8.0/108 votes#1 - Great Expectations
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/2007
After the Chief announces his retirement, rumors begin to circulate on his departure and successor. Mark is determined to leave Seattle for good but Meredith accidentally has him stay after letting him know of the open Chief position. Derek is angry at Meredith for causing Mark to stay in Seattle, but soon realizes that she is not the reason he is really angry. The attending physicians at Seattle Grace Hospital fight to get Richard's attention, but he expresses his disappointment. He also displays his lack of support in Bailey's plan to create a free medical clinic, but she ultimately goes through with her plan when Izzie offers to spend her entire 8.7 million dollar inheritance on the project. George, devastated after his father's death, uses sex to overcome his grief, and eventually proposes to Callie. Cristina and Burke still don't speak to each other, but he breaks the agreement when he proposes to her. Richard endeavors to reunite with his wife, Adele, and decides to retire, only to come home and find his wife with another man.
Director: Michael Grossman
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.9/1015 votes#2 - Resolves Eleven Myths
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2016
Rich Dotcom returns to the FBI when he needs help with a pressing issue.
Director: Jeff King
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.4/109 votes#3 - Careless Whisper
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/2019
The murder of a best-selling true crime novelist sends Jane and the team on a hunt for a serial killer detailed in the author's final manuscript, which also features lightly fictionalized versions of the FBI team.
Director: Mark Tonderai
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.3/1014 votes#4 - Borrow or Rob
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2017
A tattoo points the team toward a powerful collegiate secret society, but they can't infiltrate it without the help of one of its alumni...Rich Dotcom.
Director: Laura Belsey
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.2/1011 votes#5 - Clamorous Night
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/20/2018
Jane and her team must fight for their lives when Roman sends deadly assassins after them. Meanwhile, Patterson goes on a date, Reade contends with the O.P.R. inquisitor, Jane and Weller go to dinner, and Zapata attends a funeral.
Director: Neema Barnette
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.2/109 votes#6 - We Didn't Start the Fire
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2020
Jane and the team reach out to Patterson's father in the hope of gaining access to a high-level conference in Finland where they hope to bring Matthew Weitz to their side.
Director: Kristin Windell
Writer: Eric Buchman
6.0/1010 votes#7 - Adoring Suspect
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/8/2017
The team goes undercover on a movie set to stop a terrorist plot with unlikely backers. Roman blackmails Weller with a horrible secret about Jane.
Director: Glen Winter
Writer: Eric Buchman
5.9/109 votes#8 - Sous-Vide
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/2018
A decoded tattoo leads the team to a mysterious cache of dolls which turn out to be vehicles for biological weapons being sent around the world and now to the FBI. Jane exploits the fear of the weapons to advance her own plan to recover Shepherd.
Director: Aric Avelino
Writer: Eric Buchman
5.9/108 votes#9 - Ghost Train
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 7/2/2020
The team scrambles to get ahead of Madeline and Ivy as they close in on the bunker's location, but someone on the inside is feeding Madeline information. As her plan takes shape, the team may be forced to take desperate measures.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Eric Buchman
5.3/107 votes#10 - The One Where Jane Visits an Old Friend
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/22/2019
The FBI is hot on Madeline's heels as Jane seeks help from a familiar enemy.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Eric Buchman
4.5/102 votes#11 - Guess Who's Coming
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/2013
Jane represents Deb's mother, Bobbi Dobkins, in a scandalous case involving sex solicitation. Owen sends Grayson on a field trip to Wyoming where he has to try a California client's case under Wyoming law. Nicole and Grayson's relationship takes a turn. When Stacy suffers an awkward humiliation at yoga class, a chivalrous Owen comes to her rescue.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Buchman
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"Great Expectations" is the best rated episode written by Eric Buchman. It scored 8/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by Michael Grossman. It aired on 1/25/2007 and is rated 1.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Resolves Eleven Myths".