The Best Episodes Directed By R. w. goodwin
Every TV Episode Directed by R. w. goodwin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
R. W. Goodwin Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by R. W. Goodwin is "Sunny, Like Sunshine", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by John Wells". "Sunny, Like Sunshine" aired on 11/7/1999 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "History of the World".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Sunny, Like Sunshine
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1999
Sully and Maggie reconnect; Bobby visits his brother Matty and tries to prepare him for his release from prison; Sunny asks Kim for a place to stay and runs away when Kim refers her to a shelter; Carlos hits a pedestrian with the bus; Faith and Bosco investigate a grave robbery and ponder immortality; Jimmy rescues a new recruit who is trapped under a collapsed ceiling in an apartment fire; Bobby takes Doc's advice and tells Kim how he feels, only to learn that Kim feels she isn't good enough for him; Sunny ODs and Bobby helps a saddened Kim find out her real name and hometown so that her parents can be notified; Sully's approach to ""problem solving"" goes horribly awry in a domestic dispute; Carlos and Doc come to blows over Doc's training methods, forcing Morales to break them up; Sully learns that Ty has good instincts, enabling them to save a teenage girl from a sexual predator.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: John Wells
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - History of the World
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1999
On Thanksgiving Day, Bosco tries to resolve a family conflict in a restaurant while Faith deals with the same thing in her own home. Bobby's mother refuses to allow Matty to attend the family's holiday celebrations, and leaves it up to Bobby to tell his brother. After a shooting, Ty and Sully disagree over how they should report the incident to their superiors and the investigating team.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: John Romano
8.7/10 49 votes#3 - The Erlenmeyer Flask
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/13/1994
When Deep Throat points out a news story about a fugitive who apparently drowned, Mulder and Scully cannot see what makes the case special but follow it up anyway. With Deep Throat's insistence, they discover evidence of a secret government project code-named Purity Control, which uses human test subjects and infects them with extraterrestrial DNA. However, the evidence and everyone who has seen it is quickly being eliminated.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.5/10 39 votes#4 - Anasazi (1)
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/1995
Mulder receives an encrypted computer disk containing the defense department's top secret files on extraterrestrial life and becomes a target. Scully takes him to a Navajo family that unearthed a buried secret to decipher the disk.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.3/10 36 votes#5 - The End
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/17/1998
The Cigarette-Smoking Man returns as Mulder investigates the attempted assassination of a young boy with psychic powers who may be the proof that he has looked for all his life.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.2/10 42 votes#6 - Gethsemane (1)
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1997
Mulder fights to prove that a discovery frozen in the mountains of Canada is an irrefutable evidence of alien life, but his quest for the truth only leads to more lies and an unthinkable conclusion.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.1/10 35 votes#7 - Talitha Cumi (1)
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1996
After his mother suffers a stroke under strange circumstances, Mulder searches for a strange, benevolent alien man that possesses miraculous healing powers. With the help from Mr. X, he learns about the involvement of the Cigarette-Smoking Man and uncovers some secrets kept by his parents.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.0/10 42 votes#8 - Herrenvolk (2)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1996
With his mother on a deathbed and the alien bounty hunter in pursuit, Mulder decides to put Jeremiah Smith, the alien healer, in mortal danger for a chance to finally uncover the whole truth behind the alien conspiracy. Meanwhile, the Syndicate suspects that they have a traitor in their midst and set up a trap.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter
8.0/10 52 votes#9 - One Breath
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1994
Scully mysteriously appears in a Washington hospital, alive but in a coma, and Mulder must fight to keep her alive in order to find out what happened to her and who did it to her. Meanwhile, Scully fights her own personal battle as she decides whether to stay or go on to the next world.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: James Wong
7.9/10 39 votes#10 - The Blessing Way (2)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1995
Scully finds her career with the FBI in jeopardy as Mulder is still missing and the Cigarette Smoking Man is pursuing the stolen files. The Navajo elders find Mulder's body in a cave and perform an ancient ceremony to call the spirit back to the empty vessel.
Director: R. W. Goodwin
Writer: Chris Carter