10.0/101 votes#1 - Kingpin Rising
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2005
Cruz connects the dots that link Marcel Hollis to the murder of Darren Maddox, while Marcel begins to organize a street war against the 55th Precinct. Elsewhere, Yokas, Sully, and Bosco track a missing teen to a vampire cult.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Charles Murray
9.7/103 votes#2 - Road Block
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/2011
The LAPD's Police Commissioner and his wife, Gail, may be in trouble when Brenda becomes determined to uncover a scandal one of them tried to cover up.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Jim Leonard
9.5/104 votes#3 - Old Money
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/2010
One of Brenda's detectives is ambushed on the street, and the main clue to figuring out the motive behind the attack is a garbage bag containing more than $37,500. The investigation then turns into a race to clear the detective's name over allegations of witness tampering.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Hunt Baldwin
9.4/105 votes#4 - Help Wanted
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2010
Capt. Raydor (special guest Mary McDonnell) accompanies Brenda on an investigation involving the disappearance of a nanny working for close friends of the mayor. Meanwhile, Raydor’s real purpose in taking part in the investigation could have big career implications for Brenda.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Steven Kane
9.3/103 votes#5 - Necessary Evil
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2011
The death of a high school principal who had been trying to raise test scores at his school to prevent it from being closed causes Brenda and Fritz to fight over who has control of the case because an already existing FBI investigation causes the cases to overlap.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Duppy Demetrius
9.2/106 votes#6 - Strike Three
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/2009
A high-profile shoot-out has left two policemen and a teenage boy dead leads to numerous mysteries spinning around the case. Enter Force Investigation Division bigwig Sharon Raydor, who upends Brenda's investigation with her merciless snooping.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Steven Kane
9.2/105 votes#7 - Missing Persons
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2024
A rescued victim from Stabler's past goes missing. Bell recovers in the hospital while Jet, Reyes and Bashir are all questioned by IAB. Joe Jr. shows off his new career path.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Amy Berg
9.0/101 votes#8 - He Said, She Said
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/2001
During a sweep for prostitutes, Faith and Bosco tragically misjudge a sexual encounter between a young woman and a man in a car to be consensual; the situation spirals out of control when the girl later claims she was sexually assaulted while the cops laughed it off; Carlos considers a willing Ty as a potential roommate candidate.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Edward Allen Bernero
9.0/101 votes#9 - The Truth and Other Lies
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2003
Although Dade encourages him to keep quiet, Bosco tells Swersky everything that transpired with Maritza, Noble, the death of Willie G, and the shootout in Noble's hotel room, and confesses that he killed Noble after Noble pulled out a gun, Faith was shot by Maritza, and that he grazed Maritza's head with a bullet to keep her from killing Faith; wracked with grief that his wife has a bullet next to her spine, Fred attacks Bosco and threatens to kill him when he discovers that Faith became injured while she was helping her partner out of yet another jam; a critically injured Lt. Johnson, in excruciating pain and with only hours to live, begs Jimmy and Doc to ease his suffering; overwhelmed at the sight of Lt. Johnson's wife lashing out in heartbreak and anger, and her husband's horrific suffering and imminent death, Doc sadly helps out his boss one last time; Swersky has Maritza arrested when she refuses to tell him what happened during the shootout; Bosco learns that Noble was working f
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Edward Allen Bernero
9.0/104 votes#10 - Unknown Trouble
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2011
Brenda and the squad investigate the owner of a hip-hop record label when one of his rap artists and six innocent bystanders are gunned down. The case hits home for Gabriel who knows two of the victims from church. Meanwhile, Chief Delk is getting ready to announce the department’s new organizational chart just as Brenda becomes the target of a civil suit against the police department.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Michael Alaimo
9.0/103 votes#11 - She's Not There
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2009
A Russian tourist is found stabbed to death and the CSIs come face to face with the frightening realities of human trafficking. Solving this case becomes personal when it directly affects a prominent member of the NYPD
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Pam Veasey
9.0/102 votes#12 - The Demon of Sex
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/26/2022
Sister Andrea joins the team to fix a demonically possessed marriage, and Leland and Sheryl continue their crusade for Satan.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Aurin Squire
