The Best Episodes Directed By Leslie Hope

#1 - Where the Dead Men Lost Their Bones

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/2016

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Glenn Davis

#2 - Redcoat

Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 5/2/2024

Stabler struggles to keep his rank as part of the farm's inner circle when his biggest ally is questioned. The team discovers the identity of their top target.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Liz Sagal

#3 - Fall from Grace

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2024

Former classmates of Cassandra's discover a dead body at the marina.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Sherry White

#4 - Monster

Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2022

Kai goes undercover as a chef in a local restaurant to gather intel on a notorious criminal kingpin who has a connection to the eatery. Also, Jane discovers that a school on the mainland has recruited Alex on a baseball scholarship, which he's kept secret from his family.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Ron McGee

#5 - Free Radicals (2)

Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/18/2020

While the Knights look for ways to protect themselves, Alyssa gives Jack a job: find the "magic tourist" who's been wreaking havoc on campus.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Dennis Heaton

#6 - Secrets and Lies

Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2018

Brackenreid helps a friend in the case of a missing woman and learns he's closer to the case than he thought.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Peter Mitchell

#7 - Homecoming (2)

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2019

While the Order hunts for werewolves on campus, Jack and Alyssa flee with Renee's necrophone, a tool used to communicate with the dead.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Penny E. Gummerson

#8 - Sorry If It Got Weird for You

Season 23 Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/2022

The creator of a dating app is accused of using it to rape women. Velasco's experience as an SVU detective is put on trial.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Bryan Goluboff

#9 - State of the Union

Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/2021

Axel and Julius awaken in the Sunshine Unit, where a familiar face reveals the truth about their injuries. At Fort Collins, Violet and Ivory must convince their captors they are not traitors.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Matt Venables

#10 - Homecoming (1)

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2019

As the Order prepares to conduct a dangerous, sinister spell, the Knights enlist Jack to sabotage their plans.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Jason Filiatrault

#11 - The Butterfly

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/8/2023

Miep must choose between her morals and best friend; Jan's involvement with the resistance deepens.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Ben Esler

#12 - Scheissfeld

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/2023

Jan refuses to abandon a dangerous mission, and Miep fears for his life.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: William Harper

#13 - Many Miles from Snowpiercer

Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2021

Melanie fights for survival in treacherous conditions, vying to do what others before her could not.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#14 - Ghosts of Illyria

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2022

The U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a contagion that ravages the ship. One by one, the entire crew is incapacitated except for Number One, Una Chin-Riley, who must now confront a secret she’s been hiding as she races to find a cure.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Akela Cooper

#15 - Pirates of the Great Lakes

Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2019

As Murdoch helps an Italian detective recover a shipload of stolen antiquities, Brackenreid considers shipping out.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Dan Trotta

#16 - A Moth to a Flame

Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/1/2024

Layton learns who was responsible for the experiments on Josie and Liana, before also finding out who froze the world.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#17 - Counselor, It's Chinatown

Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2019

The SVU joins an under cover task force in busting a human trafficking ring.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Julie Martin

#18 - Keep Hope Alive

Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2021

Layton and Miss Audrey make a risky play for Big Alice, but Wilford has his own plans.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#19 - 15 Years

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2020

After months of dead ends, the Evans family receives information that could finally lead them to Piper; Ed helps Mia as she tries to send Piper a message; Alex and Chris stumble upon a mysterious shipment in the harbor.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: David H. Goodman

#20 - Dance, Lies and Videotape

Season 21 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2020

An ingénue ballerina discovers she’s been secretly videotaped for a pornographic website.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Warren Leight

#21 - Life Source

Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2024

Layton demands to use Big Alice to rescue Liana. Ruth, now Mayor of New Eden, refuses because it's the town's power supply. Layton makes Javi jury-rig a solution, giving them three weeks of electricity.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#22 - North Star

Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/2024

Big Alice catches up to Snowpiercer. Milius radios them, inviting Layton over. Sensing a trap, Layton and Josie sneak onto Snowpiercer. Nima is worried Layton will be gassed and attempts to disarm the Greenhouse Car.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#23 - By Weeping Cross

Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 9/8/2024

Big Alice pulls into New Eden. Layton, Josie, and Liana sit stranded in the middle of nowhere, freezing to death, when a masked soldier appears. Can he rescue them? Alex finds herself in danger.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: N/A

#24 - Free Radicals (1)

Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2020

After having the Knights' memories wiped, Vera plans to induct them into the Order. But her new pledges prove hard to control.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Dennis Heaton

#25 - Echoes

Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 12/24/2019

The Robinsons' dreams of a happy reunion fade when they realize something's very wrong aboard the Resolute. Smith seizes a chance to clear her name.

Director: Leslie Hope

Writer: Liz Sagal