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 - A Haunting We Will Go
Release Date: 29 Sep. 1984After hearing that a nearby house is supposedly haunted by the ghost of its dead owner, Arnold and Sam decide to visit the house and do some investigating on their own.
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Episode 2 - Arnold and Lisa's Mother
Release Date: 6 Oct. 1984Arnold, Dudley, and Robbie, sick and tired of Lisa squealing on them, decide to sabotage her project for the science fair. However, they have second thoughts when Lisa's mom becomes their new teacher.
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Episode 3 - Bed-Wetting
Release Date: 13 Oct. 1984When Sam starts wetting the bed, Arnold is anything but sensitive to his problem.
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Episode 4 - Undercover Lover
Release Date: 20 Oct. 1984Willis starts romancing the new girl at school who turns out to be an undercover narcotics agent.
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Episode 5 - Arnold's Strike
Release Date: 27 Oct. 1984In order to impress a girl, Arnold becomes the ringleader of a student strike formed to protest the new school dress code. However, things take a turn for the worse when he is the only one suspended from school.
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Episode 6 - Sam's Father
Release Date: 3 Nov. 1984Maggie gets very emotional when Sam decides that he wants to temporarily stay with his father.
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Episode 7 - Carmella Meets the Gooch
Release Date: 10 Nov. 1984When Sam gets bullied by the Gooch at his school, Arnold tries to stand up to him but is unsuccessful. So he decides to get the new Italian exchange student to fight the Gooch in exchange for the promise of a date with the unsuspecting Willis.
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Episode 8 - Arnold the Entrepreneur
Release Date: 17 Nov. 1984Arnold starts up a door-to-door business selling bug spray with Sam as his assistant. When he gets greedy and cuts Sam out of the profits, Sam decides to quit working for him and compete against him.
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Episode 9 - The Honorable Arnold J. Jackson
Release Date: 24 Nov. 1984Arnold faces a tough decision when he is appointed judge of his classroom court and he must choose between his friend Robbie and his girlfriend Jennifer.
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Episode 10 - The Gymnasts
Release Date: 1 Dec. 1984Willis paralyzed friend, Stuart, who was once a terrific gymnast, comes home to visit. Drummond and Willis surprise him by naming a gymnasium after him and inviting the US Olympic Gymnastics team to the ceremony. However, Stuart makes it known that he is fed up with everyone's charity.
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Episode 11 - Tonsils
Release Date: 8 Dec. 1984Drummond sets a bad example when he talks Sam into going to the hospital for a tonsillectomy but later refuses to be checked in himself for a knee injury.
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Episode 12 - Arnold's Songbird
Release Date: 15 Dec. 1984Arnold finds himself in a difficult spot when he promises his class that he can deliver a celebrity for the school talent show but has no luck finding anyone.
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Episode 13 - Baseball Blues
Release Date: 5 Jan. 1985When Sam's baseball coach quits, he convinces Drummond to take over the team. However, Drummond's coaching style in which everybody, include unskilled players like Sam, gets equal at-bats does not go over well with the kid's parents.
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Episode 14 - Arnold Saves the Squirrel
Release Date: 12 Jan. 1985Upon hearing that Sam's favorite morning show host will be losing his show due to cancellation and replaced by Maggie's exercise show, Arnold organizes a letter-writing campaign to try and save the show.
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Episode 15 - Sam Adopts a Grandparent
Release Date: 19 Jan. 1985As part of his cub scout project, Sam must go to a retirement home and adopt a grandparent to work on a model airplane. However, when his adopted grandparent storms out on him, Sam is left feeling down in the dumps.
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Episode 16 - Harry Birthday Drummond
Release Date: 26 Jan. 1985Kimberly returns home from school in Paris to surprise Drummond on his birthday prompting Arnold and Willis to try and match her special gift, they decide to change their name to Drummond, until Willis suddenly has second thoughts.
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Episode 17 - Sam's New Pal
Release Date: 2 Feb. 1985Drummond faces a tough decision when Sam asks if he can have a sleepover party with his new friend, who happens to be a girl.
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Episode 18 - Russian Embassy
Release Date: 9 Feb. 1985Arnold's innocent action of setting off a model rocket ship attracts international attention when the school project lands on the Russian Embassy building! Can Drummond and the others clear up this misunderstanding before they are branded international terrorists?
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Episode 19 - Cheers to Arnold
Release Date: 16 Feb. 1985Arnold faces being permanently grounded when Drummond gets a call from school saying he was caught in the boy's bathroom with a bottle of whiskey, in violation of the school's zero-tolerance policy on alcohol. Arnold must find a way to explain the misunderstanding: He was trying to stop a friend who was actually the alcoholic beverage's owner from imbibing.
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Episode 20 - A Camping We Will Go
Release Date: 23 Feb. 1985Drummond takes Arnold and Sam camping to strengthen the bonds. But this bonding session is seriously hampered when Sam's father shows up.
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Episode 21 - Beauty Is in the Eye of Arnold
Release Date: 2 Mar. 1985Arnold is on cloud nine after he meets a girl whom he really likes- until his friends convince him to dump her so he can go out with a more popular girl.
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Episode 22 - Blue Collar Drummond
Release Date: 9 Mar. 1985Putting his career and reputation on the line, Drummond covertly takes a job on the assembly lines at one of his Trans-Allied factories as part of an attempt to get in touch with his employees and make recommendations to boost morale and production.
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Episode 23 - Street Smarts
Release Date: 23 Mar. 1985Arnold is traumatized after becoming a street mugger's latest victim. However, Arnold puts up his bravado in front of his friends, claiming he held his own ... until a classroom exercise brings Arnold's true emotions (which he tried to conceal to the knowing Drummond) to the surface.
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Episode 24 - A Special Friend
Release Date: 4 May 1985Arnold and Sam learn that their new friend, a street performer, has epilepsy. Their emotions become a ball of confusion and misconception ... until someone very close to them (namely, Pearl) shares her experiences with the disorder.