The Best Episodes Directed By Richard J. lewis
Every TV Episode Directed by Richard J. lewis Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Richard J. Lewis Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Richard J. Lewis is "For Warrick", rated 9.389/10 from 9 user votes. It was "written by Carol Mendelsohn". "For Warrick" aired on 10/9/2008 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Firewall".
9.4/10 9 votes#1 - For Warrick
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2008
After Warrick is shot in a Las Vegas alley, the CSI team comes together to deal with the aftermath.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
9.2/10 24 votes#2 - Firewall
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/17/2012
As the clock ticks down, Reese winds up trapped with his POI in the most heavily surveilled part of the city, forced to rely on the help of Finch, Carter and Fusco to fend off the FBI, corrupt cops and a slew of old foes.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Greg Plageman
8.9/10 27 votes#3 - God Mode
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2013
Finch and Reese team up with unexpected allies as they race to fix the machine; as Detective Carter tries to apprehend Cal Beecher's murderer, she finds herself up against HR -- a criminal organization.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Jonathan Nolan
8.9/10 10 votes#4 - Gum Drops
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2005
Nick takes the lead on a case where in the house a family of four, three pools of blood are found. Nick thinks that the little girl may still be alive, but Sara is doubtful, thinking that Nick's recent near-death experience is affecting his judgement.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Sarah Goldfinger
8.9/10 25 votes#5 - The Devil You Know
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2014
Reese must save Elias from the Brotherhood. He can't get any help from Root or Shaw since Shaw's cover is blown and Root is escorting her to underground.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Erik Mountain
8.7/10 27 votes#6 - Aletheia
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2014
Multiple enemies converge on the POI team as they protect a dying man whose number has come up. They struggle to keep their enemies at bay but without Reese, who has left them and their mission behind following the tragic war with HR, being down one man could have catastrophic repercussions for the team.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Lucas O'Connor
8.7/10 3 votes#7 - Zoey's Extraordinary Session
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/9/2021
In therapy, Zoey reflects back on her unexpectedly profound first day working at SPRQPoint.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Sam Laybourne
- 8.7/10 8 votes
#8 - Post Mortem
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2006
While investigating an elderly woman's murder, Grissom receives a miniature crime scene replica; Greg attends a hearing to ascertain his culpability in a teenager's accidental death.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Naren Shankar
- 8.7/10 10 votes
#9 - Still Life
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2005
The CSI's are called out to investigate the disappearance of a boy whose father died four years ago. Soon a couple is arrested at a convenience store with a boy matching the description of the missing kid. The only problem is they both claim it is their son. Both parents have exactly the same picture of the boy, with a scar on exactly the same place on his face. They hope a DNA-test could confirm who the real parents are, but when this information comes to light, it lead to another bizarre twist, possibly murder.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: David Rambo
8.6/10 22 votes#10 - Death Benefit
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/15/2014
Reese poses as a Secret Service agent to get close to the latest POI, a U.S. congressman who may hold the key to derailing Decima’s plans to bring a second Machine online.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Lucas O'Connor
8.6/10 8 votes#11 - Grissom's Divine Comedy
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2008
Grissom and his team battle the flu when they are called upon by D.D.A. Klein to investigate the deaths of several key witnesses for a grand jury case against a dangerous Las Vegas gang.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
- 8.6/10 9 votes
#12 - Fannysmackin'
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2006
Three tourists are beat up, badly. One is dead, Alfonzo. Jessica is badly beaten but is still alive. Stanley, the last tourist is saved by Greg who ends up severely hurt in turn and ends up hospitalized after having to make a life altering decision.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Dustin Lee Abraham
8.5/10 23 votes#13 - 2πR
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/3/2013
Finch goes under cover to protect a youth who reminds him of himself; Carter goes on a dangerous mission for the FBI.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Dan Dietz
8.5/10 25 votes#14 - Lethe
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2013
Flashbacks to Finch’s adolescence provide insight into his creation of The Machine. Also, the team receives the number of an already dying man, and Reese leaves the POI team behind in the aftermath of the war with the crime organization, HR.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Erik Mountain
8.5/10 9 votes#15 - High and Low
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2002
Grissom, Warrick, and Nick investigate the case of man who apparently was murdered and pushed off a six story building. Grissom's involvement is cut short by renewed hearing problems. Catherine looks into the murder of man outside of his regular bar.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Eli Talbert
8.4/10 9 votes#16 - A La Cart
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2007
The CSI team investigates two unusual cases, one involving the suspicious death of a go-cart racer who took his hobby to the highway and paid the price with his life, and a murder at a hip new restaurant where patrons dine in the dark
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Sarah Goldfinger
- 8.4/10 11 votes
#17 - Pirates of the Third Reich
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2006
The CSIs investigate the gruesome murder of Lady Heather's estranged daughter, Zoe, who was found in the middle of the Vegas desert.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Jerry Stahl
8.4/10 18 votes#18 - Root Cause
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2012
The Machine gives Reese and Finch the number of a down-and-out man who has been pushed too far, and they're forced to turn to former Person of Interest Zoe Morgan for help.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Erik Mountain
8.4/10 24 votes#19 - The Contingency
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2012
With Finch missing – kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root, Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back, Meanwhile, The Machine never sleeps, disseminating a new number to Reese.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Denise Thé
- 8.4/10 10 votes
#20 - The Hunger Artist
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2002
Season Finale. The CSIs investigate when the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered stuffed in an overturned shopping cart near a freeway underpass. Her horribly disfigured and partially decomposed face is a nightmare of blood, scabs and scars, as if she'd been shoved into a fan. A huge circular hole dominates her left cheek. Someone not only wanted her dead, Grissom reasons, but ""they wanted her ugly."" Adding to the mystery are the cart's other contents: an expensive handbag, fashion magazines and a leather day planner with notes written in code.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Carol Mendelsohn
8.3/10 13 votes#21 - Turn, Turn, Turn
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2009
When the CSIs are called to a murder scene at a familiar motel, Nick is thrown for a loop as he pieces together three separate murder investigations that all took place at the same establishment over the course of a year.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Tom Mularz
- 8.3/10 10 votes
#22 - Leaving Las Vegas
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/2007
Catherine testifies in a murder trial in which a man is accused of murdering his own mother three years ago, but the suspect is found not guilty. Catherine, however, believes he did commit the crime and that he may also have killed two other people, so she sets out to find the other victims. Grissom prepares to leave on a four-week sabbatical.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Allen MacDonald
8.3/10 9 votes#23 - All for Our Country (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2003
When the lead suspects in Grissom's serial killer case are murdered, Grissom suspects an inside job. Grissom and Brass are at odds when Grissom suggests it was a cop. Catherine and Sara investigate what happened to a college football fan when his bloated body is found in a bathtub.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 27 votes#24 - Panopticon
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2014
Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all at risk of being detected by Samaritan.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Greg Plageman
8.2/10 9 votes#25 - Fight Night
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2002
A middleweight boxing champ dies in the ring after taking a brutal beating from his nemesis, but Grissom finds evidence that points to murder. Outside, in a nearby parking lot, Catherine works a crime scene where a Los Angeles gang member was gunned down, apparently by a rival gang. Also, Nick investigates a jewelry-store robbery.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: Andrew Lipsitz