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The Best Episodes Written By Rob Deshotel

Every TV Episode Written by Rob Deshotel Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Rob DesHotel Ratings Summary

"Sleepover" is the best rated episode written by Rob DesHotel. It scored 7.8/10 based on 12 votes. It was directed by David Trainer. It aired on 11/16/1999 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Eric's Panties".

  • Sleepover
    7.8/1012 votes

    #1 - Sleepover

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1999

    Donna finally sleeps with Eric, but when the guys find out that all they did was sleep, they tease him mercilessly. Hyde gets a job at the FotoHut, and finds out that compared to his boss, he's a workaholic. And Kitty has to work double shifts at the hospital, leaving Red to do the cooking.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Eric's Panties
    7.8/1011 votes

    #2 - Eric's Panties

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2000

    Donna finds a pair of panties in the Vista Cruiser and thinks that Eric is cheating on her with his lab partner. Everyone is in for a big shock when they find out who the panties really belong to. Red's doctor's appointment shows that he has high blood pressure, so Kitty puts him on a strict diet, which he finds inedible. Kelso gains a new nickname due to a mishap in the cafeteria.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Sparks
    7.7/109 votes

    #3 - Sparks

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2004

    When Eric accidentally sees Donna's wedding dress, he unintentionally rips it. But he only makes things worse in an attempt to rectify the mistake. Kelso, Hyde and Fez get a canoe and Red is forced to find a sentimental wedding gift for Eric for his wedding.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Phases
    7.6/1017 votes

    #4 - Phases

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1998

    Buffy and her friends discover secrets about themselves as they battle a werewolf, its hunter, and their own emotions.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Donna Dates a Kelso
    7.4/1010 votes

    #5 - Donna Dates a Kelso

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/2002

    Eric and Donna both start dating other people; Jackie sets Donna up with Kelso's older brother Casey, while Eric has his pick of the girls at school after being named Point Place High's most eligible bachelor. Fez thinks that he's finally going to lose his virginity, and looks for a place that he and Rhonda can use for that purpose. Bob becomes rich again and Red buys a Corvette.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • The Puppet Show
    7.3/1020 votes

    #6 - The Puppet Show

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/5/1997

    Buffy suspects that a ventriloquist's dummy may be harvesting organs from classmates performing in a talent show.

    Director: Ellen S. Pressman

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Kiss of Death
    7.3/1011 votes

    #7 - Kiss of Death

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/2000

    Eric lies after accidentally running over Donna's cat; Laurie sets Kelso up for a fall; Fez sees "Fez's Angels" while under anesthesia to have his appendix removed.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Hot Dog
    7.3/109 votes

    #8 - Hot Dog

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2002

    When Eric decides to buy Donna a meaningful gift, he ends up getting her an engagement ring. But after discussing it with the guys, he realizes they are too young and the ring was a bad idea. Unfortunately, Eric already told Donna he got her a surprise and on their special evening out, he's put on the spot and forced to make the biggest decision of his life. Meanwhile, in an attempt to lift menopausal Kitty's spirits, Red gets her a dog: Schotzy.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • The Parents Strike Back
    7.3/103 votes

    #9 - The Parents Strike Back

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/2017

    When the kids won't do their chores, Adam and Andi decide to go on strike too.

    Director: Andy Cadiff

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Semi-Indecent Proposal
    7.3/103 votes

    #10 - Semi-Indecent Proposal

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2019

    Adam and Andi go to great lengths to secure a loan to fix an unexpected issue on their flip house. Also, Joe is enjoying hanging out with his nurse, Funchy, and wants to find a way to get him to stay with him longer than planned.

    Director: Ben Weiss

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • The Dark Age
    7.3/1016 votes

    #11 - The Dark Age

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1997

    Giles' past comes back to haunt him as a demon he and Ethan Rayne summoned in their wild youth seeks them out in Sunnydale.

    Director: Bruce Seth Green

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Killed by Death
    7.2/1018 votes

    #12 - Killed by Death

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1998

    While hospitalized with a severe case of the flu, Buffy investigates the young patients' fear that Death is stalking the children's ward.

