The Best Episodes Directed By James Sheldon
Every TV Episode Directed by James Sheldon Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
James Sheldon Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by James Sheldon is "A Penny For Your Thoughts", rated 8/10 from 20 user votes. It was "written by George Clayton Johnson". "A Penny For Your Thoughts" aired on 2/3/1961 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "It's a Good Life".
8.0/10 20 votes#1 - A Penny For Your Thoughts
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1961
The lucky flip of a coin seems to give a mild-mannered bank clerk the power to read minds. But he soon learns that you can't believe everything you read.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: George Clayton Johnson
8.0/10 22 votes#2 - It's a Good Life
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1961
Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Rod Serling
8.0/10 1 votes#3 - The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1975
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.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.5/10 2 votes#4 - Buffy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1966
The excellent family series begins when Bill Davis, a fantastic construction engineer, unexpectedly adopts Buffy, who along with Jody and Cissy, have lost their parents in an accident. Buffy comes first and at first, Bill doesn't like her and wants to send her back to Terre Haute. Buffy gets the feeling that Bill doesn't like her and runs off to hide in the basement. Bill tells her that he likes her and wants her to stay. In the end, when Bill gets ready to leave for a trip, Jody and Cissy come to be with Buffy.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#5 - B.J. Papa San
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/1979
B.J. almost becomes the surrogate father to a Korean family. Finding them a substitute for his own absent family, B.J. spends so much time with them that his medical efficiency begins to suffer, and Hawkeye worries about his health. B.J.: "First they take me from my wife and kid, and just when I find something to help fill the gap, they take that away, too."
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Larry Balmagia
7.2/10 9 votes#6 - I Sing the Body Electric
Season 3 Episode 35 - Aired 5/18/1962
A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Ray Bradbury
7.2/10 5 votes#7 - The Purr-Fect Crime
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/1966
Catwoman initiates a series of thefts that cause Commissioner Gordon to summon Batman and Robin. But the importance of the crimes go beyond the taking of the objects involved. The Dynamic Duo eventually find Catwoman's lair. But Robin is whisked away while Batman is given a choice between two doors. If he picks the right door, he'll find Catwoman. If he picks the wrong one, he'll face certain doom. The hero makes the wrong selection and is about to be attacked by a tiger.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Stanley Ralph Ross
7.0/10 3 votes#8 - Edwina
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1972
The nurses go to extremes lengths to find a date for Nurse Eddie - they won't go out with anyone until Eddie gets a date. The men draw straws, and Hawkeye is the big loser, especially after Eddie nearly kills him in a scene resembling teenage "mating" rituals.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Hal Dresner
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1963
Laura Needham is murdered while vacationing in Mexico. Her husband Mark discovers that the police are holding as a suspect an American named Theodore Bond. Mark wants something to be done, but the police are helpless because they cannot prove their case. Mark decides to get the proof, but he is murdered by Bond instead. Mark's in-laws, Alex and Louise Trevor take it open themselves to bring Bond to justice. They set up a trap with Louise as bait and catch Bond attempting to committed murder.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Lukas Heller
6.8/10 5 votes#10 - Better Luck Next Time
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/17/1966
Batman evades the attacking tiger thanks to his utility belt. First, he scales the wall. Then, he uses a sonic device "to split the tiger's skull," as narrator William Dozier informs us. The hero still has to free Robin, who is facing a separate death trap. Once that task is completed, the Dynamic Duo are back on Catwoman's trail. It turns out the feline villain is after the lost treasure of Captain Manx, which is in a remote spot outside of Gotham City.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Stanley Ralph Ross
6.5/10 16 votes#11 - Long Distance Call
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/31/1961
A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Bill Idelson
5.8/10 9 votes#12 - Still Valley
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1961
Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Rod Serling
5.4/10 16 votes#13 - The Whole Truth
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1961
A peculiar Model A automobile compels a used car dealer to tell only the truth.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Rod Serling
5.0/10 1 votes#14 - The Old Man and the Runaway/A Fine Romance/The Painters
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1977
A crotchety old man and a teenage runaway form an unlikely friendship. Julie grows frustrated when an old friend of her brother's repeatedly rejects her advances without explanation. A pair of incompetent painters continually screws up the re-painting of Capt. Stubing's cabin.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Jack Hanrahan
1.0/10 1 votes#15 - Help, Murder/Isaac the Groupie/Mr. Popularity
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1977
A woman gets the wrong idea from her husband's secretive behavior and fears that he is plotting to murder her. Isaac begins a whirlwind romance with an internationally known singer. A couple suspects that a painfully boring passenger is actually a wanted jewel thief.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Art Baer