The Best Episodes Directed By Bruce Kessler
Every TV Episode Directed by Bruce Kessler Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Bruce Kessler Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Bruce Kessler is "Dynamite Alley", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Rudolph Borchert". "Dynamite Alley" aired on 3/30/1980 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Silent Knight".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Dynamite Alley
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1980
Officer Bonnie Clark believes she was forced off the road by a truck after crashing on a dangerous mountain road.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Rudolph Borchert
9.0/10 2 votes#2 - Silent Knight
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1983
Michael is preparing to attend the Christmas banquet when he encounters a gypsy boy who has witnessed a bank robbery and is sought by the robbers from whom he stole a gold watch.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 2 votes#3 - Hard Contract
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1984
Hunter & McCall make a pact of protectiveness and loyalty toward each other when she is nearly killed by her old partner after she tries to stop him from a killer-for-hire assignment.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.0/10 1 votes#4 - Slay Ride
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1983
Despite being undercover dressed as Santa Claus, Hooker is finding it hard to get into the Yuletide cheer faced with his first Christmas away from Fran and the children; Stacy too, is low on Christmas spirit, after splitting up with her boyfriend. The Christmas blues set in even deeper when a drug stakeout doesn't go to plan, allowing the main target to get away. Later, after Stacy witnesses an armed hold-up by a man and woman connected with the wanted dealer, the woman is forced to abandon her young baby at a local church. As they try and get a lead on the offenders, Stacy looks after the young baby, but Hooker, Corrigan and Romano become concerned that she may be coming to attached to it too want to give it back...
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Rick Husky
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - Hot Ice, Cold Hearts
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/2/1977
A couple of cat burglars break into a Mexican museum and steal $4 million dollar's worth of jewels. Sealing them in the floor of their boat they sail to California with the intention of fencing them there. Once there one of their crew tries to steal the jewels but is caught. Alex, the main burglar, poisons him with the venom of a fish and dumps him into the harbor. Unfortunately for him Quincy and Lee are nearby and are called to help the dying man. Quincy not only gets there to help him but manages to save his life as well. He cannot at first work out what happened to the swimmer but is soon convinced that not all is what it seems.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 3 votes#6 - The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/1983
The A-Team gets involved in a mob power play when two girls ask them to find their college professor who went to Las Vegas with a perfect gambling system and never came back.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Frank Lupo
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Return to the 38th Parallel
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1976
Jim gets used by an old Army buddy in an insurance recovery case.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Walter Dallenbach
7.5/10 2 votes#8 - Bad Time on the Border
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1983
Hannibal goes undercover as an illegal alien when the A-Team is asked to find a sick woman who was apparently left behind by alien smugglers.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Richard Christian Matheson
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Chaperone
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1966
Davy's feelings for retired General Harley Vandenberg's (Arch Johnson) daughter Leslie (Sherry Alberoni) leads Micky to pose as a female chaperone at a party after the real chaperone (Diana Chesney) gets drunk.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Dee Caruso
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - I've Got a Little Song Here
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1966
Mike is fleeced by a fraudulent music publisher (Phil Leeds), but Micky dons the guise of a flashy Hollywood producer to get Mike's money back.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Treva Silverman
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - Monkees at the Circus
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/1967
To save a bankrupt circus, the Monkees pose as a troupe of dazzling, supreme high-wire artists from France known as the Mozzarelli Brothers, but get in trouble when their guise requires them to actually perform.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: David Panich
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Pirates
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1987
While on an expedition to find a Spanish treasure fleet, Dr. Barbara Ortega's boat is hi-jacked by modern-day pirates. They steal the small amount of treasure that she has already found - including the ship's log, which is the key to finding the whole fleet - and take off. When she makes it public that she was hi-jacked, the Phoenix Foundation sends MacGyver to help. Now, MacGyver and Barbara must recover the ship's log, so she can find the treasure before the pirates do.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#13 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1983
A wild tale in which a man who fails to convince Colt to bail out a woman, takes Jody hostage to further his cause. The woman has an urgent need to pick up a million dollars.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#14 - One Hundred Miles a Gallon
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1983
The son of one of Colt's friends skips and Colt goes to South Carolina after him, but they aren't running moonshine like he thought and the regular drivers quit
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Burton Armus
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - Nashville Pirates
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1983
Colt encounters a case of piracy when he goes after a bounty in Nashville. He performs 'The Unknown Stuntman'.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Seavers, Dead Or Alive
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1985
The tables are turned when Colt is framed and becomes a fugitive.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#17 - Reunion
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1986
One of Colt's old classmates steals his own jewels for the insurance money.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Sam Egan
6.3/10 3 votes#18 - Classical Gas
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1981
Ralph's students start a band, and a promoter lands them a spot on a big ticket concert while trying to get Pam to go out with him.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Frank Lupo
6.0/10 1 votes#19 - Alias Micky Dolenz
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/1967
The police cash in on Micky's striking resemblance to imprisoned crime kingpin Baby Face Morales in an attempt to locate robbery loot.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Dave Evans
5.0/10 1 votes#20 - Nitro
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1969
General Zek of Karak is opposed to a peace treaty between his country and Agir, and is working with a munitions maker named Ismir Najiid to start a war by destroying King Said during his announcement of the treaty. The IMF must stop Zek and Najiid for good. The two conspirators hire Aristo Skora, a terrorist, to plant the explosives and incriminate Agir. Barney as a systems analyst sets up Najiid's factory's alarm system so Rollin can sneak in and steal the nitro from Najiid with Willy's help while letting himself be seen. Meanwhile, Jim has identified Cinnamon to Zek as an ally of ""Hakim"", the Agirian terrorist Rollin is pretending to be. Rollin and Willy grab the real Skora and then Rollin-as-Skora tells Zek their plan won't work. The IMF let Zek follow Cinnamon to an unconscious ""Hakim"" (actually a drugged and masked Skora) who has the nitro and a radio-controlled truck so Zek takes over his plan which he believes is the Agirians. Meanwhile Najiid has been drugged during Said's spee
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: Laurence Heath
5.0/10 1 votes#21 - Chopper
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1975
The strange disappearance of an antique motorcycle is the first indication of trouble. What follows are a rash of murders where each victim is decapitated with superhuman force by what witnesses report is a headless motorcyclist. As Kolchak investigates, he discovers that the victims were all members of a cycle gang back in the 50's. A prank they played on a rival gang member, Harold ""Swordsman"" Baker, resulted in his unintentional decapitation. Baker's ghost killed several of their gang back in the 50's until his head was reunited with the rest of his corpse. However, the cemetary where Baker was interred was dug up and his head and body separated once more. Now, Kolchak must reunite the head and body once more before the headless cyclist finishes off the gang.
Director: Bruce Kessler
Writer: David Chase