10.0/102 votes#1 - The Wrap Party
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2006
A drunken Jordan makes friends with the cast during an after-show party, Danny tries to get Matt's mind off Harriet with the help of three sexy women, Simon makes a plea to hire more black writers and Cal deals with a mysterious man backstage.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
10.0/101 votes#2 - Divas
Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 4/20/1994
Acclaimed director Roy Randolph comes to C.U. to work on the campus production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Brenda plans to try out for the lead role, and Kelly helps her rehearse. Brenda encourages Kelly to audition for a small part, but Roy asks her to read for the lead. Steve coaches Laura for her audition in the hopes that she can finally catch a break. Clare aggressively pursues Brandon. She shows up at his house while his parents are out of town and handcuffs herself to his bed. Dylan tries to convince Erica to be more receptive to her mother's new boyfriend, Kevin. Dylan saves Kevin from being struck by a bus. Andrea receives a clean bill of health, but still fears that something is wrong with her pregnancy. David chastises Donna for refusing to discipline her puppy. Music: ""On Broadway"" by George Benson (#7, 1978); ""Sweet Funky Thing"" by Eternal
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#3 - Rave On
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1994
Kelly smells marijuana in Valerie's room, but Brandon asks her to give Val the benefit of the doubt. Steve convinces Nat and Dylan to let him organize a two-night rave at the Peach Pit. Valerie catches Dylan pocketing some of the evening's proceeds. Kelly finds Valerie making out with Dylan in a back room. When she tries to tell Steve, Valerie claims that Dylan came on to her. Dylan confesses to Val that his money was stolen. Donna meets Ray Pruit, a construction worker with musical aspirations, while making a video with Clare. She invites him to the Peach Pit and dances with him, much to Griffin's chagrin. The Walshes babysit Hannah so that Andrea can attend the rave. She tries to surprise Jesse at work, and finds him flirting with female bar patrons. Music: ""Pretend We're Dead"" by L7; ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"" by the Everly Brothers (#1, 1958); ""What Can You Do for Me?"" by Utah Saints; ""Hold On,"" performed by Jamie Walters (#16, 1995)
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#4 - Speechless
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1995
Valerie gets herself invited on a road trip with Kelly, Donna and Clare. David thanks Val for helping him through his hard times, and gives her a kiss. During the trip, Donna goads Val into admitting that she slept with Ray. The roommates resolve to stop talking to Valerie. The car breaks down, and the girls spend the night at a convent while awaiting repairs. They cannot speak after sundown. Donna forgives Valerie, who urges her not to forget about Ray's abusive behavior. Donna dumps Ray. Steve convinces Brandon to let a director film a movie at the Walsh house, without revealing that it is a porno. Susan is offended by the fiasco, but sleeps with Brandon anyway. Marchette doesn't show for a dinner engagement with Toni and Dylan. He arrives after Toni leaves the table and warns Dylan to stay away. Dylan and Marchette's bodyguard pull guns on each other. Marchette tells Toni that Dylan is using her. She refuses to believe Dylan's claim that her father killed Jack. Kelly meets Colin's a
Director: David Semel
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
10.0/101 votes#5 - Breast Side Up
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1995
Colin and Susan leave for New York to spend Thanksgiving with their families. The gang decides to spend the holiday together, and David invites his mother to join them. She annoys Valerie with her constant advice about food preparation, but saves the day when Val accidentally sleeps in. Clare takes Steve to a faculty mixer, where he proves to be a big hit because of his ""people skills."" Donna gives a deposition that does not reflect favorably on Joe. As a birthday surprise, she arranges a visit from Steve Young. She also plans to sleep with Joe, but he reveals that he is a virgin and does not believe in pre-marital sex. Kelly hangs out at Brandon's house to watch videos, and spends the night in Steve's vacant room. Valerie jumps to conclusions when she comes home the next morning and sees Brandon and Kelly in an embrace. Music: ""Someone to Love"" by Jon B. featuring Babyface (#10, 1995)
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#6 - Disappearing Act
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/1996
Kelly helps Jimmy treat a bleeding cut, and panics after getting some of the blood on her hand. The doctor assures her that she cannot contract HIV this way, but she decides to take an AIDS test because of her history of unprotected sex. The test is negative, and Kelly apologizes for shunning Jimmy. The gang watches Jimmy perform a magic show; later that evening, he tells Kelly that he has just a few days to live. David refuses to tell his father that he has dropped out of school, so Donna breaks the news to Mel. Mel issues David an ultimatum: he must finish college or lose all financial support. Brandon and Mark hire a confident young woman as their news anchor. She suffers a panic attack just before the first broadcast. Mark and Brandon try to calm her with a drink, and she ends up getting plastered. Kenny declares his love for Valerie.
