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The Best Episodes Directed By John Badham

Every TV Episode Directed by John Badham Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

John Badham Ratings Summary

"A Fine Meth" is the best rated episode directed by John Badham. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by David Maples. It aired on 8/17/2008 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?".

  • A Fine Meth
    10.0/101 votes

    #1 - A Fine Meth

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2008

    The family regroups after Mary's ordeal; Stan and Marshall search for a way to force Spanky to tell the truth about Chuck's drug trafficking; the FBI corners Mary in her driveway with Brandi's suitcase full of meth in the back of her car. Season 1 Finale

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: David Maples

  • The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?
    9.0/101 votes

    #2 - The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes / Miss Lovecraft Sent Me / The Hand of Borgus Weems / Phantom of What Opera?

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1971

    A phenomenally successful young seer suddenly refuses to make further predictions. A vignette about a babysitter and her latest client. A desperate man seeks a surgeon's help when he discovers a presence that controls his right hand. The Phantom of the Opera gets the shock of his life when he menaces a beautiful young singer.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Jack Laird

  • Broken Home
    9.0/105 votes

    #3 - Broken Home

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2013

    Strapped down and drugged, Nikita is subjected to Amanda's horrific mental conditioning process, sending her down a terrible trip through memory lane. In the process, Nikita discovers Amanda's deepest, most guarded secret ever. Now revealed as leader of the uprising, Alex struggles to save everyone as events violently escalate. With Michael locked away by Division conspirators, Birkhoff and Sean must step up to save the women they love. Meanwhile, Owen's newfound memories drive him to disturbing actions during Division's lockdown.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Terry Matalas

  • Just the Two of Us
    9.0/102 votes

    #4 - Just the Two of Us

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2017

    When Kirsten wakes up to find that everyone in the stitch lab, except Cameron, is missing, the two search everywhere but only find a series of mysterious clues. Kirsten is forced to confront her own emotions about her relationship with Cameron.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Jeff Schechter

  • Dead Soldiers
    8.8/1011 votes

    #5 - Dead Soldiers

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2003

    As Vic gets closer to finding his family, the Strike Team focus their attention to Armadillo after he burns down Tio's business, an act that threatens to expose Vic's protection racket. As Claudette gets closer to the truth about Vic's connection to Tio, Dutch is accompanied by the civilian auditor to solve the murder of a meter maid, while Danny and Julien intervene between two feuding neighbors.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Kurt Sutter

  • The Tao of Gus
    8.8/104 votes

    #6 - The Tao of Gus

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2011

    After a woman tells the SBPD she witnessed a murder happen in broad daylight, Shawn and Gus are the only ones who believe her, and therefore protect her by hiding her at a remote commune called Box Canyon Ranch, a place whose inhabitants label themselves as progressive intellectuals.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Tim Meltreger

  • Dead or Alive
    8.8/104 votes

    #7 - Dead or Alive

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/2013

    Nikita reunites with Michael, Birkhoff and Ryan aboard the team’s aircraft command center. Michael refuses to discuss their relationship but tells Nikita she should stay with the group and let them help her clear her name. Ryan realizes Amanda is making doubles of VIPs with The Shop’s help. Nikita discovers that one of the doubles is the Director of the FBI, but doesn’t know how to kill him without exposing herself. Meanwhile, Alex holds Sam at gunpoint and demands he return what he stole from her, but when a gang of thugs attacks them they are forced to work together to escape.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Albert Kim

  • There Might Be Blood
    8.6/105 votes

    #8 - There Might Be Blood

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/22/2008

    Shawn and Gus investigate the death of a safety inspector aboard an offshore oil rig. The investigation is complicated by the commander of the coast guard, Barbara Dunlap, Chief Vick's sister.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Kell Cahoon

  • Not Even Close... Encounters
    8.5/104 votes

    #9 - Not Even Close... Encounters

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2010

    Shawn and Gus get themselves hired onto the case when an unstable lawyer claims his assistant was abducted by aliens.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Bill Callahan

  • Bounty Hunters!
    8.3/106 votes

    #10 - Bounty Hunters!

