The BEST episodes directed by Jim Mckay
#1 - Saints
Treme - Season 3 - Episode 2
Antoine’s students show interest and Annie’s demo hits the mark; Sonny and Linh show interest, but no marks are hit; L.P. Everett’s new case has smoke and fire; heat at the in-laws’ house forces LaDonna to move; Hidalgo discovers a new angle; Janette’s resistance slips; Albert learns he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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#3 - Red Team/Blue Team
The Good Wife - Season 4 - Episode 14
Office politics come to a head when Will and Diane ask Alicia and Cary to face off against them in a mock trial, only to get more than they bargained for. Eli tries to avoid losing his role in Peter’s campaign to Jordan, as he continues his fight with the Justice Department.
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#5 - Chaos Is Come Again
Shades of Blue - Season 2 - Episode 9
Harlee makes the chilling discovery that someone is texting Cristina as her dead ex, "Miguel." The case of a missing kid leads Wozniak to uncover a local dealer who uses underage mules and reminds Loman of what their unit is all about. The crew gets caught in a brutal ambush.
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#6 - Dedicado a Max
Better Call Saul - Season 5 - Episode 5
Mike takes an impromptu trip out of town. As she and Jimmy grow closer over their campaign to help a client, Kim makes a surprising call.
#8 - Coushatta
Better Call Saul - Season 4 - Episode 8
Jimmy goes to great lengths to right a wrong, as Kim pulls out all the stops for a case; Mike lets his team blow off steam; Nacho receives a visitor.
#9 - April: Week Seven
In Treatment - Season 2 - Episode 32
Paul is told some news by April which prompts him to ask her about her anger issues.
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#10 - Unpaid Debts
Shades of Blue - Season 2 - Episode 8
Wozniak goes after Bianchi for breaking their agreement. Harlee seizes the opportunity to unite the team around an illegal mission to repay Tufo's brother's debt to a local drug dealer. Stahl heightens the stakes making good on his threat to go after the crew. Wozniak faces the impossible decision to pick between his team and Ayres just as his son, Nate, makes an effort to reunite.
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#11 - Jesus Lizard
Tulsa King - Season 3 - Episode 10
Dwight and his crew gear up for all-out war. Back at Bred-2-Buck, a new threat looms as the dust settles.
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#12 - Deadly Ambitions
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 15
The SVU squad tries to keep Detective Rollins' sister safe from her abusive boyfriend when she turns up beaten and pregnant; when Rollins is forced to take drastic action, an internal affairs investigation begins.
#13 - Trust Issues
The Good Wife - Season 6 - Episode 2
As the firm deals with an internal legal crisis, Alicia tries to hold onto their biggest client. Diane plots her move.
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#14 - KSR
The Good Wife - Season 7 - Episode 10
A well respected surgeon is accused of plotting to commit a crime; Ruth suggests that Courtney Paige hire Jason for business in another state, hoping to remove him from Alicia's life.
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#15 - The Last Call
The Good Wife - Season 5 - Episode 16
Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of Will’s death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting. Meanwhile, Diane delivers the somber news to the partners at Lockhart/Gardner who must decide how to move forward.
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#16 - Safe House
The Americans (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 9
Philip and Elizabeth are put to the test when a routine mission goes horribly wrong. Stan and the FBI are pushed to their limit when one of their own goes missing.
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#17 - Day 415
The Good Fight - Season 2 - Episode 2
Tensions remain high when the firm learns another Chicago lawyer has been murdered by a client. Liz positions herself as a potential ally for Diane. Maia's trial takes an unwelcome turn.
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#18 - Maltese Cross
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 4
Logan and Wheeler investigate when fireman Ian Duffy is stabbed twenty-two times before driving himself to the fire station and collapsing. When the investigation leads to questions concerning Duffy's sexual preference, Logan and Wheeler end up in the middle of a brawl with the other firemen that leads to an official investigation and a secret involving Duffy's wife, his friend Brendan Keele, and a crime that someone else confessed to years earlier.
#19 - Plato's Cave
Rectify - Season 1 - Episode 4
Janet's day in town with Daniel turns into a media circus; Sheriff Daggett questions Trey Willis about a missing witness.
#20 - Social Media and Its Discontents
The Good Fight - Season 1 - Episode 6
After landing tech mogul Neil Gross as a new client, the firm is tasked with figuring out a way to combat hate speech on his social media platform. Maia’s suspicions about her father grow after Uncle Jax pays an unwelcome visit. Lucca and Colin’s romance heats up.
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#21 - Dead Weight
Tulsa King - Season 3 - Episode 9
As Dwight expands his liquor empire, Tyson's side hustle draws heat. Meanwhile, old loyalties win out as Dwight has a run-in with his past.
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#22 - The Death Zone
The Good Wife - Season 3 - Episode 2
Alicia discovers she must become an expert on English law when a libel case she wins involving a businessman from Britain becomes an international matter after it is retried and transferred to a court in England via satellite.
#23 - Personal Fouls
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 13 - Episode 2
An ex-basketball player accuses his old coach of sexually abusing him as a child. Det. Nick Amaro transfers to the squad and helps with the case, which involves interviewing former players, one of whom is now famous. Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh have cameos
#24 - Cancer Man
Breaking Bad - Season 1 - Episode 4
Walter finally tells his family that he has cancer. Meanwhile, the DEA believes Albuquerque has a new, big time player to worry about. Jesse makes a surprise visit to his parents home.
#25 - Flipped
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 14
After Fulla T, a local rapper who was encouraging his fans to report crimes when they heard about them, is murdered outside a radio station, Logan and Wheeler find themselves reluctantly partnered up with Harry Williams, a detective from the gang unit. Wheeler is willing to give Williams the benefit of the doubt, but when their witness begin to turn up dead or missing not long after Williams learns they're looking for them, Logan begins to wonder just what side of the law Williams is really on.
