The Best Episodes Written By David Hollander

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(9 votes)

   #1 - The Transfer Agent

   S7:E712/29/2019

   Mickey finally learns the truth about the botched heist, and he’s out to get his fair share of the money. Ray reflects on his early memories of Jim Sullivan while he and Molly track down Sandy and Mickey by any means necessary. Smitty is questioned by the police and confronted with the consequences of his actions.

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   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Staten Island (2)

   S6:E211/4/2018

   No matter how much he wants it to go away, Ray isn’t done cleaning up the fallout from his jump. People are asking questions, and there’s a witness willing to give answers that could rock Mac and Ray’s worlds. Across the country, Mickey’s heart attack behind bars forces the family to wrestle with what could be their father’s final days.

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   8.4/10(11 votes)

   #3 - Rattus Rattus

   S4:E129/18/2016

   Ray attempts to play his adversaries against each other. Season finale.

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   8.4/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Dream On

   S6:E912/23/2018

   Ray struggles to get the help he so desperately needs, causing Bridget to learn some hard truths about her father. Ray makes a move to save both Novak’s campaign and Mac’s life. Mickey sees an opportunity to recoup some of his losses. Darryl and Sandy find common ground.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #5 - Family Pictures

   S7:E312/1/2019

   Ray gets closer with Molly Sullivan when he realizes their family connection. Claudette comes to New York and discovers that Daryll is on Detective Perry’s radar. Bunchy tries to leverage his heroism for a pay raise. Bridget gets closer with her music producer boss, and Terry goes on a trip with his new spiritual guide.

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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Ellis Island

   S6:E511/25/2018

   Hoping to make up for lost time, Ray plans a day with Conor in New York before he ships out overseas with the Marines. Sam and Ray put together a fix to give Anita a bump in popularity. Sam tries to strike a deal with Mayor Ferrati. Mickey devises a radical plan to recoup his losses. Bunchy asks Terry for a favor.

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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Faith. Hope. Love. Luck.

   S7:E111/17/2019

   Ray brings Mickey to the FBI to turn himself in. Four months later, when one of the police officers’ heads turns up and Ray and his family are implicated in the murder, Ray finds his work with his therapist threatening to unravel. Meanwhile, Mayor Feratti is back to his corrupt ways with increasingly unsavoury jobs for Ray, including blackmailing a powerful family from the Donovans’ Boston past.

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   8.1/10(17 votes)

   #8 - Exsuscito

   S3:E129/27/2015

   Abby and Terry finally tell Ray the truth about Bridget. Season finale.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #9 - The Dead

   S6:E121/13/2019

   Ray settles his final scores and revisits the past with his father. The Donovans clean up their mess. Smitty gets a crash course in what it means to be a part of the family. Season finale

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    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Staten Island (1)

    S6:E110/28/2018

    Ray is pulled from the East River by Police Officer Sean “Mac” McGrath. Taken over the bridge to Staten Island, Ray finds a chance at a new life, but it is interrupted when Sam Winslow comes calling. With the ghosts of his past returning, and his father Mickey plotting something in prison, Ray may not have a choice but to return to his roots. Season premiere.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Indian Summer

    S1:E610/30/2001

    Nick is duped into representing a young woman who lied to him after they spent the night together. After Nick picks up a young woman named Dina at The Incline, they go back to his place for the night. The woman then reveals herself to be an orphaned, underaged girl whose younger sister is about to be placed in a new home where Dina is not wanted. She gives Nick an ultimatum that he must help her get placed in the same family as her sister or risk her going to the police about his underage encounter. He must uncover her true motives or risk the consequences of their ill-fated night together. Meanwhile, Alvin goes to extreme measures, including soliciting a donation from a wealthy socialite, in an effort to raise money after CLS loses its grant and the money runs out.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Heart

