Diff'rent Strokes

The misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Cast:Gary Coleman , Todd Bridges , Conrad Bain , Dana Plato , Mary Jo Catlett , Danny Cooksey , Shavar Ross , Charlotte Rae , Dixie Carter , Steven Mond , Nedra Volz , Mary Ann Mobley , Nikki Swasey Seaton , Janet Jackson , Jason Hervey , Rosalind Chao , Dody Goodman , Bobby Herbeck

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Movin' In

Fri, Nov 3, 1978

Philip Drummond is a wealthy Manhattan industrialist who takes in Arnold and Willis Jackson, the two sons of his late housekeeper; Drummond is white and the boys are black. Arnold, age 8, is excited about the opportunity of a privileged life, but Willis, age 13, feels that Mr. Drummond is trying to buy their love with expensive gifts.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Social Worker

Fri, Nov 10, 1978

A social worker investigates the boys' home life and tells Mr. Drummond that she believes black children belong in black households. When Drummond tells this to Mrs. Garrett while she is vacuuming the living room, Arnold overhears this and comes to the conclusion that he doesn't want them around anymore.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Mother's Last Visit

Fri, Nov 17, 1978

Mr. Drummond's mother arrives for an unscheduled visit and has an adverse reaction to her son's new family situation.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Prep School

Fri, Nov 24, 1978

Mr. Drummond is excited about the possibility of the boys enrolling at his old prep school.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Spanking

Fri, Dec 1, 1978

Arnold is caught throwing water bombs off the balcony and Mr. Drummond feels that a fitting punishment is a spanking.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Goodbye Dolly

Fri, Dec 8, 1978

After Kimberly donates Arnold's ratty old doll named Homer to charity and it is sold, he can't sleep. Mr. Drummond quickly tires of this, so he hires a detective to try and find the doll.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Trial

Fri, Dec 15, 1978

After reading a book on the American legal system, Willis demands a fair trial for Arnold after he is accused of putting his goldfish in the hot tub.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Retrospective

Fri, Dec 29, 1978

The Drummonds reminisce about the time they have spent together since Arnold and Willis joined the family. Clips from past episodes are featured.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Fight

Fri, Jan 5, 1979

Over Mr. Drummond's objections, Willis teaches Arnold how to fight a playground bully.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Club Meeting

Fri, Jan 12, 1979

Willis misses his friends from Harlem so he has a club meeting at the penthouse.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Woman

Fri, Jan 19, 1979

Mr. Drummond introduces the family to a woman in his life that he plans to propose to.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ No Time for Arnold

Fri, Jan 26, 1979

Arnold feels he's being ignored by the other members of the family, so he pretends to wet the bed in order to get attention and sympathy.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Relative

Fri, Feb 2, 1979

A relative of the boys comes to visit from Detroit. She plans to stay only a night, but then fakes an injury and quickly overstays her welcome.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ The Tutor

Fri, Feb 9, 1979

Willis is doing poorly in school, so Mr. Drummond hires a tutor. However, he is not pleased by his unconventional methods of teaching.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The New Landlord

Fri, Feb 16, 1979

The Drummonds may have to move when the new landlord enforces a rule forbidding children Arnold's age from living there.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Willis' Privacy

Fri, Feb 23, 1979

Willis starts to feel that Arnold is a nuisance and wants his own space away from him.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Mrs. Garrett's Crisis

Fri, Mar 2, 1979

Mrs. Garrett feels that her life goals have not been fulfilled and she wants to leave her job.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Job

Fri, Mar 16, 1979

Willis gets a job at a gas station, which lasts for only a few hours.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ The Trip: Part 1

Fri, Mar 30, 1979

Mr. Drummond's company has bought out a radio station in Portland, Oregon, where his old army buddy, Larry Alder, hosts a talk show.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Getting Involved

Fri, Apr 6, 1979

Arnold witnesses a mugging with his telescope.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Willis' Birthday

Fri, Apr 13, 1979

Willis wants to have his birthday party at a friend's house in Harlem, but Mr. Drummond is concerned about going there on a Saturday night.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Girls School

Fri, May 4, 1979

Mrs. Garrett bonds with the girls at Eastlake Academy, the school Kimberly attends.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 1

