The Best Episodes Directed By Rick Rosenthal

Every TV Episode Directed by Rick Rosenthal Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 6 Episode 16 - Promise
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Promise

    S6:E16

    Clark has second thoughts about Lana marrying Lex, and Lana has the same concerns. Meanwhile, the doctor involved in the secret behind Lana's pregnancy threatens Lex with his knowledge.

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  2. undefined Season 6 Episode 17 - Normal Again
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Normal Again

    S6:E17

    After being stung by a demon, Buffy finds herself shifting back and forth between the Sunnydale she knows and a psych ward where she is told the last six years have been an elaborate hallucination. Struggling to make sense of either reality, she must decide which to believe.

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 9 - Lexmas
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Lexmas

    S5:E9

    Lex is given an envelope with damaging information that will destroy Jonathan's life and must decide whether he will use it as it will also bring harm to Clark and Martha. Before he can decide what to do, Lex is shot and falls into a coma. He dreams that his mother visits him and shows him the life he could lead if he walks away from his father and LuthorCorp. In this alternate life, Lex is happily married to Lana with a baby on the way. Meanwhile, Chloe asks Clark to use his powers to deliver Christmas presents to needy kids.

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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Cure
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #4 - Cure

    S7:E4

    Dr. Curtis Knox says he can "cure" someone from being a "meteor freak," changing their lives. Chloe takes an interest in this, but Dr. Knox may have another secret.

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  5. undefined Season 8 Episode 2 - Plastique
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Plastique

    S8:E2

    Chloe invites an injured 15-year-old to move in with her. Meanwhile, Clark experiences his first day of work with Lois.

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Visitor
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Visitor

    S2:E18

    After a schoolmate claims to be an alien and proves it by using heat vision, Clark investigates and believes the boy is from Krypton. Meanwhile, Helen confronts Lex over the locked room in the mansion that holds his investigation of Clark's secrets.

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - Rush
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Rush

    S2:E14

    Students are engaging in wild, sometimes suicidal stunts, and Chloe and Pete are the next ones to become "infected."..and they use a piece of red meteor rock to get Clark to join them.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - ...Or Just Look Like One
    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #8 - ...Or Just Look Like One

    S1:E3

    When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team uncovers an insidious drug and sex conspiracy in the world of high fashion. Benson and Stabler enter into a modeling underworld of thoughtless parents, drug-dealing doctors and a trendy agency executive.

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - The Quick and the Wed
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #9 - The Quick and the Wed

    S2:E15

    Wallace's new girlfriend Jane enlists Veronica's help when her older sister Heidi appears to be a "runaway bride," but the clues suggest something possibly more disturbing happened on the way to the altar. Meanwhile, Keith and Veronica decide that they have no choice but to go to Sheriff Lamb with the evidence they've uncovered about the bus crash. Later, Kendall has a tempting offer for Aaron Echolls.

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  10. undefined Season 7 Episode 4 - Help
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Help

    S7:E4

    Buffy begins a new job as school counsellor at Sunnydale High. On her first day she encounters a troubled young girl who is convinced she is about to die.

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  11. undefined Season 6 Episode 9 - Subterranean
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #11 - Subterranean

    S6:E9

    An illegal immigrant comes to Clark for help, escaping from a nearby farm where he's working... a farm that houses a dark secret.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Russian Love Poem
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Russian Love Poem

    S1:E12

    When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Detectives discover he was involved with a group of beautiful Russian women that came to the U.S. to take advantage of wealthy Americans.

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hand You're Dealt
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Hand You're Dealt

    S1:E10

    Nathan and Audrey investigate a series of murders, but the prime suspect insists that she's trying to stop the real killer. Meanwhile, in the aftermath of Duke's revelation, Audrey continues to investigate the Colorado Kid mystery involving her mother.

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Rick Rosenthal Ratings Summary

"Promise" is the best rated episode directed by Rick Rosenthal. It scored 8.6/10 based on 14 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 3/15/2007 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Normal Again".