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The Best Episodes Directed By Gerald Cotts

Every TV Episode Directed by Gerald Cotts Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - A Choice of Dreams
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    S2:E20

    A mob boss suffering from a terminal illness is visited by an odd man who claims that he has the ability to offer the dying a choice of dreams after death. The mob boss is skeptical at first and threatens to kill the man for insulting his intelligence. After some contemplation, he accepts the man's offer and subjects to his medical experimentations. At first, the boss experiences nothing but pleasant memories. However, after a few days, memories of the people he has destroyed through his evil and ruthless lifestyle begin to creep into his dreams. The mob boss reports these dreams to the man and demands that these images not recur after he dies. The man assures the mob boss that the disturbing memories are only a momentary side effect that will subside after further medical alterations. As the mob boss subjects himself to the final operation which will complete the procedure, the horrible memories become permanent, completely taking the place of the pleasant ones. Inside the mob boss's

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - A Case of the Stubborns
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    S1:E9

    In the backwoods, a family patriarch dies...only to come back, unaware that he's dead. The townspeople are up in arms, but the old man is too stubborn to admit he's dead, despite his rigor mortis, lack of appetite, and bad smell. His grandson Jody eventually goes to an old voodoo woman for a solution. Rather than magic, she provides him with a simple solution: pepper. Jody puts it in his grandpa's handkerchief. When the old man sneezes, his nose falls off, which finally convinces him to go lie down and give up life for good.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 7 Episode 15 - Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S7:E15

    Sketches include ""Lorne Greene,"" ""The New Celibacy,"" ""20/20,"" ""The Uncle Tom Show,"" ""Senior Spring Fling '82,"" ""Meet the People,"" and ""Help Out Blythe Danner."" Rickie Lee Jones performed ""Pirates"" and ""Lush Life.""

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Heretic
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E7

    A rich art collector buys a stolen painting from a thief. The painting portrays a man before the Spanish Inquisition. The collector, Harte, is soon visited by a mysterious man who begs him to repent of his sins and give up the wrongfully-gained picture. Harte ignores the warnings and finds himself sucked into the painting where he is to be tortured as a sinner and heretic. He recants to the Inquisitor, who lets him go. Once out of the painting, Harte refuses to give it up, and receives a personal visit from the Inquisitor in the real world. The thief returns to take the picture, and Harte is nowhere to be found...in this world.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - The False Prophet
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E23

    Cassie Pines is a woman travelling on her own who believes in astrology, tea leaves...everything. She comes into a diner with a most unusual mechanical fortune teller named Horace X. "Horace" is uncanny with his predictions but Cassie soon finds that Horace is demanding and possessive - despite her misgivings she enters the booth one more time...and disappears.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - New York Honey
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E3

    A greedy married man blackmails his eccentric beekeeper neighbor to profit off his tasty honey. He also falls for the beekeeper's mysterious, seductive vamp girlfriend.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:N/A

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Gerald Cotts Ratings Summary

"A Choice of Dreams" is the best rated episode directed by Gerald Cotts. It scored 8.7/10 from 3 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on May 4, 1986. It is rated 2.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "A Case of the Stubborns".