The Best Episodes Written By Michael Green

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(17 votes)

   #1 - Nicodemus

   S1:E153/19/2002

   A flower that comes from a reopened "Level Three" of the fertilizer plant brings strange reactions from several people, including Jonathan, Lana, and Pete.

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   8.1/10(16 votes)

   #2 - Obscura

   S1:E205/14/2002

   After an explosion Lana finds herself getting visions of a serial killer...and his next target is Chloe. Meanwhile Lex and Roger look further into the meteor shower and determine that something besides meteors hit Smallville that day.

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3. 

   8.1/10(52 votes)

   #3 - Hammerscale

   S1:E111/3/2023

   Lone-wolf warrior Mizu gets stuck with an unexpected travel companion, while Princess Akemi grasps for a way to control her future.

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   8.1/10(26 votes)

   #4 - All Evil Dreams and Angry Words

   S1:E611/3/2023

   Determined to see Fowler dead, Mizu scrapes up all the wits, grit and strength she has left to make her way through his castle's defenses.

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   8.0/10(31 votes)

   #5 - A Fixed Number of Paths

   S1:E311/3/2023

   Taigen proposes a deal, and Mizu receives an invitation to tea. Life on the road turns out to be more challenging than Akemi imagined.

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   8.0/10(29 votes)

   #6 - Peculiarities

   S1:E411/3/2023

   Akemi embarks on a new career and Mizu searches for a way to reach Fowler, bringing them both to Madame Kaji's rather unusual establishment.

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7. 

   7.9/10(19 votes)

   #7 - Cool

   S1:E511/13/2001

   A jock named Sean gains the ability to absorb heat from everything and everyone around him, and begins preying on people to gain the heat he needs to survive.

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8. 

   7.9/10(18 votes)

   #8 - Craving

   S1:E711/27/2001

   A weight-obsessed teen dieting on kryptonite-infected vegetables gains her fondest dream...but must feed on the fat of others to maintain her enhanced appearance.

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9. 

   7.9/10(27 votes)

   #9 - Distractions

   S1:E142/5/2007

   Hiro deals with explaining his new heroic path in life to his ambitious sister and tycoon father. Niki has the chance to reunite with D.L and Micah. Claude's mentoring of Peter leads Peter to question those closest to him. Claire goes to a trailer park looking for her birth mother. Sylar wears a disguise and makes a move against HRG.

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10. 

    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Hiros

    S1:E510/23/2006

    Confused after losing track of another block of time, Niki finds the police on her doorstep, searching for her fugitive husband D.L. Hawkins. Claire confesses to her father. Hiro and his friend get jumped by some Vegas high-rollers. Peter receives a life-changing message from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Matt secretly uses his mind-reading ability to anticipate his wife's needs. Dismayed by recent events, Suresh makes plans to return to India to lay both his father's remains and his research to rest.

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    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #11 - The Great Fire of 1657

    S1:E811/3/2023

    As an army approaches, Akemi must choose her path. While Taigen risks his life for the royal family, Mizu remains hell-bent on her mission.

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12. 

    7.6/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Lizards

    S2:E210/1/2007

    Peter falls in with Irish gangsters who know about his past. Hiro works to contain the damage caused by his journey into the past. Kensei's power will be revealed. Suresh locates and cures the Haitian. Matt investigates the murder of Mr. Nakamura. West comes to know of Claire's powers. Maya and Alejandro enter Mexico and find their powers more of a hindrance than a help.

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13. 

    7.6/10(37 votes)

    #13 - An Unexpected Element

    S1:E211/3/2023

    With a squad of deadly assassins on her trail, Mizu forges ahead — but hits a hiccup when she and Ringo arrive in town on a festival day.

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14. 

    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Shimmer

    S1:E101/29/2002

    Lex and Victoria are victims of a suspected household poltergeist. As the disturbances become more violent, suspicion lands on Amy, the daughter of a house servant who is obsessed with Lex. Not is all as it seems...

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15. 

    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Drone

    S1:E184/30/2002

    Clark gets into a class election and one of his opponents is a krypto-mutant who can control bees. Meanwhile a reporter from Metropolis visits to do a story on Lex.

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    7.1/10(76 votes)

    #16 - The Bone Orchard

    S1:E14/30/2017

    When Shadow Moon is released from prison early after the death of his wife, he meets Mr. Wednesday and is recruited as his bodyguard. Shadow discovers that this may be more than he bargained for.

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17. 

    7.0/10(64 votes)

    #17 - The Secret of Spoons

    S1:E25/7/2017

    As Mr. Wednesday begins recruitment for the coming battle, Shadow Moon travels with him to Chicago and agrees to a very high stakes game of checkers with the old Slavic god, Czernobog.

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    6.9/10(55 votes)

    #18 - Head Full of Snow

    S1:E35/14/2017

    Shadow questions the terms of his employment when Mr. Wednesday informs him of his plan to rob a bank (because, naturally, every army needs a source of funding). And just when Shadow thought his life couldn’t get any more complicated, he returns to his motel room to a surprising discovery.

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    6.9/10(53 votes)

    #19 - Git Gone

    S1:E45/21/2017

    Alternating between the past and the present, Laura’s life and death are explored—how she met Shadow, how she died, and how exactly she came to be sitting on the edge of his motel room bed.

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    6.9/10(46 votes)

    #20 - A Murder of Gods

    S1:E66/4/2017

    On the run after the New Gods' show of force, Shadow and Mr. Wednesday seek safe haven with one of Mr. Wednesday's oldest friends, Vulcan, God of the Fire and the Forge.

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    5.1/10(9 votes)

    #21 - The Drought

    S1:E118/16/1998

    Carrie's relationship with Mr. Big has been going on for long enough that it is becoming less physical, especially after she farts in bed. Charlotte is dating a man who isn't interested in sex anymore thanks to the side-effects of Prozac. Samantha discovers that not having sex can be erotic. Miranda realizes that she hasn't had sex for months.

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