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 - Mr. T and mr. t
Release Date: 1 Oct. 1983Arnold and his friends meet Mr. T in this tale about Arnold trying to win the heart of a classmate.
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Episode 2 - The Goat
Release Date: 1 Oct. 1983In his first few days at junior high, Arnold has trouble breaking out of Willis's shadow. So he comes up with a plan to kidnap the school mascot and then become a hero by "finding" and returning it.
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Episode 3 - Rashomon II
Release Date: 22 Oct. 1983After a burglar's attempt to rob the house is foiled, Arnold, Willis, and Drummond all give different accounts of how it happen.
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Episode 4 - The Lie
Release Date: 29 Oct. 1983Willis lies about his qualifications so that he can get a job at Arnold's carnival.
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Episode 5 - Drafted
Release Date: 12 Nov. 1983A computer glitch which identifies Arnold as being 18-years of age and drafted into the military leaves Drummond fighting mad.
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Episode 6 - The Van Drummonds
Release Date: 19 Nov. 1983The Drummonds' Dutch relatives come to visit. However it's anything but a happy visitation for Arnold and Willis, who end up taking the rap for the mischievous behavior of their cousin Hans.
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Episode 7 - The Moonlighter
Release Date: 26 Nov. 1983Arnold is upset when his favorite teacher lies to him about working as a waitress at a sleazy nightclub.
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Episode 8 - Coming of Age
Release Date: 3 Dec. 1983With her 18th birthday approaching, Kimberly decides that she wants to delay her college education so she can live in Europe for a year. However, Drummond is dead-set against the idea.
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Episode 9 - Assert Yourself
Release Date: 10 Dec. 1983With only two days left until the class election, Arnold resigns as Dudley's campaign manager and decides to run against him.
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Episode 10 - Mrs. Z
Release Date: 17 Dec. 1983After appearing on TV for giving a huge donation to charity, Drummond is threatened by extortionists. Instead of giving in to their demands, he tries to catch them in the act by hiring a bodyguard who turns out to be the female version of Mr. T.
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Episode 11 - The Senior Class Queen
Release Date: 7 Jan. 1984Kimberly wants to force the school to admit girls into the Letterman's club. Willis opposes this idea, so he enters the school's beauty pageant to prove his point.
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Episode 12 - Where There's Smoke
Release Date: 14 Jan. 1984Arnold and Dudley give into peer pressure and experiment with smoking. They realize they don't like the effects of cigarettes, but the real persuasion to have them kick the habit comes from someone very close to home from Dudley - his father, whom despite having had a lung operation, is still a chronic smoker.
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Episode 13 - Drummond's Lady
Release Date: 21 Jan. 1984After an unfavorable first encounter with a local fitness host named Maggie McKinney, Drummond still decides to invest in her business. He soon realizes that he wants it to be more than a business venture.
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Episode 14 - The Hitchhikers: Part 1
Release Date: 28 Jan. 1984Drummond has warned his children on the dangers of hitchhiking. Despite this, Arnold and Kimberly decide to thumb a ride when they find themselves short on cash (instead of swallowing some pride and calling home to get picked up). A seemingly friendly man named Bill decides to give them a ride, but when he makes a "wrong turn," he shows his true colors and forces them to go to his house, where he holds them captive.
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Episode 15 - The Hitchhikers: Part 2
Release Date: 4 Feb. 1984As a very worried Drummond wonders where Arnold and Kimberly are, the two are held captive by a schizophrenic man named Bill, who is determined to seduce Kimberly. Arnold (who has been drugged) manages to escape and finds his way home, but Drummond and the others find themselves in a race against time trying to get the details out of Arnold before Bill can attack Kimberly.
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Episode 16 - Hooray for Hollywood: Part 1
Release Date: 11 Feb. 1984After Maggie breaks off their relationship, Drummond decides to take the family to Hollywood to meet up with her and find out why.
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Episode 17 - Hooray for Hollywood: Part 2
Release Date: 18 Feb. 1984Drummond proposes marriage to Maggie, only to find out that she has a 7-year old son named Sam. Everyone is excited about the prospect of having new family members except for Arnold who feels that he will be neglected.
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Episode 18 - The Wedding
Release Date: 25 Feb. 1984Drummond's wedding plans hit a snag after his lawyer convinces him to ask Maggie to sign a prenuptial agreement, which does not go over too well with her.
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Episode 19 - The Honeymoon's Over
Release Date: 3 Mar. 1984On the night of a big party, Arnold is stuck at home babysitting Sam.
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Episode 20 - The Bar Mitzvah Boy
Release Date: 17 Mar. 1984Arnold thinks of converting to Judaism when he sees how many presents and checks his friend Robbie collects for his Bar Mitzvah.
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Episode 21 - Kathy's Olympics
Release Date: 24 Mar. 1984As part of Kathy's wheelchair games, Arnold decides to host a fund-raising party. He gets stuck with Lisa as a date and bribes Robby to take Kathy. He faces a problem when Maggie throws away his old sneakers which contain the donated money.
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Episode 22 - The Houseguest
Release Date: 5 May 1984Charlene temporarily moves in to the Drummond household after a fight with her father. She soon realizes that she and Willis have different ideas about marriage.
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Episode 23 - The Boyfriend
Release Date: 12 May 1984Kimberly lies to Drummond about moving in with her boyfriend whom he is not very fond of to begin with.