The Best Episodes Directed By Edwin Sherin
Every TV Episode Directed by Edwin Sherin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Edwin Sherin Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Edwin Sherin is "Ask Dr. Doogie", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by N/A". "Ask Dr. Doogie" aired on 9/26/1990 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Academia Nuts".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Ask Dr. Doogie
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1990
Doogie becomes famous after doing some public service announcements.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Academia Nuts
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1990
Vinnie asks to "borrow" one of Doogie's old school papers. Meanwhile, Doogie treats a wealthy hypochondriac.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 5 votes#3 - Criminal Law
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2005
The deaths of three women with the same name lead Fontana and Green to the nine-year-old conviction of Leland Barnes, who had shot and killed his wife in an office full of people. With two of the three witnesses against him dead and Jack McCoy on the hit list, the detectives struggle to determine how Barnes, who has been in prison the entire time, got someone on the outside to kill the only people who could keep him in jail. The investigation leads them to Leland's two sons, with surprising results.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: David Wilcox
7.8/10 8 votes#4 - Star Struck
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1992
An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 6 votes#5 - Animal Instinct
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1993
The initial investigation into the death of a research scientist leads to an animal-rights group until evidence surfaces that her husband's affair with a coworker may point to a possible motive for the murder.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 5 votes#6 - Charm City (I)
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1996
A subway station gas attack, similar to one that took place in a Baltimore church five years earlier, brings Baltimore detectives Tim Bayliss and Frank Pembleton to New York to assist Briscoe and Curtis. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S04E12 For God and Country (II).
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Jorge Zamacona
7.8/10 5 votes#7 - Showtime
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/1997
The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
7.7/10 6 votes#8 - Manhood
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1993
The statement of a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop leads Logan and Briscoe to suspect that the cop died because he was gay and his fellow officers were reluctant to back him up.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 6 votes#9 - Censure
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1994
A phone call threatening a woman's young daughter leads to a case that causes Kincaid to resign from Schiff's office because of an affair in her past.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 6 votes#10 - Cherished
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1998
The investigation into a girl's death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Kathy McCormick
7.7/10 6 votes#11 - Prejudice
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2001
The murder of a magazine publishing company's black CEO leads to a suspect who has a clear streak of racism and whose attorney intends on using that as a mental defect.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 5 votes#12 - Turnaround
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/1997
Back in New York with their suspect, Briscoe and Curtis try to pin down his schedule on the night of the murder, but find instead that another man was in the area at the right time and more importantly, might have a motive for the crime. But after the issuance of a new arrest warrant, McCoy and Ross have to fly to LA to defend their warrant against attacks by the man's defense counsel, Ross's former husband Neal Gorton.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 7 votes#13 - Monster
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1998
During the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, Van Buren learns that her job is in jeopardy; McCoy is ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee because of his conduct in a DUI case; and the increasingly political Schiff worries that the rape case may adversely impact his reelection bid.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 2 votes#14 - Raising Cain
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2006
Allison helps with the location of a missing child. Afterwards she gets a vision about the child's future and is not sure anymore what she should do to help the child.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Craig Sweeny
7.5/10 2 votes#15 - Death Takes a Policy
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2006
Allison is busy investigating the death of a local doctor when a man claiming to be "Death" begins appearing in her visions, causing her to worry that maybe her time on this world is nearly over.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Diane Ademu-John
7.5/10 6 votes#16 - Second Opinion
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1994
A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 7 votes#17 - Baby, It's You (I)
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1997
It's old home week for Briscoe when an apparent murder of a teenage model in New York develops ties to Baltimore and Detectives Munch and Falsone pay a visit to the Big Apple to observe the case. Meanwhile, McCoy finds himself battling the attorney of the victim's parents for access to his clients and the Baltimore DA for jurisdiction. This crossover continues on Homicide: Life on the Street S06E05 Baby, It's You (II).
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Jorge Zamacona
7.4/10 5 votes#18 - Silence
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1992
A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
7.4/10 5 votes#19 - Causa Mortis
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1996
McCoy's new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, is determined to prosecute as harshly as possible a carjacker who took the life of a teacher as she pleaded for her life on an audio tape discovered at the crime scene.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 7 votes#20 - Heaven
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1991
The investigation into a social-club fire which claimed 53 fatalities leads to a connection between arson, illegal immigrants and the sale of green cards.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 7 votes#21 - Self Defense
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1992
Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
7.3/10 6 votes#22 - Promises To Keep
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1993
The investigation into the murder of a young physician leads to the discovery of an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiance and his psychiatrist.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 3 votes#23 - Faith
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2002
When a wealthy publisher is murdered to prevent him from exposing an elaborate confidence game that enveloped him, his company and one of his editors, Goren and Eames run their own con to extract a confession from the killer.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer
7.2/10 8 votes#24 - The Wages of Love
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1991
A double homicide casts suspicion on both the ex-wife and the former boyfriend of the murdered duo, with the dead man's murdered son holding the key to the mystery.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: Robert Nathan
7.2/10 5 votes#25 - The Fertile Fields
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1992
The brutal murder of a Jewish jeweler appears to be a hate crime, but the investigation soon leads back to the man's brother and his shady business deals.
Director: Edwin Sherin
Writer: René Balcer