9.0/1011 votes#1 - 24 Hours
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1994
A day's worth of trauma takes its toll on the men and women of the ER. Dr. Greene looks into leaving the ER and joining private practice. Among other events, multiple casualties are brought in when a building collapses. New medical students report for duty, including Dr. Benton's new trainee, the young and inexperienced John Carter.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Michael Crichton
8.7/103 votes#2 - Thirty Six Hours
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2008
When a passenger train collides with a freight train David (Alimi Ballard), Don, and Colby are called in to help rescue survivors and to investigate the cause of the crash
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Julie Hébert
8.5/106 votes#3 - Last Call
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1996
Doug's one-night-stand has a seizure and he brings her to the ER.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller
8.3/103 votes#4 - Friendly Fire
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2009
When two FBI agents, part of a unit headed by Don's former mentor, are killed during a shootout with bank robbers, the team must investigate what exactly happened. Also, Charlie and Amita worry when Larry opts not to attend a conference in Geneva.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Mark Llewellyn
8.3/103 votes#5 - Operation Spoilsport
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/1981
Ralph and Bill must stop World War III by defusing a corrupt military leader's plans to launch a suprise missile attack against Russia.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Frank Lupo
8.3/109 votes#6 - Madmen and Fools
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2014
Casey faces his corrupt brother-in-law and Brett goes above and beyond to help a mother in need. Meanwhile, Mills get an education on unlicensed private investigation and Dawson begins training with Herrmann.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Tiller Russell
8.2/106 votes#7 - The Greatest American Hero
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/1981
Ralph Hinkley, an average school teacher, is given a suit with amazing powers by aliens. Now, Ralph must decide if he'll use his new powers to fight crime, even though he already lost the suit's instruction manual.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
8.1/1032 votes#8 - Jughead
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/28/2009
Desmond looks for a woman who might be the key to helping Faraday stop the island's unpredictable movements through time; Locke finds out who has been attacking the survivors.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff
8.0/101 votes#9 - The First Time
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1983
Special Agent "Scarecrow" enlists the aide of Amanda King, a divorced mother of two, for assistance in finding a leak in a D.C. organization. Mrs. King is then offered a job with IFF and continues to assist Lee Stetson.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Brad Buckner
8.0/107 votes#10 - Luck of the Draw
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1995
Carter trains one of Benton's new students, Deb Chen. Hathaway has her hands full with an emotionally challenged patient who's obsessed with colors. A sociologist provokes people to measure their reaction times for a study. Kayson brings charges against Susan in the Vennerbeck death, leading Morganstern to question Susan's assertiveness. Benton and Walt hunt for Peter's missing mother.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Paul Manning
8.0/105 votes#11 - Good Luck, Ruth Johnson
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1998
Carter plays tour guide for Ruth Johnson, who was born in the hospital 100 years ago to the day, and her large family. Carol treats a boy who was hit by a car and tells a story of being chased, his friend being shot in the process. Peter observes Kotlowitz install a cochlear implant and decides to wait before scheduling an operation for Reese. Mark dines with Dr. Lee, new ER chief. Dr. Corday proposes radical changes in scheduling at an M&M conference, and later decides to break off her relationship with Benton.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Lydia Woodward
8.0/106 votes#12 - And in the End...
Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 4/2/2009
As Carter prepares to open a new facility for the underprivileged, some old friends/colleagues gather. Rachel Greene, Mark Greene's daughter, applies for an internship at County.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: John Wells
7.9/1015 votes#13 - The Whites of His Eyes
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2015
Jane worries for Lisbon’s safety when the team puts itself in the line of fire to protect the witness in a murder investigation from a skilled assassin.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Erin Donovan
7.7/103 votes#14 - The Hit Car
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/1981
Bill, who has been trying to bust open a drug ring for over 20 years, must drive a witness to Los Angeles for the trial of the gang leader and asks Ralph for help.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.7/109 votes#15 - Mexican Slayride (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1983
Newspaper reporter, Amy Allen, sets out to prove the A-Team really exists and ends up hiring them to rescue one of her fellow reporters whose been kidnapped by Mexican outlaws.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Frank Lupo
7.7/1053 votes#16 - Hearts and Minds
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2005
When Locke learns that Boone wants to share their "secret" with Shannon, Locke decides to teach him a lesson. This leads to Shannon's life being placed in what seems like peril. Boone and Shannon's dark past is revealed in a shocking backstory that recalls their relationship right before the plane crash and presages the return of the beast. Kate, who has become a confidante to the soft-spoken Sun, is puzzled by Sun's mysterious behavior and the revelation that she can speak English. A hungry Hurley must convince Jin to share his fish by making up for offending Jin by rejecting his offer of raw fish early on, or he'll continue to suffer digestive problems from the limited island diet.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
7.7/107 votes#17 - Ambush
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2009
While Hetty is attending a Senate hearing in D.C., the investigation of a murdered Marine Lance Corporal leads the NCIS team to stolen anti-tank missiles and a dangerous militia group.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: N/A
7.6/1029 votes#18 - Child Predator
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2012
Sherlock and Watson consult on a child abduction case involving a serial killer who is nicknamed "The Balloon Man," because he leaves a signature batch of balloons at each of his crime scenes.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Peter Blake
7.4/1022 votes#19 - The Collection
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2010
After an apparent suicide on an opulent Kentucky horse farm, Raylan must resist the sexy widow as he searches for the dead man's missing art.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Graham Yost
7.3/106 votes#20 - Murder on the Rising Star
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1979
When Starbuck's rival in the popular sporting event is found murders, all the evidence points to Starbuck; and Apollo is about the only person who believes in Starbuck's innocence.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.2/1011 votes#21 - Conjugal
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2009
As Alicia works with Will on the appeal of a death row inmate, she agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter in order to get information from him since her client was convicted under Peter's regime as state's attorney.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Angela Amato Velez
7.1/1010 votes#22 - Bang
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2010
While Peter gets acclimated to life at home and works on a comeback strategy with his political team, including Eli Gold, Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a murder case that hinges on their ability to get a wife to testify against her husband.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Courtney Kemp Agboh
7.0/101 votes#23 - Wiseguy (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1987
Vinnie is released from prison where he has been for two years to establish his cover. He meets his boss, Frank McPike and gets to see his coach and mentor, Jerry Greco. Greco is killed and Vinnie demands to be put in to finish the investigation. He uses his ingenuity to get a foothold in the Steelgrave crime family, but it will take a while to finish this job.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
7.0/102 votes#24 - Ninety Miles Away
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/16/2005
New rumors about Fidel Castro's health cause the President to re-examine the economic sanctions against Cuba that haven't worked for 40 years, and he sends Leo McGarry to meet secretly with the Cuban dictator. The occasion causes C.J. to check into Kate Harper's past with the C.I.A., but she is unaware of a past encounter between Kate and Leo. Meanwhile, Charlie discovers the complexities of dealing with a termite invasion of the White House.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: John Sacret Young
7.0/103 votes#25 - Saturday on Sunset Boulevard
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/8/1981
Russians are trying to find an heiress and her Russian husband in order to force them to establish a missile cache hold on their private island. Bill needs Ralph's help when he is suspected of failing a lie-detector test at FBI headquarters.
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
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Rod Holcomb Ratings Summary
"24 Hours" is the best rated episode directed by Rod Holcomb. It scored 9/10 based on 11 votes. It was written by Michael Crichton. It aired on 9/19/1994 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Thirty Six Hours".