The BEST episodes directed by Tucker Gates
#1 - Zodiac
Nash Bridges - Season 2 - Episode 8
After a nearly 20-year absence, the notorious San Francisco serial killer, ""Zodiac,"" returns to taunt Nash as well as haunt Nash's mentor (who has since retired). But is it the actual Zodiac, or just a lethal copycat? Meanwhile, Joe goes undercover as a bike messenger to nab a free-wheeling drug dealer.
#2 - Black and White
American Dreams - Season 1 - Episode 8
While preparing for the city championships, JJ (Will Estes) discovers some of Philadelphia's police officers have offered his teammates money to throw the game (although Tommy denies it at first), forcing him to question their integrity, as well as that of his police officer uncle Pete who stops by the house for a sudden strategy session. Meanwhile, Meg (Brittany Snow) who shows signs of affection for Luke, a record store clerk at the Vinyl Crocodile and Patty's new piano teacher, is upset with Roxanne's sudden interest in him.Turns out Roxanne was only pretending to like him, long enough so Meg would get jealous and admit she liked him. Elsewhere, Helen leaves the family for a rare girls night out with new age classmate Rebecca. Meanwhile Jack (still saddled with the TV's from the busted hotel deal),prompted by Henry's suggestion, expands his customer base to include a few black customers and Sam deals with backlash from his former friends over the impending game.
#3 - Two Minutes
Homeland - Season 8 - Episode 6
Upheaval in Washington brings an investigation to Kabul.
#4 - Home Invasion
Nash Bridges - Season 1 - Episode 2
A ruthless home invasion gang brutally attacks a Chinese family, killing the father. This is the seventh in a string of attacks. Nash and the SIU are confused since home invasions are a Vietnamese phenomenon and they rarely cross cultural or ethnic lines.
#5 - Telescope
The Job - Season 2 - Episode 3
Tommy lifts a telescope from a crime scene, which prompts hours of fun for the squad when they spy a topless yoga practitioner; Jan meets a good prospect when she tries ""speed dating""; Frank repeatedly tries to return a dead body to its rightful precinct.
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#6 - Dark Paradise
Bates Motel - Season 5 - Episode 1
Norman tries to keep up appearances despite a troubling discovery; Dylan and Emma receive a surprise guest.
#7 - He Be Tight. He Be Mean.
Ray Donovan - Season 6 - Episode 3
Ray is officially back working for Sam, and with Anita behind in the polls, they have to make a splash at the first mayoral debate. Darryl struggles with his leading man on the set of Mr. Lucky. Terry discovers a brutal new gym hidden in a warehouse in Brooklyn. And three generations of Donovans make their way from California to New York. Mickey’s coming, and no one knows what he has planned for his sons who betrayed him.
#8 - The Texan
Ray Donovan - Season 4 - Episode 8
After a public declaration from Marisol, Hector's rematch with Whittaker is cancelled. However, Ray enlists the help of Lena and Daryll to ensure the match proceeds. Meanwhile, an angry neighbor confronts the Donovans about Conor's reckless behavior. And Teresa's worsening depression causes her family to have her committed to a mental hospital.
#9 - Norman
Bates Motel - Season 4 - Episode 10
Norman plans a special event for his mother; Romero faces pressure due to his actions; and Dylan considers reaching out to Norman, but wants nothing to do with Norma.
#10 - The Comeback Kid
Parks and Recreation - Season 4 - Episode 11
Leslie enlists everyone's help in staging an attention-getting event. Ben takes up a new hobby, while April and Andy adopt a pet.
#11 - Maternal Instinct
Alias - Season 5 - Episode 11
Sydney receives an unexpected visit from Irina. Together with Jack, they travel to Vancouver to search for information about The Horizon, but the trio is ambushed. While Jack takes on Kelly Peyton, Sydney goes into labor.
#13 - Yo Soy Capitan
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 1
Just as Ray's life begins to return to normal, the FBI demands that he bring Mickey back from Mexico, where he is setting up a fight for Daryll. Abby, concerned that he won't face his abuse, forces Ray into therapy with her. Meanwhile Bunchy gets nervous about a job interview, Terry obsesses over his ex-girlfriend and Conor lands in hot water after assaulting a classmate.
#15 - Shadow of a Doubt
Bates Motel - Season 2 - Episode 2
Norma tries to distract Norman from his current obsession; Bradley needs help escaping from a dire situation; Romero is pressured to make an arrest; Dylan and Remo are kept on edge by a new worker.
