The Best Episodes Directed By Levar Burton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Brannon Braga

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: LeVar Burton

Writer: Manny Coto

Stardate: 49447. When Voyager encounters a Cardassian missile ship in the Delta Quadrant named 'Dreadnought', B'Elanna must disarm it before it destroys a planet with millions of innocent people.

Director: LeVar Burton

Writer: Gary Holland

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

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

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