The BEST episodes directed by Joe Napolitano

Tango Blue
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - Tango Blue

M.A.N.T.I.S. - Season 1 - Episode 2

The MANTIS plans to destroy all the assault weapons, ex-seals and warheads, so that The City would finally be clear.

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Bloodlines
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8.60
5 votes

#2 - Bloodlines

Picket Fences - Season 4 - Episode 11

Matthew's classmate shoots himself. A bear is loose in Rome and Kenny assumes the role of Mayor Bey's Lamaze partner.

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A House Divided
star
8.60
5 votes

#3 - A House Divided

The District - Season 4 - Episode 7

Mannion investigates the death of a man during a Civil War reenactment. While Temple takes the matter personally when one of the suspects turns out to be a big time racist, it's Noland who, trying to find a connection between him and a man in an old picture, discovers a rivalry between the prime suspect and the victim that dates back to the Civil War days. Meanwhile, Debreno and Regan are out testing a new bait car that almost causes the death of a car thief.

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The Leap Home (1)
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8.31
493 votes

#4 - The Leap Home (1)

Quantum Leap - Season 3 - Episode 1

November 25, 1969: As himself at the age of 16, Sam has the opportunity to both win the high school basketball championship and save his family from their sad fates.

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The Wrong Stuff
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8.29
289 votes

#5 - The Wrong Stuff

Quantum Leap - Season 4 - Episode 7

January 24, 1961: The fates make a monkey out of Sam when he leaps into Bobo, an astro-chimp who must avoid succumbing to the experiments of an Air Force neurologist.

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Freezer Burn
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8.25
8 votes

#6 - Freezer Burn

Picket Fences - Season 3 - Episode 11

The probe of a masseur's murder uncovers a scandal among his women clientele.

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First Degree (1)
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8.20
154 votes

#7 - First Degree (1)

The Practice - Season 2 - Episode 5

Ellenor and Lindsay face disbarment proceedings for their unethical conduct. Bobby defends a man accused of murdering his lover's husband. Eugene represents a police officer applying for disability, claiming the job made him a racist.

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Shock Theater
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8.11
275 votes

#8 - Shock Theater

Quantum Leap - Season 3 - Episode 22

October 3, 1954: Leaping into Sam Bederman, a mental patient who is suffering from acute depression, Sam receives an overloaded electroshock treatment, which causes his Swiss-cheesed memory to be replaced by personas from previous leaps. Al, finding himself visible to the mentally absent, must try to complete Sam's mission, and convince him to take another shock treatment, in order to leap Sam out before contact is lost forever.

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MIG-89
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8.06
32 votes

#9 - MIG-89

Viper - Season 2 - Episode 2

Cameron uncovers an illegal arms-smuggling ring---but not before Allie and a visiting scientist are kidnapped and forced to develop a highly advanced fighter jet.

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The Boogieman
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7.89
353 votes

#10 - The Boogieman

Quantum Leap - Season 3 - Episode 5

October 31, 1964: Things do more than go bump in the night when Sam leaps into Joshua Raye, a horror novelist on Halloween. Although Ziggy claims he's there to prevent the death of a church deacon, things get even stranger when two more people die without warning.

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The Curse of Ptah-Hotep
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7.85
256 votes

#11 - The Curse of Ptah-Hotep

Quantum Leap - Season 4 - Episode 20

March 2, 1957: It's almost as though Sam were on vacation when, as Egyptologist Dale Conway, he gets to read hieroglyphics, search lost tombs, and, of course, visit Egypt. But between an encroaching sandstorm, computer glitches back at the Project, the suspicious deaths of the guides, and a 3000-year-old curse to round things off, Sam has very little time to play in the sand.

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Pool Hall Blues
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7.85
360 votes

#12 - Pool Hall Blues

Quantum Leap - Season 2 - Episode 18

September 4, 1954: In order to help his granddaughter save a small bar from the slimy loan shark holding a note on the place, Sam has to play pool like a pro...with a little help from Al and Ziggy.

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The Deciders
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7.83
6 votes

#13 - The Deciders

Cashmere Mafia - Season 1 - Episode 4

Caitlin can't resist flirting with the opposite sex. Mia tries to make her ex-fiance jealous with a new man. Juliet discovers another secret between her husband and his mistress. Zoe finds that she has some trust issues with her colleagues that she needs to address.

