The Best Episodes Written By Donald P. bellisario

Every TV Episode Written by Donald P. bellisario Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Did You See the Sunrise? (1)
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Did You See the Sunrise? (1)

    S3:E1

    Magnum and TC put their lives on the line to protect an old Navy buddy who firmly believes the trio are marked for death from an enemy dating back to the Vietnam war.

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  2. Background image for Home from the Sea
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Home from the Sea

    S4:E1

    Magnum is caught in a treacherous current when his surf ski is capsized miles from shore with near disastrous results.

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  3. Background image for Mirror Image
    8.6/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Mirror Image

    S5:E22

    August 8, 1953: Sam lands in a not-so-ordinary bar in a coal-mining town, where strange things are happening and familiar people don't know him. With the help of another Al, he still has something to set right ... or is there more than one thing he needs to change?

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  4. Background image for Echoes of the Mind (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Echoes of the Mind (2)

    S5:E2

    Magnum finds himself torn between twin sisters as his involvement with one brings him into conflict with the other.

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  5. Background image for The Leap Home (1)
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #5 - The Leap Home (1)

    S3:E1

    November 25, 1969: As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball championship and save his family from their sad fates.

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  6. Background image for M.I.A.
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #6 - M.I.A.

    S2:E22

    April 1, 1969: When Sam leaps into the life of an undercover cop, Al explains that his mission is to convince a navy nurse that her MIA husband is still alive, and to prevent her from marrying a lawyer she meets on the day Sam leaps in. But a series of coincidences causes Sam to wonder about the true nature of his mission.

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  7. Background image for Bête Noire
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Bête Noire

    S1:E16

    A terrorist holds Ducky, Gerald, and Kate hostage while NCIS investigate how exactly the terror organization member got a job at a Navy base.

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  8. Background image for SWAK
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #8 - SWAK

    S2:E22

    When Tony opens a mysterious letter thinking it's for him, a small puff of white powder comes out and releases a possible deadly virus. Soon Kate and Tony are isolated in a bio-hazard isolation room for precaution. McGee and Gibbs work to discover who sent the envelope and how to cure their friends before it's too late for them.

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  9. Background image for Kill Ari (1)
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Kill Ari (1)

    S3:E1

    After the terrorist's attack, the NCIS team is shocked and is trying to cope with Kate's sudden death, each in their own way. Now, their mission is to collect all the possible info on Ari and find a way to stop him before he does any more damage.

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  10. Background image for Kill Ari (2)
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Kill Ari (2)

    S3:E2

    Still stressed over Kate's death, Gibbs is even more hurt when Ari kidnaps Ducky and decides to play with his mind. Gibbs sends Tony to follow Ziva, and after Jenny and Gibbs are almost shot to death, he is even more determined to finish once and for all with Ari, and Ziva's strange connection to Ari will be just the help that he needs.

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  11. Background image for Minimum Security
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Minimum Security

    S1:E8

    The NCIS team head to Cuba to investigate a Navy translator's connection to smuggling at a detention center after he suddenly dies at the wheel of his car when returning to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay.

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  12. Background image for Black on White
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Black on White

    S3:E6

    Higgins is on the hit list of African Mau-Mau warriors who are seeking bloody revenge on all ex-British soldiers in Higgins' old regiment.

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  13. Background image for Echoes of the Mind (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Echoes of the Mind (1)

    S5:E1

    Magnum is caught between danger and intrigue as a frightened lady, who believes her life is in danger, involves him in a bizarre situation.

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  14. Background image for Fragments
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Fragments

    S5:E6

    Laura Griffin, a young woman with amazing psychic abilities, hires Magnum to investigate her own murder.

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  15. Background image for The Curse
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #15 - The Curse

    S1:E5

    A Navy Lieutenant who was reported missing nearly ten years ago has been found by a deer hunter. When the NCIS team arrives at the scene to investigate, they see that his remains have been mummified.

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  16. Background image for Shalom
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Shalom

    S4:E1

    When Ziva accidentally witnesses a political assassination, she must surrender to the FBI and deal with the consequences without Gibbs' help, who is now enjoying his retirement.

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  17. Background image for A New Life (2)
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #17 - A New Life (2)

    S1:E2

    Harm & Kate continue to investigate the death of Lt. Angela Arutti, all the while the carrier remaining on combat status.

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  18. Background image for Doppelgänger
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Doppelgänger

    S2:E12

    The team takes on another strange case when a telemarketer reports a possible murder of a Petty Officer who appeared to be dying over the phone.

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  19. Background image for A New Life
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #19 - A New Life

    S1:E1

    When a female F-14 Tomcat RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) goes missing from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Seahawk while stationed in the Adriatic Sea, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral Al Brovo (Kevin Dunn), sends young Lieutenant Harmon Rabb with Lieutenant Junior Grade Caitlin Pike on Bastille Day 1995 out to the carrier where they must find out whether her death was accidental or intentional.

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  20. Background image for Reveille
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Reveille

    S1:E23

    The terrorist from Bette Noir returns with a plan to attack the President. Gibbs and his team follow the clues to reveal his identity and find Kate who is kidnapped.

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  21. Background image for Honeymoon Express
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Honeymoon Express

    S2:E1

    April 27, 1960: As Tom McBride, a New York City cop on his honeymoon, Sam must save himself from a jealous, and sociopath, ex-husband. To make matters worse, the Project's funding will be cut off, stranding Sam alone in the past, unless he can prevent the U2 flight from being shot down over Russia.

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  22. Background image for The Leap Home (2): Vietnam
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - The Leap Home (2): Vietnam

    S3:E2

    April 7, 1970: As a Navy SEAL in his own brother's squad, Sam must determine whether he is there to save Tom's life or ensure the success of the mission on which his brother was killed. Also Al from 1970 was a P.O.W.

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  23. Background image for Last Dance Before an Execution
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Last Dance Before an Execution

    S3:E19

    May 12, 1971: "Just think of someplace far away" is the advice Sam hears as he leaps into Jesus Ortega, a Cuban-American being strapped into an electric chair. A last second stay of execution gives Sam just forty-eight hours to either prove himself innocent or fulfill his mission so that he can leap before the Big Switch is pulled

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  24. Background image for Ghost Ship
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Ghost Ship

    S4:E16

    August 13, 1956: Flying over the Bermuda Triangle, Sam, as the co-pilot, must prevent the flight from returning to Virginia, to get a seriously ill passenger to a doctor before she dies. Flying through the triangle is riskier than it seems, and Sam, deprived of Al's help when the hologram fades out, must get them through alive.

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  25. Background image for A Leap for Lisa
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - A Leap for Lisa

    S4:E22

    June 25, 1957: Sam leaps into Al Calavicci to prevent the death of his married lover. But when Sam accidentally alters history, and finds out too late about her untimely demise, it could mean the gas chamber for Al and disturbingly a whole new situation at Project Quantum Leap.

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Donald P. Bellisario Ratings Summary

"Did You See the Sunrise? (1)" is the best rated episode written by Donald P. Bellisario. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Ray Austin. It aired on 9/30/1982 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Home from the Sea".