The Best Episodes Directed By Mimi Leder
Every TV Episode Directed by Mimi Leder Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Mimi Leder Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Mimi Leder is "The Healers", rated 9/10 from 8 user votes. It was "written by John Wells". "The Healers" aired on 2/22/1996 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Book of Nora".
9.0/10 8 votes#1 - The Healers
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1996
Shep and Raul respond to a massive fire without proper equipment, risking their lives to save addicts and their children. Shep will be okay, but Raul has third-degree burns covering his body; it's only a matter of time. The ER is flooded with burn victims. Chloe returns to Chicago. Doug is stood up by his father for a basketball game.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: John Wells
8.9/10 29 votes#2 - The Book of Nora
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/4/2017
Nothing is answered. Everything is answered. And then it ends. Series Finale.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Tom Perrotta
8.9/10 9 votes#3 - Blizzard
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1994
A severe blizzard leaves the ER utterly devoid of patients, leaving the staff free to goof off. In the middle of their fun, a call comes from dispatch, informing the ER of a 40-car pile-up with dozens of casualties. The ER goes from being deserted to capacity. All surgeons are called in. Bob surprises everyone with a quick and life-saving decision. A new doctor, Angela Hicks, arrives just at the right time. Ross and Linda return from the Caribbean just as Carol makes a surprise announcement.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Paul Manning
8.8/10 24 votes#4 - A Most Powerful Adversary
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2015
Nora gives Kevin and Jill news they weren't expecting. Laurie makes a rash decision that affects the Garveys. Kevin deals with the fallout of Nora's news, and explores his options re: tackling his Patti problem head-on.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.8/10 5 votes#5 - The Overview Effect
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/2023
The Hyperion-UBA deal comes to a vote. Bradley faces her past as Alex considers her future in the new world order.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A
8.8/10 21 votes#6 - The Interview
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2019
TMS faces a fateful day as a plan to shake up UBA is set in motion.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Kerry Ehrin
8.7/10 7 votes#7 - Love's Labor Lost
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/9/1995
A busy Dr. Greene goes all day in solving his patients' problems until he encounters the case of a pregnant woman suffering from complications that threaten both her life and her unborn baby's.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Lance Gentile
8.6/10 7 votes#8 - Day One
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1994
Dr. Lewis tries to get a mentally disturbed individual admitted to the psych ward. Carter has a difficult day, treating many members of wedding party, suffering from food poisoning. Dr. Ross finally visits Carol, eight weeks after her suicide attempt. Dr. Greene deals with an elderly gentleman having a difficult time letting go of his dying wife. He also discovers that Jenn passed the bar exam.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: John Wells
8.6/10 21 votes#9 - A Matter of Geography
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015
Kevin, Nora and Jill try to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the Mapleton riots, but problems from the past keep resurfacing. The new Garvey clan finds a fresh start in the safety of Miracle. Nora makes an impulsive choice, while Kevin gets entangled in the Murphy family’s problems.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Tom Perrotta
8.5/10 6 votes#10 - Hit and Run
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1994
Carter has a difficult day when he has to identify a dead teenager and notify his parents. It doesn't help that he notifies the wrong family. Doug woos Carol, despite Taglieri's presence in her life. Benton clashes with brother-in-law Walt after he neglects family duties.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Paul Manning
8.5/10 28 votes#11 - The Prodigal Son Returns
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/7/2014
An unexpected ally helps Kevin get out of a jam near the town of Cairo. Meanwhile, an elaborate Memorial Day initiative by the Guilty Remnant plunges the town of Mapleton into chaos. Holy Wayne grants a final wish, Tom copes with his new reality. Nora makes a life-changing decision.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Tom Perrotta
8.4/10 23 votes#12 - I Live Here Now
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2015
Kevin comes clean to a skeptical John about his connection to Evie's disappearance, as Miracle faces an unexpected threat on the fourth anniversary of The Departure. Season Two Finale.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Tom Perrotta
8.4/10 7 votes#13 - Ghost in the Machine
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2023
Technical difficulties provoke chaos at UBA. Buried secrets surface as Alex forms a surprising alliance.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Michelle Denise Jackson
8.3/10 6 votes#14 - Make of Two Hearts
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/9/1995
Carol worries about a Russian girl with AIDS who's brought in and then abandoned by her foster mother. Kayson asks Susan to be his Valentine. Deb accidentally consumes LSD-laced chocolates.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Lydia Woodward
8.3/10 12 votes#15 - Hope Springs Paternal
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/9/2014
