The Best Episodes Directed By Jack Bender
Every TV Episode Directed by Jack Bender Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Jack Bender Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Jack Bender is "The Game Is Chicken", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Chip Johannessen". "The Game Is Chicken" aired on 1/6/1993 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Through the Looking Glass (2)".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Game Is Chicken
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1993
Steve becomes friends with a guy in detention through their interest in cars. Steve and Brandon win a lot of money betting on Joe in a car race, but Dylan warns that the whole thing may be a scam. Steve and Brandon agree to bankroll Joe in a high-stakes race against drug dealer Frank Padilla. Brandon realizes that their opponent may be the guy who ran over Andrea. While Brandon contacts the police, Steve tries to stall by insisting that he be allowed to race Padilla. The two get into an argument and agree to a deadly game of ""chicken,"" but Dylan comes between them. Andrea identifies Padilla as the hit-and-run driver. Brenda and Kelly agree to a double-date with two guys from Princeton, only to find that they are geeks from the Princeton School in Encino. Donna takes over David's radio show while he tries to catch up on his studies in the hopes of graduating early.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Chip Johannessen
9.1/10 11 votes#2 - Through the Looking Glass (2)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/23/2007
The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.1/10 37 votes#3 - The Constant
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2008
Sayid and Desmond hit a bit of turbulence on the way to the freighter, which causes Desmond to experience some unexpected side effects.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - Home and Away
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/7/1992
West Beverly's undefeated football team prepares for a showdown with powerhouse Shaw High. The school decides to forfeit after two Shaw students are shot to death by gang members during a game. Brandon is furious because the West Beverly student body cares more about the homecoming dance (coordinated by Brenda) than the shootings. He and Jordan Bonner, editor of the Shaw paper, run each other's editorials in their papers without school permission. Brandon invites the Shaw students to the dance, drawing the wrath of his friends and the administration. A fight nearly breaks out--partially due to the overzealous security guards--but Nikki and Donna defuse the situation by asking the Shaw guys to dance. Music: ""Switch It Up,"" performed by Brian Austin Green; ""Let Me Be Yo
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Chip Johannessen
9.0/10 39 votes#5 - Through the Looking Glass (1)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2007
The season 3 finale finds the castaways preparing for an invasion by the slightly less mysterious Others, while Charlie and Desmond find more than they were looking for in the underwater "Looking Glass Hatch".
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
9.0/10 2 votes#6 - Clarence Montgomery
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2012
Clarence Montgomery was the only innocent man in Alcatraz, but he's returned and is committing crimes.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: N/A
8.9/10 190 votes#7 - The Door
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/22/2016
Tyrion seeks a strange ally. Bran learns a great deal. Brienne goes on a mission. Arya is given a chance to prove herself.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: David Benioff
8.8/10 39 votes#8 - Live Together, Die Alone (1)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2006
After discovering something odd just offshore, Jack and Sayid come up with a plan to confront "The Others" and hopefully get Walt back. At the same time there will be an answer to the question of where Michael has been and resolution of him and Walt. Meanwhile, Eko and Locke come to blows as Locke makes a potentially cataclysmic decision regarding the "button" and the hatch. Lastly, Desmond returns and he sheds some more light on his experience on the island in the three years prior to when Locke came down into that hatch.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.8/10 5 votes#9 - Phase One
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2003
Sydney and Jack are confronted by the new director of SD-6 who replaces Sloane, whose whereabouts and intentions are unknown. Meanwhile, romantic sparks begin to fly between Francie and Will.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.8/10 32 votes#10 - The Incident (1)
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 5/13/2009
Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.8/10 28 votes#11 - The Incident (2)
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/13/2009
Jack's decision to put a plan in action in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong resistance by those close to him, and Locke assigns Ben a difficult task.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.7/10 33 votes#12 - Happily Ever After
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2010
On the island, Widmore subjects Desmond to a large amount of electromagnetic energy as an experiment. In the flash sideways, Desmond, with the aid of Charlie, starts to have visions of his life in the original timeline.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.7/10 36 votes#13 - The Candidate
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2010
After the remaining survivors are reunited, Sawyer and Jack hatch a plan to divert the Man in Black's attention and leave the island without him on Widmore's submarine, but disastrous consequences await them. In the flash sideways, Jack investigates the cause of Locke's paralysis and offers treatment.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
8.6/10 50 votes#14 - Man of Science, Man of Faith
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2005
Jack, Locke and Kate explore the mysterious hatch but Jack decides to wait before going down into the hatch. Kate and Locke aren't so patient. When Shannon chases after Vincent the dog, she encounters a familiar face in the jungle.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.6/10 29 votes#15 - The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2009
Locke's mission off the island as Jeremy is revealed.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.5/10 48 votes#16 - Exodus (2)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/25/2005
The castaways on the raft are surprised at sea by something unexpected. Meanwhile, remaining islanders attempt to blow open the hatch, and a visitor to the encampment might be a threat to Claire's infant son.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.5/10 6 votes#17 - The Box (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/2002
When armed intruders take over SD-6, led by McKenas Cole, a man bent on exacting revenge on ex-boss Sloane, Sydney and Jack must work together to save their colleagues. Meanwhile, Will fears that his investigation of SD-6 and its link to the murder of Eloise Kurtz is placing his life in jeopardy.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jesse Alexander
8.5/10 6 votes#18 - The Box (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2002
Vaughn disobeys orders and attempts to help Sydney and Jack avert the destruction of SD-6 headquarters and all its occupants. Meanwhile, McKenas Cole continues his vendetta against Sloane and searches for a mysterious device. A desperate but determined woman convince Will to continue his investigation of SD-6 and the imprisonment of David McNeil.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jesse Alexander
8.5/10 2 votes#19 - Boy Next Door
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/2000
Billy represents a woman in an annulment action case, who's deeply religious husband wants out of the marriage due to the fact that she has surgically modified her body. Meanwhile, as John gets trapped in an elevator, Nelle pulls another sleazy stunt.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: David E. Kelley
8.5/10 2 votes#20 - Webb Porter
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2012
Rebecca, Doc, and Hauser set out to capture musically-inclined serial killer Webb Porter, an unknown ’63 that returns more violent than ever.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Steven Lilien
8.4/10 30 votes#21 - Namaste
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 3/18/2009
After meeting old acquaintances Sawyer is forced to continue lying to protect them.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
8.4/10 33 votes#22 - The Shape of Things to Come
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2008
Jack tries to discover the identity of a body that has washed ashore. Meanwhile, Locke's camp is attacked by Ben's adversaries.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Drew Goddard
8.4/10 33 votes#23 - Flashes Before Your Eyes
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/14/2007
After Desmond rescues Claire from drowning, Charlie gets Hurley to help him find out why Desmond has seemed able to predict the future. Desmond recalls exactly what took place in the moments after he turns the key, where he experienced a strange vision of his life prior to his Army days.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.3/10 35 votes#24 - LA X (1)
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2010
Two outcomes of the detonation of the hydrogen bomb are presented. Flight 815 lands safely at LAX, where Kate escapes from the marshal and Jack learns that his father's body was lost in transit.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.3/10 3 votes#25 - Kit Nelson
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2012
When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home - after he's killed them - reappears from the past, the team is in a race against time to catch the man before he kills again.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jennifer Johnson