The Best Episodes Directed By James Head
Every TV Episode Directed by James Head Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
James Head Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by James Head is "The Man Who Never Was", rated 8.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by David Benz". "The Man Who Never Was" aired on 3/9/2003 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Hunt".
8.5/10 2 votes#1 - The Man Who Never Was
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2003
Isolating himself from a demanding public, Johnny gets visions of himself disappearing after making contact with something belonging to a shut-in, Jeffrey Grissom, brought in by his delivery man. Johnny briefly visits him and Grissom talks about wondering where his old home was, then Johnny returns the next day with information to find out Grissom and any trace of him have completely disappeared. Johnny is determined to follow up when he gets a vision of people removing Grissom and the new family moving in. Johnny gets visions of people going through his own home as well and gets close enough to the people following him to get a vision of Grissom in a new home and visits him there. Grissom reveals he is a retired spy kept buried by the U.S. government due to valuable knowledge in his head.
Director: James Head
Writer: David Benz
8.5/10 2 votes#2 - The Hunt
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 7/27/2003
A Covert Branch of U.S. intelligence recruits Johnny to track down the world's most wanted terrorist.
Director: James Head
Writer: Michael Taylor
8.5/10 2 votes#3 - Heroes & Demons
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/17/2005
An autistic boy makes his way to Johnny to "ask" him to help clear his father - a cop on death row for the murder of an undercover cop.
Director: James Head
Writer: Michael Taylor
8.5/10 4 votes#4 - The Other Dick
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/2007
When Chicago PI Jim Brennan is murdered by supernatural means, Harry must team up with Brennan's assistant to find the murderer.
Director: James Head
Writer: George Mastras
8.5/10 2 votes#5 - The Howling Ghost
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2013
Adam, Watch and Sally investigate a ghostly figure at a lighthouse where a little boy disappeared.
Director: James Head
Writer: James Krieg
8.0/10 2 votes#6 - Descent (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2003
As Walt begins to wonder what's between Johnny and his wife Sara, a group of teenagers disappear into an abandoned copper mine that was owned by Johnny's grandfather. Walt brings Johnny in to help with the rescue and Smith soon begins to get visions not only of the teens but of the miners who died in an incident in 1949 brought on by his grandfather's actions. The ghost miners seem to be striking back at Johnny and Walt is seriously injured. The teens are rescued but Johnny gets a vision of Walt's funeral as he is taken away in the ambulance. (To be continued)
Director: James Head
Writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe
8.0/10 2 votes#7 - Finding Rachel (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/2004
Johnny attempts to piece together his visions to fill in the large gap of missing time in his memory in order to figure out what happened to one of Stillson's campaign volunteers who mysteriously disappeared while she was with him.
Director: James Head
Writer: Karl Schaefer
8.0/10 2 votes#8 - Finding Rachel (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/2004
Arrested for the murder of Rachel Caldwell, Johnny seeks the assistance of her sister, a reluctant Rebecca--who believes that he is guilty--and his friends to prove his innocence and help figure out what really happened to her.
Director: James Head
Writer: Michael R. Perry
8.0/10 3 votes#9 - Acid Queen
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/2008
When Andi's life is threatened by an escaped soul from hell, Sam must go out of his way to protect her.
Director: James Head
Writer: Alan Cross
8.0/10 2 votes#10 - Highjacked
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1999
The Taelon's hire a spindoctor who brings on a reporter onto the mothership. Unfortunately the mothership is at this time hijacked by a replicant who wants to get the ship into Jaridian space.
Director: James Head
Writer: Harry Werksman
8.0/10 1 votes#11 - Message in a Bottle
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1999
A probe crashs on earth. The Resistance finds the probe, before Sandoval arrives, and takes it to a hideout. The hideout is ambushed and they are taken to a 'Dark Knight' base. The Resistance deals with this unexpected new player as they try to stop a Jaridian probe from an assault on Earth. The probe takes the shape of Augur, and delivers a message to humanity.