Fri, Sep 21, 1979

Arnold 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.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 2

Fri, Sep 21, 1979

Arnold's life is put on the line when the kids find out they cannot share a hospital room and end up running away on the night before Arnold's surgery.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Feudin' and Fussin': Part 1

Fri, Sep 28, 1979

At Arnold's suggestion, a TV producer gives Larry Alder an audition for a TV hosting job.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Mrs. Garrett's Romance

Fri, Oct 12, 1979

Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal from a younger man with whom she attends night school.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Birds and Bees

Fri, Oct 19, 1979

Arnold 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.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Arnold's Hero

Wed, Oct 24, 1979

Arnold 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.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Adoption: Part 1

Wed, Oct 31, 1979

Mr. 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.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ The Adoption: Part 2

Wed, Nov 7, 1979

While 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.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Father and Son Day

Wed, Nov 14, 1979

Willis 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".

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Thanksgiving Crossover: Part 1

Wed, Nov 28, 1979

Mr. Drummond's old friend, Larry Alder, visits New York on a business trip to present a business plan for purchasing a television station.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ The Rivals

Wed, Dec 5, 1979

A girl at school pretends that she likes Arnold only so that she can get close to Willis.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Hot Watch

Wed, Dec 12, 1979

Arnold 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.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Dog Story

Wed, Dec 19, 1979

Arnold saves a dog from being hit by a car, but when the dog bites him, Mr. Drummond thinks the dog might have rabies.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ The Election

Wed, Jan 9, 1980

While a new housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, takes over from Mrs. Garrett, Mr. Drummond decides to run for city council after a friend's suggestion.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Friendly Mate

Wed, Jan 16, 1980

Mr. 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.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Poor Drummond

Wed, Jan 23, 1980

Arnold and Willis apply for welfare when they think Mr. Drummond's company may be going under.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Big Business

Wed, Jan 30, 1980

Arnold and Willis go into business together selling Adelaide's homemade brownies.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Return of the Gooch

Wed, Feb 6, 1980

Arnold is tired of being bullied at school so he takes karate lessons.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Valentine's Day Retrospective

Wed, Feb 13, 1980

Arnold and Willis get trapped in the building's storage room and reminisce about time with the Drummonds.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Skin Deep or True Blue

Wed, Feb 20, 1980

Mr. 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.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Teacher's Pet

Wed, Feb 27, 1980

Arnold's classmates accuse him of being a teacher's pet when their teacher, Miss Osbourne, goes out with Mr. Drummond.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ The Slumber Party

Wed, Mar 12, 1980

A huge fight ensues when Kimberly invites her friends from Eastland Academy over at the same time that Willis has his friends over.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Arnold Faces Fatality

Wed, Mar 19, 1980

Arnold's beloved goldfish Abraham passes away.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ The Squealer

Wed, Mar 26, 1980

Willis joins a gang in spite of Mr. Drummond's warnings.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Bank Job

Wed, Nov 12, 1980

Arnold and Willis become hostages during a bank robbery by two experienced criminals.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Small Claims Court

Wed, Nov 19, 1980

After Arnold buys a toy train that doesn't work, he takes the owner of the store, who refuses to refund his money, to small claims court.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Substitute Mother

Wed, Nov 26, 1980

When Adelaide goes away, Drummond hires a temporary housekeeper to take her place. With the new housekeeper, Arnold soon realizes that she reminds him a lot of his mom and tries to arrange it so that she and Drummond fall in love.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Accident

Wed, Dec 3, 1980

Everyone is planning a huge surprise party for Drummond on his 50th birthday. But the real surprise is a very tragic one: On his way home, Drummond is critically injured in an accident caused by a drunk driver.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Little Mother

Wed, Dec 10, 1980

A misunderstanding with a visiting friend leads Drummond, Arnold, and Willis to believe that Kimberly is pregnant.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Football Father

Wed, Dec 17, 1980

When he sees that Arnold is heartbroken after not making his Pee Wee league football team, Drummond secretly meets with the coach and agrees to buy the team new uniforms in exchange for Arnold being given a spot on the team.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ First Love

