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The Best Episodes Directed By Alex Zakrzewski

Every TV Episode Directed by Alex Zakrzewski Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 23 Episode 14 - Video Killed the Radio Star
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S23:E14

    Benson investigates allegations against a popular radio personality. Rollins goes undercover when a shocking confession leads to another crime.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Upstairs/Downstairs
    8.3/10(94 votes)

    S3:E8

    A desperate Dex reaches out for help, Matt forms an uneasy alliance with Agent Nadeem, and Karen concocts a dangerous plan to provoke Fisk.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - Criminal
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    S5:E21

    When it becomes obvious that a forensics expert raped and murdered a student, the investigation focuses on a criminology professor Cragen arrested decades earlier for similar crimes, but is the professor a perpetrator or a victim?

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - Appearances
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    S4:E19

    The body of a nine-year-old beauty pageant contestant is found raped and murdered on a bus, but the case goes beyond the killer when it leads detectives to a virtual-pornography website.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Mr. Gregory Devry
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    S3:E11

    With her name finally cleared, Liz attempts to reclaim her former life. Red works with the task force to infiltrate an assembly of high-level criminals at large in a rare, risky opportunity to capture the heads of the world's most lethal organized crime syndicates.

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  6. undefined Season 14 Episode 21 - Traumatic Wound
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S14:E21

    When a concert turns into a mob scene, a teenager is brutally assaulted; Detective Amaro ends up defending the prime suspect's reputation.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Scourge
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S2:E21

    A "Jack the Ripper" type murderer, who justifies his crimes with paranoid religious motivation set on by a rapidly deteriorating medical condition, is on the loose. After a citywide manhunt, Detectives Benson and Stabler are tasked with finding the killer.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Slapstick
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    S3:E9

    "...while you're waiting for moments that never come." -- Freamon Responding to an officer's call for help, McNulty and Prez turn down the wrong alley, with unanticipated results. A Barksdale crew violates the unspoken Sunday truce with gunplay, increasing discontent among the New Day Co-op members. Stymied in his effort to open a gym, Cutty is surprised to find help from within Baltimore's power structure.

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  9. undefined Season 4 Episode 22 - Futility
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    S4:E22

    A man accused of raping several neighborhood women denies everything and represents himself in court.

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Arioch Cain
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S3:E5

    Red and the FBI come together to protect Liz when a huge reward for her capture attracts attention from assassins.

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Know Your Place
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    S4:E9

    "Might as well dump 'em, get another." - Proposition Joe Herc and Dozerman search for Little Kevin; Omar gets out of jail; Carcetti has his first meeting with the City Council; Prez and the teachers begin teaching the test; Proposition Joe lets Marlo know Major Crimes is after him; Bubbles looks to Kima and Herc to help him out; Bubbles delivers Little Kevin to Herc; Old Face Andre goes into hiding but Proposition Joe sells him out; Bug's father gets in Michael's face; Michael takes his problems to Marlo; Daniels and Valchek gets promoted; Omar and Renaldo monitor Marlo's activities.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Protection
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    S3:E12

    A 6-year-old boy wounded in a shooting is brought to the ER but abandoned by his brother, who reported it, and their mother, who fears for her own life. The case leads the detectives to a woman who is on the run from an abusive drug-dealer boyfriend.

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Disappearing Acts
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    S4:E5

    A high-powered executive is raped, but the situation is complicated by her involvement with the Feds and the Russian mob - as well as a father-son duo who are in the federal witness protection program and an agent who appears bound and determined to protect them, regardless of consequence.

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Quite a Common Fairy
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    S3:E3

    In their continuing quest to find Peter Pan's hideout and save Henry, Hook suggests tracking down Tinker Bell in the hope that she will lead them straight to his camp. Pan reveals to Henry why he has brought him to Neverland and in the Enchanted Forest, Neal has a plan that could transport him to Emma, but it would involve using one of Robin Hood's most precious possessions. Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tale Land that was, Tinker Bell offers to help Regina improve her life.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Abomination
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S5:E8

    Benson and Stabler have trouble identifying a male murder victim in his 20's found in a pile of sheets in the West Village; they later suspect an outspoken minister who was in the process of flooding the victim with hate mail and death threats. When the activist's alibi checks out, the detectives turn their attention to a professor who objects to the victim's thesis on the failure of sexual re-education groups.

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Pandora
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S4:E15

    The brutal rape, and subsequent death, of a female motorist turns out to be an undercover FBI informant acting as a cyber vigilante for catching online pedophiles to capture the predator trafficking internet porn. The detectives find the victim's husband murdered and follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, which ​turns into an international case of teenage prostitution, with ties to the Czech Republic.

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - Execution
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    S3:E15

    Detective Stabler and Dr. Huang question a convicted serial killer on death row, hours before his execution, with the hope of solving an old murder case for the sake of the victim's parents. The investigation goes haywire with mixed results.

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Alex Zakrzewski Ratings Summary

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is the best rated episode directed by Alex Zakrzewski. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 3/3/2022 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Upstairs/Downstairs".