The BEST episodes directed by Chris Long
#1 - START
The Americans (2013) - Season 6 - Episode 10
In the series finale, the Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.
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#2 - Darkness Rising
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 5 - Episode 8
Hercules and Morrigan were enjoying life on the island of Eire until they found the Druids slaughtered. Recognizing the work of the demon Dahak, Hercules and Morrigan returned to Sumeria. There, they found Nebula had been bothered by waking dreams of her dead love, Iolaus. When Hercules visited Iolaus' tomb, he found it empty -- and turned to find Dahak behind him, in the body of Ioalus. As they fought, hercules could not bring himself to slay his friend, even though he knew it was no longer Iolaus. Dahak escaped, with Hercules, Morrigan and Nebula in hot pursuit.
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#3 - Strawberries and Cream (1)
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 23
John's mole in the CBI is revealed and Patrick Jane finally meets Red John in an explosive confrontation with shocking repercussions for the CBI team.
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#4 - Strawberries and Cream (2)
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 24
Patrick Jane finally meets Red John in an explosive confrontation with shocking repercussions for the CBI team.
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#5 - Jennings, Elizabeth
The Americans (2013) - Season 6 - Episode 9
Elizabeth wrestles with competing loyalties, and Philip has an encounter that turns into much more than he had bargained for.
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#6 - In Lieu of Flowers
Dirt - Season 2 - Episode 7
In the second season finale, an overweight sitcom actor goes out of his way to avoid being DirtNow's latest cover story. Meanwhile, Willa and Farber find their relationship tested by a former child star, and Lucy is forced to examine her romances due to recent circumstances.
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#7 - Blue Bird
The Mentalist - Season 6 - Episode 22
A new lead in a cold case requires Lisbon to delay her plans to leave for Washington, D.C., giving Jane time to finally come to terms with his feelings for her and decide on a course of action.
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#8 - The Crimson Hat
The Mentalist - Season 4 - Episode 24
After another failed attempt to defeat Red John, Patrick Jane hits rock bottom, finds a lover and shoots one of his own.
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#9 - Red John's Rules
The Mentalist - Season 5 - Episode 22
Just as Jane narrows down the Red John suspect list to seven, Red John strikes again, and the victim has a link to Jane’s past.
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#10 - The Bracebridge Dinner
Gilmore Girls - Season 2 - Episode 10
A blizzard prevents a group from attending the historical dinner that Sookie has painstakingly prepared at their request, so she and Lorelai invite most of the citizens of Stars Hollow to an elaborate feast complete with Elizabethan costumes and horse-drawn sleigh rides. Rory struggles to keep the budding rivalry between Dean and Jess under control.
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#11 - Red John
The Mentalist - Season 6 - Episode 8
Patrick Jane finally comes face-to-face with Red John, the serial killer he’s tracked since the madman murdered his wife and daughter. For 10 years, Jane has doggedly hunted his nemesis in his search for justice.
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#12 - Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 13
Jess's attempts to keep a low profile but keeps bumping into Rory all over town. Emily is in a dither about filling a table at a benefit and enlists the help of Lorelai and Jason, whom she encourages to pretend that they're a couple. Luke is less than impressed by Liz's latest business venture and newly-arrived boyfriend.
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#13 - White Orchids
The Mentalist - Season 7 - Episode 13
Lisbon accepts Jane’s surprise marriage proposal, but a killer’s quest for revenge may cost them the happy ending they’ve worked so hard to achieve.
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#14 - Detonation
The Man in the High Castle - Season 2 - Episode 9
Tagomi faces a dilemma: to stay with his family or return to the world he left behind. Desperate to escape the Reich, Juliana strikes a final, dangerous deal with the Resistance. When Ed reveals a secret that puts the Resistance plan in jeopardy, Frank must decide how to deal with his best friend's betrayal.
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#16 - Riding the Lightning
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 14
After interviewing a couple on death row for serial murders, Gideon suspects that the woman is actually innocent. But since she's set to be executed in two days, it's a race against time to prove it.
