The BEST episodes directed by Victor Lobl
#1 - My Kingdom for a Horse
Knots Landing - Season 14 - Episode 16
Diana tells Karen she should give Mac another chance. Greg buys a racehorse for $10 million. Anne and Nick decide to kidnap it and ask for a $4 million ransom, so they can run away together. Unfortunately, Greg insured it for $15 million, so he won't pay the ransom. Then he discovers Nick and Anne have it. Vanessa and Tom sleep together. She tells him that she ran away from Treadwell because he was bored with her, and she thought he would kill her. She came to LA, and Nick threatened to tell Treadwell where she was. One of Treadwell's men drops off a case for Nick at the restaurant. Vanessa pries it open, and it's a high-powered rifle.
#2 - Lessons
Max Headroom - Season 2 - Episode 7
Network 23 censors go a step too far when they try to shut own a secret school in the fringes, because it's using pirated Network 23 instructional programming.
#3 - Academy
Max Headroom - Season 2 - Episode 1
Network 23 becomes the victim of signal zipping - illegal interruption of their satellite feed. When Bryce tracks the zipping to Big Time Television, Reg is arrested and sent for trial by gameshow on ""You the Jury"". Meanwhile Edison and Theora trace the real zippers to the Academy of Computer Sciences, and Bryce's old schoolfriends.
#4 - Whackets
Max Headroom - Season 2 - Episode 5
A video narcotic is causing people to leave their TVs tuned to Big Time Television twenty-four hours a day.
#5 - Dog Day Hospital
St. Elsewhere - Season 1 - Episode 18
Helen returns to work following her mastectomy; Fiscus and Daniels visit his aunt Sirca; a pregnant woman invades the OR and holds Ehrlich and Dr. Craig hostage while demanding to see the doctor who performed her husband's vasectomy.
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St. Elsewhere - Season 2 - Episode 4
Dr. Craig performs the transplant amidst a publicity barrage; Morrison tries to adjust to his loss; Luther and Fiscus split an investment in silver futures; and Rosenthal counsels a group on breast cancer.
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St. Elsewhere - Season 2 - Episode 9
White diagnoses a case of AIDS in a Boston city councilman; Dr. Ridley tries to help a tennis prodigy deal with pressure from her ambitious father; and Daniels and Ehrlich try to run a blood drive amidst a blizzard and rumors about the AIDS patient.
#8 - Craig in Love
St. Elsewhere - Season 1 - Episode 20
Dr. Craig continues to enjoy Dr. Anya's companionship; Morrison worries over White's erratic behavior; and Chandler becomes upset over the casual attitude everyone seems to taking towards his malpractice suit.
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#9 - The Watcher
Beauty and the Beast - Season 2 - Episode 15
Catherine is harrassed by a peeping tom. The worst part is that this man has seen Vincent!
#10 - Graveyard
St. Elsewhere - Season 1 - Episode 11
Dr. Samuels breaks up a late night poker game to perform emergency surgery on a gunshot victim; Morrison lets a Chinese couple perform a folk healing ritual on their dying son; and Ralph's manic stage reaches a crescendo.
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#11 - In the Pale Moonlight
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6 - Episode 19
Stardate: 51721.3 Sisko and Garak lure the Romulans into the Dominion war in order to get them to join the Federation/Klingon Alliance. Without them, the Federation and Klingon Empire would eventually lose the war and fall under Dominion rule.
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#12 - P.S. I Love You (2)
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 5 - Episode 32
David tells Brandon about Kelly and Allison, and Brandon humiliates Kelly with his drunken ramblings. The police pull over Brandon and arrest him when a joint is found in Val's car. He clears the air with Kelly before heading home, and refuses another reconciliation attempt. After learning that Tom Rose knew his father, Dylan tries to contact Christine. Rose traces the call and takes Dylan up in a tram car, where his goons hold him over the edge. Dylan and Brandon end up sharing a bus ride home. Dylan plots to track down and kill his father's murderer. Brandon learns that the house has been sold, and he must move in two weeks. Ray knocks Donna down the stairs. She suffers an arm injury, and is unnerved when her mother suddenly gives Ray her approval. Valerie tells Donna that she saw Ray push her Steve discovers that his goddess is a man.
