The Best Episodes Directed By Thomas Schlamme
Every TV Episode Directed by Thomas Schlamme Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Thomas Schlamme Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Thomas Schlamme is "The Friday Night Slaughter", rated 10/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Aaron Sorkin". "The Friday Night Slaughter" aired on 2/12/2007 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Disaster Show".
10.0/10 2 votes#1 - The Friday Night Slaughter
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2007
Matt takes a stroll down memory lane and recalls how he met Harriet.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
10.0/10 2 votes#2 - The Disaster Show
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/24/2007
Allison Janney, as herself, is the guest host of a show that goes haywire when the propmasters and cue card workers stage a last minute wildcat strike.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - Betrayal
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1997
The firm defends Joey Heric, a colorful client on trial for the murder of his lover. Jimmy is tried on solicitation charges by a vengeful district attorney.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: David E. Kelley
9.7/10 3 votes#4 - The West Coast Delay
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2006
Matt fabricates a response to a gift sent by one of Harriet's fans while the show attempts to recover from 90 seconds of questionable material. An article about the show is approved by Jordan.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
9.5/10 4 votes#5 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2006
When the Executive Producer of sketch show 'Studio 60' has an on-air meltdown, new network president Jordan McDeere hires Danny Tripp and Matt Albie to replace him and save the show.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
9.3/10 3 votes#6 - The Cold Open
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2006
Now that they're on board, Matt and Danny try not to crumble under the pressure of putting on their first big show, where the stakes are outrageously high. Also high are the number of complaints the network is getting over the "Crazy Christians" sketch, which Jordan defends to Jack.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
9.3/10 3 votes#7 - Jupiter
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2015
A new era is ushered in with the first test of an atomic weapon.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
9.2/10 6 votes#8 - Two Cathedrals
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2001
On the day of Mrs. Landingham's funeral, the staff deals with a Haitian presidential crisis and the law suit against the big tobacco companies, and Bartlet must decide about running for reelection.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
9.1/10 4 votes#9 - Perestroika
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2014
Frank is offered a life-changing opportunity. At the same time, the U.S. Army put Charlie on the hot seat.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Sam Shaw
9.0/10 2 votes#10 - Boy To The World
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1997
Judge Whipper Cone asks Ally to take on a pro-bono case of a young prostitute up on her third solicitation charge. Fish, meanwhile, wants to sue his uncle's church for discrimination, due to his uncle's overt bigotry towards vertically challenged people (short people). The church's contention is that they cannot support bigotry of any kind and allowing the uncle a service and proper burial is tantamount to endorsing the appalling views. Fish promises he will not propagate the attitudes in his eulogy. Renee talks Ally into double dating with the salad-dressing-on-the-chin guy if the Biscuit is invited.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: David E. Kelley
9.0/10 4 votes#11 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/2/2010
We are introduced to the very unique Braveman family. Single mom Sarah, and her two kids Amber and Drew, are moving back home with Sarah's parents Zeek and Camille. Julia, Sarah's sister and complete opposite is a successful attorney trying to do both, work and motherhood, alongside her stay-at-home husband, Joel. Sarah's younger brother, Crosby is a commitment-phobe who must accept adult responsabilities when his old flame Jasmine shows up with a kid. Meanwhile, the older sibling of the Bravemans, Adam, his wife Kristina and their teenage daughter Haddie learn that their little boy, Max has Asperger's Syndrome. Although each sibling has its own problems, this reunion may be the push they needed to help each other with the challenges that every family faces while raising children and starting over.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
8.8/10 12 votes#12 - The Great Patriotic War
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2018
As the summit fast approaches, Elizabeth enlists Philip’s help for a mission that could yield game-changing intel.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Hilary Bettis
8.7/10 6 votes#13 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2000
"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" is the two-part second season premiere of the American political drama television seriesThe West Wing. Both parts were written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Thomas Schlamme.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.5/10 4 votes#14 - Manchester (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2001
The senior staff clash with the consultants who are to work on Bartlet's reelection campaign; C.J. is concerned that the press senses the Bartlets' marriage could be in trouble; Josh asks Leo to let him use his connection to postpone the FDA's drug announcement; the situation on Haiti comes to a head.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.5/10 2 votes#15 - The Apology
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1998
The network is upset when a newly-published magazine interview reveals that Dan is in favor of the legalization of marijuana.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.5/10 2 votes#16 - The Hungry and the Hunted
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1998
Jeremy gets his first big producing break - a hunting segment. Natalie tries to get Casey interested in Dana during the run-up to one of Luther Sach's dinner parties.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.5/10 2 votes#17 - What Kind of Day Has It Been
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/1999
Casey's son comes to visit, and Dana takes a group photo with her new camera. Season One Finale.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.4/10 5 votes#18 - What Kind of Day Has It Been
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2000
The staff deals with the crisis of an American pilot who was shot down in Iraq; Toby's brother is in danger on a space shuttle whose doors won't close; Bartlet and the senior staff walk into trouble as they leave a town meeting.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.4/10 5 votes#19 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2000
With the accomplice in custody, it's revealed that the intended target was Charlie, not Bartlet. The staff still awaits news about Josh, and recalls how C.J. and Donna came to join the Bartlet campaign.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.3/10 6 votes#20 - Noël
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2000
Josh investigates the suicide of a pilot with whom he has things in common; Donna tries to get an invitation to the Congressional Christmas party to hear Yo-Yo Ma perform; Jed insists on signing a mountain of Christmas cards himself; after a White House visitor has a strange reaction to a painting, C.J. sets out to discover its provenance; following weeks of volatile behavior and an outburst in the Oval Office, Josh meets with representatives from the America Trauma Victims Association and finally deals with the trauma from his shooting.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Peter Parnell
8.3/10 3 votes#21 - Bartlet for America
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/12/2001
Leo fears the worst when he testifies in the congressional investigation into Bartlet's lack of public disclosure about his illness.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
8.3/10 3 votes#22 - Part III
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2017
AIDS continues to ravage the gay community. Cleve creates the AIDS quilt in order to get the President's attention, while Diane's daughter Annie struggles with her identity as the child of a lesbian couple and a gay man.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Derek Simonds
8.2/10 5 votes#23 - The Match Game
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/1996
Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the care of a transient. Carter celebrates when he receives his residency match, putting his patient and his job at risk. Shep, still suffering from Raul's death, is surly with new parter Reilly. Benton and Ross have differences when Peter discloses a critical mistake made by Doug, raising animosity between the two.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Neal Baer
8.2/10 5 votes#24 - Part 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/13/2020
Herman, Bess and Philip each struggle to accept the family's selection for the Homestead Act and imminent relocation to Kentucky.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 6 votes#25 - Part 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2020
The familial ties in the Levin family reach a breaking point as violence, conspiracies and chaos run rampant.
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: N/A