The BEST episodes directed by Michael Uppendahl
#1 - The Captain
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 12
Mickey and Daryll discover their loot is significantly less than they expected, but Mickey has a plan that sends them to the races. Abby is torn between her two potential protectors, Ray and Jim.
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#3 - Guilty as Sin
Marvel's Daredevil - Season 2 - Episode 8
As the firm's trial spins out of control, a figure from Murdock's past returns to deliver shocking revelations about the future of Hell's Kitchen.
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#4 - Fearful Pranks Ensue
American Horror Story - Season 3 - Episode 4
Fiona's choices rattle a decades-long truce between the Salem witches and Marie Laveau. The Council of Witchcraft pays a surprise visit to the academy with disturbing allegations.
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#5 - Rodef
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 11
Ray starts to make arrangements in case he gets arrested when Kate publishes her story. Meanwhile, Cookie gives Ray a million dollars to track down a stalkerazzi video of the shooting. Mickey's robbery doesn't quite go as planned when Terry gets left behind - and arrested. Plus, Shorty's oxygen tanks explode while Conor is waiting in the SRO, leading to a confrontation between Ray and Mickey. And Ezra tells Ray and Avi that Kate needs to be stopped.
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#6 - Tulip
Ray Donovan - Season 3 - Episode 8
Romero appears at the Fite Club, challenging Ray to repent for his sins.
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#9 - Volcheck
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 10
Ashley's stalker is back and making trouble again for Steve Knight - but when Ray intercedes, he learns that Steve is actually the dangerous one. Cochran gets a call from the President, nominating him for the FBI directorship - and vows to take the necessary steps to protect himself from the vetting process. Kate confronts Ray over the truth about his past, Abby tries to overcome her anxiety for Bridget's safety, and Mickey starts gathering the team for his robbery.
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#10 - I Am Anne Frank (1)
American Horror Story - Season 2 - Episode 4
A new patient exposes Arden's past. Kit learns why Grace was admitted to Briarcliff.
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#11 - A Girl Named Maria
Ray Donovan - Season 6 - Episode 6
A masked intruder with ties to the mayor makes a threat on Sam’s life. In looking for answers, Ray uncovers more than he bargained for. Now he’s got a target on his back and a friend whom he doesn’t know if he can trust. Searching for their ticket out of the country, Mickey and Bunchy board the Hampton Jitney. Bridget babysits her baby cousin, as Terry can’t stay away from his chance to fight again.
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#12 - Providence
TURN: Washington's Spies - Season 2 - Episode 8
Caleb sails into New York Harbor; France makes an alliance with the American Patriots; Andre and Peggy plan to elope.
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#13 - South Side Rules
Shameless (US) - Season 5 - Episode 10
Frank is having a ball with Bianca, his new sick friend and formerly uptight doctor. But when Bianca thinks Frank might be developing feelings for her she kicks him to the curb. Frank, however, returns to put up a fight.
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#14 - Hidden
The Hot Zone - Season 1 - Episode 6
A volatile situation inside the research facility comes to a head; Dr. Jaax steps up, but exhaustion threatens the precision needed to sterilize the threat; the press arrives, and neighbors become aware of the danger next door.
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#18 - Nor'easter
American Horror Story - Season 2 - Episode 3
A violent storm allows a group of patients to plan a daring escape. Sister Jude is haunted by her past.
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#19 - Thank You for Not Smoking
Becker - Season 5 - Episode 17
John feels like climbing the walls after Chris bans smoking from the diner and Margaret won't let him light up in the office. Elsewhere, Bob convinces Jake that Amanda is cheating on him after Jake unwittingly walks into the diner wearing lime green pants that are too small for him; and Linda persuades John to treat a friend's dog.
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#20 - Acceptable Limits
Manhattan - Season 1 - Episode 6
When Charlie is chosen to go on an important trip to Tennessee to see the country’s first plutonium reactor, tensions in the Isaacs’ marriage only deepen when Abby learns that Charlie is accompanied by Helen on his trip. Fritz has a medical emergency, and Frank’s attempt to intervene leads to a shocking discovery.