Wed, Dec 31, 1980

With his grades down, Drummond forbids Willis to see his new girlfriend, Charlene. However, a love-struck Willis is determined to see her, even if means doing it behind Drummond's back.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Count Your Blessings

Wed, Jan 7, 1981

When Arnold finds out that he will only grow to be 5 foot tall, he becomes very depressed. To make him feel better, Drummond introduces him to a friend's daughter who is very upbeat despite being confined to a wheelchair.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The Loan

Wed, Jan 14, 1981

Arnold befriends the doorman who asks him for a $100 loan so he can bet it on a horse race.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Roots

Wed, Jan 21, 1981

Mr. Drummond worries that Willis's newfound Afrocentric attitudes are dividing the family.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Junk Food Junkie

Wed, Jan 28, 1981

Arnold's poor dental checkup has Drummond suspecting that the easy availability of junk food from vending machines at school is to blame. But when Drummond begins a campaign to replace the hot dogs, cookies, potato chips and soft drinks with more healthy foods, Arnold's friends try to convince him to get his father to reconsider.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Bus

Wed, Feb 4, 1981

Arnold's joy of being transferred to an all-white school (and riding a bus to get there) is shaken to its very core when a racist busing opponent calls the Drummond household warning the pro-busing family patriarch not to send his black children to the new school, or else.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Older Man

Wed, Feb 25, 1981

Kimberly gets a role in a school play, and turns to Blair for help in looking like an older woman. While rehearsing, she meets and accepts a date from a 25-year-old man who thinks she's at least 20. Arnold and Willis find out about the date and sneak off to the movie theater to try to stop the date before Drummond finds out.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Where There's Hope

Wed, Mar 4, 1981

Arnold has had enough of Susie, his pesky, know-it-all new neighbor, and chooses not to invite her to his birthday party, unknowing that she has a terrible secret in her life.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ The Magician

Wed, Mar 11, 1981

With a magazine reporter and Ed "Too Tall" Jones coming over to the house, Arnold decides to show off his talents by putting on a magic show. He plays a silly trick on everyone that leaves him out on the balcony ledge, afraid to move.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ Drummond's Fair Lady

Wed, Mar 18, 1981

Drummond creates controversy with his shareholders when he recommends hiring a woman with whom he starts dating to head up a new division in his company. The children, shareholders themselves, are all for it until Kimberly overhears her talking to a mystery man on the phone.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ The Ancestors

Wed, Mar 25, 1981

Drummond is initially excited to hear that he is the owner of a two million dollar piece of land in Harlem only to later find out that the ancestor whom he inherited it from was a slave trader. He must now decide whether to donate it to be used as a community center or decline it.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Almost American

Wed, Apr 1, 1981

After getting a D in history, Arnold is forced to stay home from a hockey game to study. While at home, he and Drummond meet Milos, a Czech immigrant who is going to night school to try and become a US citizen.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Room for One More

Wed, May 6, 1981

Worried that his foster father's unemployed status will send him to another foster home, Dudley runs away and hides in Arnold's room in hopes that Arnold can convince Drummond to adopt him too.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ The Athlete

Wed, May 13, 1981

Willis, the star pitcher of his junior high team, is recruited by a coach from a high school with a reputation for producing major league talent. When Drummonds learns that attending this school entails lying and grade fixing, he forbids Willis to go.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Growing Up

Thu, Oct 29, 1981

With the help of Arnold, Willis gets everyone to leave the house so that he and Charlene can make love for the first time. However when the moment occurs, things do not go as smoothly as he expected.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ First Day Blues

Thu, Nov 5, 1981

Willis, struggling to make friends in his first days of high school, agrees to buy marijuana so that he can go to a party with upperclassmen.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Model

Thu, Nov 12, 1981

Kimberly lands a modeling job at a department store which leads to her being selected for an upcoming modeling show in Paris. Drummond, initially dead-set against the trip, caves in and decides to take the whole family to Paris.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Team

Thu, Nov 19, 1981

Willis sues the school basketball team when he loses his position to a white player because of their Affirmative Action policy.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Big Heist

Thu, Nov 26, 1981

For his initiation into a club, Arnold attempts to steal a comic book from a store. When he gets caught, he and Drummond are shocked to learn that the comic is a collector's item worth $400 and he is charged with grand theft.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Double Date

