9.0/105 votes#1 - Body and Soul
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2006
Dr. Nate Lennox, a former professor with ALS, is brought in as the progression of his disease is chronicled through his own flashbacks as he is treated by each of the doctors at one point. As Lennox wants to give up, Abby fights to convince him to keep on fighting.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Joe Sachs
9.0/102 votes#2 - Deep Water
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/2007
A newly elected senator goes missing and Jack immediately turns his attention towards her husband.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Anthony LaPaglia
8.7/108 votes#3 - Crime After Crime
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2011
Three new murders related to three unsolved (or incorrectly solved) crimes from the past come back to haunt the CSIs.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Richard Catalani
8.7/103 votes#4 - The First Symptom
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2023
Mouch builds a classic firetruck model for the Deputy District Chief but needs some assistance from Gallo and Ritter. Brett and Violet encounter multiple victims with a strange set of symptoms. Cindy's chemotherapy results loom over the Herrmann family.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Matt Whitney
8.5/104 votes#5 - 5 Quarts
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2009
Crews and Seever are under pressure to solve the murder of an assistant coroner; a murder that if left unsolved, could jeopardize all of their closed cases.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/102 votes
#6 - Viuda Negra
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2005
After James Costa is kidnapped after enjoying a night out with his wife in Mexico, Danny and Jack go in at the request of James' mother-in-law, but find that between the Mexican authorities and the grieving wife, no one is too willing to help them. While Vivian, Sam, Martin and Elena work the case back in New York, Jack encounters resistance from the locals, and it is only with Danny's help speaking Spanish that they are able to get much of the information they need. The team soon becomes suspicious of Lucy Costa, convinced she knows more about her husband's disappearance than she is saying.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Scott Williams
- 8.5/102 votes
#7 - Believe Me
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2009
The team searches for a bar owner who goes missing shortly after his statue of St. Theresa cries. Brian's visit takes a new turn.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Bruce Rasmussen
8.5/102 votes#8 - Risk
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2022
When one of the doctors is shot outside the hospital, the ER is put into lockdown and the team races to save one of their own. Elsewhere, Devon and The Raptor work with a patient who learns he is unable to receive a lung transplant, due to his vaccination status. Meanwhile, Devon and Leela try to juggle the new dynamics of their relationship and Cade's father arrives at Chastain.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Daniela Lamas
8.4/105 votes#9 - Blame it on the Rain
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2005
The rainy night brings in diverse patients including a mother involved in a car accident with her baby, a man with a satisfaction facilitator, and a comatose patient who suddenly wakes up. Also, Sam steps up to Eve and her strict ways and Jerry gets struck by lightening!
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.4/107 votes#10 - Fault
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2006
A manhunt ensues when Victor Paul Gitano, a recently released sex offender, kidnaps two children after killing the rest of their family. Benson and Stabler pursue Gitano only to find their own relationship challenged as both experience opportunities where they put their personal relationship ahead of their job. After having her throat slashed, Benson requests for a new partner when she hears what Stabler has to say about their relationship and their job.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Michele Fazekas
8.3/106 votes#11 - Pied Piper
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 8/16/2010
Lightman and his ex-wife, Zoe witness the execution of a murderer they prosecuted 17 years ago and face the possibility that they sent the wrong man to his death.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: N/A
8.2/104 votes#12 - The Student
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2004
Carter sticks up for Neela when the other attendings doubt her future in the ER. Neela caves to the pressure and accidentally gives a patient the wrong medication. Gallant takes the blame for her though. Sam and Luka try to plan Alex's birthday party. Frank visits on his way to therapy. Chen's home nurse quits after her dad behaves poorly.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: David Zabel
8.2/105 votes#13 - Ruby Redux
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/2005
Jules 'Ruby' Rubadoux is back in the ER. He's still angry with Carter about the death of his wife.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Lydia Woodward
8.2/104 votes#14 - A Chicago Welcome
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2020
The surprising arrival of a new fire truck brings both joy and chaos to members of Firehouse 51. Boden and Severide are asked to make peace with an old foe for the greater good. Brett receives family news while Foster plans a party with friends.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Derek Haas
8.0/104 votes#15 - Canyon Flowers
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2008
A food bank delivery man is found murdered and buried up to his neck, surrounded by flower petals in a backyard. Crews and Reese believe the incident may be related to a cult from the 1970s. Crews confronts Mickey Rayborn, despite warnings from the FBI.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: N/A
8.0/109 votes#16 - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/2011
The team investigates two apparent corpses who aren't exactly dead at all.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Tom Mularz
8.0/104 votes#17 - Damaged
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2004
Neela is still struggling with her decision not to continue becoming a doctor. We discover that Ray is in a band. Kovac and Sam are amoureux, but where does that leave them?
