The Diane English Script Collection

[1988-1995]
Descriptive Summary:

Title: The Diane English Script Collection

Date Span: 1988-1995
Acquisition Number: N/A
Creator: Diane English
Donor: Diane English
Date of Acquisition: 1994-1995
Extent: 21 boxes
Language: English
Location: Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY
Buffalo State
Processed: Reprocessed 2017, Hope Dunbar

Information on Use:

Access: The Diane English Script Collection is open for research.

Reproduction of Materials:
See Archivist for information on reproducing materials from this collection, including
photocopies, digital camera images, or digital scans, as well as copyright restrictions that
may pertain to these materials.

Even though all reasonable and customary best-practices have been pursued, this
collection may contain materials with confidential information that is protected under
federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the
disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented
in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications
(e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts are
published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the
SUNY Buffalo State assumes no responsibility.
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Preferred Citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, The Diane English Script Collection [1988-
1995], Archives & Special Collections Department, E. H. Butler Library, SUNY Buffalo
State.

Biographical Note:
Diane English was born in Buffalo, New York where she attended Nardin Academy and
SUNY Buffalo State. Throughout the 1980s English wrote several series including: The
Lathe of Heaven, Foley Square (1985-1986) and My Sister Sam (1986 and 1987
seasons). She is best known for writing and producing the sitcom Murphy Brown for
CBS that ran for 10 years (1988-1998) totaling 247 episodes; and writing and directing
the 2008 feature film, The Women. Additional sitcoms written in the 1990s include, Love
and War (1992-1995), Double Rush (1995), Ink (1996), The Louie Show (1996), and
Living in Captivity (1998).

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains evolving drafts of each show episode prior to production and
editing notes handwritten throughout.

Arrangement: The collection is divided into three series by television program and
ordered by series and episode number:

Series I: Murphy Brown Box 1-13

Series II: Love and War Box 14-19
Series III: Double Rush Box 20-21

Inventory:

Series I: Murphy Brown

Box 1: Final Episode Scripts

Folder 1.1 S01/E01 Respect/Dont Ask 03/28/1988

Folder 1.2 S01/E02 Devil with a Blue Dress On 10/05/1988
Folder 1.3 S01/E03 Nowhere to Run 10/19/1988
Folder 1.4 S01/E04 Signed, Sealed, and Delivered 10/26/1988
Folder 1.5 S01/E05 Murphys Pony 11/09/1988
Folder 1.6 S01/E06 Baby Love 11/16/1988
Folder 1.7 S01/E07 Set Me Free 09/28/1988
Folder 1.8 S01/E08 And So She Goes 11/30/1988
Folder 1.9 S01/E09 I Would Have Danced All Night 12/07/1988
Folder 1.10 S01/E10 Kyle 12/14/1988
Folder 1.11 S01/E11 Off the Job Experience 12/21/1988
Folder 1.12 S01/E12 Why Do Fools Fall in Love 01/18/1989

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Folder 1.13 S01/E13 Soul Man 01/11/1989

Folder 1.14 S01/E14 Its How You Play the Game 01/25/1989

Box 2: Final Episode Scripts

Folder 2.1 S01/E15 Mama Said 02/08/1989

Folder 2.2 S01/E16 Moscow on the Potomac 02/15/1989
Folder 2.3 S01/E17 My Dinner with Einstein 03/01/1989
Folder 2.4 S01/E18 Funnies Girl 03/08/1989
Folder 2.5 S01/E19 The Unshrinkable Murphy Brown 03/15/1989
Folder 2.6 S01/E20 The Summer of 77 03/29/1989
Folder 2.7 S01/E21 The Bickners 04/12/1989
Folder 2.8 S01/E22 The Morning Show 04/05/1989
Folder 2.9 S02/E01 The Brothers Silverberg 08/09/1989
Folder 2.10 S02/E02 Anchors Away 08/23/1989
Folder 2.11 S02/E03 The Memo that Got Away 08/02/1989
Folder 2.12 S02/E04 TV or Not TV 08/29/1989
Folder 2.13 S02/E05 Miles Big Adventure 09/13/1989

