The Best Episodes Written By Darren Star

Every TV Episode Written by Darren Star Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Picture Imperfect
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Picture Imperfect

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    S1:E21

    Alison is promoted to junior account executive and meets art director Amanda Woodward. Billy doesn't hit it off with a blind date arranged by Michael, but is attracted to Amanda. An overwhelmed Rhonda breaks her engagement.

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    Director:Nancy Malone
  2. Background image for The Test
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Test

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    S1:E27

    Jake and Jo are forced to submit to AIDS tests after his ex-girlfriend Peri reveals that she is HIV positive. Billy uses an embellished resume to win a job at Escapade Magazine.

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    Director:Paul Lazarus
  3. Background image for Carpe Diem
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Carpe Diem

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    S1:E30

    Billy and Alison's first real date is a disaster, as she is worried about Michael's affair. Alison and Amanda come to a truce and Jake loans Billy a motorcycle.

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    Director:Richard Lang
  4. Background image for Suspicious Minds
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Suspicious Minds

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    S1:E32

    The apartment building goes up for sale and an unidentified individual begins harassing Alison. Keith returns to Los Angeles, and Michael and Jane rekindle their romance.

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    Director:James Frawley
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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Revenge

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    S2:E3

    Keith's actions escalate and Sydney caters to Michael's every whim, despite a warning from Jane. Matt get's a new job.

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    Director:James Frawley
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    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Older

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    S7:E12

    Charles and Liza make amends and promise not to lie anymore, but Kelsey's plans force Liza to withhold the truth. Lauren plans a romantic reunion. Sparks fly between Maggie and an enemy-turned-friend.

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    Director:Peter Lauer
  7. Background image for My Way
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - My Way

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    S1:E7

    Billy loses his job and asks Alison to accompany him on a visit to his parents. Sandy gets a swelled head after landing a part in a horror movie, and ends up moving out. Michael and Jane discuss their excitement and anxiety about the upcoming birth of their baby.

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  8. Background image for A Melrose Place Christmas
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - A Melrose Place Christmas

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    S1:E18

    Alison undergoes successful surgery and Billy agrees to care for her when she returns home from the hospital. Jo and Jake try to overcome their unhappy memories of Christmas. Michael is depressed when he and Kimberly cannot save a young gunshot victim.

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  9. Background image for Wedding Bell Blues
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Wedding Bell Blues

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    S2:E28

    A furious Jim goes to the Mexican border to retrieve Brenda. Jim bans Dylan from the Walsh house. Jackie learns that Kelly covered for Brenda, and embarrasses her by yelling at her in front of Jake. Music: ""Wedding Bell Blues"" by The Fifth Dimension (#1, 1969); ""Blue Moon"" (Glen Gray - #1, 1

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    Director:Jeff Melman
  10. Background image for Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women

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    S2:E17

    Carrie unexpectedly runs into Mr. Big—and his new 27-year-old girlfriend, Natasha—at a Hamptons party. Miranda tries in vain to have some mature fun in the Hamptons. Charlotte pretends to be in her twenties so she can date a cute 26-year-old. Samantha's 25-year-old ex-assistant is hired to throw a big Hamptons party using her Rolodex for the guest list.

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    Director:Darren Star
  11. Background image for What Goes Around Comes Around
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - What Goes Around Comes Around

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    S3:E17

    Carrie decides, after a broad-daylight Manolo mugging, that she must clear herself of bad karma and decides she needs to talk with Natasha about her affair with Big. Miranda dates a gorgeous NYPD detective and becomes self-conscious about her own looks. Unhappily-married Charlotte struggles with her lust for a hunky gardener; she and Trey decide to separate. Samantha meets another Sam Jones, who turns out to be an NYU student and desperate virgin.

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    Director:Allen Coulter
  12. Background image for Slumber Party
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Slumber Party

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    S1:E13

    Brenda invites Kelly, Donna and Andrea over for a ""night of female bonding."" They are having a good time until Kelly's friend Amanda shows up. She insults everyone and decides to turn the girls against each other. As part of a ""game"" about secrets, Amanda bullies Kelly into describing her first sexual encounter, in which she was humiliated by the football captain. After Brenda recalls stealing a Minnesota friend's boyfriend, Kelly admits that she tried to hit on Dylan. The girls eventually make up, and Brenda and Kelly vow to never let a man come between them. Amanda's behavior is attributed to a diet pill addiction. The girls catch David and Scott lurking outside the window and taking pictures of them. Brandon and Steve are denied entry to a club, but hook up with two girls. They steal Steve's Corvette, but he doesn't press charges (and pays their traffic ticket) because he foolishly thinks that he and Brandon still have a chance with them.

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  13. Background image for The Power of Female Sex
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #13 - The Power of Female Sex

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    S1:E5

    Carrie bumps into international party-girl Amalita and her latest man Carlo in a shoe store, who in turn introduce her to a French Architect, Gilles. He leaves Carrie $1,000 on the nightstand after a one-night stand. Charlotte meets Neville Morgan, a renowned artist, who paints pictures of her vagina for his latest exhibition.

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  14. Background image for The Caste System
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - The Caste System

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    S2:E10

    Carrie gets fed up with high society while at an Upper East Side party with Big. Miranda and Steve have an argument over money and social status. Charlotte meets Wiley Ford, the movie star and joins his entourage. Samantha dates a wealthy real-estate developer with a Southeast Asian live-in servant who has her master wrapped around her little finger.

