10.0/101 votes#1 - 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#2 - Face-Off
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1997
Donna's request for a permanent restraining order against Slan is denied. He shows up in a classroom and tries to tell her something, but she runs out. David and Tom confront Slan, who claims that he was trying to warn Donna about her stalker. Donna discovers that someone has left a dead rat in her bedroom. Slan finally picks a fight with David at the Peach Pit After Dark so that the restraining order will be granted. He leaves town, but Donna receives more threatening phone calls. Kelly sets her sights on Tom. Valerie believes that Kelly is dating Tom to hurt her. Tracy accidentally tells Brandon that she loves him; he does not reciprocate. Brandon and Tom participate in a charity hockey game with NHL players. Brandon takes a cheap shot at Tom after watching Kelly kiss him before the game. Steve and Clare consider living together as they spend a weekend housesitting. David takes an interest in a young singer. Music: ""Please Don't Go"" by KC and the Sunshine Band (#1, 1980)
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
10.0/101 votes#3 - Coming Home
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1997
Kelly moves back into the beach apartment. Noah advises her to concentrate on her relationship with Brandon. She follows his advice, but becomes frustrated when she still cannot remember her life with Brandon. Her memories finally return as she reads the first issue of Brandon and Steve's newspaper, The Beverly Beat. A designer offers to purchase Donna's work. As she walks out of the interview, she stumbles onto a sweatshop; a young girl has burned her arm while operating a steam press. Donna and Brandon decide to investigate the story. David manages a rock band and allows the lead singer to crash at the apartment. Donna is put off by the man's rude behavior, and overhears him making an anti-Semitic remark. Noah pushes Val away and admits that he is consumed by thoughts of another woman. Valerie follows him to a spot overlooking the city; he shares that his girlfriend died in a car accident at this location after Noah lost control of the vehicle. Wealthy client Cooper Hargrove shows an
Director: Georg Fenady
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
10.0/101 votes#4 - Santa Knows
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/1997
Kelly considers filing sexual harassment charges against Monahan, but does not want to interfere with a fundraiser for the clinic. Monahan makes a pass at her during the event; Kelly talks with a supervisor, who warns that reporting him could cause future employers to label her a troublemaker. Brandon goes to Emma's apartment to pick up a column, and has sex with her. Wracked with guilt, he goes overboard trying to prove himself to Kelly. After Ben's parents reject his Christmas peace offering, he tells David that he plans to move in with an aunt and uncle. David realizes that he is lying and returns to stop him from slashing his wrists. He takes Ben back to the Walsh house, where Valerie convinces him not to give up on life. Ben's parents ask him to come home, and his father vows to try his best to accept him. Val and David realize how much they mean to each other. Noah upsets Donna by pushing her away during the holidays. Steve and a Santa-suit clad Nat help restore Zach's Christmas
Director: Charles Correll
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 10.0/101 votes
#5 - Budget Cuts
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1998
After learning that the clinic may lose funding, Kelly asks Brandon to write a story to generate publicity. They try to collaborate on the article, but find that working together is too painful. Kelly organizes an auction to raise money for the clinic. She models her wedding gown in the fashion show portion of the event, and Brandon outbids everyone for a date with her. Brandon and Kelly take a walk on the beach and decide that they are through. The clinic must still cut back its staff (even after the fundraiser), so Kelly resigns. Although David believes that Valerie killed her father in self-defense and should move on, she insists on bringing her mother to town to discuss the situation. When Val tries to confess, she learns that Abby knew of the abuse prior to her husband's death. She did not take any action because she believed that Victor would seek help. Valerie finds a connection with Abby's fiancé, an ex-policeman.
Director: Chip Chalmers
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 10.0/101 votes
#6 - The Following Options
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/1998
After Kelly's grandfather nearly dies of pneumonia, she reluctantly gives the doctors permission to hook him up to a ventilator. Jackie and Kelly realize that the machines are taking away Ed's dignity without improving his condition. They decide to bring him home to spend his remaining time with his family. Kelly grows angry with Matt when he takes a case defending a tobacco company. He drops the case and quits smoking to impress Kelly, but she kisses Dylan. Donna agrees to let a troubled fifteen-year-old girl buy a dress on layaway. The girl's fellow gang members convince her to slice up the dress and return it as damaged goods. Sonia later apologizes and offers to work off her debt at the store. Dylan takes his bullet-riddled Porsche out of storage. He impresses Gina by coming to her defense when a drunk harasses her at the club. Dylan catches the guy and his friends vandalizing the Porsche; he gets a knife away from one of them and threatens to kill him. Dylan suffers nightmares abo
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 10.0/101 votes
#7 - Bobbi Dearest
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1999
Gina decides to sue Felice for $1.1 million for the money her mother misspent and ""pain and suffering."" Donna, torn apart by her family's bickering, runs crying to Noah. She doesn't believe that David has a right to be angry, but later apologizes and claims that he is just lonely. He follows her advice and uses his radio show to field offers from potential girlfriends. He loses track of the woman who most interests him, and eventually discovers that she works for a cleaning service that cleans the club. Donna convinces her mother to repay Gina the $60,000 she lost. Gina and Bobbi had actually orchestrated a scam to rip off Felice; they celebrate their success. Matt learns that Lauren has filed for divorce. Kelly wants to take things slowly, but cannot stay away from Matt. Dylan nearly dies in a Jet Ski accident. He tries to track down the guy who revived him.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 10.0/101 votes
#8 - Dog's Best Friend
Season 9 Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1999
David comforts a drunken and depressed Gina outside the After Dark, and she responds with a kiss. David and Dylan spend the weekend in Las Vegas, where Dylan has a one-night stand, but lets the woman believe that he wants to see her again. David, disgusted by Dylan's behavior, gives the woman their address when she inquires about a visit. She shows up just as Dylan and Gina are on the verge of getting back together. Dylan believes that David is in love with Gina and shouts that he can have her, unaware that she is standing outside. Dylan apologizes and tells Gina that she should find a man who is capable of a relationship. Kelly arranges some dental work for Gina; Mel notices decay that indicates that she is bulimic, but Gina denies her problem. Matt shows Noah a report that proves that Mr. Hunter was aware that a new partnership would harm the environment. A devastated Noah decides to help Matt prepare the case. They discover a memo that exonerates Noah's father, as he demanded that t
