8.4/105 votes#1 - Inconstant Moon
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/12/1996
When a lonely physics professor realizes the sun is going to burn out, he knows that he and humanity have only a few hours to live. In that time, Stan resolves to make up for lost years. He courts and proposes to Leslie, a woman he has known for two years but never dated. Leslie, although puzzled, finds herself more and more entranced by Stan until she finds out the reason for Stan's sudden attention. Based on a short story by famed sci-fi writer Larry Niven, this episode brings its characters face to face with both death and their own visions of life - with surprising results.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Larry Niven
8.3/103 votes#2 - Law & Order
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/20/1998
Major McIntyre confronted Rho-ha in Johnson's hospital room, a struggle ensued and McIntyre was killed. Boone and Sandoval defend Rho-ha, who is ordered to stand trial facing the death penalty for murder. The prosecuting attorney is Joshua Doors, the estranged son of Jonathan Doors. Travis Perkins, delusional Taelon supporter, has vowed to kill those who pose a threat to Rho-ha. Joshua confronts Rho-ha on the stand about the DNA experiments, Rho-ha becomes enraged and threatens to kill Joshua. Perkins is angry at the treatment of the Taelon and attempts a suicide bombing.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Paul Gertz
8.0/102 votes#3 - High Treason: Part 2
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 5/20/1994
Conclusion. Brisco and Bowler escape execution, but an elite team has orders to hunt them down.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#4 - Diefenbaker's Day Off
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1994
Fraser agrees to help six-year-old Lucy, who is worried about all the accidents her father Charlie is having.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Kathy Slevin
7.8/109 votes#5 - Another Mother
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1990
September 30, 1981: As a divorced mother of three, Sam's job of preventing his teenage son from running away, never to be seen again, is made more interesting by the fact that his youngest daughter can see both him and Al.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Deborah Pratt
- 7.5/102 votes
#6 - Hard Rock
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1994
Brisco and Bowler arrive in Hard Rock and try to stop local thug Roy Hondo from harassing Bowler's old flame, who resists the man's attempts to extort protection money.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: John McNamara
- 7.5/102 votes
#7 - Bad Luck Betty
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/29/1994
Socrates is kidnapped by someone who's supposed to be dead.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Paul Jackson
7.3/1048 votes#8 - Time Squared
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/3/1989
Stardate: 42679.2. Picard encounters his double from six hours in the future, whose Enterprise had been destroyed.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: N/A
7.1/1046 votes#9 - Contagion
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/20/1989
Stardate: 42609.1. A strange power source disables the Enterprise's computer systems, damages Data's programming and leaves the ship and crew vulnerable to a Romulan attack.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Steve Gerber
7.0/101 votes#10 - Mercy
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/5/1997
Section One is hot on the trail of Tyler, one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. After Tyler kidnaps a young inventor who has created a new, completely un-detectable plastic explosive, Nikita is sent to try and rescue the inventor and keep his knowledge out of Tyler's hands. When the mission is unsuccessful, Nikita is given orders to cancel the inventor, but she refuses. Operations decides that Nikita has crossed the line, and he purposely sends her on a suicide mission to destroy a terrorist hideout. Michael intervenes and gives Nikita the means to escape, but her freedom will change both of their lives forever.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Michael Loceff
7.0/104 votes#11 - Straight and Narrow
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1996
Rusty Dobson has always been a problem child. His single mom decides to send him to the Milgram Academy, an ultra-strict private school that has produced some of the nation's top business and political leaders. What Rusty's mom doesn't know - and what Rusty finds out the hard way - is that Milgram doesn't just build the leaders of tomorrow, it controls them. The academy installs small computer chips in the student's brains, turning them into blindly loyal servants of the academy and The Committee, a shadowy body that controls the project. Thanks to a malfunctioning chip, Rusty has eluded their control so far, but can he escape from this prison of the mind?
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Joel Metzger
7.0/104 votes#12 - The Deprogrammers
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 5/26/1996
With Earth under alien rule and millions dead, the human race has been programmed to slavery. A small band of rebels kidnaps Evan, alien leader Koltok's personal slave. Trent Davis, leader of the rebels, tries to return Evan to his former self through arduous deprogramming sessions. To aid in the process, Evan is reintroduced to his wife Jill. As his sessions progress, Evan learns of the death of his daughter. He agrees to join the rebels and assassinate his former master - with devastating results.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: James Crocker
6.8/104 votes#13 - Resurrection
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/1995
A scientist develops a pill to ""ressurrect"" some ""dead"" criminal men in Metropolis. Clark is jealous because a man who is trying to solve Mayson's murder shows interest on Lois, and she thinks he is attractive.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: N/A
6.7/1052 votes#14 - The Big Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/1988
Stardate: 41997.7. Picard, Dr. Crusher and Data are placed in great danger when the holodeck malfunctions while they are running a Dixon Hill program, which pits them against 1940's mobsters.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Tracy Tormé
6.7/103 votes#15 - The Sentence
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 8/4/1996
Let the punishment fit the crime: an ambitious inventor, Dr. Jack Henson, creates a "" virtual prison"" and wants the government to adopt it nation-wide. Using his invention, convicts serve a life sentence in just a few hours. Henson claims the harsh sentences will ensure that criminals never offend again while the short time required cuts prison costs. He seems to be making his point until they connect an innocent man to the apparatus and the demonstration goes sour. To save the young man's life, Henson must submit to his own invention -- and to a lesson in the true meaning of justice.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Melissa Rosenberg
6.3/1052 votes#16 - Skin of Evil
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/25/1988
Stardate: 41601.3. When Troi's shuttle crashes on an alien planet, a new being is discovered: an entity that thrives on the suffering of others.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Joseph Stefano
6.3/103 votes#17 - The Message
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/16/1995
A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Brad Wright
6.2/103 votes#18 - Unnatural Selection
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1996
Howard and Joanne Sharp are going to have a baby. Like many people in the near future, they are mulling over the possibility of black-market genetic enhancement. The upside is a perfect baby, able to compete with all those other perfect babies created by the popular, but illegal process. The downside is GRS - Genetic Rejection Syndrome - which turns one in every 10,000 genetically enhanced babies into a monster. The Sharps are willing to take the risk and go ahead with the procedure. Then they learn of the dark secret that their neighbors and best friends, Tony and Fran Blake, keep in the basement.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Eric Morris
5.3/109 votes#19 - Virtual Future
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/1995
A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer: Shawn Thompson
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"Inconstant Moon" is the best rated episode directed by Joseph L. Scanlan. It scored 8.4/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by Larry Niven. It aired on 4/12/1996 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Law & Order".