The Best Episodes Directed By Ryan Murphy
Every TV Episode Directed by Ryan Murphy Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Ryan Murphy Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Ryan Murphy is "Pilot", rated 8.656/10 from 32 user votes. It was "written by Steven Canals". "Pilot" aired on 6/3/2018 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Verdict".
8.7/10 32 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/3/2018
Blanca pursues her dream of becoming a house mother after receiving a devastating medical diagnosis, and Damon moves to New York City with aspirations of joining a dance company.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Steven Canals
8.3/10 29 votes#2 - The Verdict
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2016
In the season finale, the prosecution and defense make their closing statements; the jurors deliberate; and the verdict is given.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Scott Alexander
8.2/10 26 votes#3 - Marcia, Marcia, Marcia
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2016
As Marcia Clark juggles her home and work obligations, she starts to feel the public scrutiny of her appearance.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: D.V. DeVincentis
8.0/10 36 votes#4 - Welcome, Friends
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2022
Soon after the Brannock family moves into their dream home, they receive a threatening letter from a mysterious sender - and suffer an unexpected loss.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ian Brennan
8.0/10 10 votes#5 - Access
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/2018
Blanca is denied access to a popular bar leading to a purposeful feud. Meanwhile, inexperienced Damon learns the truth about love and sex when he is asked on a date.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Steven Canals
7.9/10 7 votes#6 - Ice Pick
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2020
Dr. Hanover demonstrates a cutting-edge procedure. Ratched visits a survivor of Edmund's massacre and joins Gwendolyn on an outing in Monterey.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ian Brennan
7.8/10 186 votes#7 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2011
A therapist and his family move across the country to escape their troubled past but quickly discover that their new home comes with its own horrific baggage.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.8/10 6 votes#8 - Man Handled
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2021
The Office of the Independent Counsel ensnares Monica Lewinsky, holding her for 12 traumatizing hours in a hotel room.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Sarah Burgess
7.7/10 7 votes#9 - The Substitute
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2010
When Mr. Schuester gets sick, a substitute teacher takes over his Spanish class and the glee club and winds up winning over the whole New Directions clan. Meanwhile, when Sue fills in for Principal Figgins as McKinley’s top dog, she tries to flex her power on campus.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ian Brennan
7.7/10 6 votes#10 - Mandi/Randi
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/29/2003
Twin sisters want plastic surgery done to look different from each other. Sean moves out so he can experience life as a single man. Matt decides to try and perform a circumcision on himself after his girlfriend sees his penis. Christian is plagued with thoughts of Julia.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.5/10 2 votes#11 - Quentin Costa
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/2005
The Carver strikes at a sorority house. His identity is revealed. Ariel's dad kidnaps Matt and Cherry. Ariel's dad forces Matt to make a life threatening decision, while the carver tries desperately to get his last minute revenge. Julia discovers that there might be something wrong with her baby.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.5/10 2 votes#12 - Gala Gallardo
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/2006
Sean considers selling his shares of the practice to Christian and Michelle, although Michelle's past starts to threaten her future with Christian. Meanwhile, Escobar's wife needs cosmetic surgery.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 6 votes#13 - Throwdown
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2009
To cause distension among the Glee Club members, Sue forces the students to compete against each other, but the real showdown happens when she and Will get called into the principal’s office. Meanwhile, the Glee kids rally to support Quinn after some shocking news is revealed.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Brad Falchuk
7.5/10 27 votes#14 - The Man Who Would Be Vogue
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/2018
The murder of Gianni Versace turns the eyes of the world onto Miami Beach.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Tom Rob Smith
7.5/10 10 votes#15 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2020
Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Evan Romansky
7.5/10 2 votes#16 - The Other Woman
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/12/2017
With production on the film underway, Bette and Joan form an alliance, but outside forces conspire against them.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - And the Winner is... (The Oscars of 1963)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/2/2017
Bette is on track to win a record-breaking, third "Best Actress" Oscar. Joan and Hedda launch a clandestine campaign against Bette.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 39 votes#18 - From the Ashes of Tragedy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2016
Investigators visit the home of O.J. Simpson following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Scott Alexander
7.4/10 10 votes#19 - Hooray for Hollywood
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2020
While waiting for his big break, aspiring movie star Jack Castello accepts a job at a local service station that pumps more than just gas.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ian Brennan
7.3/10 51 votes#20 - Monsters Among Us
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2014
One of the only surviving sideshows in the country struggles to stay in business during the dawning era of television; police make a terrifying discovery at a local farmhouse.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy
7.2/10 12 votes#21 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/19/2009
Optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the McKinley High School’s glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential. Going up against McKinley’s cruel high school caste system and facing harsh criticism from everyone around him, Will is determined to prove them all wrong.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ian Brennan
7.2/10 33 votes#22 - The Run of His Life
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/2016
O.J. Simpson goes missing in the white Bronco and Robert Shapiro and Robert Kardashian battle the fallout while the D.A.'s office and the LAPD go searching for O.J.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Scott Alexander
7.1/10 9 votes#23 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/5/2017
Cast aside by Hollywood, screen legends Joan Crawford and Bette Davis battle ageism, sexism and each other when they sign up to make "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: N/A
7.1/10 10 votes#24 - Exiles
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2021
After the death of her boss, White House staffer Linda Tripp is moved to The Pentagon where she meets Monica Lewinsky. Paula Jones decides to sue The President for sexual harassment.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Sarah Burgess
7.0/10 11 votes#25 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/22/2003
Old friends Sean (the family man) and Christian (the playboy) are partners in a plastic surgery office. Their relationship is under fire after Christian operates on a Colombian drug lord who pays him in drug money. Sean's family life is also in upheaval, and he is headed for a mid-life crisis.
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Ryan Murphy