10.0/10 2 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2008
In the first episode we meet Mary Shannon a US Marshall for the Witness Protection Program. In this episode Mary tries to figure out what went wrong when a mobster's son who was under her protection is killed.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: David Maples
8.8/10 5 votes#2 - New York, I Love You XOXO
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/2012
In a fashionable farewell to remember, our favorite Upper East Siders join forces for one last soiree, and the shocking identity of Gossip Girl is finally revealed.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Stephanie Savage
8.2/10 5 votes#3 - Valley Girls
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/2009
In a flashback to the 80s, 17-year-old Lily Rhodes gets kicked out of boarding school and runs away to Los Angeles, reconnecting with her parents, Rick and Cece, and sister, Carol. Back in present day, Blair and Nate attend prom together, but the evening doesn't turn out exactly as planned and Chuck and Serena have a little something to do with that. Serena and Lily don't see eye-to-eye over Serena's recent run-in with the law.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Stephanie Savage
8.0/10 2 votes#4 - We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2008
In part one of the series premiere, Harrison Wilson accepts the job position as principal of West Beverly Hills High, forcing the Wilson family to relocate from Kansas to California and adjust to new life in the city - all while keeping a close watch on their troubled grandmother Tabitha.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Rob Thomas
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - Git 'Er Done
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2006
The big game against the Tigers drawing closer, Coach Taylor must decide between Matt and the self-assured recruit Ray "Voodoo" Tatum for the starting quarterback. The feelings between Tim and Lyla grow stronger. Jason's newly-found motivation strives him to begin the rehab.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Patrick Massett
8.0/10 14 votes#6 - Credit Where Credit's Due
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2004
Veronica doesn't believe the evidence adds up against Weevil, who has confessed to stealing credit card applications from Logan's family, and launches an investigation to help her new ally. Meanwhile, after joining Ms. Mallory Dent's newspaper class, Veronica clashes with socialite Caitlin Ford, Logan's bombshell girlfriend, but is intrigued by the attention shown to her by another wealthy student, Troy Vandegraff, a friend of ex-boyfriend Duncan. Later, Veronica learns that Lilly got a ticket driving her car on the day she died -- two hours after her supposed time of death.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Rob Thomas
7.8/10 18 votes#7 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2007
"It girl" Serena van der Woodsen has returned to Manhattan after a mysterious and self-imposed exile to boarding school. Serena's best friend, Blair Waldorf, has conflicted feelings about her friend's return since she has enjoyed being the Queen Bee during Serena's absence and might not be ready to relinquish her new position on the social ladder, not to mention the fact that she has always suspected there may be unspoken feelings between Serena and her longtime boyfriend, Nate.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Stephanie Savage
7.7/10 23 votes#8 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2004
While trying to navigate the everyday drama of high school, the smart, fearless, 17-year-old Veronica Mars also moonlights as an apprentice private investigator out to solve her wealthy town of Neptune's toughest mysteries. After coming to the aid of the new kid, sophomore Wallace Fennel, who's been duct-taped to the school's flagpole, Veronica ends up incurring the wrath of the thugs who put him there, Eli "Weevil" Navarro and his P.C.H. Biker Boyz. To get Weevil and his gang off her and Wallace's case, Veronica devises an intricate plan that helps some of Weevil's cronies avoid trouble with the law. Meanwhile, defying her father, Keith Mars, the disgraced former sheriff turned private eye, Veronica pursues a late-night case of adultery against billionaire Jake Kane, only to make an unsettling discovery about her mother, who abandoned Veronica and Keith a year ago.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Rob Thomas
7.5/10 29 votes#9 - Chapter Four: The Last Picture Show
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/2017
When Jughead learns that an anonymous buyer has plans to tear down the local drive-in, he fights desperately to keep it open. Betty finds her friendship with Archie on the line after stumbling upon some startling information she's uncovered about Miss Grundy's past. Elsewhere, Veronica confronts her mother Hermoine about a suspicious meeting she witnessed between her mother and a shady Southside Serpent. Finally, after uncovering Betty's diary, Alice finds the perfect opportunity to destroy Archie's golden boy image.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Michael Grassi
7.4/10 5 votes#10 - Double Identity
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2010
Living out a real-life fairytale in Paris, Blair is pursued by a handsome young man, Louis, who she suspects is a member of Monaco's royal family. A very concerned Lily asks Serena to help her find Chuck, who hasn't been heard from or seen in months. Meanwhile, Chuck Bass is as we've never seen him before, adjusting to a fresh start in Paris with a mysterious new woman, Eva, at his side. Juliet offers to help Nate win Serena back, suggesting that reigniting Dan and Vanessa's romance may just be the trick to remove Dan from the Dan-Serena-Nate love triangle.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Joshua Safran
7.3/10 3 votes#11 - What Was Done to You
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/30/2014
After Finley and Dunn meet with the President and First Lady, they soon realize that the Chief of Staff is the next parent sent on a dangerous mission to save his child. At the mansion, the mastermind teaches one of the hostages a lesson as they try to escape.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Rand Ravich
7.3/10 17 votes#12 - Method Head
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2016
An actor is accidentally shot on the set of Liv's favorite TV show--Zombie High--and she convinces Clive to let her help in the investigation. Meanwhile, Vaughn devises a loyalty test for Major, and Dale connects Blaine to the Meat Cute massacre.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Kit Boss
7.2/10 8 votes#13 - Blair Waldorf Must Pie!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2007
Dan invites Serena and her family to spend the holiday with his family, creating an uncomfortable situation for Rufus and Lily. The children are unaware of their complicated romantic past. Meanwhile, Blair's freaks out when she learns that her father isn't coming home for Thanksgiving. Nate spends the holiday with his family, but their awkward dinner quickly goes from bad to worse.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Jessica Queller
7.2/10 6 votes#14 - The Treasure of Serena Madre
