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
The best episode directed by LeVar Burton is "Operation Red Rabbit", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Amy Rutberg". "Operation Red Rabbit" aired on 4/1/2024 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Spies (1)".
10.0/10 1 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
9.0/10 3 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
9.0/10 1 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
8.9/10 7 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
8.7/10 3 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
8.6/10 5 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
8.5/10 2 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
8.5/10 2 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
8.5/10 2 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
8.5/10 2 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
8.1/10 28 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
8.1/10 7 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
8.0/10 3 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
8.0/10 3 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
8.0/10 3 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
8.0/10 2 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
7.7/10 21 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
7.7/10 20 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
7.5/10 19 votes#19 - 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
7.5/10 38 votes#20 - 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
7.5/10 20 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
7.4/10 22 votes#22 - 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
7.4/10 22 votes#23 - 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
7.3/10 9 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
7.3/10 22 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