#16 - All Must Be Loved
Ray Donovan - Season 3 - Episode 7
Ray is contacted by Romero. Bunchy joins Mickey against the Armenians.
#17 - All the Time in the World
Alias - Season 5 - Episode 17
Peyton tells Sloane that she has made a deal for the Rambaldi Sphere with an ally in China. Sloane arranges for stolen missiles to be sent to Hong Kong. Sloane's plan is revealed to the APO members, who race to stop him before he can use the Rambaldi Sphere to put the plan in motion. But this all leads to a long awaited confrontation between Sydney and Irina.
#18 - Sins of the Past
Terriers - Season 1 - Episode 11
Hank gets a second shot at the rape case that got him ejected from the police department in a mystery spanning multiple time periods.
#19 - What We Owe to Each Other
The Good Place - Season 1 - Episode 6
Eleanor distracts Michael from his search for the design flaw that's disrupting the neighborhood. Chidi horns in on Tahani and Jianyu's spa date.
#23 - Mercury Rising
Dark Skies - Season 1 - Episode 4
A dream is drawing Sayers to Florida. And though Bach isn't far behind, Loengard reluctantly agrees to help find the astronaut she's seeing. As Majestic prepares a space probe to locate the alien base, Kim and John arrive in Cape Canaveral where she spots Ty Yount, an astronaut who she thinks was with her on the alien ship. And while Yount admits he's been dreaming about her too, he's hustled away by crew mate Gary Augatreux - but not before slipping Kim a note requesting that they meet. Meanwhile, having survived his seemingly fatal encounter with the Loengard family in California, Majestic cloaker-turned alien Jim Steele continues his pursuit of John and Kim.
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#24 - The Immutable Truth
Bates Motel - Season 2 - Episode 10
A tragic event from the past haunts Norman; Norma tries to prevent Norman from making a terrible mistake; Romero and Dylan find a way to end the drug war; Emma makes a decision about her future.
#25 - Ron and Tammy II
Parks and Recreation - Season 3 - Episode 4
Tom tries to get back at Ron by going out on a date with Ron's ex-wife Tammy, while Leslie tries to protect Ron from falling prey to her charms. Meanwhile, April is assigned to work with Chris.
#26 - Achilles Heel
Homeland - Season 1 - Episode 8
As Carrie and Saul reel from the news that Walker is alive, the intelligence community clashes on the best way to capture him; Brody learns a shocking truth about his captivity.
#27 - Gone But Not Forgotten
Bates Motel - Season 2 - Episode 1
Norman fixates on Miss Watson's death; Dylan becomes involved in White Pine Bay's drug war; Bradley is driven to extremes as she searches for her father's killer; new romantic interests complicate the relationship between Norman and Emma.
#28 - The Truth
Bates Motel - Season 1 - Episode 6
Dylan asks Norman to move in with him; Norma warns Emma that some things are best kept to themselves.
#29 - A Pox on Our House
House - Season 7 - Episode 7
After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox. When the Center for Disease Control's Dr. Dave Broda institutes a lockdown on the hospital and suspends House's team's ability to diagnose, Masters grows suspicious of Broda's motives and becomes convinced that the patient is suffering from a different disease. The girl's father soon experiences similar symptoms, and House is forced to make a precarious decision that puts his own life in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Wilson and Sam comfort a 6-year-old chemotherapy patient who prompts them to examine their relationship.
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#30 - Women's Appreciation
The Office (US) - Season 3 - Episode 21
When Phyllis gets an unexpected eyeful from a flasher. Michael decides to take the women of the office on a special outing. Meanwhile, Dwight and Andy work to track down the flasher.
#31 - Fear, Itself
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4 - Episode 4
To help Buffy get over the pain of having been used by Parker, the gang head to a fraternity Halloween party expecting a few cheap scares and a bit of harmless fun. Unfortunately, some accidental magic turns the party into a house of horrors where everyone's fears come to life.
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#32 - Branch Closing
The Office (US) - Season 3 - Episode 7
Jan delivers the bad news to Michael that the Scranton Branch is closing. This leads Michael on a quest to keep up the staff's spirits. Meanwhile, everyone imagines what their lives will be like in the wake of the closure.
#33 - Lies, Amplifiers, F**king Twitter
Homeland - Season 7 - Episode 8
Carrie and Saul interrogate a suspect. Wellington makes a play.
