The Best Episodes Written By Kenneth Lin

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(38 votes)

   #1 - Chapter 49

   S4:E103/4/2016

   As Frank deals with a new threat to his candidacy, Claire has doubts about their plan. Claire faces a difficult decision concerning her mother.

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   7.6/10(41 votes)

   #2 - Chapter 31

   S3:E52/27/2015

   Frank declares war on Congress to jump-start his jobs program. Claire spars with the Russian Ambassador.

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   7.5/10(52 votes)

   #3 - Chapter 18

   S2:E52/14/2014

   Francis back-channels with a Chinese billionaire. Lucas uses extreme measures to expose the Vice President. A shadowy figure joins Team Underwood.

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   6.8/10(21 votes)

   #4 - The Blood and the Shit

   S1:E55/3/2019

   Transporting precious cargo via stagecoach through the Sierra Nevada, Ah Sahm and Young Jun are forced to spend the night with three strangers at a frontier saloon in the middle of nowhere. The detour turns perilous when Harlan French, a notorious outlaw, shows up with his henchmen, looking for a lucrative payday.

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   6.6/10(17 votes)

   #5 - The White Mountain

   S1:E44/26/2019

   Big Bill finds himself compromised by his gambling excesses, but discovers a possible solution after an opium-den raid. Penny reveals the circumstances that prompted her to marry Mayor Blake, who’s determined to show voters he won’t tolerate San Francisco’s “Yellow Peril.” After meeting with leaders of the Fung Hai tong, Mai Ling offers Ah Sahm a way out of a protracted — and bloody — tong war.

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   6.5/10(40 votes)

   #6 - There is a Tide…

   S3:E1212/31/2020

   After capturing the U.S.S. Discovery, Osyraa seeks a meeting with Admiral Vance while Burnham and the crew must overcome unimaginable odds as they attempt to regain command of their ship.

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   6.2/10(34 votes)

   #7 - The Sanctuary

   S3:E812/3/2020

   Osyraa attacks Book's home planet and the Discovery travels there to help. Stamets and Adira investigate The Burn.

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   5.7/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Ghosts of Highway 20

   S1:E22/18/2021

   Clarice Starling and the VICAP team are deployed to Tennessee where the FBI is laying siege against a fringe militia group called “The Statesmen,”

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   5.6/10(26 votes)

   #9 - Whistlespeak

   S5:E65/2/2024

   While undercover in a pre-warp society, Captain Burnham is forced to consider breaking the Prime Directive when a local tradition threatens Tilly's life. Meanwhile, Culber tries to connect with Stamets, and Adira steps up when Rayner assigns them a position on the bridge.

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    5.3/10(25 votes)

    #10 - Come, Let's Away

    S1:E62/12/2026

    During the cadets' first training mission on an abandoned ship, they encounter a dangerous new enemy and must fight for survival while Nahla seeks help from an unexpected source.

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    4.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - How Does It Feel to Be So Beautiful?

    S1:E64/1/2021

    Sidelined because of her harrowing ordeal with Marilyn Felker, Clarice goes to Ruth Martin to be reinstated and gets roped into having dinner at the Martin residence.

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    4.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Father Time

    S1:E126/17/2021

    As ViCAP finally gets the green light to raid Alastor Pharmaceuticals, Clarice punches another FBI agent in a moment of rage, then willingly turns in her badge and gun. Also, the rest of the ViCAP team uncovers the whole truth about the River Murders, and Clarice unwittingly puts herself in mortal danger.

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