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#17 - The Lorelais' First Day at Yale
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 2
While Luke is willing to lend Lorelai his truck to help Rory move into her dorm, he's not too thrilled when the project turns out to take all day. Rory meets her new roommates.
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#18 - The Desert Rose
The Mentalist - Season 6 - Episode 1
Jane and Lisbon secretly continue their mission to narrow down the list of seven Red John suspects as they investigate the murder of a man who was missing for two years.
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#19 - His Red Right Hand
The Mentalist - Season 2 - Episode 8
The CBI team is faced with a violent and shocking crime in their own office, but must work the case in spite of their alarm of who may be behind it. Meanwhile, Rigsby and Van Pelt are definitely an "item".
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#20 - Red John's Footsteps
The Mentalist - Season 1 - Episode 23
As the CBI investigates the murder of a young girl and the abduction of her twin sister, Lisbon suspects that Red John is trying to draw Jane into a trap.
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#21 - Red Queen
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 16
The CBI team is under suspicion when a museum antiques dealer is murdered. Evidence seems to suggest that one member of the team is responsible.
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#22 - Lois and Clarks (2)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 4 - Episode 15
With Superman trapped in a time window, an alternate Superman must save this universe from Tempus, a madman bent on world annihilation.
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#23 - Dead Hand
The Americans (2013) - Season 6 - Episode 1
It’s autumn, 1987, and as a major arms control summit looms, Elizabeth is pushed to her limits as never before. Philip, meanwhile, has settled into running the newly expanded travel agency – until an unexpected visitor makes a disquieting request.
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#24 - Persona Non Grata
The Americans (2013) - Season 4 - Episode 13
Philip and Elizabeth are in a high-stakes race against the FBI to recover a hazardous package. Will they get there in time? And will Paige follow her parents into the family business?
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#25 - A Tale of Poes and Fire
Gilmore Girls - Season 3 - Episode 17
A fire at the Independence Inn forces Lorelai to relocate its guests. Sookie invades Luke's with staff in tow to prepare breakfast for the Inn's guests. Questions arise about Jess's attendance at school when he receives the Employee of the Month award from WalMart. Lorelai and Rory start picking up on weird and somewhat unfriendly vibes coming from Nicole and Lindsay.
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#26 - A Roy Rogers in Franconia
The Americans (2013) - Season 4 - Episode 12
As Paige deals with last episode’s trauma, she sees her mother in a new light… and finds she has inherited some of her parents’ skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?
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#27 - Help Wanted
Gilmore Girls - Season 2 - Episode 20
Richard opens a new office and Lorelai volunteers to help him get it in order and hire a secretary. Lane falls in love with a drum set at Stars Hollow's new music shop and discovers that becoming a rock drummer is her new dream in life. Rory is dismayed to discover that everyone blames Jess for the accident.
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#28 - Bloodshot
The Mentalist - Season 1 - Episode 16
Patrick Jane must rely on his other senses during the murder investigation of a financial advisor when he loses his sight as a result of an explosion.
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#29 - Red Sky in the Morning
The Mentalist - Season 2 - Episode 23
Patrick Jane and Kristina's first date is interrupted by a report of Red John striking again, which is discovered to be a copycat. But when Kristina reaches out to the real Red John, both she and Jane find themselves in grave danger.
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#30 - Keg! Max!
Gilmore Girls - Season 3 - Episode 19
On their first free Friday night, Lorelai and Rory are at a loss over how to spend the evening. Lane's band gets their first gig at a party and rocks the house. Lorelai runs into Max at a Chilton reunion.
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#31 - Hell House
Supernatural - Season 1 - Episode 17
Sam and Dean investigate the case of a maniacal ghost inhabiting a long abandoned Texas farmhouse known as "Hell House." They believe the ghost is the spirit of a deceased Depression-era farmer who killed his family, but they soon realize it is something far more powerful.
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#32 - Ring Around the Rosie
The Mentalist - Season 4 - Episode 4
While Lisbon looks into the death of a photographer at a political rally, Jane has his sights set on proving a man carrying a gun at the same rally is a psychopath with murder on his mind.
