The Best Episodes Directed By Richard Compton

Every TV Episode Directed by Richard Compton Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Down for the Count (2)
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Down for the Count (2)

    S3:E13

    Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

    Writer:N/A
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  2. Background image for Into the Mystic
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Into the Mystic

    S2:E1

    After separating from Ryan and Henry the dog, the Sliders make a rough landing that reopens Quinn's bullet wound. On this world of mysticism and superstition, a witch doctor heals Quinn and has brains on the mind when they can't pay the bill. On the run from bounty hunters, the Sliders only hope is the mysterious Sorcerer, a man who could possibly get them home.

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  3. Background image for Double Cross
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Double Cross

    S3:E2

    On a world quickly running out of natural resources, Rembrandt meets his number one fan but finds her to be a little too friendly. Meanwhile, Quinn and the others meet Logan, a scientist at Prototronics that's trying to develop sliding. However, they learn her plans for sliding are far from noble.

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  4. Background image for The Assassin
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Assassin

    S5:E5

    The State Department asks Hooker's help in tracking down a man whom he served alongside in Vietnam - a disillusioned, mentally unstable trained executioner – who is planning to assassinate the head of a visiting Russian trade delegation...

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  5. Background image for The Children's Song
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Children's Song

    S1:E7

    Father and son protect a girl from would-be rapists intent on killing the only witness to a murder.

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  6. Background image for Bump and Run
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Bump and Run

    S1:E10

    Muggers seek revenge on a student who injured one of them while escaping, and a vigilante killer pins McCall's ad to his victims.

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  7. Background image for Out of the Past
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Out of the Past

    S1:E14

    An ex-con is harassing the man whose testimony put him away-the man now married to McCall's former wife.

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  8. Background image for No Conscience
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - No Conscience

    S1:E20

    A womanizer is abducted and threatened with death if he doesn't give his captors what they want-but he can't figure out what.

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  9. Background image for Pretenders
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Pretenders

    S1:E22

    An aspiring reporter, desperate for a scoop that will get her notice and a promotion, becomes convinced that something big is happening right in the next apartment.

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  10. Background image for Nocturne
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Nocturne

    S2:E2

    A blind music critic asks for help when she hears the voice of the man who raped her years before.

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  11. Background image for Coal Black Soul
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Coal Black Soul

    S2:E19

    McCall is torn between a lovely psychiatrist and a man who calls and says he can't stop himself from murdering women.

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  12. Background image for The Last Campaign
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Last Campaign

    S4:E1

    The aide to an ambitious candidate for state senator discovers that her boss is blackmailing the incumbent into endorsing his candidacy.

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  13. Background image for Eighteen With a Bullet
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Eighteen With a Bullet

    S4:E4

    McCall and Mickey try to help a young rock singer escape from her greedy, immoral manager.

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  14. Background image for Otis, California
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Otis, California

    S3:E14

    When Donald Lucas, the imprisoned Jack-of-All Trades killer, managed to hack onto the Internet, Bailey fears that he is communicating with a disciple. The investigation leads the VCTF to a small northern California town, named Otis, which is plagued by supersition and a series of Jack-of-All-Trade murders. With the assistance of the friendly but eccentric Sheriff Ed Post, Sam, Bailey and the team try to find the suspect. But George gets abducted by the suspect, whom is connected to a reclusive, wheelchair-bound professor, named Philip Mendez, whom is later found murdered. The search leads to an underground lab where Sam discovers her father once worked there for his government-sponsored mind-control experiments that Lucas had also worked on.

    Writer:N/A
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  15. Background image for Invasion
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Invasion

    S2:E12

    The Sliders land in the middle of a strange invasion and Quinn uses the timer to bring down one of the ships. Before barely escaping, the Sliders learn these new villains can slide at will and are soon captured on the next world. They learn their captors are the Kromaggs and are intent on conquering every parallel world.

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  16. Background image for Down for the Count (1)
    7.5/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Down for the Count (1)

    S3:E12

    Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.

    Writer:N/A
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  17. Background image for Everybody's in Show Biz
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Everybody's in Show Biz

    S3:E23

    An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

    Writer:N/A
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  18. Background image for The Devil's Music
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #18 - The Devil's Music

    S2:E4

    Leo lures the manager of Dishwalla to P3, aware that the manager has made a pact with a demon that grants him fame and fortune in exchange for innocent souls. Meanwhile, Darryl soon becomes involved when he investigates the mysterious disappearance of young women from many of Dishwalla's past concerts, and suspects that more will disappear when they next perform.

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  19. Background image for China Rain
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - China Rain

    S1:E2

    McCall comes to the aid of a housekeeper when kidnappers grab her son by mistake.

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  20. Background image for Mr. Wilson's Opus
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Mr. Wilson's Opus

    S5:E23

    Wilson becomes the director of Randy's school play but takes the role a little too seriously. Tim and Wilson clash when Wilson attempts to make him rebuild the play's aluminum set.

    Writer:N/A
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  21. Background image for Dead Man Dating
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Dead Man Dating

    S1:E4

    Piper falls for the ghost of a recently murdered man who needs her help. Meanwhile, Phoebe works as a psychic to help others and make money for Prue's birthday present, and Prue discovers a devastating betrayal.

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  22. Background image for As Time Goes By
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - As Time Goes By

    S2:E13

    The Sliders find themselves running into the same people on each new world, one of them being Quinn's former love, Daelin. After encounters on worlds where the Spanish rule America and Daelin is an abused wife, the Sliders arrive on a world where time moves backwards and they are accused of Daelin's murder. Quinn wants to save her, but it could have disastrous results.

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  23. Background image for Dead Man Sliding
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Dead Man Sliding

    S3:E10

    On a world where the legal system is in the form of televised game shows, Quinn is arrested, tried and sentenced to death for the crimes of his double.

    Writer:Nan Hagan
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  24. Background image for Mirror Image (2)
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Mirror Image (2)

    S4:E22

    A concussion leaves Crockett thinking he is his drug dealer alter-ego Burnett and goes to work for a Colombian crime boss.

    Writer:N/A
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  25. Background image for Medusa
    7.0/10(28 votes)

    #25 - Medusa

    S8:E12

    Scully and Doggett must race against the clock to investigate and fight off a contagion lurking in the subway tunnels of Boston.

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Richard Compton Ratings Summary

"Down for the Count (2)" is the best rated episode directed by Richard Compton. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 1/16/1987 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Into the Mystic".