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The Best Episodes Directed By David Crabtree

Every TV Episode Directed by David Crabtree Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

David Crabtree Ratings Summary

"Shawn 2.0" is the best rated episode directed by David Crabtree. It scored 8.5/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by Bill Callahan. It aired on 9/1/2010 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up".

  • Shawn 2.0
    8.5/104 votes

    #1 - Shawn 2.0

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2010

    Shawn has to face serious competition when a talented criminal profiler named Declan Rand comes to Santa Barbara to help solve the murders of donors on a liver-transplant list.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Bill Callahan

  • Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up
    8.0/108 votes

    #2 - Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2014

    Shawn and Gus are bummed to find out the owner of their favorite food truck has been murdered. The two of them go undercover to learn the food truck ropes and find out who the killer is. While working on the case, Marlowe visits them to cure a pregnancy craving and goes into labor at the most inconvenient time.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Saladin K. Patterson

  • Stupid Things in the Name of Sex
    8.0/106 votes

    #3 - Stupid Things in the Name of Sex

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2019

    When Conrad's attempt to surprise Nic with a lavish Valentine's Day dinner is foiled, he gives the reservation away to someone who could really use it. Mina and Devon distract themselves from all Valentine's celebrations by trying to figure out how their seemingly healthy neighbor has suddenly passed away. Meanwhile, Kit gives dating advice to a sex-injured patient, Irving hits a crossroads in his not-so-secret relationship with Nurse Jessica, and Bell decides to celebrate the day in the OR.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Jen Klein

  • Peking Duck Day
    8.0/102 votes

    #4 - Peking Duck Day

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2019

    Devon and Irving are inundated with patients in the ER. When an A-list celebrity enters the hospital after swallowing a wishbone, Logan Kim assigns a new surgeon to the case in the hopes of garnering extra publicity.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Elizabeth J.B. Klaviter

  • Stakes Is High
    8.0/101 votes

    #5 - Stakes Is High

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2020

    Spencer goes against Billy’s wish and goes around him to get what he wants. Olivia and Asher are both guilt ridden for different reasons when it comes to Billy and the position he now finds himself in. Layla continues to help Coop with her music which helps Coop receive an offer that she wasn’t expecting. Meanwhile, Jordan does something to try and make things easier for Simone.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Mike Herro

  • S.E.I.Z.E. the Day
    7.9/108 votes

    #6 - S.E.I.Z.E. the Day

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2014

    Lassiter receives some life-changing news and begins to lose his nerve on the job. As a result, he enlists Shawn and Gus to help him take down a dangerous criminal who tried to kill the SBPD’s Interim Chief while he was giving a speech at a press conference.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Todd Harthan

  • Lidocaine & Long-Term Lust
    7.5/104 votes

    #7 - Lidocaine & Long-Term Lust

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2016

    An investigation into the death of a Miami model the night after her beachfront photo shoot leads Rosie and Villa into the world of plastic surgery.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love

  • Nightmares
    7.5/106 votes

    #8 - Nightmares

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2018

    Halloween at Chastain proves to be just as spooky as ever when Conrad is tasked with diagnosing a young woman admitted to the hospital with extreme night terrors. Meanwhile, Devon faces his first Halloween in the ER, Nic panics over her decision to bring her newly sober sister to Mina's epic annual Halloween party and Bell finds an interesting way to make use of his new assistant.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Andrew Chapman

  • Santabarbaratown
    7.4/105 votes

    #9 - Santabarbaratown

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 4/11/2012

    A body relating to a 20-year-old case is finally found, and Shawn, Gus, and Henry revisit all the old suspects in order to solve the case

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Bill Callahan

  • Atherosclerosis & the Alabama Flim-Flam
    7.4/105 votes

    #10 - Atherosclerosis & the Alabama Flim-Flam

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/30/2016

    While at an out-of-town forensic pathology convention, Rosewood unintentionally reveals the blueprint to commit the perfect murder during a speech to the convention attendees. Tormented, and armed only with a hunch, Rosewood enlists Villa to help solve the crime, and while investigating undercover, sparks fly unexpectedly between them. Hornstock and Floyd Butters are called upon for extra help. Meanwhile, Pippy and TMI have locked themselves in the lab overnight to help with the investigation and TMI receives an unexpected visit from her estranged father.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Andy Berman

  • Haunted
    7.3/108 votes

    #11 - Haunted

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2018

    Conrad is hit by a bike and badly sprains his ankle, but works through it when he takes the case of his old medical professor, who is hallucinating visions of her old patients. Devon is tasked with admitting Conrad, who refuses any sort of treatment. Nic tries to navigate her emotions while mourning the loss of a patient and Bell operates on a foreign dignitary with unforeseen complications. Meanwhile, Lane and Bell's relationship grows closer.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Andrew Chapman

  • Right Turn or Left for Dead
    7.0/107 votes

    #12 - Right Turn or Left for Dead

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2013

    Shawn solves a case involving a mysterious Swedish woman and imagines how the same case would have been solved had he done one thing differently.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Carlos Jacott

  • Calliphoridae & Country Roads
    6.4/105 votes

    #13 - Calliphoridae & Country Roads

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2017

    Rosie, Villa and TMI head to a small town to investigate the murder of its former mayor. Rosie struggles with feelings of guilt, as Slade faces complications following his kidney donation

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: D. Harrington Miller

  • Ask Your Doctor
    5.7/103 votes

    #14 - Ask Your Doctor

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2021

    Conrad brings a patient into the hospital who causes a high security crisis. An MMA brawl sends a well-known fighter to Chastain and all hands are on deck. Meanwhile, Bell and Raptor vie for the same position at the hospital, and Leela gets a visit from her sister.

    Director: David Crabtree

    Writer: Marc Halsey