Thu, Dec 3, 1981

Arnold's plans to go out on his first date are in jeopardy when Drummond won't allow him to go out at night without a chaperon.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Ski Weekend

Thu, Dec 10, 1981

Tired of being treated like a child, Kimberly and a friend plan a ski weekend in which they will be staying with guys. She has a lot of explaining to do when Drummond and Willis drop by the lodge to surprise her.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Health Club

Thu, Dec 17, 1981

Drummond is excited to learn that he will be honored as Athlete of the Year by his health club. Arnold and Willis, however, secretly do not share in his excitement as they are denied access to the health club because they are black and decide not to tell Drummond because they don't want to spoil his big night.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Burial Ground

Thu, Jan 7, 1982

When it is learned that Drummond's upcoming construction project may be located on top of an ancient Indian burial ground, he faces protest from a Native American who threatens to go on a hunger strike if the land is built on. Arnold and Willis follow suit by going on a hunger strike of their own.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Hello Daddy

Thu, Jan 14, 1982

A visit from a Korean woman reveals that Mr. Drummond may have fathered her son during the Korean War.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Jilted

Thu, Jan 21, 1982

After Willis and Charlene have a fight, Arnold and Kimberly spot her at the movies with another guy. With Willis upset by this, Arnold comes up with a scheme to get them back together.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Dreams

Thu, Jan 28, 1982

After Drummond cancels a family fishing trip to go on a business flight to Canada, Arnold begins to have nightmares which prompts Drummond to contact a therapist.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Kathy

Thu, Feb 4, 1982

After being selected to play Abraham Lincoln in his school play, Arnold develops a case of stage fright. His confidence suffers even more after Kathy blows up at him when he tries to convince her to walk with her crutches.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Fire

Thu, Feb 11, 1982

When Drummond and his sister Sophia get word that a part of their building is on fire, they try to keep it a secret from the kids in hopes that it will be put out quickly without spreading.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ The Squatter

Thu, Feb 18, 1982

Drummond's plan to tear down old apartments and replace them with luxury condominiums creates anger among one soon-to-be homeless elderly woman who refuses to leave the Drummond household.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Car

Thu, Feb 25, 1982

Willis realizes the reason Charlene decided to date another boy is because Willis doesn't have a car and the other boy does. This leads to a decision that has far-reaching consequences for Willis and his relationships with both Charlene, the law and - when he finds out - his very angry father.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Crime Story: Part 1

Thu, Mar 11, 1982

Arnold and Dudley, unsure how to deal with two schoolyard teenage bullies who demand their lunch money, decide to ditch school to avoid them.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Crime Story: Part 2

Thu, Mar 18, 1982

After the schoolyard bullies put Willis in the hospital, Arnold considers wearing a wire to try and get evidence on them.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ B.M.O.C.

Thu, Mar 25, 1982

While trying to impress an exclusive club, Willis distances himself from the family. When this happens, it breaks Arnold's heart.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ Green Hair

Thu, Apr 1, 1982

Aunt Sophia pleads with Drummond to get involved with an effort to address pollution, but Drummond stubbornly refuses. Then, Kimberly's hair turns green after washing it with dirty water.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Have I Got a Girl for You

Thu, Apr 8, 1982

Sophia fixes Drummond up with one of her friends whose simple lifestyle conflicts with Drummond's high class living.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Lifesavers

Thu, Apr 15, 1982

After Willis saves Arnold from a falling piano, he gets annoyed by Arnold's tireless efforts to try and pay him back. So he come up with a plan to make Arnold look like a hero by staging a phony holdup at the garage he works at.

23Season 4

S4.E23 ∙ Stress? What Stress?

Thu, Apr 22, 1982

Willis, suffering from stress due to a hectic schedule, makes a false promise to Drummond that he will quit the school election, which stresses Arnold out when he finds out.

24Season 4

S4.E24 ∙ The Music Man

Thu, May 6, 1982

Willis forms a band with his friends but faces a tough decision when the band members favor Kimberly over Charlene as the lead singer.

25Season 4

S4.E25 ∙ Short But Sweet

Thu, May 13, 1982

Arnold's self-consciousness over his short stature once again rises to the surface when he realizes all of his friends have girlfriends, but not him. Drummond has to convince his son that looks - or in this case, height - aren't everything.

