The Best Episodes Directed By Richard Compton

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Mr. Wilson's Opus

   S5:E234/30/1996

   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.

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   7.6/10(9 votes)

   #2 - That '70s Episode

   S1:E174/7/1999

   A powerful warlock shows up claiming that he made a pact with the sisters' mother in which he spared her life in exchange for the girls' powers. Fleeing him, the three sisters go back in time to the 1970s when their mother was still alive and they try to prevent the pact.

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   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #3 - The Devil's Music

   S2:E410/21/1999

   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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   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Dead Man Dating

   S1:E410/28/1998

   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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   7.1/10(37 votes)

   #5 - Medusa

   S8:E122/11/2001

   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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   7.1/10(19 votes)

   #6 - Believers

   S1:E104/27/1994

   An alien couple comes to Dr. Franklin with their fatally ill son. The child could be cured by a simple operation, but the parents' religion specifically forbids it. Meanwhile, Ivanova escorts a damaged star liner through raider territory.

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   7.1/10(36 votes)

   #7 - Invocation

   S8:E512/3/2000

   In 1990 a little boy inexplicably disappeared from his crowded school playground and was never seen again until now, ten years later, and he hasn't aged a day.

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   7.0/10(32 votes)

   #8 - Midnight on the Firing Line

   S1:E11/26/1994

   When the Narn attack a Centauri colony, Londo and G'Kar nearly come to blows. Meanwhile, raiders are attacking transport ships near the station.

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   6.6/10(24 votes)

   #9 - The War Prayer

   S1:E73/9/1994

   A racist group is terrorizing non-humans on Babylon 5. Meanwhile Londo has trouble with two young Centauri who want to break with tradition by ignoring their arranged marriages, and instead marry for love.

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    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #10 - Infection

    S1:E42/16/1994

    Dr. Franklin gets a visit from an old friend and former mentor, xenoarchaeologist Dr. Vance Hendricks who wants Franklin's help to analyze some organic artifacts he found on a dead world. But the artifacts seem to have a will of their own and start to manipulate Hendricks' assistant.

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    6.6/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Grail

    S1:E157/6/1994

    A man comes to Babylon 5 asking the alien ambassadors for information that can help him with his quest to find the Holy Grail, while a Downbelow gangster gives security problems by mind-wiping all who oppose him.

    Director:Richard Compton

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    6.0/10(67 votes)

    #12 - Haven

    S1:E1011/30/1987

    Stardate: 41294.5. The mother of Deanna Troi, Lwaxana, pays a surprise visit to the Enterprise and announces the prearranged marriage of Deanna to the son of her mother's late husband's best friend.

    Director:Richard Compton

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    5.9/10(11 votes)

    #13 - The Gathering

    S0:E12/22/1993

    The Vorlon ambassador is nearly killed by an assassin shortly after arriving at the station, and Commander Sinclair is the prime suspect.

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