9.8/104 votes#1 - Fresh Pursuit
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 9/12/2011
The squad investigates the death of a deputy sheriff; the judge considers dropping the charges against Brenda.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Adam Belanoff
9.5/106 votes#2 - Executive Order
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2010
The murder of two paramedics leads the LAPD and the FBI on separate investigations on a case that could be the precursor to a major terrorist attack. But Brenda fights to remain a step ahead, even though she's forced to work with the counter-terrorism unit's Chief Tommy Delk, who happens to be one of Brenda's fellow finalists for the job of Chief of Police.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Adam Belanoff
9.4/105 votes#3 - Smells Like Murder
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/2009
The team digs through several suspects that surface after a man's body is found inside an oversized box. Brenda finds the case the perfect platform to play the role of teacher to Gabriel as he prepares for his detective exam. When Brenda's niece, Charlie, gets out of hand, she and Fritz must consider ending her summer vacation with them.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Duppy Demetrius
9.3/106 votes#4 - Ruby
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2007
A recently released sex offender is accused of kidnapping a child, and with time running out, Det. Gabriel beats a confession out of him. Deputy Chief Johnson must deal with Gabriel and also get the pedophile to re-confess.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Mike Berchem
9.3/107 votes#5 - Time Bomb
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2008
The newly renamed Major Crimes Division investigates the death of a teenager that may be related to a planned massacre; the squad searches for a bomb before it can explode.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Steven Kane
9.2/106 votes#6 - Overkill
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 9/4/2006
Brenda and Fritz have a hard time agreeing who is in charge when an informant's wife and and FBI agent are both murdered. Brenda discovers that she and the PHD must work quickly when the leading witness in the case is scheduled to testify against a powerful mobster. When the killer's identity is uncovered, the PHD finds themselves under attack; an attack that takes someone down.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Adam Belanoff
9.2/108 votes#7 - Homewrecker
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2007
Brenda and the team investigate the grisly slaying of a family, and the only survivor is the drug-addled teen son. Meanwhile, a financial crisis rocks the LAPD, bringing about budget cuts, numerous changes --- and possibly Provenza’s early retirement. And Fritz hopes to move into a new house with Brenda.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Mike Berchem
9.2/105 votes#8 - Off The Hook
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2010
After a parole board member is viciously murdered during a panicked phone call with Sgt. Gabriel, Pope announces an overreaching plan to boost the police department’s image. His plan, however, hinges on Brenda first being able to solve the crime.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Duppy Demetrius
9.1/107 votes#9 - Standards and Practices
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/5/2005
An unnamed source files a grievance against Brenda in the midst of a high-profile investigation of a murdered L.A. filmmaker. With her career on the line, Brenda is skeptical of Chief Pope's intentions when he volunteers to help. In classic Brenda style, she spurns the accusation, refusing to suppress her demeanor in deference to the complaint. In response to the situation, the PHD team comes together to act in unison, sending shock waves through the entire department.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: James Duff
9.0/106 votes#10 - Til Death Do Us Part (2)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 9/10/2007
Still experiencing the strain of her case, Brenda finds herself under another time crunch when she must disprove a questionable alibi within 48 hours to prevent the investigation from falling flat. As Brenda searches for the truth in her case, she discovers some inside information that may have an unfortunate effect on her relationship with Fritz.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: James Duff
9.0/106 votes#11 - Controlled Burn
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2008
When a massive fire breaks out in Griffith Park, Priority Homicide is on hand to help. But when an unidentified dead woman's body is found in the center of the scene, Deputy Chief Johnson is doing a lot more investigating then directing traffic. Meanwhile, Brenda and Fritz are living in a small apartment and getting on each other's nerves.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Mike Berchem
9.0/105 votes#12 - In Custody
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2010
While investigating a suspicious suicide, the squad wades into a nasty child-custody dispute between a dying man and his meth-addicted ex-wife. Meanwhile, Pope applies for the police chief job, but Brenda might have something to say about whether or not he gets it.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Michael Alaimo
8.9/107 votes#13 - Good Housekeeping
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2005
The murder of an adolescent girl from Mexico, found dead in the Los Angeles River, proves difficult and painful for Brenda and her team. At first, a known sex-offender seems the likely candidate, but questions arise about why the girl and her mother were brought to the US, leading the investigation in another direction. Soon, the girl's backpack suggests the girl's uncle or the family for whom the mother worked may have been involved, A search of the house suggests one of the family is the murderer, but which one? An end-run by the family, determined to protect the killer, takes Brenda to Mexico, where she must use all her resources, Fritz and Mexican law to finally bring the killer to justice. The usually cantankerous Dr. Crippen shows his softer side as he briefs Brenda following the autopsy, in a scene representative of the way in which the violent death of a child impacts the police.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Wendy West
8.8/106 votes#14 - Show Yourself
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/4/2005
Brenda and the Priority Homicide Team investigate a sniper who is killing gang members in and around MacArthur Park. Offering assistance is an ex-Army colonel who believes the sniper to be his son. As an all-out gang war looms, Brenda tentatively accepts his assistance, but as her investigation progresses, Brenda's doubts about the Colonel's motives grow. With Fritz' assistance, she realizes the Colonel is not there to help, but to help his son escape. The two face off in the dark on a Los Angeles rooftop, leading to an unexpected outcome. Elsewhere in the story, Sanchez' prior service with the Rampart Division CRASH gang squad allows him to play a pivotal role in the investigation as he briefs the squad on gang activity in the area, goes undercover as a gang member and assists with interrogations. Brenda's tense relationship with Taylor seems to relax, then abruptly grows tenser when a stake-out goes wrong. Gabriel becomes increasingly loyal to her, but Flynn and Provenza continue to resist her methods, dubbing her "Miss Scarlett."