26Season 4

S4.E26 ∙ On Your Toes

Thu, May 20, 1982

Arnold's sudden interest in ballet is hampered when Willis tells him that dancing will give him a 'sissy' label.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade

Sat, Oct 2, 1982

In his efforts to help Willis dethrone an arrogant video game champion at the local arcade, Arnold becomes hooked on video games.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ In the Swim

Sat, Oct 9, 1982

When Kimberly transfers to public school, she causes Willis embarrassment by insulting the class president and trying out for the boy's swim team. Drummond hires a new housekeeper with an impressive resume.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Cyrano De Jackson

Sat, Oct 16, 1982

Dudley, too shy to talk to Lisa, his love interest, turns to Arnold to help him woo her with poetry. However when the plan backfires, Arnold finds himself unable to get rid of Lisa, who is in love with him, and unable to talk to Dudley who is mad at him for stealing Lisa.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Big Brother

Sat, Oct 23, 1982

Arnold, feeling sorry for a new boy at school who has no friends, asks Willis to serve as a big brother to him. When Willis begins spending all his time with his "new brother", Arnold feels neglected.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Peacemaker

Sat, Oct 30, 1982

Willis steps in to mediate a feud between rival gangs, which has been intensifying. When the effort fails, Willis finds out his personal safety is in danger, so he decides to buy a gun, a move that could really exacerbate matters.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Substitute Teacher

Sat, Nov 6, 1982

Arnold and his classmates gets really upset when a substitute teacher, filling in for Miss Chung, really piles on the homework. When the teacher accidentally strikes Arnold, who is fooling around in class, Arnold and Dudley decide to lie about the incident in hopes of getting him removed.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ The Older Woman

Sat, Nov 13, 1982

Willis obtains a fake ID and dons a fake mustache to get into a nightclub. While at the club, he gets a date with a much older woman and spots Mr. Drummond on date with a much younger woman.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ A Case of Overexposure

Sat, Nov 20, 1982

Arnold's campaign to be elected class president hits a low point when a picture that Kimberly took of him in the shower showing his bare behind is accidentally published in the newspaper.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Memories

Sat, Nov 27, 1982

A cassette tape, containing a recording of Arnold and Willis' deceased mother, is discovered in a trunk that is returned to the boys. When Drummond innocently plays the tape, it triggers Arnold's deep-seated grief about the loss of his mother.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Push Comes to Shove

Sat, Dec 4, 1982

A run-in with the new landlord and his bullying son may cause Drummond and the family to be evicted.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Executives

Sat, Dec 11, 1982

When Willis hears from a friend that Drummond's company does not hire blacks, he goes in for an interview using a fake name. When he is turned down for the job, he accuses the interviewer of being prejudice and "fires" him.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Santa's Helper

Sat, Dec 18, 1982

A man dressed as Santa Claus breaks into the apartment and steals gifts.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ A Growing Problem

Sat, Jan 8, 1983

Fed up with living under Drummond's rules, Willis decides to move into an apartment with a friend whose dependence on alcohol is troubling.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Parents Have Rights, Too

Sat, Jan 15, 1983

Drummond lies to the kids about not being able to go on a family camping trip so he can spend a night of romance with his tax attorney.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Independent Woman

Sat, Jan 22, 1983

Kimberly asserts her independence from her father by getting a job at a burger joint.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ The Bicycle Man: Part 1

Sat, Feb 5, 1983

Arnold and Dudley become friends with the owner of a local bicycle shop named Henry, unaware that he is a pedophile looking for his next victim.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Bicycle Man: Part 2

Sat, Feb 12, 1983

Drummond and Mr. Ramsey learn the truth about Mr. Horton, the seemingly friendly bicycle shop owner with a very sinister side. It soon becomes a race against time to get details out of Arnold after learning that Dudley is about to become Mr. Horton's latest victim.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Family on Ice

Sat, Feb 19, 1983

Kimberly impresses professional skater Dorothy Hamill with her ice skating, and is taken under her wing. But Kimberly is overwhelmed by the hard work it takes to become a professional skater, and devises a way out.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Hall Monitor

