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The Best Episodes Directed By Jack Arnold

Every TV Episode Directed by Jack Arnold Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Incident Below the Brazos

    S1:E18

    Favor's welcome to Paradise Valley is a group of gun toting farmers warning the herd better not do any damage to their property. Lightning stampedes the remuda and kills farmer Ken Wade. His wife urges Eli to avenge her husband's death.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  2. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Our Son, the Man

    S2:E18

    Greg, tired of the antics of his younger siblings, thinks he should have his own room. Mike allows Greg to turn his den into his own room. This also leads to Greg dressing a whole new way and talking a whole new way, including calling his parents by their first names.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Juliet is the Sun

    S3:E7

    When Marcia gets the lead as Juliet in the school play, she lets it go to her head, which causes her to become unbearable at home and at school and plays as the major reason why she is replaced by her understudy.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Hawaii Bound

    S4:E1

    Mike has to check on the construction of a building that his construction firm is building and it so happens the building is in Hawaii, so he takes the whole family along. However, ancient Hawaiian superstition begins to plague the family when Bobby discovers a ancient taboo idol that brings bad luck to those who touch it. Part 1 of three.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Tam Spiva
  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Tiki Caves

    S4:E3

    An archeologist traps the boys in the caves at the burial ground and takes them hostage insisting they tell him where they found the idol. Meanwhile, Jan, Marcia and Cindy debate on whether or not to tell Mike and Carol, the boys whereabouts when they fail to come back for dinner.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Tam Spiva
  6. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Amateur Nite

    S4:E16

    The Brady kids want to buy a silver platter for Mike and Carol's wedding anniversary but their short on money so they take to means to get enough cash. This leads them to put together an act and appear on a TV amateur contest.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Sam Locke
  7. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Subject Was Noses

    S4:E18

    Marcia has a big problem when she inadvertently makes two dates for the same night. One with Charlie and the other with Doug, the big man on campus. She makes a excuse to Charlie to go out with Doug but quickly learns Doug was only interested in having a pretty girl on his arm after Marcia is hit in the face with a football.

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  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader

    S1:E4

    Ellery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom he'd clashed over how he was portrayed in the publisher's comics. It seems as though the man left a dying clue which apparently points to him. Ellery is forced to investigate in order to clear his name. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too trying to steal some of the glory.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express

    S1:E5

    News mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include Manners' sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and (yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take things one day at a time in this case.

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  10. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Three to Get Ready

    S1:E29

    The Skipper insists a stone found by Gilligan will grant the finder three wishes before sundown. The professor, of course, insists it is just superstition. Two gallons of ice cream later, Gilligan has only one wish left.....and the sun is going down!

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Un-Underground Movie

    S2:E4

    Greg's history project is a home movie about the pilgrims with the rest of the Bradys clan as the cast. However, soon the other Bradys take over and pretty soon Greg loses control of his project.

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    Writer:N/A
  12. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Double Parked

    S2:E22

    The Brady family goes all out to try to save a neighborhood park from being built on. This puts Mike's job in jeopardy since his company is the firm in charge of the construction.

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    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Wheeler-Dealer

    S3:E4

    Greg buys his first car for $100 from his friend Eddie who made the car into something it's not. Finding that he has been stuck, Greg attempts to do the same thing Eddie did, when he tries to sell the car.

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  14. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Power of the Press

    S3:E19

    Peter is popular with his classmates when they find their names in his newspaper column. When he starts getting a poor grade he decides to improve it by flattering his teacher.

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  15. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Sergeant Emma

    S3:E20

    Alice has decided to take a well deserved vacation, but feeling like she's deserting the Brady family, she calls in her cousin, Emma. The Bradys are in for a big surprise when she turns to household into an army barracks.

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  16. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Pass the Tabu

    S4:E2

    During a surfing competition, Greg wears Bobby's taboo idol and "wipes out". Soon after, Greg, Peter and Bobby learn of the ancient superstition from a construction worker, Mr. Hanalei. This leads the boys to search for an ancient burial ground to return the idol to break the curse. However, when they arrive at the burial ground, they are unaware of a shadowy figure trailing them.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Tam Spiva
  17. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Greg Gets Grounded

    S4:E15

    Bobby mentions to Mike and Carol that Greg was in a near car accident on the freeway due to the fact that he was reading the cover jacket of a new record. This leads Mike and Carol to suspend Greg's car privileges for a week on the eve of a big date with his girlfriend Rachel.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Driver's Seat

    S5:E15

    Greg bets Marcia that she can't beat his score on her driver's test. However all the pressure gets the best of Marcia. Meanwhile, Jan must also deal with the pressure of speaking in front of a large group of people.

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  19. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Incident in No Man's Land

    S1:E21

    Favor and Rowdy ride into a settlement of women to find out the source of explosions threatening to stampede the herd. They're told to go to the camp. It uses contract prison labor. The women are the wives and girlfriends of the convicts. Todd McCauley has one month to go, but Clement won't release him saying he knows where the money he stole is. Todd arranges a breakout. The convicts need horses and head for the drive.

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    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Guardians

    S2:E5

    Buck finds himself entrusted with a bizarre glowing green box when he and Hawk find an old man near death on a remote planet. Back on the Searcher, the box creates a series of bizarre images in the minds of the crew members. In reality, the box has taken control of the Searcher and sent it at fantastic speeds toward an unknown destination.

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  21. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Japanese Connection

    S1:E7

    Colt is sent after the Rio Brothers who are much worse than he knows.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Waiting For Watubi

    S1:E10

    While digging, the Skipper uncovers a carved statue of a Tiki God. He then believes a curse has fallen on him for disturbing the resting-place of Watubi, and that his days are numbered. Gilligan dresses up as Watubi, and performs a special ritual dance that the Skipper believes will lift the curse. It is an earth-shaking experience!

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    Writer:N/A
  23. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - X Marks the Spot

    S1:E18

    In a test of a deadly new missile, called "Operation Powder Keg," the Air Force chooses an "uninhabited island" which just happens to be Gilligan's Island. When the rocket lands and does not explode, Gilligan is chosen to crawl inside to defuse it, because he is the only one that can fit inside.

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    Writer:N/A
  24. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - They're Off and Running

    S1:E28

    Mr. Howell wins all of the Skipper's possessions betting on turtle races. Even when he feels bad and switches the turtles so that Skipper will finally win, he still wins!

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  25. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Gilligan's Mother-in-Law

    S2:E1

    A native family from another island comes seeking a husband for their lovely, large, robust daughter.

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    Writer:N/A

Jack Arnold Ratings Summary

"Incident Below the Brazos" is the best rated episode directed by Jack Arnold. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 5/15/1959 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Our Son, the Man".