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The Best Episodes Written By Vince Gilligan

Every TV Episode Written by Vince Gilligan Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.3/10(180 votes)

    #1 - Face Off

    S4:E13

    Walt and Jesse team up to take on Gus. With Saul's help, Walt finds an unexpected ally.

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  2. 9.3/10(146 votes)

    #2 - Full Measure

    S3:E13

    With Jesse on the run and Mike in hot pursuit, Walt negotiates a bargain with Gus and concocts a disturbing plan to provide for his and Jesse's safety.

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  3. 9.2/10(231 votes)

    #3 - Felina

    S5:E16

    All bad things must come to an end.

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  4. 9.0/10(63 votes)

    #4 - Waterworks

    S6:E12

    The stakes are raised when a discovery is made that will send shockwaves far and wide.

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  5. 8.8/10(146 votes)

    #5 - Box Cutter

    S4:E1

    Walt and Jesse face the deadly consequences of their actions. Skyler deals with a puzzling disappearance, as Marie struggles to help Hank with his recovery.

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  6. 8.7/10(153 votes)

    #6 - ABQ

    S2:E13

    Skyler confronts Walt about his secrecy; Jesse falls apart; and Jane's grief-stricken father takes action that results in further tragedy.

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  7. 8.6/10(162 votes)

    #7 - Live Free or Die

    S5:E1

    As Walt deals with the aftermath of the Casa Tranquila explosion, Hank works to wrap up his investigation of Gus' empire.

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  8. 8.6/10(88 votes)

    #8 - Klick

    S2:E10

    Jimmy must make a hard choice. Mike takes control of matters. Hamlin delivers shocking news.

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  9. 8.5/10(43 votes)

    #9 - Bad Blood

    S5:E12

    After Mulder chases down and kills a young man who he believes to be a vampire, the agents return to DC aware of the mistake they just made. Faced with a lawsuit from the family of the man, they recount each of their sides to the story leading up to the event. In the extremely humorous stories that follow we see how Scully and Mulder both perceive each other.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  10. 8.5/10(407 votes)

    #10 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    When an unassuming high school chemistry teacher discovers he has a rare form of lung cancer, he decides to team up with a former student and create a top of the line crystal meth in a used RV, to provide for his family once he is gone.

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  11. 8.4/10(149 votes)

    #11 - Peekaboo

    S2:E6

    Walt's secret is in jeopardy when Skyler thanks Gretchen for paying for his treatment.

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  12. 8.3/10(151 votes)

    #12 - Uno

    S1:E1

    Jimmy works his magic in the courtroom. Unexpected inspiration leads him to an unconventional pursuit of potential clients.

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  13. 8.3/10(198 votes)

    #13 - ...And the Bag's in the River

    S1:E3

    Walter fights with Jesse over his drug use, causing him to leave Walter alone with their captive, Krazy-8. Meanwhile, Hank has a scared straight moment with Walter Jr. after his aunt discovers he has been smoking pot. Also, Skylar is upset when Walter stays away from home.

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  14. 8.3/10(142 votes)

    #14 - Madrigal

    S5:E2

    Walt and Jesse pursue an unlikely business partner. The DEA filters through various leads in hopes of finding something.

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  15. 8.2/10(220 votes)

    #15 - Cat's in the Bag...

    S1:E2

    Walt and Jesse attempt to tie up loose ends. The desperate situation gets more complicated with the flip of a coin. Walt's wife, Skyler, becomes suspicious of Walt's strange behavior.

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  16. 8.2/10(34 votes)

    #16 - Dreamland II (2)

    S6:E5

    Mulder is thrown in jail at the Area 51 compound but is released when it is discovered that the flight data recorder he stole was a fake. Scully comes to her senses and realizes that the Mulder she sees isn't who he really is and heads back to Nevada to help the real Mulder. Meanwhile, the mechanism that caused the body swap is rapidly snapping back, undoing everything in its wake, and Mulder and his alter ego must race to put themselves back where they belong.

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  17. 8.2/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Dreamland (1)

    S6:E4

    While being detained near the famed "Dreamland" Area 51, a strange craft flies overhead and Mulder swaps bodies with an Area 51 "Man-in-Black". While the other agent has fun in Mulder's body, Mulder himself finds it difficult to fit into someone else's life, especially a shadowy one. Mulder contacts Scully about the body swap and tries to get her the flight data recorder from the UFO test flight, but his alter ego uses Mulder's FBI persona to have him arrested.

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  18. 8.2/10(152 votes)

    #18 - No Más

    S3:E1

    Walt faces a new threat, on a new front and deals with an increasingly angry Skyler, who must consider what to do next with her life and the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse comes face-to-face with some startling self-revelations.

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  19. 8.1/10(42 votes)

    #19 - Small Potatoes

    S4:E20

    Five babies in the same town are all born with tails and the local OB-GYN is blamed for tampering with fertilized eggs. However, Mulder discovers the culprit to be a simple man with a genetic deformity who may have the ability to alter his appearance.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
  20. 8.1/10(79 votes)

    #20 - Mabel

    S3:E1

    Jimmy and Chuck's relationship deteriorates. Kim feels the pressure of running her own firm. Mike investigates the note left on his car.

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  21. 8.1/10(37 votes)

    #21 - Field Trip

    S6:E21

    When the bodies of a couple who have been missing for less than a week are discovered to have been reduced to bone, Mulder suggests that recent paranormal phenomena in the area may have caused the accelerated decomposition.

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  22. 8.0/10(34 votes)

    #22 - Drive

    S6:E2

    Mulder is trapped in a car with a man who has developed a serious ear condition which can only be suppressed by driving west at high speeds. As Scully tries to find the cause and a cure for the problem, Mulder and the man get closer and closer to the ocean.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  23. 8.0/10(40 votes)

    #23 - Pusher

    S3:E17

    Mulder and Scully are asked to help in a case involving Robert Patrick Modell, a murderer possessing the psychic ability to force his will onto people. Due to a brain tumor that is slowly killing him, he is searching for a "worthy adversary" and forces Mulder into a battle of mind over matter.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  24. 7.9/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Paper Hearts

    S4:E10

    Mulder's dreams help him in finding the body of a little girl which reopens one of his old cases in the Violent Crimes Unit. This leads him to believe that the killer he captured had more victims and that Mulder's sister Samantha may have been one of them.

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    Director:Rob Bowman
  25. 7.9/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Unusual Suspects

    S5:E3

    Set in 1989, the story of the founding of The Lone Gunmen is finally told as we see how a straight-laced federal employee, a sex mad AV expert, and a nerdy computer hacker meet Susanne Modeski, a strange woman with evidence of a government conspiracy. When their plan to expose the conspiracy fails and Susanne is captured by a group of men-in-black, led by none other than X, they soon become a paranoid group of government watchdogs.

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Vince Gilligan Ratings Summary

"Face Off" is the best rated episode written by Vince Gilligan. It scored 9.3/10 based on 180 votes. It was directed by Vince Gilligan. It aired on 10/9/2011 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Full Measure".