9.0/101 votes#1 - The Boy Next Door
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/2007
Allison has recurring dreams of her past, causing strange and shocking changes to her current life. Her dreams of the past threaten her life in the present as she tries to stop a predator before he strikes.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.7/1020 votes#2 - Tick, Tick, Tick... (1)
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2010
Federal Agent Jordan Shaw, an insightful and accomplished Federal investigator teams up with Castle & Beckett to hunt down a cunning and elusive serial killer.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.5/102 votes#3 - Sweet Dreams
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2005
Allison is having dreams about an old high school friend and decides to find her. Meanwhile a man seeks the district attorney's help in finding his daughter who has been missing for a week.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.3/103 votes#4 - Coded
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2005
Allison's daughter Ariel dreams that she is a young girl named Sarah being held captive by an ogre in a castle. While Joe agonizes over the possibility that both of his daughters have inherited their mother's psychic abilities, Allison tries to help Ariel and interpret the dream. However, Allison's advice provokes Ariel to run away from a field trip in order to follow up a clue.
Director: Bill L. Norton
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.1/108 votes#5 - Ka Hana Malū (Inside Job)
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2014
While the team investigates a couple's murder in which their sons are the prime suspects, McGarrett is shocked when Aunt Deb returns to the island with her new fiancé.
Director: Jerry Levine
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/103 votes#6 - The Reckoning
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2005
Allison dreams about hitting a girl with her car and a woman who's house is haunted. She finds out that the woman killed herself. Now Allison is trying to put all the pieces together.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/102 votes#7 - Ghost in the Machine
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2006
Allison gets Joe a camcorder for his birthday. But soon she starts seeing disturbing images through it that may or may not be connected to a murder.
Director: Andy Wolk
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/102 votes#8 - Mother's Little Helper
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/3/2007
Allison and Ariel are starting to have dreams about a crime. They are dreaming about it from different perspectives, which reveals two suspects.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/101 votes#9 - Drowned World
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/12/2008
In the fourth season finale, Allison tries to help a young couple who thinks their house is haunted, but her efforts result in murder. Meanwhile, Meghan Doyle tries to sell her controlling interest in Joe's invention and Joe tries to save his own stake in it. Also, the election between Devalos and Tom Van Dyke takes place.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/102 votes#10 - A Taste of Her Own Medicine
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2009
Allison is asked to help find a missing daughter and her visions seem to incriminate her father, but Allison believes this is wrong after a chat with the woman's mother. Meanwhile, Joe is suffering from sleep deprivation, while Scanlon and Lynn's relationship is severely tested.
Director: Ronald L. Schwary
Writer: Moira Kirland
8.0/106 votes#11 - Happily Ever After
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/2/2022
An escape plan goes haywire and old foes face off. Val learns a secret about Owen.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.7/103 votes#12 - Penny for Your Thoughts
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/9/2005
Allison encounters a psychopathic doctor who raped and murdered numerous teenage girls years ago. After learning that an evil soul has been possessing people, she sets forth to stop it before a new victim is found. Meanwhile, Ariel's math teacher accuses her of cheating and Joe steps up to her defense.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.7/103 votes#13 - Sweet Child O' Mine
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2006
Allison has problems with staying impartial about a case when she develops maternal feelings for a teenage boy who is accused of killing his former boss. Bridget finds a stray dog and want's to keep it.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.7/1053 votes#14 - An Innocent Man
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2012
Oliver still hasn't figured out how to get back in Laurel's good graces, but a late night bonding session with Thea gives him the inspiration he needs. Looking into a suspicious murder case, Oliver realizes an innocent man, Peter Declan, was framed by one of the targets on his list. As Arrow, he asks Laurel to help prove Declan's innocence. Meanwhile, Walter asks one of his employees, Felicity Smoak, to look into a $2.6 million withdrawal that Moira made without his knowledge.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.6/1019 votes#15 - Ghosts
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/27/2009
Castle and Beckett investigate the murder of a woman found drowned in motor oil in a motel bathtub. They seek the help of a true crime journalist who might have a connection to the victim.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/1017 votes#16 - He's Dead, She's Dead
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2010
Beckett and Castle search for a psychic's killer while debating the existence of extrasensory abilities.
