The Best Episodes Written By John C. kelley
Every TV Episode Written by John C. kelley Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
John C. Kelley Ratings Summary
The best episode written by John C. Kelley is "Penny and Dime", rated 8.41/10 from 83 user votes. It was "directed by Peter Hoar". "Penny and Dime" aired on 3/18/2016 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Unwritten".
8.4/10 83 votes#1 - Penny and Dime
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/18/2016
Karen uncovers shocking facts about the Punisher, who finds himself hunted by a powerful force in Hell's Kitchen. Daredevil ponders his next moves.
Director: Peter Hoar
Writer: John C. Kelley
8.2/10 24 votes#2 - Unwritten
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2010
A children's novelist tries to kill herself, but is thwarted when she has a seizure. House, a fan of the books, puts her on psych hold but has to deal with a patient that is eager to die rather than be cured. Meanwhile, House worries that he'll lose Cuddy because they have nothing in common.
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writer: John C. Kelley
8.0/10 7 votes#3 - Twilight
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2005
A group of serial terrorists seek revenge and send Ari (guest star Rudolf Martin) on an assignment to kill Gibbs. The NCIS team goes on a hunt after him, but when they discover that Ari has a bigger plan, it is already too late... the NCIS team will have to face the death of one of their team members...
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.9/10 28 votes#4 - The C-Word
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2012
When House and Wilson disappear off the grid for several days, without explanation, the team is left to deal with a difficult case concerning a 6-year old with numerous problems and complications, including an overbearing mother who also happens to be her physician.
Director: Hugh Laurie
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.8/10 8 votes#5 - The Bone Yard
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2004
NCIS discovers that an area in the Marine's bombing range is where mafia has been dumping the bodies for a while. One of the victims is an undercover FBI agent. The team sets out to find a mole.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.8/10 5 votes#6 - Smoked
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2006
When a burnt and mummified body of a missing and wanted person is found on a Marine base, in a furnace, NCIS must work with FBI. The burnt man turns out to be a serial killer. The both teams visit the man's family and discover something shocking. Also, the NCIS team must deal with the book McGee wrote about them, using "fictional" characters.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.8/10 5 votes#7 - Grace Period
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2007
When a weekend call to the NCIS tip line from an unknown source about possible terrorist activity results in the death of two agents sent into a trap, the NCIS team will have to find out who were the people responsible with the help from Agent Paula Cassidy, who holds herself responsible for the tragedy.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.8/10 22 votes#8 - Fall from Grace
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/21/2011
A homeless man with a history of drug abuse is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with burns and scars on his chest. Meanwhile, Cuddy reveals her guilt to Wilson about breaking up with House.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.7/10 7 votes#9 - Mind Games
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2005
Gibbs is ordered to talk to a convict that is about to be executed, in order to discover information about the place where he hid his victims, but when the plan doesn't work, the team must solve the case in their own way.
Director: William Webb
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.6/10 25 votes#10 - The Confession
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2011
A man well-respected in his community suddenly collapses, and in the process of diagnosing his symptoms, the team discovers that the patient has been hiding dark and dishonest secrets about his personal and professional life. But when the patient openly confesses his wrongdoings to his family and community, he compromises his chances of receiving the proper medical treatment. Meanwhile, House will stop at nothing to manipulate Taub into taking a DNA test to prove he is the father of his two six-month-old daughters.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.6/10 8 votes#11 - Missing
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2004
A marine goes missing after a date with a reporter. During the investigation, the team discovers that three former members of his unit are dead and suspect the unit commander to be a serial killer.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.6/10 5 votes#12 - Shalom
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2006
When Ziva accidentally witnesses a political assassination, she must surrender to the FBI and deal with the consenquences without Gibbs's help, who is now enjoying his retirement. She learns that the FBI is looking for her and escapes, while the NCIS team, leaded by Tony, must prove that Ziva is innocent. However, when things get more complicated, Ziva seeks help from the one person that always trusted her, Gibbs.
