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The Best Episodes Written By Craig Silverstein

Every TV Episode Written by Craig Silverstein Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Craig Silverstein Ratings Summary

"Pandora (2)" is the best rated episode written by Craig Silverstein. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Kenneth Fink. It aired on 5/12/2011 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "3.0".

  • Pandora (2)
    9.0/105 votes

    #1 - Pandora (2)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2011

    Percy makes a move to take over the CIA, Alex goes rogue, and Michael gets trapped inside Division making him unable to help Nikita, who may have to pay with her life for helping Alex.

    Director: Kenneth Fink

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • 3.0
    9.0/104 votes

    #2 - 3.0

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/19/2012

    Ryan takes charge of Division with Nikita by his side. Their first mission under the new regime is to bring in “The Dirty Thirty,” the rogue agents who failed to respond to the Division recall after Percy was killed. Unfortunately, their first mission doesn’t go as planned and Michael is arrested, forcing Nikita to change gears and hatch an escape plan for him. Alex reprises her alter ego, the spoiled Russian princess Alexandra Udinov, in a very unique way as part of the plan to spring Michael. Meanwhile, Birkhoff struggles to maintain a working relationship with Sonya, despite his growing attraction to her.

    Director: Eagle Egilsson

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • The Gods Will Not Be Slain
    8.3/106 votes

    #3 - The Gods Will Not Be Slain

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2022

    America enters the cloud; Caspian takes over; Chanda forms a new rebellion; Cody continues the fight; David enters the battle; Waxman gets off the fence.

    Director: Micah Gunnell

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Game Change
    8.2/109 votes

    #4 - Game Change

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2011

    Nikita and Michael plot to take down Division and Oversight and are prepared to use the contents of the black box to do so. Amanda is now running Division but Oversight has assigned one of their own, a new agent named Sean, to keep an eye on her. Amanda's first mission is to get back the black box from Nikita, and she enlists Alex's help to do so. Alex refuses until Amanda tells her she will help her find the man who killed Alex's father. Meanwhile, Nikita and Michael find help from an unlikely ally.

    Director: Danny Cannon

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • The Man with the Bone
    8.1/1011 votes

    #5 - The Man with the Bone

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2006

    A human finger bone found in the clutches of a drowning victim leads to a search for buried treasure.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Scars
    8.0/102 votes

    #6 - Scars

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2003

    After learning Stillson's congressional rival, a long-time incumbent is a war veteran with a dark secret. Johnny ponders whether the truth is more important than Stillson's defeat.

    Director: Armand Mastroianni

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Visions
    8.0/101 votes

    #7 - Visions

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 8/17/2003

    Johnny tries to determine who the mysterious hooded man in his visions are and aid him in the present, while determining more about what the future holds for him personally.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • All the Way
    8.0/106 votes

    #8 - All the Way

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2010

    Alex informs Nikita that Division is sending her on her first mission to kill the leader of a crime syndicate. Alex is uneasy about taking someone's life but is reassured by Nikita who insists on helping her with the kill order. Birkhoff informs Percy and Michael when he discovers the shell program that a Division mole has been using to connect to Nikita in the outside world. When the mission doesn't go as planned, Nikita makes a quick decision in an effort to clear Alex's name. Inside Division, Jayden attempts to reveal Alex as the mole but Thom steps in and a shocking accident clears her name.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Trial and Execution
    8.0/106 votes

    #9 - Trial and Execution

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2016

    The captured spies on both sides of the war head to the gallows. Benedict Arnold demands glory revenge.

    Director: Andrew McCarthy

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Proof
    8.0/1010 votes

    #10 - Proof

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2011

    Maddy starts interning for the colony’s greatest scientist, and her life is put in danger when she discovers a terrible secret. Meanwhile, Josh makes a deal with the devil in order to solidify his plan to bring his girlfriend from the future to Terra Nova.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Within
    8.0/109 votes

    #11 - Within

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2011

    Lucas races to assemble the final pieces of his mystery device, in advance of the 11th Pilgrimage's arrival. Also, Jim and Taylor confront the colony's "Sixer" mole, Skye is reunited with a familiar face and Terra Nova prepares for war.

    Director: Karen Gaviola

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Occupation / Resistance
    8.0/109 votes

    #12 - Occupation / Resistance

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/2011

    In the two-hour Season Finale, the 11th Pilgrimage arrives in Terra Nova and the mysterious Phoenix Group in 2149 makes its move to pillage the past with the help of Lucas and Mira. Meanwhile, Jim and Taylor team up in a last stand against the Phoenix Group, a colonist makes the ultimate sacrifice and a decision is made that will change life in Terra Nova forever.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Now You See Me
    7.9/109 votes

    #13 - Now You See Me

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2011

    Taylor and Mira must set aside their differences when they encounter a prehistoric enemy; Jim closes in on the mole.

