The Best Episodes Directed By Lawrence Trilling

Every TV Episode Directed by Lawrence Trilling Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Full Disclosure
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Full Disclosure

    S3:E11

    Sydney finally learns the shocking truth about her missing two years from an unlikely source.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 22 - Before the Flood
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Before the Flood

    S4:E22

    Jack, Sydney, Irina, Vaughn and Nadia parachute into Sovogda. They're supposed to dismantle a giant red ball turning people into zombies. At APO, Marshall and Weiss use the Blackwell Index to blackmail the Russian minister into giving them the access codes to a Russian satellite, they discover that Elena is uplinking the satellite. A CIA agent, Brodien reminds them that the Rambaldi device is broadcasting a subaudible frequency that physiologically alters people who drink it and it is irreversible. Elena learns of the APO team's arrival.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - The Getaway
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #3 - The Getaway

    S2:E12

    While Alliance counterintelligence head Ariana Kane tracks Sydney in order to catch her fugitive father, Jack elicits Irina's help in finding Sloane's blackmailer. Meanwhile, Sydney and Vaughn risk exposing their covers to SD-6 when they share a romantic dinner together while on a case in France.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 21 - Search and Rescue
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Search and Rescue

    S4:E21

    Rambaldi's catastrophic endgame begins to fall into place as a giant version of the Circumference/Mueller device is found floating over city in Russia, driving the citizens made. After a wounded Dixon reveals that Irina is alive, Sydney, Nadia, and Jack set off to find her. Irina had been captured, and then duplicated using Project Helix, in order to give the impression that she was dead. Sydney and Nadia discover Irina is being held inside a camp in Tikal, safely in the clutches of Elena's army. Irina had apparently been working to counter Elena's organization, the Covenant, and actually PREVENT the Rambaldi endgame. Irina tells of a page she destroyed, a page that was key to Rambaldi's endgame. Under torture, she finally broke and recreated it for Elena. After a short respite, the transport turns towards Russia, and Sydney, Vaughn, Jack, Nadia, and Irina parachute down, towards Elena, Sloane, the Circumference....and destiny.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - The Awful Truth
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #5 - The Awful Truth

    S4:E3

    Sydney must seduce a murderous arms dealer in order to track down a stolen NSA code-breaker. Meanwhile, Vaughn fears for Weiss's life, and Sydney and Jack argue about telling Nadia the truth about her mother.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - The Index
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #6 - The Index

    S4:E10

    Dixon enlists Sydney to help him prove that Sloane is double-crossing the CIA and using APO to steal the Blackwell Index, a master blackmail list, and to reconstruct the Alliance. Sydney makes her way into Sloane's house so as to copy the encryption key from his secure phone and crack his calls. When Nadia finds her, she becomes disappointed in her sister. Meanwhile, Vaughn discovers something disturbing about his father when he visits his comatose uncle.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 14 - Nightingale
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Nightingale

    S4:E14

    Sydney and Vaughn risk their lives trying to find out the truth about Vaughn's father. Finally, we find out why Jack and Sloane seem to be conspiring together against Sydney and Vaughn.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man

    S2:E5

    Captain Stottlemeyer takes a page from the book of Monk in order to determine why anyone would want to murder the world's oldest man.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Countdown
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Countdown

    S2:E20

    A Rambaldi artifact prophesizes that an apocalyptic event will soon take place, and Dixon's grief leads Vaughn and agency psychologist Dr. Barnett to question his intentions, as his thirst for revenge on Sloane intensifies. Meanwhile Sloane receives a life-changing revelation from a mysterious monk in Nepal, Sydney and Dixon hunt for the killer who stole the heart from his victim.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - A Missing Link
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - A Missing Link

    S3:E4

    Sydney discovers a link to her missing two years in the form of Simon Walker, the dangerous and sexy leader of a group determined on retrieving deadly biological weapons. Meanwhile, Vaughn struggles with his own feelings of jealousy and longing while Sydney is on her mission, aware of the pressures his job is putting on his marriage to Lauren. Jack takes matters into his own hands to protect his daughter, purposefully revealing Sydney's deadly secret to Dixon in order to preserve her position inside the CIA.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - The Nemesis
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The Nemesis

    S3:E6

    Sydney's emotions are turned inside-out when she comes face-to-face with Allison, Francie's doppelgänger, who was presumed dead but is now a key figure in The Covenant. Meanwhile Lauren's search for Lazarey's murderer leads her closer to discovering a connection to Sydney, and Sydney begrudgingly is assigned as Sloane's CIA handler.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Blowback
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Blowback

    S3:E14

    While trying to retrieve a bomb, Sydney and Vaughn are ambushed by unidentified assailants. Meanwhile, Lauren and Sark continue to solidify their new partnership, Sloane divulges a dark secret to Dr. Barnett and Marshall shows the strains of new fatherhood.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 16 - Taken
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Taken

    S3:E16

    Sydney attempts to rescue Dixon's kids after they are kidnapped by Sark, Lauren's status as a double agent is put to the test when she learns that she has to work with her father, and Sloane is framed as a CIA mole.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 21 - Legacy
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Legacy

    S3:E21

    With the aid of Katya Derevko and CIA imprisoned security systems designer Toni Cummings, Sydney and Vaughn attempt to track down Sloane and Nadia. But Lauren and Sark are also in hot pursuit of them in order to uncover the secrets of Rambaldi. Meanwhile, Vaughn's obsession with tracking down Lauren is beginning to consume him, Sydney and Vaughn turn the tables on an old foe, and Katya expresses her attraction to Jack.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Nocturne
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Nocturne

    S4:E6

    After being infected with a hallucinogen, Sydney starts to lose touch with reality. Vaughn and Jack must rush to find an antidote before Sydney puts her life - and others next to her - into danger.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 17 - A Clean Conscience
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #16 - A Clean Conscience

    S4:E17

    Nadia's former caretaker, Sophia, has been severely beaten. She contacts Nadia and asks to meet her. Sloane is told by Sophia that she was beaten up, because someone is trying to track Nadia down, so he and Jack decide to tell their daughters the truth – Elena Derevko, the third and the most cruelest of the Derevko sisters, has been surveilling both Sydney and Nadia for a decade. Meanwhile, Jack's doctor advises him to tell Sydney about his illness.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 18 - Mirage
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Mirage

    S4:E18

    Jack's illness has caused him to hallucinate about a cure. Sydney must recreate the time when Jack was working for the CIA and hid the only man who might be able to help him now. For this, Sydney must play her own mother. Meanwhile, Sophia moves in with Sydney and Nadia.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Lady in the Lake
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #18 - The Lady in the Lake

    S2:E1

    Peggy moves to the City of Angels to help Chief Daniel Sousa at the West Coast Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) investigate a bizarre homicide involving an alleged killer and Isodyne Energy, and reunites with some familiar faces.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - A View in the Dark
    7.2/10(48 votes)

    #19 - A View in the Dark

    S2:E2

    Peggy discovers her murder investigation has huge ramifications that can destroy her career, as well as everyone near and dear to her.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - seven-four
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #20 - seven-four

    S1:E5

    Franklin’s indecision causes issues at Jerome’s 4th of July BBQ. Teddy and Alejandro are stranded. Lucia’s family vets Gustavo.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Cause and Effect
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Cause and Effect

    S2:E1

    Decades after being presumed dead, Keiko's return shocks Monarch. Cate defies orders to save Shaw—and unleashes a terrifying new Titan.

    Writer:N/A

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Lawrence Trilling Ratings Summary

"Full Disclosure" is the best rated episode directed by Lawrence Trilling. It scored 8.5/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 1/11/2004 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Before the Flood".