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/14/2007

    Shawn and Gus find themselves trying to outwit a bounty hunter when Juliet asks them to find a suspect who escaped from her custody. The problem is, once they find him, Shawn believes his claims of innocence, meaning they not only have to capture him, but prove he's been set up.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Andy Berman

  • Regarding Dean
    8.3/1019 votes

    #11 - Regarding Dean

    Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/2017

    Sam enlists Rowena’s help to track down an old world, powerful family of witches after Dean gets hit by a spell that is rapidly erasing his memory.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Meredith Glynn

  • Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox
    8.2/1017 votes

    #12 - Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2016

    When hunters gather together to celebrate the life and tragic death of one of their own, Sam, Dean, and Mary must take action when a demon starts picking off hunters one by one.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Steve Yockey

  • Fallout
    8.2/1025 votes

    #13 - Fallout

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/2006

    The tragic events in Texas have sad, serious repercussions for many of the "heroes," their families and friends. Meanwhile, shocking details about the moments leading up to Isaac's predicted New York City nuclear bombing are revealed. Later, Issac's newest painting has fascinating future implications for a hero in crisis. Suresh takes the first steps along his new path. Matt and F.B.I. Agent Audrey Hanson pursue a break in the Sylar case. Horrified by Jessica's recent actions, Niki makes a tough decision to protect her family.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Joe Pokaski

  • The Performer
    8.0/1015 votes

    #14 - The Performer

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2009

    The BAU team investigates the mystery behind a trail of murders that all seem to align with the tour schedule of a rock star.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Holly Harold

  • First Born
    7.9/1021 votes

    #15 - First Born

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2014

    Crowley turns to Dean for help to locate the First Blade, the only weapon that can kill Abaddon. However, they soon discover that the trail leads to Cain... the Father of Murder and the most powerful demon of all time. Meanwhile, Sam asks Castiel for help when they need to extract the remaining grace from Sam's body to track Gadreel.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Robbie Thompson

  • The Devil's in the Details... and in the Upstairs Bedroom
    7.9/107 votes

    #16 - The Devil's in the Details... and in the Upstairs Bedroom

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/28/2009

    When a college girl at a Catholic university commits suicide, Gus and Shawn are brought in because one of the professors at the school believes the girl was demon-possessed.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Bill Callahan

  • We Happy Few
    7.9/1017 votes

    #17 - We Happy Few

    Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2016

    Sam and Dean face their biggest challenge yet. Rowena makes her move.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Robert Berens

  • Haunted
    7.8/1038 votes

    #18 - Haunted

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2015

    When things take a turn for the worse with Sara, Oliver calls in a favor from an old friend who deals in the mystical, John Constantine.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Oscar Balderrama

  • Into the Mystic
    7.8/1017 votes

    #19 - Into the Mystic

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2016

    Sam and Dean investigate a case where people are suffering violent deaths after hearing a mysterious song.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Robbie Thompson

  • Oil & Water
    7.8/104 votes

    #20 - Oil & Water

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/14/2019

    Ryn decides they need to find another solution for housing the mermaids, as hiding them becomes increasingly difficult. Ben becomes a mentor to Levi as he tries to learn how men behave on land, while Maddie continues to struggle with her mother’s renewed presence in her life.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Matt Morgan

  • The Hard Part
    7.8/1023 votes

    #21 - The Hard Part

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2007

    Hiro and Ando's determination is put to the test. Nathan wants to win the election and he's taking drastic measures to ensure that he will. This episode will feature Sylar, his home life, and where he came from. Jessica and D.L. discover some of the stuff that Linderman wants from them and Micah. Also there is a new hero who is supposed to be holding the key to stopping Sylar.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Aron Eli Coleite

  • The Big Empty
    7.6/1016 votes

    #22 - The Big Empty

    Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2017

    When multiple patients of grief counselor Mia Vallens turn up dead, Dean, Sam and Jack investigate the mystery surrounding the murders and, each inadvertently, are forced to deal with unresolved grief of their own.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Meredith Glynn

  • The Keys
    7.6/1022 votes

    #23 - The Keys

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/27/2015

    Cole, Dr. Railly and Aaron strive to stop the virus from being deployed as a bioweapon in Chechnya.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Sean Tretta

  • Fire in the Hole
    7.5/106 votes

    #24 - Fire in the Hole

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/2015

    It’s Kirsten’s birthday and the Stitchers team is assigned to look into a disease researcher’s suicide. When the body begins showing signs that it is carrying a deadly virus, the whole lab is placed under quarantine. The team jumps to action as they search for a way out, racing against the clock as, one-by-one, they come down with symptoms of exposure.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Jeff Schechter

  • Curse of the Starving Class
    7.4/105 votes

    #25 - Curse of the Starving Class

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2018

    Ben begins to investigate some suspicious overfishing, meanwhile Decker ramps up his efforts to find his escaped mermaid and shows the true extent of his influence.

    Director: John Badham

    Writer: Michael Gans