    Director: Karen Gaviola

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Pilot
    7.8/1018 votes

    #14 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2010

    When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who trained her as a spy and assassin. Nikita was eventually betrayed by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former boss, Percy and her former friends Michael and Birkhoff that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation. Division continues to recruit and train other young people, among them Jaden and Thom, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex is a beautiful girl with a violent past and a story not so different from Nikita's. The recruits all spend part of their training with Amanda, a master manipulator who can turn any ugly duckling into a swan and any bleeding heart into a killer.

    Director: Danny Cannon

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot
    7.8/109 votes

    #15 - Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2015

    Abe plots to assassinate Major Hewlett, then receives a proposition from an unlikely ally. Ben fights at the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778). Benedict Arnold continues to covet Peggy Shippen.

    Director: Jeremy Webb

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Pantheon
    7.8/106 votes

    #16 - Pantheon

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2022

    Maddie, a bullied teen, receives help from a stranger online; Caspian, a teen loner and math genius struggles with his parents’ toxic relationship; Chanda, a computer engineer, secretly meets with a rival tech giant.

    Director: David Dwooman Woo

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
    7.7/1012 votes

    #17 - The Double Death of the Dearly Departed

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/20/2009

    When a Jeffersonian coworker dies of heart failure, the entire team goes to the wake where, upon viewing the body, Brennan realizes the death was no accident.

    Director: Milan Cheylov

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • 2.0
    7.7/109 votes

    #18 - 2.0

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2010

    Percy and Michael take their latest assignment, a Slavic leader wanted for war crimes, into protective custody. Nikita learns of their hideout and attempts to thwart their plan, but a mysterious group of mercenaries in search of nuclear material beats her to the task. Alex is activated earlier than expected for a special assignment that throws her into the crossfire of bullets. A flashback reveals a pivotal moment in Nikita's life.

    Director: Danny Cannon

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Valediction
    7.7/107 votes

    #19 - Valediction

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/25/2016

    In the third-season premiere, Abe covers up a murder with an unlikely accomplice. Elsewhere, Benedict Arnold abuses his power as he settles into a new home in Philadelphia.

    Director: Michael Nankin

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Nightfall
    7.7/109 votes

    #20 - Nightfall

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2011

    A crashing meteor wipes out all technology and wreaks havoc on the colony. Meanwhile, Maddy and Reynolds are stuck out in the wilderness, Elisabeth and Skye work together to save a life and Taylor tries to prevent Mira and the "Sixers" from invading Terra Nova. Also, a mystery man makes his presence known.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Vs.
    7.7/109 votes

    #21 - Vs.

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2011

    As Taylor searches for the "Sixer" mole within Terra Nova, Jim stumbles onto an old murder, for which Taylor is the prime suspect.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • The Battle of Setauket
    7.6/107 votes

    #22 - The Battle of Setauket

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2014

    Mary struggles when she realizes that Abe is a spy working for the other side. Ben and Caleb hope to save Patriot families when they carry out a raid on Setauket.

    Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • The Outsider
    7.5/102 votes

    #23 - The Outsider

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2003

    Johnny must stop the release of a new anti-wrinkle cream based on his vision of it causing birth defects in the future.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Playing God
    7.5/102 votes

    #24 - Playing God

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/2003

    A wild old high school friend, Jason, comes to see Johnny seeking a vision of the future as he will be dying of a heart condition. Johnny sees him receiving a successful heart transplant and gives him the good news, but later gets a vision of Jason's sister Kate being killed in a driving accident and becoming the donor. Johnny later gets a vision of the other driver's license plate while Jason takes a turn for the worse, then sees a vision of him and Kate arguing which leads to her going out and getting in the accident. Johnny soon realizes even if he saves Kate and gets Jason a heart through Purdy's connections, someone else who would have received the heart will die. Johnny tracks down the drunk driver, Patrick Hanchin, and confronts him, but sees that even if Johnny stops him from killing Kate, he'll hit a school bus.

    Director: Michael Vejar

    Writer: Craig Silverstein

  • Spyhunter General
    7.3/107 votes

    #25 - Spyhunter General

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2017

    Benedict Arnold rounds up spies in New York. Abe plots to destroy essential British supplies, but he will need his father's help.

    Director: Craig Silverstein

    Writer: Craig Silverstein