Gimme a Break! S01E14 Samantha Steals a Squad Car

As the chief is preparing a speech for an awards banquet, Nell accidently sits on his cap, which ticks him off. As the two fight, Samantha comes home, complaining that a girl called her a dumb Pollak, but Nell and the cheif are too busy arguing. To get their attention, she tells Nell ""how would you like it if somebody caled you a niggar?"" The chief gets her attention, goes on a rampage, and she locks herself in the bathroom, only to escape through the bathroom window, steal her fathers squad car, and take off to the police station, where she meets a drunkard named Bill, who is out of his cell, drunk in the cheif's office. In the end, the chief and Nell show up at the police station, and all is forgiven, as Nell tells Samantha that they should have listened to her in the first place, instead of fighting over a stupid squashed police cap.

FAN DESK VERDICT A top-shelf entry. Not quite canon, but you’ll be quoting it all week — the fan desk says don’t skip.

Howard Morton AS RALPH SIMPSON

Nell Carter AS NELLIE RUTH 'NELL' HARPER John Hoyt AS GRANDPA STANLEY KANISKY Kari Michaelson AS KATIE KANISKY Lauri Hendler AS JULIE KANISKY MAXWELL Lara Jill Miller AS SAMANTHA KANISKY Joey Lawrence AS JOEY DONOVAN Dolph Sweet AS CHIEF CARL KANISKY Telma Hopkins AS DR. ADELAIDE "ADDY" WILSON