The Best Episodes Written By Toni Graphia
Every TV Episode Written by Toni Graphia Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Toni Graphia Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Toni Graphia is "Independence Day", rated 9/10 from 2 user votes. It was "directed by Paul Shapiro". "Independence Day" aired on 2/16/2000 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Tess, Lies and Videotape".
9.0/10 2 votes#1 - Independence Day
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2000
After Michael has a violent showdown with his father, Max and Isabel's father helps Michael set up his emancipation; the fourth alien emerges as a shapeshifter who watches over Max, Michael and Isabel.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Toni Graphia
9.0/10 2 votes#2 - Tess, Lies and Videotape
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2000
Max develops an uncontrollable attraction to Tess that includes intense sexual daydreams, and Sheriff Valenti learns that Topolsky was killed in a suspicious fire. Meanwhile, someone has secretly placed a video camera inside Michael's apartment.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Toni Graphia
9.0/10 2 votes#3 - Max to the Max
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2000
Tess's book suggests that she and Max are predetermined mates, as are Michael and Isabel, who thinks she might be pregnant -- with Michael's baby. Meanwhile, Nasedo disguises himself as Max and kidnaps Liz as part of a plan to trap FBI agent Pierce.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Toni Graphia
9.0/10 2 votes#4 - Destiny
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2000
After escaping from Pierce, the aliens save Nasedo. Michael accidentally kills Pierce. Nasedo, as the aliens' guardian takes Pierce's place to help the aliens. The aliens figure out how to use the devices and release a message from Max and Isabel's real mother. She says Max is their leader and Tess, his fiance and that Michael is Second in command and he is Isabel's fiance. After hearing all this Liz runs out.
Director: Patrick R. Norris
Writer: Toni Graphia
9.0/10 2 votes#5 - Surprise
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000
Isabel is deeply moved when Max throws her a surprise birthday party, but she grows troubled after seeing visions of a bound and gagged Tess. Alex does an interesting cop striptease for Isabel.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: Toni Graphia
9.0/10 2 votes#6 - Meet the Dupes
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2000
Duplicate versions of Michael, Isabel and Tess come to Roswell after killing their king Zan, to urge Max to attend an important interstellar summit in New York City, but they have their own agenda; Ava stays behind in Roswell.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.6/10 13 votes#7 - Dragonfly in Amber
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/2016
In the present, Claire reveals the truth to her daughter, Brianna. In the 18th century, Jamie does everything he can to save his loved ones as the Battle of Culloden begins.
Director: Philip John
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.6/10 7 votes#8 - The River
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2003
After a recent tragedy, Stumpy and Rita Sue debate their future in the carnival. In her brother's absence, Iris receives help from a radio reporter. Ben helps Ruthie with her act.
Director: Alison Maclean
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.5/10 2 votes#9 - Johnny McKee
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2012
Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee, a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It’s a race against time before McKee horrifically poisons more innocent victims. Meanwhile, more details emerge about Madsen’s grandfather.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.5/10 2 votes#10 - Sonny Burnett
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2012
Sonny Burnett, a man with a dark side, who became extremely violent while at Alcatraz reappears.
Director: N/A
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.5/10 8 votes#11 - Never My Love
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/2020
Claire struggles to survive brutal treatment from her captors, as Jamie gathers a group of loyal men to help him rescue his wife. Meanwhile, Roger and Brianna's journey takes a surprising turn.
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.5/10 15 votes#12 - The Devil's Mark
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2015
Claire and Geillis are on trial for witchcraft. Jamie manages to rescue Claire, but not before she discovers a secret about Geillis's past.
Director: Mike Barker
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.3/10 20 votes#13 - Rent
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2014
Claire joins the MacKenzie rent-collecting trip. To her horror, Dougal uses Jamie's scars to gain sympathy for the Jacobite cause. Claire recalls that a defining moment in Scottish history is fast approaching.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.2/10 13 votes#14 - The Watch
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/2/2015
Jamie finds himself between a rock and a hard place when a redcoat deserter from his past resurfaces. Claire tends to a laboring Jenny while Jamie and Ian join The Watch, resulting in devastating consequences.
Director: Metin Hüseyin
Writer: Toni Graphia
8.0/10 14 votes#15 - Faith
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2016
Claire is brought to L’Hopital Des Anges where doctors try to save her life and that of her unborn baby. King Louis asks Claire to judge two men accused of practicing the dark arts – one an enemy, one a friend.
Director: Metin Hüseyin
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.8/10 30 votes#16 - Flesh and Bone
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/2004
A Cylon, who calls himself Leoben, is discovered on one of the ships in the fleet. Commander Adama sends Kara to interrogate him — or, rather, it. The Cylon tells Kara that he planted a nuclear device on one of the ships. Although she doesn't believe it, Kara passes on the warning.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.8/10 4 votes#17 - Justice
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1991
May 11, 1965: Sam must don the robe of a Ku Klux Klansman in order to save the life of an ambitious young civil rights leader, who is trying to register black voters.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.8/10 6 votes#18 - The Birds & The Bees
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/30/2018
As Brianna struggles to compartmentalize the trauma she's suffered in the wake of the tragedy that befell her in Wilmington, she refocuses on finding her parents.
Director: David Moore
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.7/10 7 votes#19 - The World Turned Upside Down
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2022
A dysentery epidemic spreads on the Ridge, and Claire falls deathly ill. She is almost recovered when the Christies arrive and drop a bombshell. As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.6/10 21 votes#20 - Resistance
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2005
Tigh imposes martial law and threatens to split the fleet as Lee works to free President Roslin and organize democratic resistance.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.6/10 12 votes#21 - Adam Raised a Cain
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/3/2009
When John attempts to rescue Skynet’s latest target he finds himself closing in on Weaver, but at what cost? Game plans change, causing Sarah and Ellison to reunite. Meanwhile, Weaver learns Ellison’s secrets.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.6/10 5 votes#22 - Man of Worth
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2019
Jamie, Claire and Young Ian's attempt to rescue Roger from his Mohawk captors goes awry when a ghost from Claire's past lays waste to their plan. Meanwhile, Brianna worries Claire, Jamie and Roger might not return.
Director: Stephen Woolfenden
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.6/10 7 votes#23 - Between Two Fires
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2020
As Jamie continues to hunt Murtagh with the aid of the zealous Lieutenant Hamilton Knox, he's forced to consider whether or not he's on the right side of history.
Director: Stephen Woolfenden
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.5/10 10 votes#24 - The Demon Hand
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2008
Sarah breaks into Agent Ellison's apartment and discovers a file on her from her time at the mental hospital, leading her to Dr. Silberman, now a doomsday convert. Meanwhile Cameron signs up for a ballet class and John finds out how his mom escaped the mental hospital.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.5/10 4 votes#25 - The Happiest Place on Earth
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2023
Claire makes a startling discovery about Roger and Brianna’s newborn daughter. A familiar face returns to the Ridge with explosive consequences.
Director: Lisa Clarke
Writer: Toni Graphia