Pick 6 episodes from each season ONE-NINE. And those are your favorites. You can go to TV.COM for episode titles, ratings, and descriptions. For example, this is my list:

Season 1
- - - - - -
1. Dieting
2. I.Q
3. Dope
4. Emily Dickinson
5. Flash Flood
6. Like Mother, Like Daughter


Season 2
- - - - - -
1. Double Standard
2. Shoplifting
3. Sex Symbol
4. Breaking Point
5. The Secret
6. Bought and Sold


Season 3
- - - - - -
1. A Baby in the House
2. Legacy
3. Green-Eyed Monster
4. The Four Muskateers
5. Runaway
6. Mind Your own Buisness


Season 4
- - - - - -
1. Take My Finals, Please
2. A Royal Pain
3. Under Pressure
4. Magnificent Obsession
5. Who's on First?
6. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?


Season 5
- - - - - -
1. Gamma Gamma or Bust
2. Small But Dangerous
3. Store Games
4. All By Herself
5. Joint Custody
6. A Death in the Family


Season 6
- - - - - -
1. Cruisin'
2. Dear Apple
3. The Rich Aren't Different
4. With A Little Help From My Friends
5. The Last Drive-In
6. Sisters


Season 7
- - - - - -
1. 3,2,1
2. Come Back to the truck stop, Natalie Green
3. Christmas Baby
4. Stake Out Blues
5. Concentration
6. The Candidate


Season 8
- - - - - -
1. Ready or Not
2. Fast Food
3. Write or Wrong
4. Seven Little Indians
5. Younger Than Springtime
6. This is Only A Test


Season 9
- - - - - -
1. Before The Fall
2. Sweet Charity
3. The More the Marrier
4. Adventures in Baileysitting
5. A House Divided
6. Peekskill Law

those are my favorites, what are yours? Please post them, I'm really interested in reading what your favorites are. :)

I think that it is interesting that on the same day that I post a message called "More About Larry" someone else starts a thread that indirectly deals with the same Larry! For seasons two and three, this poster picked an episode that featured Larry Rhine's wife! Maybe, this person like me has some special appreciation for Hazel Shermet! Who knows?

In addition to this, there are a couple more episodes up here that I would have picked if I were posting. In the first place, I liked the first season episode known as "Dope". There are a lot of things that I liked about it and one of them is the fact that Helen Hunt was in it. I am crazy about her! I also thought that "Crusin" was pretty cool!

I would now like to write about another episode that I liked and that is not up there. If I had to pick a favorite for the final season, I would go with "Big Apple Blues". I thought that Mindy Cohn as Natelie did a great job of acting disgusted when she realized that her purse had been stolen! It came off as being so natural!

Season 1:

The Return of Mr. Garrett
Emily Dickinson

Season 2:
Double Standard
Who Am I
Shoplifting
Gossip
Sex Symbol
The Secret

Season 3:
Growing Pains
Legacy
Green-Eyed Monster
The Four Musketeers
New York, New York
Mind Your Own Business

Season 4:
Ain't Miss Beholden
The Source
For the Asking
Magnificent Obsession
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Take My Finals, Please (one of my favorite eps EVER)

Season 5:
The Halloween Show
The Christmas Show
Big Fish/Little Fish
Dream Marriage
Seems Like Old Times
The Way We Were

Season 6:
Summer of '84 (Jo sings!)
Cruisin'
Dear Apple
Talk, Talk, Talk
Christmas in the Big House
The Last Drive-In

Season 7:
Out of the Fire
Doo Wah
Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green
3,2,1
Tootie Drives
Concentration

Season 8:
Another Room
Fast Food
Seven Little Indians
A Winter's Tale
This Is Only A Test
Rites of Passage

Season 9:
Down and Out in Malibu
Before the Fall
Golden Oldies
Let's Face the Music

Season 1
Rough Housing
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Dieting
The Facts of Love
Emily Dickinson
Dope

Season 2
The New Girl (Parts 1&2)
Shoplifting
The Secret
Bought and Sold
Pretty Babies

Season 3
Front Page
Give and Take
Read no Evil
Runaway
New York, New York
Mind Your Own Business

