8.0/106 votes#1 - Father and Mother
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/2/2007
Chiyo and Sakura take cover, and Sasori wastes no time unleashing a ruthless attack.
Director: Masaki Takano
Writer: Satoru Nishizono
8.0/103 votes#2 - The Tenchi Bridge
Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 12/13/2007
Yamato disguises himself as Sasori after creating a wood replica of Hiruko, and goes to meet the spy. The spy turns out to be Orochimaru's right-hand man, Kabuto Yakushi, who reveals the location of Orochimaru's current hideout to Yamato. Orochimaru interrupts the meeting, appearing to attack Kabuto, and while it initially appears that Orochimaru has come after Kabuto, Kabuto attacks Yamato and reveals that he is truly loyal to Orochimaru. Orochimaru calls out Naruto, Sakura and Sai from where they are hiding and observing the meeting, and prepares to fight the team.
Director: Masaki Takano
Writer: Satoru Nishizono
5.7/103 votes#3 - Deprived of Eternal Sleep
Season 3 Episode 57 - Aired 5/8/2008
Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato head out for a new mission near the Fire Temple. When the other party fails to show up at the rendezvous point, the team gets separated and Naruto stumbles upon one of the four hidden tombs they came to protect. Due to a misunderstanding, he fights one of the monks-in-training from the Fire Temple, Sora, who also uses wind chakra based techniques. After the confusion, the monks and Team Kakashi travel to the Fire Temple, and Naruto recognizes it from his nightmare.
Director: Masaki Takano
Writer: Yasuyuki Suzuki
5.0/103 votes#4 - Despair
Season 3 Episode 69 - Aired 7/31/2008
Furido releases Sora's seal, and tells him the truth: Sora is a pseudo-Jinchuuriki. The chakra that had leaked from the Nine Tailed Fox when it attacked Konoha 15 and a half years ago was harvested and implanted into Sora. Just then, Asuma arrives at the scene with Naruto. Asuma recognizes Furido and it is revealed that he is Kazuma, Sora's father. Yamato, Sakura, Kiba, Lee, Ino, Choji and Shikamaru also turn up. Enraged, Sora wants to destroy everything, and turns into the Three-Tailed form of the Nine-tails. However, Yamato is unable to restrain him, because he does not have the First's necklace on him.
Director: Masaki Takano
Writer: Masahiro Hikokubo
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"Father and Mother" is the best rated episode directed by Masaki Takano. It scored 8/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by Satoru Nishizono. It aired on 8/2/2007 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Tenchi Bridge".