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Wendy West
8.8/106 votes#15 - Products of Discovery
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 6/8/2009
While investigating the homicide of an entire family, the team once again finds themselves entangled in an FBI case. They also find themselves distracted by an unusually surly Provenza.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Michael Alaimo
8.6/105 votes#16 - Jailbait
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/2013
When a newly released prisoner misses two back-to-back parole meetings, the squad is called in to track him down after the suspect’s therapist expresses concerns over his mental state. Meanwhile, Sharon invites therapist Dr. Joe Bowman to the office to evaluate Rusty over a game of chess.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Carson Moore
8.5/104 votes#17 - When the Gun Goes Bang, Bang, Bang
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2010
After an undercover cop working a narcotics-smuggling sting is shot dead, the killers next turn their sites on Boston homicide headquarters, leaving Jane, Maura and Frankie Jr. trapped in a fight for survival on their home turf. It's a situation that will force Maura to challenge herself like never before. On the home front, Jane's parents are excited that their oldest child, Tommy, is being released after serving time in prison.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Janet Tamaro
8.5/104 votes#18 - Emission Accomplished
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1993
Martinez discovers the superintendent of his brother's apartment building is a cop who beats and robs tenants who fall behind on their rent.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: N/A
8.4/1010 votes#19 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/13/2005
A seemingly routine murder investigation by the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division is interrupted by the arrival of Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, the new head of the LAPD’s Priority Murder Squad. An outsider from Atlanta in her first week of service, Brenda has already begun to face the resistance of long-time high-ranking officers, particularly Capt. Taylor of Robbery Homicide, as well as the questionable confidence of her own squad, who have decided to request transfers en masse. Only her assistant, Sgt. Gabriel, seems willing to try to work with her.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: James Duff
8.4/108 votes#20 - About Face
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/20/2005
Brenda and the team must investigate the murder of high-profile model Heather Kingsley, who dies as a result of nicotine poisoning, applied to her scalp via her hair conditioner. Suspicion quickly falls on her movie-star husband, Dean, whose philandering ways and false claims of a pre-nuptual agreement make him the likely killer. As Brenda investigates, she is drawn into the world of celebrity beauty, where illusion is everything, and the standard high. When she undergoes a make-over to meet the Dean’s discarded lovers one-by-one, each of whom appears to have a motive to murder, Brenda realizes there may be more to this case than a man trying to get out of a marriage. At the same time, she is slowly seduced by the superficial glamour, which seems to impress her colleagues, and Fritz. As the real killer emerges, Brenda comes to the realization that she can only be who she is, and that the rest is just an illusion.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: James Duff
8.3/107 votes#21 - Blue Blood
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/12/2006
Things don't add up when an LA cop turns up dead. Brenda and her team race against the clock to get to the truth, while tension increases between the Priority Homicide Division and the Robbery-Homicide Division. In the meantime, Brenda's relationship with Fritz elevates to a whole new level.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Mike Berchem
8.3/106 votes#22 - Out of Focus
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/17/2006
Brenda and the team find themselves wading through a long list of suspects when a celebrity photographer takes a fatal fall from his hotel room balcony. Once the cause of death is determined, the motive points to a big time actor with something to hide. In the meantime, Brenda starts to feel like Fritz is behaving strangely, making her realize that superstars may not be the only ones who have secrets to keep.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Hunt Baldwin
8.3/106 votes#23 - Boston Strangler Redux
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2010
Tensions are high as the squad investigates a possible copycat of the legendary Boston Strangler…or could it be the Boston Strangler himself? Meanwhile, Jane butts heads with her new boss, Lt. Grant, who just happens to be from the same neighborhood where Jane grew up. And Maura gets into trouble with her habit of diagnosing everyone – including her date.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: Janet Tamaro
8.0/102 votes#24 - Julia McNamara
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/7/2004
After Julia's accident in the previous episode, Julia turns to Sean and Christian to fix her face. Sean resists at first, but eventually decides to do it after Christian lies to him and says the woman that was going to fix her face botched several jobs. Sean tells Julia that he keeps trying to forgive her and wants to try to love her again, but that it wouldn't happen right away. Julia has an adverse reaction to the anesthesia and dreams during her surgery. Ava shows up in her dream as a different form of life coach, and guides her through this surreal life. Julia is married to Christian, which seems happy on the outside, but is really falling apart on the inside. They run the Troy/Troy partnership firm. When Christian decides to leave the practice, Julia interviews another doctor - Sean, someone she knew from high school. Trying to catch up on old times, Sean invites Julia and Christian to dinner. They meet his wife, Megan O'Hara, and their son Matt, who is on the nerdy side and has a bug collection. Megan is three months pregnant with a girl they plan on calling Annie, named after his grandmother. Julia is upset after a visit to Liz, an OB/GYN in this world, who has two kids. Julia cannot have kids with Christian, who wanted to have a biological child since he was adopted. Kimber, Julia and Christian's three-way partner becomes pregnant, and Christian refuses to get rid of it. We are revisited by several characters, including Mrs. Grubman, Jude, and Julia's friend Suzanne. When Julia wakes up in recovery, Sean is there waiting for her. She has realized that things would never work out with Christian, and that Sean was always the one she loved.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votes#25 - Guns 'n Rosaries
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1994
Even as Licalsi confesses to shooting Angelo Marino and his driver, Martinez is forced to shoot an irate man who points a gun at Medavoy while they're stuck in traffic.
Director: Michael M. Robin
Writer: N/A
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"Fresh Pursuit" is the best rated episode directed by Michael M. Robin. It scored 9.8/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by Adam Belanoff. It aired on 9/12/2011 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Executive Order".