The Best Episodes Directed By Edwin Sherin

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Criminal Law

   S16:E911/23/2005

   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.

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   8.1/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Showtime

   S7:E173/27/1997

   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.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #3 - Charm City (I)

   S6:E132/7/1996

   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).

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - It's a Wonderful Job

   S3:E812/16/1986

   A depressed Maddie gets a chance to see what her life and the rest of Blue Moon staff would be like if she had sold the agency as she originally intended.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Faith

   S1:E214/28/2002

   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.

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Censure

   S4:E142/2/1994

   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.

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Monster

   S8:E245/20/1998

   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.

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #8 - Animal Instinct

   S3:E183/17/1993

   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.

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #9 - Second Opinion

   S5:E19/21/1994

   A woman's death exposes an unorthodox method of treating cancer that Executive Assistant DA McCoy intends to prove is negligent homicide.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Causa Mortis

    S7:E19/18/1996

    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.

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    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Prejudice

    S12:E1012/12/2001

    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.

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    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Star Struck

    S2:E121/7/1992

    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.

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    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Baby, It's You (I)

    S8:E611/12/1997

    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).

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    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Manhood

    S3:E215/12/1993

    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.

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    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Discord

    S4:E310/6/1993

    A college student charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star with rape, but he claims the act was consensual.

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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Silence

    S2:E214/28/1992

    A politician opposes the prosecution of his son's murderer because it might mean revealing that his late son was gay.

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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Cherished

    S9:E19/23/1998

    The investigation into a girl's death reveals secrets the adoptive family was desperately trying to hide.

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    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Heaven

    S2:E1011/26/1991

    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.

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    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Turnaround

    S7:E163/20/1997

    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.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Raising Cain

    S2:E131/23/2006

    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.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Death Takes a Policy

    S2:E215/8/2006

    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.

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    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Self Defense

    S3:E711/11/1992

    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.

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    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Night and Fog

    S3:E132/3/1993

    The confession of an elderly man that he assisted his wife in committing suicide doesn't fully satisfy Stone when rumors surface that the man was once a Nazi collaborator.

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    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #24 - Promises to Keep

    S3:E142/10/1993

    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.

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    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #25 - The Fertile Fields

    S2:E194/7/1992

    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.

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