The Best Episodes Written By Stephanie Mcfarlane

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Family Affair

   S6:E104/23/2024

   After an FDIC security guard is killed while tending to a pregnant woman in distress, the team works to locate the woman and the killer who took her hostage. Meanwhile, OA and Isobel worry about Maggie as she navigates taking care of Ella.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Manifest

   S8:E411/3/2025

   Following a failed assassination attempt on a U.S. Senator, OA and Maggie are tasked with escorting her back to DC on a flight that becomes more perilous than imagined.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Fidelity

   S8:E194/27/2026

   When an FBI evidence locker is robbed, leaving behind a dead ERT agent, the team discovers a vigilante duo looking to take down a high-scale pedophile ring. Meanwhile, Isobel meets the new Assistant Director in Charge.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Sacrifice

   S6:E53/19/2024

   When the director of a Brooklyn migrant center is abducted and held hostage along with his wife, the team must work quickly to meet the demands of their kidnapper. Also, Maggie picks Jessica's brain about motherhood.

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Manhunt

   S7:E122/18/2025

   When the team’s sex trafficking sting operation goes sideways, they race to recover a human trafficking victim. Meanwhile, Maggie makes a connection with a 911 operator to help find the girl before she is whisked out of the city or worse.

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   Writer:Stephanie McFarlane

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Acolyte

   S7:E153/18/2025

   As Maggie and the team search for New York's latest serial killer, the copycat method used by the murderer forces Maggie to seek help from Ray Distefano, the serial slasher she put behind bars.

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   7.9/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Wolf Pack (2)

   S8:E1012/15/2025

   Chaos erupts in the city when an attack disrupts cell, internet and emergency services. As the team races to uncover the culprits, they learn the group responsible is a radical accelerationist movement fixated on resetting society.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #8 - Hope Is Not the Goal

   S1:E411/15/2018

   When two local students go missing, Alaric sends Hope, Lizzie, MG and Landon to Mystic Falls High to investigate. Meanwhile, as Josie helps Rafael adjust to his new life at the school, his reluctance to follow the wolf pack’s rules puts a target on his back. Lastly, an unsettling discovery puts Alaric and Sheriff Donovan at odds with one another.

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Doubted

   S7:E411/12/2024

   When the sister of Sydney Ortiz is the victim of an attempted kidnapping and sexual assault, Sydney seeks help from Isobel and the team in tracking down a meticulous serial offender who leaves no evidence behind.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do

    S1:E133/7/2019

    When a spontaneous road trip to visit MG’s parents leaves him and Landon missing, and a distressed Rafael with no memory of what happened, Hope, Alaric and Kaleb set out to find them before it’s too late.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Turning Point

    S1:E77/11/2024

    An enemy's return brings danger to the town of Boatright. Ben's bold move threatens to destroy his relationship with Max.

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