The Best Episodes Written By Marlane Gomard Meyer

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Phantom

   S1:E163/17/2002

   The detectives investigate a slain bank robber and check out his sister, who is involved with a bogus United Nations economist. As the detectives close in on the suspect, Goren learns the suspect wants his children's approval and must stop him before any more murders.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - The Pilgrim

   S2:E811/17/2002

   The detectives are called to investigate the adult daughter of a retired officer which takes them to a case of terrorism involving someone she knew that includes a shipment of explosives.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #3 - D.A.W.

   S3:E205/16/2004

   The investigation into the death of a woman searching for the whereabouts of her late mother's antique ring leads Goren and Eames to a physician serial killer who has cleverly concealed the murder of over two hundred of his patients.

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   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Monster

   S2:E153/2/2003

   The murder of a woman in her apartment results in her son, recently paroled after serving 15 years for murder, becoming the prime suspect. Having consulted with the lead detective on the old case, Goren and Eames discover he was involved in a cover-up to rush other cases to closure.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - A Girl's Life

   S1:E711/12/1999

   Heather is struck by lightning while out looking at a bright light in the sky. She is rushed to hospital but is in a coma, and in a very serious condition. Dr. Morris takes Michael to see her, from outside the 4th floor window of the room she is in. He was the bright light she saw as he was testing a new suit in the sky. When he appears outside her window she comes out of her coma and sees him. She is convinced that she saw an angel and soon the story is all around school. The story of the angel in the sky brings out all the kooks and believers, which prevents Dr. Morris from being able to continue his experiments, something that does not please him!

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Disco Inferno

   S1:E121/14/2000

   A police detective calls Dr. Morris to the scene of a very unusual death, a body that seems to have burnt to ashes. The detective tells Morris & Michael that the evidence they have suggests the possibility that the fire started from within the body rather than from n outside source. Michael wants to investigate while Morris has no interest in getting involved at all. Michael keeps pushing until he persuades Theo to get involved. After managing to find what could turn out to be a clue they find themselves outside the First Church of the Elevations, wanting to question its charismatic leader, Reverend Kelso.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Smothered

   S1:E310/14/2001

   After the body of Lois Romney is found in a hotel room, Goren and Eames link her to Dale Van Acker, a junkie and the son of wealthy scion Priscilla Van Acker. Van Acker strongly disapproved of her son's pregnant fiancée, which leads Goren and Eames to suspect she may have wanted to get rid of the girl on a permanent basis.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Badge

   S1:E204/28/2002

   When the murder of a city auditor and his family seems too perfect, Goren and Eames turn their attention towards law enforcement personnel after learning that the auditor was investigating a number of former cops upon suspicion of double-dipping.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #9 - Happy Family

   S3:E911/23/2003

   The bludgeoning of a rich family patriarch has the detectives investigating several suspects, each with their own motives: his estranged wife whom he was about to divorce, a male friend of hers who was a parolee, their childrens' nanny, the victim's brother in law who is a doctor, even the oldest son. Goren and Carver call the family of suspects together to sort it all out... in family court.

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Extra Man

    S1:E610/28/2001

    When a European con man is found beaten to death, the detectives look for the investors he swindled, learning quickly that the man also had relations with their wives.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Gift

    S3:E310/12/2003

    Santeria cultists kill the son of a women that believed from them she had psychic powers.

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Saint

    S3:E163/14/2004

    A man commits fraud, forgery, and murder to discredit the organization that took advantage of his mentally ill mother, impoverished his family, and ruined his childhood.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The Posthumous Collection

    S4:E210/3/2004

    The investigation into the death of a famous photographer leads to the discovery of multiple homicides committed by the collaborator on his latest project, who was attempting to exorcise demons from his past through an artistic expression the photographer soon found intolerable.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Silver Lining

    S4:E811/14/2004

    A master thief who specialises in stealing antique silver from wealthy families across the country is finally captured after his pregnant wife takes desperate measures when an appraiser threatens to ruin her white-picket-fence dreams of the future.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Good Child

    S4:E184/3/2005

    After Dennis and Camille Burnett are found dead in their home, the only survivor is their twenty-year-old daughter, Rachel. Goren and Eames initially suspect that someone connected with the Marinko family had the Burnetts killed, since they were in witness relocation, but the detectives soon realise that the connection isn't the parents, it's the daughter. Suspicion then turns to the daughter's biological parents and her birth father's very jealous wife.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Grow

    S5:E19/25/2005

    When city health inspector Larry Chapel is found dead in an elevator, a quick look into Chapel's home life introduces them to Chapel's recently widowed brother, Evan, and little girl Gwen. Goren isn't very surprised to learn that Nicole Wallace is Evan's fiancée and the future mother to his little girl, but Major Case soon realizes they're off the mark in who they believe the suspect is, and Goren's only hope is to get Nicole to help him trap the killer. Logan joins the Major Case squad, but isn't pleased with being relegated to the background while the other detectives solve the cases, and Deakins tries to find a partner for him.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Bright Boy

    S2:E210/6/2002

    The double murder of a social services worker and a deputy mayor lead the detectives to suspect a couple who may have a grudge against the social worker for taking away their children. When they learn that the social worker had taken special interest in a child prodigy being considered for admission to a prestigious, accelerated school, they examine both the boy and his obsessive father.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Slither

    S5:E111/15/2006

    After Russ Corbett and his wife are found in a seedy hotel room, Russ dead of an overdose, Eames and Goren follow the trail of evidence to Bernard Fremont, a professional partier. With his beautiful blonde companions, Fremont insinuates himself into the lives of couples who don't know the city very well, then robs them blind. While investigating Fremont's past in Asia, Goren realises that he is the mastermind that turned Nicole Wallace into a murderer, and his most successful pupil.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Boots on the Ground

    S10:E35/15/2011

    After a man is thrown to his death off a building, Goren and Eames discover an ongoing war between two private security companies. As the detectives investigate the lucrative business of intelligence gathering, the true agenda of the victim and the mystery behind his death is revealed.

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    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Fallen Idols

    S7:E172/22/2007

    Grissom and his team are discouraged when they find a pool of blood as they begin investigating the disappearance of a high school basketball star and his cheerleader girlfriend.Grissom's quip that the young lovers may have run off to Mexico is soon quashed by the discovery of drops of blood by Ryan's vacant parking spot at the school. After finding a letterman jacket and cheerleading sweater in the field house and a pool of Ryan's blood nearby, the team tries to determine what went awry.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face

    S1:E1012/17/1999

    Theo informs Michael that he is going to be taken for a survival test the next morning. He'll be left out in the wilds and will have to make his way back to civilization while being tracked by other members of Dr. Morris' staff. The next morning he wakes up to find his apartment empty, the alarms blaring and the front door open. Where is Dr. Morris? Is this part of the test or has something happened to him?

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    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Double-Cross

    S7:E510/19/2006

    Grissom and Sara may be secret lovers, but they still find ways to surprise each other like when their religious beliefs surface when two nuns find a body of a woman crucified on a makeshift cross. The woman was found in a church where the priest may be a man of sin instead of a man of God.

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