The Best Episodes Written By John Whelpley
Every TV Episode Written by John Whelpley Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
John Whelpley Ratings Summary
The best episode written by John Whelpley is "Atonement", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Brenton Spencer". "Atonement" aired on 2/26/2001 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "One Taelon Avenue".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - Atonement
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/2001
In exchange for immunity, Sandoval agrees to testify against the taelons.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
8.0/10 2 votes#2 - One Taelon Avenue
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2000
At One Taelon Avenue, Dr Sato and Joshua Doors begin a test with an ID shuttle prototype. The craft explodes, sending everyone ducking for cover while Sato calmly watches. Joshua tries to persuade Renee Palmer to leave Doors International and join him at One Taelon Ave. Jonathan Doors encounters his son in Renee's office and the two exchange opinions about business. Jonathan, concerned about his son, asks Liam to find out what's really going on at One Taelon Ave. At One Taelon Ave, Renee meets with Joshua while Liam is tracked by Control, a computer, while he investigates. Control tracks Sato and begins a bio-purge function. Sato tries to escape the energy walls, but they disintegrate him. Zu'or and Da'an review the security video of Sato's demise. Da'an is concerned that Control may be overriding the Taelon programming and creating its own agenda. Sandoval reports he has begun an investigation at One Taelon Avenue, but Zu'or orders him to close his investigation. Liam and Augur find t
Director: John Stead
Writer: John Whelpley
8.0/10 2 votes#3 - Arrival
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2000
While Lili returns to earth after being tricked into giving the jaridians interdimensional transportation, an auction is held at the Antartic Republic of Rostok for some mysterious alien weapons. Sandoval must stop the bidding taking place while Liam and Renee try to find out what the weapons are.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
8.0/10 1 votes#4 - Point of No Return
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2001
The Taelons' fate - and possibly Liam's - is decided after Liam and Renee find Ma'el's regeneration chamber. The discovery of the secret location causes the surviving Taelons and Jaridians to seek the mechanism, which promises to restore their draining energy. Street, meanwhile, solves the riddle of Ma'el which will allow the Taelons and the Jaridians to join.
Director: Michael Robison
Writer: John Whelpley
7.5/10 4 votes#5 - Afterlife
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 5/19/1996
Linden Stiles struggles to retain his humanity after heis convicted of a murder he didn't commit. When asked to make a frightful choice: accept execution or become the subject of a secret military experiment -- he chooses to live. As the experiment progresses, Stiles fights the dehumanizing influence of injected DNA from an alien lifeform. The attending doctor is troubled by a growing awareness of the inhumanity of the experiment itself, of the men in charge and of her own role. Using his super-human strength, Stiles escapes. Then, hunted by his former compatriots, he faces a decision even more difficult than the one that set him on such a tragic course.
Director: Mario Philip Azzopardi
Writer: John Whelpley
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - Ma Dalton
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1989
After Jack receives momentos of his father from an anonymous sender, he and MacGyver launch a search for Jack's mother, who's been missing since he was boy—and they aren't the only ones hunting for her.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: John Whelpley
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - Limbo
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000
The Murder of General T'Than on board the mothership leads Liam to descover the taelons darkest secret, while the late Jonathan Doors rturns in cyber form to addminister a deadly attack upon them.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - Street Chase
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2001
J Street learns a lesson in trust while on the run from Sandoval.
Director: Will Dixon
Writer: John Whelpley
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - Art of War
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2002
Juda's death spells hope for Renee in her battle against the Atavus.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - Bad Genes
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2002
Renee's personal image of mankind's greatest enemy is forever changed when she becomes emotionally involved with a young atavus child, Yulyn, whom reveals he has a very human-like soul. Renee must now protect Yulyn, also a royal, from Howlyn's evil clutches.
Director: Bruce Pittman
Writer: John Whelpley
6.7/10 3 votes#11 - Harper 2.0
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/2001
Harper finds himself overloaded with information when a dying Perseid transfers data into his brain.
Director: Richard Flower
Writer: John Whelpley
6.6/10 25 votes#12 - Invasive Procedures
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1993
Stardate: 47182.1. A jealous Trill, who had waited his entire life to receive a symbiont but never had, decides to steal one. . .Dax's!
Director: Les Landau
Writer: John Whelpley
6.5/10 2 votes#13 - First Breath
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000
Liam and Renee investigate Zo'or and his link to a biomedical facility's clandestine cloning operation.
Director: John Stead
Writer: John Whelpley
6.0/10 1 votes#14 - Phantom Companion
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2000
While onboard the taelon mothership, Renee is taken hostage by a mysterious being that haunts the lower parts of ship.
Director: Brenton Spencer
Writer: John Whelpley
6.0/10 1 votes#15 - UnEarthed
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2001
The joining of the Taelons and the Jaridians create the Avatus race, a greater threat that Renee leads the fight against.
Director: Andrew Potter
Writer: John Whelpley
6.0/10 1 votes#16 - Honor And Duty
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/2002
Renee and boyfriend Captain Michaels "do-the-right-thing" as they risk their own personal integrity in an attempt to secure plans to the one military weapon that can kill the atavus.
Director: Martin Wood
Writer: John Whelpley
6.0/10 1 votes#17 - The Journey
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2002
Renee hooks up with Captain Michaels to investigate a pharmaceutical plant manufacturing an Atavus Hybrid vaccine. But something is a little strange about the lead scientist Dr Spangler. Ra'jel returns to lead Renee on an enlightening trip down memory lane. Why did the Taelons pick Earth? Things take a very deadly turn at the lab; Michaels is seriously injured, Dr Spangler's truth is revealed, and, as the Captain fights for his life, Renee must make an awful final choice.
Director: David Winning
Writer: John Whelpley
5.5/10 2 votes#18 - When Goes Around...
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2004
Dylan encounters Celine, a woman from his past and is trapped in time loops. The two are happy to see each other, but Dylan knows he may have to choose between Celine and the survival of Seefra.
Director: Jorge Montesi
Writer: John Whelpley
5.0/10 2 votes#19 - Double or Nothingness
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2003
Dylan plays a dangerous game against two gamblers, but not everything is as real as it seems.
Director: David Winning
Writer: John Whelpley