Season 4
The Sound of Silence
For The Asking
Magnificent Obsession
Take My Finals, Please
Graduation (parts 1 & 2)

Season 5
The Way We Were (parts 1 & 2)
Advance Placement
Store Games
Next Door
Dream Marriage

Season 6
Summer of 84'
Dear Apple
Cruisin'
Talk, Talk, Talk
Slices of Life
E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett on Campus)

Season 7
Out of the Fire (also includes Into the Frying Pan and Grand Opening)
Teacher, Teacher
Doo-Wah
Come Back to the Truck Stop, Natalie Green, Natalie Green
The Lady Who Came to Dinner

Season 8
Out of Peekskill (parts 1 & 2)
The Little Chill
Fast Food
Write or Wrong
Seven Little Indians

Season 9
Down and Out in Malibu (parts 1 &2)
Adventures in Baileysitting
Golden Oldies

I have observed several things about the responses to this thread that I find to be quite interesting! In the first place, "Shoplifting" and "Green Eyed Monster" seem to be very popular episodes. Like I mentioned in my first response I liked both of these because I am a big fan of Hazel Shermet and these are the only two episodes of this show that she appeared in. Another one that has gotten several votes is "Dope". Helen Hunt is another one of my favorite performers and I thought that she did a great job in this episode! "Crusin" is another one that I would have voted for. I really enjoyed the enthusism that the girls had when it came to offering support for each other and singing along with the radio! However, one that nobody seems too interested in is "Big Apple Blues". Being that Natelie was my favorite character, I like episodes that centered around her. It is my understanding that this was one of several attempts at a spin-off. It is ashamed that neither this nor any of the others worked out!

However, one that nobody seems too interested in is "Big Apple Blues". Being that Natelie was my favorite character, I like episodes that centered around her. It is my understanding that this was one of several attempts at a spin-off. It is ashamed that neither this nor any of the others worked out!

Bleh, I'm just not a real huge fan of pretty much the whole 9th season...but Nat is totally my favorite character, too. I think she's the most hilarious and real :) I love, love LOVE Lisa Whelchel, and Blair definitely had some great scenes/lines etc.I love Nancy McKeon but for whatever reason, I was never really incredibly fond of Jo. And I hated Tootie after season 3.

Bleh, I'm just not a real huge fan of pretty much the whole 9th season...but Nat is totally my favorite character, too. I think she's the most hilarious and real :) I love, love LOVE Lisa Whelchel, and Blair definitely had some great scenes/lines etc.I love Nancy McKeon but for whatever reason, I was never really incredibly fond of Jo. And I hated Tootie after season 3.
yeah, isnt lisa whelchel amazing!?! :D

I would be very interested in knowing what exactly the last poster disliked about the character of Tootie after the thrid season! I thought that she was okay throughout the whole sereis.

and Nancy is AMAZING as well!

and Nancy is AMAZING as well!
yes, she is! :D

yeah, isnt lisa whelchel amazing!?! :D

indeed :happyface

I would be very interested in knowing what exactly the last poster disliked about the character of Tootie after the thrid season! I thought that she was okay throughout the whole sereis.

well, "hate" might be a bit of an exaggeration ;) but I seriously did dislike Tootie. Around season 4 she started this scream-y kind of whine that absolutely drove me insane. I honestly don't know how anyone could stand to be around her. She was occasionally funny, though.

Season 1:
1. Running
2. Dope
3. Emily Dickinson
4. Dieting
5. Molly's Holiday
6. Rough Housing

Season 2:
1. Breaking Point
2. Pretty Babies
3. Free Spirit
4. Who Am I?
5. Double Standard
6. The New Girl (Part 2)

Season 3
1. Read No Evil
2. Sweet Sorrow
3. Legacy
4. Dear Me
5. New York, New York
6. The Marriage Brokers

Season 4
1. The Source
2. Daddy's Girl
3. Take My Finals, Please
4. Teacher's Pet
5. Guess What's Coming To Dinner
6. Graduation (Part 2)