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#7 - Judgment Day
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/1996
Steve elects to plead guilty, leaving his punishment to the lenient Chancellor Arnold. Brandon refuses to plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, and faces a hearing and possible expulsion. Randall tries to prove that Brandon knew the contents of Steve's paper by pointing out that he handed it to Muntz for delivery. He also claims that Brandon let Steve cheat off his quizzes in freshman sociology. Steve digs through the fraternity files and proves that he flunked every sociology quiz. Brandon is cleared, and Professor Randall faces charges for forging his grade ledger and lying at the hearing. Kelly throws a surprise birthday party for Mark, although he would rather be left alone. He hates the party even more when everyone ignores him and flocks to Brandon. Felice objects to Donna's renewed relationship with David, which she considers unhealthy. Dr. Martin advises Donna to follow her heart. Music: ""What You Won't D
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#8 - Forgive and Forget
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1997
Kelly undergoes successful surgery and begins to recover from her injuries. Brandon picks the shooter out of a police lineup. Kelly suffers complications and must undergo surgery for a blood clot in her lungs. She wakes up with amnesia. Donna gets a job as a personal shopper for a designer. She tells her mother that David is going to move in with her. Naturally, Felice is not thrilled by the news. Noah and Valerie sleep together, but he has second thoughts the following morning. Carly reconsiders her opinion of Steve after he gets her a job at the Peach Pit. He declares himself to be a sports agent and tries to woo the star of the C.U. women's basketball team. Carly sees Steve with his client and gets the wrong idea. Music: ""First Time I Met the Blues"" by Buddy Guy
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#9 - Saturday
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1996
Eric counsels a teen drug addict; Matt's fired from another job; Lucy blows it when she tries to impress the most popular girl in school; Simon and Lucy get lost playing detective.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Jack LoGiudice
10.0/101 votes#10 - Happy's Valentine
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/1997
Everyone's plans for a romantic Valentine's Day are interrupted when Happy, Simon's dog, gets out of the house and is hit by a car.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Brenda Hampton
10.0/101 votes#11 - See You in September
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1997
Eric and Annie are taking the day off to spend time together since it's the first day of school for the 5 Camden children. Although, things go array on their first day back in school. Ruthie is caught wearing a hat backwards which violates school policy. Ruthie insists on wearing her cap backwards and ends up getting a 'time out' by her teacher. During Simon's first day at Junior High School, he is caught with a knife that his mother had given him to cut his chicken. Simon is suspended for a day. Mary offers to help Lucy with her locker that doesn't open because of Eric's old lock that he had given her. Meanwhile, when Lucy takes an aspirin that Mary had given her, the principal notices them with the medicine and takes them to the office. Matt later joins his sisters after Mr. Koper catches him with a beeper- the one Eric left in Matt's jacket after borrowing it. All three of them are suspended for a day. Also, Mary learns that Mr. Koper is her new basketball coach and he's going to he
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
9.0/101 votes#12 - Unreal World
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1995
As a class project, David and Clare plan to film a documentary about an eclectic group of roommates. When the subjects back out, David and Clare decide to impersonate them, with help from Steve, Donna, Kelly and Brandon. A number of incidents cause the group to break character. Steve becomes depressed after learning that Celeste is engaged (not to the high school sweetheart she chose over Steve, but to an airman she just met). David consoles Donna, who is still traumatized by the rape attempt, and they end up kissing. Clare witnesses this on a monitor and responds by making a pass at Steve. Kelly gets drunk from spiked watermelon. She finds out that Jackie and Mel are moving in together and launches into a tirade about cheating men. This prompts the group to conduct a discussion about lost loves, in which David admits that he still loves Donna. David and Clare get into a spat while editing the video and decide to break up. Andrea and Jesse briefly share bliss. She tries to confess her
