The Best Episodes Written By Mark Richard
Every TV Episode Written by Mark Richard Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Mark Richard Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Mark Richard is "Love It or Leave It", rated 8.889/10 from 9 user votes. It was "directed by Park Chan-wook". "Love It or Leave It" aired on 4/28/2024 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Life's a Mystery".
8.9/10 9 votes#1 - Love It or Leave It
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2024
The Captain and Bon craft a plan to quell the General's anxieties. Later, the Captain meets the Auteur, who wants to make a film about war.
Director: Park Chan-wook
Writer: Mark Richard
8.8/10 5 votes#2 - Life's a Mystery
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/30/2014
Cullens's family is at risk when a stranger arrives, stirring up old feelings; The Swede faces the consequences.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Mark Richard
8.8/10 5 votes#3 - Elam Ferguson
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/13/2014
Cullen attempts to reconnect with Elam upon his return. Durant takes matters into his own hands while putting an old problem to rest.
Director: Rod Lurie
Writer: Mark Richard
8.7/10 6 votes#4 - Escape from the Garden
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 8/9/2014
As Cullen plans an exit from Fort Smith, he challenges The Swede; when a new adversary arrives, Cheyenne feels his presence.
Director: Neil LaBute
Writer: Mark Richard
8.6/10 5 votes#5 - The Railroad Job
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2012
Cullen's past catches up with him and threatens the fate of the railroad.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Mark Richard
8.5/10 6 votes#6 - Get Behind the Mule
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/5/2013
Cullen grapples with consequences while Elam mounts a rescue attempt. Durant receives Gen. Grant and the U.P. board in Cheyenne ahead of the deadline.
Director: Neil LaBute
Writer: Mark Richard
8.0/10 5 votes#7 - Blood Moon
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/7/2012
Cullen prepares for battle while the town celebrates.
Director: Terry McDonough
Writer: Mark Richard
8.0/10 6 votes#8 - The Elusive Eden
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 8/2/2014
Cullen awaits the birth of his baby, laboring under The Swede's thumb at Fort Smith. Durant deals with the fallout from a railroad accident.
Director: Neil LaBute
Writer: Mark Richard
7.8/10 4 votes#9 - The Lord's Day
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 9/30/2012
A new arrival stirs things up in Hell on Wheels, while Eva gets caught between Elam and Mr. Toole.
Director: Rod Lurie
Writer: Mark Richard
7.8/10 5 votes#10 - Range War
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2013
Cullen and Elam search for their stolen food on the prairie; a stranger's arrival threatens Elam's family.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Mark Richard
7.8/10 4 votes#11 - A Wicked Plot
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2020
Separated from Brown’s army, Onion and fellow slave Bob leave the fight in Kansas only to cross paths with pro-slavery “red shirts” who escort them to the slave-trading town of Pikesville, Missouri. Onion is taken under the wing of Pie, a mixed-race prostitute working out of the local hotel, who instructs him in the ways of the world despite her discovering his dangerous secret. Onion soon finds himself enmeshed in a mounting slave insurrection where he learns the consequences of his own actions.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Mark Richard
7.7/10 22 votes#12 - The New Frontier
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2017
Following a harrowing journey, the Clark family arrive at their new home. Strand faces resistance as he attempts to hold power over his domain.
Director: Stefan Schwartz
Writer: Mark Richard
7.7/10 6 votes#13 - Big Bad Wolf
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/2013
After a hard winter, Cullen and Elam travel to New York to secure their positions on the railroad as Durant fights for his legacy from prison.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Mark Richard
7.6/10 10 votes#14 - Happy Trails
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/2019
John and Helen host Himmler and his wife for dinner, along with a new and dangerous threat from Berlin, Obergruppenführer Goertzmann. Juliana returns to the High Castle world, arriving in the ruins of what is now known as “The District of Contamination.” Kido is forced to turn against the Crown Princess by his general. A captive Hawthorne Abendsen shares some new tales from the High Castle.
Director: Rachel Leiterman
Writer: Mark Richard
7.5/10 4 votes#15 - Bread and Circuses
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2011
A bare-knuckle brouhaha between Elam and Cullen is spurred by Durant's latest attempt to deal with the railroad's financial crisis.
Director: Adam Davidson
Writer: Mark Richard
7.5/10 4 votes#16 - Derailed
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/1/2012
Durant dispatches Cullen and Elam on a mission of vengeance. Lily struggles to find her place.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Mark Richard
7.5/10 13 votes#17 - For Want of a Nail
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2019
Smith and Helen’s true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilantes threaten Childan and Yukiko.
Director: John Fawcett
Writer: Mark Richard
7.3/10 4 votes#18 - Meet the Lord
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2020
Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the Kansas territory in 1856, has a run-in with abolitionist John Brown, who mistakes him for a girl and promptly “frees” him. Believing Henry to be his good luck charm, Brown welcomes him into his ragtag army and nicknames him “Onion.” Donning a dress for the first time while dodging bullets, Onion quickly awakens to the life or death stakes in the battle over human bondage and witnesses Brown’s divinely inspired violent agenda: to free the land of slavery by any means necessary.
Director: Albert Hughes
Writer: Mark Richard
6.7/10 3 votes#19 - Jesus is Walkin'
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2020
The plan to take control of the nation’s largest armory at Harper’s Ferry is finally put into action. However, a crucial mistake by Onion threatens the success of the entire operation. John Brown’s army takes hostages, grabbing the attention of an angry mob and local militia. With shots firing, Onion is sent out to get reinforcements.
Director: Haifaa al-Mansour
Writer: Mark Richard
6.5/10 10 votes#20 - The Graveyard of What Might Be
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2019
Vic meets Maggie, a medium with more questions than answers. Manx visits Haverhill to seek The Shorter Way and finds Bing, who is eager to help.
Director: Kari Skogland
Writer: Mark Richard
6.3/10 3 votes#21 - Hiving the Bees
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2020
Onion and new recruit John Cook head to Harper’s Ferry to prepare for the arrival of John Brown and his army. However, Onion quickly struggles to perform his mission of recruiting more African-American soldiers from the area when Cook’s reckless behavior threatens their exposure to suspicious neighbors. After several weeks of waiting, Brown, his army and his daughter Annie finally arrive—creating a new distraction for Onion: true love.
Director: Haifaa al-Mansour
Writer: Mark Richard
6.0/10 1 votes#22 - Last Words
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2020
John Brown and his remaining army take a last stand as more federal troops descend upon Harper’s Ferry. With John Brown captured and held for public execution, Onion, truly on his own, risks his life to say his goodbyes to Brown. Series finale.
Director: Kate Woods
Writer: Mark Richard