The BEST episodes directed by James A. Contner
#1 - Stairway to Heaven
Wiseguy - Season 2 - Episode 11
Frank shows up at Vinnie's house in the middle of the night and states than his wife is dying and he can't afford the liver transplant she needs to save her life. Vinnie leaves a box containing a million dollars on the front seat of Frank's car. Frank confronts Vinnie about the money and Vinnie confesses it's money Roger gave him as a parachute in case he ever needed to bail out of undercover work. After arguing with Vinnie about the ethics of using the money, Frank finally decides he'd rather save Jenny's life, so he pays for the operation. Frank and Vinnie turn themselves into Paul for using the money, but Paul dismisses it when he can't find any record of Roger or the money in his files. After Jenny recovers, she tells Frank that their stale marriage is what almost caused her to die, so she insists he move out before she gets home from the hospital.
#2 - Skin and Bones
Roswell - Season 2 - Episode 1
Max and the others must rescue Michael after he is arrested for murder; Liz takes a job with a congresswoman who has a hidden agenda.
#3 - Grave (2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 6 - Episode 22
Giles faces off with Willow, but she drains him of his powers. This much power causes her to feel all the suffering in the world, so she decides to end it — the world, that is.
#5 - Reunion
Angel - Season 2 - Episode 10
The newly revamped deadly duo of Drusilla and Darla hit the streets of L.A. Angel is frantic, searching for the terrible twosome.
#6 - Asian Cut
Miami Vice - Season 5 - Episode 7
Crockett & Tubbs use Trudy as a decoy to lure a sadistic serial killer who preys on call girls.
#7 - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 2 - Episode 16
Xander tries to use Valentines Day to further his relationship with Cordelia but she succumbs to peer pressure and breaks up with him. With the help of Amy (who is exploring her mother's witch powers), he puts a love spell on her which goes horribly wrong, turning him into every woman's desire; except Cordelia's.
#8 - The Initiative
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 7
Spike, after being captured by the commandos, is being held hostage by them in a hi-tech facility underneath the University. He manages to escape and heads to find Buffy, whom he assumes is behind this. Instead, he finds Willow...
#9 - The Replacement
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 5 - Episode 3
Confusion reigns when Xander is split into two Xanders, each representing different sides of his personality.
#10 - First Impressions
Angel - Season 2 - Episode 3
Angel encounters an amorous Darla in his dreams; Cordelia vows to protect Gunn after she experiences a vision depicting him in mortal danger.
#11 - The I In Team
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 13
Buffy becomes familiar with the Initiative and begins to work with them although they are still unaware of her true power as a Slayer. After Buffy abandons her friends at the Bronze for a mission with the Initiative, Buffy and Riley consummate their relationship unaware that they are being watched on a hidden camera by Walsh. Meanwhile, Giles and the rest of the gang remove a tracking device the commandos shot into Spike's back.
#12 - Five by Five
Angel - Season 1 - Episode 18
Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart , Angel's life is in danger.
#13 - His Master's Voice
Wiseguy - Season 3 - Episode 17
When the bodies of two missing deputies turn up, it points to a serial killer who has been terrorizing the northwest. Volchek assigns the investigation to Vinnie when Stem loses control. Frank warns Vinnie he has to leave after Dan tells him there's a 40 man task force on the way to Lynchboro. As Volchek tries to eliminate possible suspects, Stem confesses to the murders, then electrocutes himself. Vinnie flashes back to Sonny killing himself, then snaps and takes off, stealing Frank's car.
#14 - Let Them Eat Cake
Wiseguy - Season 3 - Episode 19
Vinnie takes a job hauling hospital waste as he continues to hide out in Seattle. Frank finds out Volchek is going to bribe a state official to get the license for his hospital and plans to arrest them after dinner. Roger uncovers Volchek's cryogenic vault. Lacey talks to Roger about how important Volchek is to the town, causing him to throw the arrest.
#16 - Entropy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 6 - Episode 18
Anya, secretly a demon again, attempts to get vengeance on Xander but fails. She finds comfort by sleeping with Spike, but the Geek Trio's cameras reveal the tryst to the gang. Meanwhile, Willow and Tara arrange a coffee date.
#17 - Same Time, Same Place
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 7 - Episode 3
Buffy, Xander and Dawn are unable to find Willow, who has inadvertently made herself invisible to her friends, and vice versa. Willow's return to Sunnydale is marred further by a demon, Gnarl, who relishes the skin of his victims.
