9.0/102 votes#1 - Dead
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2002
The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer
9.0/101 votes#2 - Castles Made Of Sand
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/17/2022
When an elder care facilitate shuts down, New Amsterdam is forced to intake many new patients. Max struggles with his decision to head back to London. Reynolds takes his personal frustrations out on his department with near disastrous results. Iggy's work causes him to reflect on his marriage and personal life.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Joshua Carlebach
9.0/101 votes#3 - Switzerland
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/28/2020
Aaron bolsters his case with newfound information from Marie; Cassius suspects Aaron is a snitch and seeks retribution; Foster struggles to lay low during his last two weeks before retirement, but Safiya turns up the heat.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Karen Struck
8.5/104 votes#4 - Things Fall Apart
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 5/18/2021
A burst pipe plunges the ED into chaos. Iggy counsels two stressed out parents about their child. Gwen and Calvin have some devastating news for Max.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Graham Norris
8.4/105 votes#5 - Freak Show
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997
Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Neal Baer
8.3/1012 votes#6 - Cavitation
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2018
A visiting journalist picks at the hospital's flaws while shadowing Max; Bloom and Reynolds have a major disagreement after Bloom makes a call against protocol; Kapoor confronts issues from his past.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Erika Green Swafford
8.3/103 votes#7 - The Great Globe Itself
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/2019
Donovan reverts to his old ways. K.C. and Moses bond. Chase and Cooper realize critical truths about the vision that haunts them both.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Lucy Teitler
8.3/108 votes#8 - King of Swords
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2019
When a history-making blizzard hits New York, Max and his staff must work together to keep the patients safe with few resources, even if it means taking to the streets of the city and braving the storm.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Laura Valdivia
8.2/104 votes#9 - Dolls
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2002
Detectives try and solve the gruesome murder of a sexually molested five-year-old girl whose killer, a serial pedophile, has an obsession with dolls. They race to save the life of his latest victim.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: N/A
8.2/108 votes#10 - A Coffin That Small
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/27/2013
Tragedy strikes when a rescue attempt at a tenement building proves unsuccessful, leaving the men and women of firehouse 51 affected by the loss of the victim. Severide's decision to put Mills on the fast track to move from Truck to Squad doesn't sit well with some of the others and tension mounts between Severide and Casey over Heather Darden. Shay and Dawson are forced to deal with a junkie's crazy behavior while on a call and Shay considers a different way to have a family. Meanwhile, the team draws the ire of local drug dealers who threaten the peace and safety of the neighborhood and firehouse.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: N/A
8.0/1023 votes#11 - The Red Mile
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2011
Patrick Jane and the CBI team must track down the killer of a man who believed he experienced an alien abduction - even after the victim's body is stolen from the coroner's van. Meanwhile, Van Pelt takes a break from the case to shop for wedding dresses.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Tom Szentgyorgyi
8.0/106 votes#12 - Ground Zero
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1997
Al wants to move to Atlanta where he got a job offer. Jeanie however isn't keen on moving. Carol talks to Carter's grandmother about the clinic.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller
- 8.0/101 votes
#13 - The Pilgrim
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2002
The detectives are called to investigate the adult daughter of a retired officer which takes them to a case of terrorism involving someone she knew that includes a shipment of explosives.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer
- 8.0/101 votes
#14 - Graansha
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2003
Goren and Eames enter the closed world of a thieving Irish Traveller clan when they investigate the death of a Ann Lawson, a probation officer who was run over three times after meeting a friend at the bar. They soon learn that Ann, a probation officer, had been involved with Malcolm Bryce, the father of Paul, one of her charges. It appears as though Ann is also very close with the thieving Irish Travellers they are investigating, determined to save a young girl from their style of life.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer
- 8.0/102 votes
#15 - F.P.S.
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/2004
Goren reaches into his own experience working with a partner to solve the murder of a gamer who appears to be connected to a network of thieves using spyware to commit fraud. Eames gives birth.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer
- 8.0/101 votes
#16 - Wrongful Life
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2006
Goren and Eames investigate the death of Eric Newsome, an urban explorer who was found in a water tower. During their investigation, they learn that Eric had been looking into the files of Dr. Everett Janns, an OB/GYN who had examined his sister Nikki's boyfriend Drew's mother years earlier when she had been carrying his sister Lisa. Lisa Ramsey was born with spina bifida, and Victoria Carson was suing her primary OB/GYN, Dr. Dominic McKenna, with a wrongful life suit, charging that he did not perform the necessary tests needed to establish whether or not her child had spina bifida, which would have influenced whether or not she had an abortion.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer
- 8.0/101 votes
#17 - Bombshell
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2007
A woman who married a billionaire winds up dead under mysterious circumstances shortly after her son dies.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Julie Martin
7.8/105 votes#18 - In the Graveyard
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2020
The doctors stop at nothing to help their patients, following a shocking realization that prompts a change in the hospital. Meanwhile, Reynolds must make an important decision in his career.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Joshua Carlebach
7.7/1020 votes#19 - The Routine
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/1997
In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges—with the possible exception of Kareem Saïd, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Saïd's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody—a habit that ends up burning him.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Tom Fontana
7.7/1015 votes#20 - Wesen Nacht
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2015
Nick and Hank investigate a wave of coordinated Wesen gang vandalism that results in the death of a local business owner and the kidnapping of Monroe and Rosalee's friend. As they dig deeper, they learn that Portland wasn't the only city hit with a wave of violence. Meanwhile, Truble fills Nick and Adalind on what she has been up to. Elsewhere, Capt. Renard dips his toes into politics as he endorses a local candidate.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: David Greenwalt
7.7/106 votes#21 - The Legend of Howie Cournemeyer
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2021
It's National HIV Testing Day and Max has offered free care to all HIV+ patients who come to New Amsterdam. Bloom and Reynolds butt heads over their opposing bedside manners. Iggy eagerly awaits the return of a friend. Sharpe discovers that she may need more hands on with her niece.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Graham Norris
7.6/10115 votes#22 - Go Getters
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2016
Saddled with grief and surrounded by enemies, members of the group try to find safety at the Hilltop before it's too late.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Channing Powell
7.5/104 votes#23 - By Perjury
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/2009
The murder of the plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against a major airline leads detectives to a defense attorney (Dallas Roberts) who is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure his big payday.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: N/A
7.5/1010 votes#24 - Plan B
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/18/1997
A recovered Saïd ostracizes Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying—and orders the rest of the Muslims to do the same. Impressed by Saïd's power, Groves makes a deadly decision in his honor. Meanwhile, Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on Schillinger.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Tom Fontana
7.5/1020 votes#25 - The Thing with Feathers
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/6/2012
Nick tries to take Juliette on a romantic weekend but soon becomes embroiled in a case involving a neighbor couple. Meanwhile, Monroe and Hank both find themselves romantically involved with new women.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Richard Hatem
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"Dead" is the best rated episode directed by Darnell Martin. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by René Balcer. It aired on 9/29/2002 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Castles Made Of Sand".