The BEST episodes directed by Adam Bernstein
#1 - Alienated
Running Wilde - Season 1 - Episode 11
Emmy gets Migo involved when she champions immigrant rights, and this tests Migo's loyalty to Steve as Migo is thrown into the limelight of fame.
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#2 - Gina
The Job - Season 2 - Episode 4
Mike scams his way into taking over Ruben's moonlighting as a security guard for Gina Gershon; Frank and the rest of the squad follow suit and jump on the personal security business bandwagon; Adina suspects Pip is cheating on her; Jan discovers Al has a surprising sideline.
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#4 - Half Measures
Breaking Bad - Season 3 - Episode 12
Jesse lashes out. Fearing for Jesse's safety, Walt takes drastic action to intervene. A tragic event leads to a shocking confrontation.
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#5 - Winner
Better Call Saul - Season 4 - Episode 10
Jimmy turns the page on his reputation; Lalo tracks a loose end in Gus' operation; Mike is forced to make a difficult decision.
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#6 - Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again
Orange Is the New Black - Season 4 - Episode 13
Corporate bureaucracy and simmering anger work against Caputo's efforts to keep a sensitive situation under control.
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#8 - The Nuptials
Alpha House - Season 2 - Episode 10
As the election returns come in, Gil John meets with a presidential campaign advisor, while Robert wonders if he still has a job. Katherine and Julie discover their wedding has been turned into a major political event -- after they arrive.
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#9 - The Apartment
Californication - Season 3 - Episode 8
Hank's in for a hedonistic night to remember when Jackie and two stripper friends arrive at his doorstep, unannounced. The next morning, before Hank can escort his new friends from the apartment, Charlie shows up with a verbally abusive Rick Springfield. Hank’s forced to hide the hung-over party girls all over the house after Jill and Felicia pay surprise visits. The charade reaches its boiling point when Dean Koons arrives on the scene, resulting in a messy catharsis by fire.
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#11 - Box Cutter
Breaking Bad - Season 4 - Episode 1
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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#12 - ABQ
Breaking Bad - Season 2 - Episode 13
Walt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. Jesse self-destructs after a personal blow, forcing Walt to come to his aid. Donald's grief leads to tragedy.
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#13 - Shades of Gray
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 7 - Episode 10
A white bus driver striking a black female pedestrian sparks a riot. The driver is killed, and some distance away from the riot another body is found. MGee and Gharty look into the death of the driver, while Lewis and Sheppard look into the death of the other body. Lewis finds a clue at the scene, a button (later discovered to be missing from a police uniform). Gharty and MGee actively debate whether race was the motivation for the driver's beating death; MGee suspects the incident wasn't racially motivated. The bus riders are interviewed to find out what they know. Lewis and Sheppard approach a house looking for their witness (without backup). For her trouble, Sheppard keeps hold of her suspect, but loses her gun and is severely beaten. Ballard is recalled from her hiking vacation. Lewis lays down the law for the residents of “Little Jamaica”; he wants Sheppard's gun returned tonight.
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#14 - ...And Justice for All
Californication - Season 4 - Episode 12
As Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen.
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#15 - Mandala
Breaking Bad - Season 2 - Episode 11
Saul proposes a new business partner. Skyler makes a disturbing discovery. Jesse divulges his real profession to Jane.
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#16 - Gloves Off
Better Call Saul - Season 2 - Episode 4
Jimmy's actions unexpectedly create waves for Kim. Mike cautiously weighs a lucrative proposal that might bring about dire consequences.
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#18 - Hazard Pay
Breaking Bad - Season 5 - Episode 3
Walt and Jesse put a business plan into action. Walt confesses a secret to Marie.
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#21 - Live Deliberately
Ed - Season 1 - Episode 16
A brush with death inspires a local man to change his life and do things he's never done before such as scale a wall, bowl naked, and go out with Molly. Meanwhile, Ed tries to recapture his youth by doing things he did when he was 18, and Warren becomes inspired by Thoreau's call to ""simplify"".
