The Best Episodes Directed By Rick Jacobson
Every TV Episode Directed by Rick Jacobson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Rick Jacobson Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Rick Jacobson is "Love on the Rocks", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Kevin Maynard". "Love on the Rocks" aired on 4/24/1999 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "While I Breathe, I Trust the Cross".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Love on the Rocks
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/1999
An unsuspecting Iolaus 2 falls in love with Triton's daughter, unaware she is really a mermaid in human form.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Kevin Maynard
9.2/10 6 votes#2 - While I Breathe, I Trust the Cross
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/4/2019
The death of the Knights Templar Order is imminent as Landry and his Templar brothers are sentenced to burn at the stake.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Aaron Helbing
9.0/10 5 votes#3 - God's Executioners
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2019
Banished from the Knights Templar after the discovery of his affair with Queen Joan, Landry must work to redeem himself under the watchful eye of a mysterious veteran of the Crusades. King Philip formulates a plan to take action against the Templars, while dealing with the return of his erratic, eldest son, Prince Louis.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Aaron Helbing
8.9/10 40 votes#4 - Victory
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/12/2013
Spartacus and his outnumbered rebels make one last attempt to win freedom in an epic final battle against the Romans.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
8.5/10 2 votes#5 - Motherhood
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2000
Xena faces the gods of Olympus in a battle to the death when she acquires some new powers. Meanwhile, Gabrielle and Eve, are fighting battles of their own.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 37 votes#6 - Home Again
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2016
Ash, distraught about losing Pablo is determined to bring him back! Ruby and Kelly tag along to make sure Young Ash never sees the Necronomicon. But the butterfly effect they create is something no one can believe!
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Jennifer Ames
8.3/10 20 votes#7 - The Mettle of Man
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/29/2018
Elk Grove undergoes a major battle that takes place on the streets, Ash rides high in a military tank, speeding across shaky, post-apocalyptic Elk Grove. Ash fights the biggest battle of them all - a sixty foot tall Kandarian demon.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 28 votes#8 - Judgement Day
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2018
Pablo's role as Brujo Especiale has him straddle the worlds of good and evil to keep the rift open for Ash to save Brandy and Kelly, but they run into a snag; Ruby and Kaya faceoff with The Dark One.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Rick Jacobson
8.1/10 47 votes#9 - The Dark One
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/2016
A last ditch effort to rid the world of Evil could leave Ash a changed man, as well as changing mankind forever.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Craig DiGregorio
8.0/10 27 votes#10 - Libertus
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2012
In an ironic twist of fate, a gladiator from the house of Batiatus will stand in the way of Spartacus trying to free Crixus from Roman captivity. Ilithyia's scheming puts her marriage to Glaber at risk.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Aaron Helbing
8.0/10 2 votes#11 - The Dirty Half Dozen
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1997
Xena, Gabrielle and four warriors go up against Ares and his new army who possess armor and weapons forged by the god, Hephaestus, which cannot be harmed by any mortal weapons.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven L. Sears
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - Locked Up and Tied Down
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1998
When Xena allows herself to be tried and convicted of the murder of an innocent woman, who she left to die in the past, Gabrielle struggles to uncover the truth and free Xena from Shark Island Prison.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - Between the Lines
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1999
An Indiana ritual sends Xena's soul into the karmic future for an encounter with the reincarnation of the evil shamoness Alti.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven L. Sears
8.0/10 1 votes#14 - Succession
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1999
Ares decides to pit Mavican, Xena, and Gabrielle in a fight to the death in an unkown arena. One catch, Xena and Gabrielle share one body and Mavican is determined to fill-out her destiny of the one who kills Xena.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven L. Sears
8.0/10 1 votes#15 - Back in the Bottle
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1999
After a vision Xena, Gabrielle, and Joxer return to Chin, where they are reunited with Kao Syn. Where they must defeat the warlord Khan, who has joined forces with the evil spirits of Pao Tsu and Ming Ten, aka The Green Dragon, and knows the recipe of the deadly black powder.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#16 - The Ring (2)
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
Gabrielle, Brunnhilda and Beowulf find Xena alive after the Grindl's attack. When they arrive to the mine where the Grindl is hidden, Xena reveals the monster was once the valkyrie Grinhilda, who put the Rheingold Ring on her finger as a desperate attempt to stop Xena's reign of terror.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Joel Metzger
7.9/10 31 votes#17 - Delicate Things
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2010
Lies, distrust and duplicity plague the house of Batiatus and impact the hopes of both Barca and Spartacus, who have benefited from good fortune and envision a future away from the grounds. Barca expects to buy his and his male lover's way out, while Spartacus anticipates his promised reunion with his enslaved wife, part of his reward for a monumental victory in the arena. But just in case things go wrong, Spartacus dreams and schemes an escape plan.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Tracy Bellomo
7.9/10 43 votes#18 - Home
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2016
Ash, Pablo and Kelly, summoned back to Ash's hometown by Ruby, form an unusual alliance. Once there, Ash's father and the local pub dwellers give the returning son a chilly reception.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Craig DiGregorio
7.9/10 36 votes#19 - Second Coming
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2016
Ash, Ruby and Kelly battle the past to secure a future where Pablo is alive and the world is safe from evil, but the family from hell has other plans.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Luke Kalteux
7.5/10 102 votes#20 - The Red Serpent
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/2010
The Romans, in an effort to protect their homeland, seek the help of Thracian warrior Spartacus and his team of fighters. After a violent incident, Spartacus must enter the gladiator ring to face his punishment from the Romans.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.5/10 49 votes#21 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2010
Enslaved in gladiatorial school, the newly christened Spartacus must try to suppress his desire for vengeance when his new master promises to reunite him with his wife.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.5/10 2 votes#22 - Sacrifice (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/1998
When Gabrielle's evil daughter, Hope, takes the form of her mother and joins forces with Ares to create a race of superbeings, Xena and Gabrielle must stop her reign of terror.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Paul Robert Coyle
7.0/10 2 votes#23 - A Good Day
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1998
Teaming with Greek Soldiers, Xena plots against Caesar and Pompey, whose war between one another has spilled over from Rome to Greece, and Xena plans to send them both back to where they came from.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Steven L. Sears
7.0/10 2 votes#24 - Animal Attraction
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1999
While getting a little rest and relaxation in Spamona, Gabrielle tries to train her new horse, Amarice makes a love connection with Joxer's friend, Arman, Joxer pines for Gabrielle, and Xena helps an old frien with a warlord problem, while exhibiting signs of pregnancy.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.0/10 2 votes#25 - Livia
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2000
Twenty-five years have passed when Xena and Gabrielle finally awake from their icy sleep, and they set out to find Xena's daughter, Eve, only to discover the world is not the same and neither is Eve. She's now known as Livia, the Bitch of Rome, a bloodthirsty warrior with Ares as her mentor and lover.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Chris Manheim