The Best Episodes Written By Barry O'brien
Every TV Episode Written by Barry O'brien Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Barry O'Brien Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Barry O'Brien is "Friend or Foe", rated 9.3/10 from 3 user votes. It was "directed by Ken Girotti". "Friend or Foe" aired on 5/19/2022 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Football".
9.3/10 3 votes#1 - Friend or Foe
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2022
As Stabler confronts the truth about his father, he unknowingly affects his situation with the Brotherhood. The task force works to track down Webb, who's gone off the grid. Donnelly will stop at nothing to ensure he isn't caught.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Barry O'Brien
9.0/10 2 votes#2 - Football
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/4/2004
Drake tries to make Josh cool by telling him to try out for the football team. Instead, Josh gets "murdered" and he ends up being equipment manager, which isn't cool. Later, when the one of the player gets sick by Josh's brownies, the coach depends on Josh to play center. So now Drake must help Josh become cool and at the same time not actually play.
Director: Virgil L. Fabian
Writer: Barry O'Brien
8.3/10 3 votes#3 - Under Suspicion
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2005
The CSIs must race against time when all evidence in a murder case points to Horatio. When a murdered woman is discovered, Horatio admits that he was seeing her and that he was the last person to see her alive. Although the evidence logically points to Horatio as the killer, our CSIs must now dig deeper to find the real killer and learn who would have the motive and the method to frame him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Barry O'Brien
8.1/10 7 votes#4 - All Fall Down
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/24/2010
A serial killer taunts the CSIs by leaving them cryptic hints, and the longer it takes them to decode these puzzles, the higher the death toll rises, on the eighth season finale of CSI: MIAMI.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Barry O'Brien
8.0/10 3 votes#5 - One Of Our Own
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 5/22/2006
In this thrilling season finale, the loss of one of their own is the first hit the lab will take. Getting back to the lab to process the evidence, they find it has been taken over by Federal Agents looking for stolen money from a previous case.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Barry O'Brien
8.0/10 4 votes#6 - Behind Blue Eyes
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2022
While Stabler is called to testify against the Brotherhood in court, the task force set their sights on a dangerous criminal gang posing as police. Reyes finds a surprising connection to the suspects they’re after. Bell receives some unwelcome news.
Director: John Polson
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.7/10 6 votes#7 - The Rescue
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2014
Gabriel and Riley search for the kidnapped daughter of a senator in Mexico when a Mexican cartel demands he end the sale of U.S. spy satellite in exchange for her safety. Meanwhile, Lillian discovers a connection between the drug cartel and her father.
Director: Alrick Riley
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.7/10 3 votes#8 - Nailed
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2005
The CSI's are called out to investigate the murder of a young woman who was about to sign her divorce papers. Soon the husband turns out to be the ideal suspect. The only strange thing about the case is the murder weapon: a nailgun. The case becomes complicated when one of the CSI's is attacked when he returns to the crime scene and ends up in hospital.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.7/10 3 votes#9 - Bang, Bang, Your Debt
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2007
The team investigates the puzzling death of a student and find evidence that Tim Speedle may not be dead.
Director: Karen Gaviola
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.6/10 5 votes#10 - Bone Voyage (I)
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2009
Horatio Caine calls Las Vegas CSI Ray Langston to come to Miami when a severed leg found in the Everglades is discovered to belong to a girl who went missing in Las Vegas a week earlier. The crossover continues on CSI:NY S06E07 Hammer Down (II) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S10E07 The Lost Girls (III).
Director: N/A
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.4/10 5 votes#11 - Countermeasures
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2011
Horatio and Natalia's lives hang in the balance, as Horatio stands between Natalia and certain death. Meanwhile, it's a race against time for the team to capture escaped killer Jack Toller before he kills again.
Director: N/A
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.4/10 11 votes#12 - Heartbreaker
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 4/4/2016
A clue at the scene of the death of an armored-car driver leads Beckett and Castle back to an old case solved by Esposito. But complications arise when they learn that Esposito might not have been telling them everything about his past with the culprit.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.3/10 3 votes#13 - Guerillas in the Mist
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2007
A rare and illegal machine gun that 'vaporizes' its victims is let loose on the streets of Miami.
Director: N/A
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.3/10 10 votes#14 - What Lies Beneath
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2015
When Castle's idol, a famously reclusive author, turns up dead, Castle is determined to solve his hero's murder. But as he and Beckett dig deeper, they discover that truth is stranger than fiction.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.3/10 7 votes#15 - L.A.
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2010
Horatio heads to Los Angeles to hopefully clear Jesse's name, all while a former sports superstar is being investigated after a girl is found dead in his home...
Director: Rob Zombie
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.3/10 4 votes#16 - Prey
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2005
The search of a missing 17-year-old girl, whose trip to Miami turns into an ongoing nightmare.
Director: Scott Lautanen
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.2/10 5 votes#17 - Eye to Eye
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2013
A race against time is triggered after Jake contacts Amelia with coordinates to a meeting location and both manage to escape their supervision. As Martin and Lucy desperately search for their gifted and determined kids, they uncover some critical details about Calvin’s brain-damaged brother. Meanwhile in Mexico, Guillermo confesses his sins to a priest and faces a brutal decision.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.0/10 3 votes#18 - If Looks Could Kill
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2006
The CSI’s investigate the murder of a male model and have to figure out the inner workings of the modeling world in order to find his killer.
Director: Scott Lautanen
Writer: Barry O'Brien
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - God Complex
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2020
Lincoln and Amelia join forces to find a killer inspired by Greek mythology who is live-streaming murders. Meanwhile, the Bone Collector prepares a terrifying gift to celebrate Lincoln's return to work with his new partner.
Director: Melanie Mayron
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.8/10 4 votes#20 - Backstabbers
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2006
When terror suspect Sonya Barak is targeted by her own people for assassination, she goes on the run, and Horatio sets out to capture her, both to protect her and bring her to justice.
Director: N/A
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.7/10 7 votes#21 - Kill The Messenger
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2015
After the latest shocking discovery, Ryan finds himself being tracked by the new illusive killer and a game of cat-and-mouse begins leading them both back to Joe Carroll, for different reasons. Meanwhile, Max and Mike look for a stolen clue and Mark makes a shocking decision.
Director: David S. Tuttman
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.5/10 4 votes#22 - And They're Offed
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2009
When a murder occurs during a horse race, Horatio discovers that Ryan has a personal connection to the case.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.5/10 4 votes#23 - Seeing Red
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/2009
Horatio fights to save Yelina and when Delko goes against Calleigh's plea and helps his dangerous father, his life is put in jeopardy.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.4/10 7 votes#24 - Boxed In
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2015
Ryan believes he has found the connection between Andrew and Mark, but he and the FBI are still unsure if - and how - Joe Carroll might be connected. Meanwhile, tension between Mark, Kyle and Daisy mounts and Ryan soon finds himself in a dangerous situation, in which facing the truth is the only thing that will set him free.
Director: Rob Seidenglanz
Writer: Barry O'Brien
6.1/10 6 votes#25 - Resurrection
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2008
The evidence on who shot Horatio leads the team to some of most Miami's dangerous including one of their own.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Barry O'Brien