Sat, Feb 26, 1983

Arnold, realizing that Kathy is struggling to fit in at public school, encourages her to become hall monitor. He quickly realizes that he has created a monster when she begins to take her job too literally.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ The Cricket

Sat, Mar 5, 1983

Arnold becomes attached to a cricket that he believes is bringing him luck. Unfortunately, Drummond and Willis do not share the same warm feelings toward the cricket, which keeps them up at night.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Roommates

Sat, Mar 12, 1983

With Willis needing a quiet room to study for his SAT tests, Arnold and Drummond agree to become roommates so that Willis can have Drummond's room to himself.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ The Reporter

Sat, Mar 19, 1983

As a reporter for the school newspaper, Arnold learns that drugs are being sold on school grounds. This attracts the concern of First Lady Nancy Reagan, who comes to the school to talk about her anti-drug campaign.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Romeo and Juliet

Sat, Apr 30, 1983

Arnold is excited about auditioning for the role of Romeo in the school play "Romeo & Juliet" until he finds out that his nemesis, Lisa, got the role of Juliet.

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ My Fair Larry

Sat, May 7, 1983

Willis asks Kimberly to help a classmate who lacks sensitivity to try and get a girl at school. However, the plan backfires when he falls in love with Kimberly.

1Season 6

S6.E1 ∙ Mr. T and mr. t

Sat, Oct 1, 1983

Arnold and his friends meet Mr. T in this tale about Arnold trying to win the heart of a classmate.

2Season 6

S6.E2 ∙ The Goat

Sat, Oct 1, 1983

In 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.

3Season 6

S6.E3 ∙ Rashomon II

Sat, Oct 22, 1983

After a burglar's attempt to rob the house is foiled, Arnold, Willis, and Drummond all give different accounts of how it happen.

4Season 6

S6.E4 ∙ The Lie

Sat, Oct 29, 1983

Willis lies about his qualifications so that he can get a job at Arnold's carnival.

5Season 6

S6.E5 ∙ Drafted

Sat, Nov 12, 1983

A computer glitch which identifies Arnold as being 18-years of age and drafted into the military leaves Drummond fighting mad.

6Season 6

S6.E6 ∙ The Van Drummonds

Sat, Nov 19, 1983

The 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.

7Season 6

S6.E7 ∙ The Moonlighter

Sat, Nov 26, 1983

Arnold is upset when his favorite teacher lies to him about working as a waitress at a sleazy nightclub.

8Season 6

S6.E8 ∙ Coming of Age

Sat, Dec 3, 1983

With 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.

9Season 6

S6.E9 ∙ Assert Yourself

Sat, Dec 10, 1983

With only two days left until the class election, Arnold resigns as Dudley's campaign manager and decides to run against him.

10Season 6

S6.E10 ∙ Mrs. Z

Sat, Dec 17, 1983

After 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.

11Season 6

S6.E11 ∙ The Senior Class Queen

Sat, Jan 7, 1984

Kimberly 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.

12Season 6

S6.E12 ∙ Where There's Smoke

Sat, Jan 14, 1984

Arnold 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.

13Season 6

S6.E13 ∙ Drummond's Lady

Sat, Jan 21, 1984

After 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.

14Season 6

S6.E14 ∙ The Hitchhikers: Part 1

Sat, Jan 28, 1984

Arnold and Kimberly learn the dangers of hitch hiking when they are abducted and held captive by a sinister man.

15Season 6

S6.E15 ∙ The Hitchhikers: Part 2

Sat, Feb 4, 1984

Arnold escapes his captor and seeks help from the police.

16Season 6

S6.E16 ∙ Hooray for Hollywood: Part 1

Sat, Feb 11, 1984

After Maggie breaks off their relationship, Drummond decides to take the family to Hollywood to meet up with her and find out why.

17Season 6

S6.E17 ∙ Hooray for Hollywood: Part 2

Sat, Feb 18, 1984

Drummond 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.

18Season 6

S6.E18 ∙ The Wedding

Sat, Feb 25, 1984

Drummond'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.

19Season 6

S6.E19 ∙ The Honeymoon's Over

Sat, Mar 3, 1984

On the night of a big party, Arnold is stuck at home babysitting Sam.

