10.0/101 votes#1 - The Vanishing Dead
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/7/1995
Hercules fights Ares and his vicious dog for the souls of fallen warriors.
Director: Bruce Campbell
Writer: Daniel Truly
9.0/102 votes#2 - Thicker Than Water
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2018
Danny and Baez investigate a murder attempt against a celebrated fertility doctor with a seemingly pristine reputation. Eddie must intervene in a Reagan family matter involving Danny's boys. Erin helps Anthony find justice after a date goes wrong.
Director: Jackeline Tejada
Writer: Daniel Truly
9.0/102 votes#3 - Nothing Sacred
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 1/6/2023
Frank and his grandson, Joe Hill, contend with a grievous insult to the memory of Joe's father; Erin and Henry work together to bust a scammer targeting the elderly; Eddie's captain takes suspicious interest in her efforts to locate a stolen puppy.
Director: Bridget Moynahan
Writer: Daniel Truly
9.0/102 votes#4 - Collision Course
Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 3/3/2023
Eddie's former partner returns and brings an accusation of excessive force against an officer; Danny and Baez clash with a troubled foster child at the center of their latest investigation; Erin must make a tough decision about her campaign.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Daniel Truly
9.0/102 votes#5 - The Naked Truth
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 3/31/2023
Jamie learns that Eddie’s close friend Tracey may be using the restaurant she owns as a drug front; Erin is accused of causing the suicide of a former colleague; Danny and Baez are faced with various descriptions of the same suspect.
Director: Donald E. Thorin Jr.
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.8/104 votes#6 - Ghosted
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2022
Danny and Baez investigate after a vicious attack leaves their mutual friend, Maggie Gibson, hospitalized; Frank and the team debate the appropriate memorial protocol for a former police commissioner with a questionable professional legacy.
Director: Jackeline Tejada
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.7/103 votes#7 - Bullseye
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2010
The brutal rape of a ten-year-old girl leaves her unable to recall her own name. Unfortunately, once Fin assists with the ID, the detectives find that she’s not the only one with memory impairment, and Dr. Huang is brought in to assess her home situation.
Director: Peter Leto
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.7/103 votes#8 - Hidden Motive
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 4/1/2022
Frank is blindsided when Mayor Chase bypasses him with a request for Jamie to head his security detail; Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a wealthy college student; Anthony fears money woes are leading his sibling down the wrong path.
Director: Bridget Moynahan
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.7/103 votes#9 - The Road to Calydon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/1995
When a refugee takes a bejeweled chalice from a deserted temple, Hera's rage erupts.
Director: Doug Lefler
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.6/105 votes#10 - Framed
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2013
Danny’s car matches an NYPD description of a car involved in a drug deal and taken into custody when a bag of cocaine is found in his trunk.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.5/104 votes#11 - Above and Beyond
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/2014
After a detective from Danny's precinct is killed while working undercover, Frank goes above and beyond to find the killer only to discover that the victim held a big secret; Jamie and Eddie help Nicky track down a homeless former classmate.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.5/104 votes#12 - Occupational Hazards
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2015
Erin is rattled when an unknown assailant breaks into her apartment and also attacks her co-worker. Meanwhile, Jamie and Eddie discover a pipe bomb in an elderly woman’s apartment, and Frank looks into a charity that is soliciting money for the NYPD.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.5/102 votes#13 - Past Tense
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/2019
After a woman is murdered in her apartment, Danny and Baez turn to her daughter, Margo, for help, but instead she complicates the investigation. Also, someone from Jamie and Eddie’s past launches a smear campaign against them, and a mobster shows up in the DA’s office claiming to be Anthony’s long-lost brother.
Director: Rachel Feldman
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.5/102 votes#14 - Identity
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2019
DNA evidence in a murder case leads Danny and Baez to identical twins with identical alibis. Also, Frank learns Nicky is interviewing for a job at the Justice Coalition, which he rarely sees eye-to-eye with, and Jamie visits Eddie's father, Armin, in prison.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.3/103 votes#15 - Disrupted
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/2019
Frank questions whether a run-in with community activists was an accident or a setup. Also, Jamie strives to rely less on Frank’s input to makes decisions, Erin helps Anthony protect his daughter and ex-wife from a dangerous psychiatric patient, and Danny and his neighbor size each other up when they learn their kids are dating.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.2/104 votes#16 - Bad Blood
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2013
Danny and Baez investigate a homicide in which Baez’s estranged brother, a former drug addict, is the lead suspect. Meanwhile, Frank learns one of his most highly decorated officers, a German Shepherd in the K9 unit, is being accused of police brutality, and Henry investigates the widow of a former NYPD pal who might have had a hand in her husband’s death.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.2/104 votes#17 - Loose Lips
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2014
Jamie has become a target after intervening in an abusive relationship. Elsewhere an illegal recording of Henry making insensitive comments is leaked.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.1/105 votes#18 - Zebras
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 6/2/2009
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.
Director: Peter Leto
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/102 votes#19 - Road Trip
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1999
Jarod finds himself on a road trip to help a mysterious young woman, whom he falls for. Meanwhile, he tells Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots to 'follow the yellow brick road'.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/104 votes#20 - Lost and Found
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2013
When Danny and Baez suspect a little girl might be the victim of a kidnapping, the girl’s mother denies it, but her story doesn’t add up. Meanwhile, Frank pays a visit to a priest, a counselor to the NYPD, who was arrested on a DUI charge.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/104 votes#21 - Brushed Off
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2017
A famous basketball player is found dead of an apparent drug overdose. Danny investigates and looks into the victim’s possible ties to a local drug gang. Meanwhile, Erin revisits the case of a man she may have wrongfully convicted years ago; and Frank is approached by Archbishop Kearns regarding an eviction matter that Jamie and Eddie are working on.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/103 votes#22 - Behind the Smile
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2019
Frank's esteem for an old friend proves to be a mistake; Jamie asks Erin for help apprehending a perp who shot at him after learning she chose not to send him to prison six months ago; Eddie clashes with her new boss.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/102 votes#23 - Grave Errors
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2019
Erin disagrees with a psychiatric consultant's diagnosis of a nanny accused of abuse; Eddie confronts her boss; Frank is forced to make staffing changes he is skeptical about; a woman claims she heard someone plotting a murder.
Director: Robert Harmon
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/102 votes#24 - Vested Interests
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2020
Jamie is under investigation after his police vest is found on a perp. Frank debates whether to aid and protect an old friend whose home was invaded. Danny and Baez investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a hotel employee believed to be a suicide. Erin asks Anthony to make a deal with a man who knows secrets about the current D.A.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.0/102 votes#25 - Fallen Heroes
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 4/30/2021
Jamie refuses to explain why he contests the arrest report of a fellow officer who was assaulted in the field; Danny and Baez clash when their lead suspect for a murder of one of Danny's favorite comics.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: Daniel Truly
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"The Vanishing Dead" is the best rated episode written by Daniel Truly. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Bruce Campbell. It aired on 5/7/1995 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Thicker Than Water".