Season 3 has some great stuff, especially "Snakebite" and "Inferno" (both already listed). I'll give a cautious-to-reluctant mention to "Peace Pipe" (Season 2) -- some cringe-worthy ethnic "humor", but the episode does include the classic girdle incident. (On second thought, just watch the "Geatest Rescues" compilation movie -- the girdle thing's in there, too.)
The girdle incident is a hoot. The drunk driving storyline is okay, though I don't quite get why the mom would ever leave her second child in a car after what happened to the first one. I'd think she'd be far too paranoid about it.
The race stuff was pretty ugly and sure hasn't aged well. Yeah, Johnny fought back and got the last word, but I can't imagine they'd get away with that at all now. That was pretty over the top even for the early seventies.
Didn't somebody say on here that Randolph Mantooth asked the writers not to do that again? Can't say as I blame him at all.
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