The Best Episodes Directed By Paul Mcguigan

Every TV Episode Directed by Paul Mcguigan Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Paul McGuigan Ratings Summary

The best episode directed by Paul McGuigan is "A Scandal in Belgravia", rated 8.363/10 from 204 user votes. It was "written by Steven Moffat". "A Scandal in Belgravia" aired on 1/1/2012 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Great Game".

  • A Scandal in Belgravia
    8.4/10 204 votes

    #1 - A Scandal in Belgravia

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2012

    Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Great Game
    8.2/10 181 votes

    #2 - The Great Game

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/8/2010

    A strange clue in an empty room, a blood-soaked car, a priceless Old Master, a deranged bomber. With the clock ticking, the curtain rises on a battle of wits between Sherlock, John and the shadowy stranger who seems to know all the answers...

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Mark Gatiss

  • A Study in Pink
    8.2/10 215 votes

    #3 - A Study in Pink

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2010

    A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Pilot
    7.9/10 7 votes

    #4 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2013

    The women turn to one another for support when their friend and fellow maid Flora is brutally murdered at the home of her employers, Evelyn and Adrian Powell, at one of the largest society events of the year. Meanwhile, newcomer Marisol is hired to clean the home of Taylor and Michael Stappord, a newlywed couple with a complicated love history. But Marisol has ulterior motives and when someone she loves becomes wrapped up in Flora’s murder, she goes undercover to learn the truth.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Marc Cherry

  • Pilot
    7.9/10 7 votes

    #5 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2020

    While on a road trip to visit her boyfriend in Montana, Danielle Sullivan and her sister Grace are kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote part of the highway, setting off a chain of events that leads private detectives Cody Hoyt and Cassie Dewell to team up with Cody’s estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt, to search for the sisters. But when the investigators discover these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, it’s clear they’ve stumbled onto something much bigger than them all.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • Pilot
    7.8/10 37 votes

    #6 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2016

    Lower-level cabinet member Tom Kirkman becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack on the U.S. Capitol. Kirkman must keep the country and his family safe while leading the search for the those responsible for the attack.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: David Guggenheim

  • The Hounds of Baskerville
    7.7/10 174 votes

    #7 - The Hounds of Baskerville

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2012

    A hound from hell. Sherlock's most famous case. But is a monster really stalking Dartmoor?

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Mark Gatiss

  • Where You Belong
    7.7/10 3 votes

    #8 - Where You Belong

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2019

    Jo and Chris must evade the FBI as they investigate an elusive group of cyber terrorists. Ed’s presented with a cancer treatment that seems too good to be true, and a mysterious woman’s attempt to reach Piper puts the entire Evans family in danger.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Kendra Chanae Chapman

  • Episode 4
    7.6/10 7 votes

    #9 - Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2022

    As events spiral out of control, Jefferson Grieff prepares to face execution - and time is also running out for Janice Fife in the cellar. An increasingly desperate Harry Watling struggles to do the right thing - but can he stay on the side of the angels and still keep his wife and son safe?

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Episode 2
    7.4/10 7 votes

    #10 - Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2022

    Condemned prisoner Jefferson Grieff has a mission for journalist Beth Davenport, and vicar Harry Watling faces an impossible choice.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Episode 3
    7.4/10 7 votes

    #11 - Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022

    As Harry’s dilemma worsens, the fate of his family hangs in the balance - but he’s determined to do the right thing. Meanwhile, Beth Davenport meets one of Jefferson Grieff’s helpers in the outside world, who delivers a chilling warning. In the cellar, Janice’s desperation grows.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Code of the Streets
    7.3/10 60 votes

    #12 - Code of the Streets

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2016

    Luke is pulled deeper into the fight for his neighborhood when, as a favor to an old friend, he tries to help a kid who's in trouble with Cottonmouth.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Cheo Hodari Coker

  • Moment of Truth
    7.2/10 69 votes

    #13 - Moment of Truth

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2016

    With tension building in the streets of Harlem thanks to ruthless club owner Cottonmouth, Luke finds it increasingly difficult to live a quiet life.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Cheo Hodari Coker

  • Pilot
    7.2/10 6 votes

    #14 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2019

    A police chief who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Michele Fazekas

  • Episode 1
    7.2/10 8 votes

    #15 - Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2022

    The lives of a prisoner on death row, a journalist looking for a story, a vicar in a sleepy English town and a maths tutor trapped in a cellar intertwine in a deadly way.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • What Took so Long?
    7.0/10 3 votes

    #16 - What Took so Long?

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2016

    Nina closes in on Jane. Claire suffers an emotional breakdown when visiting Ben and Adam's prison. Secrets finally arise.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.0/10 4 votes

    #17 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2017

    Kevin, who is on a dangerous path of despair, returns to his childhood home in Texas to crash with his widowed twin sister, Amy, and teenaged niece, Reese. It is a strained homecoming - he and his family have grown apart over the years - and Kevin has no real hope that anything will get better. But a series of fantastic events, including a meteorite landing near the house, lead Kevin to meet an unlikely celestial guide, Yvette, who delivers incredible news to Kevin: in every generation there are 36 righteous souls on Earth whose mere existence protects the world. Now Kevin has a mission, whether he wants it or not: “power up” his soul through acts of kindness and selflessness, so that he can eventually find and anoint a new generation of righteous. Yvette will serve as his protector and teacher, a drill sergeant with divine authority, even if she’s the least angel-like person he’s ever met.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Michele Fazekas

  • Pilot
    7.0/10 9 votes

    #18 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2023

    When a murder investigation reveals there’s more to the story than meets the eye, Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) relies on his keen instincts and unique experience to uncover the truth. Along the way, he also reunites with a part of his past that helped shape him into the agent he is now.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Liz Heldens

  • Killshot (2)
    6.7/10 3 votes

    #19 - Killshot (2)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2020

    In the season finale, Jo and Brooks are in danger, and Piper’s determined to help. With Helen’s mysterious plan nearly realized, Piper recruits an unexpected team of allies to find them before it’s too late.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Michele Fazekas

  • Nowhere to Run
    6.6/10 7 votes

    #20 - Nowhere to Run

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2020

    Forced to form an unlikely team, Cassie and Jenny set out to continue the search for the missing girls. Meanwhile, Danielle, Grace and Jerrie get to work on planning their escape, leading Legarski to struggle with the consequences of his actions as a distracted Ronald deals with a difficult relationship with his mother.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: David E. Kelley

  • The Dark Compass
    6.1/10 33 votes

    #21 - The Dark Compass

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2020

    Count Dracula has made it to England —a new world pulsing with fresh blood— and lays his plans to spread his foul vampire contagion. But why does he set his sights on the seemingly ordinary Lucy Westenra?

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Pilot
    6.0/10 1 votes

    #22 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2013

    The Empire State Lottery is up to $145 million, give or take a few bucks, on a day when most New Yorkers are busy going about their daily routine.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: N/A