10.0/101 votes#1 - Funeral for a Door Nail
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/1986
A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Son Also Rises
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1986
David's estranged father makes a surprise visit to announce his upcoming wedding and to introduce his bride-to-be, who comes as a shock to David.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno
10.0/101 votes#3 - A Trip to the Moon
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1987
After a month of intimacy, Maddie begins to question just where this relationship with David is headed.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Glenn Gordon Caron
10.0/101 votes#4 - Come Back Little Shiksa
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1987
With Maddie in Chicago, Dave feels very sympatico with a client who offers $10,000 if they can locate the woman he spent one memorable night with.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jeff Reno
10.0/101 votes#5 - Tale in Two Cities
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1987
Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
10.0/101 votes#6 - Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1987
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
10.0/101 votes#7 - Cool Hand Dave (Part II)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1987
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
10.0/101 votes#8 - Father Knows Last
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1987
Mr. Hayes visits Dave after his return to the agency to subtly hint that he should take some responsibility for Maddie's unborn child.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
10.0/101 votes#9 - Plastic Fantastic Lovers
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/1989
Maddie and David are hired by a disfigured man who has become a recluse and needs the detectives' help in proving that a plastic surgeon wantonly caused his disfiguration.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Jerry Stahl
10.0/101 votes#10 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2001
Meet Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh of the Boston Medical Examiners office. With a reputation of going way beyond the call of duty…Jordan finds her first case a little close to home.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
10.0/101 votes#11 - The Dawn of a New Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2001
Two seemingly unconnected men turn up dead, but there is more than meets the eye to this case. Elsewhere Mr. Stinky has Bug and Trey stumped at identifying him.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
10.0/101 votes#12 - Born to Run
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2001
With what appears to be a cut and dry murder suicide Jordan gets help from her colleagues to find the truth. Meanwhile Dr. Macy faces the hard truth about his daughter.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
10.0/101 votes#13 - Revealed
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/9/2004
The body of a writer is found with bite marks in the neck and drained of all blood. Meanwhile a decomposing body is found in the woods and a camera in the hand of the victim is the only clue.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
10.0/101 votes#14 - Back of a Car
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2010
For their anniversary party, the Hellcats plan an 80s party to celebrate, complete with costumes and a musical number by Vanessa. Savannah decides she's ready to spend the night with Dan and plans a romantic evening for the two of them, but things don't exactly work out as she envisioned. Meanwhile, Alice usurps a PR story that was supposed to be on the Lancer football team and makes it about the Hellcats, much to Jake's dismay. Marti has conflicted feelings about Savannah taking it to the next level with Dan.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kevin Murphy
10.0/101 votes#15 - Fountain
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2014
Bay assists her art teacher at a gallery and hopes to get a letter of recommendation in return. Elsewhere, Daphne struggles to befriend Sharee; and Regina's latest business opportunity puts her in an awkward position.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Joy Gregory
10.0/101 votes#16 - The Ambush
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2014
Toby gets an unexpected visit from Nikki. Meanwhile, Bay and Daphne get ready for a big field-hockey game, and the rivalry between their team and the opposition intensifies; and Regina's connections to her old neighborhood prove beneficial.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Henry Robles
10.0/101 votes#17 - We Were So Close That Nothing Use to Stand Between Us
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2015
Bay feels pressured to maximize her short time with Emmett when he comes for a surprise visit.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Bekah Brunstetter
9.0/101 votes#18 - Fetal Attraction
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/1988
Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
9.0/102 votes#19 - Love's Illusions
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1999
Ally is having weird dreams about moments from her childhood, some good, some painful. But each compels her to wrestle with the question of true love. Can it be real or must it inevitably be just an illusion? Ally's latest case is calling the issue into question as she and John Cage are representing a woman charged in Criminal Court with fraud. Barry Philbrick has testified that his wife, Kelly Philbrick married him solely for his money. He claims that at the time of their marriage, she wasn't in love with him, that her wedding vow was a lie and that she admitted it in a letter to a close friend that Barry found. Kelly readily admits to her lack of feelings for Barry: she loved him but she was never in love with him. On the stand Kelly admitted that she had been writing to an imaginary friend: the man of her dreams, who then became the standard by which every real man in her life had to measure up too.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: David E. Kelley
9.0/101 votes#20 - Crime & Punishment
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2002
A housewife from the suburbs is found dead, and linked to Sado-masochism which leads Jordan to an internet site. Elsewhere Bug sees the shrink to talk about the case of an 8-year-old boy.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.0/101 votes#21 - One Twelve
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2002
Jordan and the team are sent to lead the recovery effort at the site of an explosion. Amongst the rubble is a lone survivor and Jordan must keep him talking till help can get to him. The grim task of identifying the victims falls on Dr. Macy.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.0/101 votes#22 - Ockham's Razor
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2003
When the wife of Dr. Macy’s nemesis is found dead…he pushes forward for the truth. A photo lab is going out of business and calling old customers the Cavanaugh’s are on the receiving end. What comes to light will push Max to face a truth he has tried to hide.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.0/101 votes#23 - Pandora's Trunk (2)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2003
With the secrets the car held for years out in the open, Jordan still has questions. Dr. Macy makes a hard decision regarding Jordan and Woody has a case to solve.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Tim Kring
9.0/101 votes#24 - Second Chances
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/28/2004
When the remains of a baby are found, proving the identity of the child will prove to be a difficult task. Elsewhere, a woman has fallen down some stairs was it an accident or murder.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kathy McCormick
9.0/101 votes#25 - All the News Fit to Print
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/25/2004
Dr. Macy attempts to help a hit and run victim who later dies at a local hospital. Dr. Macy is thrown into a wrongful death suit and must solve the case to protect his reputation. Elsewhere Woody and Bug are following their own case of a reporter found dead.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Kira Arne' Verica
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"Funeral for a Door Nail" is the best rated episode directed by Allan Arkush. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Jeff Reno. It aired on 4/29/1986 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Son Also Rises".