10.0/101 votes#1 - Protect Them from the Truth
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2010
The administration unveils a tough new strategy to force Sophia to reveal the detainees' plan; Vicky and Carter possess a crucial hostage.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner
Writer: David H. Goodman
9.0/102 votes#2 - Shattered
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/2006
The team searches for a teenage figure skater who disappears after practice one day and discover that many people in her life had reason to worry. The team's investigation leads to the rink's operator, a convicted rapist who was the last to see the girl.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: David H. Goodman
8.2/1025 votes#3 - Ability
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2009
German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S. The Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: David H. Goodman
8.1/1016 votes#4 - Hat Trick
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2012
While searching for a missing Mary Margaret, Emma is kidnapped by a man whose affinity for hats has him teetering on the edge of madness. Meanwhile, viewers will be transported outside of the fairytale land that was for the first time when the Evil Queen persuades a skillful man of magic to come work for her one last time and travel to Wonderland in order to help steal something from the Queen of Hearts.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: David H. Goodman
8.1/109 votes#5 - Sympathy for the De Vil
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/19/2015
In fictional 1920s England, viewers meet a young Cruella, whose oppressive mother uses her Dalmatians to terrorize her daughter. Cruella is confined to her mother’s attic until a mysterious stranger arrives and empowers her to challenge her captor. In Storybrooke, Regina gains leverage to keep Gold from interfering with her plan to rescue Robin, but her trip to New York takes the backseat when she and Emma learn that Cruella has kidnapped Henry.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: David H. Goodman
8.0/1027 votes#6 - Safe
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2008
The team is called in on a bank robbery similar to other robberies in the area but this particular bank has the thief embedded inside the steel wall of the bank. Somehow the thieves have found a way to defy the law of physics. Walter thinks they're after something of his. As the investigation deepens it all comes to a head when the thieves ambush one of the team.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: David H. Goodman
- 8.0/101 votes
#7 - Moving On
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2003
The team search for a Doctor that has disappeared after a jog in the city with her ex-husband
Director: John Peters
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.9/1014 votes#8 - Think Lovely Thoughts
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2013
Pan leads Henry to a secret cave, where he has convinced the boy that he alone can save magic – and Neverland itself. But a showdown between good and evil is about to go down as Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, Mr. Gold, and Hook find themselves directly on a path to Pan in an effort to save Henry.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.9/1012 votes#9 - Snow Drifts
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2014
While Mary Margaret and David celebrate the naming of their son at a coronation in Granny's Diner, Emma and Hook are pulled into Zelena's time portal and find themselves in the Enchanted Forest of the past. But in their quest to discover a way back, they must be careful not to change anything or risk altering the lives of their friends and family - as well as their very own existence.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.9/1010 votes#10 - Smash the Mirror (1)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2014
Emma’s powers run amok and she turns to Gold for help, Elsa and Anna’s relationship is tested, and the Snow Queen’s agenda is revealed.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.8/1016 votes#11 - True North
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/2012
Feeling their pain from having lived through the same experience, Emma desperately tries to help two homeless children find their birth father before they’re separated and put into the foster care system. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world that was, the Evil Queen coerces Hansel and Gretel into stealing an important artifact from a blind witch.
Director: Dean White
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.8/1012 votes#12 - The Jolly Roger
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/2014
Ariel returns to Storybrooke and pleads with Hook to help her find Prince Eric, who never returned to the town when the new curse was invoked. Emma agrees to let Regina teach her how to use magic so that she can help defeat Zelena, and Mary Margaret and David try to prove that they can be just as much fun as Hook is with Henry -- who thinks they are boring. Meanwhile, in Fairy Tale Land during the past year, an angry Ariel confronts Hook over her missing Prince Eric, who she assumes was kidnapped and possibly killed by the swarthy pirate. But when Hook confesses that the Jolly Roger has been stolen and Eric is most likely the thief’s prisoner, Ariel unknowingly provides him with a clue as to who the culprit is, and Hook – with Ariel in tow - goes off in search of his ship.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.8/1012 votes#13 - Rocky Road
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2014
Marian falls under a freezing curse and the townspeople believe that Elsa is responsible. When Emma and David go to Robin's camp to look for clues, they find Will Scarlet, who leads them to the culprit. Meanwhile, in the Arendelle of the past, Elsa and Kristoff go to find the urn that Hans plans to use to imprison Elsa, and encounter the Snow Queen.
