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Every TV Episode Written by Hank Steinberg Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Maggie Cartwright appears to have simply walked away from every thing in her life, having left everything of hers behind. Later a ransom note appears on her mother's email list demanding a million dollars for her safe return.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Fathers
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Fathers

    S1:E13

    When Maskins and Cyrus Hunt try to thwart Aaron's attempt at a retrial, Aaron is forced to attempt a desperate move, risking the wrath of a powerful new adversary. The election comes to a head as Safiya tries to warn Aaron that he is now a marked man on the season finale

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Do Us Part
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Do Us Part

    S1:E7

    Aaron struggles to balance the demands of his own case with the needs of an inmate who's fighting for the right to marry his dying girlfriend. Safiya defies the prison board, effectively jeopardizing Anya's campaign as well as their marriage.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Never Stop Fighting
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Never Stop Fighting

    S2:E1

    After nine years of fighting to win his freedom, it’s do or die for Aaron Wallace. As dangerous enemies lurk at Bellmore and Marie faces criminal charges for assisting Aaron in prior cases, Aaron must find a way to gain the upper hand on Maskins.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Underground Railroad
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Underground Railroad

    S1:E12

    Jack and the team search for a pregnant woman, Kathy Dobson, who disappeared from a hospital before being told that she has serious complications. As the detectives race against time to find Kathy, their investigation gradually reveals that Kathy's seemingly happy life actually hasn't been going very well. She is eight-and-a-half months pregnant and, under the tight control of her husband Paul, has withdrawn from her family and friends. Paul's brother Ritchie, who has been following Kathy and providing Paul with addresses she visits, lists a woman who may be affiliated with an ""underground railroad"" that helps battered women. When the team members find the woman, they learn that she has been assaulted by Paul—but she still refuses to lead them to Kathy.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Victory for Humanity
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Victory for Humanity

    S1:E19

    They search for a young high-school teacher who disappeared after a night class in the Bronx, turning up contradictory information about the subject.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Fall Out (2)
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Fall Out (2)

    S1:E23

    When the team tries to plot a strategy after they find out that Samantha has been shot and that she might be critically injured in the hostage crisis situation. Jack makes a deal with Berry so that Sam can get help and Jack goes in there and takes Sam's place.

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    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Promises
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Promises

    S1:E2

    Tensions rise between Aaron and his crew when he provides counsel to a white supremacist in order to repay his debt to inmate Wild Bill. District Attorney Maskins ups his game when Aaron sues the NYPD in an attempt to gain access to his case file. Meanwhile, his daughter’s boyfriend, Ronnie, braces for confrontation as he visits the prison to meet Aaron for the first time.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Fight the Ship
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #9 - Fight the Ship

    S2:E2

    Chandler and Thornwald raid Granderson's headquarters; while on the Nathan James the rest of the crew tries to regain the ship

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Bus
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Bus

    S2:E1

    A school bus is abducted by kidnappers who demand more and more for ransom.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Unreal City
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Unreal City

    S2:E1

    After the horrifying revelations and reversals of fortune in Baltimore, Chandler and his fractured team join forces with an underground resistance in an attempt to defeat Amy Granderson. With doses of the cure running low, Rachel tries to do some good for the sick while remaining a prisoner at Avocet. Meanwhile, Slattery and the crew of Nathan James are in a race against time to save an injured Dr. Tophet and regain control of their ship.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Rising Sun
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Rising Sun

    S3:E2

    Chandler must find a way to return to his old crew and investigate a dangerous new foe.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Birthday Boy
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Birthday Boy

    S1:E2

    Eleven-year-old Gabe Freedman is separated from his father on the subway to Yankee Stadium.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Midnight Sun
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Midnight Sun

    S1:E10

    When a man leaves his home in the morning with his daughter to take her to school and then to open his dry-cleaning store, but they both of they never make it there .

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - The Friendly Skies
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - The Friendly Skies

    S1:E14

    The team investigate a disappearance of a flight attendant who may have been having a relationship with one of the pilot's.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Fall Out (1)
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Fall Out (1)

    S1:E22

    With the aftershocks of Sept. 11 and man named Barry , who lost his wife that day and then his job soon after. The man lashes out at her former boss an employment-agency owner. Blaming her for his wife's death and his own failure to find a job, Barry kidnaps the woman for ransom.Then he demands the money be exchanged at a bookstore, but when the cash is delivers Berry is provoked and takes the store's patrons hostage. Among them is Samantha,and given Jack's affection for her complicates the negotiations.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Homecoming
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Homecoming

    S2:E2

    A newly liberated man, Aaron acclimates to family life outside of prison. As he attempts to help Jamal with his case, Aaron encounters Jamal’s sister who needs legal help of her own. Former nemesis Spencer Richardson proposes an intriguing work opportunity to Aaron and Roswell.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - The Necessity Defense
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Necessity Defense

    S2:E3

    At the urging of Spencer Richardson, Aaron defends a woman charged with holding hospital workers at gunpoint to secure lifesaving treatment for her son. Aaron and Marie navigate their newly intimate relationship, and a young social justice warrior joins Aaron and Roswell’s firm.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Andy Josiah
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Andy Josiah

    S2:E10

    Aaron and his legal team face their toughest trial yet as they prosecute the police officer responsible for the killing of an innocent, unarmed Black man.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Prisoner Aaron Wallace becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own wrongful conviction.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Safe Zone
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Safe Zone

    S2:E8

    Still trying to piece together Dr. Hunter's lost formula, Rachel grapples with her sworn enemy's presence on board the Nathan James.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Brother's Keeper
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Brother's Keeper

    S1:E3

    Determined to gain access to his police file, Aaron decides to represent an inmate from Safiya’s drug rehabilitation program whose brother is a cop. District Attorney Maskins and Assistant District Attorney O’Reilly close in on proof of Aaron’s malfeasance during Jose Rodriguez’s trial, targeting Marie as a way to get to Aaron.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Witness
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Witness

    S1:E5

    While litigating on behalf of an inmate locked up on a robbery charge, Aaron is torn between doing what's right and what's best for his case. Heartened by Aaron's new lead, Marie recommits to his case, researching witnesses on Aaron's behalf. Plus, Safiya closes in on Foster's drug smuggling scheme.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - El Toro
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #24 - El Toro

    S1:E5

    With Rachel close to a breakthrough on her vaccine, she, Chandler and XO Slattery lead a small team into the jungles of Nicaragua on a mission to find monkeys for her vaccine trials. While there, they find much more than they bargained for when they run across a former drug kingpin who will stop at nothing to maintain his stranglehold on his oppressed society.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Day One
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Day One

    S1:E3

    Amy, allowed to return to work under strict guidelines, teams up with TJ to treat a patient suffering from mysterious liver problems. Sonya and Jake help an elderly couple navigate the final chapter of their love story.

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    Writer:Hank Steinberg

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Hank Steinberg Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Hank Steinberg. It scored 9/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/26/2002 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Fathers".