10.0/101 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2011
Former heavyweight boxing champion Patrick "Lights" Leary struggles to find his identity after retiring from the sport. He also wonders how he is going to support his medical resident wife Theresa, and their three daughters. The series premiere begins five years after Leary's retirement following a controversial split-decision loss to Richard "Death Row" Reynolds. The Learys' once charmed life is on shaky ground; the IRS is determined to take away their mansion, and Patrick's brother/manager Johnny wants him to make a comeback, despite him showing signs of pugilistic dementia.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Justin Zackham
- 10.0/101 votes
#2 - Cakewalk
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2011
When Leary is threatened with criminal charges, he must do the bidding of bookmaker Hal Brennan to make them go away. Lights is also being coy with his suspicious wife Theresa, and Mike Fumosa, a pesky reporter—both having heard rumors that he will return to the ring to fight Reynolds. Meanwhile, his daughter Daniella finds out about her father's diagnosis and confronts him.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Warren Leight
- 10.0/101 votes
#3 - Bolo Punch
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2011
Johnny gets himself in a life-threatening situation when he is unable to pay his gambling debt after betting on Omar's fight. So Lights has to put himself on the line to bail him out by fighting an MMA fighter named Dokaj in order to make the money and save his brother. Meanwhile, Theresa offers to donate $50,000 to help rebuild a clinic that her church is involved with in Haiti, but she soon discovers that the family's $12 million from Lights' fighting career is all gone.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Carter Harris
- 10.0/101 votes
#4 - War
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/5/2011
After all the trials and tribulations that led up to the championship fight, Lights goes to "war" when he finally faces off with "Death Row" Reynolds for the heavyweight title. Before the big fight, Hal Brennan gathers all the former champs that have been burned by Barry Word and starts a war against him by starting a new boxing alliance called United Boxers. But in order for Lights to be a part of it, he suggests a 10 percent cut for a health fund to help all the boxers in need of medical care. Meanwhile, Word has a pre-fight talk with Lights, and it is not very inspiring the night before the fight. Theresa has her own talk with Reynold's wife, Jennifer. As soon as the third round begins, Lights manages to K.O. Reynolds and wins back his title, but suffers a severe concussion. After the fight Theresa makes a shocking discovery about Lights: she goes to his side and watches in horror as he groggily asks her "Who won?".
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Warren Leight
9.8/105 votes#5 - Post-Graduate Psychopath
Season 22 Episode 14 - Aired 5/20/2021
Rollins must revisit an old case when a child sent to juvenile detention is released after his 18th birthday.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Brianna Yellen
- 9.7/103 votes
#6 - Yahrzeit
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/2009
The most exclusive jewelry auction of the year ends abruptly when an appraiser is killed during the event. The investigation takes an emotional turn when the CSIs must confront one of the greatest tragedies in human history - the Holocaust.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov
9.5/104 votes#7 - All Pain Is One Malady (III)
Season 24 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2023
Benson and Stabler combine forces on a global revenge-for-hire case. Fin and Bruno help a victim assaulted a second time. Jet's plan to hack the dark web backfires and puts the team in danger. The crossover starts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S24E21 Bad Things (I) and Law & Order: Organized Crime S03E21 Shadowërk (II). It continues on Law & Order: Organized Crime S03E22 With Many Names (IV).