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#21 - Uber Ray
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 2
Ray forces Mickey to return to LA and brings him to Ed Cochran, who holds a press conference taking full credit for finding and killing Sully Sullivan. However, Kate McPherson, a Boston reporter, doesn't believe the story and begins to investigate his death. In a desperate bid to control his father Ray corrupts a parole officer and has him take over Mickey's case.
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#24 - If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Ray Donovan - Season 5 - Episode 7
For Bunchy's sake, Ray is forced to step in and save Mickey from himself. Terry returns to LA with a devastating confession. Daryll and Mickey butt heads over the direction of their movie. Bunchy helps out a fellow inmate - on the condition that he'll help retrieve the settlement money. And one Donovan goes to extreme measures to protect the family.
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#25 - Housewarming
Ray Donovan - Season 1 - Episode 6
Ray tries to shut down Van Miller's investigation by creating an incriminating video. Ezra is prepped for surgery, but he wanders off. Bunchy moves into his new house, but the housewarming party gets out control. Ray finds out that Mickey put his kids in danger and goes after him.
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#26 - The Unbelievable Wrongness of Talking
Becker - Season 6 - Episode 6
Chris gets frustrated when John repeatedly refuses to hold up his end of a conversation; Linda claims that she has met “the one,” but she soon gets a big surprise; and Hector tries to persuade Jake to invest in his latest get-rich-quick scheme.
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#27 - Eilu v' Eilu
Hunters (2020) - Season 1 - Episode 10
Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
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#28 - The Axeman Cometh
American Horror Story - Season 3 - Episode 6
Zoe, Queenie and Nan make contact with a dark spirit trapped in the academy. Cordelia's new power brings on a heartbreaking revelation.
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#29 - Christmas Waltz
Mad Men - Season 5 - Episode 10
Harry finds himself in an uncomfortable position after reconnecting with Paul Kinsey who has joined the Hare Krishnas. Lane takes drastic and unethical measures to get out of financial trouble. Don spends an afternoon with Joan to get her mind off her marital problems.
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#31 - Epiphany
TURN: Washington's Spies - Season 1 - Episode 5
Celeb and Ben follow mysterious orders; Washington's army crosses into enemy territory.
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#34 - Arrival
The Hot Zone - Season 1 - Episode 1
Dr. Nancy Jaax has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world handling deadly viruses; after a lab accident, she is faced with a possible Ebola outbreak on U.S. soil.
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#35 - Battle Royale
American Horror Story - Season 5 - Episode 11
Ramona draws vitality from an unlikely source. Sally uses her past to negotiate her future. Scarlett learns the truth of her family’s affliction.
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#36 - The Box
Castle Rock - Season 1 - Episode 4
Henry prepares for his day in court; a coffin arrives in Castle Rock.
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#41 - Live Bait
The Walking Dead - Season 4 - Episode 6
A familiar face returns as each member of the group struggles to find his or her humanity in a world of constant threats.
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#42 - The Beautiful Girls
Mad Men - Season 4 - Episode 9
Peggy is forced to face some unpleasant facts about a client's discriminatory business practices. Don and Faye's burgeoning relationship is tested when Sally runs away from home and turns up at the office. Roger tries to rekindle his affair with Joan.
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#44 - Ghost Stories
Scream Queens - Season 1 - Episode 9
Denise does little to calm the Kappas' fears when she spins a terrifying ghost story. Meanwhile, Hester's shocking announcement pushes Chanel to the edge, and a familiar face returns to campus as the Red Devil claims another victim.
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#47 - Cell H
The Hot Zone - Season 1 - Episode 2
Dr. Nancy Jaax and her lab partner, Dr. Peter Jahrling, must take matters into their own hands to determine the source of the virus before it spreads; Dr. Jaax convinces an employee to hand over samples from infected monkeys.
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#49 - The Assassination of Monica Lewinsky
American Crime Story - Season 3 - Episode 7
The world learns about the affair and Monica Lewinsky becomes the most famous woman in America.
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#50 - Severance
Castle Rock - Season 1 - Episode 1
Henry Deaver, a death-row attorney, confronts his dark past when an anonymous call lures him back to his hometown of Castle Rock, Maine.
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