The Best Episodes Written By Sean Whitesell

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #1 - The House

   S2:E410/24/2004

   When human remains are found outside a former state prison, the team re-opens the 1968 case of a dead inmate, murdered on the night Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Concert was broadcast to prisons throughout the country. However, when it's revealed that the bones don't belong to the person everyone had assumed, the team must start the probe anew by first identifying who the victim was.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - Dog Day Afternoons

   S3:E142/26/2006

   The case of a female bank teller shot to death in her work in 2000 is reopened when the same bank is robbed again by perpetrators wearing identical masks and equipped with identical weapons as six years earlier.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Colors

   S3:E410/16/2005

   Det. Rush re-opens the 1945 case of a baseball player, bludgeoned to death with his own bat.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Death Penalty: Final Appeal

   S3:E204/16/2006

   The 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.

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   8.2/10(20 votes)

   #5 - Dream Baby Dream

   S4:E48/1/2014

   Linden and Holder focus their investigation on a new suspect, and a tip from an informant leads Reddick to a shocking discovery.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Yo, Adrian

   S2:E121/16/2005

   When a dying boxing referee makes a confession about a 1976 fight, the team re-opens the case in which an underdog fighter, arranged to fight against a much more qualified boxer, took a heavy beating in the match and died only moments afterwards.

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   7.9/10(10 votes)

   #7 - The Hitchhiker

   S1:E1012/21/2003

   Rush and Valens investigate the case of a cold-blooded killer who shot a young man trying to hitchhike his way home to Philly from Atlanta.

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #8 - Laws of Gravity

   S5:E21/13/2002

   Alvarez and Guerra come up with a new way to settle their beef -- Guerra will stab Alvarez in the shoulder without killing him. Morales questions Guerra's decision to do this while he attempts to grieve for his sister. Rebadow gets more bad news about his grandson which prompts him to search for alternatives. Montgomery asks for more hush money from Ryan so Ryan devises a plan to have Montgomery eliminated. Officer Brass returns to Oz to get facts on who attacked him. Ellie O'Connor arrives as the Governor's liaison to Oz only past memories of her failed marriage to McManus return. Schibetta returns and Schillinger shanks Pancamo after learning that he had Hank killed. McManus makes an offer to Said and White to hopefully curb White's erratic and sometimes bizarre behavior. Ryan's mom, Suzanne Fitzgerald comes to Oz to instruct inmates in performance arts.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Famous Last Words

   S4:E162/25/2001

   In the Season Four finale, Hill discovers where his true allegiances lie. Redding's plot to use the Colonel against Morales has an unexpected outcome. Cloutier runs into trouble from his church on the outside and his parishioners in Oz. White gets a little too close to McManus. Beecher's agony about his parole hearing leads to a shocking climax.

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    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #10 - Ugly

    S4:E711/13/2007

    A film crew and the candidates are following around House distracting him while he is trying to diagnose a teenager who suffers from a heart attack prior to a serious plastic surgery.

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    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #11 - The Lost Soul of Herman Lester

    S1:E173/14/2004

    When the son of a murdered high-school basketball star receives a death threat, Rush and Valens reopen the 1987 case of Herman Lester who was stabbed to death only hours after leading his team to win the state championship.

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    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Sherry Darlin'

    S1:E912/7/2003

    Lilly gets an anonymous phone call from a man claiming he killed an elderly woman back in 1989 and buried her body in the basement of a house. When Lilly checks the dwelling, a body is recovered, but the alleged murderer refuses to identify himself.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Kensington

    S2:E204/24/2005

    The murder case of a young mill worker is re-opened when Rush learns that a recent parolee admitted to stealing money off the victim's body.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Brotherhood

    S2:E123/4/2014

    Lewicki's brother shows up unannounced; Kenny is named the key suspect in a homicide case; Lewicki is approached with an offer that makes him question Pierce's loyalty.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Dream a Little Dream of Me

    S5:E31/20/2002

    After recovering from his shank wound, Alvarez gains a follower. Busmalis starts a letter writing campaign to get "Miss Sally's Schoolhouse" back on the air. Rebadow finds a way to raise the money for his grandson's treatment. Jia Kenmin returns to Oz after recovering from the coma induced by a blow from Cyril. After Schillinger's released, Redding and Morales form a pact to eliminate the Italians from the drug trade. Schibetta makes a move on the Aryans only it backfires with terrifying results. Kirk continues planning ways to kill Cloutier. After carrying out messages he "received" from Cloutier, Hoyt confesses to all his past murders. Cloutier makes a move that mystifies everyone.

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    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Even the Score

    S4:E152/18/2001

    McManus finds he is unable to turn his back on White. Beecher tells the parents of the young girl he killed that he's up for parole. Howell tries to blackmail O'Reily so she can get to Cyril, but he throws her for a loop--and then O'Reily is thrown himself by a family secret.

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    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Orpheus Descending

    S4:E142/11/2001

    McManus calls a superficial truce between Redding and Morales. Basil finally sees his wife, but Hughes ends up spoiling their happiness. Meanwhile, Cyril's latest outburst proves to be the last straw.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Neuropositive

    S2:E78/6/2013

    When Moretti receives a deathbed confession about the hit-and-run murder of a teenager from 1992, she calls on Pierce to determine the ailing man's credibility. The case becomes complicated, however, when the alleged killer's physician, Dr. Hutchins, reveals that his patient’s tumor has mysteriously disappeared. Pierce and Moretti must dig deeper into the past to uncover the truth behind a shocking series of apparent homicides.

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