9.0/101 votes#1 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1987
Vincent is captured and held hostages by two scientists who stick him in a cage. Catherine considers a new job in Providence.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#2 - Song of Orpheus
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1987
Father's past is revealed when he goes above for the first time in over thirty years to see a friend. When he gets to his friends office he finds his friend is dead. Father is then charged with murder.
Director: Peter Medak
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#3 - An Impossible Silence
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1987
Laura, a deaf-mute tunnel dweller, witnesses the murder of a police officer, for which another man is framed. She goes above with Catherine, but is kidnapped by the real murderers, who are also police officers. Cuffed to a pipe in the basement of the murderer's house, Laura taps out an SOS, which is heard by Pascal and Vincent rescues her. She decides to return Above to live.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#4 - The Alchemist
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1988
Paracelsus, a former friend of Father's, sells an hallucinatory drug in the world above.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#5 - To Reign in Hell
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/18/1988
Paracelsus kidnaps Catherine, which causes Vincent to begin a quest to rescue her.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#6 - Sticks and Stones
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/6/1989
Laura, a deaf ex-tunnel dweller, falls in with a deaf street gang.
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#7 - Orphans
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 3/6/1989
Catherine's father dies and Vincent allows her to come below to grieve. He also makes her go back above because he knows that she does not belong there no matter how he feels. Catherine finally agrees and goes back above.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#8 - Though Lovers Be Lost (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 12/12/1989
Catherine finds out while visiting Joe in the hospital that she is pregnant. As she heads to her car in the parking garage she is kidnapped. Due to Vincent's recent illness he can not sense where she is. He knows nothing of the child that she carries. The kidnappers lock her in a cell. They want only the child. They think that if they take the baby they will get Vincent to emerge and that is exactly what they want. They continue to hold Catherine captive as Vincent frantically searches for her. It seems completely hopeless without his sense of her. Yet he vows to find her no matter the cost.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Alex Gansa
9.0/101 votes#9 - A Time to Heal
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 1/10/1990
Diana notices things in Catherine's apartment that have Vincent's name on them. She begins to realize that Vincent was her lover and probably the father of her child. She then decides to go to where Catherine is buried and wait for Vincent to do the same. One night it works. Vincent is sick and literally falls on top of Catherine's grave. Diana finds him and carries him back to her apartment where she nurses him back to health.
Director: Gus Trikonis
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.5/1030 votes#10 - Marine One
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2011
While Carrie is near catatonic and confined to bed, Saul investigates the unsettling implications of her timeline; Walker secures a perch for his mission; Brody makes his final preparations for the Vice President's policy summit at the State Department.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.5/1021 votes#11 - The Choice
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/2012
Carrie is faced with a pivotal decision, while Brody meets with Faber to contemplate the future of the family. Meanwhile, Saul undertakes a secret assignment; and Quinn has a decision to make that may prove to be a game-changer.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.5/1017 votes#12 - R Is for Romeo
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 4/2/2017
Carrie and Quinn make a discovery while Keane makes a decision and Max finds trouble.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.4/108 votes#13 - Day 7: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/2009
Buchanan takes Jack to "CTU", a secret hideout where he and Chloe had been working with Tony to uncover the conspiracy within the US government. Tony had been undercover with the terrorists aiding Juma to discover the moles. Jack agrees to help get Tony back in play by joining Emerson's crew himself. Taylor is forced to meet with Matobo to inform him that she may be required to withdraw her forces from Sangala to protect American lives. Her Chief of Staff Ethan Kanin agrees with this decision, but Taylor is not yet convinced. Henry meets with Samantha, Roger's former girlfriend, who tells him that Roger was indeed murdered and provides him with proof.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.3/109 votes#14 - Day 8: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2010
With only five hours left, the clock races toward the climactic series finale as Jack stops at absolutely nothing to avenge the emotional setback of losing his beloved partner Renee Walker. Meanwhile, the administration attempts to keep the historic and pivotal peace agreement on track as undermining forces surface.
Director: Michael Klick
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.3/1029 votes#15 - The Weekend
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2011
The relationship between Carrie and Brody becomes more complicated when they head into the countryside for the weekend, while Mike and Jessica face the fallout of the truth about their relationship, and Saul catches Aileen on the run to Mexico.
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.2/1012 votes#16 - Like Bad at Things
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2018
The parking ticket leads Carrie to a series of transactions. O'Keefe loses control of the situation at the compound, and an outsider spreads a rumor.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.1/108 votes#17 - Day 7: 6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 3/2/2009
Not even at the halfway point of this hellacious day, two planes have collided outside of D.C., there has been an attempt on a chemical plant in Ohio, the President’s husband’s life has been threatened and the nation remains at risk. When Dubaku’s evil plan escalates to his boss, General Juma (guest star Tony Todd), the stakes are raised and steadfast President Taylor faces a deepening foreign policy dilemma.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.1/1018 votes#18 - Sock Puppets
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2017
Javadi leaves an unexpected gift behind. Max infiltrates the shady company where Conlin was last heard from. Quinn sets off on a revenge mission.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Alex Gansa
8.0/108 votes#19 - Day 7: 10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 3/23/2009
Olivia Taylor, the President’s daughter, becomes increasingly involved in the day’s events, and the administration reels when a high-ranking official delivers devastating news.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/1032 votes#20 - Blind Spot
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2011
Brody confronts the lone survivor among the insurgents that held him, leading Carrie to believe she may be proved right about Brody once and for all - but Brody's reunion with his captor surprises everyone; the agency is hot on the trail of the lovers who bought a house near the airport with funds from a stolen necklace.
Director: Clark Johnson
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/1031 votes#21 - The Good Soldier
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2011
Reeling after losing key players in Nazir's plot against America, the CIA orders polygraphs on everyone who came in contact with them, including Brody, which Carrie sees as an opportunity to finally learn the truth.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/1014 votes#22 - False Friends
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2020
After Saul warns Haqqani that there's a mole in his camp, the Taliban leader summons his son. Carrie receives a mysterious invitation from Yevgeny.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/109 votes#23 - Day 7: 3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M.
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2009
The nation remains vulnerable as Starkwood mastermind Jonas Hodges (guest star Jon Voight) remains at the epicenter of the mounting terrorist threat. Meanwhile, the FBI and the administration scramble to provide security and justice, and Jack Bauer questions a key suspect
Director: Michael Klick
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/108 votes#24 - Day 7: 6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2009
Jack Bauer is forced to help Tony escape from custody, only to find Tony plans to use Jack to reconstitute the pathogen. Aaron Pierce and Ethan Kanin work together and discover Olivia's role in Hodges' murder. Kim Bauer takes down her captors, and works with Renee Walker to find her father.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Alex Gansa
7.9/1017 votes#25 - Casus Belli
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 2/19/2017
A detail in the wreckage catches Quinn's eye. A lapse in Carrie's judgment endangers her child. A mystery emerges from the recording Carrie received.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: Alex Gansa
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"Nor Iron Bars a Cage" is the best rated episode written by Alex Gansa. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Thomas J. Wright. It aired on 11/13/1987 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Song of Orpheus".