8.8/1022 votesLoading...#1 - Phoenix
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2001
A fireman engulfed in flames staggers out of a burning house and miraculously escapes without a single burn. When several other seemingly connected unbelievable coincidences occur, Declan investigates and witnesses what could be a miracle.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Carl Binder
- 8.8/1024 votesLoading...
#2 - One of Us
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2001
Dwayne Banbury, one of Declan's students, is shot in a variety store hold up, but miraculously, the bullet seems to have passed right through him, leaving him unharmed. Dwayne's friend Jonathan comes to believe that Dwayne is a real life superhero who can finally help him take revenge on the popular students who have harassed him his whole life. In the end, the true miracle is a lesson in tolerance.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 8.5/1027 votesLoading...
#3 - Camp Sanopi
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/14/2000
On a white-water rafting trip, Declan is thrown from a raft and ends up miles downstream, badly hurt with a broken leg. Luck is on his side, however, as a kindly old man named Dr. Nader discovers him and takes him to Camp Sanopi, a secluded retreat deep in the woods. But Declan soon discovers that this blissful camp is not what it seems to be and that although all are welcome, none can leave.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Carl Binder
- 8.4/1028 votesLoading...
#4 - The Ties That Bind
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2000
Declan's overwhelmed assistant Miranda starts to act strangely, and along with three other people, she finds herself drawn to a bridge in New Zealand. Though none of them know why they're there, all of them feel the urge to jump off this bridge. As the mystery unfolds, they discover that the bond they have between them is deeper than they ever imagined.
Director: N/A
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 8.4/1012 votesLoading...
#5 - Listen
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2002
A radio talk show host suddenly loses his ability to speak, throwing his life into turmoil. He begins hearing stange whispers and is then forced to stop communicating long enough to pay attention to the message behind the pleading voice.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1042 votesLoading...
#6 - Amazing Grace
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/24/2000
Declan Dunn, an anthropology professor who also investigates miraculous phenomena that happen to people everyday, meets Peggy Fowler, a psychiatrist at a local hospital and a skeptic. Together they try to explain how an 11-year-old boy was miraculously saved from drowning in a frozen lake.
Director: Peter O'Fallon, Carl Binder
Writer: Joel Fields, Carl Binder
- 8.3/1020 votesLoading...
#7 - Stranger in the Mirror
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/2000
A student see's a dead man when he look's into a mirror. Each time he see's the man it's from a deferent time in the man's life. This leads Declan to the cause of the man's death.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1016 votesLoading...
#8 - Free Spirit
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2002
After surviving a deadly electric shock in her new apartment, the normally somber Miranda develops a vivacious, outgoing personality and enjoys a sudden talent for playing the violin. But when Declan learns that a previous tenant underwent the same transformation and ended up dead, he races against time to explain the changes in Miranda, hoping to save her from the same tragic fate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1014 votesLoading...
#9 - Face in the Crowd
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/2002
Declan takes on a T.A. and is encouraged by her work until he discovers her involvement in various coincidental deaths. Thinking she's the angel of death Declan fears that he's next in line.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1021 votesLoading...
#10 - Pure of Heart
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2001
Declan, Peggy and Miranda trek through the Indian wilderness to find a ""Holy Man"" who supposedly possesses remarkable healing power. But an incompetent guide and a series of strange accidents put their lives in jeopardy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1017 votesLoading...
#11 - Spike
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2001
Paramedics revive a high-strung man, who believes his imaginary childhood friend, Spike, made the strange 911 call that saved his life. As Declan tries to explain the call, Peggy helps the man confess a terrible secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1018 votesLoading...
#12 - John Doe #28
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2001
After dying in the ER, an man suffering from amnesia comes back to life with a new, more positive, demeanor. The resulting chain of events proves that what goes around really does come around.
Director: N/A
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 8.0/1023 votesLoading...
#13 - The Greater Good
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/1/2001
Declan uncovers a cloth in a 17th century tomb that they discover is the veil of Veronica, a religious relic with the power to heal. It is used to heal Cancer patients but soon starts to disintegrate. While looking for a method of preservation, the veil is sealed until Miranda is struck with a deadly virus and Declan is forced to make the decision whether to save his friend or save the veil for the good of mankind.
Director: Charles Winkler
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 8.0/1018 votesLoading...
#14 - Lost Souls
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/4/2001
A boy hears a voice coming from a child's image in a mysterious painting. When Declan and Peggy investigate, they race against time to find the child's shocking true identity.
