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The Best Episodes Written By Terence Paul Winter

Every TV Episode Written by Terence Paul Winter Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Terence Paul Winter Ratings Summary

"Under the Gun" is the best rated episode written by Terence Paul Winter. It scored 8.8/10 based on 12 votes. It was directed by Tori Garrett. It aired on 4/26/2020 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Plain Clothes Day".

  • Under the Gun
    8.8/1012 votes

    #1 - Under the Gun

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/26/2020

    Officers Nolan and Harper are tasked with escorting four juvenile offenders to a Scared Straight program at a correctional facility that quickly becomes a riotous situation. Meanwhile, Nolan is uncertain about his relationship with Grace after she fails to introduce him to her ex-husband.

    Director: Tori Garrett

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Plain Clothes Day
    8.4/1019 votes

    #2 - Plain Clothes Day

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/26/2019

    The rookies are really put to the test when their training officers accompany them out of uniform for Plain Clothes Day, which forces them to make all the decisions while on patrol. Meanwhile, Officer Nolan tries to prove he has been progressing faster than the other rookies to justify his desire of becoming a detective within five years.

    Director: Michael Goi

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • End Game
    8.3/1013 votes

    #3 - End Game

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2022

    The team must rely on a criminal for his expertise to help take down an even bigger threat. Meanwhile, Officers Chen and Bradford investigate the murder of an unhoused teenager who used to be friends with Tamara.

    Director: Tori Garrett

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Veritas
    8.0/1012 votes

    #4 - Veritas

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2014

    A secret investigation conducted by Beckett related to her mother's murder goes awry when a man she has been surveilling is killed. When evidence links Beckett to the victim, she and Castle become the targets of a manhunt that puts both of them in grave danger.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Safety
    8.0/1013 votes

    #5 - Safety

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2019

    John and Jessica’s relationship gets a lot more complicated after she delivers some surprising news. Meanwhile, Officer Bradford and Office West are assigned a community policing project helping out the Watts Rams as volunteer coaches at their fall clinic, along with Rams players Eric Weddle and Robert Woods.

    Director: Sylvain White

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • The Silent Prisoner (II)
    8.0/102 votes

    #6 - The Silent Prisoner (II)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2023

    A mysterious caller threatens to reveal a leaked list of undercover FBI agents if a prisoner is not released; Simone enlists John Nolan to help her remodel Cutty’s garage into a living space. The crossover starts on The Rookie S05E10 The List (I).

    Director: Michael Goi

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Red One
    8.0/102 votes

    #7 - Red One

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2023

    After an internal investigation unit agent is drugged and buried alive in a desert outside of Vegas, the Feds director enlists Garza's unit to discreetly investigate. Meanwhile, Simone's plans for her 49th birthday bash are sidelined.

    Director: Michael Goi

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • The Third Man
    7.9/1018 votes

    #8 - The Third Man

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/2010

    Mysteries abound when a family returns from vacation to discover a dead man in their daughter's bed. Thinking they're investigating the murder of a squatter, Castle and Beckett soon find themselves unraveling a multi-million dollar heist. Meanwhile, Castle tries to keep Beckett from finding out that they've been romantically linked when he's featured as one of New York's 10 most eligible bachelors.

    Director: Rosemary Rodriguez

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Cops & Robbers
    7.9/1014 votes

    #9 - Cops & Robbers

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2011

    A crew of bank robbers disguised as classic television doctors take hostages which include Castle and Martha. But things are complicated by the fact that Beckett's on the outside having her every move scrutinized by a hostage negotiator and Castle's on the inside with information that the hostages are just a distraction for a more ominous plan.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Anatomy of a Murder
    7.8/1015 votes

    #10 - Anatomy of a Murder

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2010

    An unknown woman falls out of a casket along with the original deceased when pallbearers lose control of the casket at a funeral; the investigation takes Beckett and Castle into the world of amorous, bed-hopping physicians.

    Director: John Terlesky

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • The Blue Butterfly
    7.8/1013 votes

    #11 - The Blue Butterfly

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2012

    When Castle and Beckett investigate the killing of a treasure hunter, they discover the case is linked to a mysterious homicide from 1947 involving a hard-boiled private detective. Castle realizes the only way to solve the present-day murder is to solve the murder from the past. The 1947 case comes to life through stylized flashbacks, featuring Castle as the private eye and Beckett as a femme fatale.