Box 3: Final Episode Scripts

Folder 3.1 S02/E06 Buddies Schmuddies 09/20/1989

Folder 3.2 S02/E07 Whose Garbage is it Anyway? 09/27/1989
Folder 3.3 S02/E08 And the Whiner Is. 10/04/1989
Folder 3.4 S02/E09 Roasted 10/18/1989
Folder 3.5 S02/E10-11 Brown Like Me 10/25/1989
Folder 3.6 S02/E12 The Strike 11/08/1989
Folder 3.7 S02/E13 Heres to You Mrs. Kinsella 11/15/1989
Folder 3.8 S02/E14 What Are You Doing New Years Eve? 11/29/1989
Folder 3.9 S02/E15 Subpoena Envy 12/06/1989
Folder 3.10 S02/E16 I Want My FYI 12/20/1989
Folder 3.11 S02/E17 Frankly Speaking 12/13/1989
Folder 3.12 S02/E18 The Murphy Brown School of Broadcasting 01/10/1990
Folder 3.13 S02/E19 Bad Girls 01/24/1990

Box 4: Final Episode Scripts

Folder 4.1 S02/E20 Heart of Gold 01/31/1990

Folder 4.2 S02/E21 On the Road Again 02/07/1990
Folder 4.3 S02/E22 But First a Word from Our Sponsor 02/21/1990
Folder 4.4 S02/E23 Franks Appendectomy 02/28/1990
Folder 4.5 S02/E24 Fax or Fiction 03/05/1990
Folder 4.6 S02/E25 The Bitchs Back 03/21/1990
Folder 4.7 S02/E26 Going to the Chapel: Part 1 03/28/1990

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Folder 4.8 S02/E27 Going to the Chapel: Part 2 04/04/1990

Folder 4.9 S04/E25 A Chance of Showers 03/18/1992
Folder 4.10 S06/E05 The Young & the Rest of Us 09/15/1993
Folder 4.11 S06/E06 Ticket to Writhe 09/29/1993
Folder 4.12 S06/E07 I Dont Know You From Madam 10/13/1993
Folder 4.13 S06/E10 Reaper Madness 10/20/1993

Box 5: Final Episode Scripts & Episode Drafts and Related Notes

Folder 5.1 S06/E18 Fjord Eyes Only 01/17/1994

Folder 5.2 S06/E19 Crime Story 02/02/1994
Folder 5.3 S06/E20 The Fifth Anchor 02/09/1994
Folder 5.4 S06/E21 Anything But Cured 02/16/1994
Folder 5.5 S06/E22 The Tip of the Silverburg 03/09/1994
Folder 5.6 S06/E23 Its Just Like Riding a Bike 03/02/1994
Folder 5.7 S06/E24 My Movie with Louis 03/23/1994
Folder 5.8 S06/E25 The More Things Stay the Same 03/29/1994
Folder 5.9 S07/E03 Loose Affiliations 08/03/1994

F5.10-16 S01/E00 Dont Ask (Pilot)

Rough Draft 01/05/1988
First Draft 01/12/1988
Revised First Draft 01/15/1988
Revised First Draft 01/17/1988
Revised First Draft 03/06/1988
Second Revised First Draft 03/22/1988

Box 6: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F6.1-4 S01/E00 Dont Ask (Pilot) (cont.)