Director: James Head
Writer: Harry Werksman
8.0/10 2 votes#12 - The Once and Future World
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1999
Liam and Renee investigate taelon artefacts on of which leads to the discovery of Ma'el's ship.
Director: James Head
Writer: George Geiger
7.7/10 3 votes#13 - Hungry for Fame
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/2008
Sam desperately tries to stop an untalented musician when the latter tries to sell his soul to the Devil for rock star fame. Meanwhile, Sock is in for a big surprise when his mother returns from Las Vegas and announces that she is now married.
Director: James Head
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#14 - Deja Voodoo
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 7/20/2003
Johnny meets a beautiful woman in danger is reminded again of the potentially dire consequences of even the smallest of choices.
Director: James Head
Writer: Jill E. Blotevogel
7.5/10 2 votes#15 - Looking Glass
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2004
Lawyer twins use Johnny to help prove his visions can be false and an invasion of privacy but Johnny believes his visions of a murder are real.
Director: James Head
Writer: James Morris
7.5/10 4 votes#16 - Love, Bullets and Blacktop
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2007
Sam and the crew go after a thrill-seeking pair of escaped souls that engineer car wrecks to keep their relationship fresh. Meanwhile, the Devil tries to set Sam up with a new girl.
Director: James Head
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - Thicker Than Blood
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1999
Da'an hires a professional hit man to seek out Augur. Liam and Renee meet with 10 Resistance leaders whose cells have been discovered and destroyed. In order to avoid one cell from crushing the entire network in the future, Liam proposes that he be the only communication link between cells. Sandoval learns that he will die unless he gets a blood transfusion from an immediate family relative.
Director: James Head
Writer: George Geiger
7.5/10 2 votes#18 - The Maze
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2014
Adam and Watch get trapped in The Mayor's head -- quite literally -- when they chase him down to find out why he warned off Laurel a few weeks ago.
Director: James Head
Writer: Ernie Altbacker
7.3/10 10 votes#19 - You Don't Know Jack
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 8/28/2009
Global Dynamics sonic cleaning coincides with a phenomenon in which the citizens of Eureka develop a form of amnesia. Meanwhile, Allison goes into labor.
Director: James Head
Writer: Eric Wallace
7.3/10 3 votes#20 - Dimensions
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1998
Liam and Augur are thrown into a parallel dimension when their shuttle flight is sabotaged by Doors. Maiya captures them and brings them back to her Imerian Resistance camp, where they start to find counterparts of people they know. The counterpart Taelons capture the colony and takes them to the mothership.
Director: James Head
Writer: Alan Swayze
7.2/10 18 votes#21 - Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/29/2004
The team finds a paradise world that would make an ideal sanctuary for those fleeing from the Wraith, but the local inhabitants believe their goddess will not permit it.
Director: James Head
Writer: Alan Brennert
7.0/10 1 votes#22 - City of Roses
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/12/2002
Jeremiah and Kurdy travel in search of more information on the Big Death and Valhalla Sector, and along the way discover some potentially dark secrets about the fate of Kurdy's parents in the last days of the Big D.
Director: James Head
Writer: Sam Egan
7.0/10 1 votes#23 - The Red Kiss
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/26/2002
Jeremiah and Kurdy attempt to save a community when its children begin disappearing amid a rumor that the blood of children can be used to prevent the return of The Big Death.
Director: James Head
Writer: Sam Egan
7.0/10 2 votes#24 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2009
Kyle risks losing Cassidy's trust when he begins a deception aimed at discovering Latnok's true purpose, and Jessi, devastated by their discovery, has a hard time putting aside her emotions. Elsewhere, Josh plans a perfect farewell for Andy.
Director: James Head
Writer: Daniel Arkin
7.0/10 2 votes#25 - Ascent (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2003
Johnny uses his powers to reach into Walt's comatose mind and lead him back to consciousness.
Director: James Head
Writer: Jill E. Blotevogel