The Best Episodes Written By Dick Wolf

Every TV Episode Written by Dick Wolf Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Abominable Showman
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - The Abominable Showman

    Missing info
    S1:E1

    Tough New York Assistant D.A. Tracey Kibre tackles the murder of an aspiring Broadway actress but has little evidence to prosecute the suspect – an acclaimed but arrogant theater producer who smugly knows that the police have found no blood or even a body.

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  2. Background image for Down for the Count (2)
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Down for the Count (2)

    Missing info
    S3:E13

    Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  3. Background image for Enemy Within
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Enemy Within

    Missing info
    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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  4. Background image for The Insider
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Insider

    Missing info
    S1:E13

    When the father of a young woman who has been out all night clubbing is found dead in his boat house, Goren and Eames investigate the mysterious club owner only to realise that he is an undercover FBI agent and that the Bureau will not risk their undercover operation even to stop a killer.

    Director:Jan Egleson
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  5. Background image for Semi-Professional
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Semi-Professional

    Missing info
    S1:E15

    The detectives investigate the murder of a judge's clerk, with their attention initially going to the judge himself, who had been having an affair with the young woman.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  6. Background image for Phantom
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Phantom

    Missing info
    S1:E16

    The detectives investigate a slain bank robber and check out his sister, who is involved with a bogus United Nations economist. As the detectives close in on the suspect, Goren learns the suspect wants his children's approval and must stop him before any more murders.

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  7. Background image for Anti-Thesis
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Anti-Thesis

    Missing info
    S2:E3

    As Goren and Eames sift through the likely suspects in the murder of a university president and his assistant, they discover that the culprit is a wily adversary who has more than these crimes to hide.

    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  8. Background image for But not Forgotten
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - But not Forgotten

    Missing info
    S3:E4

    When a bookkeeper goes missing, Goren and Eames are led back to the death of her brother, a hitman, two years earlier. An imprisoned mobster seems to be their best bet, but when another body turns up it takes the case to a whole new level.

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  9. Background image for Weeping Willow
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Weeping Willow

    Missing info
    S6:E10

    The kidnapping of a popular video blogger and her boyfriend--which is witnessed live on the Internet--seems suspicious to Logan and Wheeler.

    Director:Tom DiCillo
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  10. Background image for Amends
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Amends

    Missing info
    S7:E1

    Eames re-opens the case into her husband's murder.

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  11. Background image for Last Rites
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Last Rites

    Missing info
    S7:E21

    Logan jeopardizes his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a murder case that's over a decade old which involves a politically-aspiring ADA who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

    Director:Tom DiCillo
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  12. Background image for All That Glitters (I)
    8.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - All That Glitters (I)

    Missing info
    S4:E1

    After a young woman is killed on her way home from a lavish yacht party, the team investigates who she was and how she came to be at the event, which was attended by some of the most influential people in the world. Also, Maggie brings Crosby into the investigation after a murder suspect is identified as a veteran who had been on several Army operations with Crosby. The crossover continues on FBI: Most Wanted S03E01 Exposed (II) and FBI: International S01E01 Pilot (III).

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  13. Background image for Exposed (II)
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Exposed (II)

    Missing info
    S3:E1

    A local FBI case involving two murdered women and a sea of powerful men turns into a manhunt for the dangerous leader of a far-reaching criminal enterprise. The crossover starts on FBI S04E01 All That Glitters (I). It continues on FBI: International S01E01 Pilot (III).

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  14. Background image for Dead
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Dead

    Missing info
    S2:E1

    The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.

    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  15. Background image for I Am the Apocalypse
    8.7/10(12 votes)

    #15 - I Am the Apocalypse

    Missing info
    S3:E19

    The Chicago fire team works seamlessly with Chicago Med personnel to help aid victims of a deadly gas leak, but things quickly take a turn for the worse when the hospital is suddenly forced into quarantine.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  16. Background image for The Faithful
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Faithful

    Missing info
    S1:E4

    Goren and Eames investigate the death of church sexton Morris Abernathy but soon find their chief suspect, Kevin Donovan, dead in his apartment. After realising that someone performed last rites over Donovan's body, the police realise that a priest was involved in the murder, and are led to a priest who has been desperately trying to keep a twenty-year-old secret hidden. Goren risks the prosecution's case by protecting an innocent third party who could lose everything if their own secret comes out.

