8.3/1016 votes#1 - Valkyrie
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/2015
After a message is broadcast implicating the Navy in a devastating disaster, Chandler looks to infiltrate the network and regain the trust of the American people.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Steven Kane
8.0/108 votes#2 - Visiting Hours
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/17/2017
Norman's legal problems worsen; Emma tends to the family business as Dylan finds himself caught between his past and his future; Romero enacts his plan for revenge.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Scott Kosar
8.0/1045 votes#3 - What's Past is Prologue
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2018
Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the U.S.S. Discovery.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Ted Sullivan
8.0/1011 votes#4 - Calypso
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2018
After waking up in an unfamiliar sickbay, Craft finds himself on board a deserted ship, and his only companion and hope for survival is an A.I. computer interface.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: N/A
8.0/102 votes#5 - As The World Falls Down
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2022
Faraday and Justin must battle with rogue CIA operative Spencer Clay for their very lives.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#6 - The Man Who Sold The World
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/2022
The epic finale, when all secrets are revealed, only to be replaced by deeper mysteries.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Jenny Lumet
7.9/109 votes#7 - Space Oddity
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 8/31/2014
Tom’s mission to destroy the Espheni Power Core is complicated by Lexi’s return. Lexi is forced to take extreme measures to save her father’s life – and her own – after a Beamer malfunction. Meanwhile, the 2nd Mass fears an impending Espheni strike by the scorched Overlord.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: M. Raven Metzner
7.8/1012 votes#8 - Hunger Pains
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/5/2015
A surprise skitter attack leaves the 2nd Mass without food. In desperation, Maggie, Ben, Pope, and Sara go on a dangerous mission hoping to find supplies.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Marc Dube
7.7/109 votes#9 - Saturday Night Massacre
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/3/2014
Lexi emerges more powerful and ruthless than ever. Tom and the 2nd Mass must work together with the Volm to hold off the invading Espheni forces in what becomes the bloodiest battle of the series.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: David Weddle
7.7/1012 votes#10 - The Vault
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/18/2016
While Norman digs deep in his past in therapy and confronts some painful truths, Norma does everything in her power to keep a secret of her own from coming to light.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Scott Kosar
7.7/1012 votes#11 - Non-Essential Personnel
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 7/26/2015
The 2nd Mass leaves Chinatown en route to what they hope will be the final Espheni battle. Along the way, they encounter a deranged and desperate gunman who takes a hostage. Meanwhile, Tom sets off to rescue Hal.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Jim Barnes
7.7/1013 votes#12 - Find Your Warrior
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/28/2015
Tom's life hangs in the balance as his beamer drifts into space. Tom encounters a surprising guest.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: David Eick
7.6/1020 votes#13 - Destiny
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2016
Being in the vicinity of the Time Masters leaves Rip and Rory incredibly disturbed for very different reasons. Meanwhile, Sara takes over the Waverider, Kendra is reunited with Carter and Snart decides he might be a hero after all.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: N/A
7.6/1036 votes#14 - Such Sweet Sorrow (2)
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/18/2019
The U.S.S. Discovery battles against Control in a fight not only for their lives but for the future, with a little help from some unexpected friends. Spock and Burnham discern vital new connections between the red signals while Burnham faces one of life’s harshest truths: the right decisions are often the hardest to make.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Alex Kurtzman
7.5/1013 votes#15 - The Garden of Beasts
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2017
Will, Katie and Broussard search for a way out of the colony. Maddie gets some visitors in the Green Zone. Bram looks for closure.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: N/A
7.4/105 votes#16 - Fredi
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2015
Dash goes undercover to catch a woman suspected of having a vendetta against her sister's killers. Meanwhile, Agatha begins to set her own plans in motion.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Anna Fricke
7.3/102 votes#17 - Memento Mori
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2015
Blake withholds information from the Defense Intelligence Agency when he learns they are on the precogs' trail, and Arthur takes matters into his own hands to save them. Meanwhile, Dash gets a vision of a political assassination that intrudes into Vega's personal life.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Max Borenstein
7.2/109 votes#18 - The Darlington 500
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2018
The Time Team chases Rittenhouse to a stock car race in the 1950s where Wyatt learns that his favorite race car driver is actually a Rittenhouse sleeper agent on a mission to destroy the American car industry. To stop the Rittenhouse plan, Wyatt, Lucy and Rufus team up with Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR driver.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Jim Barnes
7.1/1029 votes#19 - Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2017
On the run from Gordon and Bullock, Dwight tries to revive Jerome, in turn, activates his acolytes around Gotham City. Meanwhile, Selina's mom's intentions in Gotham are revealed, and the power play between Penguin and Nygma escalates as Barbara's plans are set in place.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Steven Lilien
7.1/1033 votes#20 - That Hope Is You (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2020
Arriving 930 years in the future, Burnham navigates a galaxy she no longer recognizes while searching for the rest of the U.S.S. Discovery crew.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Alex Kurtzman
7.0/1055 votes#21 - The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017
With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Jesse Alexander
7.0/1011 votes#22 - Life, Itself
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2024
Trapped inside a mysterious alien portal that defies familiar rules of time, space, and gravity, Captain Burnham must fight Moll – and the environment itself – in order to locate the Progenitors' technology and secure it for the Federation. Meanwhile, Book puts himself in harm's way to help Burnham survive and Rayner leads the U.S.S. Discovery in an epic winner-takes-all battle against Breen forces.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Michelle Paradise
6.9/1032 votes#23 - Far from Home
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/2020
The crew of the Discovery races to repair their ship after they crash. Tilly & Saru make a first contact looking for Burnham.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Alex Kurtzman
6.9/1036 votes#24 - Such Sweet Sorrow (1)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 4/11/2019
When the U.S.S. Discovery's crucial mission does not go according to plan, Burnham realizes what must ultimately be done. The crew prepares for the battle of a lifetime as Leland's Control ships get closer.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Alex Kurtzman
6.9/1026 votes#25 - That Hope Is You (2)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2021
As the Emerald Chain tightens its grip and the mystery of the Burn is finally solved, Burnham and the crew have one last chance to save themselves - and the Federation.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Michelle Paradise
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"Valkyrie" is the best rated episode directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. It scored 8.3/10 based on 16 votes. It was written by Steven Kane. It aired on 8/23/2015 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Visiting Hours".