#26 - April: Week Four
In Treatment - Season 2 - Episode 17
April's health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brother's condition than her own.
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#27 - Execute
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 2 - Episode 2
When a hacker triggers a car crash that kills a family of three, the team races to hunt him down as his ransomware demands escalate and his chilling final target becomes apparent.
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#28 - The Boxer
For the People (2018) - Season 2 - Episode 7
Sandra is tasked with negotiating a plea agreement for a homeless man accused of trespassing a national wildlife refuge. However, she later suspects that he might have been involved in a more serious offense and enlists Ted to help her investigate. Meanwhile, Roger and Jill’s relationship is tested when the prosecution is forced to subpoena Sandra after learning she may have further knowledge of the crime. Elsewhere, Seth starts spiraling out of control after accidentally stealing evidence in a drug case.
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#29 - Goring Oxes: How You Can Survive the War on Government Through Five Easy Steps
BrainDead - Season 1 - Episode 3
When a bizarre and deadly incident takes place on live television, Agent Onofrio's investigation into it causes Laurel, Gustav and Rochelle to dig deeper into the bug mystery. Luke attempts to cover up his affair with his Chief of Staff, Scarlett, before his opponent for the minority whip position, Senator Ella Poundstone, can make it public.
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#30 - The Ex-Files
Gossip Girl - Season 2 - Episode 4
Blair and her minions decide to befriend the new girl, Amanda, in order to sabotage her possible new relationship with Dan. Vanessa discovers a scandalous secret about Catherine.
#32 - Day 436
The Good Fight - Season 2 - Episode 5
Adrian and Diane serve as outside counsel for a broadcast network planning to air a controversial segment that would delrail the career of a beloved male movie star. Maia and Lucca have vastly different experiences while on separate ride-alongs with the Chicago Police Department.
#34 - Innocents
The Good Wife - Season 7 - Episode 2
Alicia argues a complex museum vandalism case that involves photographs taken by a mother of her son, and considers enlisting the help of investigator Jason Crouse. Meanwhile, Cary deals with inappropriate conduct towards some younger associates at the firm by partner Harold Lyman.
#35 - Dysfunction
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 2 - Episode 6
After a robbery gone wrong ends with a murder and kidnapping, the team races to rescue a mother and daughter whose abductors are not what they seem. Also, Crosby enters a new living arrangement.
#36 - Louder Than Words
Boss (2011) - Season 2 - Episode 1
Tom Kane cements his mayoral legacy with a lavish ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of the new modernized O'Hare terminals. Now Kane looks to the future, setting his sights on reviving a subsidized housing project. While his political future seems bright, Kane continues to battle for control over his disease.
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#37 - Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow of the Budget Showdown - A Critique
BrainDead - Season 1 - Episode 2
Laurel continues to investigate the death of esteemed Dr. Daudier, while bugs infect more citizens of Washington, D.C. Rochelle Daudier, the deceased doctor’s daughter and Gustav Triplette, an eccentric genius, both encounter the bugs separately and begin to question exactly what is happening.
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#38 - The Fifty
Tulsa King - Season 3 - Episode 2
Dwight faces threats from Jeremiah Dunmire and the Dixie Mafia while trying to secure distribution for a hidden stash of fifty-year-old bourbon.
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#39 - Meet De Boys on the Battlefront
Treme - Season 1 - Episode 2
LaDonna finally receives news about her brother, who is missing. Albert is forced to take the law into his own hands.
#41 - Refugees
The Wire - Season 4 - Episode 4
A major case gets a new detective; Marlo is burned in poker; Colvin and Cutty get new jobs in the school system.
#42 - The One where a Nazi Gets Punched
The Good Fight - Season 3 - Episode 5
Blum weasels his way to a co-counsel seat on Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart's largest case against genetics testing company Second Helix. While volunteering as democratic poll watchers in the suburbs of Chicago, Lucca and Jay come face to face with an alt-right group aiming to intimidate voters. Meanwhile, Maia attempts to move on while the partners grapple with a divided firm following revelations of pay disparity.
#43 - WhatsHerName
Black Bird - Season 1 - Episode 4
In the aftermath of a prison riot, Jimmy and Larry find themselves with time to learn more about each other.
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#44 - Jesse: Week Seven
In Treatment - Season 3 - Episode 27
Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.
#45 - Blood and Bourbon
Tulsa King - Season 3 - Episode 1
Dwight deals with threats from law enforcement and rival gangs while trying to secure a distillery deal.
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#46 - Taxed
The Good Wife - Season 7 - Episode 4
When Alicia agrees to support a client's plea of innocence in a shoplifting case, she clashes with the bond court judge; Diane is coerced into arguing against her own beliefs in a case about assisted suicide.
#47 - Tis the Season
Bosch - Season 1 - Episode 1
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher (Annie Wersching) catches his eye, and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.
#48 - Rampage
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 2 - Episode 1
With COVID devastating the country, two gunmen take out their desperation and rage on the elite class they perceive to be oppressing them as the team attempts to track and stop them. Also, Jess' father returns to his son's life and, although he's brought a new girlfriend, he may not be over his old ways.
#49 - Self Condemned
The Good Fight - Season 1 - Episode 9
Diane and Adrian find themselves involved in another police brutality case, this time representing a surprising but familiar face, Colin Sweeney. Lucca represents Maia for her interview with the federal investigator seeking information on the Rindell scandal.
#50 - Friending Emily
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 6
The investigation into a girl's disappearance leads to a high-tech kidnapper who uses the Internet to cover his tracks; Rollins reconnects with her sister.