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Black on White on Fire
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7.82
334 votes

#14 - Black on White on Fire

Quantum Leap - Season 3 - Episode 7

August 11, 1965: Sam leaps into a black med. student engaged to a white woman in order to ensure that he and his fiancée survive the Watts Riot together.

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Moments to Live
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7.81
190 votes

#15 - Moments to Live

Quantum Leap - Season 4 - Episode 19

May 4, 1985: Sam is a soap opera heart surgeon and the obsession of a love-struck, if somewhat deranged fan. He must escape from the woman and her husband who kidnap him for reproductive purposes.

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Against All Enemies
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7.79
269 votes

#16 - Against All Enemies

JAG - Season 3 - Episode 7

International tensions mount as Harm, Mac and Bud board an aircraft carrier in the Sea of Japan to investigate the accidental shooting down of a North Korean civilian airline by Navy jets. While negligence on the part of the Navy fliers is indicated, Harm and Mac uncover evidence of a spy aboard the carrier. Meanwhile, the threat of war becomes real when a U.S. salvage vessel is sent to the site to help with the investigation and two North Korean warships threaten to sink it if both U.S. ships don't leave the area immediately.

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Sea Bride
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7.78
329 votes

#17 - Sea Bride

Quantum Leap - Season 2 - Episode 21

June 3, 1954: Aboard an ocean liner, Sam must stop the marriage of a young man's ex-wife to a mobster. In the process, he finds himself in one heck of a mess in the ship's garbage compartment.

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Feat of Clay
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7.76
176 votes

#18 - Feat of Clay

Birds of Prey - Season 1 - Episode 12

After a robber, Chris Cassius, breaks into a chemical factory and drinks a mixture that gives him the power to turn people to stone, Barbara cancels her vacation with her boyfriend, Wade. Unwilling to allow Barbara to continue neglecting her personal life, Alfred the Butler brings Wade to the clock tower and exposes her secret. Meanwhile, Helena goes to Arkham Asylum and interrogates a villain named Clayface, who possesses the same abilities as Chris, and learns a shocking fact about her past. She must race to prevent Chris from killing New Gotham's most powerful people at a charity fashion show.

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Darkness Falls
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7.73
2051 votes

#19 - Darkness Falls

The X-Files - Season 1 - Episode 20

When a group of loggers in the Washington State National Forest disappear in the same way that another group disappeared 50 years ago, Mulder and Scully go along to investigate and find themselves trapped in a cabin surrounded by flesh eating insects that only attack at night.

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The Church of Morgan
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7.72
206 votes

#20 - The Church of Morgan

Earth 2 - Season 1 - Episode 9

The marriage of Bess and Morgan is threatened. Julia sees Uly's arm sink into the earth and senses an unknown power in him. Frightened he calls his mother, but in her presence the earth remains solid.

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Washington Holiday
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7.70
394 votes

#21 - Washington Holiday

JAG - Season 2 - Episode 9

Harm is assigned to escort a rambunctious and ravishing Romanian princess, whose life has been threatened if her father petitions to join NATO. Meanwhile, Bud wrestles with starting a romance with Ens. Harriet Sims.

Water
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7.67
208 votes

#22 - Water

Earth 2 - Season 1 - Episode 8

With the Grendlers stealing reserves, the colonists must scan for bodies of much needed water. Danziger decides to head out in search of water and Devon insists on joining him.

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Love's Labour Mislaid
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7.65
182 votes

#23 - Love's Labour Mislaid

Northern Exposure - Season 4 - Episode 17

Maggie forgets about having sex with Joel. Holling and Ruth-Anne go out to find a Siberian Tit, a bird rarely seen in Alaska. Ed's uncle arranges a marriage for Ed; however the bride already has a boyfriend.

