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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Trust Metric
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Trust Metric

    S4:E1

    After the events of "The Janus List," Colby escapes from custody. Don and the team go after him, but everything may not be as it seems.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 23 - Angels and Devils
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Angels and Devils

    S5:E23

    When Amita is abducted, Don and the team’s frantic search for her leads them to the delusional head of a cult, but it is up to a distraught Charlie to discover what the suspect’s bizarre plans for her are.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Rampage
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Rampage

    S2:E21

    When an assailant opens fire in the FBI offices, Don and his team must determine his motive and possible connection to a dangerous arms dealer who is on trial. After nearly getting shot, Charlie is shaken and reluctant to return to the offices, which hinders his contribution to the case.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Spree (1)
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Spree (1)

    S3:E1

    Don has a problem. Crystal Hoyle and her boyfriend Buck are going on a robbery and killing spree. Their terror is spread over seven states, and Charlie is called in to help. However, problems between Alan and Charlie may hinder Charlie's concentration.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  5. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Two Daughters (2)
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Two Daughters (2)

    S3:E2

    David tries to get information from one of Crystal's old boyfriends, but he isn't helping. Things get personal for the team when Crystal kidnaps one of them.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 17 - One Hour
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - One Hour

    S3:E17

    Don talks to his therapist again, and while he's gone, the team races to find an eleven year-old boy being held on a $3 million ransom, and time is running out...

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 24 - The Janus List
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Janus List

    S3:E24

    In the midst of investigating a serious bomb threat, Don and Charlie uncover a secret that could change their lives and the lives of the team forever.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Black Swan
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Black Swan

    S4:E13

    Don and the team bust a meth lab, but when Don has a feeling there's more to the organization than just what's on the surface, his intuition is put to the test.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  9. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - The Decoy Effect
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - The Decoy Effect

    S5:E2

    The team investigates an increase in ATM kidnappings when a woman who was abducted and forced to withdraw money is murdered; Charlie meets the investigator who will decide the fate of his FBI security clearance.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Brutus
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Brutus

    S3:E10

    A California State Senator and a psychiatrist--neither have much in common with the other except for one thing...they both turn up dead on Don's watch. While the circumstances of their deaths are different, Don thinks the two murders are related, and tries to prove his hunch right. What he finds may bring to light a deep secret the government has been hiding for years.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Sniper Zero
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Sniper Zero

    S1:E9

    The city is in a panic as a sniper goes on a shooting spree and randomly kills several people, including a postal worker. The investigation reveals that more than one shooter is at work. As Charlie works the case, he's frustrated by a sniper expert Don brings in to help out.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Toxin
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Toxin

    S2:E9

    After four people nearly die from poisoning, Don learns someone is tampering with nonprescription drugs. When the perpetrator publishes a manifesto in a local paper, Don is led to believe the person may be a former employee of the drug company that manufactured the drug.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - The Running Man
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #13 - The Running Man

    S2:E15

    When a DNA synthesizer with the capability of customizing diseases is stolen from the campus where Charlie teaches, Don fears the thieves may be terrorists out to start or advance a bio-warfare program and also believes the theft was an inside job.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  14. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Chinese Box
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Chinese Box

    S4:E10

    Don and the team are left with little recourse when a former FBI subcontractor takes a team member hostage.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Sacrifice
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Sacrifice

    S1:E11

    A senior computer-science researcher working on a classified government project is found murdered in his Hollywood Hills home and data has been stolen from his computer. The investigation reveals the victim was going through a bitter divorce and was trying to keep his wife from getting his money. Charlie also learns the project on which the man was working might have involved baseball.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  16. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - Arrow of Time
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Arrow of Time

    S5:E11

    Don turns to his newly found religious beliefs when he is forced to deal with an escaped criminal who is bent on seeking revenge.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Samaritan
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Samaritan

    S1:E2

    A good Samaritan with a police record takes action against a terrorizing subway criminal, forcing the Reagans to weigh the rights and wrongs of vigilantism.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Welcome to the Jungle
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Welcome to the Jungle

    S1:E4

    When the Deputy Governor asks Cat to accompany her to visit an island owned by an old friend of Cat's, Dylan Sawyer, the pair become embroiled in a plot to take over Dylan's pot business and, instead, manufacture Yaba.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  19. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Hangman
    6.7/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Hangman

    S6:E1

    Don and his team are out to protect former radical Benjamin Polk from a determined sniper who wants him dead, and who is leading the FBI on a cat-and-mouse chase as he closes in on his prey.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Former thief Cat Chambers returns home to the Pacific island paradise known as The Reef as she finds herself in the center of a kidnapping, when the daughter of the island’s most prominent resident goes missing.

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    Writer:Ken Sanzel

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Ken Sanzel Ratings Summary

"Trust Metric" is the best rated episode written by Ken Sanzel. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/28/2007 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Angels and Devils".