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Question: How many episodes in the series were directed by Alan Taylor?
Columns: ['No. in series', 'No. in season', 'Title', 'Directed by', 'Written by', 'Original air date']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [14.0, 1.0, '"In the Game"', 'Rodrigo García', 'Alan Ball', 'March3,2002']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("No. in series") FROM "Table" WHERE "Directed by" = 'Alan Taylor';