The Best Episodes Written By David Black

Every TV Episode Written by David Black Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    9.0/10(3 votes)
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    #1 - Enemy Within

    S1:E10

    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(9 votes)
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    #2 - Nullification

    S8:E5

    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)
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    #3 - Leap of Faith

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:David Barrett

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    7.7/10(10 votes)
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    #4 - By Hooker, By Crook

    S1:E7

    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(9 votes)
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    #5 - God Bless The Child

    S2:E5

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

    Director:N/A

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    7.7/10(7 votes)
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    #6 - The Family Hour

    S17:E22

    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.

    Director:Matthew Penn

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    7.4/10(8 votes)
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    #7 - Happily Ever After

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Vern Gillum

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    #8 - Life Choice

    S1:E12

    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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    #9 - Carrier

    S8:E17

    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.

    Director:N/A

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    7.4/10(8 votes)
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    #10 - Tabloid

    S8:E23

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

    Director:N/A

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    7.3/10(7 votes)
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    #11 - The Fire This Time

    S12:E8

    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...

    Director:David Platt

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    7.1/10(18 votes)
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    #12 - Prescription For Death

    S1:E1

    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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    7.0/10(8 votes)
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    #13 - A Death In The Family

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Gwen Arner

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    7.0/10(6 votes)
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    #14 - Magnet

    S16:E14

    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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    6.5/10(10 votes)
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    #15 - The Reaper's Helper

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Vern Gillum

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    6.1/10(11 votes)
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    #16 - In Memory Of

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Edwin Sherin

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  17. Background image for Hell Hath No Fury...
    6.0/10(2 votes)
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    #17 - Hell Hath No Fury...

    S4:E17

    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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    6.0/10(7 votes)
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    #18 - Evidence of Things Unseen

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Joe Chappelle

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  19. Background image for Castoff
    5.7/10(10 votes)
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    #19 - Castoff

    S8:E13

    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.

    Director:Gloria Muzio

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  20. Background image for Deliver Us from Evil (1)
    4.5/10(2 votes)
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    #20 - Deliver Us from Evil (1)

    S4:E21

    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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    2.8/10(4 votes)
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    #21 - Death and the Lady

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Colin Bucksey

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David Black Ratings Summary

"Enemy Within" is the best rated episode written by David Black. It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by John David Coles. It aired on 12/9/2001 and is rated 1.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Nullification".