- 10.0/101 votes
#1 - Funeral for a Door Nail
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/1986
A depressed man hires a hit man to kill him after his wife dies, then desperately seeks Dave and Maddie's help to call him off when he sees his supposedly dead wife alive.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#2 - All Creatures Great and ... Not So Great
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/1986
A priest asks Dave and Maddie to find a woman he's become infatuated with during confession and whose latest revelation was her intention to kill herself.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#3 - Tale in Two Cities
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1987
Maddie's parents throw a party for her in Chicago while Dave and Bert party it up in LA.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#4 - Cool Hand Dave (Part I)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1987
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#5 - Cool Hand Dave (Part II)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1987
Ms. Dipesto lets Maddie's secret slip, so Dave frantically tries to fly to Chicago, but he gets waylaid and makes an unexpected side trip to prison under another man's name.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#6 - Eek! A Spouse!
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1988
Dave is skeptical about the existence of Walter Bishop and bugs Maddie about it as they work on case for a woman who wants to buy off her husband's mistress.
Director: Artie Mandelberg
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#7 - Maddie Hayes Got Married
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 3/1/1988
Maddie's confused and worried: Dave has insisted on throwing a bachelor party for Walter and a huge formal wedding for her.
Director: N/A
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 10.0/101 votes
#8 - A Womb With a View
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 12/6/1988
An angel from above visits Baby Hayes as he waits to be born and gives him the low down on his parents and their relationship.
Director: Jay Daniel
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.3/107 votes
#9 - Of Mice and Lem
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2006
To the dismay of his friends, a weary Lem is thinking about accepting a deal from the D.A. where he has to plead guilty to the heroin charges. With no other choice, Vic reluctantly meets with Antwon in order to ensure Lem’s safety in prison. Meanwhile, unforeseen circumstances that are beyond Claudette and Dutch’s control might cause irrevocable damage to their friendship.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.1/107 votes
#10 - Enemy of Good
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2006
During an interrogation, Kavanaugh reviews the Strike Team’s corrupt past and attempts to weaken Lem’s loyalty to Vic by bringing up the connection to Terry’s murder. Meanwhile, the Strike Team investigates a multiple homicide. Dutch and Claudette suspect that a minister might have been involved in an attempted murder. Tina gets in over her head while on duty with Julien.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.1/107 votes
#11 - Rap Payback
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2006
As the Strike Team is preoccupied with gang violence, Kavanaugh decides to make the Barn his base of operations. An evasive serial killer from Dutch and Claudette’s past reenters their life. Meanwhile, additional strain is placed on their working relationship when Tina learns something personal about Julien.
Director: Michael Chiklis
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.1/107 votes
#12 - Bitches Brew
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/2008
A prostitute from Vic's past is the key to taking down a violent drug dealer; Dutch worries about Claudette's health; Danny takes drastic measures to protect her child.
Director: Stephen Kay
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.0/101 votes
#13 - Fetal Attraction
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 1/19/1988
Dave searches for a suitable Lamaze partner so he can be prepared for Maddie's delivery.
Director: Allan Arkush
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.0/106 votes
#14 - Tar Baby
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2005
A tip from Lemonhead's juvie would leads Vic and Monica to take down a major heroin operation with connections to Antwon Mitchell. Monica continues to battle Aceveda as she tries to sell her new policies to the community, and Julien begins to doubt her methods. Claudette loses trust in Dutch when she suspects he made a backroom deal with the D.A. And Shane and Army find themselves over their heads with Antwon when he blames them for Vic's heroin bust.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 9.0/107 votes
#15 - Petty Cash
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/11/2008
Corrine agrees to be Vic and Shane's go-between and also agrees to cooperate with Claudette and Dutch as she does so. Meanwhile, Vic comes to an understanding with Aceveda and seeks one out with Olivia; and Claudette assigns Ronnie to work with Julian to investigate the murder of a high-school football star, keeping Ronnie out of the barn and unable to intercept the letter Shane sent to Claudette detailing the Strike Team's "sins."
Director: Craig Brewer
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.8/106 votes
#16 - Haunts
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2007
After being badly beaten, Shane's life spirals even more out of control as his guilt continues to eat away at him and his marriage begins to fall apart. Vic and Ronnie try to learn who was responsible for Shane's attack. Meanwhile, under the new leadership of Kevin Hiatt, Claudette assigns the Strike Team to investigate the San Marcos murders. Dutch and Billings make progress in a serial rapist case.
Director: Michael Chiklis
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.5/106 votes
#17 - The Math of the Wrath
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2007
Vic learns about his true status at the Barn from Hiatt. Shane gets involved with the daughter of an Armenian mob boss. Claudette begins to question Hiatt's loyalty.
Director: Rohn Schmidt
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.5/106 votes
#18 - Game Face
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2008
Claudette encounters a murderous old nemesis; Vic confronts Olivia about her political connections; Dutch's case gets personal.
Director: Michael Chiklis
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.4/109 votes
#19 - Cracking Ice
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2004
An oversight puts Waylon and Trish in serious danger during an undercover job and Claudette is to blame. Meanwhile, Tommy makes a drastic decision when he realizes nobody in the Barn can help him get back on the job.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.4/108 votes
#20 - Fire in the Hole
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/1/2004
When a mole in the treasury department is discovered and the framed suspect in the Armenian money train robbery turns up missing, the Strike team race to find the suspect before their cover is blown. Meanwhile, Claudette attempts to make amends with the Decoy Squad by going undercover to help them on a case.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.4/1038 votes
#21 - Lost Boys
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2009
Dexter finally believes he understands the beast known as Trinity. But when a ten-year old boy goes missing, Dexter is forced to question everything he’s learned up to this point.
Director: Keith Gordon
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.3/1043 votes
#22 - I Had a Dream
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2008
While preparing for his big wedding day, Dexter has to figure out a way to remove Miguel from his life for good. In the meantime, Rita has troubles of her own, when Syl reveals that Miguel has been seeing one of his old flames. Debra finds a new clue that brings her even closer to catching the Skinner.
Director: Marcos Siega
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.3/10165 votes
#23 - Tell It to the Frogs
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2010
After returning to the camp with the department store survivors and an emotional reunion with his wife and son, Rick decides to go against Shane's advice and go back to Atlanta for Merle Dixon and his dropped bag of guns accompanied by Merle's younger brother, Darryl Dixon, as well as Glenn and T-Dog.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.3/106 votes
#24 - String Theory
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/17/2005
Monica orders her units to turn the streets of Farmington inside-out when two officers mysteriously disappear after answering a 911 call. Shane tries to make amends with his old crew after Vic agrees to help him get out from under Antwon, but things don't work out as planned. Dutch and Claudette convince Monica to let them take active roles in the case of the missing officers, but soon find themselves at a dead end with the only witness being clinically insane.
Director: Philip G. Atwell
Writer: Charles H. Eglee
- 8.0/1038 votes
#25 - Remains to Be Seen
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2009
Suffering from amnesia following his car crash, Dexter begins searching for Benny Gomez' lost body, with a helping hand from Harry. Meanwhile, Debra struggles with the return of her former lover while Quinn tries to juggle his personal and work life. Meanwhile, Trinity begins stalking his next chosen victim.
Director: Brian Kirk
Writer: Charles H. Eglee