The Best Episodes Written By David Black

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Enemy Within

   S1:E1012/9/2001

   The death of an eccentric banker in his nintieth floor apartment leads the detectives to investigate his professional contacts and family members.

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #2 - Nullification

   S8:E511/5/1997

   After the cops trace an eagle tattoo on a man shot and killed while holding up an armored truck to a group of militia members, McCoy finds himself facing one of their number as the pro se counsel for his friends, arguing for the concept of "jury nullification", the right of a jury to protect a defendant from an unjust law by finding him not guilty despite the evidence.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #3 - The Family Hour

   S17:E225/18/2007

   When Nicole Bailey, the ex-wife of a respected former senator, is found murdered and brutalised in her home, Green and Cassady look first at the senator, but follow the trail of clues to a dysfunctional family with a number of potentially embarrassing secrets. McCoy finds himself in the hot seat when he is forced to argue the case in front of a judge more interested in public relations than justice.

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   7.8/10(11 votes)

   #4 - Star Struck

   S2:E121/7/1992

   An obsessive fan pleads temporary insanity when he is charged with attempting to murder the soap-opera actress who is the center of his life.

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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Leap of Faith

   S2:E132/10/2012

   When a rich woman dies of a heart attack, her eccentric daughter claims that she received a message from God, who told her that her stepfather actually murdered her. Meanwhile, the archbishop wants Frank's support for the canonization of a local priest, but a reluctant Frank takes it upon himself to investigate a rumor that the priest went too far when protesting the Vietnam War.

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   7.7/10(11 votes)

   #6 - By Hooker, By Crook

   S1:E711/13/1990

   When Logan and Greevey investigate how a family man came to be found unconscious in Central Park, they uncover a very high-class call girl operation run by a well-educated socialite.

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   7.7/10(10 votes)

   #7 - God Bless the Child

   S2:E510/22/1991

   A couple faces trial after they deny medical help to their daughter based on their religious beliefs.

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   7.5/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Carrier

   S8:E174/1/1998

   The death of a college student leads to a case involving an HIV-positive male who's seeking to infect as many young women as possible. McCoy, testing right-to-privacy ethics, wants to charge him with murder.

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   7.4/10(9 votes)

   #9 - Happily Ever After

   S1:E510/23/1990

   Greevey and Logan have a hunch that robbery is a cover for the real motive in the death of a millionaire in a parking garage.

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    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Tabloid

    S8:E235/13/1998

    Tabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.

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    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Life Choice

    S1:E121/8/1991

    Stone faces pressure from the public and from Schiff as he prepares to prosecute the person accused of bombing an abortion clinic.

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    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #12 - The Fire This Time

    S12:E811/21/2001

    When a building is set ablaze, a girl must be identified despite her fatal burns. Through further investigation, it turns out that an extreme environmentalist group struck the match...

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13. 

    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Prescription for Death

    S1:E19/13/1990

    When a young woman dies during a hectic emergency room night shift, her father claims the hospital was negligent, and an investigation leads the detectives to believe that the doctor treating her may have been drunk on duty.

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    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Magnet

    S16:E142/8/2006

    Fontana and Green arrest a fellow student after a young man is murdered, but McCoy faces a tough adversary when he tries to prosecute the crime.

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    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Prisoner of Love

    S1:E1012/4/1990

    A city arts commissioner and a socialite come under investigation when an artist noted for his sadomasochistic themes is found dead under suspicious circumstances.

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    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Out of Control

    S2:E811/12/1991

    The detectives investigate the gang rape of a college student during a fraternity Holloween party.

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    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #17 - A Death in the Family

    S1:E131/15/1991

    Police start a citywide manhunt for a man suspected of killing a cop during a rooftop pursuit.

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    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #18 - The Reaper's Helper

    S1:E310/4/1990

    The death of a man with AIDS appears to be the work of a serial killer who may have been motivated by mercy.

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    6.2/10(12 votes)

    #19 - In Memory Of

    S2:E711/5/1991

    The renovation of a brownstone uncovers the remains of a boy who disappeared 31 years earlier, reviving a wrenching and long-suppressed memory in his childhood friend and neighbor.

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    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Evidence of Things Unseen

    S1:E162/17/2003

    Horatio and his team investigate after a Russian immigrant is stabbed to death in a peep-show booth, and the only witness to the crime is the stripper who was performing for him.

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    5.8/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Castoff

    S8:E131/28/1998

    The street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that one of her current partners appears to be a serial killer, who offers an overexposure to television violence as his defense during his trial.

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    5.0/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Death and the Lady

    S4:E310/16/1987

    An actress' on-screen murder propels Crockett & Tubbs to investigate the film's flaky director.

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    4.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Hell Hath No Fury...

    S4:E173/11/1988

    The highly publicized release of a convicted rapist makes Trudy fear that the man's victim may have revenge on her mind.

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    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)

    S4:E214/29/1988

    A murder case that hits close to home reunites Crockett with the man who used him to trick his way off Death Row.

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