The Best Episodes Written By Cindy Appel

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Get Out of My Life

   S8:E142/19/2012

   Susan discovers the identity of the father of Julie's baby, and Orson makes it his duty to nurse Bree back to health. When Mrs. McCluskey throws Roy out of the house, Gabrielle takes him in and is reluctant to help get them back together when he proves to be an invaluable disciplinarian to her kids. Meanwhile, after getting used to her alone time, Lynette is furious when Porter and Preston are evicted from their apartment and try to move back home, and Mike informs Renee of Ben's dire circumstances with a loan shark.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #2 - SOS + Hazmat + Ultrasound + Frequency + Malihini

   S5:E82/12/2021

   Mac and team rush to help when Matty’s former mentor, Ian Cain, and his embassy staff come down with a deadly, mysterious illness. Taylor and Bozer work with Jerry Ortega to infiltrate a Codex cell.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Young & Cookin'

   S2:E24/1/2015

   Gabi fears for her job when Josh begins dating a woman who loves to cook.

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   #4 - Young & Too Late

   S2:E13/25/2015

   Gabi attempts to work out why Josh called off the wedding. Elliott takes a forlorn Josh on his date.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #5 - Jealous Island

   S1:E115/14/2015

   Oscar becomes weirdly obsessed with living up to Murph’s reputation when he finds out that the girl he is seeing used to date the handsome ex-baseball player.

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   8.0/10(38 votes)

   #6 - Seventeen Seconds

   S3:E33/2/2023

   Picard grapples with an explosive, life-altering revelation, while the Titan and her crew try to outmaneuver a relentless Vadic in a lethal game of nautical cat and mouse. Meanwhile, Raffi and Worf uncover a nefarious plot from a vengeful enemy Starfleet has long since forgotten.

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   7.9/10(39 votes)

   #7 - Imposters

   S3:E53/16/2023

   Caught by Starfleet and facing court martial, paranoia grows as Picard struggles to uncover whether a prodigal crewman from his past has returned as an ally – or an enemy hellbent on destroying them all.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Young & Sandwich

   S2:E85/15/2015

   Tired of Sofia being too picky when it comes to her love life, Gabi secretly sets her up with an online dating profile in the hopes of finding her a boyfriend. But when Sofia thinks she’s found the perfect guy, Gabi discovers he’s hiding a big secret. Meanwhile, Josh decides to go on a dating detox, and Yolanda discovers that her new boyfriend used to be really close with Elliot.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Soccer + Desi + Merchant + Titan

   S4:E53/6/2020

   In an attempt to find the main players in the Codex and cut off their match-fixing funding, Desi goes undercover to infiltrate a soccer team and find the corrupt player working with the shadow organization.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Save + The + Dam + World

    S4:E135/8/2020

    With Mac and Riley undercover with Codex, hoping to stop the organization from within, their mission is interrupted when Russ, Desi and the Phoenix team move to prevent Codex from detonating a weapon of mass destruction, with Mac and Riley caught in the crosshairs. Also, the team discovers Russ’ real reason for purchasing the Phoenix Foundation.

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    7.2/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Young & Christmas

    S2:E2111/24/2015

    Gabi and Sofia aren’t able to be with their families this holiday season, so they decide to volunteer at a local homeless shelter on Christmas Eve. Yolanda is missing her kids and decides to boycott the holiday, at least until Gabi encourages her to reach out to her estranged sister, Jolanda. As soon as the siblings reunite at Josh’s loft, however, old grievances are aired, and the family get-together quickly goes from bad to worse. But when Gabi discovers Jolanda is keeping a big secret from Yolanda, will the sisters finally make amends, or is more trouble on the horizon? Elsewhere, Josh goes out of his way to cheer up a miserable Elliot, who is missing Alan, while Sofia wrestles with her conscience when a department store clerk makes an error in her favor.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Psy-Op + Cell + Merchant + Birds

    S4:E114/24/2020

    Mac is placed inside a fake prison cell with a top Codex operative, The Merchant, in order to gain his trust and get intel on their next move.

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13. 

    6.9/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Fly Me to the Moon

    S2:E53/31/2022

    Picard discovers an important person from his past may be integral to the divergence in the timeline. Q continues his manipulation of the timeline, taking an interest in Dr. Adam Soong. Seven and Raffi attempt a daring rescue of Rios, while Jurati faces the consequences of her deal with the Borg Queen.

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    6.5/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Mercy

    S2:E84/21/2022

    With time running out before the launch of the Europa Mission, Picard and Guinan must free themselves from FBI custody. Seven and Raffi come face-to-face with Jurati and the horror of what she's become.

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    6.3/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Two of One

    S2:E64/7/2022

    With the help of Tallinn, Picard and the crew infiltrate a gala on the eve of a joint space mission, to protect one of the astronauts they believe to be integral to the restoration of the timeline – Renee Picard. Kore makes a startling discovery about her father’s work.

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