Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 14
Arnold’s preoccupation with girls and school leaves younger brother Sam alone and bored until Willis steps in, takes over as “”big bro”” and causes a row when Arnold decides to…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 13
Arnold suspects that Kimberly has an eating disorder when his slender sister is secretly gorging himself, but not gaining any weight. Arnold seeks Drummond’s help in confronting Kimberly with her…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 12
Arnold’s initiation into the “”cool”” club at school jeopardizes his friendship with the mildly-retarded dishwasher at the Hamburger Hangar, after a prank Arnold “”must”” pull causes the man to lose…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 11
Drummond has “”insured”” that Sam will have an unforgettable birthday party by arranging for a local television personality to be the main attraction, until the swash-buckling “”Captain Jack”” steals the…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 10
Arnold succumbs to peer pressure and boasts he went “”all the way”” with his girlfriend, but his lie puts him in a more awkward position once the girl finds out…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 9
Father and son are feuding over First Amendment rights when an outraged Arnold objects to a white supremacy organization speaking at his high school and a discerning Drummond can’t support…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 8
A music instructor “”backs up”” Arnold after he claims to be an expert sax player in order to impress a girl.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 7
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest stars as a high school English teacher who gives Arnold a “”classic”” punishment for “”goofing off”” in class and the freshman quickly learns his lesson when his…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 6
Arnold’s dream of becoming an “”overnight”” success as a photo-journalist run headlong into reality when he gets his first job on a local newspaper.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 5
Willis takes a big step when he leave home for college, but fears his initiation to dorm life is only one of the freshman experiences he may not be ready…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 4
Sam and Arnold fear that the time their parents are spending apart is a symptom of an ailing marriage and the boys attempt to give them a dose of romance,…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 3
Guarding the school bully’s girlfriend, Ramona, seems like a simple task to Arnold, until his natural Jackson “”charm”” creates some problems, Ramona falls head over heels for him and Herman,…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 2
The Drummonds, desperate to get Sam back, go on the news to try and advertise to get Sam back. In the meantime Sam risks everything to tell the Drummonds where…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 8 Episode 1
A family whose little boy died, forces the father to kidnap Sam, who is shopping for some snacks in a grocery store. After the kidnapping, the man threatens to kill…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 24
Arnold and Sam’s new friendship with a street performer gets mired in fear and confusion when they discover she has epilepsy.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 23
Although Arnold boasts he held his own in a mugging, Drummond fears the incident goes deeper than Arnold will admit and becomes concerned when he finds Arnold has sought a…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 22
When Drummond is accused of being out of touch with his employee, he secretly takes a job in one of his own factories working on an assembly line. Much to…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 21
Arnold is faced with a dilemma when his friends insist he take a cute cheerleader to the dance instead of the girl Arnold really likes who they consider an “”ugly…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 20
A camping trip with Arnold and Sam intended to strengthen Drummond’s relationship with Sam goes awry when Sam’s real father shows up and invites himself along.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 19
Arnold’s attempt to stop a friend from drinking backfires as he’s left standing in the boy’s bathroom holding a bottle of booze when the teacher walks in.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 18
When Arnold’s rocket for his school project is accidentally set off and lands atop the Russian Embassy, the state department is led to suspect the Drummond’s participation is foul play.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 17
Sam is taken aback when he realizes his new “”buddy”” is a girl, but Mr. Drummond is even more dumbfounded when the kids want to have a sleepover.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 16
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…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 15
The Drummonds are concerned when the normally lovable Sam battles with a cynical senior who rejects the Cub Scout’s “”Adopt A Grandparent”” program, leaving Sam with a tainted view of…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 14
When Sam visits a taping of “”The Sandy Squirrel Show”” he is overcome by the news his favorite television idol is about to be cancelled, but it’s big brother Arnold…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 13
Sam persuades a reluctant Mr. Drummond to become the coach of his bad news baseball team and then regrets it after he winds up on the bench.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 12
In order to be elected the entertainment chairman for a school charity fundraiser, Arnold promises to get a celebrity but when it’s time to deliver, he’s forced to look to…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 11
Drummond is a tower of strength for Sam as he prepares to have his tonsils removed, but what will happen when Drummond finds out he is to be Sam’s roommate…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 10
Drummond’s surprise meant to encourage an Olympic hopeful felled by a tragic accident backfires when the young man instead becomes embittered at meeting the 1984 Men’s Olympic Gold Medal-winning Gymnastics…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 9
When Arnold is appointed judge of the school court, he is suddenly faced with jeopardizing a longtime friendship or losing a date with the school heartthrob–everyone has their day in…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 8
Entrepreneur Arnold reluctantly allows Sam to be a part of his new scheme, when Sam realizes only Arnold will reap the profits, he breaks up the partnership and becomes the…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 7
“”The Gooch”” returns to taunt Arnold and take on a new target–Sam, only to face his first challenge in the Drummond’s new neighbor, an Italian foreign exchange student.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 6
Sam must choose between a penthouse apartment and a honky-tonk club when his real father comes knocking on the Drummond’s door, wanting to take Sam with him.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 5
Arnold risks expulsion from school when he leads a strike against some new rules he feels are “”unfair.””
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 4
Willis becomes the middleman in a police effort to halt use and trafficking of drugs at his high school.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 3
The Drummond household is faced with Sam’s bed-wetting problem trying everything from scolding to fawning, only to have Sam become more frustrated and hurt.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 2
Arnold thinks the school science fair is the perfect opportunity to sabotage the project of his least favorite female classmate, but with a closer look he wonders if her aggravating…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 7 Episode 1
When Arnold and Sam creep through the crevices of the neighborhood’s haunted house they find the ghost boasts a bounty of surprises–the biggest being a love for people and contempt…
Diff’rent Strokes Season 6 Episode 24
Blinded by love, Kimberly takes an enormous and deceptive risk when she talks her father into allowing her to move into an apartment, allegedly with her girl friend.
Diff’rent Strokes Season 6 Episode 23
Willis and Charlene’s budding young love begins to wilt when she moves in as a temporary houseguest at the Drummond’s. Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson’s younger sister, returns in her role…