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The Best Episodes of Rosewood Season 1

Every episode of Rosewood Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rosewood Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Rosewood Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    6.7/10(389 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Set against the vibrant backdrop of one of the world's hottest cities - Miami - private pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. must crack a case that hits close to home. As he begins his investigation, Detective Annalise Villa gives him a run for his money as they cross paths and are forced to work together to help the Miami PD solve the case.

    Director:Richard Shepard
    Writer:Todd Harthan

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  2. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 2 - Fireflies and Fidelity
    7.1/10(269 votes)

    #2 - Fireflies and Fidelity

    S1:E2

    When an unexpected piece of evidence surfaces in the 305, Rosewood and Villa attempt to solve a serious crime involving a very well-off Miami man. Meanwhile, Rosewood struggles to balance a new romantic interest with the demands of his mother, and Villa runs into trouble on the job.

    Director:Timothy Busfield
    Writer:Todd Harthan

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  3. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 3 - Have-Nots & Hematomas
    7.4/10(242 votes)

    #3 - Have-Nots & Hematomas

    S1:E3

    A series of mysterious deaths pulls Rosewood off the glamorous promenades of South Beach when a troubled young genius stands accused of murder, and the only one who believes in his innocence is Rosewood. He must contend with a colorful new adversary, escalating health problems and a burgeoning romantic relationship, while Villa's inability to connect with people hampers her own ability to investigate the case.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  4. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 4 - Vandals and Vitamins
    7.5/10(228 votes)

    #4 - Vandals and Vitamins

    S1:E4

    Rosewood and Villa must prove a brilliant doctor murdered two patients, despite a limited amount of evidence; Rosewood receives a letter containing potentially life-altering news.

    Director:Eriq La Salle
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 5 - Necrosis and New Beginnings
    7.7/10(224 votes)

    #5 - Necrosis and New Beginnings

    S1:E5

    Rosewood and Villa seek justice for a murdered ex-con who had ties to a Little Haiti gang; Villa struggles with her recent dreams; Rosewood faces an unexpected turn in his relationship with Kat.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Nkechi Okoro Carroll

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  6. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 6 - Policies and Ponies
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    #6 - Policies and Ponies

    S1:E6

    Hornstock is a murder suspect when his third ex-wife is killed, so he turns to Rosewood and Villa to help him clear his name.

    Director:Michael Zinberg
    Writer:Evan Bleiweiss

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  7. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 7 - Quadriplegia and Quality Time
    7.8/10(215 votes)

    #7 - Quadriplegia and Quality Time

    S1:E7

    Hornstock is a murder suspect when his third ex-wife is killed, so he turns to Rosewood and Villa to help him clear his name.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Marqui Jackson

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  8. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 8 - Bloodhunt and Beats
    7.6/10(212 votes)

    #8 - Bloodhunt and Beats

    S1:E8

    A bounty hunter who happens to be Hornstock's former partner helps Rosewood and Villa track a murderer; Pippy receives an opportunity that could launch her music career; Villa attempts to reconnect with her mother.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writers:Andy Berman, Jameal Turner

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  9. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 9 - Fashionistas and Fasciitis
    7.4/10(198 votes)

    #9 - Fashionistas and Fasciitis

    S1:E9

    Amidst the glitz and glamour of Miami Fashion Week, there's a plot to kill one of the city's hottest new designers, who turns to Rosewood for help. As the case takes Rosewood and Villa from the catwalk to the perp walk, Rosewood learns of his shared past with the victim. When he enlists the aid of his best friend, Dr. Mike Boyce, Rosewood unintentionally gives Villa the jolt she needs to get back into the dating pool. Potential love also is in the air for Donna, who tries her hand at online dating. Meanwhile, Pippy and TMI find their romance on the skids when Pippy discovers TMI has kept an important secret from her.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Lisa Morales

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  10. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 10 - Aortic Ateresia and Art Installations
    7.8/10(201 votes)

    #10 - Aortic Ateresia and Art Installations

    S1:E10

    Rosewood and Villa dive into the hip Miami art scene to catch a serial killer who is on the cusp of creating a "masterpiece." Meanwhile, an impending lawsuit against Rosewood threatens the lifeline of Magic City Lab, and Rosewood tries to protect Villa from his best friend, Mike.

    Director:Millicent Shelton
    Writers:Todd Harthan, Evan Bleiweiss

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  11. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 11 - Paralytics and Priorities
    7.4/10(182 votes)

    #11 - Paralytics and Priorities

    S1:E11

    Rosewood and Villa must follow a trail of clues left for Rosie, before another victim falls prey. As things heat up between Villa and Mike, Villa escapes by throwing herself deeper into the case, which inevitably pushes her closer to Rosewood. Meanwhile, Donna intervenes when Pippy decides to give TMI’s absentee mother a piece of her mind. Plus, the Chief position is Hornstock’s, if he is willing to pay a stiff price.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writer:Diana Mendez Boucher

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  12. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 12 - Negative Autopsies and New Partners
    7.4/10(179 votes)

    #12 - Negative Autopsies and New Partners

    S1:E12

    Villa tries to find a new partner. Hornstock assigns Pippy to a case that dredges up old wounds for her and the family. Rosewood has a health scare.

