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The Best Episodes Directed By Timothy Busfield

Every TV Episode Directed by Timothy Busfield Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Timothy Busfield Ratings Summary

"Nevada Day (2)" is the best rated episode directed by Timothy Busfield. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Aaron Sorkin. It aired on 11/13/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Harriet Dinner (1)".

  • Nevada Day (2)
    10.0/102 votes

    #1 - Nevada Day (2)

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2006

    Jack pleads with the local Nevada judge to free Tom so he can make it back to the Friday night show. Meanwhile, tension heats up between Matt and Harriet on the set.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Aaron Sorkin

  • The Harriet Dinner (1)
    10.0/102 votes

    #2 - The Harriet Dinner (1)

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2007

    Danny and Jordan cannot get down from the roof of the theater; staff members attend a dinner honoring Harriet; Harriet and Matt's relationship begins to unravel.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Aaron Sorkin

  • K & R (1)
    10.0/102 votes

    #3 - K & R (1)

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/7/2007

    Jordan is rushed into surgery as the situation with Tom's brother grows more grim.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Aaron Sorkin

  • K & R (3)
    10.0/102 votes

    #4 - K & R (3)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/21/2007

    The long day's journey into night continues as we learn more, in flashback, about how Matt and Danny came to be fired. Jack tries to convince Simon to apologize for his statement to the press. Matt continues to explore paying a ransom to free Tom’s brother over the objections of Captain Boyle. Harriet sits with and act as a distraction for Danny who is keeping vigil for Jordan at the hospital.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Aaron Sorkin

  • The West Coast Delay
    9.7/103 votes

    #5 - 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: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Facing Demons
    9.0/101 votes

    #6 - Facing Demons

    Season 20 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2019

    Benson and the SVU investigate the death of a man they believe to be a pedophile. When they dig deeper, they realize things are not what they seem and that the case actually hits really close to home.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Richard Sweren

  • What You See Isn't Always What You Get
    9.0/103 votes

    #7 - What You See Isn't Always What You Get

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/22/2023

    Halstead and Cuevas struggle to diagnose a patient with a rare disorder. CFD and Med staff work to free a paranoid father trapped in the MRI suite. Tanaka-Reed gets an ego check.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Danny Weiss

  • Check Your Head
    8.7/103 votes

    #8 - Check Your Head

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2006

    The team tries to track down a reclusive columnist who hadn't left her apartment in months and was communicating with numerous prisoners.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Diego Gutierrez

  • Decriminalized
    8.7/103 votes

    #9 - Decriminalized

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2022

    The team gets called to Vermont after a married couple who grow illegal marijuana massacres their employees. Also, Barnes begins to regret not taking any time off to bond with her new baby.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Melissa Scrivner-Love

  • The Hawke
    8.2/1026 votes

    #10 - The Hawke

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/2018

    Nolan and the team must help capture a cop and his former mentor from the academy after he becomes a fugitive following an assault. Bradford needs Chen to learn to predict the moves of criminals in order to capture them.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Fredrick Kotto

  • Know Thyself
    8.2/104 votes

    #11 - Know Thyself

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2021

    The team hunts for a serial killer who is targeting young, homeless men. Also, Tiffany and Scola don’t see eye to eye on how to handle the case or the difference between partners and co-workers.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Jen Frosch

  • Upstairs Downstairs
    8.0/101 votes

    #12 - Upstairs Downstairs

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2004

    When a nanny, and the child she took care of, disappear from her employers' home after being fired by them, the team must determine if the nanny is a kidnapping victim, or a kidnapping suspect.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Doppelgänger: Part 2
    8.0/101 votes

    #13 - Doppelgänger: Part 2

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2004

    When a homeless woman disappears from a shelter, the team is forced to re-examine the case of twin brothers Greg and Rick Knowles. Five months earlier (Doppelganger), Greg Knowles had confessed to a series of brutal murders, but the team was always convinced that it was Rick who had actually performed the killings. When Greg is released from jail and exonerated of the crimes, the team has to work against the clock to prove that Rick is the guilty party and to save one twin from the other.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Neither Rain Nor Sleet
    8.0/101 votes

    #14 - Neither Rain Nor Sleet

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2005

    After postal worker Rosie Diaz goes missing during what seemed to be a regular workday, the team initially connects her disappearance to her cargo, which include $12,000 worth of the game Demon Storm, which all the kids were after. But when the team gets in touch with child protective services, they learn that Rosie recently had her foster children taken away after an anonymous abuse call. A search of her home uncovers a DVD containing child pornography, and the team starts to look at the case from another angle. Danny comments on Martin and Sam's obvious closeness, and wonders why they're keeping it quiet.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Transitions
    8.0/101 votes

