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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 22 - YHWH
    9.2/10(49 votes)

    S4:E22

    Finch and Root race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias and Dominic.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  2. undefined Season 3 Episode 23 - Deus Ex Machina
    9.1/10(45 votes)

    S3:E23

    The team takes desperate action in its race to prevent the malevolent AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Firewall
    9.1/10(42 votes)

    S1:E23

    As the clock ticks down, Reese winds up trapped with his POI in the most heavily surveilled part of the city, forced to rely on the help of Finch, Carter and Fusco to fend off the FBI, corrupt cops and a slew of old foes.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - B.S.O.D.
    8.8/10(46 votes)

    S5:E1

    Reese and Finch attempt to rescue the Machine’s source code before it deteriorates beyond repair. Also, Root fights for her life against an onslaught of Samaritan’s agents and Fusco is faced with hard questions following the deaths of Dominic and Elias.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  5. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - .exe
    8.7/10(43 votes)

    S5:E12

    As Reese and Shaw race to catch up with Finch, he infiltrates a maximum-security government facility in a desperate mission which could mean the end for not only Samaritan, but for himself and The Machine as well.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - In Extremis
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    S2:E20

    When a person of interest is poisoned, Finch and Reese only have 24 hours to identify the toxin and find the person responsible; Detective Fusco's past catches up to him.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - 4C
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    S3:E13

    Reese boards an international flight in an attempt to put the team and the past behind him, but is angered when he realizes his travel plans have been manipulated.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  8. undefined Season 7 Episode 22 - Shattered
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S7:E22

    Valens partners with Rush to locate her abducted, drug-addicted sister, while Jeffries tries to bring justice to the case of a murdered teenaged girl that has haunted him for 17 years.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Bad Code
    8.3/10(40 votes)

    S2:E2

    The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  10. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Panopticon
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    S4:E1

    Forced to take on new identities provided by Root, the team members try to adapt to their new lives. However, some find it hard to ignore The Machine's numbers, which puts them all at risk of being detected by Samaritan.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Liberty
    8.2/10(45 votes)

    S3:E1

    The Machine, now completely self-governed with its whereabouts unknown, resumes giving Finch its "irrelevant" numbers for people in danger, which include a U.S. naval officer in town for Fleet Week. However, with so many sailors flooding the streets of New York City, finding the officer in time presents an even bigger challenge for Reese and Shaw.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Get Carter
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    S1:E9

    Reese and Finch’s game of cat and mouse with Detective Carter becomes infinitely more complicated when The Machine declares that she is their newest POI.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  13. undefined Season 6 Episode 23 - Into the Blue (2)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    S6:E23

    The investigation into the female cadet's murder continues. As the team finds more and more clues, the killer tries to stop the investigation to remain hidden.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 19 - Offender
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S4:E19

    A father pushes a registered sex offender off of a building and threatens to kill a different sex offender each day until the cold-case unit solves his son's 1987 rape and murder.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  15. undefined Season 7 Episode 17 - Flashover
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    S7:E17

    Realizing that the missing Vera has finally hit rock bottom, his worried team members hope that a new twist to a 2006 arson case, which he was secretly obsessing about in recent weeks, might supply leads to his whereabouts.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Viceroy
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S2:E16

    With Hart in grave danger, the team must find their own way to stop Ramsey before his plan to assassinate a senator starts a war with international terrorists.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Ghosts
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    S1:E2

    Reese and Finch question the machine's reliability when they are asked to investigate a teenager who was killed years earlier; Finch remembers the origin of the machine.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Sandhogs
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S4:E3

    When the remains of a sandhog miner who disappeared in 1947 are found in a subway service tunnel, the team is prompted to re-open the case when they suspect the victim might have been murdered for being a union activist.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 12 - Knuckle Up
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S4:E12

    Lilly investigates the murder of a 17-year-old prep-school student who disappeared in early 2006 and whose body is found stuffed in an oil drum outside an abandoned warehouse in a drug-infested part of the city. Also, Vera pays a parking ticket for his neighbor and later asks her out on a date.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  20. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Sabotage
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S5:E12

    The team re-opens the 1999, 2001, and 2003 pipe bombing incidents that killed two and blinded one victim. The serial bomber is still on the loose and ready to strike again as he missed his latest target.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  21. undefined Season 6 Episode 22 - The Long Blue Line (1)
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S6:E22

    The team re-opens the case of the first ever female cadet in a local military school who was murdered in 2005.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Blunt
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    S4:E16

    Reese and Finch must protect Harper, a street-smart grifter, when her plan to steal cash from a medical marijuana dispensary goes up in smoke.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  23. undefined Season 16 Episode 5 - Life Line
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    S16:E5

    Police turn their attention to the murder of an undercover reporter, but realise that the killer isn't as guilty as he appears.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 6 - The Dealer
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S6:E6

    When a body is discovered in the trunk of a car, the team re-opens the 1981 case of a missing single mother who used to work at a car dealership.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Greg Plageman

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - S.E.R.E.
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    S2:E1

    Bryan Mills fights for his life inside a secret Mexican prison and plans a series of dangerous deals to put him on track for escape to the United States. But plans change when Mills and a young migrant girl are taken by human traffickers. Meanwhile, Christina Hart leverages her spycraft skills to obtain powerful new software that could locate Mills, and enlists two unlikely allies to aid in her mission to bring Mills home.

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    Writer:Greg Plageman

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Greg Plageman Ratings Summary

"YHWH" is the best rated episode written by Greg Plageman. It scored 9.184/10 based on 49 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/5/2015 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Deus Ex Machina".