The Best Episodes Written By Kath Lingenfelter

Every TV Episode Written by Kath Lingenfelter Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic

    S2:E6

    Ned agrees to help a famed magician whose animal assistants are being killed off; Dwight Dixon tries to cozy up to Lily and Vivian, but Lily is suspicious of his motives.

    Director:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Well-Tempered Clavier
    8.8/10(171 votes)

    #2 - The Well-Tempered Clavier

    S1:E9

    Maeve approaches Sweetwater's longtime outlaw Hector Escaton with a bold proposition. William tries to convince Logan to help liberate Dolores. Teddy and the Man in Black get closer to what they're looking for. Stubbs's suspicions are aroused. Ford cautions Bernard against seeking answers to questions best left unasked.

    Director:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Guest
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Guest

    S1:E6

    Nora goes to New York for the second annual Departure Related Occupations and Practices (DROP) conference, but discovers that someone else has her ID badge, so she searches the convention as a "Guest," and has encounters with a salesman, an author and a rogue attendee.

    Director:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 23 - Moving On
    8.1/10(36 votes)

    #4 - Moving On

    S7:E23

    The team treats a performance artist (Shohreh Aghdashloo) who deliberately made herself ill with the aim of turning the diagnostics department into her new masterpiece, as House must decide which of her symptoms are real, and which are self-inflicted. As the case progresses, House vows to make changes in his life, but remains rooted in old habits. After the case is over, House finally deals with his anger over the breakup and lashes out by driving through Cuddy's dining room and escaping to a beach.

    Director:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Garveys at Their Best
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    #5 - The Garveys at Their Best

    S1:E9

    Kevin tries to suppress his bad habits while tracking down a marauding deer in Mapleton. Laurie receives not-unexpected news amidst a rising sense of foreboding. Tom connects with his past, against his better judgment. Nora has a job interview; Kevin Senior receives an honor.

    Director:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 7 Episode 12 - You Must Remember This
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #6 - You Must Remember This

    S7:E12

    When a waitress with a perfect memory suffers temporary paralysis, her older sister visits her in the hospital, which triggers high stress levels and even more health complications.

    Director:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 8 Episode 20 - Post Mortem
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    #7 - Post Mortem

    S8:E20

    Over the years, during the course of performing autopsies at Princeton-Plainsboro, Dr. Peter Treiber has often identified mistakes made by physicians that caused the patient's death. These observations have left him questioning the skills of nearly all the doctors on staff... all, that is, except House. When he falls ill, he demands that only House make medical decisions concerning his care. Unfortunately, House and Wilson have taken off on an impromptu road trip without telling anyone, leaving the team to fend alone and lie to their patient to make him believe that House is the guy calling all the shots.

    Director:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 8 Episode 9 - Better Half
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Better Half

    S8:E9

    House and his team treat an Alzheimer's patient who vomits blood and flies into violent rages. Meanwhile, when Wilson tells House about a patient who has never had sex with her husband of 10 years, claiming A-sexuality, House makes a wager with him that there has to be an underlying cause.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - There Is Another Sky
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #9 - There Is Another Sky

    S1:E5

    The avatar of Tamara Adama wanders V-World, unaware that she died nearly a month ago in the MagLev bombing and discovers a new side to V-World -- New Cap City, a place where people live random lives of violence and crime in search of the game’s elusive meaning.

    Director:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Penguin One, Us Zero
    7.2/10(42 votes)

    #10 - Penguin One, Us Zero

    S1:E2

    In the wake of a series of disturbing encounters, Kevin pays a visit to a therapist. Tom finds himself in a precarious situation with Christine, a favorite of Wayne’s. A frustrated Meg is asked to part with pieces of her past. Jill and Aimee tail Nora Durst, who became a local celebrity when her entire family disappeared in the Departure.

    Director:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Girth
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Girth

    S1:E5

    In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery.

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Kath Lingenfelter Ratings Summary

"Oh Oh Oh… It's Magic" is the best rated episode written by Kath Lingenfelter. It scored 9/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/19/2008 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Well-Tempered Clavier".