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The Best Episodes Written By Amanda Green

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 6 Episode 16 - Ghost
    8.9/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Ghost

    S6:E16

    When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realise that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug dealers who forced a former assistant district attorney into hiding, and Alex Cabot comes home to face her enemies.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 10 - Shaken
    8.8/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Shaken

    S5:E10

    The discovery of a beaten infant leads detectives on a search for the attacker, who may be a pedophile. When the medical evidence shows the injuries were a result of shaken baby syndrome, their focus shifts to those closest to the child: her mother, the mother's boyfriend and the nannies.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  3. undefined Season 10 Episode 3 - Swing
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Swing

    S10:E3

    Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  4. undefined Season 11 Episode 12 - Shadow
    8.6/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Shadow

    S11:E12

    When a rich and powerful couple with political connections is found murdered in their bedroom, Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler decide to speak to the deceased couple's daughter, Anne, for more information. After hearing Anne's account of a nefarious man who has been following her, the detectives soon discover that Anne's supposed stalker is none other than Detective Ash Ramsey of the Special Frauds division. Convinced that Anne killed her parents for their money, Ramsey becomes suspicious of Anne's business manager and is led to believe that he helped her steal money from the foundation she runs. When blackmail and embezzlement come into play, the detectives find that their lives may be at risk over a girl with some serious parent issues.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  5. undefined Season 10 Episode 8 - Persona
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Persona

    S10:E8

    Benson finds herself going the extra mile to protect a woman abused by her spouse. The investigation turns up information regarding a long-forgotten case of 2nd degree murder and escape.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  6. undefined Season 11 Episode 3 - Solitary
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Solitary

    S11:E3

    When Lily Milton is reported missing, her boyfriend, Parker Hubbard, points Detectives Benson and Stabler in the direction of Callum Donovan, Lily's downstairs neighbor and convicted bank robber who spent nineteen years in solitary confinement. During the investigation into Donovan's alibi, Lily is found alive, adding a surprising twist to the case and exposing more of Donovan's dark past.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  7. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - Demons
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #7 - Demons

    S7:E1

    Twenty years after being convicted of the rape of a teenage girl, Ray Schenkel is released, much to the dismay of retired detective William Dorsey. When a teenage girl is raped on the route Schenkel would have taken home, Stabler goes undercover as a recently paroled sex offender so that he can get into the same therapy group as Schenkel, and the same halfway house. Cragen worries that Stabler may be getting in over his head.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  8. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Storm
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Storm

    S7:E10

    When a teenager and her younger sister end up in the hospital after a day at the park, detectives learn that both girls were abducted from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina along with a third sister who is still missing. Despite the interference of a local reporter, Jackson Zane, detectives are able to catch the kidnapper, a known pedophile, and recover the girl, but when Alvin Dutch dies and the autopsy determines it was Anthrax, Benson puts everything on the line so that she can get the truth out there.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  9. undefined Season 9 Episode 17 - Authority
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Authority

    S9:E17

    An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  10. undefined Season 6 Episode 20 - Night (I)
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Night (I)

    S6:E20

    After a young woman is found raped and murdered near a nightclub with five hundred dollars stuffed into her mouth, Benson and Stabler follow the fingerprint trail on the money to Attorney Jason Whitaker, whose sole responsibility seems to be handling the trust for the Duvall family. Soon detectives are convinced that Gabriel Duvall is their rapist, but don't have quite enough evidence to put him away. ADA Novak is working on both the case and a terrified former victim when she is brutally attacked in her office late at night. The crossover continues on Law & Order: Trial by Jury S01:E11 Day (II).