    #15 - Transitions

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2005

    When Stephanie Healy doesn't show up for choir practice, the team heads in to investigate and soon learns Stephanie had recently had a fight with her boyfriend. While speaking with Eddie, the team is shocked to learn that Stephanie used to be Stephen Patrick Healy. Convinced that the truth to what is happening in Stephanie's present lies in her past, the team investigates who Stephen was. Vivian has trouble hiding her worsening problems from the team, and is upset that Martin has been talking to Sam about his suspicions.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • From the Ashes
    8.0/101 votes

    #16 - From the Ashes

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2005

    The team adds a new member who already as a connection to one of the team as they search for a missing prostitute.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Patient X
    8.0/101 votes

    #17 - Patient X

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/19/2006

    After therapist Gina Hill disappears, the team investigates and initially suspects that one of her patients may be involved. After discussions with Gina's fiancé and her own therapist, the team follows the trail of clues to a bartender named Vince with an unusual ability to get good women to do whatever he wants them to. Martin continues to struggle with his recovery.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: David Amann

  • More Than This
    8.0/101 votes

    #18 - More Than This

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/20/2006

    After Breck Mulligan goes missing from the women's shelter he had been working at, the team is called in to investigate. Breck was originally assigned to work at the shelter as part of a his probation for drug related offences, but the plight of the women and children seeking help had gotten to him and he had continued to work for the shelter, even going so far as to sleep with rich older women to get donations to help the shelter. The team is surprised to learn how little faith Breck's family and friends had in him, discovering that his friends had staged in 'intervention' the night he went missing, trying to convince him to walk away from his new life.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A

  • Savior Complex
    8.0/102 votes

    #19 - Savior Complex

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2015

    As Charlie and Jakes close in on Germaine, Mike's drug addiction reaches a breaking point when he and Gusti are caught in a dangerous situation.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Jessica Brickman

  • Fire and Rain
    8.0/102 votes

    #20 - Fire and Rain

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 3/9/2017

    Juliette helps Maddie navigate the wave of attention she receives after her performance at the CMT Music Awards. Zach demands the masters from Rayna and Deacon's unfinished album.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Jesse Zwick

  • The Thing with Feathers
    8.0/102 votes

    #21 - The Thing with Feathers

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2016

    TC and Scott fight to save a boy and his mother who were injured in a car accident, yet it becomes clear there's more to the family dynamic than meets the eye. Deployed in Afghanistan, Drew and Syd face the aftermath of an OR shooting.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Jeff Judah

  • A Square Peg in a Round Hole
    8.0/102 votes

    #22 - A Square Peg in a Round Hole

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2021

    Crockett helps Dr. Blake replace a patient’s liver. Vanessa tries to prove herself. Will continues to pursue the truth about Cooper. Ethan gets closer to returning to life in the E.D.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Stephen Hootstein

  • Flip of the Coin
    7.6/109 votes

    #23 - Flip of the Coin

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2009

    Peter thinks he’s in for it when Elizabeth shows up at the office with her friend Dana in tow. But Peter isn’t the one in trouble this time; it’s Dana’s husband, Captain John Mitchell, who is in the hot seat.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Jeff Eastin

  • You Were His Little Monkey
    7.5/104 votes

    #24 - You Were His Little Monkey

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 4/12/2010

    Patty and Ellen set out to tear the Tobin family apart. When Tom Shayes' job and marriage unravel, he strikes up a deadly alliance.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: Glenn Kessler

  • Honey
    7.4/109 votes

    #25 - Honey

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2009

    Eric Matheson (Garret Dillahunt) is determined to prove that he didn't murder his wife. Torres is assigned to investigate the murder, and goes to the house of the victim's sister. Matheson finds Torre's car and gets into it after she forgot to lock the door. When Torres returns, Matheson holds her at gunpoint, instructing her to drive to the Lightman Group offices. Cal makes a deal with Mattheson, asking him to let all the employees go as long as he helps prove Mattheson's innocence. Mattheson complies, and Foster, Loker, Reynolds and Torres attempt to solve the case, while Loker has second thoughts about not calling the authorities. Cal and the team find out that Mattheson was actually innocent, and that his wife was actually killed by a creditor. Mattheson demands that he sees the creditor, saying he will either take his life or Cal's. Cal pleads for Mattheson to kill him, but Foster, Loker and Reynolds trick Mattheson into letting his guard down after a disguised Loker pretends to recount the last moments of Mattheson's wife's life. As Mattheson is in a moment of rage before killing Loker, Reynolds draws his gun and shoots Mattheson, disarming him. The episode ends with Lightman at Foster's home, asking if he could sleep in her spare room for the night.

    Director: Timothy Busfield

    Writer: N/A