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The Best Episodes Written By Neal Baer

Every TV Episode Written by Neal Baer Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Neal Baer Ratings Summary

"Hell and High Water" is the best rated episode written by Neal Baer. It scored 9.3/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by Christopher Chulack. It aired on 11/9/1995 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Match Game".

  • Hell and High Water
    9.3/107 votes

    #1 - Hell and High Water

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1995

    In the middle of a torrential rainstorm, Dr. Ross stumbles across a child trapped in a drainage pipe rapidly filling with water. Doug does everything possible to save the boy, Ben Larkin. Harper develops a bond with a young girl with separated parents.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • The Match Game
    8.5/106 votes

    #2 - The Match Game

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/1996

    Susan institutes extra precautions in case Chloe tries to reclaim Little Susie. Mark changes his look, growing a goatee and wearing contact lenses. Carol and Jeanie square off over the care of a transient. Carter celebrates when he receives his residency match, putting his patient and his job at risk. Shep, still suffering from Raul's death, is surly with new parter Reilly. Benton and Ross have differences when Peter discloses a critical mistake made by Doug, raising animosity between the two.

    Director: Thomas Schlamme

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Ghosts
    8.5/106 votes

    #3 - Ghosts

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1996

    While Mark is anxious about Susan's return from her holiday, Doug and Carol ride along with the health mobile.

    Director: Richard Thorpe

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Middle of Nowhere
    8.5/106 votes

    #4 - Middle of Nowhere

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1999

    Peter accepts Romano's suggestion and takes a two-week job in Minnesota to earn some extra money. Unfortunately, before he gets a chance to leave, he's transferred to backwoods Mississippi, where the hospital is only a two-room building. Peter battles local racism, delivers a difficult infant while battling the grandfather's concerns that the child might be black, and uses unorthodox methods to save two shrimp boat workers. Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Jeanie's condition worsens.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Alternate
    8.5/107 votes

    #5 - Alternate

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2007

    Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.

    Director: David Platt

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Freak Show
    8.4/105 votes

    #6 - Freak Show

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1997

    Benton has a very extraordinary and interesting case when he comes across a boy with reversed internal organs.

    Director: Darnell Martin

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Full Moon, Saturday Night
    8.3/106 votes

    #7 - Full Moon, Saturday Night

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/30/1995

    Mark, still upset over the loss of Jodi O'Brien, takes the night off but ends up in the ER anyway, albeit an hour late, when the new chief runs a drill at 2:00 a.m. Benton begins to realize his mother's future is not bright. Carter and Deb compete against each other. A small moon coinciding with the naturally heavy Saturday night traffic causes an exciting night.

    Director: Donna Deitch

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Rescue Me
    8.3/106 votes

    #8 - Rescue Me

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2000

    Tests reveal that Greene has a brain tumor, but he hides the news from Corday. Corday finds out that she is being sued for malpractice. She also reveals to Greene that she is pregnant. Abby's mother refuses to leave. Abby expresses resentment over her difficult childhood to her mother but resignedly brings her home for Thanksgiving dinner.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Whose Appy Now?
    8.3/107 votes

    #9 - Whose Appy Now?

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1997

    Doug treats a dying 17-year old cystic fibrosis patient who doesn't want to be resuscitated. Carter gets to operate Benton.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Humpty Dumpty
    8.2/105 votes

    #10 - Humpty Dumpty

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1999

    Weaver tries to save the life of a rape victim while Corday struggles with feelings of disdain as she is forced to save the rapist. Cleo treats a teenage alcoholic boy whose alcoholic mother refuses to recognize her problem or his.

    Director: Jonathan Kaplan

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • The Gift
    8.1/107 votes

    #11 - The Gift

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1994

    Benton makes a critical error when he publicizes the availability of a dying man's organs before obtaining the wife's permission. Lewis discovers that Cvetic has quit his job at the hospital, moved out of his apartment, and dropped out of sight. Carter makes a move on Susan. Chloe announces her pregnancy.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Stuck on You
    8.0/105 votes

    #12 - Stuck on You

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1998

    After Mark saves a 16-year-old assault victim in a daring rescue, he tries to convince the boy to leave the streets for a shelter. Carter loses his beard when two carpet installers come in covered with glue. Peter consults a deaf physician regarding Reese's hearing condition. Corday is reassigned as Benton's intern. Kerry hears more discouraging news regarding her bid for ER chief. Carter loses his RA job, forcing him to go apartment hunting. He finds one--in Weaver's basement.

    Director: David Nutter

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Loose Ends
    8.0/105 votes

    #13 - Loose Ends

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2000

    Weaver reprimands Carter for doing a dangerous procedure without consulting Kovac. She also talks to Hathaway about Hathaway's lack of focus on the job. And while treating a 6-year-old patient involved in a minor car accident, Malucci and Cleo discover the girl has been sexually molested recently by her father.

    Director: Kevin Hooks

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Authority
    7.9/107 votes

    #14 - Authority

    Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/2008

    An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.

    Director: David Platt

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Under Control
    7.6/105 votes

    #15 - Under Control

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/2000

    Even though he suffers from intense pain due to his stabbing injuries, Carter returns to work and prescribes a controversial procedure for a suicidal patient. Greene tries to convince his father to undergo cancer treatment.

    Director: Christopher Misiano

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Control
    7.4/105 votes

    #16 - Control

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2003

    A subway commuter is found castrated and bleeding profusely, leading the detectives to discover their "victim" may be the perpetrator in abducting women and forcing them to live in his dungeon for several years as his bride. As the detectives prepare to arrest their victim turned suspect, Benson arrives to find him murdered.

    Director: Ted Kotcheff

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Gut Reaction
    7.3/106 votes

    #17 - Gut Reaction

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/1998

    Carter finally works up enough nerve to ask Del Amico out. Jeanie tries to help Scotty decide whether to undergo an experimental treatment and Benton takes unexpected action during an operation with Morgenstern.

    Director: Babu Subramaniam

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • Bedtime
    7.2/106 votes

    #18 - Bedtime

    Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2010

    When a journalist is found raped and murdered in her own bed, Cragen is able to connect this particular case to another five murders that happened thirty years ago, committed by the "Bedtime Butcher". To uncover the truth behind the crimes, Benson goes undercover in order to find the real killer.

    Director: Helen Shaver

    Writer: Neal Baer

  • The Enemy Within
    5.8/1014 votes

    #19 - The Enemy Within

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 9/10/2015

    Series Finale: As the Dome in Chester's Mill comes down, the Resistance makes a final attempt to protect the outside world from the infected townspeople in the Kinship and their new queen.

    Director: Peter Leto

    Writer: Neal Baer