    Director:Sarah Pia Anderson
    Writer:Marqui Jackson

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  13. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 13 - Ballistics & BFFs
    7.6/10(174 votes)

    #13 - Ballistics & BFFs

    S1:E13

    Rosewood’s partnership with Villa faces an uncertain future when she’s paired with a recent transfer to the East Miami PD, with whom she shares a past. As Villa and her new partner investigate the death of a suburban dentist who ran a yuppie drug ring, Rosewood can’t shake the feeling that his “replacement” knows more about the victim’s narcotics business than he’s letting on. Meanwhile, a new medical examiner, Dr. Anita Eubanks, is brought in to help with the investigation and Hornstock’s insecurities hinder his ability to handle the public relations side of the case, forcing him to turn to an unlikely source for help

    Director:Vahan Moosekian
    Writer:D.M. Harring

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  14. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 14 - Hydrocephalus & Hard Knocks
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    #14 - Hydrocephalus & Hard Knocks

    S1:E14

    Rosie insists on celebrating his and Villa's nine-and-a-half month anniversary as partners, which lands them in the middle of a case involving none other than Julius "Joo-Joo" Beeman, their confidential informant. But, this time, Joo-Joo is the prime suspect. As Rosie and Villa work to uncover the truth, even if it means putting Joo-Joo away for life, they discover a whole new side of him they never saw coming. Meanwhile, Villa's choice for her new home has Rosie worried about the new path she's on, Pippy and TMI struggle to balance old friends and family, and Hornstock has trouble reading signals from the new, badass, female chief of police.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writer:Nkechi Okoro Carroll

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  15. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 15 - Atherosclerosis & the Alabama Flim-Flam
    7.8/10(174 votes)

    #15 - Atherosclerosis & the Alabama Flim-Flam

    S1:E15

    While at an out-of-town forensic pathology convention, Rosewood unintentionally reveals the blueprint to commit the perfect murder during a speech to the convention attendees. Tormented, and armed only with a hunch, Rosewood enlists Villa to help solve the crime, and while investigating undercover, sparks fly unexpectedly between them. Hornstock and Floyd Butters are called upon for extra help. Meanwhile, Pippy and TMI have locked themselves in the lab overnight to help with the investigation and TMI receives an unexpected visit from her estranged father.

    Director:David Crabtree
    Writers:Andy Berman, Evan Bleiweiss

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  16. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 16 - Dead Drops and Disentanglement
    7.6/10(160 votes)

    #16 - Dead Drops and Disentanglement

    S1:E16

    Rosewood investigates the suspicious death of a man with medical issues similar to his own, which forces him to slightly adjust the tint on his Rosie-colored lenses and confront his own mortality. Also adding to his stress, he finds himself trapped between Donna and his girlfriend/cardiologist, Dr. Erica Kincaid, and their dueling opinions over what’s best for Rosewood – medically and personally. Meanwhile, Hornstock enlists the help of Villa as he attempts to reconnect with one of the witnesses linked to the case...his estranged teenage daughter, Sophie

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Jameal Turner

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  17. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 17 - Silkworms y Silencio
    7.8/10(162 votes)

    #17 - Silkworms y Silencio

    S1:E17

    Rosewood and Villa investigate the murder of a telenovela star, holding a mirror up to their own relationship as they explore a world of off-screen soap and intrigue. Meanwhile, Erica strong-arms her way into Rosewood's life, much to Donna's chagrin. Then, Rosewood's precious GTO is stolen, and Villa reconnects with her mother, Daisie.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 18 - Thorax, Thrombosis & Threesomes
    7.6/10(160 votes)

    #18 - Thorax, Thrombosis & Threesomes

    S1:E18

    When two bodies and lot of cash wash up on the shore of Miami Beach, Rosewood and Villa are forced to work with a rival private pathologist who threatens Rosewood’s contract with the East Miami Police Department. Meanwhile, Daisie moves in with Villa and oversteps her boundaries, while TMI tries to keep up with Pippy and Cassie.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Marc Halsey

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  19. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 19 - Sudden Death & Shades Deep
    7.6/10(155 votes)

    #19 - Sudden Death & Shades Deep

    S1:E19

    Despite each being at the top of their fields, Villa and Rosewood are stumped when a local musician and king of catchy jingles suddenly keels over in his studio with no discernable cause of death. Meanwhile, Donna enlists Mitchie to investigate Erica’s “missing year”.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 20 - Keratin & Kissyface
    7.6/10(156 votes)

    #20 - Keratin & Kissyface

    S1:E20

    When a patient of Erica Kincaid's dies on the table, Rosewood steps in to help solve what turns out to be the murder of an undercover ATF agent. But when Villa connects with a cold case detective, it turns out this case has more angles than they ever imagined.

    Director:James Roday Rodriguez
    Writers:Diana Mendez Boucher, Evan Bleiweiss

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  21. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 21 - Wooberite & The Women of Rosewood
    8.0/10(163 votes)

    #21 - Wooberite & The Women of Rosewood

    S1:E21

    An old flame of Rosewood's shakes up Rosewood's life when she returns to enlist his help in finding a wealthy patient of hers who's disappeared. But when the man's body surfaces, triggering a murder investigation, things are not what they appear to be. As the bizarre turns of this case come to a head, so does Rosewood's personal life as he is pushed to make decisions regarding all the women in his world.

    Director:Eric Laneuville
    Writer:Andy Berman

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  22. Rosewood Season 1 Episode 22 - Badges & Bombshells
    7.9/10(179 votes)

    #22 - Badges & Bombshells

    S1:E22

    Rosie and Villa find themselves caught in the middle of an explosive investigation that makes them question whether justice really is blind. Meanwhile, as the decks are cleared for Rosie and Villa to finally act on their feelings, Rosie stumbles on some information that forces him to embark on his own private investigation behind Villa’s back. What he finds could change their relationship forever. Also, Pippy and TMI are moving closer to their wedding day, Donna’s behavior leads Rosewood and Pippy to suspect she has a new man in her life and an error from Hornstock’s past comes back to haunt him.

    Director:Milan Cheylov
    Writers:Todd Harthan, Marc Halsey

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Rosewood" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 389 votes. Directed by Richard Shepard and written by Todd Harthan, it aired on 9/23/2015. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Fireflies and Fidelity".