9.3/109 votes#1 - I'll Try to Fix You
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2012
Will's mission attracts a tabloid's attention; Wade has information about the government's fight against white-collar crime; Maggie finds a date for Jim, and Sloan has trouble being a matchmaker.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
9.2/109 votes#2 - Election Night (2)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/15/2013
As Election Night 2012 winds down, Will and Charlie await a decision from Reese that may impact their future at ACN, and that of the entire senior staff. Sloan learns the identity of the anonymous winning bidder for her book; Don discusses a countersuit against Dantana with Rebecca; Will has a revelation while Charlie shares his. Season two finale.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
9.0/1010 votes#3 - That's My Dog
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/18/2004
With Keith out of town on business, David gets taken for a ride by a hitchhiker. Meanwhile, Nate feels out of place in a bereavement group, Ruth tries to play matchmaker--to George's chagrin, Claire feels empty after a critique of her self-portraits, Brenda and her mom go back to school, and Federico gets an unexpected visitor at work.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Scott Buck
9.0/102 votes#4 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/25/2007
Nicki goes back to the compound for a family reunion, bringing Bill with her, where they find out the extent of Roman's betrayal of their family. Barb is annoyed by Margene and Ben's behavior. Meanwhile, Alby disobeys his father.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
9.0/108 votes#5 - First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2013
Will and the "News Night" staff are questioned by their lawyer about a story they've aired that's become a network crisis. An on-air remark by Will has him pulled from 9/11 anniversary coverage. Jim volunteers to cover for an embed reporter on the Romney campaign and Neal investigates the beginnings of Occupy Wall Street.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Ian Reichbach
8.8/1013 votes#6 - Main Justice
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2014
Leona and Reece look to raise cash in order to salvage ACN and thwart Blair and Randy. Will gets a surprise at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Charlie trades visions with her ACN suitor. Maggie's EPA scoop makes it to News Night. Sloan and Don try to keep their relationship a secret from a new HR veep.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: N/A
8.7/109 votes#7 - News Night with Will McAvoy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2013
Will is distracted during his telecast by a phone call and an unflattering Twitter post. Charlie gets a visit from a longtime friend at the Office of Naval Intelligence, who has knowledge of Operation Genoa. Sloan phases from humiliation to rage following a revenge posting. The newsroom traverses the slippery slope separating fact from fiction.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.6/1012 votes#8 - What Kind of Day Has It Been?
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2014
A sudden death leads Will and Mac to ponder the milestones that transformed the newsroom, and look ahead towards ACN's uncertain future. Maggie lands a field-producer interview in Washington; Neal's digital site is shut down for repairs; Leona offers sage advice to Pruit.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.5/106 votes#9 - Time Flies
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 6/27/2005
Brenda is disturbed by Nate's reaction to her latest news; Ruth shares her feelings about George with her knitting circle; David and Keith 'propose' to Mary and meet Roger's equally unconventional family; Rico is shocked at how Vanessa and the boys are doing; frustrated, George shares a beer and a song with Billy; and Nate comes home to an unpleasant surprise.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Craig Wright
8.3/103 votes#10 - Two for the Road
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/4/2010
Cathy and Sean hit the open road to visit their dad. During the trip, Cathy tells Sean she has cancer. Sean falls apart at the news, so Cathy pretends it was a big joke. Adam gets drunk while under the supervision of Paul. Marlene finds Adam on the front lawn puking. Marlene will keep it a secret, but Adam is in further servitude to her.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: N/A
8.2/1010 votes#11 - The Blackout Part II: Mock Debate
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/19/2012
The staff stages a mock debate; Mac has an epiphany; Lisa goes off-script during an interview; Neal goes under cover.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.0/108 votes#12 - Nobody Sleeps
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/23/2003
While the partner of a recently deceased gay man is orchestrating an operatic tribute at Fisher & Diaz, Lisa plans an unwanted birthday party for Ruth. Meanwhile, Claire has a night to remember with Russell and two outlaw art teachers.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Alan Ball
