9.0/10701 votes#1 - Strike Back
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/2024
In the aftermath of the assaults in the explosive season five finale, the team must now try to understand why they were targeted and if there is a bigger plan in place. Meanwhile, Nolan must survive his last shift before his wedding to Bailey.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
9.0/1032 votes#2 - Secrets and Lies
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2024
Following their time as foster parents, Bailey has decided she wants to have a baby and forces John to reconsider their decision to not have children. Meanwhile, John and Celina discover a prison escapee whom they fear is out for revenge and race to find her before it is too late.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Elizabeth Davis Beall
8.9/1029 votes#3 - Escape Plan
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 5/21/2024
Sgt. Grey helps the team prepare for their biggest mission yet. Meanwhile, Aaron, Lopez, Celina, Tim and Smitty discover a surprising connection in their case.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.8/1014 votes#4 - The Hunt (2)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/10/2020
Nolan's discovery goes much deeper than he expected and could put his life and career in jeopardy.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.8/1032 votes#5 - Under Siege
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2023
After one of their own is shot, the team suffers a series of close calls and realizes their division may be a target for a group of masked assailants.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.6/1017 votes#6 - The Dark Side
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2019
Officer Nolan and team are charged with escorting a notorious female serial killer to the graves of her previously unrecovered victims. However, when they arrive, they unearth even more than they expected. Meanwhile, Officer Chen meets a seemingly perfect man who sparks her interest, and Officer Lopez worries about Wesley as his PTSD continues to increase.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.5/1050 votes#7 - Life and Death
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2021
Officer Nolan and the entire team race against the clock to locate Lopez after she is kidnapped on her wedding day, not only to save her life but her unborn child’s.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.4/109 votes#8 - El Puente
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2018
With nations being rapidly occupied, Chandler tries his hand at diplomacy to unite two hostile countries so they can fight a common enemy.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Mark Malone
8.4/1022 votes#9 - Consequences
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2021
Nearing the end of his training, Nolan now faces his biggest challenge as a police officer yet when he must come to terms with the choices he has made in pursuit of the truth.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.3/1015 votes#10 - Countdown (2)
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/2011
With time running out, Castle and Beckett must put aside their differences with Agent Fallon to avert a city-wide catastrophe.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe
8.2/1017 votes#11 - 3XK
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2010
When a beautiful woman is found dead in an alley, all clues point to her being a victim of the notorious Triple Killer. The Triple Killer, or 3XK, terrorized New York City four years ago, then mysteriously disappeared. Now he's back. In a deadly battle of wits, Castle and Beckett race against time to stop 3XK before he claims his next victims.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: David Amann
8.2/1019 votes#12 - Ian Garvey
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2017
Tom goes missing and Liz desperately retraces his steps to find him; Red's hunt for the suitcase of bones leads to lives being changed forever.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Jon Bokenkamp
8.2/1014 votes#13 - Coding
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2022
Officer John Nolan and the team feel they must negotiate with a distraught man who is holding a hospital hostage to ensure his wife receives a lifesaving surgery.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Nick Hurwitz
8.1/1012 votes#14 - New Blood
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2021
When professor Fiona Ryan’s car window is smashed following a series of mysterious notes, Nolan volunteers to guard her house overnight. Lucy notices that Tim is being much nicer to his new boot than he was with her and she does not like it.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
8.1/1015 votes#15 - The Choice (I)
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2022
Rosalind returns with a vengeance and Bailey’s life is left hanging in the balance. With a ticking clock, the LAPD and the FBI join forces, and Officer John Nolan is forced to make a deadly decision after a harrowing ultimatum. The crossover continues on The Rookie: Feds S01E04 To Die For (II).
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Fredrick Kotto
8.1/1011 votes#16 - The Con
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/2023
With help from the FBI, Detective Lopez puts everything on the line to help Elijah Stone take down a gang leader in exchange for her safety. Meanwhile, Nolan and Bailey must deal with the secrets and shady dealings his late mother left behind.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Leland Jay Anderson
8.0/108 votes#17 - Feast
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 9/24/2017
The search continues with a reconnaissance mission but things turn violent when an old foe resurfaces.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Hiram Martinez
7.9/1015 votes#18 - Demons
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2011
While doing some investigative work at a New York mansion, a prominent ghost hunter is murdered. Castle and Beckett must figure out if paranormal activities are to blame.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.9/1014 votes#19 - Target (1)
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2013
In the first of a two-episode story arc, Castle and Beckett begin a murder investigation that also exposes a plot to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy Middle Eastern businessman. FBI Agent Harris, an even-keeled professional is brought in to help find the kidnappers.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: David Amann
7.9/1011 votes#20 - Room 147
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2014
When a guilt-ridden young woman confesses to the murder of a struggling actor -- knowing details only the killer could know -- Beckett and Castle seem to have an open-and-shut case, until they uncover proof that their suspect couldn’t possibly be the killer. When a second person confesses, equally convinced they committed the murder, the team realizes the case is far more mysterious than they thought.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Adam Frost
7.8/1011 votes#21 - Resurrection (1)
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2015
When clues in a murder implicate Castle and Beckett's nemesis, Dr. Kelly Nieman, Castle is called in to consult on the case.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: David Amann
7.8/1013 votes#22 - Louis T. Steinhil (1)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2019
After being abducted by Katarina Rostova, Raymond "Red" Reddington finds himself alone in hostile territory unsure of who, if anyone, he can trust. With few leads to go on, Liz and the Task Force venture into unknown danger as they race to find him.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Jon Bokenkamp
7.8/1014 votes#23 - Hit and Run
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2021
The team goes on a city-wide hunt for an individual who is threatening a mass casualty event. Meanwhile, Tim’s sister Genny shows up unannounced with some surprising news, and Lopez continues her inner struggle over Wesley’s deal with Elijah and tries to come up with a plan to get them out of it.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Vincent Angell
7.7/1012 votes#24 - Dead Again
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2016
When a mild mannered safety inspector for the city miraculously survives a poisoning, it might be luck; but when he survives another, it’s a mystery Castle and Beckett will have to solve.
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Rob Hanning
7.6/1019 votes#25 - Wrapped Up in Death
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/5/2010
The investigation into the shocking death of a museum curator, crushed by a falling gargoyle, takes a bizarre turn when Castle and Beckett learn that he isn’t the first member of a recent archeological expedition to die. It turns out there was a legend inscribed over the burial chamber the team unearthed warning that “all who gaze upon the face of the mummy are doomed.” Was the curator just the latest victim of “The Mummy’s Curse”? And if so, what does that mean for Castle, who snuck a peek at the mummy when no one was looking?
Director: Bill Roe
Writer: Alexi Hawley
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"Strike Back" is the best rated episode directed by Bill Roe. It scored 9/10 based on 701 votes. It was written by Alexi Hawley. It aired on 2/20/2024 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Secrets and Lies".