Punky Brewster - S02E10 - Love Thy Neighbor.

On Halloween, Punky tries to play a practical joke on elderly neighbour Isabelle Peavy (Fran Ryan) as revenge for the way she treated Punky, Cherie, and Allen. Isabelle is a mean old lady, and Punky’s friends think Isabelle is actually a witch. When Isabelle sees Punky trying to play the “flying foamie“ trick on her, Isabelle takes Punky inside her apartment, and a terrified Punky runs back out, unintentionally leaving Brandon behind in Isabelle’s Isabelle may not want to give Brandon back. Punky gets Mike to go to Isabelle’s apartment to get Brandon, and Isabelle explains to Mike the reason why she’s so of something that happened years ago. Isabelle absolutely loved dancing. 12 years ago, while Isabelle was on her way to the Starland Ballroom to do some dancing, a kid on a bicycle collided with her, and didn’t even stop. Ever since then, because of the resulting hip injury, Isabelle hasn’t been able to dance, and she has hated kids ever since that day. Now, Isabelle becomes angry at Mike’s attempts to offer some help to her, and she shows Mike and Brandon out of her apartment. Mike tells Punky what Isabelle told him, and Punky now wants to be Isabelle’s friend. Punky, Mike, and Brandon later go back to Isabelle’s apartment, but she’s not answering her door, which is unusual for her. Mike kicks the door they see Isabelle laying on the floor, obviously in pain. Isabelle explains that she fell, and that her hip hurts. Isabelle is rushed to the hospital, where she undergoes hip replacement surgery, and after she recovers, she’s able to dance again. Realizing that her life was saved by a child, Isabelle rediscovers herself, and apologizes for being so mean. Then she takes Henry out dancing.