The Best Episodes Written By Sanford Golden

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Tea and Sympathy

   S3:E215/1/2007

   Denny lusts after Judge Weldon when Alan defends her in a drug case; a sorority girl's expulsion pits Clarence against Jerry; Brad expresses a desire for a military wedding, but it puts Denise in a fighting mood; and Shirley helps a former HIV patient hold on to his most-prized possession.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Patriot Acts

   S4:E205/21/2008

   Alan and Denny mark their acceptance into the Auxiliary Coast Guard, but their relationship is tested when a Massachusetts town wants Alan to help it secede from the U.S., and Denny represents the opposition.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - Green Christmas

   S4:E1012/18/2007

   Alan defends Clarence against a bank in a foreclosure case; a client challenges Denny's claims about the firm's commitment to the environment; concerned parents try to keep a teen from watching porn; Jerry's love life hits a rough patch; Carl weighs in on the fate of Lorraine's employment at Crane, Poole & Schmidt.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Shock and Owww!

   S2:E183/7/2006

   Shirley covertly asks Alan for help when nude photographs of her surface for auction. Paul sends Brad in undercover when he suspects his daughter is once again using drugs, and Denny is inspired by a case involving self-defense electrocution.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #5 - The Fury in the Jury

   S9:E911/15/2013

   A key witness turns up dead in a case for which Brennan is a juror, so the team works to discover what has happened.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Word Salad Days

   S2:E213/28/2006

   After beginning to speak gibberish in court, Alan turns to Denny for help in curing his new, debilitating condition. Meanwhile, Paul and Brad defend a video game company when a mother claims the company's addictive game killed her teenage son, and Denise challenges the polygamy law.

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   #7 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

   S2:E203/21/2006

   Shirley defends a long-time client who doesn't want his Victorian erotica collection lost in his divorce, but she is shocked when Ivan is opposing council. Alan takes drastic steps to help Catherine's friend who is being taken advantage of in a nursing home. Meanwhile, Paul cuts back on his time at the firm when Fiona begins to take priority, causing worry among the other partners.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Viceroy

   S2:E166/30/2018

   With Hart in grave danger, the team must find their own way to stop Ramsey before his plan to assassinate a senator starts a war with international terrorists.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #9 - The Inheritance

   S1:E114/27/2012

   Isabel’s friend Joyce asks Walter to find the men who murdered her father, a racetrack aficionado. With the help of some horse-whispering, Walter discovers links to an inheritance Joyce was supposed to receive from her father, and to some mysterious men at the track whom Walter suspects are involved in her father’s death.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Guise 'N Dolls

    S3:E204/17/2007

    Alan faces Jerry in court again in a case involving a department store's sale of allegedly lewd dolls; Shirley and Paul react to Denny's insensitive remark to a potential employee; and Denise considers a colleague's opinion regarding her relationship with Brad.

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    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #11 - The Doom in the Gloom

    S8:E193/18/2013

    When the Jeffersonian team investigates the death of a former Marine sergeant whose remains were found burned to a crisp, they discover that she was discharged after a fist fight with another Marine. When Booth and Sweets go to question the other Marine involved in the altercation, they learn that Deanna was obsessed with the idea of the apocalypse, which leads the team to a following of doomsday preppers who become key suspects in her death. Meanwhile, Sweets thinks he has landed his dream apartment but Brennan and Booth are not convinced that he will actually move out.

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    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Apocalypse Not

    S2:E215/11/2000

    When a vanquishing spell goes awry while the Halliwells try to destroy the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Prue and one of the Horsemen become trapped in a vortex. Piper and Phoebe enlist the help of the three remaining Horsemen to free Prue and the fourth Horseman before the vortex closes, and both are killed.

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    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #13 - The Archaeologist in the Cocoon

    S8:E111/14/2013

    The team investigates the murder of a well-known archaeologist with a questionable reputation, who came upon a career-defining discovery right before his death.

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Charm School

    S2:E63/9/2018

    When the wife of a war hero senator is taken, Bryan and the team must determine if her disappearance was orchestrated by a foreign government or someone closer to home. Meanwhile, Christina's meeting with an old friend brings up painful memories.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Verum Nocet

    S2:E93/30/2018

    Hart must find a way to stop an exiled former journalist from leaking the names of government assets abroad before innocent lives are taken.

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    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - A Cinderella Story

    S1:E31/26/2012

    A NASA scientist seeks Walter's help to find the matching pair of a red stiletto left behind by a woman he met at a bar. Walter uses the stiletto as the first clue to finding the missing woman but in the process he uncovers her shocking secret that winds up putting his own life in danger. Meanwhile, Willa exposes Leo's dark family secret, but when she tries to make amends with him, she gets herself into even more legal trouble.

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