8.0/101 votes#1 - The Chopping Block
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2023
Hank is faced with an impossible decision at work, as his department’s jobs are on the line. Lily settles into a new normal in New York.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.9/107 votes#2 - Teenage Wasteland
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2001
The beating death of a restaurant owner leads Briscoe and Green to thrill-seeking teenagers; McCoy and Lewin are forced to decide how young is too young for the death penalty.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.8/1016 votes#3 - Donnie or Marie
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/10/2012
Sarah and Holder close in on the murderer. Meanwhile, the Richmond campaign preps for the election; and the Larsens seek to get their lives back in order.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.8/105 votes#4 - Hey! Mr. Pibb!
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2009
Patty works to clear Daniel in his wife's murder; Ellen and Tom go to West Virginia to gather vital information in the case against Ultima National Resources.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.8/105 votes#5 - They Had to Tweeze That out of My Kidney
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2009
As she copes with mounting pressure, Patty begins to unravel Walter Kendrick's energy scheme. Meanwhile, Arthur Frobisher's past will come back to haunt him.
Director: Michael Pressman
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.7/106 votes#6 - Myth of Fingerprints
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2001
A murder investigation uncovers deliberately faulty forensics in the wrongful conviction of two men 12 years earlier in the case that paved the way for Van Buren's promotion.
Director: David Platt
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.7/106 votes#7 - DR 1-102
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/2002
The bludgeoning of two women in their apartment leads the detectives to a suspect who has taken a hostage while demanding legal representation ... and Southerlyn's actions, while heroic, results in disbarment proceedings against her for violation of Disciplinary Rule 1-102.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.7/103 votes#8 - Can I Get a Witness?
Season 14 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2004
McCoy faces an uphill battle in proving that witnesses to the murder of a drug mule were bribed, intimidated, and eventually murdered on the orders of the drug dealer accused of the crime.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.6/1018 votes#9 - Psychodrama
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2006
The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based on money because the robber abuses his victims by forcing them to undress before he leaves the crime scene.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.6/107 votes#10 - We Are Not Animals
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/11/2007
Tom and Ellen think that Patty is trying to control them so they decide to make an alliance and keep information from her. Patty must keep Gregory Malina secure until his deposition because her case will fall apart without it.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.5/1029 votes#11 - Won't Get Fooled Again
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2005
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.5/1013 votes#12 - Fear and Loathing
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2007
The BAU becomes involved to prevent a possible race riot when the murder of four young black women in a mostly white New York suburb appear to be hate crimes.
Director: Rob Spera
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.5/1011 votes#13 - The Returned
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/15/2014
When deceased loved ones begin to reappear, the people in Arcadia change forever.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.4/1019 votes#14 - Poison
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2006
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned, one of them fatally with LSD, ten times more potent than the street version.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.4/1018 votes#15 - Machismo
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2006
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.3/1019 votes#16 - Stonewalled
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/15/2011
Sarah and Holder evade the FBI and unearth new evidence. Mitch endangers the boys, prompting Stan to take matters into his own hands. Richmond tries to climb back in the race.
Director: Daniel Attias
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.3/1014 votes#17 - Honor Among Thieves
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/2007
Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss' mother, seeks the aid of the BAU when a Russian immigrant is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.1/1016 votes#18 - Openings
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2012
Sarah zeros in on a Larsen-family secret; Stan comes to grips with some past indiscretions; and Mitch takes in a runaway girl. Meanwhile, the Richmond campaign entertains a surprise visitor.
Director: Kevin Bray
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.0/106 votes#19 - Suicide Box
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 3/26/2003
A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty policy officer.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.0/104 votes#20 - The Dog is Happier Without Her
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2010
Patty and Tom continue to dig into the Tobin family's sordid past, while Joe Tobin must decide between his family and his integrity. Ellen aids Tom in his investigation of the Tobin's, but in doing so receives some bad news of her own. While locked in the midst of a bitter divorce, Patty and Phil find one piece of common ground in the form of their beloved dog.
Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: Aaron Zelman
7.0/104 votes#21 - Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2010
Patty is under tremendous pressure from the Attorney's Office to make progress in the Tobin case, and winds up striking a bargain with an unlikely source. Ellen discovers some new evidence in Louis Tobin's death and Tom's financial troubles begin to effect him in more obvious ways.
Director: Timothy Busfield
Writer: Aaron Zelman
6.8/106 votes#22 - American Jihad
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2002
An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: Aaron Zelman
6.8/106 votes#23 - Blaze
Season 14 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2003
A teenager's need for parental love, acceptance and recognition sets in motion the events leading to the deaths of 23 concert goers for a band's illegal pyrotechnics.
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: Aaron Zelman
6.7/106 votes#24 - Return
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2000
The murder of a storeowner leads to a case where the suspect flees to Israel and may be protected from extradition by Israel's Law of Return.
Director: N/A
Writer: Aaron Zelman
6.5/106 votes#25 - Ill-Conceived
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2003
The owner of a clothing company with alien immigrant workers is found murdered which sends the detectives on a search for an unidentified evening caller whose girlfriend, also a worker in the factory, recently gave birth. Upon discovery that the victim was also the baby's father, the boyfriend is arrested with the motive being an office affair until the victim's widow discloses that it was a surrogate arrangement.
Director: David Platt
Writer: Aaron Zelman
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"The Chopping Block" is the best rated episode written by Aaron Zelman. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/7/2023 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Teenage Wasteland".