The BEST episodes directed by David Straiton
#1 - Henry & the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
My Own Worst Enemy - Season 1 - Episode 9
Edward figures a way to change identities on his own, but it may be risky. Tom meets up with a stranger who is aware of his alter ego, and Edward is sent on a secret mission by Mavis and Alistair on his own without the usual backup.
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#2 - Shanghai'd
Standoff - Season 1 - Episode 3
When the daughter of an Asian crime lord is kidnapped, Matt and Emily begin negotiating with the kidnapper for her safe return, thus compromising the investigation of the Organized Crime Division in the process. However, they quickly run into trouble when the Chief of the Organized Crime Division steps in and arrests the girl's father. Matt and Emily must find a way to save the girl without Bureau heads finding out.
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#3 - Beginning of the End
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 1 - Episode 22
Dark secrets are revealed as Coulson and his team put everything on the line to stop Garrett and the forces of HYDRA.
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#4 - Shelter
Detroit 1-8-7 - Season 1 - Episode 10
Two bodies are found in an abandoned shelter. Longford's father, to everyone's surprise is able to help with this investigation. Meanwhile, Fitch, Washington, Stone and Sanchez investigate the murder of a Latina.
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#5 - What Remains
Higher Ground - Season 1 - Episode 5
A search-and-rescue mission is mounted to find Juliette, who has fallen into an uncharted cave containing ancient Indian bones.
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#6 - You Spin Me Round
Rush (2014) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Rush and Alex plan a bro-weekend at a medical conference only to discover that Rush’s ex-girlfriend Sarah and her new boyfriend are also attending. Meanwhile, Rush treats a politician trying to hide his illness during an election run.
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#7 - Fire with Fire
The Originals - Season 2 - Episode 21
With the knowledge that he has been betrayed by his siblings, Klaus and an unlikely friend plan to get even with them.
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#9 - Under My Skin
House - Season 5 - Episode 23
House and the team take on the case of a ballerina whose lungs collapse in the middle of a performance. When the treatment causes her skin to fall off, the dancer faces not only the prospect of never dancing again but also of dying an agonizing death. The team must use their imaginations to carefully choreograph ways to test and treat her delicate body without killing her. Meanwhile, House continues to suffer from what he thinks is insomnia, and he is willing to go to desperate measures to cure it.
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#11 - Doe or Die
John Doe - Season 1 - Episode 17
Ken Rothman, an ex-police officer that Avery got fired for beating a suspect, gets into the police HQ by faking his death and he and his men quickly take the station and most of the staff (except Frank) hostage. Rothman demands his reputation be cleared, but John manages to get free and escape into the building, and soon discovers Rothman has a supply of Russian-made smallpox. John manages to take out a few terrorists before being recaptured and Rothman leaves John and Avery behind with a shattered vial of smallpox. It's fake, but the whole thing is a ploy to get hold of smallpox vaccine to sell as a bio-weapon. Doe figures it out and they capture Rothman just in time.
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#16 - The Inheritance
The Finder - Season 1 - Episode 11
Isabel’s friend Joyce asks Walter to find the men who murdered her father, a racetrack aficionado. With the help of some horse-whispering, Walter discovers links to an inheritance Joyce was supposed to receive from her father, and to some mysterious men at the track whom Walter suspects are involved in her father’s death.
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#17 - Ocean View
Bates Motel - Season 1 - Episode 5
Norma receives some much-needed help, while Norman desperately awaits his mother's return home; Emma and Norman follow more clues, leading to a big discovery.
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#18 - 22 Steps
The Good Doctor - Season 1 - Episode 7
Dr. Shaun Murphy has to confront prejudice from an unlikely source when he takes on the case of a patient with autism, and Dr. Jared Kalu has to learn to accept his limitations as a surgeon.
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#20 - Father + Son + Father + Matriarch
MacGyver (2016) - Season 4 - Episode 8
After Oversight is almost killed in a bombing, he recruits Mac to help him find the suspected bomber, Mason. However, when Mason reveals he didn’t plant the bomb, the three team up to track down Codex, the shadow organization that set them up. Also, Mac meets his aunt Gwendolyn.
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#22 - Amber 31422
Fringe - Season 3 - Episode 5
The alternate universe Fringe Division investigates a shocking breach of security when a twin frees his brother from a quarantined Amber area. As the team sets out to crack this sophisticated case, Walternate experiments over there more with Olivia as she reenters the tank. Meanwhile, visions of Peter continue to haunt Olivia about returning to the “other side”.
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#23 - Identity Crisis
White Collar - Season 4 - Episode 6
Mozzie buys a storage unit that leads him, Neal, and Peter on a dangerous treasure hunt, following clues left by what Mozzie believes to be the modern day remnants of a revolutionary spy ring.
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#24 - Dead Man Walking
Magnum P.I. - Season 4 - Episode 15
When Magnum balks at notorious crime boss Osi Shima’s request to find his missing son, Magnum learns he’s been poisoned and has only eight hours to locate Shima’s son to earn the antidote, or else he dies.
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#25 - One Less Mule
Hell on Wheels - Season 3 - Episode 6
Durant files an injunction against Union Pacific, threatening Cullen's position; Elam deals with a dangerous newcomer.