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Desert Son
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7.62
527 votes

#24 - Desert Son

JAG - Season 1 - Episode 4

During a maneuver, transposed digits lead to a fatal bombing of a unit's own men. This causes several seriously wounded and eventually one dead soldier. Lt. Rabb and Lt. Austin are assigned to investigate this case because the responsible man is none other than Jay Williams, the son of Gen. Williams. But it seems the case is clear since Jay confesses that this mistake was his fault. Locations: MCB Twenty-Nine Palms

Devil's Eyes
star
7.61
91 votes

#25 - Devil's Eyes

Birds of Prey - Season 1 - Episode 13

Having discovered that Helena is Huntress, Harley Quinn uses a machine that gives her metahuman hypnotic powers. She then hypnotizes Helena and persuades her to knock Barbara unconscious and steal an access disk. Barbara recovers and uses her subneural device to enable her to stand and fight Helena, eventually neutralizing the trance. But Harley uses the disk to gain complete control of the clock tower and, after killing Wade, she broadcasts the hypnotic signal to every television set in New Gotham. Working together with Alfred, Dinah, and Reese, Helena must infiltrate the clock tower and battle Harley and her cohorts before they gain control of the entire city.

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Play Ball
star
7.60
316 votes

#26 - Play Ball

Quantum Leap - Season 4 - Episode 2

August 6, 1961: A pitcher on a minor league baseball team, Sam must decide if he's there to help a fellow team member, get his host back into the major leagues, or baby-sit the porcine team mascot, all while resisting the amorous advances of the women in his life.

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Heart of a Champion
star
7.57
261 votes

#27 - Heart of a Champion

Quantum Leap - Season 3 - Episode 20

July 23, 1955: The heart of a champion belongs to Ronnie, a professional wrestler, who will die if he competes in the title match. Sam, as his brother and new partner Terry, must convince him of his hidden health problem, while avoiding his own health problem - the jealous wrestler-husband of a woman who has taken an amorous interest in Sam.

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Crime and Punishment
star
7.56
129 votes

#28 - Crime and Punishment

Dawson's Creek - Season 3 - Episode 15

Pacey seeks revenge after a vandalism attack on the mural Joey made at school; Andie's guilt for being unfaithful intensifies after learning the results of her college entrance exam.

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The Woman in the Tunnel
star
7.53
2115 votes

#29 - The Woman in the Tunnel

Bones - Season 1 - Episode 16

Brennan and Booth stumble upon a subterranean world of homeless people when they find the remains of a filmmaker in the ventilation shaft of an underground tunnel.

The Last Gunfighter
star
7.52
228 votes

#30 - The Last Gunfighter

Quantum Leap - Season 4 - Episode 14

November 28, 1957: Sam finds himself in the life of Tyler Meanes, a teller of tall tales who faces death at the hand of an old friend in a shootout at high noon.

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Promises, Promises
star
7.50
214 votes

#31 - Promises, Promises

Earth 2 - Season 1 - Episode 5

Alonzo Solace has often been visited by the Terrians through his dreams. This time it is a Terrian who needs the space pilot's help.

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Scott Free
star
7.48
154 votes

#32 - Scott Free

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 2

MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE - Jarod intercepts the role of a real safecracker to help a man who's being forced to participate in one more heist. Jarod also starts to feel the need of a father figure and turns to Sydney. Meanwhile, Brigitte tries to take control over Miss Parker's role in the capture of Jarod.

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Baby Love
star
7.41
180 votes

#33 - Baby Love

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 20

WYOMING(?) - After a close call with getting caught by Miss Parker, Jarod stumbles upon a baby who was thrown into a dumpster. Jarod takes the child and nurses it until he can find his parents while avoiding sinister authorities. At the same time, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots all follow clues that Jarod has dug up in reference to the meaning of SL-27.

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Chapter Fifty-Three
star
7.33
12 votes

#34 - Chapter Fifty-Three

Boston Public - Season 3 - Episode 9

A teen's pregnancy sensitizes Guber; a gang slaying deeply affects Kimberly and her prize student; romantic liaisons have differing impacts on Ronnie and Hanson.

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The Reluctant Hero
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7.33
123 votes

#35 - The Reluctant Hero

Dawson's Creek - Season 2 - Episode 8

Joey's "semi-date" with Jack prompts a resentful Dawson to join Jen at a bash where he saves her from doing some things she'll regret. Pacey proves his worth when Andie's mom has a psychotic break during their study session. Mitch cannot understand Dawson's views on their divorce.

