10.0/101 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2006
The team investigates a millionaire whose wife has disappeared, and who is suspected of killing her. On the personal front, Angela goes to visit her father in prison for the first time in over ten years, but still has trouble letting her guard down about her past with her new boyfriend.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: N/A
10.0/102 votes#2 - Rubble With A Cause
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/10/2009
A building collapses on one of Mary's witnesses, leaving him exposed to outside threats, so Mary has to risk her life in order to keep her witness safe.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: N/A
10.0/101 votes#3 - Jailbait
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 7/12/2009
The barely legal daughter of Mary's witness – a Miami racketeer – finds herself in a dangerous romance, just as Raph's mother visits to prepare an engagement feast for the surprised Mary.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Lynne E. Litt
10.0/101 votes#4 - Coma Chameleon
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2010
ATF agent Wade Guthrie is shot and left for dead by gun trader Jasper Malone. After three years in a coma, he wakes to find the world he left behind has drastically changed.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Kim Newton
10.0/101 votes#5 - I'm a Liver Not a Fighter
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/19/2011
A terminally ill father wants to reconcile with his children.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Michael Reisz
10.0/101 votes#6 - Sacrificial Lam
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/27/2012
Having slipped through the fingers of the FBI, James Shannon is on the run again and heading for the border, but first he must stop to take care of a little unfinished business. Agent O'Connor, convinced that she was somehow involved in James' escape, places Mary under investigation, but when he refuses to listen to her suggestions about the possible whereabouts of her father, the manhunt ends in tragedy.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: N/A
9.0/107 votes#7 - Decoy
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2013
After capturing Drew Thompson, Raylan must find a way to get him past Boyd and the Detroit mob henchmen who've been sent to stop him.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Graham Yost
9.0/103 votes#8 - Thunderstruck
Season 19 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2022
On the heels of life-changing news, a thunderstorm hits Grey Sloan. The attending surgeons and interns work together to save an injured reporter and family affected by the storm. Meanwhile, a beloved author undergoes a risky surgery, and complications from the storm arise.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez
8.4/1047 votes#9 - Allen
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/29/2005
Michael seeks help of his fellow prison inhabitants to execute his escape plans.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Paul T. Scheuring
8.3/1031 votes#10 - Dreamland II (2)
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 12/6/1998
Mulder is thrown in jail at the Area 51 compound but is released when it is discovered that the flight data recorder he stole was a fake. Scully comes to her senses and realizes that the Mulder she sees isn't who he really is and heads back to Nevada to help the real Mulder. Meanwhile, the mechanism that caused the body swap is rapidly snapping back, undoing everything in its wake, and Mulder and his alter ego must race to put themselves back where they belong.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
8.3/1015 votes#11 - Cottonmouth
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2011
Raylan's hunt for a killer puts him on a collision course with the Bennett clan, while Boyd plots a heist with treacherous new partners.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Taylor Elmore
8.2/1031 votes#12 - Dreamland (1)
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/29/1998
While being detained near the famed "Dreamland" Area 51, a strange craft flies overhead and Mulder swaps bodies with an Area 51 "Man-in-Black". While the other agent has fun in Mulder's body, Mulder himself finds it difficult to fit into someone else's life, especially a shadowy one. Mulder contacts Scully about the body swap and tries to get her the flight data recorder from the UFO test flight, but his alter ego uses Mulder's FBI persona to have him arrested.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
8.1/1013 votes#13 - The Spoil
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2011
Raylan is assigned to protect a local coal mine executive as she tries to buy up land for the company but faces opposition from the Bennett clan.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Dave Andron
8.1/1035 votes#14 - Anslo Garrick (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2013
Liz infiltrates the blacksite and disarms the signal jammers to call in backup but runs into trouble along the way. The fate of Ressler hangs in the balance as Red tries to bargain with Anslo Garrick. Meanwhile, Tom becomes increasingly worried about Liz’ situation and the fate of Red is unknown.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Lukas Reiter
8.1/1028 votes#15 - Berlin: Conclusion (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2014
Liz is forced to reunite with Red in order to track down Berlin.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votes#16 - End Of Watch
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2007
Don and the team reopen a cold case when a LAPD badge turns up at a construction site. When Charlie joins the investigation, they attempt to track down the owner of the badge, an officer who has been missing 17 years. Meanwhile, Alan is informed that he's being sued.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Robert Port
8.0/103 votes#17 - I'm Still Standing
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 5/27/2021
Levi gets accepted into the vaccine trial. Meanwhile, Amelia and Owen treat a car crash patient, and Hayes and Jo are met with Luna’s legal guardian.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Meg Marinis
8.0/102 votes#18 - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Season 18 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2021
The doctors celebrate the holidays; Hamilton and Meredith prepare for a milestone on their project; Link wants to spend the holiday with Amelia and Scout as a family; Schmitt is faced with a difficult decision during surgery.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Jase Miles-Perez
8.0/101 votes#19 - Blind Spot
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2011
The team finds themselves under siege by an undetectable Alpha when they bring in a potential Red Flag member for questioning.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Ira Steven Behr
7.9/1028 votes#20 - Arcadia
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/1999
On their first official case back on the X-Files, Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple at a prestigious planned community where several residents have recently disappeared after failing to comply with the rules and regulations.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Daniel Arkin
7.8/1013 votes#21 - Hope
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2011
It’s personal for Garcia when the BAU investigate the disappearance of a woman in her survivors’ support group whose daughter went missing seven years earlier.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Kimberly A. Harrison
7.8/1033 votes#22 - The Cyprus Agency
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2014
After a recent spate of abductions of babies from their mothers, Red informs Liz that the "Cyprus Agency" is the illegal adoption organization responsible. Coincidentally, Liz and Tom contemplate adoption of their own which fuels Liz to track down the organizations CEO, Owen Mallory.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Lukas Reiter
7.7/1011 votes#23 - A Thin Line
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2012
The BAU team investigates a series of brutal home invasions and murders in California's Inland Empire that appear to be gang-related, but their investigation may uncover a more sinister motivation.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Virgil Williams
7.7/103 votes#24 - Sing It Again
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 4/2/2020
Owen and Link treat an older woman who wakes up from surgery and can’t stop singing, while Teddy helps Koracick stay afloat after an estranged loved one from his past comes to the hospital looking for help. Meredith, Bailey and Maggie focus their efforts on a difficult patient with a tricky diagnosis.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Jess Righthand
7.6/1014 votes#25 - Cool Change
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2000
A man is killed after winning a fortune and then dumping his girlfriend. So, Grissom, Nick, and newcomer to the CSI team, Sara Sidel, investigate this one. Holly Gribbs is in the hospital and Warrick is up for suspension for leaving her at the crime scene by herself. Holly later dies in the hospital, but Grissom doesn't suspend Warrick.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by Michael W. Watkins. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 7/16/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Rubble With A Cause".