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#27 - Quill
Grimm - Season 2 - Episode 4
While investigating an accident site, Nick comes upon a bizarre and gruesome Wesen disease that is spreading quickly. A romantic day out for Monroe and Rosalee takes a dangerous turn when they encounter an infected creature that is out for blood. Meanwhile, Captain Renard gets a tip about a dangerous foreign fugitive who’s made his way to Portland
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#28 - Late Returns
Cold Case - Season 1 - Episode 19
The shooting death of a man in his driveway is connected to the unsolved 1992 murder of a Democratic campaign worker whose lifeless body was thrown into a nearby river on election night. The investigation centers on the relationship the dead woman had with a present-day congressman. Apparently, the victim in the current homicide probed into the earlier slaying and discovered damning new evidence. Elsewhere, Lilly spies Kite flirting with a new ADA and gets jealous.
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#29 - As You Were
White Collar - Season 3 - Episode 8
When an old Naval Academy buddy of Agent Jones goes missing, Peter and Neal delve into the dangerous world of international private security to find him.
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#30 - Babel One (1)
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 4 - Episode 12
Enterprise journeys to Babel with a Tellarite ambassador on board for peace talks with the Andorians, when a distress call from Shran is received.
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#31 - Witches in Tights
Charmed - Season 5 - Episode 5
When a demon coerces a boy into turning him into an evil comic book villain so he can steal an Elder's powers, the boy transforms The Charmed Ones into comic book heroes with superhuman strengths to prevent this from happening.
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#32 - What About Bob?
The Dresden Files - Season 1 - Episode 10
Things seem to be going well between Harry and his new flame until she walks out on him... and takes Bob's skull. Now Dresden must find Bob and rescue him from the clutches of an old enemy. But will Bob want to be rescued?
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#33 - Finish Line
Blood Drive - Season 1 - Episode 13
Series Finale. Arthur, Grace and Slink attack Heart Enterprises, but their deepest fears are waiting for them.
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#34 - The Tyrant
House - Season 6 - Episode 3
When a controversial African politician falls ill, he is brought to Princeton Plainsboro for treatment. The team struggles with whether to help a merciless dictator being subpoenaed for crimes against humanity in his country. Meanwhile, Wilson tries to make peace with a feuding neighbor, but House’s prying exacerbates the problem.
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#35 - Golden Lancehead + Venom + Pole Vault + Blood + Baggage
MacGyver (2016) - Season 5 - Episode 7
The secret experimental cancer treatment Mac’s developing with a friend is discovered when culprits ransack their lab, kidnap Mac’s partner and plan to use the research to create a powerful new nerve agent.
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#36 - Life's a Mystery
Hell on Wheels - Season 4 - Episode 5
Cullens's family is at risk when a stranger arrives, stirring up old feelings; The Swede faces the consequences.
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#37 - A Love Supreme
Dollhouse - Season 2 - Episode 8
When Echo's past romantic engagements are found murdered, the Dollhouse fears that Alpha has returned to seek his revenge. Adelle grows suspicious of Ballard who hopes to find allies in Boyd and Topher. The Actives turn against their handlers, leaving one member of the house permanently mind-wiped.
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#38 - Xin
The Good Doctor - Season 2 - Episode 13
Dr. Shaun Murphy, Dr. Morgan Reznick and Dr. Audrey Lim treat a woman with autism and a delicate brain condition while navigating the complicated relationship she has with her roommate, who is also on the spectrum. Meanwhile, Lea and Shaun are still figuring out their friendship and roommate status.
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#39 - Murder is Never Quiet
Magnum P.I. - Season 1 - Episode 16
Magnum is hired by a woman to prove that her son didn’t kill his girlfriend and has only 24 hours to do so before the accused accepts a plea deal. Also, Rick and TC try to recover stolen appliances that were donated to a wounded veteran.
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#40 - The Shaun Show
The Good Doctor - Season 5 - Episode 16
As Shaun and Lea head toward their wedding day, a documentary film maker has chosen to follow their lives to showcase relationships and weddings of atypical couples.
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#41 - Joy to the World
House - Season 5 - Episode 11
House and his team deal with a bullied girl who collapses during her school's Christmas program. Meanwhile, Foreman and Thirteen grow closer during the Huntington's disease drug trials, House gives a patient a gift, the staff wonder who gave House a special gift, and Cuddy gets an unexpected gift.
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#42 - Fire + Ashes + Legacy = Phoenix
MacGyver (2016) - Season 4 - Episode 1
Ex-MI6 agent Russ Taylor recruits former Phoenix Foundation members Mac, Riley, Bozer, Matty and Desi to hunt down a bioweapon that’s planned to be used by a mysterious organization for a devastating attack on a major U.S. city.
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#43 - Demons and the Dogstar
Hemlock Grove - Season 2 - Episode 10
Peter recuperates at home. At the White Tower, Roman takes care of unfinished business and Norman has a final confrontation with Olivia.
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#44 - Red Cell + Quantum + Cold + Committed
MacGyver (2016) - Season 4 - Episode 2
Department of Defense General John Acosta recruits MacGyver to steal a highly classified project from a military lab in order to find flaws in its security. But when it’s discovered that the general is planning an attack using the weapon, Phoenix must stop Acosta before the weapon is uploaded.
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#45 - Boys Will Be Boys
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 8
When a local hockey star is found dead on the ice, Graff and Bateman must untangle a hazing scandal that led to the star player's suspension just days before his death.
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#46 - Break Out
The Brave - Season 1 - Episode 4
An American traitor who turned to terrorism becomes integral in preventing the next attack on U.S. soil. When the only interrogator who can do the job is brought in to stop the attack, there is an unexpected breach in the prison where Dalton is stationed.
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