#18 - I Was Made to Love You
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 5 - Episode 15
Buffy must stop a heartbroken young woman — a robot who was manufactured to be the perfect girlfriend — from destroying the city.
#19 - Dead End
Angel - Season 2 - Episode 18
Cordelia's visions get worse and the gang fears for her health. Meanwhile Lindsey is granted a new hand that has a murderous mind of its own.
#20 - Power Play
Angel - Season 5 - Episode 21
As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret society, and may have deliberately engineered Fred's death.
#21 - Release
Angel - Season 4 - Episode 14
As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.
#22 - Potential
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 7 - Episode 12
Buffy and Spike establish a boot camp to prepare the potential slayers for combat with the First, while a spell from Willow reveals another potential living in Sunnydale.
#23 - Carbon Creek
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2 - Episode 2
After Archer and Trip become curious about a visit she made to a Pennsylvania mining town called Carbon Creek, T'Pol explains to them that Vulcans actually had their first contact with humans in 1957. That year, a Vulcan ship crashed on Earth and three crew members survived, including T'Pol's great grandmother. They pose as humans in Carbon Creek and take on jobs while waiting for rescue and soon find themselves becoming more involved with the town's residents.
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#24 - Faith, Hope and Trick
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 - Episode 3
The new Slayer Faith arrives in town and seems like a fun-loving wacky teenager who integrates herself into the gang. While Buffy is getting 'Single White Female-d' she notices that Faith is becoming more mysterious and discovers that she has been followed by an ancient vampire who murdered her watcher.
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#25 - Primeval (2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 21
Adam tells Riley that he has a behavior modification chip wired to his central nervous system behind his heart. Through the chip Adam has control over Riley. When Buffy find Spike in Adam's cave she figures out that he intentionally tried to split up the gang. Buffy tells the rest of them and the find that Adam wants Buffy to go to the Initiative as part of his plan. Xander suggests that they need the power of all the gang members combined to defeat Adam and Giles agrees. The gang all break into the Initiative.
#27 - Helpless
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 - Episode 12
For her upcoming 18th birthday, Buffy declines the scooby gang's offer of a big party, hoping to celebrate with quiet reflection and a traditional trip to the ice show with her father. But unbeknownst to Buffy, preparations are being made for a life-threatening rite of passage that drains the slayer of her powers and then entraps her with a powerful vampire foe that she must defeat in a defenseless state in order to pass the test.
#28 - Meet the Dupes
Roswell - Season 2 - Episode 8
Duplicate versions of Michael, Isabel and Tess come to Roswell after killing their king Zan, to urge Max to attend an important interstellar summit in New York City, but they have their own agenda; Ava stays behind in Roswell.
#29 - The Harsh Light of Day
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 3
Spike returns to Sunnydale with his new girlfriend Harmony who is now also a vampire. Spike is searching for the Gem of Amara - a stone which makes vampires invulnerable, which he believes is buried somewhere under Sunnydale. Buffy is preoccupied with her budding relationship with Parker and sleeps with him but he proceeds to ignore her. Meanwhile Anya returns and throws herself at a flabbergasted Xander.
#30 - Art Attack
Dark Angel - Season 1 - Episode 11
Logan asks Max to be his date for a cousin's wedding where she meets his snobbish uncle and aunt. She also gets to meet Logan's ex-fiancée. Back at Jam Pony, Normal is taken by the mob when there is a delivery mix-up. Original Cindy and Max decide to help him retrieve the right painting to save their boss' life.
#31 - Dead Things
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 6 - Episode 13
Buffy finds out that she didn't really come back wrong. Warren kills Katrina and frames the Slayer for it. Buffy violently takes out her emotions on Spike.
#32 - Dear Doctor
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1 - Episode 13
The crew discovers a new planet with two races, one in desperate need of medical and scientific assistance. In the course of trying to help, Dr. Phlox recalls his own Denobulan past to address the ethical dilemmas that arise in the present.
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#33 - Spiral
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 5 - Episode 20
When Glory finds out who the real key is, Buffy and company flee. Meanwhile, the Knights of Byzantium have their own plans to deal with Dawn.
#34 - Carpe Noctem
Angel - Season 3 - Episode 4
An old man uses an ancient incantation to switch bodies with Angel.
#35 - Loyalty
Angel - Season 3 - Episode 15
Wes dreads the fulfilment of the prophecy that Angel will kill Connor; Sahjhan becomes dissatisfied with Holtz's progress in stalking Angel and take matters into his own hands; Fred and Gunn try to figure out how to juggle working together with their new romance.