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  11. undefined Season 10 Episode 22 - Zebras
    8.1/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Zebras

    S10:E22

    A murder in Central Park that involves a tourist puts the SVU on high alert, but when the suspect they've brought in for questioning escapes, Munch has to reach out to an ex-wife in an effort to prevent another killing that's closer to home.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  12. undefined Season 11 Episode 21 - Torch
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Torch

    S11:E21

    After two young girls die in a fire, Stabler finds a familiar face in the prosecutor assigned to the case.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  13. undefined Season 7 Episode 13 - Blast
    7.9/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Blast

    S7:E13

    The team investigates when young Carly Hunter disappears while walking home from school one day. While processing evidence found at the scene, Warner realises that the little girl has leukemia, and they need to get her home as soon as possible to begin treatment. Despite the ransom drop going wrong, the detectives are able to find the little girl thanks to evidence O'Halloran finds at the scene, but as she tells her story to Stabler and her mother, it soon becomes clear that her kidnapper is someone very close to home. Stabler and Warner end up becoming hostages when the kidnapper approaches Jake Hunter directly.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  14. undefined Season 8 Episode 20 - Annihilated
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Annihilated

    S8:E20

    A woman's murder appears to be the result of a professional hit, when her fiancé receives death threats, apparently resulting from his CIA career. Elliot, investigating this, finds that the man may not be all that he seems.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  15. undefined Season 8 Episode 10 - Scheherazade
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Scheherazade

    S8:E10

    Stabler heads to see terminal cancer patient Judson Tierney after a request from his parish priest, and soon realizes that Tierney has a story that he is dying to tell but only wants to tell to his estranged daughter. With Benson keeping an eye on Tierney, Stabler looks into the man's past and learns that he was once involved in a series of unsolved bank robberies, and that he has been keeping a secret about his daughter for over twenty years.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Warrior
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Warrior

    S2:E10

    Moretti faces criminal charges after taking matters into her own hands on a dangerous case; Pierce and Donnie try to clear Kate's name.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Counterfeit
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #17 - Counterfeit

    S3:E14

    A woman is found raped and killed by her car. Then, a similar rape is committed and the victim says that a police officer raped her after pulling her over for a supposed driving violation. This leads police to look at one of their own, until they realize the suspect is not who they think he is.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  18. undefined Season 8 Episode 15 - Haystack
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Haystack

    S8:E15

    Stabler finds himself drawn into a case where a young mother has committed suicide after her baby goes missing. The case leads to questions for Benson about her own family history.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  19. undefined Season 10 Episode 17 - Hell
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Hell

    S10:E17

    Detective Munch investigates the brutal rape and beating of a young mute girl, but things become tricky when her drawing of the devil who attacked her resembles a local priest who may not be practicing his beliefs according to Canon.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 7 - Dolls
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Dolls

    S4:E7

    Detectives try and solve the gruesome murder of a sexually molested five-year-old girl whose killer, a serial pedophile, has an obsession with dolls. They race to save the life of his latest victim.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Can I Get a Witness?
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Can I Get a Witness?

    S1:E8

    When a million dollar casino heist takes a deadly turn, Riggs befriends the only credible witness, an eight-year-old boy, and takes him into his care. Murtaugh pulls some dangerous stunts in an attempt to prove to everyone that he can be a motorcycle guy. Riggs contemplates what to do with the money he received from selling his home in Texas.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Estimated Time of Departure
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #22 - Estimated Time of Departure

    S1:E16

    Michaela, Ben, Zeke and Saanvi all have the same calling. After another panic attack, Saanvi is finally ready to see a therapist, but it may not be what's best for her. An ominous new link appears between Griffin and the 828 passengers.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  23. undefined Season 5 Episode 16 - Home
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Home

    S5:E16

    A young, emaciated boy is found by neighbors scrounging for food; detectives suspect the boy is a victim of abuse and are reluctant to let him go home.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Connecting Flights
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #24 - Connecting Flights

    S1:E5

    Flashbacks reveal how Grace, Olive and Jared coped with the loss of their loved ones after the disappearance of Flight 828; Ben tries to escape the voice in his mind by going on an adventure with Cal; Michaela struggles with her feelings for Jared.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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  25. undefined Season 9 Episode 9 - Paternity
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #25 - Paternity

    S9:E9

    When the paternity of a missing young boy is placed into question, Stabler wonders if he really is the father of Kathy's child. Later, Stabler faces the possibility of losing not only his partner but also Kathy and the baby when she and Benson are in an accident.

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    Writer:Amanda Green

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Amanda Green Ratings Summary

"Ghost" is the best rated episode written by Amanda Green. It scored 8.9/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 2/22/2005 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Shaken".