Third Revised First Draft 03/23/1988
Fourth Revised First Draft 03/24/1988
Final Draft 03/28/1988
Final Draft, Actor Copies 03/28/1988

F6.5-9 S01/E04 Signed, Sealed, Delivered

First Draft 10/24/1988
Second Draft 10/25/1988
Final Draft 10/26/1988
Revised Final Draft 10/27/1988
Revised Final Draft 1028/1988

F6.10-14 S01/E05 Murphys Pony

First Draft 11/04/1988

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First Draft 11/07/1988

Second Draft 11/08/1988
Final Draft 11/09/1988
Revised Final Draft 11/10/1988

Box 7: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F7.1-7 S01/E07 Set Me Free/Rescue Me

First Draft 09/01/1988
First Revised Draft 09/02/1988
Second Revised Draft 09/15/1988
First Draft 09/26/1988
Second Draft 09/27/1988
Final Draft 09/28/1988
Final Revised Draft 09/30/1988

F7.8-12 S01/E15 Mama Said

First Draft 02/03/1989
First Draft 02/06/1989
Final Draft 02/08/1989
Revised Final Draft 02/09/1989
Final Draft, Actor Copy 02/09/1989

F7.13-17 S01/E20 Summer of 77/Cant Get Our Phil

First Draft n.d.
First Draft 03/27/1989
Second Draft 03/28/1989
Final Draft 03/29/1989
Final Draft Revised 03/30/1989

Box 8: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F8.1-9 S02/E01 The Brothers Silverberg

First Draft 08/03/1989
Scene B, Morning #1 08/04/1989
Act I, Scene A, Morning #2 08/04/1989
Scene B, Morning #2 08/04/1989
Table Draft 08/07/1989
Table Draft, Afternoon #4 n.d.
Second Draft 08/08/1989
Final Draft 08/09/1989
Revised Final Draft 08/10/1989

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F8.10 S02/E04 TV or Not TV/The Blonde Leading the Blonde

Writers First Draft 01/17/1991

F.11-14 S02/E10-11 Brown Like Me

First Draft 10/17/1989
Revised First Draft 10/18/1989
First Draft 10/20/1989
Table Draft 10/23/1989

Box 9: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F9.1-4 S02/E10-11 Brown Like Me (cont.)

Second Draft 10/24/1989
Final Draft 10/25/1989
Revised Final Draft 10/25/1989
Final Draft, Acts I, II, III n.d.

F9.5-11 S02/E14 What are you Doing New Years Eve?/The Midnight Hour
First Draft 11/22/1989
First Draft 11/22/1989
Table Draft 11/27/1989
Second Draft 11/28/1989
Final Draft 11/29/1989
Revised Final Draft 11/30/1989
Final Draft, Act I n.d.

F9.12-17 S02/E26 Gong to the Chapel: Part 1

First Draft 03/19/1990
Revised First Draft 03/22/1990
Table Draft 03/26/1990
Second Draft 03/27/1990
Final Draft 03/28/1990
Final Draft, Act III, Parts A-E n.d.

Box 10: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F10.1-7 S02/E27 Gong to the Chapel: Part 2

First Draft 03/26/1990
First Draft 03/26/1990
First Revised Draft 03/28/1990
Table Draft 04/02/1990
Second Draft 04/03/1990
Final Draft 04/04/1990
Final Draft Revised 04/04/1990

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F10.8 S03/E02 Brown and Blue

First Draft 07/25/1990

F10.9 S03/E03 Loco Hero

First Draft n.d.

F10.10 S03/E04 Strike Two

First Draft 08/07/1990

F10.11 S03/E07 The Last Laugh 08/13/1990

F10.12 S03/E09 The Bummer of 42

First Draft 07/23/1990
Second Draft 07/30/1990

F10.13 S03/E11 Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell

First Draft 10/09/1990
First Revised Draft 11/09/1990

F10.14 S03/E13 Eldin Imitates Life

Writers First Draft 11/05/1990

F10.15 S03/E15 Hoarse Play

Writers First Draft 11/26/1990
Writers Second Draft 12/05/1990

Box 11: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F11.01 S03/E16 The Novel

Writers Partial First Draft 12/17/1990

F11.02 S03/E17 Terror on the 17th Floor

Writers First Draft 12/04/1990

F11.03 S03/E20 Driving Miss Crazy

First Revised Draft 02/08/1991

F11.04 S03/E21 Every Time it RainsYou Get Wet

Writers First Draft 02/01/1991

F11.05 S03/E23 Small

Writers First Draft 01/25/1991

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F11.06-7 S03/E24 The Usual Suspects