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#22 - Bryce Will Play
United States of Tara - Season 3 - Episode 9
The discovery of Tara's new dangerous alter makes Dr. Hattaras and Tara consult another professional. Marshall finds out that his short film hurt his father's feelings and Charmaine connects with "chic moms," while Kate tries to make her relationship with Evan work.
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#23 - Nana Gallagher Had an Affair
Shameless (US) - Season 1 - Episode 10
The children's paternity is put into question and Frank needs Carl's help.
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#24 - Caballo sin Nombre
Breaking Bad - Season 3 - Episode 2
Walt takes drastic action to bring his family back together. With Saul's help, Jesse makes an unexpected investment.
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#25 - Slip
Better Call Saul - Season 3 - Episode 8
Jimmy is pushed to desperate measures. Nacho picks up a skill. Mike explores an alliance. Kim stands up to Hamlin.
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#27 - Tracy Does Conan
30 Rock - Season 1 - Episode 7
It's a star showdown when a dazed and confused Tracy bumps Jenna from her scheduled appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" which sends both actors into a tailspin. Meanwhile, Liz realizes she needs to break up with Dennis.
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#28 - Downloaded Child
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15 - Episode 19
After a single mom is arrested for leaving her young daughter alone for days, Sgt. Benson suspects the woman may have been abused in her own childhood.
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#29 - The Deaf Sage of Pompeii
City on a Hill - Season 1 - Episode 9
When an unlikely source confides in Decourcy, the Massachusetts State Police hatch a plan that promises arrests without the help of the FBI. However, keeping out of the way is not exactly Jackie’s strong suit. The Genesis Coalition pitches a new strategy to curb Boston’s crime rate. Jenny opens up about her past to a sympathetic ear.
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#30 - All Weapons Red
Alpha House - Season 1 - Episode 3
As the re-election battles heat up the four senators travel to Afghanistan as part of a Congressional Delegation.
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#32 - All in the Family
Elementary - Season 2 - Episode 13
When a body is found in a barrel, Holmes and Watson launch an investigation into the mafia’s ties to the murder. Meanwhile, Sherlock attempts to make amends with Detective Bell.
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#33 - Forget the Herring
Bored to Death - Season 3 - Episode 7
Rose Hiney connects with Jonathan on new leads. George and Ray attempt to right their unrightable wrongs.
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#34 - My Overkill
Scrubs - Season 2 - Episode 1
Relationships between the staff of Sacred Heart Hospital have been shaken since Jordan's revelations. Turk is sleeping on J.D.'s bed, after Carla kicked him out of his own. Elliot is having a hard time facing J.D. every day at work. J.D. desperately tries to get Dr. Cox's attention back, unsuccessfully.
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#35 - Nothing I Can't Handle by Running Away
Bored to Death - Season 3 - Episode 8
In the series finale, George celebrates Emily and Bernard’s wedding; and Ray is comforted by his son, Spencer. Meanwhile, Jonathan considers breaking up with his new girlfriend, but when he’s kidnapped, an army of Super Ray fans spring into action.
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#37 - In Case of (Re)Birth
A Gifted Man - Season 1 - Episode 11
Michael and E-Mo clash over a patient's treatment; a teenager abandons her baby at the clinic after giving birth.
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#38 - The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer
Bored to Death - Season 1 - Episode 6
Jonathan is enlisted to retrieve a sex tape that a female escort is using to extort money from a married New Jersey man. With Ray and George in tow, Jonathan ends up in a motel room with the escort, who attempts to blackmail him as well. Can the very stoned Ray and George save Jonathan's neck before the woman's enraged brother breaks it?