#36 - Parting Gifts
Angel - Season 1 - Episode 10
Angel and Cordelia, still coping with the death of their friend, are aided by an old friend in the pursuit of a demon bounty.
#37 - Revelations
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 - Episode 7
Xander finds out about Angel's return to Sunnydale and promptly informs the gang who confront Buffy with the fear that he may turn evil again, while Faith finds herself under the wing of a new Watcher, Gwendolyn Post, an outwardly prim and proper Englishwoman who was expelled from the Watcher's Council for practicing evil magic.
#38 - Sense & Sensitivity
Angel - Season 1 - Episode 6
Kate's temper buys her a trip to sensitivity training, which has a strange effect on her... and those around her.
#39 - Soft Light
The X-Files - Season 2 - Episode 23
An experiment in dark matter accidentally turns a scientist's shadow into a deadly weapon that can unzip a person's molecules if they are touched by it.
#40 - Both Sides Now
Dark Skies - Season 1 - Episode 17
As Steele works on Sayers to willingly accept returning to the Hive, Loengard seeks anyone he believes can lead him to his wife. So, when Bach sends Juliet to Berkeley where the Hive is infiltrating the growing antiwar movement, John insists that he go along with her, unaware that he's being used to locate Kim. Although John spots her, he is unable to stop Kim from Joining Steele on a trip to visit her son. While John and Juliet question antiwar activist Jerry Rubin about Kim's whereabouts, back in Washington Bach sees that the Vietnam War can be used to increase funding for Majestic.
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#41 - Just Rewards
Angel - Season 5 - Episode 2
Angel and Spike challenge a necromancer who is unhappy with Wolfram and Hart's new leadership.
#42 - Lonely Heart
Angel - Season 1 - Episode 2
Angel, with the aid of a new friend, tracks a serial killer whose hunting ground is L.A.'s single bars.
#43 - Doomed
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 11
Buffy and Riley have to work out their relationship given their new understanding of what they do. An earthquake rocks Sunnydale and Buffy worries that it could signify the end of the world. They find out about a group of demons who are in town collecting sacred items which together have the power to end the world. When the plans of the demons are uncovered, the gang must return to their former sanctum inside the dilapidated Sunnydale High School (the library) to stop the Hellmouth from opening.
#44 - Choices
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3 - Episode 19
Buffy's acceptance to college leaves her with even more doubts about her life outside of Sunnydale with Faith and the Mayor still around. Buffy decides to take the fight to the Mayor and discovers a secret delivery for him, the Box of Gavrok which contains a mystical energy vital to the Ascension. Buffy and Angel successfully break into Town Hall and snatch the box but unfortunately, Willow is captured by Faith. Are they willing to give up their best chance at avoiding the Ascension to save Willow's life? Is there any doubt?
#45 - Minefield
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2 - Episode 3
When attempting to explore a new planet, Enterprise triggers a cloaked mine. While the crew deal with the resulting damage, it's discovered another mine is stuck to the hull. During Reed's attempt to disarm it, a spike is driven into his leg, trapping him out there. While Archer goes out on the hull to help him, the rest of the crew learn they are in a minefield belonging to the Romulan Star Empire, who demand Enterprise leave or face destruction.
#46 - The Boone Identity
The Dresden Files - Season 1 - Episode 2
A grieving father asks Harry to help put his daughter's spirit to rest. This should be easy. All Dresden has to do is track down the killer and make sure that justice has been done. There's only one catch: the killer died only hours after the murder.
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#47 - Empty Places
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 7 - Episode 19
Buffy takes another beating from Caleb, the tries to lead the troops back to the wine cellar. Instead, she gets kicked out of her house as the gang decides Faith would make a better leader.
#48 - Give Me a Sign
Charmed - Season 2 - Episode 15
Phoebe helps Piper cast a spell in order to help her choose between Dan and Leo. Meanwhile, Bane is broken out of jail and kidnaps Prue.
#49 - The Truth Is Out There and It Hurts
Charmed - Season 1 - Episode 8
Acting on Phoebe's premonitions, the sisters race to stop a mysterious killer from striking again. Meanwhile, Prue finds a truth spell and uses it to find out what Andy's reaction to her being a witch would be.
#50 - The Communicator
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2 - Episode 8
Archer and Reed return to a pre-warp society, that is on the verge of war, to recover a lost communicator from an undercover survey mission.
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