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The Best Episodes Written By Ken Sanzel

Every TV Episode Written by Ken Sanzel Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Ken Sanzel Ratings Summary

"Trust Metric" is the best rated episode written by Ken Sanzel. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Tony Scott. It aired on 9/28/2007 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Angels and Devils".

  • Trust Metric
    8.7/103 votes

    #1 - Trust Metric

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2007

    After the events of "The Janus List," Colby escapes from custody. Don and the team go after him, but everything may not be as it seems.

    Director: Tony Scott

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Angels and Devils
    8.7/103 votes

    #2 - Angels and Devils

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2009

    When Amita is abducted, Don and the team’s frantic search for her leads them to the delusional head of a cult, but it is up to a distraught Charlie to discover what the suspect’s bizarre plans for her are.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Rampage
    8.5/104 votes

    #3 - Rampage

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2006

    When an assailant opens fire in the FBI offices, Don and his team must determine his motive and possible connection to a dangerous arms dealer who is on trial. After nearly getting shot, Charlie is shaken and reluctant to return to the offices, which hinders his contribution to the case.

    Director: J. Miller Tobin

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • The Decoy Effect
    8.3/103 votes

    #4 - The Decoy Effect

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2008

    The team investigates an increase in ATM kidnappings when a woman who was abducted and forced to withdraw money is murdered; Charlie meets the investigator who will decide the fate of his FBI security clearance.

    Director: Ralph Hemecker

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Spree (1)
    8.3/103 votes

    #5 - Spree (1)

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2006

    Don has a problem. Crystal Hoyle and her boyfriend Buck are going on a robbery and killing spree. Their terror is spread over seven states, and Charlie is called in to help. However, problems between Alan and Charlie may hinder Charlie's concentration.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Two Daughters (2)
    8.3/103 votes

    #6 - Two Daughters (2)

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2006

    David tries to get information from one of Crystal's old boyfriends, but he isn't helping. Things get personal for the team when Crystal kidnaps one of them.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • One Hour
    8.3/103 votes

    #7 - One Hour

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2007

    Don talks to his therapist again, and while he's gone, the team races to find an eleven year-old boy being held on a $3 million ransom, and time is running out...

    Director: J. Miller Tobin

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • The Janus List
    8.3/103 votes

    #8 - The Janus List

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2007

    In the midst of investigating a serious bomb threat, Don and Charlie uncover a secret that could change their lives and the lives of the team forever.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Black Swan
    8.3/103 votes

    #9 - Black Swan

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/2008

    Don and the team bust a meth lab, but when Don has a feeling there's more to the organization than just what's on the surface, his intuition is put to the test.

    Director: John Behring

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Brutus
    8.2/104 votes

    #10 - Brutus

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2006

    A California State Senator and a psychiatrist--neither have much in common with the other except for one thing...they both turn up dead on Don's watch. While the circumstances of their deaths are different, Don thinks the two murders are related, and tries to prove his hunch right. What he finds may bring to light a deep secret the government has been hiding for years.

    Director: Oz Scott

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Sniper Zero
    8.0/105 votes

    #11 - Sniper Zero

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2005

    The city is in a panic as a sniper goes on a shooting spree and randomly kills several people, including a postal worker. The investigation reveals that more than one shooter is at work. As Charlie works the case, he's frustrated by a sniper expert Don brings in to help out.

    Director: J. Miller Tobin

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Toxin
    8.0/105 votes

    #12 - Toxin

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2005

    After four people nearly die from poisoning, Don learns someone is tampering with nonprescription drugs. When the perpetrator publishes a manifesto in a local paper, Don is led to believe the person may be a former employee of the drug company that manufactured the drug.

    Director: Jefery Levy

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • The Running Man
    8.0/105 votes

    #13 - The Running Man

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2006

    When a DNA synthesizer with the capability of customizing diseases is stolen from the campus where Charlie teaches, Don fears the thieves may be terrorists out to start or advance a bio-warfare program and also believes the theft was an inside job.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Chinese Box
    7.8/104 votes

    #14 - Chinese Box

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2007

    Don and the team are left with little recourse when a former FBI subcontractor takes a team member hostage.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Arrow of Time
    7.7/103 votes

    #15 - Arrow of Time

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2009

    Don turns to his newly found religious beliefs when he is forced to deal with an escaped criminal who is bent on seeking revenge.

    Director: Ken Sanzel

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Sacrifice
    7.6/105 votes

    #16 - Sacrifice

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2005

    A senior computer-science researcher working on a classified government project is found murdered in his Hollywood Hills home and data has been stolen from his computer. The investigation reveals the victim was going through a bitter divorce and was trying to keep his wife from getting his money. Charlie also learns the project on which the man was working might have involved baseball.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Samaritan
    7.3/107 votes

    #17 - Samaritan

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2010

    A good Samaritan with a police record takes action against a terrorizing subway criminal, forcing the Reagans to weigh the rights and wrongs of vigilantism.

    Director: Ralph Hemecker

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Welcome to the Jungle
    7.0/101 votes

    #18 - Welcome to the Jungle

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2019

    When the Deputy Governor asks Cat to accompany her to visit an island owned by an old friend of Cat's, Dylan Sawyer, the pair become embroiled in a plot to take over Dylan's pot business and, instead, manufacture Yaba.

    Director: Sian Davies

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Hangman
    6.7/105 votes

    #19 - Hangman

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2009

    Don and his team are out to protect former radical Benjamin Polk from a determined sniper who wants him dead, and who is leading the FBI on a cat-and-mouse chase as he closes in on his prey.

    Director: Ken Sanzel

    Writer: Ken Sanzel

  • Pilot
    6.0/102 votes

    #20 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2019

    Former thief Cat Chambers returns home to the Pacific island paradise known as The Reef as she finds herself in the center of a kidnapping, when the daughter of the island’s most prominent resident goes missing.

    Director: Alex Zakrzewski

    Writer: Ken Sanzel