10.0/101 votes#1 - The Little Fish
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1993
Jim and Cindy are shocked when Brenda returns from Minnesota. Brandon considers moving out because he can no longer use Brenda's bedroom as a rec room. Brenda announces that she is not interested in returning to college. Dylan grows tired of waiting to register and also chooses to forego college, much to Kelly's chagrin. Brenda and Dylan spend a relaxing day fishing, and elect to enroll in California University after all. Andrea tries out for the college paper and must review the Peach Pit. She catches Nat on a very bad day and writes a scathing review. Andrea decides to pass on the paper and enroll in pre-med courses. Josh Richland, editor of the Condor, asks Brandon to run for Student Senate for the Progressive party. David and Donna interview for the campus radio station, and he is furious when she lets their aircheck tape melt in the car. Musi
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#2 - Windstruck
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1993
Donna and David celebrate their second anniversary as a couple. She finally agrees to sleep with him, but their romantic evening is interrupted by a surprise visit from her parents. Donna dodges suspicion by admitting that David lives in the apartment. Felice is angry at the deception, but Dr. Martin encourages her to let Donna live her own life. Donna puts David on hold because she does not want to betray her parents' trust. The KEG house distances itself from Steve to avoid the penalties for hazing. Lucinda tells Brandon that someone tipped off campus security about Steve's break-in. Professor Randall accuses Brandon of sleeping with Lucinda and plans to take out his anger on Steve. He drops the charges after Brandon threatens to report him for giving D'Shawn undeserved grades. Kelly and Dylan get back together. Music: ""Hey Jealousy"" by Gin Blossoms (#25, 1993); ""I Fought the Law"" by The Bobby
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#3 - Cuffs and Links
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/16/1994
Brenda calls Dylan from jail in the hopes of keeping her arrest a secret, but he is forced to tell her parents. Brenda's friends avoid her out of fear of being accessories after the fact, and Kelly acts especially bitchy because she is tired of Dylan coming to Brenda's rescue. Brenda faces felony charges, as her crime was a federal offense. An FBI agent who had gone undercover with the activists offers her immunity in exchange for her testimony. Kelly apologizes for shunning Brenda. Andrea gives Donna a healthy puppy (Rocky II) to take her mind off Rocky's death. Steve and his overbearing father, Rush, take on a baseball star and his dad in a father/son golf tournament. Steve catches his father cheating and forces him to complete the game honestly. Lucinda receives a grant for her movie and leaves the university. Josh threatens to expose Brandon's affair with Lucinda unless he endorses his campaign for student president. Brandon calls his bluff, and Josh eventually has second thoughts.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#4 - Homecoming
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1994
Ferdinand Quintero, the president of Selanesia and a close friend of Clare's family, visits the campus to receive treatment for cancer. A student human rights group objects to his presence, and tells Brandon that Quintero has ordered the murders of thousands of citizens. After meeting a gardener who was tortured by the regime, Brandon agrees to serve Quintero with a subpeona. Steve, Kelly, Donna, Valerie, Griffin and Muntz plan to steal the mascot of rival Southern California University before the homecoming game. Donna does not show up, as she instead spends the day with Ray at his family pumpkin patch. Dylan fears that he and Valerie are becoming too close, so he cheats on her. Andrea meets a UCLA medical student at the laundromat. He believes that she is babysitting Hannah, and she doesn't tell him that she is married. Music: ""I Want Candy"" by the Strangeloves (#11, 1965); ""My Light"" by Big Mountain (from the 90210: The College Years soundtrack)
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
10.0/101 votes#5 - Up in Flames
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1994
Emily flies back from Paris to attend a seminar at La Jolla. She asks Brandon to meet her at the airport, claiming to have just a four-hour layover. She actually has a week until the beginning of her seminar, but Brandon breaks her heart by revealing that he is dating Kelly. When he sees her back to her hotel room, they share a passionate kiss. Steve and Griffin organize a holiday rave at an abandoned house. Valerie helps them out in the hopes of getting back in Steve's good graces. David and Clare accidentally post the notice about the event on a computer bulletin board for lesbians, who constitute most of the guests. The house has very poor wiring and continually blows fuses. Griffin uses too much electricity, and the house catches on fire. Ray rescues Steve and Valerie, who were fooling around in one of the bedrooms. Kelly and a girl named Allison are trapped in a downstairs bathroom with no means of escape. The fire fighters try to reach them as they are engulfed by flames. Music:
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Meredith Stiehm
10.0/101 votes#6 - Love Hurts
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1995
