The Best Episodes Directed By Joe Barruso

Every TV Episode Directed by Joe Barruso Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Dinosaur Delirium
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Dinosaur Delirium

    S1:E3

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  2. Background image for By a Whisker
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - By a Whisker

    S1:E5

    Carmen kidnapps two white lion cubs and sets up her own game preserve for them.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  3. Background image for The Good Old Bad Old Days
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #3 - The Good Old Bad Old Days

    S1:E6

    The Player challenges Carmen to a low-tech crime. Carmen accepts the Player's challenge and attempts to steal the Orient Express. Zack and Ivy need some help to solve Carmen's clues and are partnered with a gaucho detective named Armando.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  4. Background image for Moondreams
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Moondreams

    S1:E4

    Carmen's dream of landing on the moon inspires her to try and make it come true.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sam Graham
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  5. Background image for Chapter & Verse
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Chapter & Verse

    S1:E9

    Carmen steals objects that have to do with literature such as Mark Twain's writing desk, Charles Dickens's inkwell, and a jungle ruin like the one that appears in the Jungle Book. They follow Carmen's clues to a remote hideaway in the Swiss Alps where they think Carmen was writing her memoirs. However, she was actually sending the detectives on a wild goose chase while Sara Bellum had tapped into Acme's files and stolen them all.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  6. Background image for A Higher Calling
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - A Higher Calling

    S1:E2

    Zack and Ivy puruse Carmen to Ayer's Rock where she has brought items of mysterious origins together in an attempt to contact aliens.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  7. Background image for Rules of the Game
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Rules of the Game

    S1:E7

    Zack and Ivy are partnered with a Russian detective as they follow Carmen's game-like clues to Hawaii for a ""winner-take-all"" chess game.

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  8. Background image for Music to My Ears
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Music to My Ears

    S1:E8

    Carmen figures out a way to steal musical talent and transfers it to her two talentless henchwomen. She decides to showcase her accomplishment in a concert inside the stolen Sydney Opera House

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  9. Background image for The Play's the Thing
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - The Play's the Thing

    S1:E10

    Carmen goes on a ""Wizard of Oz""-related heist.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  10. Background image for Split Up
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Split Up

    S2:E3

    Zack creates a computer, the Zack Attack 20,000, which he believes will capture Carmen. However, when Carmen escapes with one of the treasures Zack had the computer protect, Ivy decides that she doesn't want to put her faith in it. The siblings go their own separate ways on this case, until Ivy is captured by Carmen.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  11. Background image for When it Rains
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - When it Rains

    S2:E8

    After the detectives get word of that Carmen stole the Spruce Goose and trashed the airport to do so, they are quite puzzled by this un-Carmenlike action. They follow clues to Chile where they meet up with Carmen- only she's being held prisoner by Sara Bellum. Sara imprisons the detectives as well and reveals to them and Carmen her ""grand scheme."" She plans to pull off a grand theft disguised as Carmen and if the theft is successful, she will reveal herself and turn Carmen over to the police.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sam Graham
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  12. Background image for Labyrinth (1)
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Labyrinth (1)

    S3:E7

    Zack and Ivy discover Carmen's underground training facility and go undercover as henchmen in training to try and nab Carmen. However, Carmen discovers them and leads them to a chamber that seems to have no way out. There is one way- an escape into time. Carmen created another time machine and uses it to escape. The detectives use a new Chronoskimmer that the Chief gives them and they trace where Carmen is heading- the future.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  13. Background image for Labyrinth (2):  Woman of the Year...2101
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Labyrinth (2): Woman of the Year...2101

    S3:E8

    Carmen arrives in the year 2101 where she stops a heist of a powerful electro-magnet. Meanwhile, Zack and Ivy arrive at the future Acme Detective Agency where the wacky Future Chief doesn't recognize them. They try to prove who they are, but run into a few scrapes with the law. Eventually they meet up with Carmen in Africa. Although the detectives expose that she is a criminal, she escapes with the magnet and Zack and Ivy end up captured.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  14. Background image for The Stolen Smile
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Stolen Smile

    S1:E1

    Carmen steals parts of famous artwork to try to create her own personal masterpiece.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  15. Background image for A Date With Carmen (1)
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - A Date With Carmen (1)

