The Best Episodes Directed By Robert Harmon
Every TV Episode Directed by Robert Harmon Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Robert Harmon Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Robert Harmon is "Fake It Till You Make It", rated 9/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Robert Harmon". "Fake It Till You Make It" aired on 1/13/2023 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Meet the New Boss".
9.0/10 2 votes#1 - Fake It Till You Make It
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 1/13/2023
Jamie and his new intel team officer infiltrate a high-tech car smuggling ring; Frank faces off against the city's transit chief over a program that is causing officer injuries on the job; Eddie asks Danny to help her bust a cop impersonator.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Robert Harmon
8.6/10 5 votes#2 - Meet the New Boss
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2018
Gormley looks to Danny and Baez for help tracking down a former NYPD detective he believes may be a threat to Frank's safety. Erin navigates office politics when she chooses to reopen a closed case. Jamie is transferred to a new precinct with a lot of problems. Frank and Baker team up to investigate a complaint about an SVU detective.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Ian Biederman
8.5/10 6 votes#3 - Guilt By Association
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2016
When a key witness in Danny's case is killed just before testifying, Erin angers Danny by enlisting Anthony (Steve Schrippa) to help him find the killer. Also, Robert Lewis (Michael Imperioli) tries to force Frank to publicly support the Attorney General's investigation of the use of excessive force by police, and Eddie and Jamie get the call for an attempted suicide.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Robin Green
8.5/10 2 votes#4 - Rectify
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/2019
After an incident where Officer Witten’s backup physically could not keep up with a chase, Frank must decide whether to implement a more rigorous fitness test for the NYPD. Also, Danny is hesitant to pursue a cold case after learning who the original detective was; Anthony begs Erin to stall a murder trial so he can gather more evidence; and Eddie is vexed by Jamie’s disapproval of her joining a fraternal organization.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Allie Solomon
8.2/10 4 votes#5 - Bad Blood
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2013
Danny and Baez investigate a homicide in which Baez’s estranged brother, a former drug addict, is the lead suspect. Meanwhile, Frank learns one of his most highly decorated officers, a German Shepherd in the K9 unit, is being accused of police brutality, and Henry investigates the widow of a former NYPD pal who might have had a hand in her husband’s death.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.2/10 5 votes#6 - The Enemy of My Enemy
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2017
Erin’s trial against a notorious human trafficker is jeopardized when the presiding judge is mysteriously found dead. Danny and Baez are put on the case to investigate foul play. Meanwhile, Mayor Dutton opposes Frank’s public safety initiative, but City Council Speaker Regina Thomas devises a plan to help Frank bypass the mayor’s veto.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Ian Biederman
8.2/10 5 votes#7 - Friendship, Love, and Loyalty
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2018
After a woman voices her outrage regarding the NYPD’s inability to find her son’s murderer, Danny reexamines the case, upsetting the original detective, Erin, and Anthony, who didn’t pursue the case due to lack of evidence. Also, Eddie is shot while on duty; Erin and her ex-husband, Jack, face off in court; and Frank contends with an angry police force when Mayor Dutton fails to defend them at a press conference.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Wanted Dead or Alive, Part 1
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/1998
Bounty hunters shoot, killing the wrong man, as they enter a building where their fugitive---a man named Joe Errico---has shot at them (and subsequently gotten away). Gharty has vague memories of a drinking binge from the night before. Falsone and Stivers catch the bounty-hunter case. Sheppard, during her days with the fugitive squad, had dealings with the head bounty hunter. Gaffney stops Gee and MGee on their way in, Baltimore magazine wants to do a father and son piece, using the wine case as a focal point. Gee is not interested, especially about the use of the wine case. Gharty struggles as he tries to reconstruct the events of the night before. Munch is bothered by Gharty's stories of Vietnam and each grows to dislike the other - perhaps some competitiveness over Billie Lou is beginning to brew here. Bounty hunter P.J. Johnson, who was identified as the triggerman, is charged and placed in one of the holding cells, near some of his previously captured quarry. Within an hour his ba
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 1 votes
#9 - Wanted Dead or Alive, Part 2
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/1998