Season 5
1. A Death In The Family
2. Next Door
3. Seems Like Old Times
4. The Christmas Show
5. The Halloween Show
6. Small But Dangerous

Season 6
1. The Summer of '84
2. Working It Out
3. The Interview Show
4. Christmas In The Big House
5. The Rich Aren't Different
6. E.G.O.C. (Edna Garrett On Campus)

Season 7
1. Teacher, Teacher
2. We Get Letters
3. Ballroom Dance
4. A New Life
5. Concentration
6. Stake-Out Blues

Season 8
1. Out Of Peekskill (Part 1)
2. Out Of Peekskill (Part 2)
3. The Wedding Day
4. Where's Poppa?
5. Seven Little Indians
6. Boy About The House

Season 9
1. On The Edge
2. Less Than Perfect
3. The More The Marrier
4. 'Til Marrige Do Us Part
5. Present Imperfect
6. Peekskill Law

Season 1
1. I.Q.
2. Flash Flood
3. Emily Dickinson
4. Dieting
5. Rough Housing
6. Adoption

Season 2
1. Double Standard
2. The New Girl Part 1 and 2
3. Cousin Geri
4. Gossip
5. Teenage Marriage Part 1 and 2
6. The Secret

Season 3
1. A Friend in Deed
2. Legacy
3. Green-Eyed Monster
4. The Four Musketeers
5. Mind Your Own Business
6. Kids Can Be Cruel

Season 4
1. Take My Finals, Please
2. Graduation Part 1 and 2
3. Ain't Miss Beholden
4. Teacher's Pet
5. Magnificent Obsession
6. Different Drummer

Season 5
1. Seems Like Old Times
2. The Way We Were Part 1 and 2
3. Brave New World Part 1 and 2
4. Gamma Gamma or Bust
5. The Christmas Show
6. A Death in the Family

Season 6
1. Christmas in the Big House
2. Working It Out
3. The Summer of '84
4. Talk, Talk, Talk
5. Cruisin'
6. A Slice of Life

Season 7
1. Tootie Drives
2. Born Too Late
3. Concentration
4. Doo-Wah
5. Ballroom Dance
6. 3,2,1

Season 8
1. Out of Peekskill Part 1 and 2
2. Another Room
3. Off-Broadway Baby
4. Boy About the House
5. Fast Food
6. Seven Little Indians

Season 9
1. Till Marriage Do Us Part
2. Less Than Perfect
3. Down and Out in Malibu Part 1 and 2
4. Present Imperfect
5. Let's Face the Music
6. Something In Common

Ok here it goes:
SEASON 1
1. Rough housing (Blair is naughty)
2. like mother like daughter (Mrs. G + Blair had their 1st heart to heart talk)
3. Emily Dickinson (Blair is hilarious)
4. The facts of love (Blair shows a warm side of her)
5. Dope (Blair is trouble)
6. Adoption (Blair is caring towards MOLLY)

SEASON 2
1. The new girl (welcome home JO!)
2. Cousin Geri (Mrs. G works her magic on Blair)
3. Bough & Sold (Blair learns a lesson about friendship)
4. Breaking point (Mrs. G comforts Blair who s depressed at loosing)
5. Double standard (Blair shows she can be a good friend)
6. Free spirit (funny episode)

SEASON 3
1.The 4 musketeers (friendship is all that matters)
2. The legacy (Mrs. G always knows how to make Blair feel better)
3. Growing pains (The girls get in trouble again oops!)
4. Give and take (The girls realize how much they depend on Mrs. G
5. Kids can be cruel (Blair & Nat are bad & get good lectures from Mrs. G)
6. A friend in deed (Blair shows how much she has matured)

SEASON 4
1. Best sister part 1+2 (Mrs. G helps Blair with her issue over her sis)
2. Graduation part 1+2 (Mrs. G tender moment with her 2 older girls)
3. Under pressure (The girl s concern over Mrs. G is very touching)
4. Magnificent obsession (Jo shows how much she cares for Blair)
5. Different drummer (Blair shows her sensitive side with the boy)
6. Guess what s coming to diner (Blair "bla bla bla" EMILY DICKINSON. Jo "it as freezing! JO POLNIACZEK ha ha ha)

