The Best Episodes Directed By Dean Criswell

When Miranda suggests that Ginger and Darren are more than just friends, she begins to see him in a different way. Will Ginger and Darren bring their friendship to another level, or will these newfound feelings put a strain on their standing as best pals?

When Ginger and Ian Richton are paired up in chemistry class, Ginger thinks Ian is enthusiastic about it because he likes her, but Darren finds out it might be more about his grades. Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey compete to see who gets to play the glockenspiel for a town eccentric.

When Senator Ricci's son Michael decides to look at Lucky Junior High as a public school he might transfer to, Courtney wants to be his peer counselor to get close to what she considers "royalty". When she has an allergic reaction to cafeteria mystery meat and is bedridden, she has Ginger pretend to be her. But as Ginger starts becoming Courtney too well and ignoring Macie and Dodie, will she turn into someone else for good? Meanwhile, Hoodsey hits his head and gets amnesia.

The girls prepare for a screening of a film about puberty in their gym class that Macie is dreading. Will she be able to sit through it or will she chicken out? Meanwhile, Hoodsey deals with being too embarassed to shower after his gym class.

When Dodie's Nana dies, Ginger and Macie help her out, but Ginger realizes that she never knew her own grandma. Will her dad give her any insights into what she was like? Meanwhile, Hoodsey comes to terms with his own grief at Nana's funeral, but how will his family react when they find out that he has locked an iron mask around his head?

Dodie has a crush on Joaquin Cortez, the new transfer student. But she may have some competition, not only from Mipsy, who likes him too, but also from Ginger. When the girls try out for the school musical "Mambo In The Catskills", and Ginger gets the lead opposite Joaquin, will the two best friends come to terms with the fact that they both have a crush on the same guy? Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey try to make aphrodisiacs.

Ginger and her friends decide to help a Lucky Junior High School girl named Hope to gain popularity by offering her some social and fashion tips. When she takes to the advice so well that she challenges and beats Courtney's reign as the most popular girl in school, will Courtney be able to regain her title? Meanwhile, Carl causes his teacher Mrs. Gordon to retire and get replaced by music teacher Hepcat Hepper. Will he convince her to come back?

The Rugrats set their sights on a staircase post, where it hides one of the Rugrats' greatest mysteries -- why does it wobble?

Kimi leads a petition drive to ban cell phones in school. To prevent her from having the cell phones banned, Angelica hoodwinks Chuckie into helping her keep cell phones in school in her petition drive, while Susie helps Kimi counteract. Things get worse when during the debate at a school assembly, Chuckie reveals to the audience that Kimi wants a cell phone for Christmas, and they end up not speaking to each other and threatening not to attend their parents' (Kira and Chas) 10 year wedding anniversary. However, Angelica, Susie, and Tommy force them to attend to attend. At the Java Lava, Chuckie and Kimi argue with each other about cell phones until they make up after Tommy shows a video of their parents' wedding when they were babies.