Lewis is transported to the hospital, as is the passenger of the car that MGee hit. Gharty is worked up about women and finances, because he and Flora and their lawyers are going to be working out the financial details of their divorce. Gee & MGee are not interested in cooperating with the bounty hunters; however, Knoll is the only one who can get any information on the whereabouts of Errico from Errico's mother. She has promised to page Knoll when her son calls. (Joe Errico has gone south to Miami.) Knoll offers to pay the expenses of having homicide detectives go to Miami and work with him, but Gee declines that generous offer and sends his detectives separately. In Miami, Bayliss and MGee work with Knoll to capture Errico. Knoll offers to split the huge bounty with the homicide detectives, which they of course refuse. MGee decides that the best use for the bounty might be for the man whose wife had died from the injuries she sustained in the car accident.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Anya Epstein
8.0/10 4 votes#10 - Moonlighting
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2011
Danny accompanies a dangerous ex-mobster who is helping him find bodies on cold cases in exchange for leniency for his son on grand theft auto. Meanwhile, Jamie works undercover in a boiler room operation, looking for a secret about the Sanfino family.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Kevin Wade
8.0/10 4 votes#11 - Higher Education
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2012
Danny arrives at a college campus to find a murdered student, who was thought to be dealing drugs. Meanwhile, Jamie has a life crisis when he reconnects with a former law school classmate and Erin must learn to give Nicky some freedom.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Ian Biederman
8.0/10 4 votes#12 - Front Page News
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2013
Jamie must deal with the emotional consequences of his actions on the job. Meanwhile, Erin questions Mayor Poole on the witness stand.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Dawn DeNoon
8.0/10 4 votes#13 - Knockout Game
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2014
Danny and Baez search for teenager who have been randomly punching unsuspecting people in the head, including a pregnant woman; Frank worries that promoting an officer will be viewed as favoritism.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Brian Burns
8.0/10 5 votes#14 - Not Fade Away
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2017
When Danny accepts a side job as a bodyguard for a recently released ex-con who took the fall for someone else, he uses the opportunity to go after the real criminal. Also, Gormley's wife, Sheila, asks Frank to give Gormley a bigger command position, and Jamie and Eddie witness a lovers' quarrel between two cops that leads them to reflect on their own complicated relationship.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Robin Green
8.0/10 2 votes#15 - Grave Errors
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2019
Erin disagrees with a psychiatric consultant's diagnosis of a nanny accused of abuse; Eddie confronts her boss; Frank is forced to make staffing changes he is skeptical about; a woman claims she heard someone plotting a murder.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/10 2 votes#16 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 3/26/2021
Baez confides in Danny and asks for his help in proving her innocence after she finds a corpse in her front yard. Also, Erin struggles to find a peaceful solution when she receives harsh case notes from her boss, Jamie and Eddie butt heads over the handling of a young cop’s punishment, and Frank makes his whole team attend therapy after Gormley exhibits troubling behavior.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Brian Burns
7.8/10 4 votes#17 - Home Sweet Home
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2015
Jamie gets Danny involved when he finds a homeless teen who claims his aunt was killed by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Erin is angered when McCoy replaces her as the prosecutor on a case involving a corrections officer.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Bryan Goluboff
7.8/10 5 votes#18 - Mob Rules
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2016
Intent on bringing justice to Lieutenant Gormley after he is beaten by a mob outside his home, Danny and Frank enlist the aid of Detective Anthony Abetemarco, who has a personal connection to the neighborhood where the attack occurred. Also, Eddie and Jamie witness a dishonest arrest, and Danny searches for a witness to testify against a dangerous gang leader
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Robin Green
7.7/10 3 votes#19 - The First 100 Days
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2020
Frank and Garrett devise a plan to convince Mayor Chase to work better with others in order to properly run the city, and Danny and Baez try to track down a perp who vandalized several NYPD vehicles with anti-cop graffiti and made threats against officers. Also, Erin is shaken after she's in a car accident, and Eddie and Jamie argue about whether they should keep a stray dog who leads them to a crime scene.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Brian Burns
6.6/10 5 votes#20 - Whistle Blower
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2012
When Erin's informant is murdered, she blames herself and works to help Danny discover who killed him.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: N/A
5.7/10 3 votes#21 - Firewall
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2021
Frank enlists the help of an old friend, Sloane Thompson, to investigate a cyber-attack on the NYPD that forces Danny and Baez to release an evasive suspect. Also, Baez questions her place within the NYPD; Eddie is torn over a workplace dilemma; and Jamie wrestles with a family secret.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Daniel Truly