The Best Episodes Written By John Shiban

Every TV Episode Written by John Shiban Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 9.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Lost Highway

    Missing info
    S5:E1

    Stabler goes undercover to catch smugglers; as he gets to know the girls, they start going missing.

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  2. 9.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Dante's Inferno

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    S5:E2

    Stabler recovers from an injury while Olivia Benson helps with finding missing sex worker Sad Eyes.

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  3. 9.2/10(5 votes)

    #3 - The Last Supper

    Missing info
    S4:E4

    Bell and the team must keep a witness and her family safe from Los Santos before she testifies. Carisi asks Stabler to back off the case to preserve the integrity of his undercover work. Stabler hosts a chaotic family dinner.

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  4. 9.0/10(5 votes)

    #4 - Memory Lane

    Missing info
    S4:E1

    Stabler must deal with rapid changes at work and home after returning from a dangerous undercover assignment. Bell hires an advisor whose AI technology program could revolutionize police investigation. Jet and Reyes struggle with Whelan's absence.

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    Director:Jon Cassar
  5. 8.9/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Blood Moon Rising

    Missing info
    S2:E10

    Cullen fights to save Hell on Wheels.

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    Director:John Shiban
  6. 8.8/10(154 votes)

    #6 - Sunset

    Missing info
    S3:E6

    Walt settles into his new surroundings; Walt, Jr. wants answers about his parents' relationship; Hank's investigation causes problems for Walt and Jesse.

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    Director:John Shiban
  7. 8.8/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Beyond the Sea

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    S4:E6

    When several bodies are found in a seaside town, Stabler navigates the politics and secrets of the community to find a potential serial killer. Jet brings a witness under her protection.

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  8. 8.8/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Semper Fi

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    S4:E9

    Stabler leans into his military network to search for the source of a Middle Eastern heroin pipeline making its way to the U.S. Reyes returns to the squad.

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  9. 8.8/10(152 votes)

    #9 - Phoenix

    Missing info
    S2:E12

    As Walt explores money laundering options, he and Jesse spar over the profits from their latest deal. Jesse and Jane clash with her father. Walt makes a fatal decision.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
  10. 8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Stabler's Lament

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    S4:E13

    When the ATF Bureau plans a raid of Redcoat's warehouse, Trisha promises to help Stabler keep Joe Jr. safe. Bell comes face to face with the man who killed Sam. Another Stabler family dinner causes tensions to run high.

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    Director:Jon Cassar
  11. 8.4/10(33 votes)

    #11 - Tall Tales

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    S2:E15

    The Winchester brothers seek the help of their family friend Bobby while investigating a series of unexplained happenings on a local college campus.

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    Director:Bradford May
  12. 8.4/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Boss Fight

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    S3:E4

    As Wendy, Helen and Ruth strive to keep the business humming, Navarro plays mind games with Marty, who worries he'll never see his family again.

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    Director:Cherien Dabis
  13. 8.2/10(148 votes)

    #13 - Negro y Azul

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    S2:E7

    Jesse and Walt discuss expanding into new territories; Hank struggles to fit in; Skyler pursues a new job opportunity; Jesse gets to know his landlord.

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  14. 8.2/10(34 votes)

    #14 - Dreamland (1)

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    S6:E4

    While being detained near the famed "Dreamland" Area 51, a strange craft flies overhead and Mulder swaps bodies with an Area 51 "Man-in-Black". While the other agent has fun in Mulder's body, Mulder himself finds it difficult to fit into someone else's life, especially a shadowy one. Mulder contacts Scully about the body swap and tries to get her the flight data recorder from the UFO test flight, but his alter ego uses Mulder's FBI persona to have him arrested.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  15. 8.2/10(34 votes)

    #15 - Dreamland II (2)

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    S6:E5

    Mulder is thrown in jail at the Area 51 compound but is released when it is discovered that the flight data recorder he stole was a fake. Scully comes to her senses and realizes that the Mulder she sees isn't who he really is and heads back to Nevada to help the real Mulder. Meanwhile, the mechanism that caused the body swap is rapidly snapping back, undoing everything in its wake, and Mulder and his alter ego must race to put themselves back where they belong.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  16. 8.2/10(41 votes)

    #16 - BFF

    Missing info
    S3:E8

    Ruth isn't happy about Marty and Wendy's plan to bury the hatchet with Frank Jr. The Byrdes make a difficult decision about Ben. Maya is reprimanded.

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    Director:Alik Sakharov
  17. 8.2/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Scarecrow

    Missing info
    S1:E11

    Sam and Dean finally make contact with their father, but he tells them to stop looking for him and sends them on another ghost-hunting job. Frustrated with their father's evasiveness, Sam sets out alone to find him while Dean stays back to obey his father. Dean investigates a small town in Indiana where couples have gone missing the same day each year and discovers the farmers are sacrificing them to a Pagan God who takes the form of a scarecrow.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  18. 8.1/10(34 votes)

    #18 - Folsom Prison Blues

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    S2:E19

    Sam and Dean allow themselves to be arrested in order to investigate a series of murders inside a penitentiary. However things get complicated when FBI agent Henricksen shows up to take over their case.

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    Director:Mike Rohl
  19. 8.1/10(139 votes)

    #19 - Abiquiu

    Missing info
    S3:E11

    Skyler gets involved with Walt's business. Hank struggles with his recovery. Jesse makes a startling discovery after meeting a girl at group therapy.

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  20. 8.1/10(38 votes)

    #20 - Field Trip

    Missing info
    S6:E21

    When the bodies of a couple who have been missing for less than a week are discovered to have been reduced to bone, Mulder suggests that recent paranormal phenomena in the area may have caused the accelerated decomposition.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  21. 8.0/10(25 votes)

    #21 - You're the Boss

    Missing info
    S4:E10

    Marty travels to the Navarro estate, Ruth asks Frank Jr. for a favor, a new acting sheriff makes waves, and Wendy tries to bring Jim back into the fold.

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  22. 7.9/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Escape to L.A.

    Missing info
    S4:E4

    Torchwood relocates to LA to sneak into PhiCorp's headquarters to find some useful information, unaware that their mission has been compromised. Elsewhere, Oswald and Jilly face a new adversary in Ellis Hartley Monroe, who is using the Miracle Day for her own agenda.

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  23. 7.8/10(42 votes)

    #23 - Skin

    Missing info
    S1:E6

    Sam and Dean come to the aid of Sam's old college buddy after he is accused of a murder he swears he didn't commit. The brothers discover a shapeshifter is adopting the likenesses of others and murdering people. The brothers' race to stop the shapeshifter takes a terrifying turn when he shifts into the likeness of Dean.

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  24. 7.8/10(41 votes)

    #24 - Leonard Betts

    Missing info
    S4:E12

    After the body of a decapitated EMT disappears from the morgue and an identical man starts work at the same hospital, Mulder believes that the man has the ability to regrow parts of his body, including his head. The agents soon discover that Betts' body is riddled with cancer and he is able to live in that condition but needs to feed on cancerous tumors to keep up his strength.

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    Director:Kim Manners
  25. 7.8/10(37 votes)

    #25 - Memento Mori

    Missing info
    S4:E14

    Scully's recent failing health is revealed to be an inoperable cancer in her skull, which appears to be common among abductees and she attempts to come to terms with her condition. Meanwhile, Mulder and the Lone Gunmen break into a high-security research lab to find the cure that could save her life.

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    Director:Rob Bowman

John Shiban Ratings Summary

"Lost Highway" is the best rated episode written by John Shiban. It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Michael Slovis. It aired on 4/17/2025 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Dante's Inferno".