20Season 6

S6.E20 ∙ The Bar Mitzvah Boy

Sat, Mar 17, 1984

Arnold thinks of converting to Judaism when he sees how many presents and checks his friend Robbie collects for his Bar Mitzvah.

21Season 6

S6.E21 ∙ Kathy's Olympics

Sat, Mar 24, 1984

As 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.

22Season 6

S6.E22 ∙ The Houseguest

Sat, May 5, 1984

Charlene 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.

23Season 6

S6.E23 ∙ The Boyfriend

Sat, May 12, 1984

Kimberly lies to Drummond about moving in with her boyfriend whom he is not very fond of to begin with.

1Season 7

S7.E1 ∙ A Haunting We Will Go

Sat, Sep 29, 1984

After 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.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ Arnold and Lisa's Mother

Sat, Oct 6, 1984

Arnold, 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.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ Bed-Wetting

Sat, Oct 13, 1984

When Sam starts wetting the bed, Arnold is anything but sensitive to his problem.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Undercover Lover

Sat, Oct 20, 1984

Willis starts romancing the new girl at school who turns out to be an undercover narcotics agent.

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ Arnold's Strike

Sat, Oct 27, 1984

In 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.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ Sam's Father

Sat, Nov 3, 1984

Maggie gets very emotional when Sam decides that he wants to temporarily stay with his father.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ Carmella Meets the Gooch

Sat, Nov 10, 1984

When 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.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ Arnold the Entrepreneur

Sat, Nov 17, 1984

Arnold 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.

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ The Honorable Arnold J. Jackson

Sat, Nov 24, 1984

Arnold 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.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ The Gymnasts

Sat, Dec 1, 1984

Willis's 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.

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Tonsils

Sat, Dec 8, 1984

Drummond 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.

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ Arnold's Songbird

Sat, Dec 15, 1984

Arnold 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.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Baseball Blues

Sat, Jan 5, 1985

When Sam's little-league baseball-coach quits, Drummond takes over - but Drummond's coaching methods antagonize the other kids' parents. Meanwhile, Willis yearns for an expensive car as his graduation present.

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ Arnold Saves the Squirrel

Sat, Jan 12, 1985

Upon 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.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ Sam Adopts a Grandparent

Sat, Jan 19, 1985

As 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.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Happy Birthday Drummond

Sat, Jan 26, 1985

Kimberly 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.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Sam's New Pal

Sat, Feb 2, 1985

Drummond faces a tough decision when Sam asks if he can have a sleepover party with his new friend, who happens to be a girl.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Russian Embassy

Sat, Feb 9, 1985

Arnold'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?

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ Cheers to Arnold

Sat, Feb 16, 1985

Arnold 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.

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ A Camping We Will Go

Sat, Feb 23, 1985

Drummond takes Arnold and Sam camping to strengthen the bonds. But this bonding session is seriously hampered when Sam's father shows up.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ Beauty Is in the Eye of Arnold

Sat, Mar 2, 1985

Arnold 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.

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Blue Collar Drummond

Sat, Mar 9, 1985

Putting 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.

23Season 7

S7.E23 ∙ Street Smarts

Sat, Mar 23, 1985

Arnold 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.

24Season 7

S7.E24 ∙ A Special Friend

Sat, May 4, 1985

Arnold 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.

1Season 8

S8.E1 ∙ Sam's Missing

Fri, Sep 27, 1985

Drummond and Maggie begin an all-out effort to rescue Sam from their captors through a variety of methods, some of which backfire. Meanwhile, Don goes to great lengths to hide from his own family the fact that he kidnapped Sam. But the 7-year-old Sam uses his intuition and instinct to rescue himself, knowing that everyone he loves could face a very violent death if he is caught.

2Season 8

S8.E2 ∙ Bully for Arnold

Fri, Oct 4, 1985

A school bully orders Arnold to "guard" his girlfriend, but things become complicated when the girl falls for Arnold instead.

3Season 8

S8.E3 ∙ Love on the Run

Fri, Oct 11, 1985

Drummond and Maggie's hectic schedules and lack of time spent with each other leads Sam to believe that they'll be getting divorced soon.

