The Best Episodes of My So-Called Life Season 1

Angela Chase begins new friendships at school.

Director: Scott Winant

Writer: Winnie Holzman

Jordan sells Angela a fake ID.

Director: Scott Winant

Writer: Winnie Holzman

A rumor makes the rounds that Angela slept with Jordan.

Director: Marshall Herskovitz

Writer: Justin Tanner

The printing shop owned by Patty's father is audited.

Director: Mark Rosner

Writer: Winnie Holzman

A list rating the sophomore girls makes the rounds.

Director: Victor Du Bois

Writer: Betsy Thomas

Liberty High deals with the issue of censorship when a substitute English teacher encourages students to write liberal poetry for the school paper.

Director: Ellen S. Pressman

Writer: Jason Katims

Angela makes a real connection with Jordan when she discovers that he has difficulty reading.

Director: Mark Piznarski

Writer: Liberty Godshall

Sharon's dad has a heart attack that causes Graham to question his own mortality and puts stress on his marriage while the event mends the broken friendship between Sharon and Angela.

Director: Ron Lagomarsino

Writer: Jill Gordon

Angela finds herself in 1963 during a mystical Halloween experience; Graham and Patty create some magic of their own with the help of medieval Halloween costumes.

Director: Mark Piznarski

Writer: Jill Gordon

Patty gains strides in her relationship with Angela when she helps Rayanne during an overdose.

Director: Claudia Weill

Writer: Richard Kramer

Brian's life is a constant struggle over what he wants to express and the ramblings that escape from his mouth; everyone feels like the outsider at the ""World Happiness Dance"" at school; Patty pressures Graham into taking a continuing education cooking class.

Director: Todd Holland

Writer: Jason Katims

Self-esteem is the lesson of the day for Angela's warped relationship with Jordan, Brian's unreciprocated devotion to Angela, Rickie's flair for the dramatic, and Graham's cooking expertise.

Director: Michael Engler

Writer: Winnie Holzman

Angela must make the decision whether or not to sleep with Jordan, while Graham is being pressured into going into the restaurant business with Hallie Lowenthal.

Director: Mark Piznarski

Writer: Ellie Herman

Rayanne has been sober for 33 days. To start getting her life back together again and to spend more time with Angela, she joins Jordan's band. But after a case of stage fright and a glimpse at what being sober really means, she goes back to the bottle.

Director: Jeff Perry

Writer: Elizabeth Gill

The Chase's Christmas is more complicated than usual when Angela's anxious search for Rickie leads her into the world of runaway kids where she encounters a mysterious homeless girl.

Director: Scott Winant

Writer: Jason Katims, Winnie Holzman

It's New Year's Eve and while everyone else is busy making or breaking his or her resolutions, Rickie faces an increasingly difficult situation.

Director: Patrick R. Norris

Writer: Ellie Herman

Angela realizes she is over Jordan and is in to someone else. But Brian Cracow catches Rayanne and Jordan on tape having sex.

Director: Mark Piznarski

Writer: Jill Gordon

On a romantic weekend getaway to ""reconnect"" with Graham, Patty reveals another side of her personality; Angela copes with a visit from Rayanne, who has good reason not to leave.

Director: Todd Holland

Writer: Adam Dooley

Jordan asks Brian for help on winning back Angela's affections; Sharon and Rayanne reach a turning point in their relationship; and Rickie learns that the new girl has a crush on him.

Director: Elodie Keene

Writer: Winnie Holzman