Lenny is released, as he has an alibi and the victim (an acquaintance) clears him. He confesses to David that he served time for sexual assault; he may have taken part in a rape while wandering the streets in a drunken stupor during his tour in the gulf. The outraged students try to run Lenny off campus, and Brandon agrees to help him transfer to another school. Valerie convinces Donna that David is to blame for Ray's departure. David and Donna get into a screaming match. Lenny reveals that Garrett Slan, a CU cafeteria worker, also spent time in a military prison. Brandon warns Clare that Garrett may be fixated on her, but he has moved on to Donna. Garrett breaks into the beach apartment, holds Donna at knifepoint, and tries to rape her. David interrupts as he comes over to apologize to Donna. She lets him know that something is amiss by calling him ""Dave,"" and he bursts in and hits Garrett in the head with a baseball bat.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#7 - Earthquake Weather
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1995
Dylan asks Toni to marry him. Kelly is shaken by the news, and angers Dylan with her selfish reaction. She also bristles at David's new relationship with Valerie. Clare comes on strong to Steve. An earthquake rocks the major Los Angeles area, spooking Colin. Brandon and Susan, in Palm Springs for a newspaper conference, get trapped in an elevator with a pregnant woman. They must deliver her child. Donna advances to the finals of the Rose Court selections. She sees her mother in a photograph of the 1969 contestants, but Felice refuses to explain herself. Ray begins seeing a therapist and convinces Donna to come to one of his sessions. The doctor warns Donna to stay away from Ray. Marchette pretends to give Dylan and Toni his blessing, then takes out a hit on Dylan. Music: ""Shakin' All Over"" by The Who
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#8 - Courting
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1995
Joe rejects a plea bargain and decides to go to trial. Donna testifies that Ray was physically harming her, and Valerie corroborates this with her eyewitness account of the Palm Springs incident. The Associated Press picks up Brandon's story about the trial for nationwide syndication. Brandon tries to convince Ray to stop hurting Donna and reveal the truth about his fight with Joe. The prosecutor portrays Donna as a liar because she covered for Ray on her medical report. Ray feels guilty; he owns up to the abuse and clears Joe during his testimony. Donna agrees not to prosecute Ray if he remains in therapy. Ray thanks Brandon for setting him straight and decides to go out on tour. Donna's friend Lisa is selected as Rose Queen. Colin babysits for Erin while Kelly and David are at the trial, as Mel and Jackie have gone away for the weekend. Valerie tells Colin that Kelly spent the night with Brandon. Colin refuses to believe Kelly's denial, but their argument is interrupted when Erin fal
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#9 - Coming Out, Getting Out, Going Out
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1996
Valerie puts the club up as collateral to bail Colin out of jail. She also offers to spring for a high-priced attorney, as the public defender wants to plea bargain. Colin is terrified by the thought of spending time in prison. Kelly comes home from rehab and receives a surprise call from Colin. Donna is put off by the frequent phone calls from a lonely Tara. Tara runs away from the center. Kelly and Donna pick her up and give her refuge for the night. A medical student asks Kelly on a date. Clare and Susan resolve to reunite Nat and Joan, who have broken up because their relationship lacks its past magic. Clare, Susan, Brandon and Steve organize a romantic evening for the couple. They take them to many of the places that were special to them in 1971 and help them recapture their passion. Joe undergoes successful surgery and plans to return to football. Music: ""Time of the Season"" by the Zombies (#3, 1969); ""At Last"" by Etta James
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#10 - Ray of Hope
Season 6 Episode 30 - Aired 5/15/1996
Kelly agrees to help with the search for Colin when Brandon reveals that Nat could fall victim to the bail bondsman through his business ties to Valerie. Kelly gets in touch with Colin after obtaining his beeper number from Danny. She arranges a meeting and contacts the cops, but Colin realizes that something is amiss and sends Danny to the rendezvous. Donna balks when she and David are asked to produce a music video for Ray. Ray asks for a chance to prove that he has changed. Donna accepts the project after meeting Ray's fiancée, Wendy. Joe decides to quit football and take over as coach at his high school in Pennsylvania. He asks Donna to marry him. She turns him down because she fears that she would regret sacrificing her dreams. Clare is drawn toward Carl as they share memories of her mother. Mrs. Arnold believed that Carl would one day marry Clare and make her a princess.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#11 - The Things We Do for Love
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1996
Steve overhears Val discussing her pregnancy on the phone. She begs him to keep her secret, but he shares the news with Kelly. Kelly gives Valerie her full support and offers to drive her to the clinic. Val turns her down, claiming that Kenny will be by her side. Kelly runs into Kenny at a restaurant, and Valerie's conflicting stories prompt Kelly and Steve to suspect that she was never pregnant. David's grandfather leaves him $250,000 and a 1961 Thunderbird. Mel believes that David should keep the money in a trust, and threatens to contest the will. He later backs off, although he and his mother express concern about David's drinking. Steve learns that Clare and Dick are participating in crew. He begins rowing with a group of his frat brothers, and responds to Dick's taunts by challenging his squad to a race. Donna and Cliff become closer. During a day of hiking, he reveals that he is leaving for an out-of-state job. An uncomfortable Tracy decides to quit her TV job after Brandon nixe
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