Episode Outline 02/12/1991
First Draft 03/01/1991

F11.8 S03/E25 Q&A and FYI

Table Draft 03/25/1991

F11.9 S04/E01-02 Uh-Oh

Writers Second Draft 03/27/1991

F11.10 S04/E06 Full Circle

Writers First Draft 09/13/1991

F11.11 S04/E07 The Smiths Go to Washington

Writers First Draft 08/12/1991

F11.12 S04/E08 It Came From College/Magic Mommy

Writers Second Draft 09/05/1991

F11.13 S04/E09 The Queen of Soul

Writers Second Draft 07/19/1991

Box 12: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F12.1 S04/E10 Inside Murphy Brown

Writers First Draft 08/09/1991
First Revised Draft 10/11/1991

F12.2 S04/E11 Mission Control

Writers First Draft 10/07/1991
Writers Second Draft 10/23/1990

F12.3 S04/E12 Be It Ever So Humboldt

Writers First Draft 10/17/1991

F12.4 S04/E14 Anchor Rancor

Outline 08/26/1991
Writers First Draft 09/19/1991
Revised First Draft 11/18/1991
Revised Second Draft 11/26/1990

F12.5 S04/E15 Guess Who Is Coming to Luncheon

Writers First Draft 09/13/1991

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F12.6 S04/E17 Heartfelt

Writers First Draft n.d.

F12.7 S04/E18 Send in the Clowns

First Revised Draft 01/06/1992

F12.8 S04/E19 Murphy Buys the Farm

First Revised Draft 01/14/1992

F12.9 S04/E21 Rage before Beauty

Outline 01/13/1992

F12.10 S04/E22 Phils Not So Silent Partner

Writers First Draft 02/03/1992

F12.11 S04/E25 A Chance of Showers

Writers First Draft 02/07/1992

Box 13: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F13.1-2 S06/E06 Ticket to Writhe

First Revised Draft 09/22/1993
First Revised Draft 09/22/1993
Table Draft 09/27/1993

F13.3-4 S06/E07 I Dont Know You From Madam

Table Draft 10/11/1993
Act I, II, III, IV n.d.
Photocopied missing pages from Act III n.d.

F13.5 S06/E08 All the Life Thats Fit to Print

First Revised Draft 09/13/1993

F13.6 S06/E10 Reaper Madness

First Revised Draft 10/12/1993
Table Draft 10/18/1993

F13.7 S06/E19 Crime Story

Table Draft 01/31/1994

F13.8 S06/E20 The Fifth Anchor

Table Draft 02/07/1994

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F13.9 S06/E21 Anything But Cured

Table Draft 02/14/1994

F13.10 S06/E22 The Tip of the Silverberg

Table Draft 03/07/1994

F13.11 S06/E23 Its Just Like Riding a Bike

Table Draft 02/28/1994

F13.12 S06/E24 My Movie with Louis

Table Draft 03/21/1994

F13.13 S06/E25 the More They Stay the Same

Table Draft 03/28/1994

Series II: Love & War

Box 14: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F14.1 S01/E07 Voyage of the Damned

First Revised Draft 09/10/1992
Second Draft n.d.
Final Draft 09/15/1992

F14.2 S01/E08 Bustiers and Body Pants

Writers First Draft 07/08/1992
Final Draft 09/23/1992

F14.3-4 S01/E09 Monday, Monday

Table Draft 09/25/1992
First Revised Draft 09/25/1992
Final Draft 09/30/1992

F14.5-6 S01/E10 For John

Writers First Draft 10/15/1992
Final Draft 10/21/1992
Second Table Draft n.d.
Second Final Draft n.d.

