9.5/102 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2024
Captain Sonny Jennings and his core team of lifeguards monitor the dangerous Hawaiian waters; new lifeguard recruits compete to join Sonny’s district; Sonny and his family grieve after the loss of his nephew; Em reveals a romantic past with Will.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Matt Kester
9.5/102 votes#2 - Mauka to Makai
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2024
A flash flood sweeps a young tourist away from her family and out to deep sea; going against Sonny’s wishes, Em takes a bold risk and places her own life in danger in hopes of rescuing the lost -at-sea tourist.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Matt Kester
9.3/104 votes#3 - What Have You Done
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/9/2016
Puzzled by Catherine's disappearance, Baz hunts down all leads. With J caught in the middle, the cops close in on the Codys and threaten to take them all down.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Jonathan Lisco
9.2/106 votes#4 - On the Beach
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/2002
Dr. Greene's final days are spent in Hawaii with Rachel, teaching her to drive and surf. When he suffers a seizure, Elizabeth is called. Mark refuses to go home. He manages to make amends with his daughter before his eventual death.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
9.0/101 votes#5 - The Relay
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/2001
After a despondent woman steps off an eight-story apartment building, the squad finds themselves in a race to transport both the woman's heart and a dying girl to a local hospital in time to save the youngster's life. The suicide hits home for Faith as she comes to grips with her own ongoing medical problems, while Doc expresses concern over the emotional effects this case will have on Kim, despite her constant reassurance that her accident was not an attempt to kill herself.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Edward Allen Bernero
8.7/106 votes#6 - The Show Must Go On
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2005
Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carter's going-away party because he's leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for the courage to confront his father, Charlie.
Director: John Wells
Writer: David Zabel
8.4/105 votes#7 - Carter's Choice
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1998
Another elderly rape victim is brought in. So is the rapist.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.4/105 votes#8 - The Storm (1)
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1999
Doug faces possible criminal charges after Ricky Abbott dies when Ross bypasses system lockouts to enable Joi to give Ricky a lethal dosage of dilaudin. Doug is delegated to desk duty, Carol's clinic is shut down for acquiring the P.C.A. machine for Ricky, and Greene and Weaver face future disciplinary action for not reporting Doug's tampering with the double blind study. Carter and Lucy discover a mutual attraction. Benton studies with a sign language instructor.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.4/106 votes#9 - The Lost
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2003
John Carter returns to the Congo to retrieve Luka Kovac's body. He finds however that the area where was killed is still too dangerous to enter. He and Gillian finally manage to hitch a ride with a Red Cross worker, Debbie, who is going to the area. In flashbacks, we learn how Kovac and his fellow aid workers were taken prisoner by rebel troops. They are shot, one at a time, until only Luka is left. Amid the destruction of the eastern Congo, we learn his fate. Carter also makes a fateful decision.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.4/105 votes#10 - Jigsaw
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2006
A belligerent young man with the flu turns out to be more than he seems, and presents a challenge to Morris and Sam when he refuses treatment. Abby's chance encounter with Curtis Ames leaves Kovac uneasy. Meanwhile, Pratt discovers a local church's risky drug exchange program, Neela and Gates square off, and Weaver gets an interesting offer.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Virgil Williams
8.4/108 votes#11 - Sleepwalking
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2018
Fiona taps deep into her Gallagher roots to get the homeless family out of her apartment and dismiss their lawsuit. An explosive incident sends Ian and some of his followers into hiding from the authorities. Meanwhile, Lip makes a difficult decision in order to have the life he really wants, Carl looks for a way to go back to school without upsetting Kassidi, Debbie considers letting Derek back into Franny's life and Frank makes plans to take advantage of Liam's rich friend. Season finale.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
8.3/103 votes#12 - Old Times
Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/2009
Neela and Sam are shocked when they arrive back to the airport with transplant organs only to find that their plane has left them. Dr. Carter gets a surprise visit from an old friend while waiting for his kidney transplant. Dr. Banfield bonds with an abandoned baby boy that is left at the ER.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.3/1012 votes#13 - Dollar Store
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2021
Fleeing in the night with Maddy, Alex seeks help from social services and lands a job with Value Maids, only to find her problems are just beginning.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Molly Smith Metzler
8.1/108 votes#14 - Sky Blue
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/30/2021
Back at square one, Alex reaches out for a safe harbor and legal lifeline, realizing how much of herself she's lost along the way.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Colin McKenna
8.0/106 votes#15 - Such Sweet Sorrow
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2000
Greene prepares to bury his father. Chen worries about Carter's mood swings. After witnessing the interaction between a dying woman and her family, Hathaway realizes she wants her family together and flies to Seattle to join Ross.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.0/106 votes#16 - Found
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 3/10/2019
As the Gallaghers decide what to do with a bedridden Frank, Fiona has to make a decision about her future. Carl and Debbie share their heartbreak together. Lip has to deal with a distressed Tami.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
8.0/102 votes#17 - Betrayal
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 8/29/2017
When Smurf realizes she may be in jail a lot longer than expected, she pits her sons against one another, the consequences be damned.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.0/102 votes#18 - Ghosts
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2019
The Cody family sets off on Smurf’s mysterious heist, unaware of the surprises that await them when they arrive, which will change the family forever.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
8.0/1010 votes#19 - Ponies
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2021
After a long night on the floor of a ferry terminal with Maddy, Alex finds shelter, but custody issues and an unhappy client push her to the edge.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Molly Smith Metzler
7.9/107 votes#20 - Requiem for a Slut
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2016
The Gallaghers grapple with the loss of one of their own. As Lip takes steps to improve his future, Debbie, Carl and Liam get roped into Frank's new scheme.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
7.9/108 votes#21 - Snaps
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/30/2021
Gaining strength and support from a creative writing therapy group, Alex fights for her future by facing off with Sean over custody of Maddy.
Director: John Wells
Writer: Molly Smith Metzler
7.8/105 votes#22 - A Walk in the Woods
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2001
As the new director of diversity, Benton studies medical school applications and discovers that his own academic record did not qualify him--he was admitted because of affirmative action. Weaver feels uncomfortable amongst Legaspi's lesbian friends. Carter treats an unvaccinated child who contracted measles.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
7.8/1010 votes#23 - "Gallavich!"
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2020
Liam out-Gallaghers Frank, Lip works to convince Tami to stay in Chicago with their baby, Debbie turns over a new romantic leaf and Kev’s new business takes off, but V wonders where the money is going.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
7.7/1013 votes#24 - We Few, We Lucky Few, We Band of Gallaghers!
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2019
Frank milks his injury for all its worth as Debbie, now the self-elected leader of the Gallagher family, cooks up a scam of her own. Lip and Tami get a surprise. Carl returns home from military school and Liam faces an identity crisis.
Director: John Wells
Writer: N/A
7.6/1010 votes#25 - Fiona Interrupted
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/1/2012
A lonely Frank schemes to break Monica out of the psychiatric facility. Jimmy earns his way back into Fiona's good graces and she asks to meet his family while Ian runs into Ned again.
Director: John Wells
Writer: John Wells
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by John Wells. It scored 9.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Matt Kester. It aired on 9/22/2024 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mauka to Makai".