8.0/103 votes#13 - Taking Lumps
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/27/2010
Cathy needs a lump on her butt removed and someone to pick her up after surgery. She asks Marlene, who becomes disoriented - so Lenny picks up Cathy instead. Sean moves into Cathy's backyard because he got beat up on the streets. Paul and Adam win the local bathtub races. The event brings Cathy and Paul back together, but at the point of reconciliation, Paul confesses to an indiscretion with Tina and Cathy rejects the reunion. Meanwhile, Andrea breaks into the school and destroys the mural Lenny painted.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Toni Kalem
7.9/1016 votes#14 - Yoshino
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/2022
While Samantha risks it all for Polina’s safe return, Sato is forced to mix business with pleasure. As Katagiri devises a plan to finally take down Tozawa, Jake is confronted by the crime boss’s men.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: J.T. Rogers
7.7/1025 votes#16 - Egeria
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/2/2005
When Caeser finds himself outnumbered by Pompey's legions, he asks Antony to join the fight. Marc Antony is having fun in his new political life while he ponders a counter-offer from Pompey. Atia urges Octavian to take another step toward manhood. Vorenus and Niobe try to bring passion back to their marriage.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Bruno Heller
7.1/107 votes#17 - The Secret
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/5/2002
David and Keith continue trying to iron out their problems...and Karla has a secret that isn't going to make things any better. Meanwhile, Claire takes a curious approach to photography, Ruth prepares to move ahead with Nikolai and Brenda's engagement anxiety leads her on a sexual adventure with Melissa.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Bruce Eric Kaplan
7.0/1021 votes#18 - These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2007
Brutus and Cassius struggle to raise foreign armies to oppose the Cesarean party. Mark Antony's plans to change his post-consul proconsular governorship from Macedonia to Gaul are derailed when Cicero delivers an in-absentia message to the Senate, and throws his support behind Octavian. Vorenus struggles to contain an all-out gang war in the Aventine Collegium, of his own making,that he blames on Pullo. In the house of the Julii, Octavia passes the hours in a drug induced daze, while a duplicitous youth named Duro, planted amongst the Julii by Servilia, looks for the chance to set a deadly plan in motion.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Scott Buck
6.9/1010 votes#19 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2012
Neuroscience professor Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack) is recruited by a former student, FBI Agent Kate Moretti (Rachael Leigh Cook), to help out on a case involving the death of a pharmaceutical executive. But Daniel's schizophrenic hallucinations could potentially derail the investigation.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Kenneth Biller
6.3/103 votes#21 - Days of Small Surrenders
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/7/2019
In a flashback to the 1960s, Anna arrives in San Francisco, befriends some trans women and starts dating a man. But she soon finds her loyalties tested.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Lauren Morelli
6.3/103 votes#22 - Where There's a Will
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/21/2006
Both Bill and Barb get social recognition as Barb is selected as a finalist for a "Mother of the Year" award and Bill is asked to become a member of the Salt Lake City Leadership League. Meanwhile, the sister-wives draw up their wills, and Rhonda gets to know what life outside the compound is like for teenage girls when she hangs out with Sarah and Heather.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: N/A
6.0/103 votes#23 - She Messy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/7/2019
Mary Ann decides to stay in San Francisco and tells Shawna true. The relationship between Jake and Margot comes at a crossroads. Anna knows a man.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Marcus Gardley
6.0/101 votes#24 - The Eddy
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/8/2020
As Elliot prepares for his return to the stage, Julie's mother arrives in Paris, Amira's brother drops by with a warning, and Sami turns up the heat.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Jack Thorne
5.0/101 votes#25 - Katarina
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/8/2020
While the band records with Franck Lévy, Katarina struggles under the weight of family obligations and regret. Julie and Sim decide to start fresh.
Director: Alan Poul
Writer: Jack Thorne
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"I'll Try to Fix You" is the best rated episode directed by Alan Poul. It scored 9.3/10 based on 9 votes. It was written by Aaron Sorkin. It aired on 7/15/2012 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Election Night (2)".