    Director: Deran Sarafian

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • The Battle of Evermore
    7.2/109 votes

    #13 - The Battle of Evermore

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/2003

    Things are still bad between Red and Eric, so Kitty signs them up for the Point Place Paul Bunyan Pioneer Days Jamboree. The estranged men must work together in order to beat Charlie and Mitch, an obnoxious father/son team who have won the past two years. Meanwhile, Hyde doesn't understand why Leo hasn't called him back to work in a while. He takes the gang to the Foto Hut only to find the place has been completely cleaned out.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Can't You Hear Me Knocking
    7.2/109 votes

    #14 - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2005

    Red reluctantly agrees to take Kitty ice fishing, which doesn't turn out to be as bad as he expected. Kelso accidentally makes a threat on the President, prompting the guys to be paranoid about everyone they meet in an attempt to hide from the government. Donna takes Jackie to a karate lesson that yields unexpected results.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
    7.2/1023 votes

    #15 - Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/1997

    With Buffy preoccupied by her date with Owen, Giles is trapped by a group of vampires seeking to raise a powerful leader.

    Director: David Semel

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Holy Crap!
    7.1/1010 votes

    #16 - Holy Crap!

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/2000

    Kitty calls on a divine power, of sorts, when Eric and Laurie forsake going to church; Kelso's budding beard stirs Jackie.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • An Eric Forman Christmas
    7.1/1011 votes

    #17 - An Eric Forman Christmas

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2001

    Eric thinks that Christmas just isn't as fun as it used to be when he was a kid, so Kitty suggests that he direct the church Christmas pageant. He has some artistic differences with the gang over how things should go. Kelso is upset that everyone is making fun of him for wanting to watch Christmas specials on television; and Red is upset over Bob's Christmas decorations.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Won't Get Fooled Again
    7.1/1010 votes

    #18 - Won't Get Fooled Again

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/2004

    Before a romantic evening with Eric, Donna realizes that she's missed taking one of her birth control pills. Both of them completely freak out and seek out Kitty's advice. Fez is still extremely angry about losing Suzy to Kelso, so he "dumps" Kelso and returns everything his former friend ever gave him. Everyone in the gang tries to console the unhappy couple while Suzy plots to reunite them.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Short and Curlies
    7.1/109 votes

    #19 - Short and Curlies

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2005

    As Eric prepares to go to Africa, Kitty is still having problems dealing with his departure. Donna is also having problems; she can't come up with an appropriate going away gift, but some advice from Kitty puts her on the right track. Charlie accidentally sees Kitty naked, and his attempts at apologizing only make things worse. Jackie is still in Point Place after telling everyone she was leaving for Chicago; her attempts to give Hyde one last ~last~ chance don't quite go the way she hopes they would.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy
    7.0/101 votes

    #20 - Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2015

    Peggy makes Molly do chores in exchange for sharing tantalizing stories from her past for Molly’s second book.

    Director: Michael McDonald

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • The Party Planner
    7.0/103 votes

    #21 - The Party Planner

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/12/2018

    Adam attempts to organize a birthday dinner for Andi and he discovers that managing guests isn't easy.

    Director: Ben Weiss

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • We Hate Money
    7.0/103 votes

    #22 - We Hate Money

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/2018

    When Adam and Don realize they need to bring in more business, they film a commercial advertising their company. Also, Andi works up the courage to ask her boss, Bob, for a raise.

    Director: Victor Gonzalez

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Adam's Ribs
    7.0/103 votes

    #23 - Adam's Ribs

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/2019

    Adam offers to eat a vegan diet with Kate in an effort to bond with her, but his love of meat proves a hard habit to break.

    Director: Kari Lizer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Donna's Panties
    6.9/1010 votes

    #24 - Donna's Panties

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2001

    Eric pulls Donna's pants down in public and reveals her granny panties to everyone. So he tries to make up by giving her sexy panties on Valentine's Day. When Kelso finds out that Laurie cheated on him he realizes how Jackie must have felt when he cheated on her with Laurie; to Jackie's surprise he doesn't want her to feel sorry for him. Fez asks Caroline to go steady with him and only afterwards does he finds out that she has some strange ideas about romance.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel

  • Immigrant Song
    6.9/1010 votes

    #25 - Immigrant Song

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/7/2003

    The Formans are horrified when they realize that Red has gone fishing - he only does that when he's really angry. When he finally returns, Red has his final say on Eric and Donna's decision to move. Meanwhile, Kelso, Hyde, and Fez decide to paint obscene pictures on the water tower as their senior prank. Hyde and Kelso's arguing over Jackie lands Kelso in the hospital, leaving Fez to face the police alone and Jackie to face her feelings about who she wants to be with.

    Director: David Trainer

    Writer: Rob DesHotel