8.0/101 votes#1 - Money Crop
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/1975
A college-educated farmer named Joe moves to Walnut Grove with his pregnant wife. He tells the Walnut Grove-area farmers of a new hybrid of corn that would produce good crops, to which the farmers are very enthused. They decide to buy some of this new seed. While on the way back to Walnut Grove with the seed, Joe gets into an accident, as the farmers wait for his return.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: John Meston
7.7/1024 votes#2 - Any Old Port in a Storm
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1973
A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Stanley Ralph Ross
7.5/102 votes#3 - Torah, Torah, Torah
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/28/1985
Higgins asks Magnum to collect an old friend, Asher Solomon, from the airport – who Magnum finds is a Rabbi, arriving in Hawaii with a sacred Torah that was recently returned by the Antiquities Department of Taiwan. But on the journey back to the Estate, they are ambushed and the valuable Torah is grabbed from the Rabbi. As Magnum helps the Rabbi try to recover the sacred artefact, their search leads them to a ring of smugglers...
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.3/1052 votes#4 - The Enemy Within
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1966
A transporter malfunction causes Captain Kirk to split into his "good" and "evil" selves, and a landing party will freeze to death if they don't merge the two back together.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Richard Matheson
7.0/101 votes#5 - Any Portrait in a Storm
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1985
Dean takes off for Florida, leaving Maddy alone to face the future; Myra gives birth to a son, Peter; Hufnagel haggles over her latest bill; Rosenthal struggles with life in the ER; the phone repairman is electrocuted; Dr. Auschlander, angry about his portrait, cancels the dedication ceremony; and Martin returns to medical practice.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#6 - The Naked and the Dead
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/1985
Dr. Westphall tries to deal with his critical sister-in-law and a reluctant hospital board; Luther becomes Axelrod's personal trainer; Roxanne asks Chandler to her recital; Rosenthal worries over the threats of an assaulted teenager; Dr. Caldwell's questionable behavior continues at the hospital; and Dr. Craig proves to be of little help to his grieving wife.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Russ Woody
7.0/101 votes#7 - Santa Claus is Dead
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1985
Axelrod tries to keep Santa Claus alive after he collapses at a children's party; Ehrlich tries to brighten the holiday for his only obstetrical patient; Lizzie's boy friend finds the Westphalls' Christmas depressing; and Dr. Craig overindulges at his Christmas party.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Tom Fontana
7.0/102 votes#8 - There Were Giants in the Earth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1965
John discovers that the planet they are on will travel further from the sun.In an attempt to survive the Robinsons pack up and head south. Dr Smith stays at the Jupiter 2 site while the Robinson family encounter a terrifying cyclops and an ancient deserted city.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#9 - Ma's Holiday
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1974
Charles and Caroline decide to go on a second honeymoon and leave Mr. Edwards in charge of the children. The honeymoon doesn't turn out very well because Caroline keeps worrying about the children. Back at home, Mr. Edwards has his hands full with Carrie.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Dale Eunson
7.0/101 votes#10 - The Voice of Tinker Jones
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1974
The town becomes divided when Mrs. Oleson offers to buy a bell for the church, but only if she can put up a plaque. The differences and arguing begin to affect the school children. A mute craftsman, Tinker Jones, steps in and with the help of the school children, is able to make a bell.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
6.9/1016 votes#12 - The Conspirators
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/1978
An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Howard Berk
6.7/1019 votes#13 - Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/1989
Lt. Columbo delves into the world of magic, ESP and slight of hand as he investigates the death of a magician, and there appears to be a tie to a prodigal psychic supported by a government founded institute on parapsychology.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: William Read Woodfield
6.0/101 votes#14 - Heal Thyself
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1982
When Karen Harmon, a nurse whom Magnum knew in Vietnam whom was once traumatised when a wounded soldier she was treating was killed in a bombing, and is now a doctor, is accused of the murder of three patients in her care, he is determined to help her clear her name. All but one of the entire hospital board believe her to be guilty, and when his offer of help is rejected by Karen and her now husband, Thomas feels compelled to look into the case anyway. A hounding reporter determined for a story does not help the issue; and the whole matter only serves to trigger off delayed stress syndrome for Karen from that fateful bombing in 'Nam...
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
6.0/101 votes#15 - This Island Isn't Big Enough....
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/13/1986
When Rick's boat returns from a cruise deserted, Magnum searches for the answers to what has happened to his friend and the passengers on-board, who are all presumed dead. His hunt is somewhat hampered by the separate investigation of a law officer who models himself on John Wayne, but as they both try to get to the bottom of the strange disappearance of the boat's passengers, they stumble upon a plot involving mobsters and two million dollars in counterfeit money...
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Chris Abbott
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"Money Crop" is the best rated episode directed by Leo Penn. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by John Meston. It aired on 2/19/1975 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Any Old Port in a Storm".
