#Different strokes season 1 episode 12 plus#
However, Arnold's pleading plus a deal to purchase a red bicycle for a third lower than the actual price offered by Horton influences Phillip to buy it for Arnold's birthday. Arnold Jackson (Coleman) is interested in buying a bike, but there is skepticism from his father, Phillip Drummond (Bain), as well as his siblings, Willis Jackson (Bridges) and Kimberly Drummond (Plato). Horton (Jump), who owns a bicycle shop from which the family regularly rents bikes. The Drummonds and Jacksons are acquaintances of Mr. He instructs families to discuss the issues presented afterward. "The Bicycle Man" opens with Conrad Bain, out of character, informing viewers that the episode will deal with a very sensitive and important subject. A scene from "The Bicycle Man" was used in An Open Secret (2015), a documentary film about pedophilia in the film industry. Several publications have ranked it one of the best very special episodes. In later years, "The Bicycle Man" has been notable for beginning the trend of "very special" sitcom episodes that deal with social issue topics very serious for the tone of the overall series, as well as its dark content. "The Bicycle Man" originally aired on NBC on February 5 and 12, 1983, and was critically acclaimed. The episode also features Le Tari as Ted Ramsey, Dudley's adoptive father, and Brad Trumbull as Detective Simpson. Serving as the 16th and 17th episodes of the fifth season, it was written by Blake Hunter, directed by Gerren Keith, and guest-stars Gordon Jump as a bicycle shop owner who tries to molest Arnold Jackson (Coleman) and his friend Dudley Johnson ( Shavar Ross). " The Bicycle Man" is a two-part very special episode of the American sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986).
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