The Best Episodes Directed By Joe Dante
Every TV Episode Directed by Joe Dante Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Joe Dante Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Joe Dante is "Heart on a Chain", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Jose Rivera". "Heart on a Chain" aired on 11/3/1991 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Ka Iwi Kapu (Sacred Bones)".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Heart on a Chain
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1991
Marshall and his friend both fall for the new girl at school.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Jose Rivera
8.7/10 7 votes#2 - Ka Iwi Kapu (Sacred Bones)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2011
When the Five-0s investigate the murder of a young couple filming a spooky documentary about a traditional Hawaiian burial site, they are threatened by a drifter who puts a curse on Danny.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Michele Fazekas
8.5/10 4 votes#5 - Boo
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2007
The CSI team goes to a haunted house to solve more than just the latest case. Before they can solve the crime Lindsay is told something will happen to her if she doesn't leave soon.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
8.4/10 8 votes#6 - Nānahu (Embers)
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2015
Five-0 enlists the help of a California ATF Agent to find a serial arsonist targeting couples on Oahu. Meanwhile, when Danny whisks Amber away for a romantic getaway, her abusive ex-husband tracks them down, intent on taking his wife back.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 8 votes#7 - Na Pilikua Nui (Monsters)
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2015
It’s Halloween in O’ahu, and Five-0 must track down a serial killer inspired by Frankenstein. Also, Jerry calls Five-0 for help when an armed gang raids a blood bank, and Danny must track down Grace who lied and snuck out to a Halloween party.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#8 - Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/1982
Frank investigates a veteran boxer who lately has been throwing his fights. He takes the boxer under his wing in order to expose the boxer's corrupt manager. Unfortunately, the manger has kidnapped the boxer's girlfriend and put the boxer's title fight in jeopardy. Frank now tries to save the boxer's girlfriend in the hopes that the boxer won't have to throw the match so he can have a shot at rejuvenating his career in the ring.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Tino Insana
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Hole in the Head Gang
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/1/1992
The friends encounter a bank robber's ghost at a haunted house.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Karl Schaefer
8.0/10 8 votes#10 - Kanalu Hope Loa (The Last Break)
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2014
Three young women rob a tour bus, but things go horribly wrong when a man is killed and the women unknowingly steal something of great value that puts their lives in danger.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Sarah Byrd
8.0/10 8 votes#11 - Ho'omā'ike (Unmasked)
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2014
It's Halloween and Five-0 must track down a serial killer who is copying murders depicted in a cult slasher film. Meanwhile, McGarrett must help Jerry after he is kidnapped by the counterfeiters he has been tracking.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - Poe Way Out
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2014
Joanna, Freya and Wendy revisit one of their former lives. Dash's one night stand turns out to be somebody better than expected. Ingrid attempts to bond with her grandfather.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Debra J. Fisher
7.7/10 3 votes#15 - Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/8/1982
A struggling comedian owes money to the owner of a nightclub. When his body is discovered at the bottom of a cliff in a car crash, all the clues point to suicide. It is later discovered that the comedian was also a police informant on a drug ring he infiltrated at his nightclub. Frank steps in and takes the place of the deceased at the nightclub in order to gather more clues.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Tino Insana
7.6/10 8 votes#16 - Wire Cutter
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2016
Mac and Jack partner with older versions of themselves, a Russian bomb programmer and his estranged handler, to shut down a Soviet-era warhead in Moscow. But when the antiquated computer needed to disable the warhead becomes inoperable, Mac must find a way to fix it with only duct tape and wire in time to prevent a new Cold War.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: John Turman
7.3/10 3 votes#18 - Forever Ware
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1991
A 13-year-old boy's fertile imagination runs wild in his new town.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Karl Schaefer
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - The Losers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1991
Looking for his dad's briefcase, Marshall gets lost in Lost & Found.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Gary Markowitz
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - When a Mandragora Loves a Woman
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2014
Joanna and Alex must put their past aside and focus on finding the Mandragora. Freya asks Dash to help save Ingrid. Skeptical of Freddie’s loyalty, Wendy is wary of his actions.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Akela Cooper
6.9/10 8 votes#22 - Boo!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1986
Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Lowell Ganz
6.7/10 28 votes#23 - Night of The Hawk
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2016
The team tracks Savage to a small town in Oregon during the 1950s. Upon arrival, they discover there have been a recent string of murders and they suspect Savage is involved. Professor Stein and Sara go undercover at a psychiatric hospital, where Savage is working as a doctor, to find out his plan. While there, Sara meets a nurse named Lindsay and sparks fly. Meanwhile, Ray and Kendra pretend to be a married couple to gain the neighborhood’s trust, but an interracial couple in the ‘50s isn’t something that goes unnoticed. Soon, Savage is at their door.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Cortney Norris
6.4/10 7 votes#24 - The Greibble
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1986
A housewife has a very real nightmare. She encounters a large creature that has a taste for inanimate objects.
Director: Joe Dante
Writer: Mick Garris
6.0/10 44 votes
