- 9.0/101 votes
#1 - Dead Man's Ridge
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2006
Andrea’s friend has gone missing during a hike and Melinda’s called in so she can use her abilities to find him.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: John Gray
- 8.3/106 votes
#2 - Helpless
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1992
Dr. Olivet accuses her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Christine Roum
- 8.3/103 votes
#3 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1997
Ally McBeal, 28, and a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, is harassed on the job by a senior associate. When she confronts the partners, it backfires and she loses her job. On the street, she literally bumps into an old classmate, Richard Fish, who offers her a position working for his new firm. She accepts, despite her misgivings about his ethical standards. While being introduced to her new fellow associates, she receives the shock of her career.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: David E. Kelley
- 8.0/102 votes
#4 - Tempting Faith
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2008
Addison's brother makes a surprise visit, causing trouble for her, Sam and Naomi; Meg comes back to try and make it work with Pete; a patient accused of a crime angers Violet and Dell.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Robert Rovner
- 8.0/101 votes
#5 - Fairy Tale
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1968
A Monkee pantomime romp through Fairy Tale Land, introduced by a "Town Crier" (Rege Cordic), sees Peter rescuing a haughty princess (Michael) from death by her fiendish fiancee (Murray Roman).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Peter Meyerson
- 8.0/101 votes
#6 - Some Like it Lukewarm (a.k.a. The Band Contest)
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1968
To enter and win a band contest hosted by radio DJ Jerry Blavat, David poses as a girl and falls in love with Daphne (Deana Martin), posing as a boy for her group who is also in the contest.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Stanley Z. Cherry
- 8.0/102 votes
#7 - Speed Demon
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2007
Melinda's Jeep breaks down on a deserted road and a young woman who owns an auto shop comes by to help. Melinda meets a ghost who comes to her in the form of a skeleton. Melinda must first decipher the mysterious code that is linked to the drag racing society. Melinda finds that Ned is involved with the society and needs his help. Ned lies to his mom and sneaks out to go to the drag races. At the end the ghost finds closure and crosses over into the light.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Alan DiFiore
- 7.9/108 votes
#8 - Scars and Souvenirs
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/15/2007
The race between the attending physicians for the Chief of Surgery position heats up after a new competitor enters the fray. They soon realize that the new surgeon, Colin Marlow, was Cristina's professor in medical school and they used to have a long-term relationship. He begins to lie to Burke in order to protect her secret, but is soon faced with the realization that their relationship is on the rocks. George finds out that Callie's family is rich, but she had previously hidden the fact in order to find out whether George loves her for who she really is. Derek treats his former colleague from New York, and forces her to have surgery for brain cancer in order to save her future, no matter what the post-surgery risks are. Alex continues to work with Jane Doe, whose memory doesn't seem to come back. He moves in with Meredith and they have a dinner with her father and stepmother. She seems to connect with Susan, but her relationship with Thatcher seems to be irreparable. Izzie wakes up, realizing that she has slept with George while they were both drunk.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Debora Cahn
- 7.8/1021 votes
#9 - Try and Catch Me
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/1977
A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaming him for her niece's murder.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Paul Tuckahoe
- 7.7/106 votes
#10 - Sweeps
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1993
A guest is murdered on-air on a controversial talk show. Meanwhile Logan and Briscoe have a new boss, Lt. Anita Van Buren, and Stone gets a new collague; the police and district attorney attempt to prosecute the show's abrasive host.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/108 votes
#11 - Life During Wartime
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2008
The chief gives Bailey new power and responsibility. He also gives her a very difficult surgical assignment: remove a girl's inoperable tumor. Meanwhile, new trauma chief Owen (Kevin McKidd) challenges the attendings' methods and the residents' skills.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Mark Wilding
- 7.5/1013 votes
#12 - X-Ray
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2001
Clark begins experiencing "vision problems" as his x-ray vision begins manifesting. Meanwhile a mysterious shapeshifter is going about town using his or her abilities to steal and get others in trouble.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Mark Verheiden
- 7.5/105 votes
#13 - Cradle To Grave
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/1992
The discovery of a dead baby leads to a case involving a slumlord who would not provide any heat and who defends her actions by blaming the rent laws.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1016 votes
#14 - How to Dial a Murder
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1978
A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Anthony Lawrence
- 7.4/108 votes
#15 - Love/Addiction
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2007
A patient is in the hospital because they fell asleep in a hazardous situation. A patient's home laboratory blew up in an apartment building and the victims flood the hospital. Alex investigates the cause of the incident by talking to a really old guy who lived in the building. Jane Burke shows up to deal with what her son left behind. Lexie tries to talk to Meredith. Callie is overwhelmed by her new position while Bailey is searching for things to do.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Debora Cahn
- 7.3/1017 votes
#16 - Murder, Smoke and Shadows
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/1989
An egocentric film director resorts to his mastery of special effects to murder a vengeful friend who discovers the director's role in the movie stunt death of the friend's sister years before.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Richard Alan Simmons
- 7.1/107 votes
#17 - Right To Counsel
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1993
After Stone accepts a plea bargain from the much younger and poorer lover of a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/102 votes
#18 - Second Chances
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2009
Addison's brother, Archer, moves to Los Angeles to work at Pacific Wellcare; Cooper encourages Violet to discuss her pregnancy with Pete and Sheldon.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/106 votes
#19 - Severance
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1992
Stone faces an old rival in court as he tries to link a hit man and three murders to a sleazy lawyer and a powerful man behind bars.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
#20 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Kidnappers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1966
A shady PR man (Andre Philippe) kidnaps the Monkees to prevent them from winning a talent contest in order for his clients (rival band the Four Swines) to win.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dave Evans
- 7.0/101 votes
#21 - The Monkees in a Ghost Town
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1966
Stranded in a ghost town after their car runs out of gas, the Monkees are held prisoner by bank robbers (Len Lesser, Lon Chaney Jr.) and their boss, "The Big Man" (Rose Marie).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Robert Schlitt
- 7.0/101 votes
#22 - One Man Shy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1966
Bashful Peter tries to win the heart of lovely debutante Valerie Cartwright (Lisa James) while dealing with her haughty boyfriend Ronnie Farnsworth (George Furth).
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
- 7.0/101 votes
#23 - Dance, Monkee, Dance
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/12/1966
The Monkees sign up for lessons at Renaldo's Dance Au Go Go (Hal March), and then find out that their contracts are for life.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Bernie Orenstein
- 7.0/101 votes
#24 - Son of a Gypsy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1966
A band of gypsies, headed by the powerful Maria (Jeanne Arnold), force the Monkees to steal a priceless statuette called the "Maltese Vulture."
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Gerald Gardner
- 7.0/101 votes
#25 - Captain Crocodile
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/1967
The Monkees' appearance on popular children's show The Captain Crocodile Show is sabotaged by its host (Joey Forman), who fears that his guest's popularity is diminishing his own.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Robert Schlitt