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The Best Episodes Directed By Arlene Sanford

Every TV Episode Directed by Arlene Sanford Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Arlene Sanford Ratings Summary

"Wicked Game (2)" is the best rated episode directed by Arlene Sanford. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Robert Doherty. It aired on 3/31/2008 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Soft Shell".

  • Wicked Game (2)
    9.5/102 votes

    #1 - Wicked Game (2)

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2008

    A shocking and brutal conclusion awaits Allison and Cynthia as they delve into the decade-old case of the kidnapping and murder of Cynthia's daughter. Meanwhile, Joe tries to get funding for a new invention and Bridgette predicts good fortunes for her dad.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Robert Doherty

  • Soft Shell
    9.0/101 votes

    #2 - Soft Shell

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1990

    Ellen disapproves of Katie's relationship with a collegiate environmental activist.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: N/A

  • Les Soeurs d'Estrees
    9.0/101 votes

    #3 - Les Soeurs d'Estrees

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/2012

    Daphne and Bay unite to help Emmett save his motorcycle. Elsewhere, Kathryn and John retain a new lawyer for their case against the hospital; and Angelo learns something that could jeopardize his business arrangement with Regina.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Joy Gregory

  • You'll Never Get Away from Me
    8.6/109 votes

    #4 - You'll Never Get Away from Me

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2005

    Susan tries bravely to accept Edie’s new role in Julie’s life, while Lynette’s demanding boss makes her miss Parker’s first day of kindergarten. Bree later on takes a polygraph test to prove her innocence in Rex's death and realizes she has feelings for George. Gabrielle finally comes to the truth about Carlos and John after seeing John with another woman.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Tom Spezialy

  • Bite Your Tongue
    8.6/105 votes

    #5 - Bite Your Tongue

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/2014

    Hanna's interest in crime novels helps her to come up with a plan to figure out whose body is in Ali's grave. Spencer is working overtime to decipher the stories in Ali's diary.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Maya Goldsmith

  • New Terrain
    8.5/102 votes

    #6 - New Terrain

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2009

    When Allison's car is wrecked, the SUV she rents turns out to have some unusual features, including a satellite radio that allows her to hear other people's conversations.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Steve Lichtman

  • We've Got Nothing But Love To Prove
    8.5/102 votes

    #7 - We've Got Nothing But Love To Prove

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2015

    It’s a big morning for Markus Keen when “Good Morning America” comes to Nashville to broadcast a live concert in support of his new album launch, but come show time, Markus finds he’s anything but ready. Meanwhile, Luke’s relationship with Colt continues to be strained while Luke learns of another setback to launching his brand. And living in the same house, but feeling further apart than ever, Rayna and Deacon face a big decision.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Debra Fordham

  • Mr. F
    8.4/1018 votes

    #8 - Mr. F

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2005

    Michael must deal with a huge mole problem in order to salvage a major real estate deal with Japanese investors. In an effort to help Michael, Gob and Buster team up with George Sr.'s surrogate, Larry, to devise a plan and save the deal, but their plan falls apart in a big way. Meanwhile, Tobias mistakes a CIA agent for a CAA agent and inadvertently betrays the family, and Michael makes Rita a proposal she can't refuse. Frankie Muniz makes a cameo as himself.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Mitchell Hurwitz

  • Schadenfreude
    8.3/103 votes

    #9 - Schadenfreude

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2005

    The Kelly Nolan trial continues, but Alan, Denny and Brad run fear the worst when Kelly's cold demeanor begins to turn off the jury. Meanwhile, Garrett and Sara are enlisted to help Denise in her divorce settlement and Malcolm convinces Tara to represent Johnny Damon, Edwin Starr's nephew, whose performance of War strikes a nerve at a nightclub.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • Coming Home
    8.2/108 votes

    #10 - Coming Home

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2005

    Lynette tries to put a daycare center in Parcher & Murphy by recruiting employees' children to get the program started. Gabrielle and Sister Mary Bernard face off over Carlos' mission of mercy to Africa. Bree brings Andrew home and tells him about the revelation of George poisoning his father Rex and killing him. Lastly, Susan confronts her biological father's wife after she thinks they are having an affair.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Chris Black

  • We Had a Dream
    8.0/101 votes

    #11 - We Had a Dream

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/2007

    The psychic killer from "S.O.S." escapes from prison, where Allison helped put him, and goes after Allison in her own house.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach

  • There Will Be Blood... Type A
    8.0/103 votes

    #12 - There Will Be Blood... Type A

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/2010

    Allison and her daughters dream of the same mysterious girl who may be linked to the bizarre serial murders of entire families. Joe and his boss find themselves at odds while working on a major project.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Jordan Rosenberg

  • Homies Alone
    8.0/101 votes

    #13 - Homies Alone

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1991

    A horror movie marathon frightens Katie and Lester. Meanwhile, Ellen and Terry find themselves stuck in an elevator en route to a banquet.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: N/A

