8.5/10368 votesLoading...#1 - The Boy With The Bucket
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/11/2012
When Langston, Walter's older brother comes to town, he asks Walter to go see their dying father whose last wish is for Walter to find his first love... Walter and Langston's mother. Additionally, a stolen painting he had previously found for a museum turns out to be fake, so now Walter must either find the original or return his finder's fee. Meanwhile, Willa struggles with her upcoming marriage to Timo, which is now only one week away.
Director: Vahan Moosekian
Writer: Hart Hanson, Patrick Massett, John Zinman
8.1/10290 votesLoading...#2 - Eye Of The Storm
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2012
While a hurricane rages in Southern Florida, Walter helps Isabel find a missing high school girl from Ends of the Earth; the weather forces Willa's probation officer to hole up at the bar.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre
7.8/10340 votesLoading...#3 - Bullets
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2012
A former prison warden enlists the help of Walter to find a bullet that could prove the innocence of a death row inmate just days before his execution. Meanwhile, FBI psychologist - and Jeffersonian team member - Dr. Lance Sweets evaluates Walter's competency to consult on federal cases. In the process, Sweets begins to understand Walter's intangible gift and motivation to find the unfindable. Also, Willa attends a beach party and gets herself into trouble.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Matt MacLeod
7.8/10245 votesLoading...#4 - The Last Meal
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2012
Joe and Annie, a once-happily married couple, ate at The Bella Plata restaurant every year on their anniversary until mob boss Fico Vasquez closed it down. Now, to save his marriage, Joe asks Walter to help him find the meal over which he and his wife first fell in love.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Josh Friedman
7.7/10299 votesLoading...#5 - A Cinderella Story
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2012
A NASA scientist seeks Walter's help to find the matching pair of a red stiletto left behind by a woman he met at a bar. Walter uses the stiletto as the first clue to finding the missing woman but in the process he uncovers her shocking secret that winds up putting his own life in danger. Meanwhile, Willa exposes Leo's dark family secret, but when she tries to make amends with him, she gets herself into even more legal trouble.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
7.7/10222 votesLoading...#6 - The Inheritance
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/2012
Isabel’s friend Joyce asks Walter to find the men who murdered her father, a racetrack aficionado. With the help of some horse-whispering, Walter discovers links to an inheritance Joyce was supposed to receive from her father, and to some mysterious men at the track whom Walter suspects are involved in her father’s death.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
7.7/10221 votesLoading...#7 - Voodoo Undo
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2012
Xavier Obispo, a mob boss in Miami, asks Walter to find a voodoo doll he is convinced was created to be used against him. Willa and Walter visit a witch who is annoyed by the fact that Walter does not take her art seriously, but decides to help them find the person that could have created the doll.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Matt MacLeod, Emilia Serrano
7.6/10270 votesLoading...#8 - The Great Escape
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2012
An amateur magician's (Jonathan Slavin) assistant vanishes during an ambitious disappearing act; Leo asks Isabel for help finding Willa.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Emilia Serrano
7.6/10241 votesLoading...#9 - The Conversation
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2012
When a family employs Walter to find their missing father and husband, the only help they can offer is a partial voicemail recording of his last message to them. Also, Leo’s memories of his deceased wife and daughter bring new meaning to the case and the family they’re trying to reunite.
Director: James Hayman
Writer: Patrick Massett, John Zinman
7.5/10269 votesLoading...#10 - Swing And A Miss
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2012
Isabel's new boyfriend Frank, an all-star baseball athlete, gets robbed, and Walter steps in to help find his stolen collectibles. But in the process, Walter learns Frank has lost something more meaningful than memorabilia. Then, to earn Willa's trust, Leo and Walter bring her in on the case.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg, Wade McIntyre
7.5/10292 votesLoading...#11 - Little Green Men
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2012
Dr. Jack Hodgins from the Jeffersonian team seeks Walter's help to find evidence that could expose extraterrestrial activity. Meanwhile, Timo and Willa struggle with their arranged marriage proclaimed by the head of their gypsy family.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: Will Pascoe
7.5/10253 votesLoading...#12 - Life After Death
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2012
When new tracks are leaked from late rapper J-Stryke, music mogul Big Glade and his business savvy lawyer, Leo's former love interest, ask Walter to find the source of the illegally released music. As Walter pieces together the events that led to J-Stryke's death, he uncovers a more complicated history.
Director: David Boreanaz
Writer: Nkechi Okoro Carroll
7.3/10421 votesLoading...#13 - An Orphan Walks Into A Bar
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/2012
After recovering one of John Fogerty’s beloved guitars, Iraq veteran Walter Sherman helps a teenage boy locate his missing father, a military pilot and war hero whose plane vanished after embarking on an undisclosed mission.
Director: Daniel Sackheim
Writer: Hart Hanson
The Best Episodes of The Finder
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Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
Genre:Drama
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"The Boy With The Bucket" is the best rated episode of "The Finder". It scored 8.5/10 based on 368 votes. Directed by Vahan Moosekian and written by Hart Hanson, Patrick Massett, John Zinman, it aired on 5/11/2012. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Eye Of The Storm".