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
10.0/101 votes#9 - Time Will Tell
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2002
Felicity becomes distant and withdrawn after Elena dies in a car accident. She pulls away from Ben. On the day that she receives an invitation to Noel and Zoe's wedding, she catches Ben kissing a Claire, the couple's friend and study partner. She breaks up with him and calls Meghan, who urges her to come to New York immediately. Ben later arrives for the wedding and apologizes, but admits that he was seeing Claire for a month. Felicity tells Meghan that she wishes she had gotten together with Noel. Meghan casts a spell that sends Felicity back in time to the night that she slept with Noel. This time, she quickly confesses to Ben. He wants to forgive her and move on, but she turns him down because she is hurt by what he did to her in the future. Felicity approaches Noel and says that she wants a relationship. He initially becomes confused and pushes her away, much to her surprise. However, he later says that he wants to be with her, and is just afraid that she will reject him
Director: Harry Winer
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 9.0/101 votes
#10 - Aunt Bea's Pickles
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1998
During Valerie's surprise birthday party, Abby announces that she and Bill are engaged. Val and Kelly join forces in the hopes of getting their parents to call off the wedding. They eventually realize that Bill and Abby are happy and decide to support them. Bill disgusts Kelly by backing out of the wedding and leaving her to break the news to Abby. Valerie gives David further insight into her traumatic family history as she tells him that her father sexually abused her. Brandon receives a job offer from a major newspaper, but faces a dilemma when he learns that he is only being hired as a replacement for striking reporters. He returns to the Beat and suggests implementing a health plan for the overworked and underpaid Janet. Steve hesitates to introduce Jill to Ted; she decides that she really likes Steve and comes back to him. When Donna's dresses fail to sell, Noah tries to give her a confidence boost by buying the entire stock himself. She is angry when she uncovers the truth.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
9.0/101 votes#11 - All Ghosts Lead to Grandview
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2007
While Melinda and Jim are taking care of Becca, Melinda finds that Becca can also see the dead.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
9.0/101 votes#12 - Home But Not Alone
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/2008
Ned's girlfriend thinks she is being haunted by her father. Melinda tries to help keep the family together.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
9.0/101 votes#13 - Stranglehold
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 5/9/2008
When Melinda is given the file number of a murder case for which her father was lead prosecutor in 1979. With the file, Melinda sets out to find whether or not the victim's murder or the trial is linked to her father's disappearance.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
9.0/101 votes#14 - Big Chills
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2008
Melinda reconnects with old high-school friends after one of their classmates dies mysteriously.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
- 8.0/101 votes
#15 - Ricochet
Season 8 Episode 28 - Aired 5/6/1998
Kelly finds it impossible to trust Brandon as he works late every night for several weeks. Brandon assures Kelly that he will never leave her and suddenly asks her to marry him. They experience doubts, but decide that they are ready for a lifetime commitment. Noah entertains Gwyneth, a longtime friend. She secretly has a crush on him, and kisses him on a ferris wheel. Noah insists that he is not interested in her. David becomes extremely jumpy after being robbed at an ATM. He gets drunk, steals a gun from the After Dark's cash register, and staggers into the alley behind the club. When Noah and Gwyneth try to stop him, he shoots at a dumpster; a bullet richochets and hits Gwyneth in the arm. Donna asks Gwyneth to stay at her apartment because she doesn't trust her around Noah. Valerie learns that she is a match for a leukemia patient in need of a bone marrow transplant.
Director: Anson Williams
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#16 - Don't Try This at Home
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2007
Melinda helps a group of college girls after one of their friends dies and begins to haunt them. Melinda must get Rachel to believe she is not Bloody Mary.
Director: Ian Sander
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#17 - Double Exposure
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2007
Melinda and Professor Payne meet with another college professor who discloses that she had an affair with a student. That student just passed away after an accident.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#18 - Pieces of You
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2008
Melinda discovers the secret of a girl who has been missing for 12 years.
Director: James Chressanthis
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#19 - Body of Water
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2009
Finding a mass grave in a local lake has caused a mass haunting over one man which Melinda must face.
Director: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#20 - Delusion of Grandview
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2009
Melinda and Sam's relationship hangs in the balance after Melinda shares some devastating news.
Director: Jefery Levy
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#21 - Leap of Faith
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/2009
Sam has a brush with death as he risks his life to save Melinda from harm.
Director: Ian Sander
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#22 - Thrilled To Death
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/2009
A young woman in Eli's apartment building is being haunted.
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#23 - Cursed
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2009
Melinda discovers that the spirits trapped in a dollhouse have other plans.
Director: Kim Moses
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#24 - Head Over Heels
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2009
The Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is haunting Melinda and when the legendary book mysteriously shows up at Aiden's school Melinda becomes worried for Aiden's safety.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
8.0/101 votes#25 - Dead Listing
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2009
Melinda is pulled into a murder mystery by a real estate power couple when a ghost leads her to his own corps.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Laurie McCarthy
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"The Things We Do for Love" is the best rated episode written by Laurie McCarthy. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Gilbert M. Shilton. It aired on 11/6/1996 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Face-Off".