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#13 - Nevermore
Beauty and the Beast - Season 3 - Episode 4
Elliott goes to Joe's apartment (#751) because Joe's on a leave of absence from work in order to stop him from investigating Catherine's death. Elliott gives Joe the address of the building where Catherine was killed (1900-6th Avneue, tower off of 53rd Street) and warns Joe not to trust Moreno, the current D.A., because Catherine was betrayed by someone working in the D.A.'s office and because Moreno put Joe on a leave of absence and insisted that Joe stop investigating Catherine's death. That night, Joe goes to Moreno's office and accosts him. He also throws the address out at Moreno and gets a reaction! Moreno meets Gabriel and tells him about Joe's accusations. Moreno tells Gabriel that he'll handle Joe and dispose of Elliott Burch himself. Private investigator Cleon Manning (working for Elliott) is killed by Gabriel's hitmen as a warning to back off the case. Elliott has his first meeting with Vincent at the abandoned carousel in Central Park. Diana goes to Catherine's apartment and finds the secret entrance to the 'threshold Below' in the sub-basement of the apartment building. Diana brings the withered rosebush from Catherine's apartment back to her own.
#14 - P.S. I Love You (1)
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 5 - Episode 31
Jim and Cindy leave for Hong Kong. Kelly wants to continue her relationship with Brandon, but he cannot get over the rejected marriage proposal. Steve and Donna head to Palm Springs for an Alpha/KEG convention. A contrite Ray agrees to accompany Donna. Rush tries to set up Steve with a business associate's daughter. Steve is more interested in the Cadillac-driving "goddess" he keeps encountering. Brandon and Valerie decide to head to Palm Springs to avoid the caravan of potential buyers who have overrun the house. Brandon goes on a drinking binge and finds himself tempted by Valerie. Kelly postpones her trip to the convention to spend the day with Allison but is very secretive. David and Clare see them together and get the wrong idea. Allison admits her love for Kelly, who is not interested. Dylan's plans to visit his mother and sister are nixed when Charley finds an investor for the movie.
#15 - Release
St. Elsewhere - Season 1 - Episode 12
A sadistic doctor orders White to get his first autopsy consent; an old friend of Dr. Craig's checks in a sex-change operation; Chandler takes over the case of the John Doe gunshot victim; and Drs. Samuels and Paxton argue over the care of a patient after renewing their intimate relationship.
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#16 - Sins of the Father (2)
Diagnosis Murder - Season 8 - Episode 13
Mark must find out why his dad left him as a child.
#17 - The Killing Game (2)
Star Trek: Voyager - Season 4 - Episode 19
Stardate: 51715.2 - The crew must find a way to defeat the Hirogen and reclaim Voyager.
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#18 - The Rest Is Silence
Beauty and the Beast - Season 2 - Episode 22
A stress-aggravated illness triggers Vincent's collapse. Vincent goes far back through the catacombs of the tunnels to hide in a cave. While in there he continually growls and thrashes about as if he's gone mad. Catherine goes after him because she says that she can't stand to see him like that. After all he is the love of her life.
#19 - Orphans
Beauty and the Beast - Season 2 - Episode 12
Catherine's father dies and Vincent allows her to come below to grieve. He also makes her go back above because he knows that she does not belong there no matter how he feels. Catherine finally agrees and goes back above.
#20 - Gangland (2)
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 8
Susan Gibney [ Maya ], David Marciano [ Eddie Michaels ], Michelle Stafford [ Trish ], Robert Bailey Jr. [ CJ ], Rusty Burns [ Betsy ], Richard Cody [ Kip ], George W. Hartmann [ Tommy ], William Newman [ Chester Chumley ], Kathleen Lloyd [ Emma Bornstein ], Kevin McNally [ Paramedic ], Aaron J. Meeks [ Dion ], John W. Johnston [ Rick ], Patricia Place [ Mrs. Palmer ], Daniel Zacapa [ Waiter ], Channon Roe [ Lucas (uncredited) ] rc: Med Student Alex Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.
#21 - The Patient Detective
Diagnosis Murder - Season 8 - Episode 5
Steve nearly dies in a car accident. While in hospital and under the influence of sedation drugs, he witnesses a murder. However, no one believes him.
#22 - Gangland (1)
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 7
Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.
#23 - The Omega Directive
Star Trek: Voyager - Season 4 - Episode 21
Stardate: 51781.2 - Voyager is forced out of warp by the detection of a dangerous and powerful particle called 'Omega' which only Janeway and Seven of Nine know about on board the ship. Due to the nature of the particle, only Starfleet Captains are informed and are ordered to destroy it at all costs, as it has the power to destroy subspace. Janeway must enlist the help of the senior crew on a need-to-know basis in order to destroy it safely.
#24 - In the Forests of the Night
Beauty and the Beast - Season 3 - Episode 10
Rolley is shot while trying to rob a liquor store. He then returns below. Vincent destroys Gabriel's drug house. Vincent entrusts Snow's ring to Diana.
