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The Best Episodes Directed By Joe Napolitano

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - The Leap Home (1)
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S3:E1

    November 25, 1969: As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball championship and save his family from their sad fates.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - The Woman in the Tunnel
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    S1:E16

    Brennan and Booth stumble upon a subterranean world of homeless people when they find the remains of a filmmaker in the ventilation shaft of an underground tunnel.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Darkness Falls
    7.9/10(81 votes)

    S1:E20

    When a group of loggers in the Washington State National Forest disappear in the same way that another group disappeared 50 years ago, Mulder and Scully go along to investigate and find themselves trapped in a cabin surrounded by flesh eating insects that only attack at night.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 22 - Shock Theater
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S3:E22

    October 3, 1954: Leaping into Sam Bederman, a mental patient who is suffering from acute depression, Sam receives an overloaded electroshock treatment, which causes his Swiss-cheesed memory to be replaced by personas from previous leaps. Al, finding himself visible to the mentally absent, must try to complete Sam's mission, and convince him to take another shock treatment, in order to leap Sam out before contact is lost forever.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Black on White on Fire
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S3:E7

    August 11, 1965: Sam leaps into a black med. student engaged to a white woman in order to ensure that he and his fiancée survive the Watts Riot together.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - The Last Gunfighter
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E14

    November 28, 1957: Sam finds himself in the life of Tyler Meanes, a teller of tall tales who faces death at the hand of an old friend in a shootout at high noon.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - Moments to Live
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E19

    May 4, 1985: Sam is a soap opera heart surgeon and the obsession of a love-struck, if somewhat deranged fan. He must escape from the woman and her husband who kidnap him for reproductive purposes

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E20

    March 2, 1957: It's almost as though Sam were on vacation when, as Egyptologist Dale Conway, he gets to read hieroglyphics, search lost tombs, and, of course, visit Egypt. But between an encroaching sandstorm, computer glitches back at the Project, the suspicious deaths of the guides, and a 3000-year-old curse to round things off, Sam has very little time to play in the sand.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - The Boogieman
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S3:E5

    October 31, 1964: Things do more than go bump in the night when Sam leaps into Joshua Raye, a horror novelist on Halloween. Although Ziggy claims he's there to prevent the death of a church deacon, things get even stranger when two more people die without warning.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - Heart of a Champion
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    S3:E20

    July 23, 1955: The heart of a champion belongs to Ronnie, a professional wrestler, who will die if he competes in the title match. Sam, as his brother and new partner Terry, must convince him of his hidden health problem, while avoiding his own health problem - the jealous wrestler-husband of a woman who has taken an amorous interest in Sam.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - The Wrong Stuff
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    S4:E7

    January 24, 1961: The fates make a monkey out of Sam when he leaps into Bobo, an astro-chimp who must avoid succumbing to the experiments of an Air Force neurologist.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Pool Hall Blues
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    S2:E18

    September 4, 1954: In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the place, Sam has to play pool like a pro...with a little help from Al and Ziggy.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Play Ball
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S4:E2

    August 6, 1961: A pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Sam must decide if he's there to help a fellow team member, get his host back into the major leagues, or baby-sit the porcine team mascot, all while resisting the amorous advances of the women in his life.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - The Reluctant Hero
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E8

    Joey's ""semi-date"" with Jack prompts a resentful Dawson to join Jen at a bash where he saves her from doing some things she'll regret. Pacey proves his worth when Andie's mom has a psychotic break during their study session. Mitch cannot understand Dawson's views on their divorce.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Jersey Devil
    7.0/10(99 votes)

    S1:E5

    Mulder and Scully track a legendary creature that has roamed the New Jersey countryside for over forty years.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Recovery
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    S1:E19

    An evacuation training for a Space Shuttle team ends with a dead pilot caused by a broken cable. Harm and Meg investigate and soon determine that the cable was sabotaged. Harm's first suspect is promoted pilot Lt.Cdr. Lowry. As this is an important mission (repairing a spy satellite monitoring Southwest Asia) it can't be canceled. And since there isn't another eligible pilot, Lowry cannot be removed from the team. A training flight with Lowry and Harm on board has a fatal system malfunction - again sabotage. Lowrey can now be crossed out but the person responsible for these incidents must be found as the scheduled mission must proceed as planned. It is highly possible that there will be another 'unpleasant surprise' to stop this mission. Locations: AFB Vandenberg; Space

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Sea Bride
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    S2:E21

    June 3, 1954: Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex-wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Desert Son
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E4

    During a maneuver, transposed digits lead to a fatal bombing of a unit's own men. This causes several seriously wounded and eventually one dead soldier. Lt. Rabb and Lt. Austin are assigned to investigate this case because the responsible man is none other than Jay Williams, the son of Gen. Williams. But it seems the case is clear since Jay confesses that this mistake was his fault. Locations: MCB Twenty-Nine Palms

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Against All Enemies
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E7

    International tensions mount as Harm, Mac and Bud board an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan to investigate the accidental shooting down of a North Korean civilian airline by Navy jets. While negligence on the part of the Navy fliers is indicated, Harm and Mac uncover evidence of a spy aboard the carrier. Meanwhile, the threat of war becomes real when a U.S. salvage vessel is sent to the site to help with the investigation and two North Korean warships threaten to sink it if both U.S. ships don't leave the area immediately.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Washington Holiday
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E9

    Harm is assigned to escort a rambunctious and ravishing Romanian princess, whose life has been threatened if her father petitions to join NATO. Meanwhile, Bud wrestles with starting a romance with Ens. Harriet Sims.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:N/A

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Joe Napolitano Ratings Summary

"The Leap Home (1)" is the best rated episode directed by Joe Napolitano. It scored 8.5/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 9/28/1990 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Woman in the Tunnel".