The Best Episodes Directed By David Von Ancken
Every TV Episode Directed by David Von Ancken Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
David Von Ancken Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by David Von Ancken is "Blood Sport", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Michael Seitzman". "Blood Sport" aired on 2/24/2016 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Factory Girls".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Blood Sport
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/2016
Mario confronts Angus about his Adderall abuse and Christa is surprised to learn how romantically involved Neal and Grace were before she left for Haiti. Also, Dr. Mark Taylor returns to help Leanne find the money in their budget to keep Jesse and the nurses from walking out.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Michael Seitzman
9.0/10 3 votes#2 - Factory Girls
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2004
On the eve of the 60-year reunion of women who worked in a weapons factory during World War II, Lilly is asked to re-investigate the death of Alice Miller, one of the worker girls. The death was deemed accidental at the time, but her friend pleads to Lilly to look closer into the case.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 5 votes#3 - Judas Priest
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/7/2005
Vic and his crew track down the Russian who was involved with the cop murders, but they lose control during his interrogation and the hit man dies in an explosion before they can get any answers. Meanwhile, Aceveda is blackmailed by the man who assaulted him. Plus, Rawling's seizure is on the verge of being shelved.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Scott Rosenbaum
8.7/10 3 votes#4 - The Past, Present and Murder
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 4/15/2009
When a man falls 20 stories to his death, and his body goes missing after it hits the ground, with no body to process, the CSI's must treat this strange development as a missing persons case.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 4 votes
#5 - Summer In The City
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2005
Stella and Danny investigate when a jewellery designer is found dead, wearing the eight million dollar bra he created, and investigate the model he had shot and her bodyguard. Aiden begins to take the rape case she has been working on a little too personally, and is determined to stop the man before he can rape again. Hawkes gets to go into the field for the first time as he assists Mac in investigating the death of a man who liked to climb skyscrapers.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Pam Veasey
- 8.5/10 4 votes
#6 - And Here's To You, Mrs Azrael
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2006
The next case takes us back to Dr. Sheldon Hawks' past and the reasons he chose to change jobs in the medical profession. The CSI team may find it extremely difficult to find out who committed the murder of the 19-year-old woman who recently started recovering from an accident.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
8.5/10 4 votes#7 - What If She's the Key
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2008
Hopper finds out that his girlfriend Rita plays an important role in the whole conspiracy.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Paul Zbyszewski
- 8.4/10 5 votes
#8 - Personal Foul
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 5/7/2008
As the search for the taxi cab killer continues riding a cab gets very deadly. The team must figure out how to keep New York City safe. Also Danny, Lindsey, and Flack investigate the murder of a man who made a half court shot during a game that both Danny and Flack were attending.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Trey Callaway
8.4/10 9 votes#9 - After School Special
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 1/17/2013
Appearing unexpectedly at Mystic Falls High, Rebekah wastes no time trying to force Stefan, Elena and Caroline to answer her questions about the search for a cure, leading to a bombshell piece of information from Elena. When Bonnie’s father, Rudy Owens, accepts the role of Interim Mayor, he makes it a priority to protect his daughter, who isn’t at all comfortable with the role he suddenly wants to play in her life. Professor Shane continues to encourage Bonnie to believe in her powers, but he soon finds himself in danger when he reveals too much to the wrong person. Later, Caroline does her best to comfort Tyler after a violent confrontation. Meanwhile, at the lake house, Damon and Matt train Jeremy, trying to raise his game as a hunter, but Klaus is impatient with their progress and intervenes to speed up the process.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Brett Matthews
8.3/10 3 votes#10 - Spring Outbreak (2)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/18/2020
The Knights try to prevent a strange affliction from spreading. Kepler schemes to strip Vera of her power, and Alyssa searches Vera's house.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 18 votes#11 - Turn the Page
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/22/2007
Charlie and Dani represent Mia after she wrote a book that seems to have come out of Hank's feather. Becca decides to move out of Bill and Karen's home to live with her dad Hank.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Gina Fattore
8.2/10 19 votes#12 - The Raw & the Cooked
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2008
Hank proposes to Karen right before a dinner party, to which Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian are invited. Drugs and special circumstances turn the evening in an unexpected direction.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Tom Kapinos
- 8.2/10 5 votes
#13 - Supply and Demand
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2005
When a college student is beaten, shot to death and his apartment ransacked in what appears to be a drug-related hit, the team must track down his killers. After examining the evidence in the murdered student's apartment, the team finds traces of pure, unprocessed heroin and discovers that the victim had a female roomate who is now missing. Meanwhile, Stella's aggressive interrogation tactics with a witness threaten her police badge.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 19 votes#14 - Blue Code
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2012
Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Denise Thé
8.0/10 3 votes#15 - Provenance
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2006
Don and the rest of the team find themselves in the midst of a confusing case. The investigation into a missing painting turns grim as a murder plot surfaces. Add Nazis to the mix, and things take an even more interesting turn!
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Don McGill
8.0/10 1 votes#16 - The Hen House
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2006
The 1945 case of a murdered newspaper reporter is reopened when new evidence suggests that the woman was thrown in front of a passing train by someone she knew.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Craig Turk
8.0/10 1 votes#17 - Sandhogs
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2006
When the remains of a sandhog miner who disappeared in 1947 are found in a subway service tunnel, the team is prompted to re-open the case when they suspect the victim might have been murdered for being a union activist.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Greg Plageman
8.0/10 5 votes#18 - The White Spirit
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/23/2012
In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Bruce Marshall Romans
- 8.0/10 6 votes
#19 - On the Job
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2005
A nanny is found dead near a park while Messer is in trouble when he may have shot another police officer.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Pam Veasey
- 8.0/10 4 votes
#20 - Epilogue
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2009
Danny and Mac have yet to get any leads on a cop killing when Danny gets an impromptu call from a young woman who claims she's got information about the case...
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Pam Veasey
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#21 - Trials
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2004
When a juror disappears, the initial belief is that his disappearance is connected to the trial that is being covered, where a young man named Terrell Brooks has accused of murdering Janelle Billingsley. When the team investigates further, they learn that not only did Ducek change his will to leave his younger lover a fortune, but he has been rather mysterious about a painting from his youth in Czechoslovakia. The team soon begins to believe that Ducek is really a former Nazi soldier named Klaus Reinhardt.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 8 votes#22 - Part Three: Destiny
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2015
Tut sets out against the Mitanni and seeks to destroy the last of his enemies within the palace in order to secure his place in history.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Bradley Bredeweg
7.8/10 5 votes#23 - God of Chaos
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/2012
In the Season 1 finale, Cullen's past and future collide, impacting his life on the railroad.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Joe Gayton
7.8/10 4 votes#24 - Viva La Mexico
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/12/2012
In the Season 2 premiere, Durant and Lily steer the railroad further west, while Cullen and Elam land on opposite sides of the law.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Joe Gayton
7.7/10 7 votes#25 - Uncertainty Principle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2005
Charlie accurately predicts where a band of bank robbers will strike next. But when Don and his team confront them, a massive shoot-out occurs leaving four people, including an officer, dead. The outcome disturbs Charlie and he retreats into the family garage to work out an unsolvable math problem that he also plunged into after his mother became ill a year earlier. But Don needs his brother's help and tries to get Charlie to return to the case.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Nicolas Falacci