Director: William Webb
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.6/10 32 votes#13 - The Courier
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2013
Red and the FBI try to stop a dangerous messenger (Robert Knepper) whose appearance is unknown; Liz is thrust into a kidnapping plot.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.5/10 20 votes#14 - Recession Proof
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/28/2011
A patient is admitted after breaking out in a severe rash triggered by caustic chemical exposure at his blue-collar job. Meanwhile, Cuddy is honored with an award and needs House to be at the charity event for support, but his attendance is threatened when his patient’s battle to survive forces him to question his practice and his own happiness.
Director: S.J. Clarkson
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.5/10 8 votes#15 - Marine Down
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2003
After a marine widow receives a call from her dead husband, the NCIS team takes on the case and has to exhume the body to deduce whether the call was a prank or not.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.4/10 13 votes#16 - Seadog
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2003
When a Navy commander's body washes up on shore along with the bodies of two drug runners, Gibbs refuses to believe that the sailor who was killed was dirty.
Director: Bradford May
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.4/10 8 votes#17 - Enigma
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2004
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing the funds.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.4/10 8 votes#18 - Black Water
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2005
A dead body of a 2-year-missing Navy officer appears on the bottom of a lake. The team investigates the case with a help of a private detective. Meanwhile, a famous family offers a lot of money in exchange for the information about the missing body. The team is surprised when a bullet is found in a car. Now the dissapereance becomes a murder...
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.4/10 8 votes#19 - Caught on Tape
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2005
The team takes on a case of a dead Marine who recorded his death while falling off a cliff. The prime suspects are his wife and his best friend with whom he had a picnic in the camp. Gibbs finds out they had an affair behind the dead man's back and he tries to persuade each of them to blame each other. Meanwhile, Abby reconstructs the case using her computer skills to handler the Marine's camera...
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.3/10 26 votes#20 - Love Is Blind
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 3/19/2012
A successful, independent blind man is struck down with a mysterious illness, just prior to him asking for his girlfriend's hand in marriage. Meanwhile, House has a family member visit to inform him of a life change. "Love Is Blind" is the fourteenth episode of season eight of House and the 169th overall. The episode debuted in Canada on Global on February 27, 2012, and aired three weeks later in the United States on Fox on March 19, 2012. The unusual three-week delay was a byproduct of the 2012 Daytona 500 rain delay of 30 hours.
Director: Tim Southam
Writer: John C. Kelley
7.1/10 25 votes#21 - Knight Fall
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 4/19/2010
House and the team take on the case of Sir William, a "knight" in a closed-off community of men and women living according to the ideals of the High Renaissance. As the team searches the medieval village for environmental factors contributing to Sir William's rapidly deteriorating health, Thirteen and Sir William debate the acts that define honor and loyalty, especially in regard to the "queen" of the community, one of Sir William's most frequent visitors. Meanwhile, Wilson starts over with an ex.
Director: Juan José Campanella
Writer: John C. Kelley
6.9/10 10 votes#22 - Forced Entry
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2004
Laura Rowen (guest star Megan Ward), a Marine's wife, shoots an intruder in self defense when he is about to rape her. The team takes upon the case and finds out that the wife is leading a double life while her husband is serving overseas. Allegedly, she has been chatting with a stranger on the net and had no idea about his true intentions. The team believes that she might have lured him to her home, not knowing that he is a serial rapist...
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: John C. Kelley
6.8/10 5 votes#23 - Driven
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2006
When a robotic vehicle named "Otto," a part of a high level project of the Department of Defense, causes a death of a Navy Lieutenant, and then later almost kills Abby, the NCIS team must find out who sabotaged the vehicle and murdered the Navy Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Ziva realizes that Tony keeps on visiting the hospital. What is he doing there?
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: John C. Kelley
6.6/10 5 votes#24 - Friends and Lovers
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2007
When a dead body of a sailor is found in an abandoned part of the town, all the evidence seem to point that the person died from unintentional drug overdose, but when the team uncovers more evidence, it turns out to be a murder. Meanwhile, Tony bonds with a local detective while working on the case.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: John C. Kelley
6.2/10 8 votes#25 - Silver War
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2005
When a corpse of a man is found inside a tomb that comes from the Civil War, the team discovers that the victim, a Sergeant, was buried alive. During the investigation, Abby tracks down the last phone call of the victim. Meanwhile, Gibbs is informed by his new boss Jenny Sheppard that agent Ziva is now a full-time NCIS agent.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: John C. Kelley