Director: John Terlesky
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/102 votes#17 - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/2008
Larry Watt, a defense attorney who has caused trouble in Allison's past, asks Allison to be a consultant for him. Low on money, Allison accepts his offer. She later has a dream that his client murdered his wife.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/1016 votes#18 - Kick the Ballistics
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2011
While investigating the mysterious shooting death of a young woman, Castle and Beckett face a cop's worst nightmare when they discover that the gun used in the killing is Det. Ryan's old service weapon - the one that was stolen by the serial killer, 3XK. Now with the clock ticking, the team must work to solve the murder, track down 3XK and retrieve Ryan's gun before the killer strikes again.
Director: Rob Bowman
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/102 votes#19 - No Questions Asked
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2004
Walt's past comes back to haunt him; Johnny helps Walt deal with his problems but Walt specifies there can be "no questions asked."
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/104 votes#20 - Hit a Sista Back
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/2001
Tinga, who escaped to Canada in #1.12 with other X5's, when Eyes Only warned them their locations were compromised, comes back in town to save her husband and son. With Max and Zack's help, the family is reunited, but not before the son is given a deadly pathogen. Lydecker agrees to cure the boy in exchange for Tinga. Unbeknownst to him, Madame X has already arranged for Brin to double cross Lydecker. She captures Tinga, who is able to pass her special traits to her children, to study her.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/104 votes#21 - Designate This
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2001
After months of being imprisoned at Manticore, Max has resisted powerful attempts at re-programming and breeding and plans her escape from the genetics lab. She is aided in her breakout by the gentle but beast-like Joshua, an early Manticore creation, and together they release all the other Manticore creatures. Max attempts to reunite with Logan, only to discover that he is now number one on Manticore's most wanted list.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.5/104 votes#22 - Love Among the Runes
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2002
Max begins to develop strange markings on her body while leading a transgenic resistance against White, when he attempts to capture one of her "brothers". However, the transgenics are stunned by revealed secrets about their "father" that threaten all that they believe and stir up many more questions. Meanwhile, the Terminal City dwellers mount a campaign to battle the humans hunting them down, and Alec learns why Logan has been keeping his distance from his former friends.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.4/1047 votes#23 - Legacies
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2012
A gang of bank robbers, dubbed The Royal Flush Gang, hits a local bank and seriously wounds an off-duty police officer during a heist. Diggle tells Oliver he needs to deviate from his father's list and start helping the citizens of Starling City. Meanwhile, Tommy asks Thea for relationship advice, but things get awkward when she realizes he was asking about Laurel. Moira confronts Oliver about all of his recent disappearances in the middle of family functions.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.3/1042 votes#24 - Burned
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/16/2013
Oliver’s confidence is shaken after being beaten by the Dark Archer and he takes a break from being Arrow. However, when Laurel calls Arrow for help investigating a firefighter’s suspicious death, he reluctantly agrees but his hesitance while fighting almost costs him his life. Meanwhile, Tommy throws a benefit for the firefighters and Thea tries to lift Moira out of her depressive state.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: Moira Kirland
7.3/103 votes#25 - Coming Soon
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2005
Allison runs into the man who kidnapped her daughter in one of her dreams at the District Attorney's office. She learns that he is a "Good Samaritan" who witnessed a robbery and is fully cooperating. After learning that he has kidnapped multiple young women, Allison reaches a roadblock in her investigation that leads her to yet another unbelievable breakthrough in the case. Meanwhile, Joe tutors Ariel in math, which in turn brings Allison to another shocking discovery.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Moira Kirland
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"The Boy Next Door" is the best rated episode written by Moira Kirland. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Aaron Lipstadt. It aired on 3/7/2007 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Tick, Tick, Tick... (1)".