SEASON 5
1. Brave new world (Mrs. G + each girl has a different issue)
2. Gamma gamma (Mrs. G & Blair s relationship are at stake)
3. Chain letter(the girls are bad but you can tell Mrs.G wants to 4give them
4. The xmas show (You can tell Mrs. G is closest to Blair & Jo)
5. Small but dangerous (KELLY delivers a great performance)
6. The way we were (Flashbacks of the 4 + how much they v grown)

SEASON 6
1. Working it out (mother daughter relationship between Mrs. G & Blair)
2. The interview show (you can feel all the love Mrs. G has for her girls)
3. Cruising (another glimpse of Blair & Jo s friendship when they sing)
4. Out in Malibu (Blair & Jo have romance with unlikely guys)
5. Xmas in the big house (Blair shows class by singing & losing her fear)
6. Dear apple (amusing episode about Jo & a computer)

SEASON 7, 8 & 9 a nonsense exept for the 2 big episodes
1. The xmas baby (Mrs. G is like a 2d mother to Blair)
2. Out of Peekskills (Mrs. G says farewell + tells the girls she loves them)

my favorite 6 from each season would be
season 1
1-rough housing
2-like mother like daughter
3-flash flood
4-adoption
5-running
6-dope

season 2
1-the new girl parts 1&2 (great introduction for jo)
2-shoplifting(great to see jo admit that she feels she is getting close to mrs.garrett)
3-teenage marriage parts 1&2(great to see how much jo really does mean to mrs garrett and the girls especially blair who really showed how much she cared for jo to try and stop her from making a huge mistake by getting married)
4-the secret(a powerful episode to show how difficult jo's life really has been growing up and the fact that mrs.garrett got jo's dad to not just give up on jo and try harder to work things out with her)
5-bought and sold(good to see blair learn about friendship and not be greedy by giving natalie a full refund of her money and to see that she shows she really is natalie's friend and is sorry for what she did)
6-cousin geri(it was a great introduction to geri it was also great to see that blair wasn't embarrassed by geri because she had cerebral palsy that it was jealousy plus the way she fit in with the girls so well.one thing i liked about geri jewells character is in the episodes she was in it didn't just focus on her disability but showed how people with disabilities are regular people to and have normal lives just like everyone else.she should have been made a regular if u ask me because her character was great)
season 3
1-growing pains
2-the four musketeers(as much as the girls got on each others nerves it was great to see how much they really mean to each other)
3-the affair(mindy cohn was brilliant in this episode)
4-runaway
5-the academy
6-new york new york(it was great to see how much blair and jo realized that there lives have changed alot since being at eastland)

season 4
1-ain't miss beholden(great to see how much blair really cares about jo and that she made sure jo got the scholarship not because blair wanted something to hold against her but because she was her friend and didn't want jo to leave eastland)
2-magnificent obsession(great to see how much jo really does care about blair)
3-teacher's pet(nancy mckeon was brilliant in this episode a very powerful episode and great that they showed how important a teacher can be to kids)
4-let's party(very important episode about the dangers of drinking and driving)
5-help from home(great to see jo's mom and dad working together to try and figure out a way to send jo to college and that they will both make sure that thay are able to)
6-graduation parts 1&2(great episode for many reasons one to see how much the girls all mean to each other and want to make sure they stay good friends even after blair and jo leave eastland,it was great to see jo's dad taking responsibility for mistakes he made in the past and admitting how it took alot for jo's mom to send her to eastland and admitting she didnt get any help from him and him trying to make jo's graduation a special event for her mom to)

season5
1-brave new world parts 1&2(great to see that they came up with a way to keep the girls together and to see how much mrs.garrett really loves them)
2-small dangerous(great to see how jo really will protect and stick up for her friends and is even willing to be somewhat of a mentor to kelly even after everything she has done)
3-the christmas show(it was great to see everyone learn the true meaning of christmas although i wish that jo would have taken that ticket to florida from blair you can clearly see that all blair was trying to do was to try and make jo happy for christmas and get to spend it with her mom.i was kind of upset with jo in this episode but it was great to see blair decide to return and spend christmas with jo and mrs.garrett
4-a death in the family(avery powerful and realistic episode that dealt with a very serious issue like death epsecially when its a parent this was another episode that mindy cohn was brilliant in)
5-seems like old times(it was great to see eddie return and how much jo had grown since she last saw him she really showed true emotion in this episode)
6-the way we were(great to see everyone to get blair and jo admit that their fight was really stupid and that they were really friends and meant alot to each other)