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: David Zabel
8.0/103 votes#18 - Age of Innocence
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2008
Sam gets frustrated with Gates when he gets obsessed with finding a homeless war hero. Neela is upset at her intern after he gets the entire surgery department into a lawsuit. A husband and wife come into the ER after someone tried to burn down their home. Brenner loses his cool with a patient and it gets physical.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Janine Sherman Barrois
8.0/106 votes#19 - Three Words
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2018
Nic and Conrad contemplate their past when they team up to diagnose a happy husband and wife who are both admitted to the hospital with mysterious symptoms. Bell and Marshall butt heads on a work trip when their cut-throat business tactics don't align. Meanwhile, AJ turns down a request from Bell despite Mina's forewarning, Devon continues to gravitate to medical device rep Julian and the staff gears up for Conrad's three-year anniversary at Chastain.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Marqui Jackson
8.0/102 votes#20 - The Thinnest Veil
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2021
While looking for a distraction on Halloween, Conrad treats a group of witches who send the ER into chaos. Also, Devon treats a patient who thinks he is being haunted by ghosts. Meanwhile, on the way back from his vacation, Bell picks up a hitchhiker who is not what he seems to be.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Todd Harthan
8.0/101 votes#21 - Peek and Shriek
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2022
The high stakes governor election results in violence at the polls, causing multiple victims to arrive at Chastain. Conrad finds common ground with an aggressive patient, helping lead to a diagnosis for his outbursts. Meanwhile, when another patient’s lung collapses, the doctors find a serious root of the issue.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Joy Gregory
8.0/104 votes#22 - Ties That Bind
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2019
Upton and Burgess find themselves in a difficult situation when Intelligence tracks a cache of cop killer machine guns to a local gun show in Wisconsin.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Kim Rome
7.8/105 votes#23 - Next of Kin
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2002
Abby is distressed when her mother interferes with Eric's treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Pratt treats a frightened young girl who has been injured in an auto accident and desperately wants to hide a secret. An unhappy Luka forms an unlikely bond with a lonely elderly woman who makes him a surprising offer. Chen is overcome with upsetting memories when a baby is abandoned in the emergency room. Pratt takes action after Leon is fired from his menial job.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Dee Johnson
7.7/103 votes#24 - Saved
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/18/2018
After Voight witnesses the kidnapping of a young woman with a mysterious connection to his past, Intelligence works to find a connection between her kidnapping and several bank robberies. Ruzek gets a tip that a grand jury has been summoned, putting Olinsky one step closer to standing trial for Bingham’s murder.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Gwen Sigan
7.5/102 votes#25 - Running Mates
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2006
All eyes are looking forward to the Leo McGarry/Ray Sullivan Vice Presidential debate. Meawhile, Santos is trying not to catch his children's cold and he visits his home in Texas and continues to campaign. Jorge Santos, the Congressman's brother, may cause some problems at a gathering.
Director: Paul McCrane
Writer: Peter Noah
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"Body and Soul" is the best rated episode directed by Paul McCrane. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by Joe Sachs. It aired on 2/2/2006 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Deep Water".