    Director: Chuck Bowman

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • The Wild Rover
    7.8/1013 votes

    #12 - The Wild Rover

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/2013

    When a man is found dead in an industrial cake mixer, Castle and Beckett trace the murder to an Irish gang in Staten Island and a beautiful bar owner named Siobhan O’Doul. Much to everyone’s surprise, Detective Ryan has a complicated history with Siobhan and the Staten Island crime family from his days working undercover in narcotics. When the case hits a dead end, Ryan must go back undercover to expose the killer, complicating his relationship with his wife.

    Director: Rob Hardy

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Kill the Messenger
    7.7/1016 votes

    #13 - Kill the Messenger

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2009

    After a bike messenger, carrying a package with content that is able to free a wrongly convicted man from prison, is brutally murdered, Castle and Beckett need to investigate the case. But they are surprised to find out that the tragic death is linked to another murder case previously investigated by Captain Montgomery. Now, in order to solve the new murder, Castle and Beckett must dig deep and discover all the secrets of a prominent New York family.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Deep Cover
    7.7/1011 votes

    #14 - Deep Cover

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2014

    The murder of a young record store clerk takes a strange turn when the team discovers his past history as a high-level hacker. But it's nothing compared to the shock Castle receives when their investigation leads them straight to his father, Jackson Hunt.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Secret's Safe with Me
    7.6/1012 votes

    #15 - Secret's Safe with Me

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2012

    A repossessed storage unit, treasure seekers and Manhattan socialites all come together in the case of a woman inexplicably murdered. Castle decides to enter the storage unit auction to see if anything inside might have led to her killing.

    Director: John Terlesky

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • XY (1)
    7.6/1011 votes

    #16 - XY (1)

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2015

    After passing the Captain's exam last season, Beckett was surprised with an offer to run for State Senate. In the action packed season premiere, Castle and Beckett are adjusting to Beckett's career change, when a call from a mysterious stranger sets off an explosive chain of events. There are two sides to every story, and this unique two-parter will explore the same story from each of their perspectives, first from Castle's side as he searches for Beckett.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Simone
    7.6/1014 votes

    #17 - Simone

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2022

    Officer Nolan and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of FBI trainee Simone Clark when one of her former students is suspected of terrorism following an explosion at a local power station.

    Director: Liz Friedlander

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Number One Fan
    7.6/1014 votes

    #18 - Number One Fan

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2013

    A desperate young murder suspect, Emma Briggs, takes hostages at gunpoint then mysteriously insists that she will only negotiate with one person: Richard Castle.

    Director: John Terlesky

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • I, Witness
    7.5/1013 votes

    #19 - I, Witness

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/2015

    Castle takes on a routine P.I. case, but the investigation turns deadly when he witnesses a murder.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Law & Murder
    7.3/1015 votes

    #20 - Law & Murder

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/2011

    During the high profile trial of a murdered socialite, a juror tumbles out of the jury box....dead.

    Director: Jeff Bleckner

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Gold Rush
    7.3/108 votes

    #21 - Gold Rush

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2017

    Riggs is reunited with childhood friends and comes to realize they might be mixed up in the robbery-homicide case he and Murtaugh are investigating. Murtaugh finds a joint stashed in his kitchen that he brings to Scorsese for testing in effort to bust one of his kids.

    Director: Steve Boyum

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • La Fiera
    7.2/1016 votes

    #22 - La Fiera

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2021

    Officer John Nolan's mom makes an unannounced visit that complicates his life, and Sergeant Grey considers retiring.

    Director: Sylvain White

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Significant Others
    7.2/1012 votes

    #23 - Significant Others

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2013

    When a powerful divorce attorney who only represented women is murdered, Castle and Beckett are confronted with a plethora of angry ex-husbands, any one of whom could be the murderer. Meanwhile, Castle's ex-wife (Darby Stanchfield), Meredith, moves into the loft to take care of Alexis while she recovers from Mono, and to make matters worse, Beckett is also forced to move in while her apartment is being fumigated, causing tension, humor and more than a little awkwardness

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • Dead From New York
    7.0/1010 votes

    #24 - Dead From New York

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2015

    When Sid Ross, the powerful creator of a long-running sketch comedy show is killed, Castle and Beckett are called to investigate. But as they delve into the victim’s life and the colorful world of “Saturday Night Tonight,” they uncover a shocking secret that may explain Sid’s murder.

    Director: Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter

  • XX (2)
    6.8/1011 votes

    #25 - XX (2)

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2015

    Beckett's side of her abrupt disappearance is revealed. After receiving a mysterious tip from her past, Beckett is launched into a fight for her life, with a team of mercenaries hot on her trail. While Castle investigates why his wife is on the run, Beckett must figure out who wants her dead, before they can finish the job.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: Terence Paul Winter