#25 - Out of the Past
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 23
When a girl cop is brought in wounded, Jesse patches her up and dates her, but as Amanda finds and brings her out, she sets him up for a staged scary ride.
#26 - Everything's Coming Up Roses
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 6 - Episode 4
Donna, Kelly, Clare and Valerie try out for the Tournament of Roses Court. The other girls only wish to secure invitations to a ball, but Donna elects to proceed with the tryouts. Felice does not approve of this decision, leaving Donna confused. Colin opts out of the party to work on his mural, but later shows up with Valerie. Kelly throws a hissy fit before Colin explains that nothing is going on. Brandon and Susan cover the Rose Court tryouts for the newspaper, and attend the party together. When they return to the newsroom, Susan grabs Brandon and kisses him. Steve pretends to be sensitive as he woos a woman in a chat room. Clare asks Steve to escort her to the ball. He cuts the date short to meet with his on-line sweetheart, only to find out that it is Clare! Donna and Ray miss the ball because he has to perform at Jessica's birthday party. Toni surprises Dylan when they go motorcycle riding. Dylan admits to Brandon that he is falling for her. David grows tired of watching after his lonely mother. He and Val stop by Sheila's apartment and find an ambulance; Sheila has attempted suicide. Music: 'Devil With the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly' by Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, 'Hold On' performed by Jamie Walters, 'In the Mood' / 'Moonlight Serenade' by Glenn Miller.
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#27 - Sins of the Father (1)
Diagnosis Murder - Season 8 - Episode 12
A young woman is assassinated while Dr. Mark Sloan is examining her, setting off an investigation that plunges Mark into dark memories of his own childhood.
#28 - Though Lovers Be Lost (1)
Beauty and the Beast - Season 3 - Episode 1
Catherine finds out while visiting Joe in the hospital that she is pregnant. As she heads to her car in the parking garage she is kidnapped. Due to Vincent's recent illness he can not sense where she is. He knows nothing of the child that she carries. The kidnappers lock her in a cell. They want only the child. They think that if they take the baby they will get Vincent to emerge and that is exactly what they want. They continue to hold Catherine captive as Vincent frantically searches for her. It seems completely hopeless without his sense of her. Yet he vows to find her no matter the cost.
#29 - Trial
Beauty and the Beast - Season 2 - Episode 17
Catherine prosecutes a case of fatal child abuse. The wife won't testify against her husband.
#30 - Hot House
Diagnosis Murder - Season 8 - Episode 7
An abusive man who, along with four other people, was a contestant on a reality show is murdered while living in a house that is monitored 24 hours a day. After the killing, Mark enters the house as the man's replacement to see if he can uncover what happened.
#31 - Everything is Everything
Beauty and the Beast - Season 1 - Episode 19
After faking that Catherine hit him young Tony Ramos winds up living with Catherine. She tries to help him by talking to Vincent. Vincent tries to help as well. But it is Tony who winds up trying to reverse unjust banishment of his family before a Gypsy court.
#32 - For the Uniform
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 5 - Episode 13
Stardate: 50485.2 Sisko encounters Eddington, his former security chief turned Maquis traitor, and he is more desperate to capture him than ever.
#33 - Who Mourns for Morn?
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6 - Episode 12
Stardate: Unknown It is announced that Morn has died and has left his entire estate to Quark. But claiming his inheritance lands him in a web of lies and deceit over the nature of Morn's wealth.
#34 - Realpolitik
Northern Exposure - Season 6 - Episode 10
Maggie gets elected mayor. Joel invites Phil up river, for a game of golf and a test. Michelle covers Maggie's first city council meeting as mayor and Maggie makes her first motion for a centrally located dumpster but runs into opposition from the fiscal-restraint minded crowd. Maggie's power as mayor becomes a turn on for Chris. Marilyn invests money in a stud dog that doesn't want to mate.
#35 - Murder at BBQ Bob's
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 20
Steve teams with a Naval Investigator when the apparent suicide of a military officer turns into a cold-blooded murder.
