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The Best Episodes Directed By Chris Long

Every TV Episode Directed by Chris Long Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Chris Long Ratings Summary

"START" is the best rated episode directed by Chris Long. It scored 9.6/10 based on 16 votes. It was written by Joe Weisberg. It aired on 5/30/2018 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Clean Up".

  • START
    9.6/1016 votes

    #1 - START

    Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2018

    In the series finale, the Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Clean Up
    9.5/104 votes

    #2 - Clean Up

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2007

    The team considers if a father who cleans crime scenes for a living led to his disappearance with his daughter.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: N/A

  • Strawberries and Cream (2)
    9.0/1024 votes

    #3 - Strawberries and Cream (2)

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2011

    Patrick trades Hightower's secret location to Laroche for the four remaining names on his list. The team then sets up a trap to uncover Red John's real informant, leading to a possible face-to-face showdown between Patrick and Red John.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller

  • Leaving Normal
    9.0/102 votes

    #4 - Leaving Normal

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1999

    Liz's grandmother is rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke prompting Liz to reach out to Max for comfort.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Jason Katims

  • Intake
    8.6/1016 votes

    #5 - Intake

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2022

    Dr. Alan Strauss, a therapist mourning the death of his wife, takes on an enigmatic new client. As the two men wrestle with very different, individual problems, their professional relationship is transformed by a choice that binds them deeply together.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joel Fields

  • White Orchids
    8.5/1016 votes

    #6 - White Orchids

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/2015

    Lisbon accepts Jane's surprise marriage proposal, but a killer's quest for revenge may cost them the happy ending they've worked so hard to achieve.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller

  • Jennings, Elizabeth
    8.5/1014 votes

    #7 - Jennings, Elizabeth

    Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 5/23/2018

    Elizabeth wrestles with competing loyalties, and Philip has an encounter that turns into much more than he had bargained for.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Red Sky in the Morning
    8.4/1019 votes

    #8 - Red Sky in the Morning

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2010

    Patrick Jane and Kristina's first date is interrupted by a report of Red John striking again, which is discovered to be a copycat. But when Kristina reaches out to the real Red John, both she and Jane find themselves in grave danger.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller

  • Red Queen
    8.4/1016 votes

    #9 - Red Queen

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2011

    Evidence in the murder of an antiques dealer found dead in a museum indicates that the suspect may be a member of the CBI team.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Daniel Cerone

  • Strawberries and Cream (1)
    8.4/1021 votes

    #10 - Strawberries and Cream (1)

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/2011

    A robber with a bomb attached to him is blown up in front of a convenience store, and CBI soon discovers that there may be connections between this case and Red John and agent Hightower.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Ashley Gable

  • The Soviet Division
    8.4/1011 votes

    #11 - The Soviet Division

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 5/30/2017

    In the season finale, Philip and Elizabeth race against the clock as a life hangs in the balance, while Stan faces an uncertain future.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Detonation
    8.4/1027 votes

    #12 - Detonation

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2016

    Tagomi faces a dilemma: to stay with his family or return to the world he left behind. Desperate to escape the Reich, Juliana strikes a final, dangerous deal with the Resistance. When Ed reveals a secret that puts the Resistance plan in jeopardy, Frank must decide how to deal with his best friend's betrayal.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Wesley Strick

  • His Red Right Hand
    8.3/1017 votes

    #13 - His Red Right Hand

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2009

    The CBI team is faced with a violent and shocking crime in their own office, but must work the case in spite of their alarm of who may be behind it. Meanwhile, Rigsby and Van Pelt are definitely an "item".

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Ashley Gable

  • Dead Hand
    8.3/1012 votes

    #14 - Dead Hand

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2018

    It’s autumn, 1987, and as a major arms control summit looms, Elizabeth is pushed to her limits as never before. Philip, meanwhile, has settled into running the newly expanded travel agency – until an unexpected visitor makes a disquieting request.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Hug
    8.2/1012 votes

    #15 - Hug

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2002

    A guy in charge of a rival fertilizer firm to LuthorCorp's talks an EPA investigator into commiting suicide, then arrives in Metropolis. He is intent on buying up the Kent farm and using the land to build a rival company to Lex's. After shaking hands with the man, Jonathan Kent inexplicably agrees to sell. Lex offers to have his lawyers help. Meanwhile, Clark befriends a local recluse. It turns out that the recluse and Lex's rival were both salesmen who were caught in a car accident and exposed to kryptonite. They both gained the same power of "persuasion" on anyone they touched, as the recluse graphically demonstrates to Clark by having Chloe kiss him! Lex's rival finally manages to shake hands with Lex, and convince him to try and gun down Clark. Clark manages to knock out Lex and the recluse takes out his former partner, "convincing" him to shoot himself. The recluse decides to go back into the world, but not before telling Clark that he shouldn't hide from his powers either.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Doris Egan

  • Persona Non Grata
    8.2/1011 votes

    #16 - Persona Non Grata

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 6/8/2016

    Philip and Elizabeth are in a high-stakes race against the FBI to recover a hazardous package. Will they get there in time? And will Paige follow her parents into the family business?

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Alan Learns to Meditate
    8.2/106 votes

    #17 - Alan Learns to Meditate

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/30/2022

    Sam delves more deeply into the reason he entered therapy, but he encounters resistance from Dr. Strauss as he attempts to continue their sessions. A gathering sense of not being alone leads to a revelation about the house.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joel Fields

  • Red Handed
    8.1/1019 votes

    #18 - Red Handed

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2008

    While investigating the case of a murdered casino owner, Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to ultimately entrap the killer, and win big at the card tables.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Erika Green Swafford

  • Red John's Footsteps
    8.1/1019 votes

    #19 - Red John's Footsteps

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/19/2009

    Lisbon fears that the serial killer Red John is drawing Patrick Jane into a trap when the CBI team investigates the murder of a young girl and the abduction of her twin sister.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller

  • Red Dawn
    8.1/1019 votes

    #20 - Red Dawn

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2012

    See how Jane met Lisbon and the rest of the CBI team for the first time.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi

  • Blue Bird
    8.1/1019 votes

    #21 - Blue Bird

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2014

    A new lead in a cold case requires Lisbon to delay her plans to leave for Washington, D.C., giving Jane time to finally come to terms with his feelings for her and decide on a course of action.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller

  • Hourglass
    8.1/1013 votes

    #22 - Hourglass

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2001

    An old man uses green meteor rock to reverse the aging process, then gain vengeance on the children of the jury that put him away decades earlier. Meanwhile, another woman at the same old folks' home has prophetic abilities and she sees the futures of both Clark and Lex.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Doris Egan

  • Amber Waves
    8.1/1013 votes

    #23 - Amber Waves

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2017

    The Jennings struggling to contain the risks from Paige's growing relationship with Matthew Beeman. The Centre sends Philip and Elizabeth on an operation unlike any they've ever had before, straining their family and marriage to its limits.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Joe Weisberg

  • Bloodshot
    8.0/1019 votes

    #24 - Bloodshot

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/2009

    Patrick Jane must rely on his other senses during the murder investigation of a financial advisor when he loses his sight as a result of an explosion.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Gary Glasberg

  • The Crimson Hat
    8.0/1021 votes

    #25 - The Crimson Hat

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2012

    After another failed attempt to defeat Red John, Patrick Jane hits rock bottom, finds a lover and shoots one of his own.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Bruno Heller