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Games
star
7.33
191 votes

#36 - Games

seaQuest DSV - Season 1 - Episode 5

The crew of seaQuest rescue a warden and his only prisoner from beneath the ice cap. The prisoner escapes and reveals that he holds a deadly toxin which will be released unless the crew does as he says, which is launching the seaQuest's missiles against the UEO.

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Silence
star
7.30
136 votes

#37 - Silence

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 16

EL PASO, TEXAS - Jarod becomes a child psychologist to help a little boy, who witnessed the murder of a DEA agent, break out of his wall of silence. Back at the Centre, Mr. Raines is under tower review, thanks to Miss Parker. Things get worst for him when an old patient / project comes back to haunt him.

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Recovery
star
7.17
371 votes

#38 - Recovery

JAG - Season 1 - Episode 19

An evacuation training for a Space Shuttle team ends with a dead pilot caused by a broken cable. Harm and Meg investigate and soon determine that the cable was sabotaged. Harm's first suspect is promoted pilot Lt.Cdr. Lowry. As this is an important mission (repairing a spy satellite monitoring Southwest Asia) it can't be canceled. And since there isn't another eligible pilot, Lowry cannot be removed from the team. A training flight with Lowry and Harm on board has a fatal system malfunction - again sabotage. Lowrey can now be crossed out but the person responsible for these incidents must be found as the scheduled mission must proceed as planned. It is highly possible that there will be another 'unpleasant surprise' to stop this mission. Locations: AFB Vandenberg; Space

Chapter Thirty-Two
star
7.17
12 votes

#39 - Chapter Thirty-Two

Boston Public - Season 2 - Episode 10

Lauren asks Guber to go to a concert with her on the night of his three-month anniversary with Meredith and he accepts. Which causes Meredith to be extremely angry. Danny is having problems with religion in school. One of Ronnie's students attempts suicide and is pregnant because of a sex crime after she is pregnated for the purpose of having the child for her parents. Harvey moves onto the state finals with his speech and places in the top three.

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The Jersey Devil
star
7.12
2955 votes

#40 - The Jersey Devil

The X-Files - Season 1 - Episode 5

The murder of a homeless man that is very similar in detail to a murder committed in 1947 leads Mulder and Scully to a legendary man-beast roaming in the forest near Atlantic City.

Sammo Blammo
star
7.08
38 votes

#41 - Sammo Blammo

Martial Law - Season 2 - Episode 1

The MCU gets a new chief, Amy Dillon, after Winship retires. As soon as she takes up her appointment Sammo is kidnapped by a recently released thief and has a very complex bomb strapped to his chest. Daniel Darius, the thief, was part of a team who managed to steal over $50 million worth of art from an auction house. He was the only one who was caught and now he wants his share of the money. Problem is he has no idea who the rest of the team were and has only very brief descriptions of them. The MCU has only 8 hours to solve a 15 year old case before Sammo goes Blammo!

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Subject: Still I Rise
star
7.00
28 votes

#42 - Subject: Still I Rise

Freakylinks - Season 1 - Episode 7

Folks start seeing "Elvis-like" sightings of a rapper believed to have been gunned down. Derek and the group investigate and learn the rapper is really alive and faked his death to avoid supernatural pursuers. The group try to solve the mystery and protect the rapper at the same time. They must discover whether there is truth in his claims or whether this rapper is his own worst enemy.

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Deep in the Heart of Dixie
star
6.98
64 votes

#43 - Deep in the Heart of Dixie

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Season 1 - Episode 11

Brisco and Dixie are on the run from a hitman and his gang, who are trying to find Dixie and a vital piece of evidence she has.

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Chapter Sixteen
star
6.98
45 votes

#44 - Chapter Sixteen

Boston Public - Season 1 - Episode 16

Security tapes of the girls' shower room are missing... with footage of Lauren on them. Marla sends her entire class to the principal's office. Anthony's hit list is found. Lauren and Harry break up.

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Who Turned Out the Lights?
star
6.86
7 votes

#45 - Who Turned Out the Lights?

Chicago Hope - Season 2 - Episode 6

A violent storm on Halloween night knocks out the hospital's power immediately following the arrival of several auto-accident victims. Nyland and Atkisson briefly renew their romance. A new doctor shows up for duty, and is immediately put to work delivering a baby.