10.0/101 votes#1 - Benched
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2011
Kate’s nemesis Judge Nicastro assigns her to mediate a case between a high school football coach and the angry parents who claim his old school methods border on abuse. When the videotaped evidence doesn’t make sense to her, Kate unearths the real reason for the coach’s controversial actions.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Aaron Tracy
8.6/1016 votes#2 - Punk is Dead
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2015
While Jo and Isaac are at a punk rock club, a mummified body is found in the wall.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ildy Modrovich
8.3/1022 votes#3 - Inherit the Earth
Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 11/12/2020
Everything is on the line as the battle against God continues. A familiar face returns to join the fight.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Brad Buckner
8.2/105 votes#4 - Survival Instincts
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2013
Ray (Matt Bushell), a rogue agent, kidnaps his girlfriend Kate (Anna Hopkins), so Ryan dispatches the team to rescue her. Nikita is confused when Michael sends Owen into the field with her instead of going himself. Meanwhile, Sean makes a decision about Alex.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Albert Kim
8.2/108 votes#5 - The Miracle of Christmas Part I/II
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2018
Christmas arrives in the Bunker, and the Time Team is inspired by a visit from their future selves to find a way to try to save Rufus. But when the Mothership jumps to 1848 California, they’re forced to put those plans on hold and chase Rittenhouse back to the Gold Rush, where they encounter one of the era’s most dangerous villains. Then chasing the Mothership to Korea in the winter of 1950, the team helps a stranded, pregnant refugee attempt to escape a tragic fate.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Arika Lisanne Mittman
8.0/1039 votes#6 - Spacewalker
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2014
Clarke comes back to Camp Jaha with some shocking news. Finn has to face the consequences of his actions.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Bruce Miller
8.0/1017 votes#7 - Who We Are
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2017
Caught in a dangerous situation, Sam and Dean only have each other to rely on. Meanwhile, the fight between the American Hunters and the British Hunters comes to a head.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Robert Berens
8.0/108 votes#8 - Gray Line
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2016
Raimy and Frank make a startling discovery about the Nightingale.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Nancy Won
8.0/101 votes#9 - A Short Time in Paradise
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2011
Hicks and Nina are entranced by a deadly cult leader named Jonas.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Michael Chamoy
7.9/1019 votes#10 - Red Rover, Red Rover
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2012
On the ninth anniversary of his wife and daughter's death, Jane receives a message from Red John, causing Jane to lose focus on his current case and put the investigation and his career at the CBI in jeopardy
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi
7.9/1018 votes#11 - Mommy Dearest
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2011
Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel track Eve to a small town in Oregon. The guys discover the townspeople have been converted to demons, but surprisingly, they all appear to be dying. When they finally do meet Eve, she decides to torture the brothers by bringing back their mother.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Adam Glass
7.9/1017 votes#12 - Let It Bleed
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/2011
A demon kidnaps Ben and Lisa to get to Dean. Sam and Dean are forced to join with an unlikely ally to free them.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Sera Gamble
7.9/1016 votes#13 - Advanced Thanatology
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2017
While working on a case involving the ghost of a demented doctor, Sam and Dean get assistance from an unexpected source – Billie. Castiel finds his way back to the Winchesters.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Steve Yockey
7.8/1019 votes#14 - The Red Ponies
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2010
Patrick Jane and the CBI team hit the horse track when a jockey is found murdered and suspects abound.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Eoghan Mahony
7.8/1018 votes#15 - Fire and Brimstone
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2013
With the final clue in hand, Jane attempts to gather the remaining Red John suspects in one place in hopes of finally revealing his identity.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ken Woodruff
7.8/105 votes#16 - Vigilante
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2006
When a number of infectees and seemingly innocent people are killed, it becomes apparent that someone is going after people affected by the alien signal, and is locating them via their heightened brain waves. How is the killer linked to Bighorn crewman Manning, and does his method of finding his victims mean that Molly, Cavennaugh or Lucas could be next on his list?
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Michael Sussman
7.8/1020 votes#17 - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/2010
Sam and Dean investigate Bobby's home town where the dead are rising from the grave but instead of attacking humans, they are happily reuniting with their families. The brothers turn to Bobby for help but he tells them not to worry about it and to leave town. Suspicious, Dean investigates and comes face to face with Bobby's dead wife, who has no memory of what happened to her. Once the zombies start turning evil, the boys tell Bobby he has to kill his wife but he refuses.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Jeremy Carver
7.8/1020 votes#18 - Clap Your Hands If You Believe...
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2010
While Sam and Dean are investigating a UFO sighting, Dean is abducted from a crop circle. However, when he awakens, he discovers he isn't dealing with aliens, but fairies! Unfortunately, only Dean can see the fairy that keeps attacking him which makes tracing and stopping them difficult. The brothers become even more perplexed when Sam's investigation leads them to a world full of elves, gnomes and a leprechaun.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ben Edlund
7.7/1051 votes#19 - Inclement Weather
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2014
Clarke wants answers from the President. Abby performs emergency surgery. Octavia will do anything to find Lincoln.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Michael Angeli
7.7/1020 votes#20 - Code Red
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2010
When Dr. Alicia Seberg, a government research scientist, is exposed to a deadly toxin while at work and has only hours to live, she calls Patrick Jane and the CBI to find her murderer.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Bruno Heller
7.7/109 votes#21 - The General / Chinatown
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2018
When the Mothership jumps to South Carolina in 1863, the Time Team partners up with a courageous Union spy and military leader, Harriet Tubman - AKA "The General" - to thwart Rittenhouse's plan to alter the outcome of the Civil War. Back in the present, Rittenhouse hits the team where it hurts the most. Then, Jiya makes a daring escape from Rittenhouse that strands her in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1888 with no way home.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Tom Smuts
7.6/1018 votes#22 - Pretty Red Balloon
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2011
When the son of a former client from Jane's days as a psychic is kidnapped, Jane and the CBI team are asked to help find him. Meanwhile, Jane butts heads with his former client's new "spiritual advisor."
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Ashley Gable
7.6/1017 votes#23 - The Thing
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 4/5/2018
Sam and Dean continue to collect the pieces necessary to open a rift to the other world in order to save their family. Their latest quest leads them to a Men of Letters bunker from the 1920s and a hungry God from another dimension. Meanwhile, Ketch makes a shocking decision about Gabriel after an unruly encounter with Asmodeus.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Davy Perez
7.6/1025 votes#24 - The Tinder Box
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2017
Clarke makes a desperate plea with a former allied force in an attempt to avoid a war and ensure the survival of her people.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: Morgan Gendel
7.5/1019 votes#25 - Cherry Picked
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2012
The team investigates the kidnapping of a couple that may be the victim of mistaken identity, while Jane continues his investigation into Lorelei's whereabouts.
Director: John F. Showalter
Writer: David Appelbaum
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"Benched" is the best rated episode directed by John F. Showalter. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Aaron Tracy. It aired on 2/3/2011 and is rated 1.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Punk is Dead".