To prepare for a visit from her probation officer, Fiona must remove all paraphernalia from the house; Ian is kicked out of Mickey's house.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 6 votes#16 - Everything Old Is New Again
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/1995
Carter faces his last day in the hospital with aplomb, harshly grading Benton on an evaluation report. He later rescinds the report after finding out that the surgical sub-I is his. Carol faces wedding day jitters, culminating in Tag's deciding to call off the wedding. Chloe disappears again, abandoning little Susie with Susan. Dr. Swift changes his mind and decides to support Mark. Jake visits Doug.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: John Wells
8.2/10 5 votes#17 - Days Like This
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1995
Speculation runs through the ER, on a very hectic day, about Randi's possible criminal history. Mark faces an ethical dilemma when he has to decide whether to report yet another of Doug Ross's indiscretions--Doug slept with med student Harper Tracy. Carter becomes upset when Harper confesses this to him. Carol meets with a mobile notary to finish the paperwork to purchase a house. Bernstein informs Doug that he need to look for other employment. Benton is visibly upset when Jeanie begins work in the ER as a physician's assistant.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Lydia Woodward
8.2/10 5 votes#18 - A Miracle Happens Here
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1995
The ER staffers are in decidedly unfestive moods as Christmas arrives. Carol's spirits are lifted by a Santa-like patient. Mark is outraged when Jenn decides to stay in Milwaukee over Christmas. Benton and Carter score points with Vucelich when Carter convinces an older gentleman, Ruby, to include his wife in Vucelich's study. Mark gives a deposition in the O'Brien case. The death of a priest threatens to start a gang war. Weaver receives a surprise visit from an African friend. A Holocaust survivor, the victim of a carjacking, brings Chanukah to the ER.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Carol Flint
8.1/10 7 votes#19 - Welcome Back Carter!
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1995
The ER treats victims of a gang shootout. Carter arrives late and unprepared for his new position. Mark learns all about being an attending, including senior staff's habit of bad-mouthing the residents, particularly Doug Ross. Mark hires a new chief resident, Kerry Weaver. New third year med students arrive to complete their ER rotation.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: John Wells
8.1/10 24 votes#20 - A Seat at the Table
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2019
Alex engages in contract negotiations as she prepares to accept an award. Bradley is courted for a new opportunity.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 7 votes#21 - The Kármán Line
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2023
A bold proposal to shore up a financially-challenged UBA meets with opposition, as Alex and Bradley discover their autonomy has limits.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Charlotte Stoudt
8.1/10 25 votes#22 - Axis Mundi
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2015
Jarden, Texas was renamed “Miracle” after it was discovered that no one had departed. The town has since become a magnet for tourists and people who are convinced it is special and can keep them safe. Among the local families is the Murphys: the father, John, the mother, Erika, and their twins, Evie and Michael. While trying to protect his town from frauds and charlatans, John gets an ominous warning from a man who claims to have psychic powers. Soon afterwards, Kevin Garvey, Nora Durst and Jill Garvey show up in Miracle. This newly formed “family” left Mapleton to start over, but Kevin cannot seem to escape his past. The Murphy family and Kevin subsequently experience a mysterious event that will that change their lives forever.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.0/10 25 votes#23 - The Book of Kevin
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/16/2017
Three years after Miracle, Texas was overrun by the Guilty Remnant, Kevin Garvey has returned to his role as chief of police. Although he seems to have moved past the incredible events surrounding his “resurrection,” the Seventh Anniversary of the Sudden Departure is just two weeks away and many believe another apocalyptic event may come with it.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Damon Lindelof
8.0/10 1 votes#24 - The Mourner
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2002
The mysterious symbol on Doe's chest is part of the calling card left by a serial killer known as The Mourner who knows a lot about Doe, whom he challenges with cryptic clues as he puts more lives in danger.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: Michael Berns
8.0/10 1 votes#25 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/2003
Returning from Karen's art show, John thwarts a bomb threat but it's a ruse for the mysterious group that's been plaguing John to grab Karen. The group thinks John knows something about a staff with a phoenix on it and Karen may know it as well. The trail leads to a warehouse full of dead deaf people and then John gets snatched by the NSA. They want to know about "Phoenix" but John doesn't have a clue and the head guy, Sam, lets him go eventually. Karen manages to call John long enough to give him a clue leading him to . . . Horseshoe Island. Phoenix has evacuated it after an extensive excavating operation, leaving Karen's corpse behind. The gang bury Karen and decorate her building with her last painting. But the mystery isn't quite over — John gets a report that "Yellow Teeth" is barely alive — he visits her and she warns that Phoenix is seeking a staff tied into his destiny and they won't stop coming until they get it. She dies, and the audience sees the staff is in the Vatican.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writer: N/A