Director: David Semel
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
9.0/101 votes#13 - Flirting With Disaster
Season 6 Episode 26 - Aired 4/3/1996
Brandon, Steve and Joe go on a camping trip with Susan, Clare and Donna. The girls become jealous when the guys repeatedly ignore them to help some damsels in distress. Clare, Donna and Susan offer shelter to the tentless girls, and make their boyfriends sleep in the car. Kelly feels guilty about leaving Tara alone to go bowling with Greg; she convinces David to make it a double date. Tara sabotages Kelly's relationship with Greg. Valerie tries to arrange a truce between Colin and his estranged father, an artist who lost his sight in Vietnam. Colin is afraid to reveal his legal problems, but Mr. Robbins already knows the truth and has come to offer his support.
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
9.0/102 votes#14 - Missing
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1999
Liz discovers her personal journal, which contains all she knows about the aliens, is missing and she fears it has fallen into the hands of someone who could expose the aliens.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman
9.0/102 votes#15 - Sexual Healing
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2000
Liz is unnerved by her strong desire for Max and the visions that come when they kiss - visions that lead to a glowing orb in the desert.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Jan Oxenberg
8.6/1039 votes#16 - Takiawase
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2014
Emboldened after drug therapy from Dr. Chilton, Will sets a deadly plan in place to expose Hannibal. A new killer is turning victims into beehives.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Bryan Fuller
8.4/1016 votes#17 - Lovers Walk
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1998
Spike returns to Sunnydale and kidnaps Willow in hopes of creating a magic spell that will make Drusilla love him again.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Dan Vebber
8.3/103 votes#18 - Monsters
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1999
Isabel is concerned about Maria's nervous reactions to Sheriff Valenti, so she invades one of Maria's dreams to determine whether she can keep the aliens' secret.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Thania St. John
8.2/109 votes#19 - Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2000
In the 1950s, Angel aids a woman hiding from her past inside a hotel with a long history of death and mayhem. Meanwhile, in the present day, Angel and his colleagues hunt down a demon responsible for the carnage.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Tim Minear
8.0/101 votes#20 - Breakdown
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2008
Meet Henry, an average man with a wife, two kids and a dog. Meet Edward, an operative who speaks several different languages and is trained to kill. What do they have in common? They are the same person. When Henry finds out about Edward he is unsure of who and what he can believe in.
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
8.0/102 votes#21 - Double Date
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/28/1998
A double date finds Jen and Cliff joined by Dawson and a savvy sidekick who calls him on a plot to make Jen jealous. But it's Dawson turn to turn green when Pacey grows close to Joey working on a project.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman
8.0/104 votes#22 - Navigator
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2024
Dwight has a sit-down with Kansas City and New York. Tyson tries to make his family proud but it comes at a price.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Terence Winter
7.9/1042 votes#23 - Truth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/18/2023
Juliette tries gaining the trust of Deputy Marnes as they work to uncover the truth about recent tragedies.
Director: David Semel
Writer: Remi Aubuchon
7.9/108 votes#24 - Altered Stakes
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/2012
When Stokes learns that a man he helped put in prison is going to have his conviction overturned, the CSI team needs to prove the killer is guilty again or he will be released.
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
7.8/1072 votes#25 - Halloween (2)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2011
Tate comes face to face with his past, and Ben and Vivien are haunted by a new houseguest before Halloween night comes to an end.
Director: David Semel
Writer: James Wong
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"The Wrap Party" is the best rated episode directed by David Semel. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Aaron Sorkin. It aired on 10/23/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Divas".