8.4/106 votes#1 - The Dreams
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/1994
The plague has taken its toll and only those immune to the virus are alive. The forces of good and evil are slowly taking shape. Those that have been dreaming about Mother Abigail are slowly making their way towards her in Nebraska. Stu Redmond joins up with Frannie Goldsmith and others. When Nick Andros and the first of the travelers arrive, Mother Abigail tells them they will soon be moving further west, to Colorado. Randall Flagg is gathering his own forces as he releases Lloyd Henreid from jail. Through her dreams, he also recruits Nadine Cross, who had been traveling with Larry Underwood.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Stephen King
8.3/107 votes#2 - Life on Death Row
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1986
An inmate is struck by lightning. He is given miraculous healing powers that spark a last-minute attempt to save him from the electric chair.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.9/108 votes#3 - The Plague
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/1994
When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. One survivor is Stu Redmond, a gas station attendant from Texas, who suffers no ill effects whatsoever. Kept in a medical research facility in Vermont, doctors try to determine why he is still alive. Others that also survive include Frannie Goldsmith who lives with her dad; Nick Andros, a deaf-mute; a rock musician, Larry Underwood; and Lloyd Henreid, in jail for murder. Survivors begin to have dreams, either about an old Afican-American woman, Mother Abigail, or a much scarier evil man.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Stephen King
7.5/105 votes#4 - The Betrayal
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/1994
Hundreds are now in Boulder, Colorado with Mother Abigail but Randall Flagg has sent Nadine Cross to infiltrate the group. Unable to seduce Larry, she then sets her sights on Harold. But just as the citizens begin to organize their lives, Mother Abigail leaves Boulder. The residents do become concerned about what Randall Flagg, based in Las Vegas, may be up to and decide to send three people west to find out.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Stephen King
7.5/105 votes#5 - Gamma Zeta Die!
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2013
Spencer and Emily make plans to visit a nearby college, but they have very different agendas for their time spent on campus.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Maya Goldsmith
7.2/1015 votes#6 - The Descent Into Hell Isn't Easy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2016
With the knowledge that Valentine is alive and on the hunt for The Mortal Cup, the Institute is on high alert. Not wasting any time, Jace jumps into action and figures Clary’s memories are the key to finding Jocelyn and The Mortal Cup. Unfortunately, Clary’s memories were wiped leaving her without any recollection of this other life that could help her and the team. With only one other option remaining, Jace, Isabelle and a very reluctant Alec take Clary to the City of Bones to face the powerful Silent Brothers. Meanwhile, Luke continues his search for Clary, and Simon tries to come to terms with his best friend’s new life.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Hollie Overton
7.0/105 votes#7 - The Stand
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/1994
The final confrontation between good and evil takes shape. Tom gathers information and tries to return to Boulder. With Mother Abigail gone and several members of the committee killed in an explosion, Stu, Larry, Glen and Ralph set off West as instructed. Nadine and Harold set off for Las Vegas but Randall Flagg has something special in store for both of them. Flagg's group starts to fall apart. Trashcan Man decides to set the biggest fire of his life.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Stephen King
7.0/104 votes#8 - The Devil Inside
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/16/2016
As Deb, Deputy Sykes and the counselors all try to come to grips with what took place at Camp Stillwater, a sense of calm finally comes over the camp. But with so much having taken place, can the summer really be saved? Meanwhile, flashbacks feature Jessie.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Steven Canals
7.0/101 votes#9 - The Fall of the House of Beauchamp
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/7/2014
Dash's secrets begin to unravel; Joanna is devastated by Tarkoff's actions. Wendy and Joanna decide to reconnect with their father.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Shelley Meals
6.2/104 votes#10 - Mix Tape
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/12/2016
The summer is off to a rough start for the counselors at Camp Stillwater and a night away in town is a much-needed break. Both Cricket and Jesse see the free time as an opportunity to make headway with their crushes, but when one of them goes a little too far the evening takes a dangerous turn. Stuck covering the campers while the rest are in town, Blair and Joel use movie night as a way to make their own romantic overtures. Meanwhile, flashbacks show why Cricket’s plans to attract Alex’s attention include insulting graffiti.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Adam Horowitz
6.0/101 votes#11 - Killer Instinct
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/1988
Chris Ketchum wants to be the best runner on her track team just like her mother was. Her coach gives her a talisman that once belonged to her mother. Soon Chris discovers that whatever she imagines becomes reality.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
5.3/103 votes#12 - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/1997
Jack begins his slide into dementia when he uncovers the hotel's devious past, while Danny encounters the thing in room 217 and the horrific topiary.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
5.2/104 votes#13 - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/1997
Struggling writer Jack Torrance takes his wife and psychic young son along to his winter job as caretaker of a sinister mountain resort.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
5.1/1034 votes#14 - Chocolate
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2005
Jamie, a newly divorced man who creates artificial flavours for the food industry, suddenly and inexplicably starts to experience brief and random flashes from someone - and somewhere - unknown: sight, sound, smell, touch. Learning that he's experiencing life through the senses of a mysterious woman, he begins to fall in love with her-without having met her. Eventually, he discovers a horrifying secret that binds him inexorably with the perfect woman in an erotic, horrifying dance of death.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Mick Garris
5.0/103 votes#15 - Part 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/1997
Danny uses his "shining" to call Halloran for help as Jack finally goes over the edge.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
4.9/1023 votes#16 - Valerie on the Stairs
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2006
Rob Hanisee is a writer that has a strange apparition. Beautiful, naked and mysterious, Valerie might be the muse that Rob has always searched for - or the manifestation of a much darker force. Blood and death follow Rob across the line between life and art.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Mick Garris
3.2/104 votes#17 - Whirlpool
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1994
A comic artist for Tales From The Crypt finds herself trapped inside a repetitious nightmare world. Everyday she lives through the same horrible episodes. First her boss rejects her latest idea then fires her. She goes to her boss and shoots him only to be caught by the police and shot to death. In reality the whole thing turns out to be a comic and she really is his boss and he is her employee.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: N/A
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"The Dreams" is the best rated episode directed by Mick Garris. It scored 8.4/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by Stephen King. It aired on 5/9/1994 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Life on Death Row".