The Best Episodes Directed By Lawrence Trilling

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.9/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Full Disclosure

   S3:E111/11/2004

   Sydney finally learns the shocking truth about her missing two years from an unlikely source.

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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #2 - The Index

   S4:E103/9/2005

   Dixon enlists Sydney to help him prove that Sloane is double-crossing the CIA and using APO to steal the Blackwell Index, a master blackmail list, and to reconstruct the Alliance. Sydney makes her way into Sloane's house so as to copy the encryption key from his secure phone and crack his calls. When Nadia finds her, she becomes disappointed in her sister. Meanwhile, Vaughn discovers something disturbing about his father when he visits his comatose uncle.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #3 - The Getaway

   S2:E121/12/2003

   While Alliance counterintelligence head Ariana Kane tracks Sydney in order to catch her fugitive father, Jack elicits Irina's help in finding Sloane's blackmailer. Meanwhile, Sydney and Vaughn risk exposing their covers to SD-6 when they share a romantic dinner together while on a case in France.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #4 - The Awful Truth

   S4:E31/12/2005

   Sydney must seduce a murderous arms dealer in order to track down a stolen NSA code-breaker. Meanwhile, Vaughn fears for Weiss's life, and Sydney and Jack argue about telling Nadia the truth about her mother.

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   #5 - Nightingale

   S4:E144/6/2005

   Sydney and Vaughn risk their lives trying to find out the truth about Vaughn's father. Finally, we find out why Jack and Sloane seem to be conspiring together against Sydney and Vaughn.

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Search and Rescue

   S4:E215/18/2005

   Rambaldi's catastrophic endgame begins to fall into place as a giant red ball version of the Circumference/Mueller device is found floating over a large city in Russia, driving the citizens mad with violence. After a wounded Dixon reveals that Irina is alive, Sydney, Nadia, and Jack set off to find her.

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   #7 - Countdown

   S2:E204/27/2003

   A Rambaldi artifact prophesizes that an apocalyptic event will soon take place, and Dixon's grief leads Vaughn and agency psychologist Dr. Barnett to question his intentions, as his thirst for revenge on Sloane intensifies. Meanwhile Sloane receives a life-changing revelation from a mysterious monk in Nepal, Sydney and Dixon hunt for the killer who stole the heart from his victim.

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   #8 - A Missing Link

   S3:E410/19/2003

   Sydney discovers a link to her missing two years in the form of Simon Walker, the dangerous and sexy leader of a group determined on retrieving deadly biological weapons. Meanwhile, Vaughn struggles with his own feelings of jealousy and longing while Sydney is on her mission, aware of the pressures his job is putting on his marriage to Lauren. Jack takes matters into his own hands to protect his daughter, purposefully revealing Sydney's deadly secret to Dixon in order to preserve her position inside the CIA.

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   #9 - The Nemesis

   S3:E611/2/2003

   Sydney's emotions are turned inside-out when she comes face-to-face with Allison, Francie's doppelgänger, who was presumed dead but is now a key figure in The Covenant. Meanwhile Lauren's search for Lazarey's murderer leads her closer to discovering a connection to Sydney, and Sydney begrudgingly is assigned as Sloane's CIA handler.

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    #10 - Legacy

    S3:E215/2/2004

    With the aid of Katya Derevko and CIA imprisoned security systems designer Toni Cummings, Sydney and Vaughn attempt to track down Sloane and Nadia. But Lauren and Sark are also in hot pursuit of them in order to uncover the secrets of Rambaldi. Meanwhile, Vaughn's obsession with tracking down Lauren is beginning to consume him, Sydney and Vaughn turn the tables on an old foe, and Katya expresses her attraction to Jack.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Nocturne

    S4:E62/9/2005

    After being infected with a hallucinogen, Sydney starts to lose touch with reality. Vaughn and Jack must rush to find an antidote before Sydney puts her life - and others next to her - into danger.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #12 - A Clean Conscience

    S4:E174/27/2005

    Nadia's former caretaker, Sophia, has been severely beaten. She contacts Nadia and asks to meet her. Sloane is told by Sophia that she was beaten up, because someone is trying to track Nadia down, so he and Jack decide to tell their daughters the truth – Elena Derevko, the third and the most cruelest of the Derevko sisters, has been surveilling both Sydney and Nadia for a decade. Meanwhile, Jack's doctor advises him to tell Sydney about his illness.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Mirage

    S4:E185/4/2005

    Jack's illness has caused him to hallucinate about a cure. Sydney must recreate the time when Jack was working for the CIA and hid the only man who might be able to help him now. For this, Sydney must play her own mother. Meanwhile, Sophia moves in with Sydney and Nadia.

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    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man

    S2:E57/25/2003

    Captain Stottlemeyer takes a page from the book of Monk in order to determine why anyone would want to murder the world's oldest man.

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    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Where We Belong

    S2:E104/30/2026

    Kong and Titan X face off in a colossal clash that threatens to reshape Skull Island. Shaw embarks on a dangerous journey.

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    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Ends of the Earth

    S2:E94/23/2026

    Monarch and the team head to Skull Island. Cate tries to reason with Kentaro and stop Isabel. Shaw and Keiko search for Billy's long-lost rift.

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    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #17 - Cause and Effect

    S2:E12/26/2026

    Decades after being presumed dead, Keiko's return shocks Monarch. Cate defies orders to save Shaw—and unleashes a terrifying new Titan.

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    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Resonance

    S2:E23/5/2026

    Lee and Keiko investigate a secretive village with a cult devoted to a mysterious creature. Cate crosses paths with a deadly stowaway.

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    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Blowback

    S3:E143/7/2004

    While trying to retrieve a bomb, Sydney and Vaughn are ambushed by unidentified assailants. Meanwhile, Lauren and Sark continue to solidify their new partnership, Sloane divulges a dark secret to Dr. Barnett and Marshall shows the strains of new fatherhood.

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    7.3/10(63 votes)

    #20 - The Lady in the Lake

    S2:E11/19/2016

    Peggy moves to the City of Angels to help Chief Daniel Sousa at the West Coast Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) investigate a bizarre homicide involving an alleged killer and Isodyne Energy, and reunites with some familiar faces.

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    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Taken

    S3:E163/21/2004

    Sydney attempts to rescue Dixon's kids after they are kidnapped by Sark, Lauren's status as a double agent is put to the test when she learns that she has to work with her father, and Sloane is framed as a CIA mole.

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    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Before the Flood

    S4:E225/25/2005

    Jack, Sydney, Irina, Vaughn and Nadia parachute into Sovogda. They're supposed to dismantle a giant red ball turning people into zombies. At APO, Marshall and Weiss use the Blackwell Index to blackmail the Russian minister into giving them the access codes to a Russian satellite, they discover that Elena is uplinking the satellite. A CIA agent, Brodien reminds them that the Rambaldi device is broadcasting a subaudible frequency that physiologically alters people who drink it and it is irreversible. Elena learns of the APO team's arrival.

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    7.1/10(56 votes)

    #23 - A View in the Dark

    S2:E21/19/2016

    Peggy discovers her murder investigation has huge ramifications that can destroy her career, as well as everyone near and dear to her.

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    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Seven-Four

    S1:E58/2/2017

    Franklin’s indecision causes issues at Jerome’s 4th of July BBQ. Teddy and Alejandro are stranded. Lucia’s family vets Gustavo.

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