The BEST episodes directed by David Von Ancken
#1 - The Last Waltz
Californication - Season 1 - Episode 12
As Karen's wedding to Bill nears, Hank struggles with accepting what appears to be inevitable. Bill informs Mia that he will not allow her book to be published and Hank has a unique solution to dealing with Becca's surprise visitor.
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#2 - The Devil's Workshop
Code Black - Season 2 - Episode 15
The ER is quarantined when a viral outbreak jeopardizes the lives of the doctors and patients at Angels Memorial. Also, Ariel, the young girl Leanne bonded with a year ago when she lost her father, returns to Angels.
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#3 - Diagnosis of Exclusion
Code Black - Season 1 - Episode 15
The doctors are questioned following a violent incident inside the hospital that leaves two doctors gravely injured. Neal and Christa make their relationship to the next level after officially disclosing their romantic relationship to HR.
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#4 - Done
Hell on Wheels - Season 5 - Episode 14
The golden spike, government hearings and unpredictable actions mean new beginnings and endings for the survivors.
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#5 - Corporeal Form
Code Black - Season 2 - Episode 3
Willis defies Campbell’s orders when he helps Mario and Heather perform a radical procedure on a maintenance worker stuck under a boiler that exploded. Also, Angus’ father, Dr. Desmond Leighton, tries to seize Power of Attorney over Mike, who is still in a coma, even though Mike granted that right to his brother, Angus.
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#6 - Delta Force
Intelligence (2014) - Season 1 - Episode 8
While in Bolivia with Riley to protect a presidential candidate from assassination, Gabriel is shocked to learn his best friend is the suspect.
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#7 - Blood Sport
Code Black - Season 1 - Episode 18
Mario confronts Angus about his Adderall abuse and Christa is surprised to learn how romantically involved Neal and Grace were before she left for Haiti. Also, Dr. Mark Taylor returns to help Leanne find the money in their budget to keep Jesse and the nurses from walking out.
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#8 - Doctors with Borders
Code Black - Season 1 - Episode 5
Neal clashes with his neurosurgeon father over how to treat his gravely ill mother, whose mysterious symptoms force Angels Memorial to quarantine Trauma One.
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#9 - Hero Complex
Code Black - Season 2 - Episode 6
Malaya must inform a college student who regains consciousness at Angels Memorial that she's the victim of a rape. Meanwhile, Willis and Campbell butt heads over a terminally ill woman who wants to end her life on her own terms; and a comedian is treated after he collapses on stage during a performance.
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#10 - God of Chaos
Hell on Wheels - Season 1 - Episode 10
In the Season 1 finale, Cullen's past and future collide, impacting his life on the railroad.
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#11 - Derailed
Hell on Wheels - Season 1 - Episode 8
Durant dispatches Cullen and Elam on a mission of vengeance. Lily struggles to find her place.
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#13 - Would You Want Me To Tell You?
Saving Grace - Season 1 - Episode 5
Grace and Ham play cops and robbers with toy guns. Grace’s favorite Aunt Cathy comes to town – has a run in with Earl, clashes with Betty – and reveals some shocking news. But first-- Rhetta, Grace, and Aunt Cathy get drunk and remember old times. Meanwhile, cattle tycoon Alvin Green’s world begins to crumble after his lucky bull statue is stolen. He insists Major Crimes take the case. When Grace’s father has a fire station named after him, Grace’s family comes together for the dedication ceremony. Henry’s cat dies and Grace comforts him the only way she knows how.
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#14 - In The Clouds
Californication - Season 6 - Episode 6
Karen asks Hank to intervene with Becca. Later, the boys board Air Force 69 with Atticus Fetch to fly to NYC to present the songs for the Broadway adaptation of "A Crazy Little Thing Called Love." Charlie faces a serious case of aerophobia. Atticus is surprised by Faith, while his wife surprises Hank.
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#15 - After School Special
The Vampire Diaries - Season 4 - Episode 10
Rebekah is back with a vengeance. Bonnie is uncomfortable when her father, Rudy Hopkins, accepts the role of Interim Mayor.
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#16 - Blue Code
Person of Interest - Season 1 - Episode 15
Reese discovers there’s more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI.
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#17 - Exile on Main St.
Californication - Season 4 - Episode 1
Just as Hank is released from a 72 hour jail period for assault he is picked up by Charlie and dragged off to show the recent events of F&P with Mia becoming public and dropped into a meeting with a young actress that wants to capitalize on the publicity, and make a movie out of F&P. whom which he later re-enacts F&P in her hotel room. The episode ends with Hank hearing from his lawyer that the assault charges have been dropped and he is then arrested for statutory rape.
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#18 - Immoral Mathematics
Hell on Wheels - Season 1 - Episode 2
Lily encounters natives in the wilderness. Cullen is questioned in regards to his recent actions against others. Meanwhile, Durant continues his push for political gain through his persuasions.
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#19 - The White Spirit
Hell on Wheels - Season 2 - Episode 7
In the aftermath of tragedy, Lily and Cullen struggle to maintain order in Hell on Wheels. Meanwhile, Elam makes plans for the future.
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#20 - Monsters and Angels
The InBetween - Season 1 - Episode 10
Tom and Damien investigate the murder of a young schoolteacher, only to discover that her killer is someone very close to home. Cassie realizes that she must deal with Ed Roven once and for all.
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#21 - These Are the Names
The Crossing - Season 1 - Episode 11
The lives of the refugees hang in the balance as Jude and Nestor team up with an unlikely ally. Meanwhile, Eve and Lindauer move forward with their ruthless effort to tie up loose ends. Series Finale.