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#33 - The Soviet Division
The Americans (2013) - Season 5 - Episode 13
Philip and Elizabeth race against the clock as a life hangs in the balance, while Stan faces an uncertain future.
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#34 - Red Dawn
The Mentalist - Season 5 - Episode 5
See how Jane met Lisbon and the rest of the CBI team for the first time.
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#35 - Swan Song
Gilmore Girls - Season 3 - Episode 14
Emily guilts Rory into bringing Jess to a Friday night dinner which turns out to be an unqualified disaster. Lorelai, Alex, Sookie and Jackson go to New York for the weekend. Jess gets a black eye in an altercation with an opponent he is too embarassed to reveal to anyone but Luke.
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#36 - Chicken or Beef?
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 4
Back home for the weekend, Rory has an uncomfortable encounter with Dean, her ex, and ends up getting invited to his wedding the next day. Meanwhile, Lorelai and Sookie visit Michel at his trendy new workplace, but run into problems getting the permit they need to begin construction on the inn.
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#37 - Deja Vu
Without a Trace - Season 6 - Episode 15
The team searches for a coma patient who had woken up after three years only to disappear.
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#39 - Presenting Lorelai Gilmore
Gilmore Girls - Season 2 - Episode 6
At the urging of her friends, Emily decides that Rory will be making her debut at a society ball. Lorelai asks Christopher to escort their daughter on the night of the big event, and he surprises her by agreeing to come willingly.
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#40 - Through a Glass, Darkly (1)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Season 3 - Episode 21
Two mysterious strangers put Superman through life-threatening tests that could alter the fate of the world.
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#41 - Amber Waves
The Americans (2013) - Season 5 - Episode 1
The fifth and penultimate season has the Jennings struggling to contain the risks from Paige's growing relationship with Matthew Beeman. The Centre sends Philip and Elizabeth on an operation unlike any they've ever had before, straining their family and marriage to its limits.
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#42 - Pastor Tim
The Americans (2013) - Season 4 - Episode 2
Philip tries with increasing desperation to get rid of a sensitive and dangerous package as family tensions in the Jennings House reach a boiling point when Paige shares a secret of her own.
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#43 - Behind the Red Curtain
The Mentalist - Season 5 - Episode 18
When the lead in the local theatre production dies, the CBI is called on to investigate. Jane is determined to question comatose Jason Lennon about Red John.
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#44 - Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 21
Stars Hollow prepares for the Renaissance-themed wedding of Liz and T.J.. Jess expresses his gratitude to Luke before saying goodbye.
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#45 - C.R.E.A.M.
Dark Angel - Season 1 - Episode 4
Alina Herrero contacts Eyes Only and asks him to help her find out the truth about her father's disappearance years ago. Max breaks in to the police department to steal information about her father, who also happens to be Logan's mentor. At the same time, Sketchy loses the mob's money and has to return the full amount in 36 hours. Max uses her super skills to win the money through poker.
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#46 - Hourglass
Smallville - Season 1 - Episode 6
A plunge into Kryptonite-infused waters acts like a fountain of youth for a retirement home resident, who is restored to the murderous ways of his sinister past. A fortune-teller foresees Lex in the Oval Office.
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#47 - Red Hot
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 7
A building explodes while Patrick Jane and the team are investigating a death threat; Libson once again runs into billionaire Walter Mashburn (Currie Graham).
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#48 - So Long, and Thanks for All the Red Snapper
The Mentalist - Season 4 - Episode 22
The investigation into the death of a surfer reunites Lisbon with her former fiancé. Cho is beginning to question why he's with Summer.
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#49 - Not One Red Cent
The Mentalist - Season 5 - Episode 3
A bank employee is murdered during a heist and Jane and team must work to track down the killer, while Lisbon is pulled deeper into the CBI/FBI rivalry.
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#50 - Scene in a Mall
Gilmore Girls - Season 4 - Episode 15
Lorelai and Rory decide to play hooky and go window shopping in the mall, where they run into Emily in the middle of a shopping binge meltdown.
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