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  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1979
  • 25 m
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1979
  • 25 m

Summary Diff'rent Strokes took place in New York and centered around the happenings in the Drummond household. Philip Drummond was a widower and had a daughter, Kimberly. He was also quite wealthy and lived in the penthouse of a luxurious apartment building. His wealth was due to the fact that he was the president of Trans Allied, Inc.However...

Directed By: Gerren Keith

Written By: Alan Rosen, Fred Rubin, Bernie Kukoff, Jeff Harris

  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1979
  • 25 m
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 31, 1979
  • 25 m
Diff'rent Strokes
S2 • Episode 7
The Adoption: Part 1
Air Date: Oct 31, 1979
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Summary Diff'rent Strokes took place in New York and centered around the happenings in the Drummond household. Philip Drummond was a widower and had a daughter, Kimberly. He was also quite wealthy and lived in the penthouse of a luxurious apartment building. His wealth was due to the fact that he was the president of Trans Allied, Inc.However...

Created By: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff

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Episode 1 • Sep 21, 1979 • 1 h
Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 1
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 21, 1979 • 1 h
Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 2
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.
Episode 3 • Sep 28, 1979 • 1 h
Feudin' and Fussin': Part 1
At Arnold's suggestion, a TV producer gives Larry Alder an audition for a TV hosting job.
Episode 4 • Oct 12, 1979 • 25 m
Mrs. Garrett's Romance
Mrs. Garrett receives a marriage proposal from a younger man with whom she attends night school.
Episode 5 • Oct 19, 1979 • 25 m
Birds and Bees
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.
Episode 6 • Oct 24, 1979 • 25 m
Arnold's Hero
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.
Episode 7 • Oct 31, 1979 • 25 m
The Adoption: Part 1
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.
Episode 8 • Nov 7, 1979 • 25 m
The Adoption: Part 2
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.
Episode 9 • Nov 14, 1979 • 25 m
Father and Son Day
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".
Episode 10 • Nov 28, 1979 • 22 m
Thanksgiving Crossover: Part 1
Mr. Drummond's old friend, Larry Alder, visits New York on a business trip to present a business plan for purchasing a television station.
Episode 11 • Dec 5, 1979 • 25 m
The Rivals
A girl at school pretends that she likes Arnold only so that she can get close to Willis.
Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1979 • 25 m
Hot Watch
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.
Episode 13 • Dec 19, 1979 • 25 m
The Dog Story
Arnold saves a dog from being hit by a car, but when the dog bites him, Mr. Drummond thinks the dog might have rabies.
Episode 14 • Jan 9, 1980 • 25 m
The Election
While a new housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, takes over from Mrs. Garrett, Mr. Drummond decides to run for city council after a friend's suggestion.
Episode 15 • Jan 16, 1980 • 25 m
Friendly Mate
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.
Episode 16 • Jan 23, 1980 • 25 m
Poor Drummond
Arnold and Willis apply for welfare when they think Mr. Drummond's company may be going under.
Episode 17 • Jan 30, 1980 • 22 m
Big Business
Arnold and Willis go into business together selling Adelaide's homemade brownies.
Episode 18 • Feb 6, 1980 • 25 m
Return of the Gooch
Arnold is tired of being bullied at school so he takes karate lessons.
Episode 19 • Feb 13, 1980 • 25 m
Valentine's Day Retrospective
Arnold and Willis get trapped in the building's storage room and reminisce about time with the Drummonds.
Episode 20 • Feb 20, 1980 • 25 m
Skin Deep or True Blue
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.
Episode 21 • Feb 27, 1980 • 30 m
Teacher's Pet
Arnold's classmates accuse him of being a teacher's pet when their teacher, Miss Osbourne, goes out with Mr. Drummond.
Episode 22 • Mar 12, 1980 • 25 m
The Slumber Party
A huge fight ensues when Kimberly invites her friends from Eastland Academy over at the same time that Willis has his friends over.
Episode 23 • Mar 19, 1980 • 25 m
Arnold Faces Fatality
Arnold's beloved goldfish Abraham passes away.
Episode 24 • Mar 26, 1980 • 25 m
The Squealer
Willis joins a gang in spite of Mr. Drummond's warnings.
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