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 7.9/1020 votesLoading...
#15 - Yesterday
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/2001
When a cop's partner is shot to death while investigating a break-in, the cop feels responsible. That night, the distraught cop says a silent prayer--if only he could have this day back. The cop wakes the next morning to discover he's gotten his wish--he's living yesterday all over again. But unfortunately, he's the only one who knows it. Through this investigation Declan and Peggy learn a lesson about altering the course of destiny.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: Carl Binder
- 7.8/1022 votesLoading...
#16 - Spirit Junction
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2000
Declan travels to the small town of East Gilmore to investigate a mysterious legend of protective spirits. There, he discovers more than just an eerie tale of children's ghosts pushing stalled cars off railway tracks, but a town full of pain, unable to recover from a horrible tragedy.
Director: Steve Anker
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1018 votesLoading...
#17 - Dead Dog Walking
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2001
While Peggy treats a patient who suffers a near-death experience during surgery, Declan investigates a foreign cardiologist who's wooing her -- and discovers that the so-called doctor might be more of a killer than a healer. Fearing Peggy is being courted by this con man, Declan delves into his background and unearths the mysterious disappearance of the suitor's last romantic conquest.
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1014 votesLoading...
#18 - Spark of Life
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2002
Miranda encounters a woman who seems to be linked to a series of electrical mishaps. Can Miranda help her work through her guilt from the past in time to save her?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1017 votesLoading...
#19 - Logan Miller
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/2002
Declan meets a man who claims to have traveled forward in time from 1934. When Peggy tries to treat him for delusion he escapes. Declan's search for the man takes him back in time where his influence on the people he meets has a far greater impact than he expects.
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1014 votesLoading...
#20 - Friends in Need
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2002
After repeatedly seeing visions of his old friend Mike, Declan pays him a long over-due visit. When these mysterious apparitions continue, and Mike's past is further revealed, Declan realizes that he must put aside old grudges in order to help his friend at a critical moment in his life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1017 votesLoading...
#21 - Something Fishy
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2002
When a torrent of fish falls from the sky onto the former mining town of Kerwin's Landing, Declan can't resist investigating. What he discovers is a town in decline, facing tough economic times. To everyone's amazement, the falling fish are only the beginning of a strange series of downpours that help pave the way to a brighter future.
Director: N/A
Writer: Carl Binder
- 7.6/1022 votesLoading...
#22 - The Midas Touch
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/7/2000
Peggy and Declan discover a town whose citizens have overwhelming good fortune. Upon further investigation, they uncover the town's secret, a woman who supposedly has the gift to give people good luck just by touching them.
Director: N/A
Writer: Treena Hancock, Melissa R. Byer
- 7.6/1019 votesLoading...
#23 - Twins
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/28/2000
When two students in Declan's anthropology class exhibit uncanny similarities, Declan becomes curious when both adopted young men turn out to share the same birth date, the same mannerisms, tastes, and test answers, but a blood test determines that they aren't related. When one of them becomes ill, the mystery of what brought them together intensifies. Meanwhile, Declan and Peggy discover they share a coincidence as well.
Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1019 votesLoading...
#24 - Wonderful
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/2001
A mother comes to wake her daughter for school but finds her missing; across town, the daughter is found asleep in a park, still in her pajamas, and no one has any clue as to how she got there. The episode leads Peggy and Declan to help the parents re-discover just what is important in their lives -- and show them that it's not too late to put things back the way they once were.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1016 votesLoading...
#25 - Do You See What I See?
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/2001
Declan's mentor, Rudy, becomes Declan's next miracle mystery, when the old anthropologist begins having bizarre visions, including tacky alien spaceships, circus clowns and even the Big Bad Wolf. Declan brings Rudy to see Peggy, who thinks these visions are the result of stress, but when she has him undergo a physical check-up, a brain tumor is discovered. The tumor is pressing on the part of the brain that houses memories, thus triggering these strange visions -- memories from Rudy's childhood. But one of the memories is of a young girl -- the childhood sweetheart Rudy let go. With Declan's help, Rudy is able to make contact with the woman, who just recently divorced... right about the same time Rudy started having these visions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Mysterious Ways
Every episode of Mysterious Ways ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mysterious Ways!
Declan Dunn has a fascination with mystical phenomena that began when he was buried under an avalanche and given up for dead. After he miraculously...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"Phoenix" is the best rated episode of "Mysterious Ways". It scored 8.8/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Michael Robison and written by Carl Binder, it aired on 7/13/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "One of Us".