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  17. Background image for Best Defense
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Best Defense

    Missing info
    S2:E4

    The detectives follow the trail when an assistant district attorney confronts and kills a hired gunman following a series of death threats. They first suspect his wife, a prominent defense attorney, through a convict whose case was being prosecuted by the A.D.A. and the rumors of her romantic affairs. When they realise that there are cracks in their seemingly airtight case, Goren has to keep Carver in the dark about some details to prove his theory.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  18. Background image for A Dark Day (I)
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #18 - A Dark Day (I)

    Missing info
    S2:E20

    Lt. Casey and Dawson volunteer to help at a charity run at Chicago Medical when a massive explosion sends Chicago into chaos. With one of their own missing in the blast, the firehouse is tested like never before. The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. S01E12 8:30 PM (II)

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  19. Background image for Help
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Help

    Missing info
    S4:E1

    The police investigate the murder of a former professional footballer, Robert Nichols, who is found lying beside his car bludgeoned to death. He was on his way to meet his sister and was apparently replacing a flat tire when the attack occurred. The only thing taken was his very expensive watch. They manage to trace a passerby, Mike Jones, who initially denies having seen anything but eventually admits he was helping Nichols fix his flat. The police are naturally suspicious and believe Jones may have been the perpetrator. In checking into Nichols's background however, they learn he was a big-time gambler and owed well-known mobster Don Marsh a quarter of a million pounds. Jones obviously has good reason to lie since he saw who killed Nichols but the mobster has made it clear that his life is in danger if he testifies.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  20. Background image for Art
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Art

    Missing info
    S1:E2

    When a museum curator and an art authenticator are found dead in what was set up to look like a murder-suicide, Goren and Eames follow the clues and realise that the deaths are linked to the sale of numerous art forgeries. Their investigation hits a dead end when they're unable to locate the forger until Goren seeks the help of another forger.

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  21. Background image for Homo Homini Lupis
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Homo Homini Lupis

    Missing info
    S1:E14

    When an business executive's wife and two daughters are kidnapped for a loanshark because the loan hasn't been paid off, Goren and Eames are frustrated by the man's lack of cooperation, which stymies them further when the man's released daughter proves to have been sexually assaulted.

    Director:David Platt
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  22. Background image for Seizure
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Seizure

    Missing info
    S1:E17

    When the body of a bisexual young woman is found slain, Goren and Eames note the similarities between her death and a number of murders committed by a convicted serial killer, turning their attention to a human-behavior researcher.

    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  23. Background image for Untethered
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Untethered

    Missing info
    S7:E9

    Goren investigates when his nephew, a prisoner who's bipolar, claims that inmates are being abused to the point of murder.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  24. Background image for Poison
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Poison

    Missing info
    S1:E7

    The detectives investigate a murderer who poisons hospital victims with cyanide. They suspect a nurse whose profile is typical, but when they discover more murders away from the hospital they have to widen their search.

    Director:Gloria Muzio
    Writer:Dick Wolf
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  25. Background image for Yesterday
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Yesterday

    Missing info
    S1:E18

    When the well-preserved body of a woman tortured and murdered twenty years earlier appears on the banks of the Bronx River, chemical residue on the body leads Goren and Eames to the basement of the house in which the body had originally been buried and to the junkie whose parents owned the home. When the junkie ends up murdered as well, their investigation focuses on his college classmate, a man with a history of drugging and sexually assaulting women.

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Dick Wolf Ratings Summary

"The Abominable Showman" is the best rated episode written by Dick Wolf. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Jean de Segonzac. It aired on 3/3/2005 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Down for the Count (2)".