#36 - Girls on the Side
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 5 - Episode 28
Kelly becomes depressed after making the cover of Seventeen, as she fears that she will never regain her past looks. Steve and Jackie try to convince her to continue her modeling career. Kelly has a chance meeting with Allison's girlfriend Dana, who gives her the brush-off. Kelly tries to visit Allison at the burn center, but she refuses to see her. Kelly talks to Dana's new girlfriend, who reveals that Allison dumped Dana because she is in love with Kelly. Allison calls Kelly and asks to see her after she is released from the hospital. Ray returns to town, and LuAnn gets drunk before his first performance. David and Clare take her home, and she babbles about Ray's affair with Valerie. David and Clare confront them, but decide not to tell Donna. Charley grows tired of seeing Dylan moon over Kelly; he encourages him to make a move. Jesse is offered a clerkship in Boise. Andrea offers her support, although she is less than thrilled by the move. Jesse turns down the offer because he doesn't want to force Andrea to give up her dreams of medical school. Music: 'Six Days on the Road' by Dave Dudley, 'In the Midnight Hour' by Wilson Pickett, 'One Night In Heaven' by M People.
#37 - A Happy Life
Beauty and the Beast - Season 1 - Episode 22
Catherine's pain about her fragmented life almost causes her to end her relationship with Vincent.
#38 - The Cradle Will Rock
Diagnosis Murder - Season 8 - Episode 6
A nurse's husband is murdered and a teen who works at the hospital and who also had a torrid love affair with the nurse is the prime suspect, but Mark isn't convinced that the young man is the killer.
#39 - The Deception
V - Season 1 - Episode 4
Kyle Bates becomes involved in the Resistance when they are attempting to secretly move Elizabeth to safety in New York. Mike Donovan awakens to seemingly the ideal life with news that Earth has triumphed against the alien invaders. Alas, it's a holographic ruse by the Visitors aimed at gathering information about the Starchild.
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#40 - Prodigal Daughter
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 7 - Episode 11
Stardate: Unknown Miles O'Brien disappears while on a secret trip to New Sydney, which is in a system where Ezri's mother owns a mining company. While on her journey, Ezri is reunited with her estranged family.
#41 - Trust
Touched by an Angel - Season 2 - Episode 2
Monica becomes a rookie cop to help a policeman who is returning to duty after being shot and is addicted to pain pills. She tries to help him regain his confidence and recover from drug addiction.
#42 - Amazing Grace (1)
Touched by an Angel - Season 3 - Episode 19
Tess revisits the Greenes. She tells them God says Josh needs to go with Tess. Josh has to help Monica see, since she is temporarily blinded. They travel to a city filled with tension. Part 2 of the cross-over continues on Promised Land S01E17.
#43 - At Risk
Touched by an Angel - Season 3 - Episode 24
The angels try to help troubled teens that commit crimes by matching them up to disabled children.
#44 - Nothing But Net
Touched by an Angel - Season 4 - Episode 3
The angels must help a teen and a basketball player. The basketball player is an aggressive player and lives his life with anger. His fan is the teen who wants to live his life like the player.
#45 - Children of the Night
Touched by an Angel - Season 4 - Episode 4
The angels must help some homeless children who have banded together to be a family. They need a secure place to live and to find their faith again.
#46 - Sandcastles
Touched by an Angel - Season 4 - Episode 7
Monica and Rafael have a day off and go to the beach. Their vacation is cut short when they find a message in a bottle from someone asking for help.
#47 - Mother's Day
Touched by an Angel - Season 6 - Episode 25
Monica, Tess and Andrew return to see Audrey Carmichael, now an alcoholic and still angry over her son’s death. Emma, another angel, shows up to assist, and Andrew later gets in touch with a woman who may have a connection to Audrey.
#48 - A Feather on the Breath of God
Touched by an Angel - Season 9 - Episode 5
A woman with a young child begins to work at a funeral home to earn money to pay for her own funeral. Unbeknownst to the funeral director, they are father and daughter.
#49 - Alone at the Top
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 5 - Episode 22
Valerie buys the Peach Pit After Dark from Rush. She threatens to fire Ray unless he resumes their relationship. Ray refuses to give in and decides to go on tour. Donna is furious with David for failing to defend Ray. Peter rents a motel room so that he and Andrea can have some privacy for their liaisons. Dylan rebuffs Valerie's advances; she tempts him by leaving a joint at his house. He tries to smoke it, but cannot light it due to heavy wind. The incident prompts Dylan to visit his friend Charley from rehab, who is now managing his family's motel. The student body demands action from Brandon following a rash of thefts on campus. Panic sweeps across the university after a woman is raped in broad daylight. David's roommate Lenny, a loner in his late twenties, is questioned about the crime. Music: 'Why' / 'Hold On' performed by Jamie Walters, 'Little Red Book' by Love, 'In a Broken Dream' by the Faces.
#50 - Swan Song
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 22
Mark's old friend, singer Danielle Marsh, visits and begins exhibiting erratic behavior while dodging attempts on her life. Mark attempts to fight through Marsh's defensive barriers to help his friend.