The Best Episodes Written By Chris Brancato

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Sex, Lies and Volleyball/Photo Fini

   S3:E48/5/1992

   Donna is struggling in the French immersion program, and feels left out because Brenda and her classmates can speak fluent French. Donna catches the eye of a photographer, who offers her a modeling job. A man tries to entice Donna into signing a two-year modeling contract, but he's just trying to get her into bed. Steve finds the perfect partner for the mixed doubles volleyball tournament. He is hurt when she rejects his romantic advances and pursues Brandon. Kelly and Dylan team up for the volleyball tournament, and also babysit Erin together. A visiting girl expresses an interest in David and his music. Kelly catches them making out, and tries to talk some sense into David. Kelly finds Dylan waiting in her cabin. Music: ""Hot Little Summer Girl"" by Enuff Z' Nuff; ""Gimme Little Sign"" by Brenton Wood (#9, 1967); ""In the Summertime"" by Mungo Jerry (#3, 1970)

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   #2 - A Song of Myself

   S3:E79/9/1992

   Brandon wants to quit the paper so that he can enjoy his senior year. Andrea enlists the help of new advisor and English teacher Gil Meyers to change his mind. Gil decides to have Brandon replace Andrea as editor. She accuses him of sexism and wants to resign. Gil resolves the dispute by making Andrea and Brandon co-editors. A depressed Kelly changes her entire schedule to avoid Brenda and Dylan. Brenda, Steve and Donna sign up to be ""senior buddies"" for freshmen and transfer students. Donna is paired with David's summer fling Nikki, who has moved from San Francisco. David is afraid to confess to Donna, but Nikki inadvertently breaks the news. Donna tests David's love by having Nikki pretend to come on to him. Nikki expresses an interest in Brandon. Steve winds up with geeky freshman Herbert, while Brenda tries to help Scott's troubled sister Sue. Music: ""Live and Learn"" by Joe Public (#4, 1992); ""Wishing on a Star"" by the Cover Girls (#9, 1992)

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   8.4/10(44 votes)

   #3 - Tome-wan

   S2:E125/16/2014

   Bedelia returns and accepts immunity to testify against Hannibal. Mason Verger plots revenge after learning of Hannibal's manipulations.

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   8.4/10(101 votes)

   #4 - Descenso

   S1:E18/28/2015

   Chilean drug chemist Cockroach brings his product to Colombian smuggler Pablo Escobar. DEA agent Steve Murphy joins the war on drugs in Bogota.

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   8.3/10(62 votes)

   #5 - Despegue

   S1:E108/28/2015

   Pablo's activities in prison provoke the government into taking extreme action. Murphy and Peña face a situation of their own.

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   8.3/10(51 votes)

   #6 - Relevés

   S1:E126/13/2013

   Hannibal convinces Jack and Alana that Will could be the copycat killer.

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   8.0/10(69 votes)

   #7 - The Palace in Flames

   S1:E48/28/2015

   Despite a new extradition treaty, the U.S. puts more money into fighting communism, creating new challenges for Murphy and Peña in the hunt for Pablo.

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   7.9/10(81 votes)

   #8 - Eve

   S1:E1112/10/1993

   When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are inexplicably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same way, Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. When they discover that the two fathers' eight-year-old daughters are identical twins, they realize that something even stranger is going on.

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   7.9/10(55 votes)

   #9 - Buffet Froid

   S1:E105/30/2013

   Will tracks a killer with mental instability similar to his own.

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    7.9/10(63 votes)

    #10 - La Catedral

    S1:E98/28/2015

    The hunt for Pablo seems to be over after he makes a deal with the government, but Murphy and Peña -- and the Cali Cartel -- have other plans.

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    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Potage

    S1:E34/18/2013

    Abigail Hobbs comes out of her coma with new information about her father.

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    7.5/10(79 votes)

    #12 - The Sword of Simón Bolívar

    S1:E28/28/2015

    Communist radical group M-19 makes a move against the narcos, while Murphy gets an education in Colombian law enforcement from his new partner Peña.

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    6.7/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Branded

    S12:E610/20/2010

    Two men have been branded and sodomised by someone. Is there a connection between these men, and what nut case is on the loose?

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    6.0/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Spectacle

    S12:E162/9/2011

    After the sexual assault of a young woman is videotaped and featured on a campus-wide intranet feed, detectives Elliot Stabler and Odafin "Fin" Tutuola go in search of the victim and her attacker. As they delve into the investigation, it becomes clear that the perpetrator created a spectacle to draw attention to his own issues.

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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Wild Horses

    S3:E1411/18/1992

    Dylan's Porsche breaks down near a secluded ranch. The wealthy owner takes him in and wants him to stay permanently (as her boy toy). Dylan is disappointed when she sells her favorite horse, and decides not to live in an environment where everything is for sale. Brenda and Kelly make up. David fires Steve as manager after he is humiliated at a showcase because he had to go on without a sound check. Nikki is stunned when her ex-boyfriend Diesel's band performs a song he had written for her. Brandon cannot understand why Nikki is so taken with an abusive, boozing jerk. Nikki tries to leave when Diesel brings home another woman, so he hits her. Brandon punches out Diesel and takes Nikki home. The janitor warns Steve that he may have to turn him in to save himself. Music: ""Switch It Up,"" performed by Brian Austin Gr

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