season 6
1-dear apple(great once again to see how much her friendship with blair really means alot to jo)
2-with a little help from my friends(very good episode about the use of drugs)
3-gone with the wind parts 1&2(great to see blair really falling for a guy who doesn't have money and has no interest in the guy who has money who's trying to pick her up)
4-sisters(great to see jo and blair really tring to be good friends and deal with the fact that their parents may get married and good to see them both apologize to each other for the things they said about each other and their parents)
5 -working it out(lisa whelchel was brilliant in this episode it was great to see that blair really wasn't always so self centered by the guilt she has because she hurt cliff so much by turning down his marriage proposal and breaking up with him and how mad she is at herself and nobody else for it)
6-bus stop(great to see natalie graduate and realize that she needs to take time off from school and not go directly to college because she needs to experience the real world first i'm glad that the writers had her stick to what she wanted to do and not just break down and give in and go to college right away)

season 7
1-out of the fire,into the frying pan,grand opening parts 1,2,&3
2-teacher teacher(it was great to see jo trying to become a teacher and how important it was for her to work with the kids and be a good teacher than it was to take a high paying easier job)
4-born to late(great storyline with tootie and andy with them dealing with the fact that andy has a crush on her and tootie really trying to make sure she doesn't hurt andy kim fields and mackenzie astin were brilliant in this episode plus the bird when it kept saying i love you edna and driving mrs.garrett crazy was hilarious)
5- christmas baby(great to see everyone delaying the plans to be with blair when her mom gives birth to the baby it showed what great friends everyone was)
6-the graduate/theapartment parts 1&2
7-tootie drives(i know it was only supposed to be six but there is one extra this season this episode was hilarious with tootie trying to get her license and natalie getting a hersch from her work for tootie to take her drivers license this episode just made me laugh so much)

season 8
1-out of peekskill parts 1&2(i wish it could have been a 3 parter just to give more time for mrs. garrett's departure and beverlyann's introduction it felt a little rushed but still a great episode with mrs.garret getting married and moving away and telling each of the girls how much she loved them and what they have taught her the scene with mrs.garrett saying her farewells with each of the girls was great)
2-the little chill(it was great to see the girls from season 1 again i just wish mrs. garret could have been there but there was also a great scene between beverlyann and jo with them both feeling like outsiders and jo assuring beverlyann that they were friends and that the girls were glad that she was there)
3-a boy about the house(it was great to see how much beverlyann loved andy and didnot want him going back to the orphanage or from foster home to foster home and she wanted to give him a permanent home and stability both cloris leachman and mackenzie astin were brilliant in this episode plus it was great to see the girls show so much support for beverlyann adopting andy especially when the social worker came)
4-ex marks the spot(great to see that beverlyann was finally ready to move on and realize her life was now in peekskill and not in appleton anymore)
5-this is only a test(it was great to see that blair realized that money can't buy everything and the way jo helped her to realize that and that show stayed up all night helping blair study because she really wanted to help blair get into law school their friendship really showed in this episode and both nancy mckeon and lisa whelchel were brilliant)
6-rites of passage parts 1&2(it was great to see blair and jo graduate from college and that jo was strong enough not to give a speech that she did not believe in and that no matter what she stood by her principles and said if she could not give the speech she wanted to she would not do it at all.plus blair showed how good of a friend she was to jo when she was chosen to give the speech instead when she decided to read jo's speech for her and made sure everyone know that it was jo's speech and not hers.it was great to see that she respected jo that much and that she was a great friend and later on in part 2 when jo is offered a job in california it showed how much blair natalie and tootie really meant to her and that they were her best friends that she was willing to turn down the job for them the scene at the end with jo leaving was so realistic and emotional it was brilliant)

