The Best Episodes Written By David Zabel
Every TV Episode Written by David Zabel Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
David Zabel Ratings Summary
The best episode written by David Zabel is "Deux Amours", rated 9.2/10 from 18 user votes. It was "directed by Daniel Percival". "Deux Amours" aired on 10/8/2023 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Orion in the Sky".
9.2/10 18 votes#1 - Deux Amours
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2023
Daryl faces old demons, recalling the circumstances that landed him in France. Isabelle's sacrifice forces her to consider drastic measures. Genet commences a celebration for the people of Paris.
Director: Daniel Percival
Writer: David Zabel
9.0/10 4 votes#2 - Orion in the Sky
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/2002
As Dr. Greene's brain tumor begins affecting his coordination, he becomes concerned that his fate will be similar to the terminally ill patients he treats.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
9.0/10 5 votes#3 - The Providers
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2005
When a 16-year-old girl who had received a kidney transplant from her father arrives at the emergency room feeling dizzy, Carter traces the problem to a new drug that the girl was taking to control seizures related to her kidney dysfunction.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: David Zabel
8.8/10 5 votes#4 - 21 Guns
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2006
Chaos reigns in the ER when two prisoners are brought in for treatment, but instead plot a violent escape. Their desperate actions place one doctor in harm's way, and forces one nurse to become a tool in their plan.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: David Zabel
8.7/10 6 votes#5 - The Show Must Go On
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2005
Casualties of a disaster flood the ER, which is short-handed because everyone is at Dr. Carter's going-away party because he's leaving the ER after 11 years. Dr. Pratt looks for the courage to confront his father, Charlie.
Director: John Wells
Writer: David Zabel
8.7/10 27 votes#6 - L'âme Perdue
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2023
Daryl Dixon's arrival in France puts a young boy under the care of nuns in danger.
Director: Daniel Percival
Writer: David Zabel
8.5/10 4 votes#7 - Hindsight
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2002
Dr. Kovac's speeding causes a crash on an icy road. The ER staff treats angry elves and a female hockey player with a head injury.
Director: David Nutter
Writer: David Zabel
8.5/10 19 votes#8 - Alouette
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2023
Daryl, Isabelle, Laurent, and Sylvie face trouble on the road. Isabelle remembers the day the hungry ones appeared. Laurent struggles to fit in.
Director: Daniel Percival
Writer: David Zabel
8.4/10 5 votes#9 - Out of Africa
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2003
Ben Hollander is a distraught architect whose degenerating eyesight causes him despondent while a spirited new nurse, Samantha Taggart joins the staff. Elsewhere, disaster strikes when the doctors suspect a mother is abusing her child while Dr. Corday learns something shocking about the charismatic Dr. Dorset, and Dr. Archie Morris is overwhelmed by the chaos and grisly conditions of life in the E.R.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 4 votes#10 - Four Corners
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2001
Weaver returns to the emergency room after a self-imposed sabbatical of three weeks, wondering how her newfound lesbian identity will affect her workplace relationships. Having purposely allowed a mass murderer to die, Greene must keep the secret amidst the scrutiny of his superiors.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 4 votes#11 - A River in Egypt
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2002
An injured and condemned murderer wants to die in the ER rather than await execution; Abby advises a neighbor to seek shelter from her abusive husband.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 5 votes#12 - Foreign Affairs
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2003
Dr. Carter tries to prevent a grieving gang member from going after vengeance. Dr. Kovac races against time to save a Croatian boy's life. A baseball player gets treatment for a heart problem.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 4 votes#13 - Missing
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2003
Neela helps treat two Amish teens who were in a car crash. Sam argues with Dr. Kovac when he pays too much attention to her son.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 4 votes#14 - The Student
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2004
Carter sticks up for Neela when the other attendings doubt her future in the ER. Neela caves to the pressure and accidentally gives a patient the wrong medication. Gallant takes the blame for her though. Sam and Luka try to plan Alex's birthday party. Frank visits on his way to therapy. Chen's home nurse quits after her dad behaves poorly.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/10 5 votes#15 - Time of Death
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2004
The last 44 minutes of ex-con & alcoholic Charlie Metcalf's life are in the ER, as he slowly succumbs to end-stage liver failure.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: David Zabel
8.0/10 4 votes#16 - Damaged
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2004
Neela is still struggling with her decision not to continue becoming a doctor. We discover that Ray is in a band. Kovac and Sam are amoureux, but where does that leave them?
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: David Zabel
8.0/10 4 votes#17 - Back in the World
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/24/2005
Sam's ex-husband shows up and wants to take Alex on a trip. Gallant is back and Neela hopes to see him before he goes back to Iraq.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
7.8/10 4 votes#18 - Quo Vadis?
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2001
Peter Benton continues his court fight against Reese's stepfather, Roger, who seems to have the upper hand. When a woman is accidentally shot during a gas station robbery, Dr. Corday tries to convince the husband to let them harvest her organs. A 15 year old boxer is brought in with a head trauma after sparring with his older brother. Newlyweds are having trouble when she constantly breaks out in a rash; Carter thinks he knows the cause.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Zabel
7.8/10 4 votes#19 - Abby Normal
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2004
A panic-stricken Weaver is ordered to give her son to the Lopez family. Carter greets the returning Kem, but their meeting with his father, Jack, gets tense after Carter announces plans for his grandmother's estate.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Writer: David Zabel
7.8/10 4 votes#20 - Here and There
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2005
Neela (who's in Chicago) and Gallant (who's in Iraq) miss each other and write letters. Gallant also tries to save the life of a little girl.
Director: Christopher Chulack
Writer: David Zabel
7.7/10 6 votes#21 - Out
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/2001
Tired of Logan's ""all business"" approach to their relationship, Max refuses to help with his latest case involving a medical supply smuggler. But when Logan gets double-crossed by his target, Max goes undercover as ""Eyes Only"" to rescue him from a certain death. Meanwhile, Normal is smitten with a woman with a secret.
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson
Writer: David Zabel
7.7/10 29 votes#22 - Pathfinder
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/1999
Stardate: Unknown. An obsessed Barclay tries to find a way to communicate with the starship Voyager with the use of an artificially generated micro-wormhole. He becomes so involved that he needs the help of Counsellor Troi to keep his grip on reality.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: David Zabel
7.6/10 5 votes#23 - Walk Like a Man
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2002
Weaver makes a mistake on live television while demonstrating flu shots, inadvertently sticking two reporters with the same needle. In the bathroom later, Susan and Abby catch Weaver in a stall with a needle. Weaver confesses to Susan that she's taking hormones. Carter, assuming Susan knows already, tells her about Abby's drinking problem. Abby becomes nurse manager, and argues with Carter about her drinking. Luka flirts with a patient's mom and is caught emerging from a storage closet with her. Gallant has a rough day: Pratt butts in on a patient of his, and Stella Willis dies because Kayson didn't bother with thorough treatment.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Writer: David Zabel
7.5/10 6 votes#24 - If Not Now
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2006
Neela treats a religious teenage girl who turns out to be pregnant. Abby and Kovac struggle to figure out what to do with her unexpected pregnancy.
Director: John Gallagher
Writer: David Zabel
7.4/10 5 votes#25 - Red
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2001
Max takes on an army of superhuman soldiers in an episode amped up on action sequences. The trouble starts when Logan recruits his favorite biker chick to protect a Federal witness with vital info on local corruption. But the operation hits a snag after Max realizes that the guy she's guarding is a face from the not-so-distant---and very painful---past, and that those who want him dead may have plans for her as well.
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: David Zabel