#34 - Part VII
The Sinner - Season 1 - Episode 7
Cora journeys into the past, finally remembering the night in question.
#35 - Midnight
Bates Motel - Season 1 - Episode 10
Romero decides to take action; Norman brings Emma to the dance, but gets a ride home from Miss Watson.
#36 - The Horizon
Alias - Season 5 - Episode 9
Sydney teams up with Vaughn after being kidnapped and being placed in a hypnotic. What Sydney doesn't know is that the kidnapper is a very familiar face with an obscure interest in her unborn child.
#37 - The Road to Damascus
Carnivàle - Season 2 - Episode 6
On the road to Damascus, Nebraska, Samson and the troupe stop to help when they run into a rival troupe that has fallen on hard times. In Mintern, Dolan tries to help Iris and Justin find a solution to their legal problems while Iris is surprised when she learns of Justin's real plan: to frame Dolan for the ministry fire. Back at Carnivale, Rita Sue learns that Stumpy lost all of their money with gambling while he and Jonesy come to blows over Rita Sue. Ben and Sofie decide to explore their growing romantic relationship with sex when she tells him that she intends to leaves Carnivale and wants him to come with her. Also, Ruthie appears to have a psychic connection with Lotz when she briefly speaks in his voice to Lila. Also, Ben finally decides to go on ahead towards Damascus when he learns from Sampson about Stroud who's on Scudder's tail.
#38 - S U C K
Ray Donovan - Season 2 - Episode 4
With her investigation in full swing, Kate zeroes in on Mickey. Meanwhile, the appearance of Tiny, a former member of Sully's gang, jeopardizes Ed Cochran's career. Plus, Mr. Keith sends Mickey to work at a Mexican restaurant, Abby meets a new friend at the gun range and Bunchy encounters a potential love interest at the bike shop where he has gotten a job.
#39 - Did You Feel That?
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 6
Crews and Reese must track down a killer who escaped from prison after an earthquake hit Los Angeles.
#40 - Underwater
Bates Motel - Season 1 - Episode 9
Abernathy increases the pressure; Bradley and Dylan connect; Miss Watson encourages Norman's active imagination; Emma takes a trip.
#41 - Fall from Grace
House - Season 7 - Episode 17
A homeless man with a history of drug abuse is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro with burns and scars on his chest. Meanwhile, Cuddy reveals her guilt to Wilson about breaking up with House.
#42 - No Hard Feelings
Alias - Season 5 - Episode 15
Sydney now posing as Anna, brings Peyton a microchip with a device hidden in it. Meanwhile Sloane finishes translating page 47 and reports that only the chosen one can complete the circle, which leads Sark and Sydney on a dangerous mission to a prison. Rachel finally discovers Tom's secret about what happened to his wife.
#43 - The Apartment
Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Season 1 - Episode 18
Jake's crushing debt finally catches up to him, and he is in danger of losing his apartment, unless Gina can find a way to bail him out. Captain Holt and Sergeant Jeffords hold performance reviews for the entire precinct, and Rosa and Boyle have a run-in with one of the weekend squad officers.
#44 - Wet Foot/Dry Foot
CSI: Miami - Season 1 - Episode 3
An arm in a shark's gullet and a girl who was shot at sea lead the team to a smuggler who was running Cuban refugees and cocaine in a foundering ship.
#45 - Majority Rule
The Orville - Season 1 - Episode 7
When two Union anthropologists go missing on a planet similar to 21st century Earth, Ed sends a team led by Kelly to find them, but the mission quickly goes awry when they realize the society’s government is completely based on a public voting system to determine punishment.
#46 - Unconscious
Bates Motel - Season 3 - Episode 10
Norman's issues push Norma to the breaking point; Emma has an unexpected reaction to good news; Romero picks a side and seals his fate in the town; Caleb's decision brings about major life changes.
#47 - Hero
Angel - Season 1 - Episode 9
Doyle is presented with an opportunity for atonement when a band of frightened refugees seek his help.
#48 - A Death in the Family
Bates Motel - Season 3 - Episode 1
Norman and Emma make decisions regarding their future. Norma informs Norman of his boundaries. Meanwhile, Dylan's new start is complicated by an unexpected visit.
#49 - The Box
Bates Motel - Season 2 - Episode 9
Norma is desperate to connect with Norman; Dylan must decide if he should risk his life to save a loved one; Romero hopes a former colleague can help him determine Norman's involvement in a crime.
