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William Wyler's 1946 film "The Best Years of Our Lives," examined one minute of screen time per episode.

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A great cast deserves a second look

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Happily ever after.

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Mr and Mrs. Homer Parrish

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Lots of "for better, for worse" so far.

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Everyone knows the answer

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It's showtime.

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Fred is very good at putting himself down.

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Loopy from punch?

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Pre-wedding jitters

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A very short interview process

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The Junkman Cometh

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Glory days.

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Dusty memories

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Relics of war

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Above and beyond

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Fred's future is literally without direction

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Geronimo!

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Among my souvenirs Some letters sad and blue A photograph or two

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She said the thing!

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Veterans of Foreign Wars

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Another rooster in the henhouse

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End of one of the greatest scenes in cinema history.

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Peacetime.

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The war is over.

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Homer loses the debate.

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Homer lays his cards on the table, and his arms on the bed.

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Truth or Dare

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Fold, Raise, or Call.

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Cold Chicken decisions

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A knock at the door

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The Girl Next Door

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Marriage advice, from a guy getting divorced.

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So much for soda jerking.

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One knuckle sandwich on toast, coming right up.

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Civilian-splaining the war to a veteran

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Homer's Frequently-Asked Question

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The beginning of a bad conversation.

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Peggy isn't good at lying to herself.

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No hellos, just goodbyes.

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Homer plays while Fred calls Peggy

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So long, Al.

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Terms of surrender.

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Fred learns about a novel family dynamic.

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Awkward questions from the potential father-in-law.

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Al is here, alright.

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Peggy has quite an idyllic view of her parents' lives.

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Al doesn't seem fond of Peggy's plan.

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Peggy's got a plan.

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A night to remember

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Smile, darn ya, smile!

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Marie overshares

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There are lots of signs Marie ignores

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One small problem

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Every day is V-J Day

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Toastmaster dropout Al

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Al's Lecture on how America lost the war.

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Tautology in defense of oration is no vice.

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Woody gets a little handsy.

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Peggy spills the beans

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Pepto-Bismol on the rocks

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That's bank-talk for "rich."

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The hands-on-hips stage of the argument.

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Marie is not happy.

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Sweat equity.

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Al's boss has... questions.

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Oops, adultery.

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Things are getting - - awkward.

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Fred's Shopping Tips

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Somebody needs to recapture Dexter

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Good things come in small packages

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Homer gets a manicure?

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That's a lot of cole slaw

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Fair is fair.

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A place called Iwo Jima

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Clarence is IN

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Keep dreaming.

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Marie watches too many war films.

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Marie, the psychiatrist.

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Mm-mm good

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End of a rough day for the Parrish family.

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End of a rough day for the Parrish family.

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Homer goes it alone.

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Homer loses his temper

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Only loaded questions.

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The unanswered question.

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Homer's retreat

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A hobby for Homer

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The past is over.

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Let's just say, "Until next time..."

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Clothes make the man?

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Who is Marie talking to?

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Foreshadowing trouble

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Al already has a dee-luxe apartment in the sky.

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No more big paydays

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It's a living.

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When Freddy came marching home again

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While you were away

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New fashions for 1946

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Lots of dialog in this minute.

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Amazing how the pounds come off when you're wading ashore.

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Second breakfast

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Wake-up time for Mrs. Derry.

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Unlocked all along.

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Essential goods

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Define "Work"

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Breakfast in bed.

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Discussing soda jerkery.

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Al gets a surprise.

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Back to Florsheims.

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Let's just say, "Until next time..."

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Smells like subtext for breakfast

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and Good Old Peggy.

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Fred finally passes the memory test.

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Holy Moses! Rob is late for school.

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Peggy asked all the wrong questions.

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Checkout time is at noon.

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Perchance to dream.

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He didn't bail out.

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Fred brought the war home with him.

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First night back in Boone City.

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Finally got the boys to bed.

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Bedtime for Sarge

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Not that Peggy yet, anyway.

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Camaraderie

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Lights out for Al and Fred, too.

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Everyone gets a little chummy.

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Thinking of the wife back home.

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Family matters

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♫ There's nothing left for me, of days that used to be. ♫

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Butch, the eternal optimist.

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Where the robin's song awakes the bright new morning where we can move along.

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A half century before Designated Drivers

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Advertising works well in Boone City.

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Butch's Place, Butch's Rules

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Have a nice, slippery glass.

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Have a nice, slippery glass.

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Have a nice, slippery glass.

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Postwar Nighttime Maneuvers

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Bartender's Night Off

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Bartender's Night Off

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Homecoming Queen

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Stranger in a Strange Land

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There is no "or else," though.

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Hiroshima Aftermath

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Yes, women work too.

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Welcome back to the wrong side of the tracks.

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Disappointing the Kenworthys.

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It's been a long, long time.

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There's Mom!

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Omar Bradley returns home.

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Just a lowly banker.

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"How to Handle a Woman"

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Dad finds the words

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The Moment of Truth

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Where everybody knows your name

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Swords into plowshares

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The world kept turning without them.

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Swell Girls are hard to come by

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Service Stripes

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Quoting movie catchphrases to calm down

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Optimism before reaching the homefront

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Praying over a bombsight.

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Praying over a bombsight.

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Long time. Long time.

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An awkward moment at the ATC.

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Of course you've got orders.

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Do you have a reservation?

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Like Fred Derry, the director was just back from the war.

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The name above the title