The Best Episodes Written By Ryan Maldonado

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.8/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Boy Scout

   S8:E310/27/2025

   After a young man is found beaten to death on federal land, Scola and Special Agent Eva Ramos hit a roadblock when their case intersects with a DEA operation. Meanwhile, there is a potential shake-up inside of the JOC.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Détente

   S7:E310/29/2024

   After a series of targeted bombings in Queens, the team fears a citywide gang war is imminent – until a tip from OA's old Army buddy, Clay, directs their attention to an unexpected and powerful foe. Meanwhile, Scola continues to struggle to find a new partner.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Shelter

   S7:E112/11/2025

   When a gunman opens fire at a homeless shelter in Astoria, the team is led toward a killer with connections to a Mexican cartel.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Blkpill

   S7:E184/15/2025

   After two women are brutally murdered via napalm, Maggie and OA are led to a dating site where they discover a group of scorned users who are targeting women who reject them.

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   8.3/10(10 votes)

   #5 - Prison Ball

   S2:E611/5/2014

   Following the death of a 10-year old girl, the intelligence unit has one option to gain access to their suspect. Voight and Olinsky follow-up on a good lead to answer some questions about the shooting. Burgess and Roman show three boys around district thinking they are part of the Police Explorers program.

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   8.3/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Actual Physical Violence

   S3:E310/14/2015

   The team is terrorized by a gun-wielding father who is desperate to find his missing daughter. Bunny stirs up accusations of misconduct from Voight's past.

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   8.1/10(11 votes)

   #7 - Push the Pain Away

   S2:E225/13/2015

   A mass shooting at an athletic club is investigated; and Atwater, who's dealing with his new assignment, helps locate the suspected shooters. Platt and Halstead, meanwhile, check in with Lindsay to see how she's managing.

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #8 - What Puts You on That Ledge

   S2:E162/25/2015

   Antonio heads undercover with a dangerous robbery crew after a narcotics officer goes missing.

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   7.8/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Kasual with a K

   S3:E183/23/2016

   While responding to a call of shots fired, Voight, Antonio, Halstead and the team come across a secret battered woman's shelter and discover the owner has been wounded and a resident of the shelter has been kidnapped. Burgess and Roman go undercover to track down a man robbing people by catfishing them on a dating app. Lindsay opens up to Halstead about her past.

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10. 

    5.4/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Shalom Motherf***er

    S1:E72/20/2020

    Hark! A wedding song rang out to unite The Hunters in a time of discord. “The Hunt is not only about death,” Meyer cried unto Jonah, “It is about life!” But their mirth was tempered by an untimely strike and suspicions of a Judas among them. Seeking the origins of Evil, Millie offered up a sacrifice.

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    5.2/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Sordid

    S1:E21/16/2024

    Rufus interrogates each of the major players on board. They're all hiding something… even Imogene's best friend.

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    4.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Chapter 2: Loss

    S1:E211/8/2018

    Jordan helps the police pinpoint one of the robbers of a jewelry heist while Eddie realizes things are worse than he imagined.

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