8.7/109 votes#1 - Citizens United
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/13/2016
The trial concludes as former partners and old friends have their final showdown in court.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.6/109 votes#2 - Beauty and the Beast
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/2016
With danger mounting around every corner, Billy has to decide whether to head directly to trial or take his chances with a continuance.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.5/1011 votes#3 - Line of Fire
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2016
Billy has to go to great lengths to secure his physical evidence's safety and preserve his witnesses' credibility.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.4/1012 votes#4 - Pride and Prejudice
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2016
Billy scrambles to get his wrongful death lawsuit into court by any means necessary.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.3/103 votes#5 - Let It Be Him
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/16/2021
While knocking on doors and searching for clues, Cassie unexpectedly comes face-to-face with Ronald, which puts her in danger and triggers her memory from the pair’s prior meeting. Elsewhere, not feeling like she can trust her husband, Merilee makes a life-changing decision that puts both her and Rick’s fates into her own hands.
Director: Michael Goi
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.2/1012 votes#6 - Game On
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2016
The judge gives Billy only a day to make a compelling offer of proof before he dismisses the lawsuit.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.2/1010 votes#7 - Cover Your Ass
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2016
As both sides begin their depositions, more secrets start to come to the surface, threatening to destroy everyone involved.
Director: Anthony Hemingway
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
8.0/103 votes#8 - Nice Animals
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2021
Cassie, Jenny, Jerrie and Lindor work to get things back on track when the motel is reduced to rubble and both the Kleinsasser and Ronald cases not doing much better. At the ranch, Cheyenne seizes an opportunity to shift the family power dynamic in her favor and all it will take is the truth.
Director: Michael Goi
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.9/109 votes#9 - Conscious Uncoupling
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/2019
Billy puts Wade Blackwood on the stand and under oath, forcing him to admit every detail of his scheme to steal the state’s water.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.8/1010 votes#10 - La Mano
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2018
Billy McBride is reluctantly pulled back into criminal defense when his friend's 16- year-old son is arrested for a double murder.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.7/106 votes#11 - Crunch Time
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/2019
Hodges and Jerome have a breakthrough in the Rothstein case. Holly gets a strange inheritance. Morris makes a frightening discovery.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.6/1031 votes#12 - The Judge
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2014
Red believes he knows who was responsible for a prominent prosecutor's 12 year disappearance; Red investigates the woman who tempts Tom.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.6/108 votes#13 - Who's Gabriel
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 6/14/2018
Billy finally gets a witness who can exonerate Julio, but he won't talk unless Billy can convince the prosecutor to give him a deal.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.6/109 votes#14 - Happiness from the Ground Up
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2019
Billy’s investigation into the Central Valley’s water problem threatens the launch of Diana Blackwood’s almond-based lifestyle brand.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.6/1012 votes#15 - Minister D
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 2/22/2019
As his trial begins, Red puts Liz and the task force on the case of a Blacklister who uses incriminating evidence to extort people -- and who Red believes can prove his innocence.
Director: Michael Caracciolo
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.5/106 votes#16 - The End of the Beginning
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/2019
Jerome discovers a connection between Alma and Rothstein. After an attempt by Morris fails, Alma pays a visit to Second Story Books. Hodges visits the Saubers family and confirms their worst fears about Pete. Lou learns her fate.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.4/105 votes#17 - A Good Day to Die
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2020
Jenny and Cassie feel as if they're closing in on Legarski, but they are racing against the clock as he and Ronald are preparing to move the girls. Jerrie makes one last attempt to convince Ronald to let them go. Elsewhere, Cassie visits Merilee to question her about her husband and Ronald aggressively confronts his mother.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.4/1019 votes#18 - Miss Rebecca Thrall
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2017
While the Task Force investigates a series of suspicious police shootings, Agent Ressler is distracted by increasing external pressures. With his back up against the wall, Red drafts Tom in executing an elaborate plan to help re-establish his criminal reputation.
Director: Adam Weisinger
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.3/1015 votes#19 - Anna-Gracia Duerte
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/2018
When an associate of the Nash Syndicate is murdered, Red sets Liz and the Task Force on the case in order to recover evidence crucial to bringing down Ian Garvey. Meanwhile, Aram considers a step forward in his relationship with Samar.
Director: Michael Caracciolo
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.3/106 votes#20 - Fade to Blue
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/2018
The community reels from recent news about Brady, and the Mercedes Killer's future lands in the hands of the few people who have survived him.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.3/106 votes#21 - Bad to Worse
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2019
Alma gives Pete a scare and instructs Morris to do the same.Pete revisits the local bookstore. Hodges and Jerome fear for Holly ahead of her taking the stand.Finkelstein tells Lou that she must silence Brady. Holly and Lou deliver powerful testimony.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.2/106 votes#22 - Madness
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2019
As she is evaluated for mental competency, Lou continues to be haunted by Brady. Morris and Alma hatch a plan to recover their spoils.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.2/1013 votes#23 - It's Donald
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2016
The beginning of discovery unearths a startling new piece of evidence that threatens to unravel Billy's entire theory of the case.
Director: Alik Sakharov
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.1/107 votes#24 - Mommy Deadest
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2019
Holly takes on a questionable roommate. After receiving an unexpected visitor, Ida seeks advice from Hodges. Alma and Morris decide they need more leverage.
Director: Michael J. Leone
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.1/108 votes#25 - Argus 2: Battledome
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2019
As Billy and Patty make their first appearance in court, their class action is threatened when they walk into traps set for them by the Blackwoods.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
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"Citizens United" is the best rated episode written by Jonathan Shapiro. It scored 8.7/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by Lawrence Trilling. It aired on 10/13/2016 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Beauty and the Beast".