10.0/101 votes#1 - A Matter of Minutes
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/24/1986
A young married couple discovers that their home is being remodeled by blue-clad workers who are workers of time that build and move objects from one time period to another.
Director: Sheldon Larry
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
9.2/104 votes#2 - C Is for Cannibal
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/10/2021
The team is sent to meet on campus with Mitch Otterbean, a student with a growing compulsion to eat human flesh.
Director: Alethea Jones
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
9.0/101 votes#3 - How to Survive a Storm
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/25/2024
Kristen must protect her family. Sheryl and Leland's war peaks.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.6/107 votes#4 - N Is for Night Terrors
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2021
The team is given the task of evaluating the likelihood of Leland being possessed, which if decided true, would require them to exorcise him.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.3/107 votes#5 - Life on Death Row
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1986
An inmate is struck by lightning. He is given miraculous healing powers that spark a last-minute attempt to save him from the electric chair.
Director: Mick Garris
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.0/101 votes#6 - The Angel of Warning
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/10/2022
Sister Andrea’s career and sanity are on trial as she battles Leland. Meanwhile the team investigates an alleged angel sighting.
Director: Matthew Kregor
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.9/109 votes#7 - 7 Swans a Singin'
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2019
Kristen, David and Ben are called to investigate an insidiously addictive Christmas song that's spreading among an increasing number of students, and the dangerous relationship between online influencers and their impressionable young followers.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.8/105 votes#8 - Into the Lion's Den - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/28/2002
Crais gets Talyn to starburst inside the command carrier, causing it to collapse in on itself.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.7/1013 votes#9 - 3 Stars
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2019
After a high-strung theater producer's behavior turns from demanding to what is believed to be demonic, Kristen, David and Ben must assess the situation. Kristen discredits her nemesis, Leland Townsend, before he can ruin a 17-year-old boy's life.
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.5/1026 votes#10 - Premiere
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/1999
Astronaut John Crichton attempts to use the Earth's atmosphere to propel his module at high speeds. He is hit by a radiation wave and is sucked through a wormhole into a distant part of the universe--straight into the middle of a space battle.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.5/108 votes#11 - Family Ties
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/28/2000
Rygel steals a transport pod and goes to the peacekeeper command carrier to betray the others. However he ends up returning to Moya with Crais who wants asylum. Crichton decides to destroy Scorpius' Gamac Base to give Moya time to escape.
Director: Tony Tilse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.5/1013 votes#12 - Unholy Alliance
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2011
After the radical faction of the Fifth Column murders three Peace Ambassadors, Erica goes on a mission to hunt down their leader, Eli Cohn, a former Mossad agent. Meanwhile, as Jack and other priests around the globe begin to speak out against the Visitors, Anna heads to the Vatican in an effort to convince the leaders of organized religion that the Visitors truly are "of peace".
Director: Dean White
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.4/108 votes#13 - A Bug's Life
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/16/1999
A peacekeeper ship is approaching Moya, so Crichton and Aeryn pose as peacekeeper officers on a secret mission while everyone else gets locked into cells to make the deception seem realistic. The peacekeepers that come aboard have some secret cargo. But when their secret cargo escapes, no one on board is safe.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.0/103 votes#14 - Dreams for Sale
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1985
On an idyllic outdoor picnic with her husband and their twins a nameless woman becomes confused and disoriented when events begin to repeat themselves. Then she awakens and discovers she is in a futuristic dream-making machine - she is only a drone in a future where no "outside" exists since Man has grown over the whole planet and turned it into factory, and the only escape is a 15-minute virtual reality scenario once a week. Despairing of her future, the woman returns to the reality which breaks down, "trapping" her there forever.
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
7.0/107 votes#15 - Come Blow Your Horn
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2013
As Miles and the gang try to escape the perils of their current situation, Rachel and Gene continue to struggle with their relationship, which affects Charlie. Meanwhile, Neville takes a gamble with the Patriots.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.9/107 votes#16 - Why We Fight
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2014
While Dr. Porter and Miles venture into Willoughby in search of allies within the town, Monroe seizes an opportunity to surprise the Patriots. Neville’s political maneuverings put him and Jason in serious danger, as Aaron and Priscilla continue on their journey.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.8/108 votes#17 - Bone to Be Wild
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/21/2000
Moya is hiding from a peacekeeper command carrier in an asteroid field. The crew receive a distress call and Crichton, Zhaan and D'Argo go down to one of the asteroids to rescue a women who has an unusual appetite.
Director: Andrew Prowse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.8/106 votes#18 - Relativity
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/5/2001
Talyn lands on a planet covered mostly with vegetation that will help him to heal. Crichton, Aeryn and Crais leave the ship in search of Xhalax.
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.8/106 votes#19 - Fractures
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 8/23/2001
A group of escaped prisoners come aboard Moya followed shortly by Aeryn, Crais and Rygel who have finally returned from Talyn.
Director: Tony Tilse
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.7/1033 votes#20 - The Darkness Beneath
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/2014
Deep in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania, John is a small mining community's only defense against an ancient Welsh spirit. In the course of protecting these isolated innocents, John finds a vital new ally in a mysterious young woman named Zed.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.6/108 votes#21 - Mis Dos Padres
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2014
Monroe finds himself in unfamiliar territory and must make a choice about his son Conner, while Neville and Julia continue to tango at Jason's dismay. Meanwhile, Gene leads Charlie to an uneasy discovery.
Director: Michael Offer
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.6/1017 votes#22 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2013
Nolan and Irisa arrive in Defiance, where the town is soon divided over the death of Luke McCawley. But a bigger threat forces everyone together: An attack by the Volge.
Director: Scott Stewart
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.6/109 votes#23 - Declaration of Independence
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2014
Miles, Charlie and Monroe launch an attack on the Patriots, but must improvise a risky new plan in order to halt the oncoming war between California and Texas. Out for revenge, Neville sets his sights on President Davis. Meanwhile, Aaron and Rachel’s efforts to save Priscilla from the nano-tech has unexpected consequences.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.5/106 votes#24 - Dream a Little Dream
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/22/2000
While waiting inside a transport pod to be picked up by Moya, Zhaan tells Crichton about being accused and tried for murder during his absence.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
6.2/105 votes#25 - Wordplay
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1985
Salesman Bill Lowery wakes up one morning and discovers, to his horror, that people around him are slowly degenerating their talk into gibberish that he cannot understand. His ability to communicate is needed more than ever when his son becomes sick. Lowery manages to get his son the treatment he needs and discovers he must relearn everything from scratch.
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
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"A Matter of Minutes" is the best rated episode written by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Sheldon Larry. It aired on 1/24/1986 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "C Is for Cannibal".