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  15. Background image for Politically Erect
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Politically Erect

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    S3:E2

    Carrie continues dating her politician beau, but finds his sexual fetish to be anything but 'golden'. Miranda doesn't know how to respond when Steve asks her to "go steady". Charlotte throws a "used date" party to find a new man. Samantha dates a short man who shops at the Boy's Department in Bloomingdale's.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Drama Queens

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    S3:E7

    Carrie obsesses about her perfect relationship when Aidan suggests she meet his parents. Miranda enjoys her intimate life with Steve. Charlotte gets upset when a married friend won't set her up with his bachelor buddy. Samantha tries Viagra while sleeping with a doctor.

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  17. Background image for It's Only a Test
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - It's Only a Test

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    S1:E18

    Everyone but Dylan is driven into a frenzy by the upcoming SATs. A completely panicked Andrea seeks help from Steve, who attended an expensive SAT prep course. During their study session, they end up kissing, and avoid each other for days. Kelly reads an article about breast health, so the girls take time out from studying for a self-exam. Brenda discovers a lump in her breast and must undergo a biopsy. Cindy and Brenda are haunted by memories of Cindy's sister Sheila, who died of breast cancer. Brandon cannot concentrate during his SAT, so he leaves during the exam to go to the hospital. (He and Brenda are to take a make-up test at a later date.) Brenda is relieved when she receives a clean bill of health.

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  18. Background image for Spring Dance
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Spring Dance

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    S1:E21

    Brenda tries to convince Andrea to ask Brandon to the spring dance, but Kelly beats her to it. Steve reluctantly takes Donna, who wears an elaborate gown that impedes sitting or dancing.

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    Director:Darren Star
  19. Background image for Leading From the Heart
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Leading From the Heart

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    S2:E11

    Brandon and Brenda's cousin Bobby visits, as he is considering transferring to UCLA. He is a paraplegic, the result of a skiing accident three years earlier. Bobby and Kelly develop a mutual interest, but Brenda fears that Kelly will break her cousin's heart. Although Bobby is extremely well-adjusted, he feels uncomfortable when he attends a party with the gang. After seeing Kelly dance with another guy, Bobby becomes depressed and asks to leave. He squelches his relationship with Kelly because he believes that she would lose interest in him. Brandon confesses his guilt about the accident to Bobby, who insists that Brandon should not blame himself for daring him to take the fateful ski jump. Brenda finally passes her driver's test, but is afraid to get behind the wheel. Emily joins the school paper. David asks Donna for a date. Music: ""Romantic"" by Karyn White (#1, 1991); ""Crazy"" by Seal (#7, 1991)

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    Director:N/A
  20. Background image for Pilot
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Pilot

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    S1:E1

    Alison's roommate leaves in the middle of the night and sticks her with the rent. Faced with eviction, she takes the goofy Billy Campbell up on his offer. Jake attempts a relationship with Kelly Taylor and they are constantly faced with obstacles due to their age difference. Rhonda is pursued by one of her aerobics students, but learns that his interest is anything but romantic.

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    Director:Howard Deutch
  21. Background image for Emily in Paris
    7.8/10(100 votes)

    #21 - Emily in Paris

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    S1:E1

    Emily brings her can-do American attitude and fresh ideas to her new office in Paris, but her inability to speak French turns out to be a major faux pas.

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  22. Background image for Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi?

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    S2:E1

    Feeling très guilty over her encounter with Gabriel, Emily decides to move on with a romantic weekend away. Mindy's new job turns out to be a total drag.

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  23. Background image for Four Women and a Funeral
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Four Women and a Funeral

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    S2:E5

    Carrie starts seeing Mr. Big again. Miranda buys her own apartment on the Upper West Side. Charlotte meets a recent widower at a cemetery. Samantha's actions with a married man gets her in trouble with the New York high-society "ladies who lunch" and only a titanic star can help her out.

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    Director:Allen Coulter
  24. Background image for The Fuck Buddy
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - The Fuck Buddy

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    S2:E14

    Carrie tries to make a relationship with her "fuck buddy." Miranda dates an abusive, condescending lawyer. Charlotte becomes a free-wheeling dater and double-books dates with two guys on the same night. Samantha overhears the couple moaning next door, and decides to outdo them.

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    Director:Alan Taylor
  25. Background image for Class of Beverly Hills
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Class of Beverly Hills

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    S1:E1

    Twins Brandon and Brenda begin school at trendy West Beverly High after moving from Minnesota. Brandon joins the newspaper and meets Andrea Zuckerman, the intelligent and devoted editor. Brenda is befriended by snobbish Kelly, who picks her as a chemistry lab partner to avoid being paired with a fat girl. A rich but reclusive girl invites the entire school (except the freshmen) to a party at her house, complete with a live rock band. Freshmen David and Scott crash the party, and the drunken Steve asks David to drive him home. David accidentally damages the car, prompting Steve to begin a frantic search for the culprit. Brandon connects with the hostess, Marianne, and goes on a date with her. He insinuates that they slept together, prompting rumors to fly at school. Andrea is disappointed in him. Brandon clears the air about Marianne over the campus radio station. He follows Andrea home to explain himself, and discovers that she lives out of district. Brenda and her friends get fake IDs

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    Director:Tim Hunter

Darren Star Ratings Summary

"Picture Imperfect" is the best rated episode written by Darren Star. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Nancy Malone. It aired on 1/27/1993 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Test".