Director: Morgan Beggs
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.8/108 votes#14 - Smash the Mirror (2)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2014
Emma’s powers run amok and she turns to Gold for help, Elsa and Anna’s relationship is tested, and the Snow Queen’s agenda is revealed.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.7/109 votes#15 - Enter the Dragon
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/15/2015
In order to infiltrate the Queens of Darkness as a spy for the heroes, Regina must prove she’s still willing to get her hands dirty. Meanwhile, Emma, David and Mary Margaret scramble to keep tabs on their undercover operative. Hook requests an unusual favor from Belle as Henry makes progress on his search for the Author. In a Fairy Tale Land flashback, Regina befriends Maleficent and helps her to rekindle her lost spark.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.7/107 votes#16 - Homecoming
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2018
As the residents of Hyperion Heights celebrate the breaking of the curse, Henry is visited by Wish Rumple, who’s hatched an evil plan to use Ella and Lucy to keep Weaver from destroying the Dark One powers. In order to stop him, Henry, Roni, Weaver and Rogers must travel to the Wish Realm, home to versions of some of our most beloved and fearsome characters. In a flashback, a discouraged Young Henry is visited by Wish Rumple and offered a deal that could have tragic consequences.
Director: Steve Pearlman
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.6/1029 votes#17 - The Equation
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2008
Walter thinks the abduction of a young music prodigy is linked back to his old bunkmate at St. Claire's Hospital. When he kidnaps the child he sees a sequence of flashing lights. Olivia wants Walter to return to the mental institution much to Peter's outcry, but Walter's determination to help ends up having chilling ramifications.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.6/108 votes#18 - Birth
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2015
Tensions in Camelot come to a head when Merlin, now under Arthur’s control, delivers an ultimatum to Emma: hand over the Dark One dagger and the Promethean spark or he will kill her entire family. Refusing to give in, Emma and our heroes face off against Arthur, Merlin and Zelena in an epic battle of magic and will. Just when the end is in sight, Emma is forced to make a gut-wrenching choice that no one saw coming. Back in Storybrooke, Zelena’s pregnancy mysteriously accelerates and Hook goes to new and desperate lengths to get answers from the Dark Swan.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/1022 votes#19 - The Price of Gold
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2011
Emma tries to help a young pregnant woman escape from the clutches of Mr. Gold. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale world that was, Cinderella makes a regrettable deal with Rumplestiltskin.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/1019 votes#20 - The Crocodile
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2012
Belle threatens to leave Mr. Gold if he doesn't change his ways; the dwarves try to find fairy dust in the Storybrooke mine; Rumplestilskin tries to save his wife from a band of pirates.
Director: David Solomon
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/1013 votes#21 - Nasty Habits
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2013
Mr. Gold makes a decision to confront Pan, but will he go there to save Henry or give in to the prophecy that the boy will be his undoing? Neal finds himself back in Neverland and in the custody of one of Pan’s most loyal Lost Boys. And David struggles for his life as the poison continues to take its toll on him. Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tale Land that was, Rumplestiltskin goes in search of a missing Bae, who has followed a mysterious figure who steals away children with his music.
Director: David Boyd
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/108 votes#22 - Only You
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2016
Regina reels from the death of Robin Hood, and everyone tries to give her room to grieve, but when the heroes discover Gold has stolen Hades’ Olympian Crystal and tethered all of Storybrooke’s magic to it, they set out to stop him. Henry decides he no longer can stand all the pain magic has caused his family, so he goes rogue, with Violet in tow, to destroy magic once and for all. Meanwhile, Zelena, Snow, David, and Hook attempt to open a portal that will return Merida and the other Storybrooke guests to their homes, but things go awry, and the group winds up in a deranged new world.
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.5/104 votes#23 - 2 MG CU BID
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2019
A mysterious illness takes hold of Piper, while Jo and Benny investigate a powerful tech mogul, Richard Kindred. As Piper’s health deteriorates, Jo weighs accepting help from an unknown source. Meanwhile, Alex works to decipher a radio frequency code from Piper’s plane crash, and Ed has a follow-up oncology appointment.
Director: Peter Leto
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.4/1036 votes#24 - The Ghost Network
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2008
The team investigates a bus full of dead commuters that appear to be fossilized and uncover a man who has visions of pattern-related disturbances before they happen; Dr. Bishop requests a piano in the lab to help him process data.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: David H. Goodman
7.4/1019 votes#25 - What Happened to Frederick
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2012
With their love for each other growing stronger, David finally agrees to tell Kathryn about his relationship with Mary Margaret and put an end to his loveless marriage. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, while runaway groom Prince Charming searches for Snow White, he agrees to aid Abigail on a dangerous mission to recover something precious that was lost to her.
Director: Dean White
Writer: David H. Goodman
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"Protect Them from the Truth" is the best rated episode written by David H. Goodman. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Jeffrey Reiner. It aired on 10/4/2010 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Shattered".