8.7/106 votes#1 - One Less Mule
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/7/2013
Durant files an injunction against Union Pacific, threatening Cullen's position; Elam deals with a dangerous newcomer.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: John Wirth
8.5/106 votes#2 - Fathers and Sins
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/28/2013
With General Grant's deadline only two days away, a gang of riders attacks Cheyenne while Cullen and Elam pay Durant a visit.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: John Wirth
8.0/105 votes#3 - Eminent Domain
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/10/2013
An unexpected roadblock forces Cullen to make a difficult choice as a reporter arrives in Hell on Wheels. Elam struggles with his new boss.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: John Wirth
8.0/104 votes#4 - Na'niłkaadii
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/30/2023
Navajo Tribal Policeman Joe Leaphorn investigates the death of a man involved in a mysterious cult, while Jim Chee, moonlighting as a PI, works a case of his own. When their investigations collide, Leaphorn and Chee find themselves in grave danger.
Director: Chris Eyre
Writer: John Wirth
8.0/101 votes#5 - Hózhó náhásdlįį
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/3/2023
Leaphorn and Chee discover evidence that connects their cases, only for Leaphorn to realize justice won't be easily served. Meanwhile, Manuelito prepares for a big life change.
Director: Chris Eyre
Writer: John Wirth
7.7/1015 votes#6 - Heretic's Fork
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/2010
Erica, Father Jack and Hobbes realize that the Vs know names and addresses of The Fifth Column members and must take drastic measures to protect them, while Ryan finally reveals to Val that he's a Visitor. Chad, with the camera rolling for "Prime Focus", begins the process aboard the Mothership's Medical Bay to have his aneurysm removed.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: John Wirth
7.7/1015 votes#7 - Fruition
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/11/2010
After a violent attack on someone very close to Anna, she delivers a message that the Vs don't feel safe and will be leaving, while she also gives a list of possible Fifth Column members to Chad hoping he'll investigate to help in finding them. Meanwhile, Erica and the team try to track down a scientist who may have created a weapon that the Visitors are afraid of.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: John Wirth
7.5/1013 votes#8 - The Turk
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2008
Sarah visits Miles Dyson's widow to find the creator of Skynet. She leads her to a man named Andy Goode who used to work with Dyson and is building a chess-playing computer named "The Turk." John and Cameron try their best to fit in on their first day at a new high school.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: John Wirth
7.5/104 votes#9 - Hope and Mercy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/2005
In a hospital, Melinda encounters a woman who wants to determine what caused her death during a surgery.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: John Wirth
7.2/1013 votes#10 - The Mousetrap
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2008
Derek and Sarah must outwit Cromartie after he kidnaps Charley's wife, and they must weigh the consequences in rescuing her. Meanwhile, John finds himself unable to choose between Cameron and Riley.
Director: Bill Eagles
Writer: John Wirth
7.2/108 votes#11 - Mei Mei
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2015
Cullen and Fong find themselves in peril as they transport a locomotive over the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Swede gains Phineas' trust.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: John Wirth
7.0/105 votes#12 - Gu Assassins
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/8/2019
A risky power play puts Uncle Six at Kai's mercy. An unburdened Tommy attempts to get his life together. Zan makes her Triad ambitions known.
Director: Toa Fraser
Writer: John Wirth
7.0/101 votes#13 - High Fall
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1998
Nash discovers his life savings is gone when his accountant invests in a deal cooked up by "Bombshell" Tamara Van Zant. While trying to remodel the bathroom himself, Joe burns down his house and takes Nash up on his offer to move into Lisa's. Nick decides to take scuba lessons.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: John Wirth
6.9/107 votes#14 - Drunken Watermelon
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/8/2019
A botched restaurant order makes Kai a target of Triad members, who are unaware of his family connections -- and his new status as the Wu Assassin.
Director: Stephen Fung
Writer: John Wirth
6.8/1013 votes#15 - Desert Cantos
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2009
The Connors visit a town connected to the destroyed factory; Weaver sends a man into town in search of a survivor.
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: John Wirth
6.6/1015 votes#16 - Complications
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2008
Sarah finds that the strange dreams she's been having while she sleeps are slowly beginning to creep into her waking life, but she has no idea what the dreams mean for her and John. Derek and Jesse investigate a possible Skynet conspirator.
Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: John Wirth
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"One Less Mule" is the best rated episode written by John Wirth. It scored 8.7/10 based on 6 votes. It was directed by Deran Sarafian. It aired on 9/7/2013 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Fathers and Sins".