    S2:E1

    Carmen goes back in time to steal obhgects that can change history. (i.e., the shoe on Paul Revere's horse, and the tea from the Boston Tea Party)

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  16. Background image for A Date With Carmen (2)
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - A Date With Carmen (2)

    S2:E2

    After recovering Ben's key, Zack and Ivy travel back to Boston and discover Carmen stole Paul Revere's horseshoe. They fail to recover it then and chase Carmen to England and prevent her from stealing the uncracked Liberty Bell. They manage to recover the horseshoe, but Carmen reminds them she can simply travel back through time and steal it again. Zack and Ivy follow her to Paul Revere's barn, but she gets away. Then the detectives return the horseshoe and history returns to normal. In the present day, Zack sets the Chronskimmer down for a moment and it disappears...

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  17. Background image for The Remnants
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - The Remnants

    S3:E2

    Carmen's thefts all seem to follow a Wizard of Oz theme. While chasing after Carmen, Zack and Ivy discover that Carmen was an orphan. They trail her to the Golden Gate Girls' School which is about to be torn down. The detectives recover all the stolen objects except for the orphanage. Zack and Ivy see this theft as being almost justified though because it was about to be torn down and was the only home Carmen ever knew.

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  18. Background image for Curses, Foiled Again
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Curses, Foiled Again

    S3:E3

    Zack and Ivy manage to capture Carmen in Hawaii. However, Zack loses his lucky rabbit's foot and begins to believe he's cursed with bad luck. Meanwhile, Carmen escapes and tries to teach her superstitious henchwoman, Hannah Lulu that there's no such thing as curses or ghosts. Hannah has a panic attack though when Zack and Ivy scare her at a supposedly haunted site. They manage to capture her but Carmen escapes. She leaves behind something Zack was glad to see again- his lucky rabbit's foot. He then gives it to Hannah and wonders if carrying around a special Hawaiian plant will give him better luck.

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  19. Background image for The Labyrinth (3): When in Rome
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Labyrinth (3): When in Rome

    S3:E9

    Zack and Ivy escape from the future and follow Carmen to Rome. There, the detectives are captured and are sentenced to fight each other in the Coliseum games. Luckily, they are spared from having to fight each other to the death. They escape, and discover Carmen's plan- she's going to steal the Coliseum! The detectives realize this is part of her plan to become ""the greatest thief of all time"" by stealing objects from the past, present, and future.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  20. Background image for Scavenger Hunt
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Scavenger Hunt

    S2:E5

    When Carmen steals famous gifts from around the world, Zack and Ivy are puzzled- especially since her clues are in the form of a scavenger hunt. Suddenly, the detectives realize why Carmen is doing this. It's her birthday and she is stealing these famous gifts to give them to herself.

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  21. Background image for Hot Ice
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Hot Ice

    S2:E6

    Carmen warns the Player that her next crime ""promises to be a real gem."" Soon he and the detectives discover what Carmen meant. She created a large diamond and uses it to cause an information traffic jam across Acme's frequencies.

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  22. Background image for Skull and Double-Crossbones
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Skull and Double-Crossbones

    S2:E4

    Carmen and her band of pirates attempt to tske over a submarine.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  23. Background image for All for One
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - All for One

    S2:E7

    Two of Carmen's henchmen try to melt down a golden shrine. They foul up and Carmen has to rescue them from the police. After stealing objects that encourage teamwork, Carmen and her henchmen return to the shrine to attempt the theft again- except this time, Carmen supervises the operation.

    Director:Joe Barruso
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  24. Background image for Deja Vu
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Deja Vu

    S2:E9

    Carmen begins to steal items that she once saved from other criminals to lure her ex-partner, Suhara, out of retirement. Suhara joins Zack and Ivy to pursue Carmen- much to Zack's dismay. Zack feels Suhara is too old to be of any assistance. He soon learns to respect Suhara and even though they ultimately lose Carmen, Zack learns a valuable lesson that he'll never forget.

    Director:Joe Barruso
    Writer:Sean Roche
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  25. Background image for Boyhood's End (1)
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Boyhood's End (1)

    S2:E10

    Famous ACME detective Lee Jordon comes to town. But there's something...off about him.

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Joe Barruso Ratings Summary

"Dinosaur Delirium" is the best rated episode directed by Joe Barruso. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Thomas Peroutka. It aired on 2/19/1994 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "By a Whisker".