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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 19 Episode 6 - Thunderstruck
    9.3/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Thunderstruck

    S19:E6

    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
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  2. undefined Season 18 Episode 8 - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
    9.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

    S18:E8

    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
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  3. undefined Season 16 Episode 20 - Sing It Again
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Sing It Again

    S16:E20

    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
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  4. undefined Season 15 Episode 3 - Gut Feeling
    8.7/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Gut Feeling

    S15:E3

    Meredith works on a patient who happens to specialize in matchmaking, and a seemingly drunk patient pushes Richard's buttons and gives him a medical mystery to solve. Meanwhile, Maggie tries to reach Teddy after bearing the burden of her secret becomes overwhelming as she struggles with issues in her own personal life.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  5. undefined Season 17 Episode 16 - I'm Still Standing
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #5 - I'm Still Standing

    S17:E16

    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
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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Allen
    8.4/10(59 votes)

    #6 - Allen

    S1:E2

    Michael seeks help of his fellow prison inhabitants to execute his escape plans.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  7. undefined Season 17 Episode 5 - Fight the Power
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Fight the Power

    S17:E5

    Bailey panics as she hears there has been a surge of COVID-19 cases, knowing she has loved ones in an assisted living facility. Meanwhile, Jackson and Richard team up against Catherine to teach her a lesson, and Teddy continues to try to mend her frayed relationships. After an intense surgery, Jo is uncertain about her future.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  8. undefined Season 16 Episode 17 - Life on Mars?
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Life on Mars?

    S16:E17

    A wealthy inventor arrives at Grey Sloan and asks Koracick for help, while Meredith struggles to save a woman with diabetes who has been rationing her insulin. Jo and Link fight to save a young man who fell onto train tracks, and Jackson and Vic's relationship hits a snag.

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  9. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - Dreamland II (2)
    8.3/10(48 votes)

    #9 - Dreamland II (2)

    S6:E5

    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
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  10. undefined Season 6 Episode 4 - Dreamland (1)
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Dreamland (1)

    S6:E4

    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
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  11. undefined Season 17 Episode 13 - Good as Hell
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Good as Hell

    S17:E13

    Amidst the need for more surgeons, Jo tries to convince Bailey to let her switch specialties. Elsewhere, Link accuses Amelia of overstepping while he is treating a patient remotely, and Winston comes up with an out-of-the-box idea.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  12. undefined Season 16 Episode 4 - It's Raining Men
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #12 - It's Raining Men

    S16:E4

    After Meredith inadvertently stirs up negative press for Grey Sloan, she tries to make things right with her former colleagues, jeopardizing her community service hours. Station 19’s Ben and Vic bring a young woman into the hospital, and Jackson stands up to Koracick when he goes too far with a patient’s family. Meanwhile, Bailey receives unexpected news; and Owen finds himself at Pac-Gen North, which Alex sees as a recruiting opportunity.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Jitters
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Jitters

    S1:E8

    An experiment at the Luthor fertilizer plant makes an old friend of the Kents literally shake and jitter, and he seeks vengeance against the Luthors, who hide the secret of his transformation behind "Level Three" at the local plant.

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  14. undefined Season 6 Episode 15 - Arcadia
    8.0/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Arcadia

    S6:E15

    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
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  15. undefined Season 18 Episode 4 - With a Little Help from My Friends
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - With a Little Help from My Friends

    S18:E4

    Richard recruits Meredith and Bailey to help him launch a new program. Meanwhile, Addison’s patient has complications from a procedure, and Jo helps a woman who goes into premature labor.

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 8 - Hope
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Hope

    S7:E8

    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.

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  17. undefined Season 15 Episode 18 - Add It Up
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Add It Up

    S15:E18

    Maggie introduces mood rooms as an alternative approach to medicine. Alex and DeLuca butt heads over an 11-year-old patient who tries to sabotage her own surgery. Jackson and Richard deal with a gender non-binary patient. Meanwhile, Teddy has a pregnancy scare that brings Owen and Koracick to odds.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  18. undefined Season 18 Episode 16 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    S18:E16

    Bailey faces an unhappy Catherine who is facing audits for several of her Foundation hospitals. Meanwhile, Addison is back at Grey Sloan; tensions rise between Meredith and Richard, and Owen returns to work.

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  19. undefined Season 6 Episode 10 - Tithonus
    7.7/10(51 votes)

    #19 - Tithonus

    S6:E10

    Assistant Director Kersh tries to tear Scully and Mulder apart when he partners Scully with a New York agent investigating Alfred Fellig, a freelance police photographer who conveniently shows up to document the scene of a death as soon as it happens. While the young hotshot agent is convinced that Fellig is murdering the people, Scully has other (paranormal) theories.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  20. undefined Season 7 Episode 15 - A Thin Line
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #20 - A Thin Line

    S7:E15

    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
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  21. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Sein Und Zeit (1)
    7.6/10(41 votes)

    #21 - Sein Und Zeit (1)

    S7:E10

    A young girl inexplicably disappears from her home, and Mulder requests the case even though it is a full FBI matter, not just an X-File. When Mulder takes some outrageous leaps to convince the girl's parents that she will be found, Scully fears that Mulder is becoming too personally involved with the case because of his sister's abduction.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Metamorphosis
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #22 - Metamorphosis

    S1:E2

    Clark must deal with Greg, a nerdish bug collector with a crush on Lana who gains the ability of various insects and uses them to lash out at anyone who opposes him.

    Director:Michael W. Watkins
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  23. undefined Season 7 Episode 12 - X-Cops
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #23 - X-Cops

    S7:E12

    A Los Angeles police officer who is being filmed for the show COPS is attacked by a strange monster and Mulder and Scully are investigating the case. Scully is wary of having their faces put on national television but Mulder welcomes the publicity.

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  24. undefined Season 7 Episode 2 - The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3)
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #24 - The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3)

    S7:E2

    Scully frantically searches for a way to help her ailing partner without having anyone to turn to for help, while a catatonic Mulder's dreams lead him away from his mission and the X-Files to a place which he believes is a better life.

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Michael W. Watkins Ratings Summary

"Thunderstruck" is the best rated episode directed by Michael W. Watkins. It scored 9.286/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 11/10/2022 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear".