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The Best Episodes Directed By Levar Burton

Every TV Episode Directed by Levar Burton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

LeVar Burton Ratings Summary

"Operation Red Rabbit" is the best rated episode directed by LeVar Burton. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Amy Rutberg. It aired on 4/1/2024 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Spies (1)".

  • Operation Red Rabbit
    10.0/101 votes

    #1 - Operation Red Rabbit

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2024

    When the fiancée of a vanished naval officer seeks the help of NCIS, the team reveals his secrets go much deeper than she suspected. Meanwhile, Sam recruits Kai to be his wingman.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Amy Rutberg

  • Spies (1)
    9.0/103 votes

    #2 - Spies (1)

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2022

    When NCIS investigates the mysterious death of a Navy engineer, Joseph Chan, they learn the last person he met with was his colleague, Maggie Shaw, Jane’s mentor and friend, who’s been kidnapped. Also, David Sola, a New Zealand intelligence service case officer arrives in Hawai’i, following a lead that connects Joseph’s death to a Chinese black op secret agent.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Yakira Chambers

  • Bread Crumbs
    9.0/101 votes

    #3 - Bread Crumbs

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2023

    When Tennant interrogates a suspect during his helicopter transfer and the helicopter crashes, she must utilize her skills to save herself and the other passengers.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Jan Nash

  • Dirty
    8.9/107 votes

    #4 - Dirty

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/19/2014

    When Donnie finds himself in a compromising situation, he calls Pierce for help. As the evidence begins to stack against Donnie, Pierce and Moretti struggle with their own fears and doubts, as they work to solve the case. During the chaos, Pierce must deal with his father after he assaults someone at the assisted living facility.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Jonathan Abrahams

  • High Stakes
    8.7/103 votes

    #5 - High Stakes

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2018

    Percy and Lasalle go undercover at a high-stakes, underground poker game after the organizer targets players with access to a naval research laboratory. Also, Laurel Pride visits her dad during spring break to discuss options after her upcoming graduation.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Ron McGee

  • Silence
    8.6/105 votes

    #6 - Silence

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 8/12/2014

    Donnie and Moretti are caught in the crossfire when a sniper shoots up the lobby of the Federal Building. When Pierce determines that the shooter is afraid of Extreme Low Frequency radio waves, he and Moretti take a trip to the Quiet Zone in Virginia, where they think the shooter is hiding out. Meanwhile, an alluring woman named Shelby Buchanan courts Donnie to run for political office.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Raf Green

  • In Plain Sight
    8.5/102 votes

    #7 - In Plain Sight

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2019

    The NCIS team investigates the murder of Patton's friend, a former Navy Seal gunned down in a drive-by shooting while Patton helplessly watched.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Katherine Beattie

  • Spies and Lies
    8.5/102 votes

    #8 - Spies and Lies

    Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2019

    Navy Lieutenant Max Landry asks the New Orleans field office for help when he suspects his girlfriend is a spy. Also, Lasalle faces another devastating dead end as he searches for his brother’s last known whereabouts.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Brooke Roberts

  • Operation Drano (1)
    8.5/102 votes

    #9 - Operation Drano (1)

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 1/3/2021

    As NCIS investigates a suspicious death and the missing key piece of evidence is a top secret, high tech battery, Pride and the team realize there could be deadly consequences if it falls into the wrong hands.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Chad Gomez Creasey

  • Operation Drano (2)
    8.5/102 votes

    #10 - Operation Drano (2)

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/2021

    When a torpedo hits a fishing trawler at sea, the entire Gulf Coast is in jeopardy as Pride and NCIS race to find the submarine before it can strike again.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Katherine Beattie

  • Timeless
    8.1/1028 votes

    #11 - Timeless

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1998

    Stardate: Unknown. In the future, Harry Kim attempts to correct a mistake he made 15 years earlier, which had resulted in the loss of Voyager during use of experimental engine technology.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Rick Berman

  • Homestead
    8.1/107 votes

    #12 - Homestead

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/2001

    Stardate: 54868.6 - Neelix finds he must make hard choices when he becomes involved in the struggle of Talaxian refugees whose home in an asteroid belt is threatened by alien miners.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Raf Green

  • Viral
    8.0/103 votes

    #13 - Viral

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2017

    Sebastian is placed on administrative leave after his response in a foot chase to apprehend a high-value fugitive is questioned by the FBI. Meanwhile, Pride and the team continue to track the target and try to clear Sebastian’s name.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Chad Gomez Creasey

  • The Accident
    8.0/103 votes

    #14 - The Accident

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2017

    A clinical trial of brain implants in veterans is hacked, and Patton must work alongside his ex-wife who spearheads the project.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Ron McGee

  • Legacy
    8.0/103 votes

    #15 - Legacy

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2018

    After a petty officer is found murdered under a shrimping boat, the NCIS investigation uncovers a conspiracy in the tight-knit local fishing community. Also, Lasalle awaits the final results of the tax fraud investigation into his family’s company.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Chad Gomez Creasey

  • Biased
    8.0/102 votes

    #16 - Biased

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2020

    Racial tensions rise in New Orleans when a white NOPD officer shoots a black Navy officer he believed was armed in the middle of a busy street party.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Talicia Raggs

  • Similitude
    7.7/1021 votes

    #17 - Similitude

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/2003

    When Trip suffers a catastrophic injury, his only hope for survival is a transplant from a "mimetic symbiont" which Phlox grows from one of his exotic creatures.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Manny Coto

  • The Forgotten
    7.7/1020 votes

    #18 - The Forgotten

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/2004

    Two high-ranking Xindi offer to stop the launch of their superweapon if Archer can prove they've been manipulated. Meanwhile, the crew mourns their lost mates.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Chris Black

  • The Pegasus
    7.5/1039 votes

    #19 - The Pegasus

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/1994

    Stardate: 47457.1. Riker is placed on a covert mission to find the missing starship he was once a member aboard, but the mission holds a secret that could destroy the peace treaty between the Federation and the Romulans.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Ronald D. Moore

  • The Augments (3)
    7.5/1019 votes

    #20 - The Augments (3)

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2004

    In defiance of their "father," Arik Soong's Augments devise a heinous plot against the Klingons which will surely lead to interstellar war.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Michael Sussman

  • Demons (1)
    7.5/1020 votes

    #21 - Demons (1)

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2005

    A xenophobic faction of humanity threatens to undermine talks to form a new coalition of planets.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Manny Coto

  • Indiscretion
    7.4/1022 votes

    #22 - Indiscretion

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/1995

    Stardate: Unknown. Kira and Gul Dukat go after the lost prison ship Ravinok. Dukat has a secret. Meanwhile Kasidy Yates tries to find work near Bajor, leaving Sisko uncomfortable.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: N/A

  • Cogenitor
    7.4/1022 votes

    #23 - Cogenitor

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2003

    The Enterprise crew makes first contact with the Vissians, a species with three genders. Trip meets one of the species' third gender, known as Cogenitor, and learns how badly Vissians treat all Cogenitors. Trip attempts to help the Cogenitor, even though it interferes with Vissian culture.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Brannon Braga

  • A Christmas Car-Roll
    7.3/109 votes

    #24 - A Christmas Car-Roll

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2017

    On Christmas Eve, when Walter chooses work over spending quality time with his friends, he falls down the stairs and hits his head, and as he lays unconscious, he enters a dream world where Team Scorpion never existed.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: Paul Grellong

  • First Flight
    7.3/1022 votes

    #25 - First Flight

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2003

    Archer tells T'Pol the story of when he and a rival named A.G. Robinson were in competition for breaking the Warp 2 barrier.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: John Shiban