9.4/101,017 votesLoading...#1 - And Then There Was Shawn
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1998
In a parody of the film "Scream," the gang is locked inside the school and terrorized by a shrouded killer--with Mr. Feeny among his victims.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
9.2/10554 votesLoading...#2 - Brave New World (2)
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/2000
In a clip-filled series finale, Cory and the gang bid Mr. Feeny farewell as he and Topanga head to New York. Meanwhile, Jack, Eric and Shawn make big moves of their own.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Matthew Nelson
8.9/10400 votesLoading...#3 - A Long Walk to Pittsburgh (2)
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1997
Just as crestfallen Cory gives up hope of seeing Topanga again, she shows up.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.9/10307 votesLoading...#4 - We'll Have A Good Time Then
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1999
Shawn and Jack's ne'er-do-well father Chet reappears on campus suddenly and, confronted by an angry Shawn, promises that he has come to stay and make amends to his sons for never being there for them. But after treating them to a steak dinner and consuming a piece of Rachel's "killer" chocolate cake, Chet suffers a heart attack. Shawn reveals that his anger at his father is partly fear that his own apparent inability to connect emotionally is inherited, and it appears a reconciliation might taken place -- then Chet has a second attack and dies. This is a powerful and quite touching episode, with a particularly affecting performance from Rider Strong, marred only by the obligatory presence of the entire cast in the emergency ward.
Director: David Kendall
Writer: N/A
8.8/10399 votesLoading...#5 - Cult Fiction
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/1997
Feeling lost and alone, Shawn starts spending time with a group of people that he defensively describes as "not a cult."
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.7/10281 votesLoading...#6 - Graduation
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/1998
Cory tries to hide his lying eyes and convince Topanga he wants her to go to Yale; and Shawn surprises everyone with his indifference toward graduation.
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: Bob Tischler
8.7/10323 votesLoading...#7 - Everybody Loves Stuart
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1998
Cory may be possibly expelled from college, when he knocks a teacher out the screen-window of the commons room. However, that same teacher hit on Topanga in her dorm last night, and he's lying about it.
Director: William Russ
Writer: N/A
8.6/10479 votesLoading...#8 - Cory's Alternative Friends
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1993
Cory has a hair-raising experience when he tries to straighten his curly top and ends up in exile eating lunch at the "weirdo" table at school.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Patricia Forrester
8.6/10320 votesLoading...#9 - Dangerous Secret
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1996
Shawn insists things aren't what they seem when Cory catches him with a girl, but Cory won't buy it, and tries to play catch-up by getting intimate with Topanga.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.6/10307 votesLoading...#10 - A Long Walk to Pittsburgh (1)
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1997
Eric sees Shawn kiss Topanga and tells Cory about the incident. But the bad news is the peck was for good reason: Topanga's moving.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.6/10329 votesLoading...#11 - If You Can't Be With the One You Love...
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/1998
Cory tries to get over Topanga by drinking alcohol at a party, but there's trouble ahead after Shawn joins in and shares his friend's indulgence.
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: N/A
8.6/10369 votesLoading...#12 - Brave New World (1)
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2000
In a clip-filled series finale, Cory and the gang bid Mr. Feeny farewell as he and Topanga head to New York. Meanwhile, Jack, Eric and Shawn make big moves of their own.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Matthew Nelson
8.5/10332 votesLoading...#13 - Wake Up, Little Cory
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1994
Cory and Topanga are paired up by Mr. Turner to work on a movie about sex for a school project, interviewing their friends and families on the subject. Rumors fly, however, when they fall asleep trying to pull an all-nighter finishing it.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
8.5/10288 votesLoading...#14 - Life Lessons
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/23/1996
Cory's classmates choose him to persuade Mr. Feeny to change the rather tiring exam schedule, but when the good teacher refuses, the group of teens who chose Cory vandalize Mr. Feeny's home.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.5/10332 votesLoading...#15 - The Happiest Show on Earth
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1996
Cory follows Topanga to Disneyworld to win her back, but she misinterprets his attempts, thinking they are meant towards another girl.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.5/10350 votesLoading...#16 - Chick Like Me
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1997
Shawn thinks Cory's newspaper column is a drag, so he tells Cory to spice things up by posing as a girl and writing about the stunt. But it's Shawn who ends up in a dress.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.5/10334 votesLoading...#17 - Heartbreak Cory
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1998
The gang hits the ski slopes, but Cory gets hurt and is relegated to the lodge...where he meets a "cute mountain girl" he finds hard to resist.
Director: William Russ
Writer: N/A
8.5/10305 votesLoading...#18 - Seven the Hard Way (2)
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/2000
After a war of harmless pranks goes too far and threatens to break up the old gang, Feeny steps in to help mend fences. But he finds that even his intervention may not be enough to reunite the once-tight teens.
Director: William Russ
Writer: David Brownfield
8.4/10409 votesLoading...#19 - Teacher's Bet
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1993
Under the impression that teaching is easier than learning, Cory ends up teaching social studies for a week as part of a bet with Mr. Feeny.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: April Kelly
8.4/10355 votesLoading...#20 - Sister Theresa
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1994
Cory winds up on a date with Harley's, T.K., when Amy challenges him to be polite for just one day and see where it gets him. And Harley is a bit overprotective of his sister...
Director: David Trainer
Writer: N/A
8.3/10348 votesLoading...#21 - Boy Meets Girl
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1994
Cory is frustrated when his best friend Shawn falls for a girl.
Director: David Trainer
Writer: Janette Kotichas Burleigh
8.3/10327 votesLoading...#22 - Shallow Boy
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1996
Eric aggravates an offbeat guitar player when he tells her to take her tunes and her sunny demeanor elsewhere.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.3/10276 votesLoading...#23 - The Eskimo
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1998
Mr. Feeny assigns some peculiar tasks to Shawn, Topanga and Cory in an effort to stop them from slacking off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10310 votesLoading...#24 - Angela's Men
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1999
A few good men come to Angela's aid when Shawn recruits her military dad to help the lonely lady deal with her missing mom. Meanwhile, Eric maps out a strategy to exact his revenge on Topanga for beating him up and stealing his apartment.
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: N/A
8.2/10295 votesLoading...#25 - Home
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/1995
Shawn's dad leaves in search of his runaway wife, and Shawn moves in with Cory's family temporarily. Meanwhile, Eric is having trouble studying for his SATs.
Director: David Kendall
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Boy Meets World
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The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.
Genres:DramaComedyFamily
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"And Then There Was Shawn" is the best rated episode of "Boy Meets World". It scored 9.4/10 based on 1017 votes. Directed by Jeff McCracken and written by N/A, it aired on 2/27/1998. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Brave New World (2)".