The Best Episodes Directed By Jim Kaufman
Every TV Episode Directed by Jim Kaufman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Jim Kaufman Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Jim Kaufman is "A Matter of Time", rated 8.542/10 from 24 user votes. It was "written by Brad Wright". "A Matter of Time" aired on 1/29/1999 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "I Coulda Been a Defendant".
8.5/10 24 votes#1 - A Matter of Time
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1999
After gating to a world on the edge of a black hole, the S.G.C. cannot disengage the Stargate. All of Earth becomes endangered by the time-distorting gravity field.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Brad Wright
8.0/10 1 votes#2 - I Coulda Been a Defendant
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1997
Fraser and Kowalski try to reward a reluctant hero but blow his protected-witness cover.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Jeff King
7.5/10 2 votes#3 - Heroes & Heartbreak
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1999
After Augur's friend implodes, due to ID space inside him, Augur meets a beautiful woman, Beverly Wu, who hires him to engineer a weapon of mass destruction, called Forge in Antarctica. Zu'or tells Da'an that the latest battle with the Jaridians has ended badly and they are retreating. Zu'or wants to activate the Forge to strike at the Jaridians while they regroup. Da'an is against using Earth as a base for attacking, but Zo'or overrules him. Doors says Augur is in trouble if he's working with Beverly. Liam tries to get information on Forge from Da'an, who refuses to answer. Augur, falling in love, thinks the project may turn earth into a blackhole. The worm hole between earth and the Jaridian Empire stays open too long in-between firings.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Richard Maxwell
7.3/10 30 votes#4 - Tin Man
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1998
The members of SG-1 arrive on P3X-989 and are knocked unconscious. They wake up and return to Earth only to find that they are not quite themselves.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Jeff King
7.0/10 1 votes#5 - You Are Here
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2005
In the search for answers regarding the explosion, Charlie teams up with journalist Karl Lubinsky.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - Donor
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/1999
Dr. Renee Stuyvesant and her protege Dr. Vance Ridout have perfected the full-body transplant in which a patient's entire disease-riddled body is replaced and Renee has convinced the hospital board to allow her to perform the first such procedure on Dr. Peter Halstead.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Sam Egan
6.0/10 2 votes#7 - Helicopter Down
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2005
On 19 January 1995, the crew of Bristow Flight 56C is forced to perform an emergency autorotation to a ditching in the sea, after lightning damages the tail rotor of their helicopter. Despite the rough sea conditions, the 16 oil rig workers and pilots are rescued by nearby ships.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Heather Forrester
5.0/10 1 votes#8 - The Haven
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 7/2/1999
Caleb Vance lives on the 52nd floor of The Haven, a high-tech marvel of an apartment building that is driven by a supercomputer named Argus and filled with machines and appliances that respond to the orders of The Haven's residents. The building's design almost completely eliminates the need for human contact, a desirable feature in an age in which all communication is mediated by one form of technology or another and a strong selling point for the residents of The Haven. But things begin to go wrong...
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: James Crocker
- 5.0/10 2 votes
#9 - The Vessel
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2001
The lone survivor of a space shuttle disaster discovers he is indestructible and has become spiritually linked to an alien living within himself.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Sam Egan
- 4.0/10 2 votes
#10 - Rite of Passage
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1998
The birth of a child is a joyful event, but for Shal and Brav, two young naive humans who live in a small commune in the woods, it is also a mystery and moment tinged with sadness. After Shal gives birth to a son, the first of the commune to do so, she and the baby are taken away by Mother, a wise alien who acts as a parent to the young people. When the aliens send Shal home without her baby, she asks Brav to help her to rescue the child. With the knowledge Shal has gained from her time with Mother, they break through the protective barrier set up by the aliens to discover a new and fascinating world. It is a dangerous trip, with stinging, snake-like crawlers lurking in the shadows. But, it is also a journey of discovery as Shal and Brav find evidence that lead them to believe that their real parents were killed by the aliens. They find their baby, and after a fight with an alien, escape into the forest.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Chris Dickie
- 4.0/10 1 votes
#11 - Final Appeal (1)
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 9/3/2000
It is the year 2076 and Dr. Theresa Givens, a time-traveler from the 20th Century has been sentenced to death. Her crime - violating severe anti-techology laws passed in the wake of the nuclear holocaust 20 years earlier, an event that destroyed most of the world and prompted those who survived to return to the bucolic world that existed before the Industrial Revolution. Theresa has one last chance for a reprieve. Her lawyer, Nicole Whitely has won leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, a body headed by Chief Justice Haden Wainwright. The balance of the court is divided evenly between conservatives who support the ban on technology and liberals who favor a review. In light of the importance of the case, the government has sent Solicitor General Wallace Gannon, a fierce defender of the law, to argue its case. The court has suspended the normal rules, allowing Theresa to join her lawyer in speaking in her defense.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: Sam Egan
- 3.5/10 2 votes
#12 - Footsteps
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/27/1998
A lovely vampiress who seduces and drains a different man every night meets a man who claims to be a vegetarian.
Director: Jim Kaufman
Writer: N/A