The Best Episodes Directed By Michael Gornick

Every TV Episode Directed by Michael Gornick Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Devil's Advocate
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Devil's Advocate

    Missing info
    S2:E7

    A hate-style radio host, Mandrake, spews out venom at anyone who calls in. He soon discovers, however, after receiving calls across all of time that he is dead but that the "Boss," has kept him on since he discourages souls and make them more prone to the "Boss'" influence. Mandrake is unable to leave his broadcast booth and finds himself transforming into a demon as he has to continue broadcasting forever, and ever.

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  2. Background image for The Word Processor of the Gods
    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #2 - The Word Processor of the Gods

    Missing info
    S1:E8

    Richard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives him a birthday present: a homemade word processor. Hagstrom soon discovers that anything he types into the processor becomes real, and no one but him knows the difference. He begins with simple experiments, but then wipes out his son from existence. Even his wife is unaware of the changes. As the machine overheats into self-destruction, Hagstrom types in one last story: he makes sure that he and Jonathan's mother married and that Jonathan was his son. As the word processor destroys itself, Hagstrom's final wish becomes reality.

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  3. Background image for Am I a Winner?
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Am I a Winner?

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    S1:E3

    Jude Andrews is convinced that Harlan is the key to the fountain of youth.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Final Blow....

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    S1:E7

    Harlan, Terry, Gina, and General Crewes head to a safe house lead by one of Francie's former anti-establishment hippie friends.

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  5. Background image for The Circus
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Circus

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    S3:E1

    A skeptical journalist travels on assignment to a sideshow. Seated in a small theatre, he is greeted by a perverse caretaker/M.C. who promises (in seemingly generic fashion) to unearth strange, horrible, and presumably fake creatures. The journalist nevertheless feels disgusted when he sees a demonic vampire devour an actual lamb. He chastizes the caretaker for endorsing such horrific "entertainment". However, when fully realizing that these are actual CREATURES, the startled journalist attempts to flee the circus and unknowingly retreats into the arms of the vampire. The caretaker subsequently transforms him into a new exhibit, currently on display for the faithful flock of sideshow attendants who DELIGHT in being frightened.

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    4.7/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Slippage

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    S1:E6

    A young ad-design artist begins to literally "slip" out of reality. Slowly but surely he seems to be fading out of existence: first his payroll checks disappear, then his high school not only fails to mail him about their reunion, but has no records of his existence. The artist soon realizes that since he's drifted through life, he's basically "slipping through the cracks". Even his mother has no memory of him. At the end, even his wife and best friend (now the woman's husband in this new reality) forget he ever existed.

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  7. Background image for The Feverman
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Feverman

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    S1:E1

    An unusual healer is a man's last hope for his ailing daughter.

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Michael Gornick Ratings Summary

"The Devil's Advocate" is the best rated episode directed by Michael Gornick. It scored 7/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by George A. Romero. It aired on 11/10/1985 and is rated 1.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Word Processor of the Gods".