8.5/102 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
8.4/1046 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
8.0/104 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
8.0/103 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
8.0/102 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
8.0/102 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
8.0/102 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
8.0/101 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
8.0/1039 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
7.9/1045 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
7.7/103 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
7.7/103 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
7.7/1017 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
7.6/1044 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
7.6/108 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
7.5/1037 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
7.5/1038 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
7.5/104 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
7.5/104 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
7.3/1026 votes#20 - 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
7.3/1022 votes#21 - 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
7.3/1022 votes#22 - 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
7.2/1040 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
7.2/1039 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
7.2/1017 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
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"Twice Upon a Time" is the best rated episode written by René Echevarria. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Ronald L. Schwary. It aired on 5/22/2006 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "I, Borg".