9.5/101 votes#1 - Identity Crisis
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/1999
Falsone and Lewis investigate the murder of a man in his own backyard. The victim's nose was removed from his body. Ballard and Gharty investigate the murder of a bartender at a strip club. Canvassing the neighbors, Falsone feels that one of the neighbors isn't what she appears to be. Later when they interview her husband, he gets the same feeling. The MEs complete a record setting day of completing autopsies, but find themselves with one unidentified extra body. Munch and Bayliss get the call, but insist that until they can get a crime scene to go to, the problem isn't theirs. Griscom finds the crime scene in the morgue freezer. Ballard mentions to Gharty that he might want to consider stopping his drinking. Falsone's theory about the victim's neighbors proves true when MGee checks into the Witness Protection program. MGee's phone call puts the wheels in motion to get the family moved. Falsone and Lewis arrive just in time to take their suspect into custody and away from the Feds. The
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: Willie Reale
8.7/103 votes#2 - The Price of Trust
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/4/2023
Madoff’s scheme is exposed amid the 2008 financial market crisis. His victims' lives are upended as they face years of obstacles to recoup their losses.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votes#3 - See No Evil
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/4/2023
Competitors investigate Madoff's impossible numbers and alert the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the agency shrugs off multiple red flags.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
7.7/103 votes#4 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2023
As word of Madoff's seemingly golden touch spreads from Wall Street to Palm Beach, his empire branches out into hedge funds — and draws scrutiny.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
7.1/1010 votes#5 - Lost in Los Angeles
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2021
The once-grand Cecil Hotel provides a nightmarish backdrop for the disappearance of Elisa Lam. Her final footage in an elevator triggers a viral hunt.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
7.1/1010 votes#6 - Secrets of the Cecil
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/10/2021
Web sleuths dissect Elisa's social media posts. A grisly discovery changes everything at the hotel already known as the Night Stalker's onetime lair.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#7 - Getting Away With Murders
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2021
Author Jillian Lauren finds serial killer Sam Little while researching a new crime novel and quickly realises that his decades-long murderous history may be linked to terrible systemic injustices.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
6.9/1010 votes#8 - Down the Rabbit Hole
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2021
The mystery deepens: Did a crime occur? The obsessed descend on the Cecil hoping to solve the case and tumble down the rabbit hole of conspiracy.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
6.8/104 votes#9 - A Liar, Not a Failure
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2023
Starting his career in penny stock trades, Bernie Madoff builds a lucrative side business as an adviser, attracting clients with impressive returns.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
6.6/1010 votes#10 - The Hard Truth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2021
A long-awaited autopsy report arrives, but suspicions linger. Today, an unlikely target speaks his mind as experts weigh in on persistent mysteries.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
4.8/104 votes#11 - Murder on 42nd St.
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/29/2021
Bright lights, fear city: In Time Square, 1979, police stumble on a fiery "hotel room from hell" housing the bodies of two women.
Director: Joe Berlinger
Writer: N/A
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"Identity Crisis" is the best rated episode directed by Joe Berlinger. It scored 9.5/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Willie Reale. It aired on 4/30/1999 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Price of Trust".