. 1980Arnold's classmates accuse him of being a teacher's pet when their teacher, Miss Osbourne, goes out with Mr. Drummond.
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Episode 26 - The Squealer
Release Date: 26 Mar. 1980Willis joins a gang in spite of Mr. Drummond's warnings.