    S1:E811/20/2001

    Nick Fallin finds himself the advocate for a 12-year-old girl, Lesley, who needs to be adopted by foster parents immediately in order to receive a heart transplant. Laurie Solt, a social worker for Legal Services (LS), is having trouble placing her due to the many demands of caring for a child with congenital heart disease. Inspired by Lesley's strength after she learns her current foster parents are unable to adopt her, Nick takes the search on as a personal campaign to save Lesley's life. As hope of finding suitable foster care fades, Nick decides that the only way to save Lesley's life is to become her legal guardian. Nick's supervisor at LS, Alvin Masterson questions Nick's ability to care for Lesley. Eventually, the judge does grant Nick legal guardianship. Meanwhile, one of Burton Fallin's old friends, Harry Josephs is dying of cancer and tells Burton he is challenging the employment contract of Hopeson, Inc., which terminates employment if an employee is unable to work for 90 consecutive days. Hopeson Inc. is a long time client of Fallin & Assoc. and Burton helped finalize the original employment contracts. Burton struggles with the responsibility of fighting for his clients and opportunity to stand by his friend.

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    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Sunny

    S2:E88/31/2014

    Lee reneges on Ray's deal with Cookie. Kate reopens her investigation.

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    7.8/10(22 votes)

    #14 - New Birthday

    S1:E78/11/2013

    Ray forbids Bridget from seeing Marvin, but she visits him anyway. Meanwhile, Ray flies to Boston to search for Sully; Abby and Deb commiserate over drinks and get themselves into trouble; and Mickey manipulates Sean into working with him on a movie project.

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    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #15 - The Kalamazoo

    S3:E17/12/2015

    Ray is enlisted by a wealthy family to free their son.

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    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #16 - If I Should Fall from Grace with God

    S5:E79/24/2017

    For Bunchy's sake, Ray is forced to step in and save Mickey from himself. Terry returns to LA with a devastating confession. Daryll and Mickey butt heads over the direction of their movie. Bunchy helps out a fellow inmate - on the condition that he'll help retrieve the settlement money. And one Donovan goes to extreme measures to protect the family.

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    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Come and Knock on Our Door

    S3:E37/26/2015

    Ray and Mickey make a desperate attempt to get Terry released from prison.

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    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Volcheck

    S2:E109/14/2014

    Ashley's stalker, Bob Lepecka, shows up and causes trouble for Steve Knight. Cochran becomes officially nominated for the FBI directorship.

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    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #19 - All Must Be Loved

    S3:E78/23/2015

    Ray is contacted by Romero. Bunchy joins Mickey against the Minassians.

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    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #20 - You'll Never Walk Alone

    S7:E101/19/2020

    Ray finally learns the truth about his sister Bridget's death; Terry reckons with the death of a friend and his own mortality; Mickey's quest for the money he's owed leads to a deadly face-off between the Sullivans and the Donovans.

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    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Time Takes a Cigarette

    S5:E1210/29/2017

    Ray goes to New York to arrange an illicit surgery that will hopefully save Smitty. Sam agrees to help - but only on the condition that Ray commit a brutal act. Meanwhile, Daryll struggles with his loyalties as Mickey tries to get himself out of jail by turning the tables on Ray. Season finale.

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    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #22 - One Night in Yerevan

    S3:E109/13/2015

    Ray comes up with a fix to help Mickey. Bridget gets into a fight.

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    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Fish and Bird

    S4:E67/31/2016

    Ray finds himself in a holding pattern, waiting to see if Belikov will be released from prison. An art dealer invites Ray to a breast cancer benefit where he encounters some former clients. Teresa spirals into postpartum depression. Meanwhile, Mickey goes to great lengths to convince the DA that he was the one behind the Minassian massacre.

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    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Little Bill Primm's Big Green Horseshoe

    S4:E37/10/2016

    An intruder breaks into the Donovan household, forcing the family closer together as Bridget struggles to maintain her independence. In Primm, Mickey schemes to rob a casino with the help of a lounge singer and a man named Ed. Meanwhile, with a baby due at any minute, Bunchy and Teresa navigate their marital woes under lockdown, and Ray visits Belikov in prison to strike a deal.

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    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Abby

    S5:E18/6/2017

    Ray begins court-ordered anger management after a family tragedy sparks a bar fight. Mickey, Bunchy and Daryll prepare for Terry and Maureen's wedding. Bridget looks up a mysterious acquaintance in New York. Conor, away from home for the first time, grows accustomed to military school. Meanwhile, Sam Winslow, a powerful new employer, comes into Ray's life.

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