The Best Episodes Written By René Echevarria

Every TV Episode Written by René Echevarria Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

René Echevarria Ratings Summary

The best episode written by René Echevarria is "Twice Upon a Time", rated 8.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "directed by Ronald L. Schwary". "Twice Upon a Time" aired on 5/22/2006 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "I, Borg".

  • Twice Upon a Time
    8.5/10 2 votes

    #1 - Twice Upon a Time

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2006

    Allison dreams of the life she could have had if she'd become the attorney she originally wanted to be.

    Director: Ronald L. Schwary

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • I, Borg
    8.4/10 45 votes

    #2 - I, Borg

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1992

    Stardate: 45854.2. An injured Borg is discovered and brought back to the Enterprise where he is 'repaired' by Dr. Crusher and befriended by Geordi, who names him 'Hugh.' Soon, Hugh starts showing signs of individuality while Picard must choose between destroying him or returning him to the collective.

    Director: Robert Lederman

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Night of the Wolf
    8.0/10 4 votes

    #3 - Night of the Wolf

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2005

    Allison tries convincing Devalos that she heard a witness misinforming a police sketch artist, making them look for the wrong man. Meanwhile, 6-year-old Bridgette's new playmate indicates that another member of the family can see the dead.

    Director: Artie Mandelberg

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Too Close to Call
    8.0/10 3 votes

    #4 - Too Close to Call

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2005

    Allison has a vision that could jeopardize D.A. Devalos' chances for re-election. Meanwhile, Joe runs into an ex-girlfriend from college.

    Director: Steven Robman

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Doctor's Orders
    8.0/10 2 votes

    #5 - Doctor's Orders

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/2006

    The spirit of the Dr. Charles Walker (from "Penny For Your Thoughts") is back and after Allison's daughter Ariel.

    Director: Helen Shaver

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • But for the Grace of God
    8.0/10 2 votes

    #6 - But for the Grace of God

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2008

    Allison tries to help investigator Cynthia Keener find a missing teenage girl. Meanwhile, Ariel dreams of Allison's high school days from the 80's after being asked out to a concert without any chaperones.

    Director: Peter Markle

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Burn Baby Burn (2)
    8.0/10 2 votes

    #7 - Burn Baby Burn (2)

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2008

    Allison tries to find the link between Ariel's prediction of a classmate's mother's death, dreams related to her case with Cynthia, and Devalos' murder case. She also must try to keep her mother-in-law Marjorie's secret hidden from Joe.

    Director: Vincent Misiano

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • The Insurance Man Always Rings Twice
    8.0/10 1 votes

    #8 - The Insurance Man Always Rings Twice

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1999

    Michael manages to get hold of a paper and is shocked to discover that "his" house is up for sale. He breaks out again and gets Roger to tell him what is going on. Roger informs him that the reason Lisa is selling is because she is broke, the insurance company has refused to pay out on Michael's life insurance policy. When he learns this he pleads with Dr. Morris to give him 3 days of freedom so that he can convince his old boss, Craig Spence, to pay out the money to his wife.

    Director: Vincent Misiano

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Lower Decks
    8.0/10 39 votes

    #9 - Lower Decks

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1994

    Stardate: 47566.7. Four young ensigns compete for a promotion that only one of them will receive. However, they are soon placed on a top secret mission that places some of their lives in danger.

    Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Ship in a Bottle
    7.9/10 44 votes

    #10 - Ship in a Bottle

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1993

    Stardate: 46424.1. While performing holodeck maintenance, Barclay accesses the stored hologram of Professor Moriarty, who wreaks havoc on board the Enterprise.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • I Married a Mind Reader
    7.7/10 3 votes

    #11 - I Married a Mind Reader

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2005

    Allison gets sick and entertains herself by watching a '60s sitcom called "I Married a Mind Reader." The male star was convicted of killing his wife, the female star. Allison's dreams take her back to the '60s, which for her end up being a time of deceit, lies, and secrets.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • In the Rough
    7.7/10 3 votes

    #12 - In the Rough

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/2/2005

    When a case from ten years is re-opened, Allison finds herself in a chaotic situation. Things continue to get messier when Allison finds out that the convicted man is innocent, and that someone she knows and trusts may have been involved in his framing.

    Director: Duane Clark

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • When the Bough Breaks
    7.7/10 17 votes

    #13 - When the Bough Breaks

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2009

    Castle has a new book agent, Paula Haas, but she talks with him when he has gotten an opportunity that may change his career. The downside is that taking the opportunity would mean the end of his relationship with Beckett. Meanwhile, an unidentified woman is found dead in a manhole.

