The BEST episodes directed by Jonathan Frakes
#1 - Silence of the Dan
The Good Guys (2010) - Season 1 - Episode 16
While investigating a stolen painting at a doctor's house, Dan faints, and is restricted to desk duty until he recovers. Despite the handicap, Jack and Dan must find and capture the mysterious art thief, who may have left more at the crime scene than he intended.
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#2 - Then I'll Know…
Hindsight (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 5
Becca is given her first work assignment from Chester and Victoria, which leads to a road trip with Lolly and Paige to Chapel Hill. Jamie wants to make things right between Andy and Sean. Lolly runs into an old friend who could be something more. And a decision that Becca makes has dire consequences.
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#3 - The White Room
Roswell - Season 1 - Episode 21
Max finds himself in a white room with no windows or doors, facing questions by Agent Pierce. Isabel telepathically contacts Max, who leaves her clues to his location. Michael, Isabel and Tess then set out on a rescue mission.
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#6 - Those Old Scientists
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 2 - Episode 7
An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensign Brad Boimler through time from the twenty-fourth century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get him back where he belongs before he can somehow alter the timeline.
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#7 - Part Four: No Win Scenario
Star Trek: Picard - Season 3 - Episode 4
With time running out, Picard, Riker and crew must confront the sins of their past and heal fresh wounds, while the Titan drifts helplessly toward certain destruction within a mysterious space anomaly.
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#8 - Project Daedalus
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2 - Episode 9
When the Discovery crew infiltrates Section 31’s headquarters, suspicions arise that the crew may have a traitor in their midst. Burnham tries to help Spock but her efforts don’t go as planned.
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#9 - New Eden
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 2 - Episode 2
A new signal appears, prompting Stamets’ emotional return to the mycelial network and leading Burnham, Pike and Owosekun to a pre-warp planet, where they face a complex ethical dilemma. Tilly’s overeagerness lands her in trouble but when the planet – and Discovery’s landing party – are threatened, her curiosity may be the one thing that can save them.
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#10 - The Final Frontier
Castle (2009) - Season 5 - Episode 6
When a body is found at a sci-fi convention, Castle and Beckett are warped into the heart of fandom -- a world of egotistic celebrities, diehard costumed fans and enough drama for two galaxies.
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#11 - The Search (2)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3 - Episode 2
Odo begins to connect with his fellow Changelings as Sisko attempts to negotiate peace with the Dominion.
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#12 - The Lonely Hearts Job
Leverage - Season 4 - Episode 15
While searching for a philanthropist’s missing wife, the team comes up against a grifter ring running a web of sophisticated “Sweetheart Scams”. Now, Nate must learn how to steal hearts… or risk losing Sophie’s for good.
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#13 - Part Three: Seventeen Seconds
Star Trek: Picard - Season 3 - Episode 3
Picard grapples with an explosive, life-altering revelation, while the Titan and her crew try to outmaneuver a relentless Vadic in a lethal game of nautical cat and mouse. Meanwhile, Raffi and Worf uncover a nefarious plot from a vengeful enemy Starfleet has long since forgotten.
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#15 - Impact
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 5 - Episode 2
In an effort to help Sam and Deeks return to work, Hetty calls upon Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to help them cope with their traumatic experience. Meanwhile, the rest of the NCIS: LA team investigates the murder of a former Navy Admiral and a controversial journalist aboard a private jet.
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#17 - Enemy of My Enemy
Burn Notice - Season 5 - Episode 6
The CIA abandons Sam after he goes undercover with a heroin dealer while trying to recover a weapon. Meanwhile, Pearce continues searching for Max's killer.
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#18 - The Queen's Gambit Job
Leverage - Season 4 - Episode 10
Jim Sterling asks Nate for help taking down a researcher who has designed a nuclear weight that will allow a terrorist nation to manufacture enriched uranium. However, it soon becomes clear that the Interpol agent has an ulterior motive, one which isolates Nate, gets Sophie arrested, and takes Eliot out of commission.
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#21 - Job Security
King & Maxwell - Season 1 - Episode 8
King and Maxwell are hired to locate a stolen cell phone and are immediately put to the test when the search turns into an unexpected partnership with the CIA. Meanwhile, Sean receives some interesting information regarding the Ritter assassination.
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#22 - The Morning After Job
Leverage - Season 3 - Episode 13
To get a violent hedge fund manager to reveal information that could lead to Damien Moreau, the Leverage team convinces the man that he has murdered Parker, not knowing that their con has made the rogue financier the target of assassins.
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#23 - Sanctuary
The Orville - Season 2 - Episode 12
Ed discovers that Moclans aboard The Orville are harboring a secret.
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#24 - Absolute Candor
Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 - Episode 4
The crew's journey to Freecloud takes a detour when Picard orders a stop at the planet Vashti, where Picard and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees 14 years earlier. Upon arrival, Picard reunites with Elnor, a young Romulan he befriended during the relocation. Meanwhile, Narek continues his attempts to learn more about Soji while Narissa's impatience with his lack of progress grows.
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#25 - Kill the Messenger
Castle (2009) - Season 2 - Episode 8
After a bike messenger, carrying a package with content that is able to free a wrongly convicted man from prison, is brutally murdered, Castle and Beckett need to investigate the case. But they are surprised to find out that the tragic death is linked to another murder case previously investigated by Captain Montgomery. Now, in order to solve the new murder, Castle and Beckett must dig deep and discover all the secrets of a prominent New York family.
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#26 - Cause and Effect
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 - Episode 18
Stardate: 45652.1 - While exploring the Typhon Expanse, the Enterprise is caught in a time warp in which they are repeatedly destroyed while colliding with another starship.