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F14.7 S01/E11 The Doppler Effect

First Revised Draft 10/23/1992
Table Draft n.d.
Final Draft 10/28/1992

F14.8 S01/E12 Not Tonight, Honey

Writers First Draft 09/25/1992
First Revised Draft 11/05/1992
Second Draft 11/10/1992
Final Draft 11/11/1992

Box 15: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F15.1 S01/E13 The Christmas Kvell

Writers First Draft 10/05/1992
Final Draft 11/19/1992

F15.2 S01/E14 The Prima Dava

Writers First Draft 11/17/1992
Final Draft 12/02/1992

F15.3 S01/E15 PMS I Love You

Writers First Draft 09/11/1992
First Revised Draft 10/09/1992
Second Table Draft 12/08/1992
Unlabeled Draft n.d.

F15.4 S01/E16 The Whitewash

Writers Final Draft 11/18/1992
Writers Second Draft 12/07/1992
Revised Final Draft 12/17/1992

F15.5-6 S01/E17 Two on the Aisle

Writers First Draft 11/18/1992
Writers Second Draft 12/14/1992
First Revised Draft 12/18/1992
Revised Final Draft 01/07/1992

F15.7 S01/E18 Tattoo You

Writers First Draft 11/18/1992
Final Draft 01/13/1992

F15.8 S01/E19 Valentines Day

Writers First Draft 12/30/1992

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F15.9 S01/E20 The Big Lie

Writers First Draft 11/18/1992
Revised Final Draft 02/04/1993

Box 16: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F16.1 S02/E02 Much Ado About Dana/All I Really Need is the Girl
Writers First Draft 12/12/1993

F16.2 S02/E04 But Not For Me

Writers First Draft 07/14/1993

F16.3 S02/E05 Havock and the Shamrock/It Dont Mean a Thing if it Aint
Got that Swing
Writers First Draft 07/13/1993

F16.4 S02/E07 Fix Me Up! Tie Me Down!/Stormy Weather

Writers First Draft 07/12/1993

F16.5 S02/E09 I Got Plenty of Nothing

Writers First Draft 10/01/1993

F16.6 S02/E10 I Love a Parade

Writers First Draft 10/01/1993

F16.7 S02/E11 Lets Not Think About Love/Lets Not Call It Love
Writers First Draft 10/04/1993

F16.8 S02/E16 A Fine Romance

Final Draft 12/16/1993

F16.9 S02/E17 Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?

Writers First Draft 12/17/1993

F16.10 S02/E19 You Make Me Feel So Young

Revised Final Draft 02/10/1994

F16.11 S02/E20 Bali Hai

Final Revised Draft 02/17/1994

F16.12 S02/E22 Slow Boat to China

Revised Final Draft 03/03/1994

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F16.13 S03/E01 The Morning After the Night Before

Final Draft 08/09/1994
Revised Final Draft 08/11/1994

F16.14 S03/E02 A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You

Revised Final Draft 08/18/1994

F16.15 S03/E03 The Squeaky Wheel

Revised Final Draft 09/01/1994

F16.16 S03/E04 The Great Escape

Table Draft 09/13/1994
Revised Final Draft 09/15/1994

Box 17: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F17.1 S03/E05 A New York Yankee in Queen Danas Court

Revised Final Draft 09/22/1994

F17.2 S03/E06 Ten Cents a Dance

Table Draft 09/27/1994
Final Draft 09/28/1994
Revised Final Draft 09/29/1994

F17.3 S03/E07 Jacks Breast

Table Draft 10/11/1994
Final Draft 10/12/1994
Revised Final Draft 10/13/1994

F17.4 S03/E08 Moving In

Final Draft 10/19/1994
Revised Final Draft 10/20/1994

F17.5 S03/E09 The Luck of the Irish

Table Draft 10/25/1994
Revised Final Draft 10/27/1994

F17.6 S03/E10 The Bum

Table Draft 11/08/1994
Final Draft 11/09/1994
Revised Final Draft 11/10/1994

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F17.7 S03/E11 A Purse, a Date, A Plane