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
9.4/105 votes#8 - And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
Season 24 Episode 9 - Aired 12/8/2022
Carisi and Rollins work together on an important arraignment. Benson tries to make Noah’s Christmas wish come true when a case falls in her lap.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Julie Martin
9.3/106 votes#9 - And the Empire Strikes Back
Season 23 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2021
Benson's loyalty to Garland is tested. Rollins and Carisi try to keep their witnesses on board when a powerful congressman is identified as a suspect.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Warren Leight
9.2/106 votes#10 - Tunnel Blind
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 1/18/2024
As the squad celebrates Rollins and Carisi’s child, another child goes missing in broad daylight.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Julie Martin
- 9.0/102 votes
#11 - Death House
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2009
A frantic 911 call sends the CSIs into a vacant penthouse; however, instead of finding the caller, they unearth a nearly 100-year-old corpse and find themselves navigating their way through a booby-trapped house.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
9.0/102 votes#12 - Silent Night, Hateful Night
Season 23 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2022
The SVU is called in to help investigate a wave of hate crimes on Christmas Eve. Rollins catches up with an old flame.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
8.7/107 votes#13 - Her Negotiation
Season 14 Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2013
The detectives uncover a shocking theory as they work to learn the identity of a man Rollins arrested for exposing himself in the park.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Warren Leight
8.6/105 votes#14 - Serpiente/Chikchan
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/2018
The bond of the Reyes blood is fractured, and the Galindo family decides to cut their losses.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Sean Tretta
8.4/1056 votes#15 - 50% Off
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2020
Jimmy's promotional stunt has unintended consequences. Nacho takes extreme measures to earn Lalo's trust. Saul is a success at the courthouse but still has yet to win Kim over. Simmering with rage and self-loathing, Mike loses his temper.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Alison Tatlock
8.4/106 votes#16 - Spring Awakening
Season 15 Episode 24 - Aired 5/21/2014
Amaro must face the consequence of his reckless behavior; when an online ad for escorts leads to the rape and robbery of tourists, Benson discovers she has a connection to one of the suspect's.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Warren Leight
8.4/105 votes#17 - Intersection
Season 24 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2023
A car accident leads the detectives on a search for an ambulance driver assaulting his charges. Fin gives Det. Bruno a tour of Manhattan SVU.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Julie Martin
8.3/103 votes#18 - Never Turn Your Back on Them
Season 23 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2021
The search for a missing witness leads Fin and Kat down a dangerous path. Chief McGrath puts pressure on Garland and Benson to get a conviction.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
8.3/1018 votes#19 - Blonde Ambition
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2014
Rosalee and Monroe's big day arrives; a realization shakes Juliette and Nick's relationship to its core; Adalind's plan leads to a catastrophic event.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: David Greenwalt
8.2/1025 votes#20 - Ability
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2009
German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S. The Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: David H. Goodman
- 8.2/105 votes
#21 - The Fall
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/2005
When young gang members murder the owner of an upscale Bronx wine store, the CSI’s must work to find evidence that ultimately ties someone to the crime. Tempers flare when the murder investigation reunites Detective Flack with his long-time mentor and friend Sergeant Gavin Moran, who was the first to arrive at the crime scene. Meanwhile, Danny and Aiden investigate the death of an influential movie producer found dead on the canopy of his Chelsea apartment building.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Anthony E. Zuiker
8.2/104 votes#22 - Zoo York
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2005
Mac and Danny look into the mysterious death of a man torn apart by tigers at the Bronx Zoo, which leads them to both the dead man's meat packing plant as well as his mafia relatives. Hawkes and Stella are left with the case of a beautiful young debutante found dead on the carousel only hours before her coming out.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
8.2/104 votes#23 - City Of The Dolls
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2005
Mac, Danny and Lindsay investigate the death of owner of a doll hospital. Stella and Hawkes look into the death of a woman with terminal cancer.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Pam Veasey
8.2/104 votes#24 - Wolves In Sheep's Clothing
Season 22 Episode 16 - Aired 6/3/2021
While Fin and Phoebe make wedding plans, Benson and Rollins try to help a homeless single mother who’s being trafficked in exchange for safe housing.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
8.2/104 votes#25 - The One You Feed
Season 24 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2022
A group of teens terrorizing tourists has the SVU squad working overtime; McGrath teams them up with the Bronx gang unit to track down a crucial lead.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Julie Martin
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode directed by Norberto Barba. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Justin Zackham. It aired on 1/11/2011 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Cakewalk".