  • Pretty Little Picture
    8.0/1019 votes

    #14 - Pretty Little Picture

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2004

    The women decide to go ahead with the big dinner party that the late Mary Alice Young had planned to host, despite the more-than-minor disturbances in their own lives. Adulterous Gabrielle finds herself with a nine-year-old blackmailer who catches Gabrielle in the act in her affair with gardener John. Also, Bree struggles to keep her crumbling marriage a secret. Lastly, Susan bares all--in more ways than one--as she confronts her ex.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Oliver Goldstick

  • Deer God
    8.0/101 votes

    #15 - Deer God

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/2002

    After a lost deer makes the Brown's backyard its new home, Andy insists on accompanying Ephram who decides to help the animal find its way home to the wilderness, where the journey includes a long hike through the mountains. Meanwhile, Ephram finally admits to Amy that he never asked his father to consider operating on her boyfriend, Colin, who is in a coma. Lastly, Delia questions the existence of God after a classmate tells hear that he doesn't believe in higher beings.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Michael Green

  • The Miracle of Everwood
    8.0/101 votes

    #16 - The Miracle of Everwood

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/2003

    Although Amy and Bright are still living in denial regarding the state of Colin's (Mike Erwin) recovery, Ephram can't ignore the bad signs any longer after he witnesses Colin freaking out and vandalizing the gym teacher's office. Meanwhile, a New York Magazine reporter pays a visit to Dr. Brown in hopes of uncovering the truth behind why the famed surgeon is still living in Everwood. And Delia decides to secretly spend the night in the Museum of History while on a school field trip.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Michael Green

  • If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?
    8.0/106 votes

    #17 - If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2007

    Shawn and Gus take on academia as lecturers at a school for the gifted where two students suspect a teacher of murder, they just don't know who's been murdered or the murderer's identity. At the precinct, Juliet lobbies hard for lead position on the next case, and Lassiter hands her a "gimme". The same case Gus and Shawn are working.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Anupam Nigam

  • The Affair
    8.0/104 votes

    #18 - The Affair

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1997

    Ally is asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of her ex-law professor. The widow, Katherine Dawson, invites her to give the eulogy, but Ally's initial reluctance betrays the reason. In a moment of complete vulnerability, she confesses to Billy who supports her by agreeing to attend the funeral with her. This unnerves Georgia, and Cheanie, who are both feeling threatened when they realize Billy is helping Ally out during a difficult time in her life. Georgia confronts Billy, and Cheanie confronts Ally, who refuses to tell him why she's been upset lately. He doesn't understand why she chooses to confide in Billy over him.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • Those Lips That Hand
    8.0/101 votes

    #19 - Those Lips That Hand

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1999

    Cage and Fish's firm gets a capital case to defend a man accused of murdering his comatose wife. He insists he fired up the chainsaw and cut off her hand after she was dead. Renee, who is prosecuting, has the testimony of the coroner who thinks the wife was alive and that the amateur surgery gave her a heart attack. Meanwhile, Billy and Georgia continue to patch up their marriage after Billy's indiscretion with Ally. Both of them are working on a case in which they are representing a man suing to get his job back with an insurance company who fired him over a bad hair day.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • Changes
    8.0/102 votes

    #20 - Changes

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1999

    Richard and Ling officially break up. Billy and Cage represent a sexy, middle-aged woman who's suing her employees for sexual harassment. The woman, Robin Jones, claims that the staff of her magazine held a "sick out" and delayed the May publication because they didn't want to work for a "nymph," which led to her being fired. After they lose the case, she and Billy argue over his chauvinism, but settle their differences with a kiss... just as Georgia walks in on them.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • The Mighty Rogues
    8.0/101 votes

    #21 - The Mighty Rogues

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/2008

    Alan fields a difficult request from Shirley after her father suffers an injury while in the late stages of his battle with Alzheimer's; Carl represents a group of Nantucket residents who are concerned about homeland security; Jerry's new girlfriend sues him for sexual assault.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • A Mother's Secret
    8.0/101 votes

    #22 - A Mother's Secret

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2010

    When Deb’s mom Bobbi requests Jane’s help in a legal matter, Jane discovers Bobbi had secrets of her own while she takes on a case involving a lab technician who is accused of stealing lab secrets. Meanwhile, Kim and Grayson work on a custody case involving a dueling couples pet chimp.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Josh Berman

  • Time Changes Things
    8.0/102 votes

    #23 - Time Changes Things

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2015

    Jade throws a Malibu beach party, Juliette gives an impromptu rooftop concert and Rayna tries to save deacon’s life.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Debra Fordham

  • Dead to Me
    7.9/105 votes

    #24 - Dead to Me

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2013

    Emily’s memories get muddled in therapy, Caleb’s boyhood things intrigue Hanna, Ezra’s brother brings trouble, and Spencer gets bitter.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Joseph Dougherty

  • He Shall, from Time to Time
    7.9/107 votes

    #25 - He Shall, from Time to Time

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2000

    Bartlet collapses before his first State of the Union address. Leo publicly admits to his former alcoholism and drug abuse. Things get interesting romantically for both Sam and CJ. Lord John Marbury helps the staff negotiate an agreement between India and Pakistan.

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: Aaron Sorkin