season 9
1-sweet charity(i loved how it showed how much jo wanted to help people and save the shelter so much she was willing to beg blair for help)
2-less than perfect(lisa whelchel was brilliant in this episode she really showed true emotion.the scene with her at the hospital seeing the scar on her forehead and her reaction was totally realistic.it was also great to see that jo really was a great friend to blair and really wanted to help her by telling casey what was really going on with blair to make sure blair didn't make the mistake of pushing him away because they were both really in love with each other.it was great to see jo really trying to comfort and help blair in this episode)
3-till marriage do us part(it was great to see jo getting married it felt rushed all in one episode and it should have been a two parter but still agood episode)
4-present imperfect(it was great to see how tootie dealt with jeff's grandmother in a mature and respectful way after jeff's grandmother was mean to her it really showed how much tootie had grown in this episode)
5-big apple blues(a good and funny episode it was great that natalie was making a change in her life and was doing what was right for her plus the scenes with her and david spade were brilliant first when she was trying to help and comfort him when he lost his first patient and him trying to help her when her purse was stolen and helped her realize that what happened could happen anywhere and gets her to see that she really does want to move to new york city and stay there.i know this was a spinoff atempt for mindy cohn if it was picked up i would have liked to have her and david spade's character become a couple they had good chemistry)
6-the beginning of the end/the beginning of the beginning parts 1&2(i didn't like this as the final episode but i liked the episode itself i wish the other characters were included more than they were then it would have made a better series finale but this was really a good episode it really showed how much blair had grown and matured i was a little surprised that her father who really hasn't been there alot for her wasn't even willing to help her at all i know the storyline probably couldn't have happened if he did but still i liked how she was willing to give up her trust fund and lose all her money to save the eastland school rather than open up her own law firm and continue to have money.it really showed her maturity and what was more important to her which was saving the school.plus when she realized the school needed more than money it also needed a headmaster and a dorm monitor she stepped up and did it herself.it really shows how responsible blair had gotten and how she was really trying to not only save the school financially but to help it remain a great school that she was a part of and had been so proud of.the scenes with her trying to help the girl terry who was trying to get herself expelled because her parents were divorcing the talk she has with terry and gets her to realize that she needed to make herself happy even if her parents were divorcing was great.you could clearly see that blair was sharing her own experience with divorced parents with terry and she really wanted to help terry because she truly cared about her.if this spinoff attempt was picked up it would have made a better show if it included blair and jo with blair running the school and jo becoming a teacher or guidance counselor)
i miss the good old days of the 70's 80's and early 90's when shows dealt with realistic issues and witers knew how to write good stories.the junk they have on telivision today is ridiculous and is nothing like the great shows like the facts of life and other great shows of the 70's 80's and early 90's.

Here's my list:

Season 1
- - - - - -
1. Running
2. I.Q
3. Dope
4. Rough Housing
5. Flash Flood
6. Like Mother, Like Daughter


Season 2
- - - - - -
1. Gossip
2. The Secret
3. Sex Symbol
4. The New Girl, part 2
5. The New Girl, part 1
6. Pretty Babies


Season 3
- - - - - -
1. Front Page
2. Dear Me
3. Green-Eyed Monster
4. Give and Take
5. A Baby in the House
6. The Americanization of Miko


Season 4
- - - - - -
1. A Woman's Place
2. A Royal Pain
3. Best Sister, part 2
4. Take My Finals, Please
5. Who's on First?
6. Best Sister, part 1


Season 5
- - - - - -
1. Brave New World (last time we saw Eastland School, for many years)
2. The Halloween Show (this was a pretty funny post-Eastland show)


Season 6
- - - - - -
1. The Interview Show -- This was cutting-edge for the era; it hasn't dated well, but props for the idea.


Season 7
- - - - - -
N/A


Season 8
- - - - - -
1 The Little Chill -- so good to see the Lost Girls back!
2. 3,2,1 -- this was admittedly very funny, as I recall


Season 9
- - - - - -
1. The Beginning of the End - the show returned on a high note, going back to Eastland.
2. The Beginning of the Beginning