    Director: John Terlesky

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • The Offspring
    7.6/10 44 votes

    #14 - The Offspring

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/1990

    Stardate: 43657.0. Data becomes a father when he creates a Soong-type android in the form of a daughter named Lal. Issues are complicated when Lal starts showing signs of a more evolved consciousness, including the ability to feel emotions, which attracts the attention of Starfleet scientists who want to take her away from Data and examine her advanced systems.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Flushed
    7.6/10 8 votes

    #15 - Flushed

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2000

    Max's seizures increase. Low on her medication after her friends mistakenly flush it down the toilet, Max breaks into a drug clinic. She is caught and ends up in jail and more openly a target for Lydecker. When her friends find out, Cindy gets herself arrested in order to help Max break out. Meanwhile, Lydecker closes in on Max. With the help of a stranger Cindy and Max manage to breakout. Lydecker's efforts to trap Max are again thwarted by Logan's tactics.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Aisling
    7.5/10 37 votes

    #16 - Aisling

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/29/2019

    Philo investigates the murder of a mysterious fae. Tourmaline introduces Vignette to a new group of faeries. Imogen tries to have Agreus removed from the neighborhood. Jonah disappears.

    Director: Thor Freudenthal

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Descent (1)
    7.5/10 37 votes

    #17 - Descent (1)

    Season 6 Episode 26 - Aired 6/21/1993

    Stardate: 46982.1. The Borg return to threaten the Federation under the new leadership of Lore. Data experiences a disturbing facet of human emotions - he feels pleasure after killing a Borg drone.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • And Jesus Brought a Casserole
    7.5/10 4 votes

    #18 - And Jesus Brought a Casserole

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/2001

    Max escapes Manticore and Madame X's clutches with the help of Lydecker. Lydecker and two of his accomplices, knock Max out and chain her to a hotel bed. Lydecker gets drunk while Max sleeps. Max wakes up just as Lydecker is pointing a gun at her and Madam X's people are closing in on them. Lydecker tells her he'll shoot her and then himself and end it all. Max kicks the gun our off his hand, grabs him, and they escape in his Humvee. Meanwhile, the other X5s have gathered with Logan and are trying to come up with a plan to find Max. All are shocked when Max shows up with Lydecker and tells them all she wants them to help her take down Manticore. Though they all mistrust him, eventually, they include Lydecker on the plan -- seeing as he knows the ins and outs of Manticore. Lydecker proves useful when he gouges the eye out of a man who has access to the Manticore labs. Max and Zack use the eye to gain access to the lab. The X5s plant bombs throughout Manticore. Max and Zack plant bo

    Director: Joe Ann Fogle

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Freak Nation
    7.5/10 4 votes

    #19 - Freak Nation

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2002

    Max is forced to expose her true identity to the world, when she must defend her own kind during a potentially deadly hostage situation at Jam Pony, involving Joshua and Alec.

    Director: James Cameron

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • The Begotten
    7.3/10 22 votes

    #20 - The Begotten

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/1997

    Stardate: Unknown. The discovery of an infant Changeling gives Odo a chance to put right the trauma of his own upbringing, while his “father” Dr. Mora insists on a more clinical approach.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Behind the Lines
    7.3/10 22 votes

    #21 - Behind the Lines

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1997

    Stardate: 51145.3. After forming an attack plan on the Dominion, Sisko relinquishes command of the Defiant to Dax after accepting a promotion. On DS9, the resistance faces discovery when Odo links with another changeling.

    Director: LeVar Burton

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Past Tense (2)
    7.3/10 26 votes

    #22 - Past Tense (2)

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/1995

    Stardate: 48481.2. Sisko is forced to take the place of a key historical figure on Earth in 2024 in order to preserve the timeline.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Face of the Enemy
    7.2/10 40 votes

    #23 - Face of the Enemy

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1993

    Stardate: 46519.1. Troi is abducted and surgically altered by the Romulans as part of a ploy to smuggle intelligence operatives into the Federation.

    Director: Gabrielle Beaumont

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Descent (2)
    7.2/10 38 votes

    #24 - Descent (2)

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1993

    Stardate: 47025.4. Data abducts Picard, Troi and Geordi and holds them prisoners of the Borg, while he derives pleasure from being evil. Dr. Crusher is left in command of the Enterprise as it comes under attack from a Borg vessel.

    Director: Alexander Singer

    Writer: René Echevarria

  • Overkill
    7.2/10 17 votes

    #25 - Overkill

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2010

    A robbery-homicide prompts Beckett to invite Demming to assist on a case, giving Castle a ringside seat to their budding romance. When it becomes clear that the two men have very different ideas about how to proceed, the investigation becomes an unspoken competition for Beckett's attention, one in which each man races to solve the case, as Beckett referees between her two admirers.

    Director: John Terlesky

    Writer: René Echevarria