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#22 - Big Bad Wolf
Hell on Wheels - Season 3 - Episode 1
After a hard winter, Cullen and Elam travel to New York to secure their positions on the railroad as Durant fights for his legacy from prison.
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#25 - Crying Wolf
The Vampire Diaries - Season 2 - Episode 14
Stefan and Elena attempt a romantic weekend getaway, not realizing that they've been followed. Damon attends a tea at the Historical Society.
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#26 - The Raw and the Cooked
Californication - Season 2 - Episode 4
Hank proposes to Karen right before a dinner party, to which Mia, Charlie, Marcy, Lew Ashby, Sonja and Julian are invited. Drugs and special circumstances turn the evening in an unexpected direction.
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#27 - Polk Salad Annie
Memphis Beat - Season 1 - Episode 4
The attempted murder of a BBQ king brings suspicion upon someone in his inner circle, requiring Sutton to go undercover as a ladies man to get the true story. And Lt. Rice has to show some tough love when her college-age son gets in trouble with the law.
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#28 - Judas Priest
The Shield - Season 4 - Episode 12
Vic and his crew track down the Russian who was involved with the cop murders, but they lose control during his interrogation and the hit man dies in an explosion before they can get any answers. Meanwhile, Aceveda is blackmailed by the man who assaaulted him. Plus, Rawling's seizure is on the verge of being shelved.
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#29 - Factory Girls
Cold Case - Season 2 - Episode 2
On the eve of the 60-year reunion of women who worked in a weapons factory during World War II, Lilly is asked to re-investigate the death of Alice Miller, one of the worker girls. The death was deemed accidental at the time, but her friend pleads to Lilly to look closer into the case.
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#30 - Wonders of the World
House of Lies - Season 2 - Episode 8
During a consultation with an adult-toy company, Jeannie meets an interesting suitor, while Doug comes up with a racy gift idea for his new girlfriend. Later, Marty's brother Malcolm drives a wedge between their father and Marty.
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#31 - The Curse
The Following - Season 1 - Episode 12
Ryan finds a follower who may be able to lead the way to Joe Carroll; Agent Weston returns, possibly more affected by his run-in with the cult than anyone realized; Claire and Emma come together for the first time since Joey's abduction.
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#33 - Entropy
Touching Evil (US) - Season 1 - Episode 11
Creegan's friend Cyril is arrested on suspicion of being involved in a spate of fatal knife attacks on smartly dressed men, but a lack of evidence hampers the investigation - until an eyewitness account places him at the scene of one stabbing.
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#34 - Verities & Balderdash
Californication - Season 3 - Episode 3
Hank attends a university mixer and consoles his jilted assistant; Charlie celebrates his first talent signing.
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#36 - Slow Happy Boys
Californication - Season 3 - Episode 5
Hank has the apartment all to his bad self when Becca visits Karen in New York. Hank's old buddy from Long Island pays a visit. Hank shows him an epic time. Hank and his talented pupil Jackie take their student / teacher relationship to the next level. Charlie and Marcy are finally hitting the sheets again.
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#37 - Sandhogs
Cold Case - Season 4 - Episode 3
The 1948 death of a miner is investigated after transit workers find his body in a service tunnel five stories below a river while expanding the subway system. The deceased was also a married white man in love with a widowed black woman. Also, Lilly feels uncomfortable when Joseph tells her that he loves her.
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#38 - Under Control
The Vampire Diaries - Season 1 - Episode 18
Stefan displays a rare party attitude and Damon's attempt to find out why Elena's uncle, John Gilbert has returned to town takes an ugly turn.
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#39 - 30 Minutes or Less
Californication - Season 7 - Episode 8
Hank has problems with Hashtag Black. Stu's offer leads to fisticuffs.
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#40 - Hell Bent For Leather
Californication - Season 6 - Episode 4
Hank and Charlie's meeting with Robbie Mac isn't as promising as they hoped; and later, Hank reconnects with an entertainment exec he'd worked with. Meanwhile, Marcy, Ophelia and Karen swap tales over dinner, while Becca proves she's her father's daughter at a reading of her work.
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#41 - Turn the Page
Californication - Season 1 - Episode 11
Charlie and Dani represent Mia after she wrote a book that seems to have come out of Hank's feather. Becca decides to move out of Bill and Karen's home to live with her dad Hank.
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#42 - Pink Champagne on Ice
The Mentalist - Season 4 - Episode 19
While investigating the murder of a casino employee, Jane runs into a stage magician he used to tour with during his time as a mentalist and discovers he is hiding a shocking secret.
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#43 - Made of Stone
The InBetween - Season 1 - Episode 2
Tom and Damien enlist Cassie's help when a mother and her young son mysteriously vanish; when suspicion turns to the woman's husband, Cassie's visions reveal a darker, more vengeful plot. Ed Roven returns with an offer for Cassie.
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#44 - The Great Ashby
Californication - Season 2 - Episode 2
Hank finds himself in jail after assaulting a mouthy police officer. Karen, still upset at Hank for his accident at the party, refuses to bail him out. Meanwhile, Charlie gets fired after his former assistant, Dani, plays the agency president a montage of Charlie’s self-pleasuring office sessions.
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#46 - Viva La Mexico
Hell on Wheels - Season 2 - Episode 1
In the Season 2 premiere, Durant and Lily steer the railroad further west, while Cullen and Elam land on opposite sides of the law.
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#47 - Pilot
Hell on Wheels - Season 1 - Episode 1
A former confederate soldier journeys to the transcontinental railroad to seek vengeance.
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