Table Draft 11/15/1994
Final Draft 11/16/1994
Revised Final Draft 11/17/1994

Box 18: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F18.1 S03/E12 At the Pantheon, Part I

Table Draft 12/06/1994
Final Draft 12/07/1994
Revised Final Draft 12/08/1994
Table Draft 12/20/1994
Final Draft 12/21/1994

F18.2 S03/E13 At the Pantheon, Part II

Table Draft 12/20/1994
Final Draft 12/21/1994

F18.3 S03/E14 Nadine Sings the Blues

Table Draft 11/22/1994
Final Draft 11/30/1994
Revised Final Draft 12/01/1994

F18.4 S03/E15 Mob Story

Table Draft 12/13/1994
Final Draft 12/14/1994
Revised Final Draft 12/15/1994
Revised Final Draft 12/15/1994
Revised Final Draft 12/15/1994

F18.5 S03/E16 I Like To Be In America

Table Draft 01/10/1995

F18.6 S03/E17 One Strike, Youre Out

Table Draft 01/24/1995
Revised Final Draft 01/26/1995

Box 19: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F19.1 S03/E18 Atlantic City

Table Draft 01/17/1995
Final Draft 01/18/1995

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F19.2 S03/E19 The Proposal

Table Draft 02/07/1995
Final Draft 02/08/1995
Revised Final Draft 02/09/1995

F19.3 S03/E20 Shrunken Heads

Table Draft 02/14/1995
Final Draft 02/15/1995

F19.4 S03/E21 Tradition

Final Draft 02/22/1995
Revised Final Draft 02/23/1995

F19.5-6 S03/E22 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed,

and a Cat
First Rough Draft n.d.
Table Draft 02/28/1995
Table Draft 02/28/1995
Final Draft 03/01/1995
Revised Final Draft 03/02/1995
Act III Notes & Research Docs n.d.

Series III: Double Rush

Box 20: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F20.1 S01/E01 The Episode Formerly Known as Prince

Final Draft 04/11/1994
Table Draft 08/24/1994
Second Draft 08/26/1994
Final Draft 08/29/1994

F20.2 S01/E02 I Left My Sock in San Antonio

Table Draft 09/21/1994
Second Draft 09/22/1994
Revised Final Draft 09/26/1994

F20.3 S01/E03 Comings and Goings

Table Draft 11/09/1994
Second Draft 11/10/1994
Final Draft 11/11/1994

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Revised Final Draft 11/14/1994

F20.4 S01/E04 They Shoot Guns, Dont They?

Second Draft 11/03/1994
Final Draft 11/04/1994
Revised Final Draft 11/07/1994

F20.5 S01/E05 Johnny and the Pacemaker

Table Draft 09/01/1994
Revised Final Draft 09/19/1994

F20.6 S01/E06 Snowings and Goings

Final Draft 12/19/1994

Box 21: Episode Drafts and Related Notes

F21.1 S01/E07 The Show We Wrote the Day We Found Out We Were
Going on Opposite Rosanne
Final Draft 12/06/1994

F21.2 S01/E08 Lower East Side Story

Table Draft 10/05/1994
Second Draft 10/06/1994
Final Draft 10/07/1994
Revised Final Draft 10/10/1994

F21.3 S01/E09 Hells Angel

Table Draft 10/20/1994
Final Draft 10/24/1994
Revised Final Draft 10/24/1994

F21.4 S01/E10 Love Letters

Table Draft 11/17/1994
Second Draft 11/18/1994
Final Draft 11/18/1994
Revised Final Draft 11/18/1994

F21.5 S01/E11 Slamming Into a Car Isnt Good

Table Draft 12/08/1994
Final Draft 12/12/1994

F21.6 S01/E12 The Documentary

Stephens First Pass 08/24/1994
Final Draft 09/01/1994

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F21.7 S01/E13 Crimes and Ms. Demotto

Table Draft 10/12/1994
Second Draft 10/13/1994
Revision Final Draft 10/17/1994
Revision Final Draft 10/17/1994

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