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#39 - Famous Last Words
Oz - Season 4 - Episode 16
Hill gets caught in a deliberate attempt to frame him for drug possession. To fight back, he gets some medical info that leads to Supreme's demise. Redding thanks Hill and offers to bring him back to the crew in return. Hill thanks Redding but refuses. The Colonel's attempt to kill Morales backfires. The tides turn on Cloutier who is first stripped of his position in his church and then endures his followers turning against him. After Hughes takes over the solitary ward, Glynn goes in to try and calm him down. Hughes tries to kill Glynn but gets killed himself. Frustrated, hurt and helpless, Glynn transcribes his letter of resignation to his secretary. Murphy offers to be McManus' teammate in the final basketball game. McManus appears on the tv game show and loses in the first round. White gets returned to solitary for starting a fight with other inmates. When McManus confronts him about it, White goes into a rage and stomps McManus. The news of Beecher's parole enrages Schillinger who immediately order's Beecher's murder. Later, Schillinger and Robson try to ambush Beecher in the library only they are shanked by an enraged Said. After talking with his mother, O'Reily decides to change up. He goes to Glynn to warn him of the bomb Connolly plans to detonate. The common room is cleared only for Connolly who holds the bomb as it's timer counts down. The bomb doesn't go off and Connolly's taken by the SORT team. Meanwhile, a guard lights a cigarette in the kitchen causing a major explosion.
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#40 - Grace
Californication - Season 7 - Episode 12
Hank makes a life-altering decision. Series finale.
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#41 - Pilot
Worst Week - Season 1 - Episode 1
Sam and Mel intend to reveal her pregnancy to her parents after a quiet dinner. However, when Sam misses the train after having a drunk girl throw up on him, the dinner starts becoming increasingly unlikely.
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#42 - Super Ray is Mortal!
Bored to Death - Season 2 - Episode 8
A mad stalker imperils Ray on the eve of the Brooklyn Comic Con. With the help of Officer Drake, he and Jonathan piece together leads to track down the perp. George decides to make a stand at work. Jonathan has another battle with his nemesis, Louis Greene.
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#43 - Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be
Californication - Season 5 - Episode 12
Hank discovers the bartender at a local watering hole is his late friend Lew Ashby and wonders if he's in Hell. Richard makes a startling announcement about Hank and Karen. Hank tries to make things right with Becca, but her news about Tyler leaves him stunned. On the set of "Santa Monica Cop," Sam's jealousy and fondness for firearms give Charlie an opportunity to show how much he loves his best friend and number-one client; Hank's arsonist ex-girlfriend surprises him with a way for them to be together forever.
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#45 - Anti-Thesis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 3
As Goren and Eames sift through the likely suspects in the murder of a university president and his assistant, they discover that the culprit is a wily adversary who has more than these crimes to hide.
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#46 - Intent
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 8
The cops get tangled in an elaborate online hoax that leads to the rape of a popular social media star. Meanwhile, Benson sets firm ground rules with Sheila.
#47 - Cat's in the Bag...
Breaking Bad - Season 1 - Episode 2
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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#48 - You Bet Your Life
Oz - Season 4 - Episode 8
After the press conference shooting incident, Glynn pulls out of the race. When a corpse is found in the laundry room, Querns demands Adebisi find out who did the deed. Soon Browne's corpse is also discovered and Querns gets worried. Querns's investigative efforts point to Supreme Allah as the culprit only Supreme's really being framed for the two killings by O'Reily and Keller. Hill pays big when he tells Mobay he knows he's undercover and Mobay comes clean about his involvement in Oz's recent crimes. Considering the words of Cyril, Sister Pete decides to remain in the Order. On death row, Deyell delivers some payback after Miles goes on another racist tirade. Vern finds out he's going to be a grandfather. Said moves in with Adebisi in order to get some proof of Adebisi's rowdy behavior. Simon finds out and delivers a tape of one of Adebisi's "parties" to Said hoping to "gain his trust" as a "brother" Said turns the evidence over to McManus. The result? Querns gets fired, McManus is reinstated and Adebisi and his cronies get moved to Unit B. Enraged about these new developments, Adebisi and Said struggle in the pod and one of them becomes Oz's latest murder victim.
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#49 - ...And the Bag's in the River
Breaking Bad - Season 1 - Episode 3
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..
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#50 - Julia
Californication - Season 7 - Episode 2
Hank gets frustrated with his "Santa Monica Cop" coworkers on his first day in the show's writer's room, and he gets a surprise when he visits Levon's apartment. Meanwhile, Charlie meets Rath's new assistant; and Karen gets an unexpected surprise.
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