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#27 - Official Business
Burn Notice - Season 6 - Episode 9
The CIA recruits Fiona to break into a guarded safe after a civilian asset winds up in over her head with a black market entrepreneur. Meanwhile, Sam and Jesse visit a mercenary training camp in hopes of finding the whereabouts of an exceptionally skilled sniper.
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#28 - Sirens
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 8 - Episode 10
After an unknown female assailant kills two men disguised as Sherriff’s deputies in front of Callen’s home, the NCIS team gets a new lead in the ongoing mole investigation. Also, Nell visits a prison to interview an inmate withholding information on the department’s leak.
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#29 - Blye, K. (1)
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 3 - Episode 16
The team searches for new evidence to prove Kensi Blye’s innocence after she is taken into custody as the lead suspect in a murder investigation involving her deceased father’s sniper unit.
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#31 - Despite Yourself
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1 - Episode 10
While in unfamiliar territory, the U.S.S. Discovery crew is forced to get creative in their next efforts to survive opposing and unprecedented forces and return home.
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#32 - Acceptable Loss
Burn Notice - Season 5 - Episode 17
A friend of Jesse asks the team to help take out his boss, who has been smuggling blood diamonds into the country with the help of diplomatic immunity. Michael asks Pearce for help transferring a prisoner who may be able to provide him with information on Anson.
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#34 - Journey to Xibalba
Falling Skies - Season 3 - Episode 9
Tom uncovers confidential intelligence about the heart of the alien operation. Meanwhile, Charleston prepares to mount an offensive against the Espheni, but a massive explosion brings the operation to a halt. And the identity of the mole is finally uncovered, but not before more blood has been shed.
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#35 - The Gimme a K Street Job
Leverage - Season 5 - Episode 5
When a cheerleader is injured through corporate negligence, Parker takes over the role of the cheerleading squad's disgraced coach while the other members of the Leverage team attempt to get safety legislation passed in Congress.
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#36 - People of Earth
Star Trek: Discovery - Season 3 - Episode 3
Finally reunited, Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery crew journey to Earth, eager to learn what happened to the Federation in their absence.
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#37 - Don't Tase Me, Bro
The Good Guys (2010) - Season 1 - Episode 9
Dan goofs up when he accidentally outs a witness in the Witness Protection Program. While a hitman from a dangerous crime family searches for the witness to keep the testimony buried, Jack and Dan team up with a U.S. Marshal to protect the innocent and stop the bad guys' nefarious plot.
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#38 - Past Tense (2)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3 - Episode 12
Sisko assumes the role of a pivotal historic figure in order to restore the timeline.
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#39 - A Very Important Date
Hindsight (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Lolly breaks her tradition with Becca and decides to go to Grumpy Rick's annual Halloween party with Jamie. The party gives Becca a chance to make a play for Andy. Sean's back in town from the honeymoon and it appears he's moved on to someone new.
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#40 - The Fast and the Furriest
Castle (2009) - Season 5 - Episode 20
When Castle and Beckett find giant footprints at the site of a vicious murder, the team is forced to confront the unlikely theory that Bigfoot is the killer. But as they trek into the world of primate research, big game hunting and mythological creatures, they realize that finding the man (or beast) responsible may put them on the endangered species list.
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#41 - The Scream
Switched at Birth - Season 3 - Episode 6
Kathryn’s murder mystery party quickly gets complicated when both John and Kathryn discover something about each other. Bay tries to get an invite to Tank’s fraternity luau. Meanwhile, Daphne plans a 21st birthday party for Campbell
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#42 - Art Like Love is Dedication
Switched at Birth - Season 4 - Episode 8
Bay tries to figure out how she can pursue an art career. Regina invites Eric and his son to stay with her temporarily. Mingo asks Daphne to hang out. Meanwhile, Kathryn offers to help Travis with his English.
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#43 - And Then There Was One
Persons Unknown - Season 1 - Episode 12
When the group goes searching for Janet and Ulrich, they discover all their supplies have disappeared. After finding the pair, they turn to Ulrich for help, but soon realize they are left on their own to survive. Meanwhile, Kat and Renbe receive crucial information from a medical examiner that leads them dangerously close to "The Program."
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#45 - Behind the Music
Roswell - Season 3 - Episode 8
When an old love visits Maria her passion for music resurfaces, which jeopardizes her relationship with Michael. Meanwhile, while Max's father is still trying to put together all the pieces of his investigation, Isabel joins Max in the quest to stop him.
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#47 - Stealing Fire
Powers (2015) - Season 2 - Episode 4
New evidence suggests the main suspect in Retro Girl’s murder may be a rare Power gone rogue. With contempt between the Powers Division and the FBI escalating to a breaking point, Walker attempts to gain Agent Lange’s trust.
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#48 - The Chase
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 6 - Episode 20
Picard's old archaeology professor is found murdered, the crew try to complete his research. Soon, the crew must compete with Romulans and Klingons and Cardassians to uncover the truth behind his discoveries.
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#49 - Pria
The Orville - Season 1 - Episode 5
After the crew saves a stranded ship and its attractive captain, Ed becomes smitten with the Orville’s new guest, while Kelly suspects all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Gordon attempts to teach Isaac the art of pulling off a practical joke.
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#50 - Stardust City Rag
Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 - Episode 5
The La Sirena crew begin an unpredictable and lively expedition on Freecloud to search for Bruce Maddox. When they learn Maddox has found himself in a precarious situation, a familiar face offers her assistance.
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