8.8/105 votes#13 - 21 Guns
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2006
Chaos reigns in the ER when two prisoners are brought in for treatment, but instead plot a violent escape. Their desperate actions place one doctor in harm's way, and forces one nurse to become a tool in their plan.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: David Zabel
8.8/108 votes#14 - N Is for Night Terrors
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2021
The team is given the task of evaluating the likelihood of Leland being possessed, which if decided true, would require them to exorcise him.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Rockne S. O'Bannon
8.7/103 votes#15 - Rebel Without a Pause
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2011
A Revolutionary War re-enactment becomes the scene of a real killing when a soldier turns up dead. Maura's extensive knowledge of American history becomes important as she and Jane try to solve the case. And Maura's brilliant mother, Constance Isles, comes to Boston for an art exhibit.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin
8.5/1015 votes#16 - Omnivore
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/2009
Agent Hotchner revisits the first case he worked at the BAU when details come forth that one of the deadliest serial killers in New England's history has struck again after a 10-year hiatus.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Andrew Wilder
8.5/106 votes#17 - Under the Skin
Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2020
The BAU team investigates an UnSub with striking similarities to Rossi’s latest obsession, “The Chameleon,” a.k.a. Everett Lynch, who nearly killed him and then disappeared.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Christopher Barbour
8.5/1029 votes#18 - Bad Blood
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/2007
Michael and Sara request Henry Pope's help to retrieve the information that will topple The Company.Mahone pins down an escapee. Sucre discovers a new threat while hitchhiking to reunite with Maricruz. T-Bag brings the Hollander family to his home.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Paul T. Scheuring
8.5/102 votes#19 - Identity
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2012
Jessica goes the extra mile to assist a homeless war vet obtain an ID so he can be admitted into a shelter . Meanwhile, Sammy is determined to save a dog after he accidentally shoots it in the leg. Elsewhere, Lydia struggles with a serious personal matter while she and Ruben investigate the murder of a man who sheltered and aided women in need.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: N/A
8.4/107 votes#20 - Heroic Measures
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/7/2006
When a young boy blames himself for the death of his friend, Brenda must tread lightly to get to the bottom of the case. Complicating matters is the deceased child's mother, who offers up accusations of her own.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Adam Belanoff
8.4/1011 votes#21 - Useful Idiot
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 4/8/2018
Yevgeny learns what happened to Dante. Saul takes a risky chance to uncover Yevgeny's network. Carrie finds out her sister is consulting a lawyer.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Debora Cahn
8.3/106 votes#22 - Night Lights
Season 14 Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2019
The BAU team heads to Portland, Ore., to investigate a chilling abduction that may be linked to a local couple killed in their home a week earlier.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Heather Noël Aldridge
8.3/106 votes#23 - Just Getting Started
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 11/24/2022
When a family annihilator abducts a teen girl, the Behavioral Analysis Unit works the case on either side of the country to save her. But an unlikely connection to a mysterious kit leads to a bigger investigation and at the center of it is Penelope Garcia.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Erica Messer
8.3/106 votes#24 - Sicarius
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2022
As the team hunts an UnSub who severs spinal cords, they uncover a clue from their last case that points to a serial killing network. To figure out how big this network is, Rossi has to convince a reluctant Garcia to do the one thing she doesn’t want: come back to the BAU.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Breen Frazier
8.3/103 votes#25 - Butch & Sundance
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2010
John and Ben are the first responders to a gruesome triple homicide in Hancock Park, where a mother is bludgeoned to death and her young daughters are found bound, gagged, raped and dead in their bedrooms. In investigating the case, Lydia and Rene realize they have two very different investigation styles. Meanwhile, Sammy continues to have problems with his wife and Ben confronts John about his increasing reliance on pain pills.
Director: Nelson McCormick
Writer: Mitchell Burgess
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"Kingpin Rising" is the best rated episode directed by Nelson McCormick. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Charles Murray. It aired on 2/25/2005 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Road Block".