9.1/1012 votes#1 - The Summit
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 5/16/2018
With the arms control summit under way, a shocking revelation from Philip throws Elizabeth - and her work - into turmoil. Stan follows a dangerous hunch.
Director: Sylvain White
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.5/102 votes#2 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/1982
In this intro to the series, Dr. Jack Morrison treats a young girl with dysentary; Dr. Annie Cavanero searches for a missing patient -- who happens to be a large, permanent resident of a local mental institution; Dr. Ben Samuels tries to recall all of his conquests after being diagnosed with VD; Dr. Daniel Auschlander's liver cancer is revealed; a bombing victim is brought into the ER, as is the young man who set off the bomb; and Dr. Wayne Fiscus and Dr. Cathy Martin begin a relationship.
Director: Thomas Carter
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.5/1011 votes#3 - Dyatkovo
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 5/16/2017
A surprise assignment from the Centre divides Philip and Elizabeth, forcing them into a moment of profound crisis. Stan gives Henry a tour of the FBI.
Director: Steph Green
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.2/1017 votes#4 - Safe House
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/3/2013
Philip and Elizabeth are put to the test when a routine mission goes horribly wrong. Stan and the FBI are pushed to their limit when one of their own goes missing.
Director: Jim McKay
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.1/1011 votes#5 - Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/2015
Philip and Elizabeth struggle with the gravity of unexpected collateral damage. Stan and Oleg hatch a risky plan to help save Nina.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.1/1011 votes#6 - The Rat
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/20/2016
Martha must finally face the truth she has denied – and her life may never be the same. Plus, a chilling new development in William’s work forces the Jennings to face the realities of what a biological war would mean.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: Joshua Brand
8.0/1013 votes#7 - Dinner for Seven
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 5/25/2016
Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation… but at what cost?
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.9/1017 votes#8 - The Oath
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2013
One of Elizabeth's agents has key intel for sale, but she and Philip find themselves taking increasingly greater risks for what could well be a set-up. Meanwhile, Stan's pursuit of Directorate S suddenly begins to yield unexpected results.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.9/1011 votes#9 - Divestment
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/2015
Martha and Clark’s marriage meets its most challenging test yet. As pressures on Philip intensify, Elizabeth turns to Gabriel with a difficult request. Nina receives a new assignment that reconnects her with her past.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.8/1012 votes#10 - Lotus 1-2-3
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/4/2017
Philip and Elizabeth receive surprising news about Henry -- and shattering news about a past operation. Stan might be falling in love, but Philip wonders if something darker is going on.
Director: Noah Emmerich
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.6/1017 votes#11 - Covert War
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/17/2013
Events in Moscow strike a personal chord for Elizabeth, leading her to take on a dangerous mission she can't complete without Philip's help, and placing the couple on a collision course with both Grannie and the FBI.
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.5/1015 votes#12 - Duty and Honor
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/13/2013
Philip and Elizabeth's troubled marriage is further tested when a mission to discredit a Polish pro-democracy leader reunites Philip with his old flame.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.5/1016 votes#13 - Stealth
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/2014
Elizabeth makes a shocking discovery about Kate. Philip pursues a contact for information about stealth. Stan continues his pursuit of the illegals.
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.4/1016 votes#14 - ARPANET
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/2014
Philip uses his agent Charles Duluth to help him gain access to an early precursor to the Internet so that the KGB can bug American government communications. Nina faces the threat of a potential FBI polygraph exam, bringing her closer to KGB colleague Oleg.
Director: Kevin Dowling
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.1/108 votes#15 - Santa '85
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1985
A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.
Director: Phil Joanou
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.1/1010 votes#16 - Mr. Magic
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1985
A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.0/101 votes#17 - Bypass
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/1982
Morrison treats the obnoxious bank bomber; Mr. MacAllister arrives to find his wife in a coma; Dr. Craig holds a news conference and badgers a patient into a surgical consent; and Dr. Samuels tries to teach Dr. Beale how to swim.
Director: Thomas Carter
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.0/101 votes#18 - Graveyard
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1983
Dr. Samuels breaks up a late night poker game to perform emergency surgery on a gunshot victim; Morrison lets a Chinese couple perform a folk healing ritual on their dying son; and Ralph's manic stage reaches a crescendo.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.0/101 votes#19 - The Count
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1983
Cavanero helps hide her patient, a porno movie star, from a process server; Armstrong worries about the ethics of a surgeon who does unnecessary heart surgery for kickbacks; Ehrlich and Fiscus nearly come to blows over their living arrangements; and Dr. Craig considers moving.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.0/104 votes#20 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/1990
Dr. Joel Fleischman arrives in Anchorage, Alaska to fulfill his part of a bargain that paid $125,000 for his medical education in exchange for service in the state as a doctor. Sure, it'll be tough for a guy from New York to adjust to Anchorage, but... then he learns Anchorage doesn't need him, and he's been assigned to Cicely, a small remote town owned and dominated by the strong minded Maurice Minnifield, a former astronaut set on developing his little part of Alaska into a vacation paradise and equally decided to make Fleischman honor his professional obligations.
Director: Joshua Brand
Writer: Joshua Brand
7.0/104 votes#21 - Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/1990
A young man from Saskatchewan further rocks the already delicate relationship between Shelly and Holling. Ed suffers from writer's block and a lack of focus as he tries to begin work on his blockbuster movie. Maggie and Rick tiptoe around ""Maggie's curse"" when he shows symptoms of a serious medical problem.
Director: Sandy Smolan
Writer: Joshua Brand
6.8/1011 votes#22 - Alamo Jobe
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1985
During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.
Director: Michael D. Moore
Writer: Joshua Brand
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"The Summit" is the best rated episode written by Joshua Brand. It scored 9.1/10 based on 12 votes. It was directed by Sylvain White. It aired on 5/16/2018 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Pilot".