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2009
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving on the Upper East Side if there wasn’t a serving or two of some major drama for the holiday. Blair suspects her mom has been keeping a big secret from her, but it turns out to be something else entirely. Vanessa is supposed to spend Thanksgiving with her parents, but has a fight with her mom and shows up on Dan’s doorstep. Rufus learns that Lily has been lying to him about her mother, Cece. Chuck tells Nate that he has some potentially damaging information about one of their friends. Jenny learns that Eric was behind her very public embarrassment at Cotillion and can’t pass up a chance to get even. Serena is put in a very awkward position when her mother invites Trip and Maureen to join them for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Joshua Safran
7.0/10 2 votes#15 - Lucky Strike
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/2008
Harry and Debbie plan a family bowling night, but find their plans interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Annie and Dixon's friends. Meanwhile, Annie finds herself torn between Ethan and Ty, Naomi experiences a difficult evening with her father, and Kelly and Silver learn that Jackie's drinking is beginning to spiral out of control.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Jill Gordon
7.0/10 2 votes#16 - Why Jordan Can't Read
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/6/1994
Angela makes a real connection with Jordan when she discovers that he has difficulty reading.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Liberty Godshall
7.0/10 5 votes#17 - Dan De Fleurette
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2009
During the first day of school at Constance Billard, Jenny takes her place as the new Queen Bee. However, Blair gets in her way. Lily returns home to find that things are not as they were when she left them with Rufus. At NYU, Olivia Burke, an actress, enrolls and is assigned to be Vanessa's roommate.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: John Stephens
7.0/10 5 votes#18 - The Grandfather: Part II
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2009
Olivia says something she regrets during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s talkshow and tries to keep Dan from finding out. With election day around the corner, Nate suspects his grandfather will stop at nothing to get Trip elected to congress. In the midst of another feud with Serena, Blair befriends a new “it” girl and takes her to an election night party at Chuck’s hotel, hoping to make Serena jealous.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Lenn K. Rosenfeld
7.0/10 5 votes#19 - Belles de Jour
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2010
Blair and Serena spent their summer living it up in the belly of the beast: Paris, France. But where there's Paris there's bound to be boutique, Balenciaga, and of course, boy trouble. Unaware of Chuck's shooting in Prague, Blair struggles to forget him; things take a turn, however, when Chuck mysteriously shows up in Paris with a foreign stunning blonde at his arm. Meanwhile Serena contemplates which of her long-time beaus could be the one for her: Dan or Nate? Even on the Upper East Side drama erupts as Dan figures out the baby mama drama with Georgina, and Nate realizes something about himself when he meets fellow Columbia student, the intriguing Juliet.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Stephanie Savage
7.0/10 4 votes#20 - Beauty and the Feast
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2011
Nate reconnects unexpectedly with Diana, who offers him an exciting opportunity. Serena forces Charlie to decide which world she wants to embrace. Dan seeks out Chuck’s help to stop the publication of his book, but discovers it is Chuck who needs the help. Blair’s future sister-in-law, Beatrice, arrives from Monaco, but her motives with Blair may be more than just to get acquainted.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Sara Goodman
7.0/10 4 votes#21 - Not Your Grandmother's Robotic Surgery
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/2016
When James' beloved elementary school teacher is diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, he tries to employ a risky robotic surgery to save her, an approach with which Walter disagrees. Also, a military veteran blinded in combat and riddled with guilt refuses Zoe and Talikha's high-tech treatment that could restore his vision.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Jason Katims
7.0/10 15 votes#22 - Conspiracy Weary
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/13/2017
Liv and Blaine come to the rescue of one of their own. They consume the brains of a conspiracy theorist and paranoia ensues. Meanwhile, as they continue to search for conspiracy theories that may or may not exist, Liv researches Major's new friend. Finally, Ravi makes a surprising discovery of his own.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Bob Dearden
6.8/10 8 votes#23 - The Wild Brunch
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2007
It's the day right after the Kiss on the Lips party and Serena receives a cold reception from her former best friend Blair. Blair reveals that she knows that Serena and Nate slept together, before Serena mysteriously went to boarding school. Then Serena decides to take Dan to Chuck's fundraiser brunch at The Palace. Meanwhile little Jenny asks Blair for advice, and Blair realizes that she maybe gains something by allowing Jenny into her inner circle.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Stephanie Savage
6.8/10 4 votes#24 - Yes, Then Zero
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2011
Serena loves her new job in Hollywood, but makes a costly misstep when she tries to impress her boss. Chuck and Nate arrive in Los Angeles as the last stop of their Lost Summer trip, joining Serena at a glamorous Hollywood Hills party, where Nate meets a sexy older woman. Blair and Louis return from Monaco and begin planning their royal wedding, but when Louis refuses to stand up to his family and support Blair’s choices, his weakness threatens their relationship. A magazine is planning to run an excerpt of Dan’s book until an unlikely ally steps in to help him kill the story.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Joshua Safran
6.7/10 3 votes#25 - Found
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/1/2014
As the FBI finally detects the location of the mansion, Finley and Dunn make a startling discovery and are led on a mission to find the father of one of the soldiers from the Pakistani embassy, who has been sent on a parent mission of his own. Elsewhere, Meg is forced to testify about her connection to the secret soldier program. Gibson puts an unlikely asset to work as the search for the mansion intensifies.
Director: Mark Piznarski
Writer: Michael Sonnenschein
The Best Episodes Directed By Mark Piznarski
Every TV Episode Directed by Mark Piznarski Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Mark Piznarski Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Mark Piznarski is "Pilot", rated 10/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by David Maples". "Pilot" aired on 6/1/2008 and is rated 1.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "New York, I Love You XOXO".