10.0/101 votes#12 - Unnecessary Roughness
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1997
Donna believes she has solved the mystery of her stalker's identity when she sees Garrett Slan, the man who tried to rape her, at the university. Donna's friends insist that she is mistaken, as Slan is in prison. Donna is cheered by a ""girls' night out"" with Kelly and Clare, until someone tries to run over her outside the After Dark. While sorting through her parents' unopened mail, Donna finds a notice that Slan has been released from prison. Brandon and Tracy spend the weekend at her family's ranch. Tracy is distracted by her horse, which has taken ill; and the presence of Sam, an ex-boyfriend who once asked her to marry him. Tracy rejects Sam's advances and has sex with Brandon in the barn. Steve and Dick team up to market T-shirts for sale at the After Dark's Super Bowl party. Music: ""Knock on Wood"" by Eddie Floyd (#28, 1966); ""The Authority Song"" by John Cougar Mellencamp
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#13 - Some Like It Red
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/1996
Fraser goes undercover as a woman at a girls' school after Ray's ex-girlfriend comes to him for help. Ray, meanwhile, worries that he turned his ex into a nun.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Luciano Comici
8.0/103 votes#14 - The Furies
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1997
At Ares's request, Xena is judged by the Furies for not avenging the murder of her father and is punished by persecution and madness, leaving Gabrielle to try and solve the problem and reverse Xena's insanity.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: R.J. Stewart
7.5/106 votes#15 - Prince of Darkness
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1992
Cerreta poses as a weapons dealer to help Stone build a case against a Columbian hit man, but the deal takes an unexpected turn, resulting in bloodshed.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
7.3/103 votes#16 - The Taxicab Wars
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1983
A small cab company hires the A-Team to thwart the sabotage efforts of a larger company trying to run them out of business.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.3/106 votes#17 - Pride and Joy
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1993
A 17-year-old boy becomes the chief suspect in the murder of his father, raising questions of self-defense and abuse that the family does not want to face.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
7.2/108 votes#18 - The Americanization of Machiko
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1989
August 4, 1953: As a sailor returning from Japan, Sam brings a foreign wife to a small town. He then has to fight against the prejudice of both a scheming ex-girlfriend, as well as his mother, in order to gain acceptance of his new bride.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.1/108 votes#19 - Disco Inferno
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1989
April 1, 1976: As a stuntman, Sam is to save the life of his younger brother, while trying to convince the pair's obsessive father to let the younger son go his own way, even if it means going into country-western music, rather than following the family tradition of stunt work.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Paul Brown
7.0/101 votes#20 - The Hellgramite Method
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1988
An alcoholic, Miley Judson, is approached by a doctor who offers to provide him with a unique cure. Desperate, Judson agrees and is secretly given a "hellgramite" insect. The insect in his stomach will keep him sober no matter how much he drinks, and will feed on any alcohol he does drink. The more Judson drinks, the larger it will get until it is fatal. Judson can stop drinking, but if he does the insect will force him through terrible withdrawal pains until it goes into hibernation. Judson manages to make it, and offers a card for the doctor to another alcoholic buddy.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#21 - Mailman
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1986
Given a chance to get back into the field by making a delivery to the coast, Adderly decides to help out a fellow agent who's come up empty in his investigation of a furniture importer whose business seems unusually profitable.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#22 - The Duel
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/2/1996
A paroled killer leaves clues about his next victims for Ray.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Seth Freeman
6.8/104 votes#23 - Steel
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1983
The A-Team looks into sabotage at a construction site.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Frank Lupo
6.6/108 votes#24 - Animal Frat
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1990
October 19, 1967: Trapped in the body of Knut Wileton, better known as "Wild Thing," the typical frat jock, Sam must win the confidence of an attractive campus radical before she bombs the college's chemistry building as a protest against the war in Vietnam.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: Chris Ruppenthal
6.4/109 votes#25 - The Right Hand of God
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/1989
October 24, 1974: Sam lands in 1974 as a young boxer caught between fight-fixing gangsters and hopeful nuns who now own his contract.
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Writer: John Hill
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"The Little Fish" is the best rated episode directed by Gilbert M. Shilton. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/22/1993 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Windstruck".