The Best Episodes Directed By Sanford Bookstaver
Every TV Episode Directed by Sanford Bookstaver Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Sanford Bookstaver Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Sanford Bookstaver is "Au Revoir", rated 9.2/10 from 11 user votes. It was "written by Jeff Eastin". "Au Revoir" aired on 12/18/2014 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "End of the Tunnel".
9.2/10 11 votes#1 - Au Revoir
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2014
In order to help Neal carry out a risky heist, Peter must involve himself in a dangerous con.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Jeff Eastin
8.9/10 33 votes#2 - End of the Tunnel
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/2005
With Lincoln's execution scheduled for the following day, Veronica comes out of hiding to contact him and gains an ally. Kellerman makes the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the conspiracy. Michael looks for a way to get Lincoln out of solitary confinement in time for the escape that evening. The inmates risk everything as they attempt their escape.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Paul T. Scheuring
8.6/10 10 votes#3 - Just Drive the Truck
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2014
Tensions run high when trucks from two firehouses collide and fingers are pointed towards Cruz for his driving.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Michael Gilvary
8.5/10 8 votes#4 - Nobody Else Is Dying Today
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2016
Lt. Casey finds himself in a bad spot when a forklift accidentally pierces a tank storing acid. Casey is forced to use extreme measures to help a father and daughter in peril. Dawson and Brett respond to an elderly woman who has a difficult senior advocate. Mouch and Brett continue with their secret project. Otis shares some exciting news as he prepares himself for an unusual expedition.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Jill Weinberger
8.4/10 7 votes#5 - It Isn’t the Fall That Kills You
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2016
When Walter is accidentally launched into space in a rocket, he hallucinates about Paige as his oxygen runs low, and Team Scorpion works feverishly to find a way to bring him home before he suffocates.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Scott Sullivan
8.4/10 10 votes#6 - Red Rag the Bull
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/2015
The interim chief makes a tactical error during an apartment fire, stirring up tensions and putting careers in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Mouch discovers that his donation to a fertility clinic has resulted in a child, and Dawson goes out on a double date with Brett and Cruz.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Tiller Russell
8.4/10 5 votes#7 - A Real Shot in the Arm
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2019
Lt. Casey struggles to get Chief Boden to sign off on an energetic new recruit. Against her better judgment, Foster extends an olive branch to her irritating new medic. Otis inspires Herrmann to seek new partners at Molly’s. Brett realizes life in Fowlerton will take some getting used to.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Michael Gilvary
8.3/10 9 votes#8 - You Will Hurt Him
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2013
Chief Boden prepares to counterattack McLeod in a final effort to save the firehouse from closure and the romance between Dawson and Casey escalates. Leon is making progress in the gang murder investigation, but Cruz cannot stand being left in the dark by Voight, fearing for his brother's safety. Meanwhile, Severide and Katie bond to make up for lost time and Otis feels uncomfortable living with Severide and Shay after Devon's latest escapade.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Michael Gilvary
8.3/10 28 votes#9 - Out of the Chute
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2011
The team treats a professional bull rider who is attacked by a bull. The team must determine the causes behind the patients disappearing symptoms and seizures while taking House's advice from outside the hospital as he attends to issues unrelated to the case. Meanwhile, Masters develops a crush on the patient.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
8.2/10 11 votes#10 - The Graft in the Girl
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2006
The team helps Deputy Director Sam Cullen's daughter, Amy, when she contracts a rare form of lung cancer after receiving a bone graft. Booth and Brennan learn she is not the only victim with this rare form of cancer.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Greg Ball
8.2/10 9 votes#11 - They'll Have to Go Through Me (III)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2014
The intelligence unit is joined by detectives from New York’s SVU to help solve the pedophile ring case. Ruzek, Amaro, Halstead and Antonio continue to hunt for the link to foster care and child trafficking. Burgess and Roman try to find the shooter from the hospital after using surveillance footage to identify him. Platt shows her deep respect for police and the dangerous work they do by honoring their fallen brother. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S03E07 Nobody Touches Anything (I) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S16E07 Chicago Crossover (II).
