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The Best Episodes Directed By David Platt

Every TV Episode Directed by David Platt Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Skeleton (II)

    S1:E8

    Kibre prosecutes an elusive career criminal for the murder of a sleazy ex-cop and the shooting of a detective. As Kibre's office works with Detective Fontana, they discover their prime suspect might also be a producer of snuff pornography. When a sting goes bad and a shocking courtroom development cuts the legs from under her case, Kibre's career teeters on finding why the shootings were committed in the first place. This crossover starts on Law & Order S15E20 Tombstone (I).

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    Director:David Platt
  2. 8.8/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Undercover

    S9:E15

    After a woman was found raped in a garden, Benson and Stabler realize that the case goes much deeper because of the victim's mother, drugs, and the realization that a corrections officer is involved. Benson decides to go undercover at the same prison where the mother is, putting herself on the other side of the fence.

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    Director:David Platt
  3. 8.7/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Ghost

    S6:E16

    When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realise that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug dealers who forced a former assistant district attorney into hiding, and Alex Cabot comes home to face her enemies.

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    Director:David Platt
  4. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Infiltrated

    S8:E6

    Novak tries to find Benson when the case for a previous rape victim, Chelsea Arndale, hinges on her testimony. Benson, meanwhile, is still living as Persephone James and has been arrested in Oregon after the ecologist's group she has infiltrated is involved in a fracas with the local police. After the local sheriff advises her that her group is being looked at in connection with a recent murder, Benson decides to do a little investigating on her own and learns that the man was a pedophile. When she finally finds his private hideaway, it leads to a shocking conclusion.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  5. 8.7/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Users

    S11:E7

    The team investigates the father of a murdered teenager whose crime scene photo has gone viral on the web, but they believe they've found a more likely suspect when they speak with the girl's therapist. The case becomes more frustrating as alibis exclude suspects and a strange occurrence in the morgue sends them in a different direction.

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  6. 8.4/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Couples

    S13:E23

    Briscoe and Green catch four murders and a kidnapping on the same day, and get handed confessions in each case.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  7. 8.4/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Alternate

    S9:E1

    Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Neal Baer
  8. 8.3/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Poison

    S5:E24

    A young girl is in a coma after ingesting detergent and her mother is suspected of poisoning her. A biased judge makes the case hard to prosecute which leads to an investigation into his past.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  9. 8.3/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Demons

    S7:E1

    Twenty years after being convicted of the rape of a teenage girl, Ray Schenkel is released, much to the dismay of retired detective William Dorsey. When a teenage girl is raped on the route Schenkel would have taken home, Stabler goes undercover as a recently paroled sex offender so that he can get into the same therapy group as Schenkel, and the same halfway house. Cragen worries that Stabler may be getting in over his head.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Cold

    S9:E19

    The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.

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  11. 8.3/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Swing

    S10:E3

    Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.2/10(35 votes)

    #12 - Mirror Mirror

    S4:E5

    House deals with a patient who mirrors the personality of anyone he meets. Meanwhile, Foreman is put in charge of overseeing the fellowship candidates.

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    Director:David Platt
  13. 8.2/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Pretend

    S8:E21

    The team investigates the death of a partially clothed teenage boy wearing a leather mask. The detectives discover that the victim's best friend is the killer and has a video, showing that the boy's death was the result of a backyard wrestling match gone wrong.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  14. 8.2/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Quickie

    S11:E11

    One case becomes two as a murder leads to a serial rapist who is busy spreading disease along with his assaults, and the detectives' only clue is a website set up for casual and anonymous encounters.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.1/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Storm

    S7:E10

    When a teenager and her younger sister end up in the hospital after a day at the park, detectives learn that both girls were abducted from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina along with a third sister who is still missing. Despite the interference of a local reporter, Jackson Zane, detectives are able to catch the kidnapper, a known pedophile, and recover the girl, but when Alvin Dutch dies and the autopsy determines it was Anthrax, Benson puts everything on the line so that she can get the truth out there.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  16. 8.1/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Witness

    S11:E16

    Soon after a young girl, Laine McAlister, is raped in her apartment building's stairwell, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler meet Laine in the hospital and find her extremely shaken with a large cut on her hand. After an unpleasant exchange with a man she claims is her boyfriend, the detectives become suspicious that she may have fabricated her rape to get attention. Their suspicions grow when she waits to reveal that there was an eyewitness. As the gravity of the situation intensifies, Benson and Stabler find themselves in a race to track down the witness and get a testimony before it is too late.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Dick Wolf
  17. 8.1/10(35 votes)

    #17 - Birthmarks

    S5:E4

    While en route to his father's funeral, House must help the team with a differential diagnosis on a young Chinese girl who has collapsed under mysterious circumstances.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Doris Egan
  18. 8.0/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Impulsive

    S9:E3

    A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:N/A
  19. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Buried Secrets

    S1:E8

    Megan and the team investigate when a Philadelphia homicide detective is killed in a hit-and-run; Megan turns to her mother (Joanna Cassidy) for help.

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    Director:David Platt
  20. 8.0/10(33 votes)

    #20 - 97 Seconds

    S4:E3

    The candidates are now two teams of five women and five men, competing on diagnosing and treating a wheelchair-bound man. Meanwhile House does experiments on himself to test what happens after death, and Foreman, at another hospital, is treating his team in a House-like manner.

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    Director:David Platt
  21. 7.9/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Patsy

    S10:E7

    The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary.

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    Director:David Platt
  22. 7.9/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Myth of Fingerprints

    S12:E7

    A murder investigation uncovers deliberately faulty forensics in the wrongful conviction of two men 12 years earlier in the case that paved the way for Van Buren's promotion.

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    Director:David Platt
  23. 7.9/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Starved

    S7:E8

    After a dating service is linked to three rapes, Olivia goes undercover to ferret out the rapist and meets Mike Jergens, a surgeon who enjoys controlling the women in his life. The detectives are soon led to his girlfriend, Cora Kennison, but shortly after testifying in the grand jury hearing Cora marries Mike. After Cora attempts suicide, Mike fights her mother, Virginia, to unplug her feeding tube.

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  24. 7.8/10(28 votes)

    #24 - Alliances

    S4:E5

    "If you with us, you with us." - Chris Partlow Commissioner Burrell loses Royce's support; Chris Partlow tries to recruit Michael to become a soldier in Marlo's unit; Dukie shows Randy and the boys that the missing are really dead; Odell Watkins drops his support for Royce and considers an offer from Councilman Carcetti.

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    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Ed Burns
  25. 7.8/10(7 votes)

    #25 - Mercy

    S4:E14

    When the body of a 1-month-old baby girl is found stuffed inside a cooler, the detectives are horrified. But they soon learn that the baby had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and it may have been a mercy killing.

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David Platt Ratings Summary

"Skeleton (II)" is the best rated episode directed by David Platt. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by David Wilcox. It aired on 4/15/2005 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Undercover".