The Best Episodes Directed By Michael Hurst
Every TV Episode Directed by Michael Hurst Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Michael Hurst Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Michael Hurst is "Lifeblood", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by N/A". "Lifeblood" aired on 3/13/2000 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "To Helicon and Back".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Lifeblood
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2000
Xena and Gabrielle travel to the Amazon village to make baby Eve an Amazon princess and find that they must stop a war instead.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - To Helicon and Back
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2001
Gabrielle leads the Amazons on a rescue mission to Helicon to save Queen Varia from the vengeful half-god son of Artemis, who's bent on destroying every Amazon.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Liz Friedman
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - ...And Fancy Free
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1997
Hercules two-steps his way into the Panathenaia to help a teenager fulfill her dream of winning the cutthroat dance competition.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Roberto Orci
8.7/10 3 votes#4 - A Day in the Life
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1997
Xena and Gabrielle spend a day trying to save two villages, one from a band of thugs, the other from a giant, while getting on each other's nerves and trying to not kill on another.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: R.J. Stewart
8.3/10 24 votes#5 - The Dead and the Dying
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/2013
Crassus learns that a fellow prominent Roman is attempting to steal the glory of defeating Spartacus. Spartacus aims to secure a bargaining chip he can use against the Romans.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
8.3/10 3 votes#6 - Wild Life
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/2021
Harry asks Alexa to look into the case of his friend accused of murdering a survival expert.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Malinna Liang
8.3/10 3 votes#7 - Pleasure and Pain
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/18/2021
Alexa investigates the death of a self-help guru and ends up in a cat-and-mouse game with the victim's mysterious wife.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Jodie Molloy
8.3/10 3 votes#8 - It Takes Two
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/29/2022
When Alexa investigates the death of a young teacher at a tango club, it's not clear who is leading whom in a dangerous dance to discover the truth.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Malinna Liang
8.0/10 34 votes#9 - Shadow Games
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/19/2010
Batiatus is presented with a gladiatorial opportunity of a lifetime. Spartacus and Crixus must overcome their mutual hostility to fight as a team against a legendary and unbeaten opponent.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Miranda Kwok
8.0/10 31 votes#10 - Whore
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/2010
Batiatus breaks the news that Spartacus is to service the richest woman in Rome.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Daniel Knauf
8.0/10 27 votes#11 - Revelations
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/16/2010
Lucretia and Batiatus await the arrival of Glaber with the intentions to receive his patronage, while Spartacus focuses his attention on his plan for revenge.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Brent Fletcher
8.0/10 2 votes#12 - Playing the Lie
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2014
A group of erstwhile members of the Brokenwood Golf Club, committee members no less, have gathered for their regular Wednesday morning round. They are playing their approaches to the first green when a zombie-like figure lurches from the early-morning gloom, coming towards them. It takes the golfers a moment or two (apparently) to realise this is actually Adele Stone, the Club owner - her face red and blistering; gasping desperately for breath. Then she falls from sight, into a greenside bunker. By the time the guys get to her, Ms Stone is very much dead. And so Mike and Kristin are called to investigate what appears to be homicide by poisoning.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: James Griffin
8.0/10 3 votes#13 - The Village
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/2022
Alexa investigates a death at an upscale retirement village where a quiet life is the last thing residents want, and where her brother's involvement with the victims feels too close to home.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Shoshana McCallum
7.6/10 50 votes#14 - The Killer of Killers
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2015
Thanks to his drug-induced vision, Ash knows what to do with the Necronomicon. Pablo and Kelly notice something ominous. Ash promises to visit Lem, but Fisher shows up for an almighty showdown with her former boss.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Nate Crocker
7.5/10 24 votes#15 - Chosen Path
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2012
Spartacus and his rebels train hard to keep their new sanctuary safe while Glaber's forces are made stronger with the enlistment of some new deadly recruits. Lucretia and Ilithyia become close again.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Misha Green
7.3/10 46 votes#16 - Fire in the Hole
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2015
Ash, Pablo and Kelly, now joined by Fisher, arrive at the survivalist camp in the midst of chaos and must go to extreme measures to escape. Meanwhile, more is revealed of Ruby’s mission.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Sean Clements
7.2/10 22 votes#17 - Decimation
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2013
The possible infiltration of a Roman spy causes tension to mount between Spartacus and his men. Crassus resurrects a long abandoned form of Roman punishment to teach his soldiers a brutal lesson.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Seamus Kevin Fahey
7.2/10 4 votes#18 - Lightning Strikes
Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2023
Bajillia enlists Lord Zedd to lead her armies in an intergalactic war — and things only get worse when the two capture a Power Ranger for their team.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - A Tale of Two Muses
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1998
Xena and Gabrielle help their friend Tara, to change an oppressed town where dancing is outlawed, and they include Autolycus in their plans to cut footloose and fancy free.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Gillian Horvath
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/2016
George lands a scoop on the first day of his new job at the newspaper, but why is he under orders not to write about an eight year old mystery that's gripping Weld?
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Maxine Fleming
7.0/10 1 votes#21 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/2016
George's house is bursting with teenagers and he gets another chance to buy his dream house in Weld after all. But is it serendipity or just a bad idea?
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Kate McDermott
7.0/10 1 votes#22 - Episode 10
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/7/2017
George and Fiona put the heat on their new relationship with a dinner party. However, if they're to survive as a couple, there are many dramas to overcome both in and out of the kitchen.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Michael Beran
5.5/10 2 votes#23 - Who's Gurkhan?
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000
Gabrielle sets out on a rescue mission to North Africa with the gang in tow, when she discovers her neice has been kidnapped by an elusive warlord named Gurkhan.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: N/A
5.5/10 2 votes#24 - Superstition Strikes
Season 28 Episode 6 - Aired 4/3/2021
Amelia thinks she's cursed with bad luck and is reluctant to help the Rangers, afraid she'll cause more harm; Amelia learns the truth about luck when monsters attack the base.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Maiya Thompson
5.5/10 2 votes#25 - Unexpected Guest
Season 28 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2021
A familiar face arrives on Earth and Zayto dismisses his quest as a distraction; after he saves the Rangers from a powerful Sporix Beast, Zayto realizes an important lesson.
Director: Michael Hurst
Writer: Maiya Thompson