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 7 votes#12 - Where There's a Will
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/2011
Peter and Neal find a treasure map on a forged will, and soon enter a race to locate the treasure and save the daughter of the beneficiary.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Mark Goffman
8.1/10 7 votes#13 - Prison Ball
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2014
Following the death of a 10-year old girl, the intelligence unit has one option to gain access to their suspect. Voight and Olinsky follow-up on a good lead to answer some questions about the shooting. Burgess and Roman show three boys around district thinking they are part of the Police Explorers program.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Eduardo Javier Canto
8.0/10 1 votes#14 - A.K.A.
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/2007
Jake finds that Hawkins has not been honest with the residents of Jericho about his past and holds him at gunpoint for answers.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Robbie Thompson
8.0/10 1 votes#15 - Why We Fight
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/2007
The battle with New Bern ensues, with Jericho residents out-manned and out-gunned, but not outsmarted. Jericho gains the upper hand but suffers a significant casualty. A friend of Jake's sends help from an unexpected source.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Jonathan E. Steinberg
8.0/10 11 votes#16 - The Boy in the Shroud
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2006
When the body of a young man, who's been missing for nearly three weeks, is discovered, the investigation leads them to his girlfriend, who is a foster child. Bones becomes emotionally involved in the case since, she too, became a foster child after her parents disappeared.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Gary Glasberg
8.0/10 1 votes#17 - Happy Endings
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/5/2013
Briggs and Mike search for the truth about Juan's disappearance. Briggs makes a decision about his future.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Joe Henderson
8.0/10 1 votes#18 - Los Malos
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/2014
When Mike comes face-to-face with his greatest enemy, he pledges to do whatever it takes to take the man down.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Carla Ching
8.0/10 9 votes#19 - A Material Witness
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2014
In responding to a call Atwater and Burgess discover a gunshot victim and the only witness is Lexi Olinsky. The shooting is tied to a Latin gang. To protect Olinsky’s daughter, Voight takes the case from the Gang Unit. Ruzek pulls up Burgess to help with an undercover mission that he hopes will help solve the case. Jon Seda, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer, and Archie Kao also star.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Mike Batistick
8.0/10 1 votes#20 - King's Gambit
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/2019
Tasha revisits old habits when she begins to recruit soldiers for her new empire. Tariq pulls a ruse on Vincent. Proctor warns Tommy about a snitch. Ghost plans to take care of the snitch on his own terms.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Gabriela Uribe
8.0/10 5 votes#21 - Hooghandi
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/3/2022
Leaphorn suspects all of the crimes on the reservation are related. There is a big break in the case. Leaphorn invites Chee over for dinner. Manuelito makes a discovery of her own.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 8 votes#22 - Need to Know
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2010
Neal goes undercover as a political "fixer" in order to bring down a corrupt politician. Diana and Peter's lead brings them to an unidentified man who escapes their pursuit. It is also revealed that Peter had Diana keep the music box's location hidden even from Peter himself. Neal begins to suspect that Peter is investigating the plane explosion behind his back.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Joe Henderson
7.9/10 8 votes#23 - A Rocket Blasting Off
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2014
Lt. Severide hits the top of the list as Det. Lindsay starts calling in suspects with the clearest motives to make the guy who kidnapped Katie disappear. Meanwhile, Jones is still having trouble fitting in as word of her disruptions reach the fire department’s headquarters. Elsewhere, Herrmann celebrates his twentieth anniversary with his wife, but no one supports his idea on the gift he intends to give.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Matt Olmstead
7.9/10 7 votes#24 - The Three Gs
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2015
Led by Olinksy, Intelligence hunts down an elusive Chinatown gangster.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: Craig Gore
7.9/10 7 votes#25 - Push the Pain Away
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2015
A mass shooting at an athletic club is investigated; and Atwater, who's dealing with his new assignment, helps locate the suspected shooters. Platt and Halstead, meanwhile, check in with Lindsay to see how she's managing.
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Writer: N/A