Best TV episodes of 2009.
My favourite episodes released in 2009.
Rated at least 8/10.
Contains episodes from the following TV series:
8* House MD.
6* Supernatural, Fringe.
5* Dexter, How I Met Your Mother.
4* Breaking Bad.
2* LOST.
1* The Inbetweeners, Smallville.
Rated at least 8/10.
Contains episodes from the following TV series:
8* House MD.
6* Supernatural, Fringe.
5* Dexter, How I Met Your Mother.
4* Breaking Bad.
2* LOST.
1* The Inbetweeners, Smallville.
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- DirectorSteve ShillStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter and Arthur find themselves on a collision course, as Debra unearths a shocking long-hidden truth, Rita admits her marriage to Dexter is troubled, and Batista and LaGuerta face the consequences of an ethics breach. Season Finale.9/10.
Season 4, Episode 12.
Dexter: We create our own destiny every day we live.
Dexter: How is it I can kill people and feel no regret, but disappointing Rita makes me feel like the scum of the earth?
Dexter: It all begins with a getaway. Time away from the old me. Life doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be lived.
Dexter: I thought I could change what I am, keep my family safe. But it doesn’t matter what I do, what I choose. I’m what’s wrong. This is fate. - DirectorColin BuckseyStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Skyler have a baby girl. Now that Jesse is hooked on heroin, Walt refuses to give him his money until he gets clean. Meanwhile, as an excuse for his money, Walt decides to donate the money to himself through his son's new website.9/10.
Season 2, Episode 12.
Donald: You can't give up on them, ever. I mean...What else is there? [besides family] - DirectorAdam KaneStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesColin FordSam and Dean investigate a haunting at one of their old high schools where we will see what school was like for the brothers back in 1997.9/10.
Season 4, Episode 13.
Dean: Go nuts! - DirectorBen PalmerStarsSimon BirdJames BuckleyBlake HarrisonOn a field trip to the Dorset coast Jay fails to locate the mythical housewife who deflowers schoolboys, Neil becomes a (paedophile) teacher's pet and Will and Simon fall out over pretty new girl Lauren. To cut their losses the boys take a boat around the bay but Simon falls in and ends up nude in front of the whole coach party with only a sock to cover his modesty.9/10.
Season 2, Episode 1. - DirectorAndrew BernsteinStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsThe team tries to diagnose a condition that leaves the patient saying anything that he thinks, no matter whom it hurts, and Wilson raises House's antennae when he passes up a monster truck rally.-9/10.
Season 5, Episode 17. - DirectorS.J. ClarksonStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter must buy time to protect himself when Debra's investigation brings the department one step away from identifying Arthur as the Trinity Killer; Rita confides in Dexter, but is disappointed in the result.8+/10.
Season 4, Episode 11.
Trinity: Hello, Dexter Morgan! - DirectorKatie JacobsStarsHugh LaurieRobert Sean LeonardFranka PotenteHouse fights his doctors, the staff and his fellow patients when he's forced to stay in the psychiatric hospital under threat of permanently losing his medical license.8+/10.
Season 6, Episode 1. - DirectorJohn DahlStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter gets some much-needed R&R time with Rita and the kids out of town, leading to his stalking of a new victim - until he unexpectedly begins to empathize with his target, a cop that murdered her family.8+/10.
Season 4, Episode 4.
Dexter: Let the good times roll.
Angel: I'm having intimate relations with LaGuerta.
Debra: Stay with me...
Dexter Morgan: I'm not that kind of sicko. - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 11. - DirectorBrad AndersonStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickDavid Robert Jones comes out of hiding following an attempt on Nina Sharp's life while Walter leaves accompanied by the mysterious Observer.8+/10.
Season 1, Episode 20.
Peter: You don't say? - DirectorCharles HaidStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's disappearance is met with investigation by both his wife and Hank, as Tuco Salamanca intends to leave town with his kidnapped cooks.8+/10.
Season 2, Episode 2. - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse and his team treat a patient who had his brain split in half, now it seems like one side of his brain is causing some health/behavioral issues. House plays games with Cuddy over the night he detoxed, and those events will cause major changes. Cameron and Chase come to a decision.8+/10.
Season 5, Episode 24. - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 13.
Skyler: Whatever it is, I'm afraid to know. - DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse is injured in a motorcycle accident. While recovering, he finds an accident victim suffering from a brain injury. House tries to prove the brain damage caused the accident, not vice versa, so he can treat the patient.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 19. - DirectorJack BenderStarsNaveen AndrewsHenry Ian CusickJeremy DaviesJack and Sayid's plan faces resistance from Sawyer, Juliet, and Kate. Locke, Richard, Ben, and The Others reach Jacob at the Foot of the Statue.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 16.
Juliet: If I never meet you, then I never have to lose you. - DirectorPaul A. EdwardsStarsNaveen AndrewsHenry Ian CusickJeremy DaviesFaraday returns to the island and tells Jack that his mother, Eloise Hawking, lied to them--they don't belong on the island. He then initiates a dangerous plan to get them back home.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 14.