4Season 8

S8.E4 ∙ Willis Goes to College

Fri, Oct 18, 1985

After a difficult first week of college, Willis comes home and fakes sickness so that he won't have to go back.

5Season 8

S8.E5 ∙ Arnold's Job

Fri, Oct 25, 1985

After landing a job as a photographer at a small newspaper with Drummond's help, Arnold quickly gets tired of being an errand boy for a cranky boss and considers quitting.

6Season 8

S8.E6 ∙ A Tale of Two Teachers

Fri, Nov 8, 1985

Remember Mr. Wilkes, the no-nonsense substitute teacher whose career was nearly destroyed when Arnold claimed he hit him? Well, Mr. Wilkes is back ... and gotten full-time employment as Arnold's hard-nosed English literature teacher, in this tale about Arnold goofing off in class, acting like a know-it-all and then Mr. Wilkes demanding that his deviant student put up or shut up - by teaching the class for a day. The task: Teach the students Dickens' classic "A Tale of Two Cities."

7Season 8

S8.E7 ∙ So You Want to Be a Rock Star?

Fri, Nov 15, 1985

In order to impress a girl, Arnold gets his friends and Sam to start up a band. After practicing a few times, they realize that Arnold is terrible and ask Sam to fire him.

8Season 8

S8.E8 ∙ Speak No Evil

Fri, Nov 29, 1985

Arnold and Drummond have a difference of opinion when Arnold and his friends consider throwing fruit to protest a local civic group that is against black people.

9Season 8

S8.E9 ∙ Arnold's Bad Rep

Fri, Dec 6, 1985

Feeling peer pressure from the guys, Arnold lies about having sex with his girlfriend. However when the actual opportunity arises, he is anything but ready.

10Season 8

S8.E10 ∙ It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

Fri, Dec 13, 1985

With Sam depressed that no one will come to his birthday party, Drummond pulls some strings and gets the popular kids TV show host Captain Jack to appear. However, the plan does not work out very well for Sam when the kids at the party ignore him and pay more attention to Captain Jack.

11Season 8

S8.E11 ∙ Arnold's Initiation

Fri, Jan 10, 1986

Arnold's desire to join a coveted elite club at school has serious consequences for the busboy at the local hamburger joint when the prank prompts the busboy's unsympathetic boss - without investigating the situation - to unmercifully fire him on the spot.

12Season 8

S8.E12 ∙ Bulimia

Fri, Jan 17, 1986

Kimberly makes a return visit home and all seems well with her, except that she's hiding a dark secret. The fact that she has been utilizing the dangerous Bulimic practice of staying thin by eating and then regurgitating it back out in the bathroom. She does her best to hide this from everyone until it becomes all too clear that her health is in jeopardy.

13Season 8

S8.E13 ∙ Sam's Big Brother

Fri, Jan 24, 1986

Arnold gets jealous when Sam begins spending more time with Willis and he is the odd man out.

14Season 8

S8.E14 ∙ Arnold's Tangled Web

Fri, Jan 31, 1986

Arnold overhears Drummond's phone conversation where he authorizes the firing of a poorly performing employee. Knowing he is getting an F in geometry (and fearing similar treatment from his father), Arnold turns to a con artist to forge his report card and Drummond's signature. But things backfire when Drummond - elated when he thinks his son had done outstanding in the class - plans to have him enrolled in an advanced placement course.

15Season 8

S8.E15 ∙ Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown

Fri, Feb 7, 1986

Sam considers getting into a fist fight with a new kid in school who is constantly picking on him. Drummond and the family are featured on a television show about the rich and famous.

16Season 8

S8.E16 ∙ The Big Bribe

Fri, Feb 21, 1986

Seeing that Arnold is afraid to ask out a pretty girl from his school, Willis bribes her with concert tickets so that she will ask him out. The plan backfires when Arnold eventually finds out.

17Season 8

S8.E17 ∙ The Photo Club

Fri, Feb 28, 1986

Arnold gets locked in a closet with his schoolyard rival Lisa.

18Season 8

S8.E18 ∙ The Front Page

Fri, Mar 7, 1986

In the last completed episode, Arnold discovers a steroid ring operating among athletes at his school and tries to publicize it in the school newspaper.