The Best Episodes Directed By Peter Horton
Every TV Episode Directed by Peter Horton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Peter Horton Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Peter Horton is "As We Know It", rated 8.9/10 from 9 user votes. It was "written by Shonda Rhimes". "As We Know It" aired on 2/12/2006 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "It's the End of the World".
8.9/10 9 votes#1 - As We Know It
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/2006
Derek is still operating when he finds out about Meredith's current situation. Meredith is freaking out about her situation. Webber and Bailey are dealing with medical health issues. Cristina and Izzie have their own issues to deal with because of Meredith's situation. Addison freaks out when George tries to find a solution to Bailey's impromtu postponement. Overall, Seattle Grace Hospital is still under code black and the situation is getting worse.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
8.6/10 10 votes#2 - It's the End of the World
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/2006
An explosive case arrives at the O.R. that might endanger all the lives of the people working there, which leads Dr. Burke to declare a "Code Black" for the hospital. Bailey worries where her husband is as she is in labor. Also Izzie and Alex may be creating some heat.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
8.5/10 8 votes#3 - Luna
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2019
Sharpe works on a creative way to help Max and Kapoor gets surprising news. Meanwhile, Reynolds takes a big step in his relationship with Evie as one of the doctors makes a life altering decision.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: David Schulner
8.4/10 5 votes#4 - The New Normal
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/2/2021
New Amsterdam is still reeling from the pandemic as a plane crash lands in the East River. When investigators come to interrogate the flight crew, Iggy fights against the clock to help the pilot uncover the truth. Max tracks down scarce medication after one of his own contracts COVID.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: David Schulner
8.3/10 11 votes#5 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2005
Picks up where the last episode left off. Meredith attempts to work with Addison Shepard. George is pimped out to relay the hospital gossip back to Webber. Meredith and Cristina relate at Emerald City Bar about what dating their respective attendings is like. Cristina ponders her relationship with Burke while trying to make a decision. Meredith is devastated by the latest blow to her love life. Meanwhile, Joe the bartender collapses.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Stacy McKee
8.2/10 4 votes#6 - Death Begins in Radiology
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 6/8/2021
Reynolds receives a dramatic offer. Max scours the hospital after he misplaces his wedding ring. Iggy contemplates a serious life change. Bloom learns some potentially life-changing news about Leyla.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg
8.1/10 10 votes#7 - Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/11/2005
The holiday season has started but not everyone is in a festive mood. This is Alex's last day in the hospital unless he passes his boards practical exam the next day, thus everyone helps him to review so that he succeeds. However, Izzie is not happy about the others helping him and Meredith has to remind her of the true spirit of the Christmas holiday. Justin is in need of a new heart. One is available but he does not want it because he does not believe Santa gave it to him as his mother said. Cristina and Burke, both handling Justin's case, have opposing views on the matter due to their different stances on religion. Despite a reconciliation with his wife, Derek isn't in a festive mood. George has a simple case of a woman who has a bleeding ulcer, he realizes that the ulcer is caused by her entourage but fails to keep them away, with the consequence that it perforates.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Krista Vernoff
8.1/10 12 votes#8 - Rituals
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2018
Max navigates his diagnosis while Dr. Sharpe encourages him to make a plan. Meanwhile, Dr. Bloom encourages Reynolds to take a chance and Dr. Kapoor and Iggy work together to help a child.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: David Schulner
8.0/10 8 votes#9 - Safe
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/20/2004
Vic and the Strike Team decide to take risky measures to protect themselves from being linked to the Money Train heist. Unfortunately, their plan is interrupted when one of Vic's open cases is suddenly linked to a Narco Corrido song.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Adam Fierro
8.0/10 21 votes#10 - Autofac
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/2018
Despite society and the world as we know it having collapsed, a massive, automatic product-manufacturing factory continues to operate according to the principles of consumerism - humans consume products to be happy, and in order to consume continuously, they must be denied freedom of choice and free will. When a small band of rebels decide to shut down the factory, they discover they may actually be the perfect consumers after all.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Travis Beacham
7.9/10 8 votes#11 - Carte Blanche
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2003
Now that Vic is back to work, he and Shane go undercover as dirty cops to find the man behind a robbery and murder. Dutch and Claudette track down an old rival of Claudette's after a turned-in gun is found connected to an unsolved case, while Aceveda assigns Julien and Danny to watch over a Korean parish in an attempt to secure the Asian vote in the election.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.9/10 10 votes#12 - Enough is Enough (No More Tears)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2005
There's tension between Meredith and Addison. We find out why Derek and Addison aren't together. Bailey puts George on an impossible case. The rest of the interns operate on a family that was just in a car accident.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: James D. Parriott
7.9/10 8 votes#13 - Co-Pilot
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2003
Flashback to the first day of the barn. Under pressure to get results, Vic and his new Strike Team make an impression on the streets. Dutch and Claudette realize they make a good team, and David discovers he doesn't have as much power as he thought he would.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Glen Mazzara
7.8/10 6 votes#14 - Righteous Right Hand
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2019
When a group of women on a retreat end up in the ED, Max gets some troubling information that could put a patient in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Sharpe and Kapoor work together to mend fences between two feuding sisters.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Erika Green Swafford
7.4/10 58 votes#15 - A Hard Day's Night
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/27/2005
Meet Meredith Grey. Daughter of famous surgeon Ellis Grey and currently recovering from a one-night stand. She shoos away her evening's companion, saying she'll be late for her first day of work. She is a first year intern at Seattle Grace Hospital and is working alongside some colorful characters. Cristina Yang is a highly competitive Stanford graduate who befriends Meredith. George O'Malley is a quirky warm hearted man who learns a lesson or two on his first day. Izzie Stevens is a former model who doesn't get any special treatment on her first day. And Alex Karev is an arrogant jerk who misdiagnoses a patient on his first shift. Overseeing them is Miranda Bailey, (not-so-) affectionately dubbed 'The Nazi'. Meredith also gets a surprise when she realizes that her friend from the night before is a co-worker, and even worse, her boss.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
7.0/10 3 votes#16 - Gone Elvis
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2015
Sgt. Odelle Ballard obtains files that prove a major U.S. corporation is secretly funding terrorists. Litigator Pete Decker uncovers corruption in the private sphere. Activist Harrison Walters suspects a government cover-up.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 30 votes#17 - The First Cut is the Deepest
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/2005
The surgical staff tries to be optimistic as a young woman clings to life after a brutal attack. Meanwhile Meredith puts her career on the line to save a newborn in the hospital nursery, and the other interns learn that it takes more than just medical knowledge to be good at their jobs.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Shonda Rhimes
6.5/10 19 votes#18 - Oscar Mike
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2015
Odelle tries to avoid detection while traveling through the desert with her Malian companion. Meanwhile, hacker Bob is reluctant to reveal evidence that Odelle is still alive, and Peter takes his suspicions about Societel to the Department of Justice.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: N/A