Daniel: You knew all along - you knew this would happen. And you sent me here anyway... - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsHouse treats a priest who's lost his faith, issues an ultimatum to Foreman and Thirteen, and plays with Cuddy's desire to have him attend - or is it not attend? - her baby's naming ceremony.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 15. - DirectorSteve BoyumStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsDean refuses Sam's efforts to help him battle the Devil, and then wakes up to find himself five years in the future, in a wasteland where Lucifer has begun his endgame by unleashing a virus that transforms humans into zombies.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 4.
Cass: I'll just ... wait here then. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsForeman hires Chase and Cameron as his new team. An African tyrant becomes Foreman and co.'s patient. They're not happy. House is back as consultant. House meets Wilson's downstairs neighbor.8/10.
Season 6, Episode 3. - DirectorDavid StraitonStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsWhen all of House's efforts to rid himself of Amber fail, he turns to someone unexpected for assistance. Meanwhile, the team is left to fend for itself as they try to save a ballerina's life and career.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 23. - DirectorGreg YaitanesStarsHugh LaurieLisa EdelsteinOmar EppsTaub treats a patient whose dying husband gets better as she becomes sicker, while the rest of the team deals with a devastating loss.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 20. - DirectorJohn DahlStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterDexter learns more about Arthur's bizarre and twisted world, while Rita has her hands full preparing Thanksgiving dinner for a full house, Debra uses the holiday to further investigate Trinity, and Batista gets closure on an old case.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 9. - DirectorMike RohlStarsTom WellingAllison MackErica DuranceOliver tries to help a young street girl, Mia AKA Speedy, get out of her dangerous life by offering to train her, but Mia double crosses him. Lois asks Clark to help her land a job as an on-air television host, but the two are shocked when the station wants to hire them as a team.8/10.
Season 9, Episode 6. - DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickOlivia and Peter look into some patients of mental institutions that regain their mental state after having gone through a brain intervention performed by a shape-shifter named Newton. This is directly related to Walter and his brain.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 10.
Walter: I'm perfectly sane.
Broyles: There's only one Walter Bishop. - DirectorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverThe brothers prepare to fight the forces of the apocalypse in different camps. While Sam and Ruby hunt down Lilith, Dean joins Castiel and Zachariah to take on Lucifer.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 22. - DirectorKeith GordonStarsMichael C. HallJulie BenzJennifer CarpenterThe disappearance of a ten-year-old boy forces Dexter to question his assumptions about Trinity, while Cody defends one of Dexter's lies and Masuka is unable to face what he witnessed on Thanksgiving.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 10. - DirectorFrederick E.O. ToyeStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickThe Fringe team investigate a case of spontaneous human combustion. Olivia starts experiencing visions of the alternate Universe. She uses this ability to solve the case.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 18.
Walter: A myth is just an unverified fact. - DirectorMike RohlStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesRobert WisdomCastiel and Uriel ask Dean to torture Alastair for information. But when Alastair breaks free, Castiel starts to believe that there is a traitor among the angels.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 16. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAfter Barney and Robin hit a rough patch in their relationship, Lily devises the perfect plan to break them up, calling in help from Robin's famous friend, Alan Thicke.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 7.
Barney: Daddy's back. - DirectorNorberto BarbaStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickThe team investigates a number of people who died faceless after their orifices are sealed while German agents investigating David Robert Jones' escape question Olivia.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 14. - DirectorPhilip SgricciaStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsDean and Sam get to know the whereabouts of Lucifer and want to hunt him down. But Lucifer is well prepared and is working his own plans.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 10. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed gets around the three-day rule by texting a woman he just met, but he doesn't realize that he's actually texting Barney and Marshall.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 21.
Barney: True story. - DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickWalter analyzes the body of a shapeshifter and then reconnects with an old patient that has the ability to distinguish the people from the other world. Olivia finally recalls her encounter with Belly.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 4.
Walter: A little cannabis before bedtime does wonders. - DirectorPhilip SgricciaStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesMisha CollinsRufus, an old friend of Bobby's calls, panicked about demons attacking a town in Colorado. Sam and Dean arrive to help, but soon discover things aren't exactly as they seem.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 2. - DirectorAkiva GoldsmanStarsAnna TorvJoshua JacksonLance ReddickOlivia is in a car accident, an unusual person is looking for a member of the team, and Walter makes plans for celebrating Peter's birthday.8/10.
Season 2, Episode 1.
Peter: I'm with her. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersStella's boyfriend Tony breaks up with her after having a conversation with Ted, prompting Stella to come back to Ted with a surprising request.8/10.
Season 4, Episode 23.
Stella: I'm so sorry, officer. I came here as fast as I could. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Barney hooks up with a woman Lily had been saving for Ted, she gets revenge by stealing his "playbook," which contains all the moves he uses to pick up women. But will Barney have the last laugh?8/10.
Season 5, Episode 8. - DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe gang struggles to quit smoking while Robin clashes with her new jaded co-worker.8/10.
Season 5, Episode 11.
Barney: I'm always pre-coital, Ted.