The Best Episodes Written By Wendy Battles

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Peaches

   S1:E52/28/2012

   The Magus crew are run aground by another vessel, and soon learn that the seemingly welcoming crew members of a ship claiming to have come to their rescue have in fact a very different agenda, causing a dire, life-and-death situation. The crew also make a shocking discovery that will leave one of them in tears.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Hubris

   S11:E91/10/2001

   An assistant manager at a jewelers discovers four bodies at the store, leading to the prosecution of an amiable murder suspect who insists on representing himself, and winning the admiration of a female juror.

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   8.0/10(9 votes)

   #3 - Bronx Cheer

   S11:E163/14/2001

   When a woman is found strangled to death with a large quantity of the drug Ecstasy in her handbag, Detectives Briscoe and Green have difficulty gathering sufficient evidence for an indictment of their prime suspect, drug-dealer Francis 'Taz' Partell. But when they question one of his former associates, they discover new evidence indicating that Taz is responsible for the earlier murder of a bouncer in Bronx county.

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #4 - For Love or Money

   S12:E310/10/2001

   The death of a parolee, who was a hit man, leads to a wealthy widow and daughter and whether they hired him to kill their rich relative.

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   7.8/10(8 votes)

   #5 - Ego

   S11:E173/21/2001

   When the dead body of Karen Hall, an investigator with the State Attorney General's Office Criminal Division, is found in a Manhattan river, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that her boss, Frank Conroy, had written off her disappearance as a random kidnapping from an Albany train station. But as more is learned about Conroy's controlling relationships -- with the dead woman, with his wife and with a long-term girlfriend -- he quickly becomes a suspect.

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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #6 - The Brotherhood

   S15:E39/29/2004

   When a prison gang puts out a contract on a Sing Sing corrections officer and his family, assigning the job to a newly released ex-con, the terrified officer pleads preemptive self-defense after he's brought to trial for the parolee's murder. As the trial proceeds, the gang attempts to affect the outcome of the case by sending a death threat to the presiding judge, who refuses to be intimidated. Shortly after the conclusion of the trial, McCoy discovers that the defendant's fears about the power and the reach of the gang were well-placed.

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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #7 - Day of the Jackie

   S2:E38/11/2013

   Carrie and Al are unable to discern why a businessman was murdered in his hotel room until it’s discovered that his death was collateral damage in a larger plot to assassinate a diplomat.

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   7.7/10(9 votes)

   #8 - East of Islip

   S2:E114/25/2014

   A murdered body washes ashore in the Hamptons, and Carrie and Al's boss offers them a "paid vacation" in his beautiful Southampton cottage, in order to help local law enforcement find the killer, who may or may not be related to a previous serial killer.

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   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Phobia

   S11:E132/14/2001

   When a gay man is beaten to death during the abduction of his adopted infant son, Detectives Briscoe and Green suspect that ransom from the murder victim's wealthy partner may have been the motive for the crime. But as more is learned about the child's birth mother and homophobic biological father, Assistant D.A.'s McCoy and Carmichael find that what appeared to be a botched kidnapping might be more accurately prosecuted as a hate crime.

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    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Patient Zero

    S14:E310/8/2003

    The investigation into the carjacking of a vehicle containing vials of a deadly virus leads the detectives on a search for the first person infected with the virus and a biochemist whose sinister motivations were driven by passion.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Obscura

    S3:E1212/4/2015

    The team investigates the murder of the press attaché of the Romanian Freedom Party. Marco follows a new lead on his missing sister's case.

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Undercovered

    S12:E121/16/2002

    The father of a dying girl gets his revenge on an insurance executive who denied a certain leukemia treatment for his daughter. One problem arises when the father is technically on both sides of the law.

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13. 

    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #13 - True Crime

    S13:E310/16/2002

    Investigating the death of a rock band singer who had large amounts of cocaine and heroin in her system, the detectives question a former boyfriend who was a disgruntled band mate of her late husband. The prosecuters are hampered by the actions of a retired detective, who worked a case with Briscoe several years back, turned writer whose unconventional research tactics makes him a suspect as well.

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14. 

    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Gaijin

    S14:E224/28/2004

    Van Buren has reservations about Branch's tactics in luring a Ginza nightclub owner back to New York after the Japanese government is unwilling to extradite him to face charges of conspiracy and murder in the death of his wife on a New York City vacation.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Married with Children

    S14:E132/4/2004

    The death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony leads to a case involving a lesbian couple and a state law banning gay adoption

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    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Obsession

    S15:E152/9/2005

    A conservative talk show host involved in a sexual harassment scandal is murdered, but the trail leads to the victim's wife and an obsessed stalker.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Sport of Kings

    S15:E225/4/2005

    The shooting of a Panamanian jockey sends Fontana and Falco into the colorful world of horse racing, and they learn that the animal's owner used stolen funds for the purchase.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Longworth's Anatomy

    S3:E36/17/2012

    While Jim helps Callie settle into her new apartment in Atlanta, Carlos performs a guest autopsy for Daniel's forensics class at Tampa Tech. He discovers that the cadaver he is dissecting is actually a murder victim who turns out to be a student that was killed while participating in an on-campus pharmaceutical study. Also, the Palm Glade substation gets a new addition when FDLE Bureau Chief Jennifer Starke comes down to visit Manus, while Callie gets off to a rocky start with her new boss Dr. Miranda Buckley.

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    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Dissonance

    S11:E311/1/2000

    The detectives investigate the murder of a young violinist whose fellow musicians resented her rapid rise to fame, in a trial that results in threats exchanged between Lewin and the presiding judge who has a history of bias against McCoy.

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    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #20 - A Losing Season

    S11:E142/21/2001

    When a pregnant loan officer is found in the trunk of her car with fatal gunshot wounds, Detectives Briscoe and Green at first suspect a carjacking or the woman's fiance and co-worker. But as the woman's premature baby clings to life in the hospital, the investigation turns to professional basketball player Cris Cody, whose ties to the dead woman may extend beyond the loans she approved for him--and may include reason for him to want her and her unborn child dead.

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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Maritime

    S13:E184/17/2003

    A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.

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    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Formerly Famous

    S12:E611/7/2001

    The shooting death of a former singer's wife leads the detectives to investigate his manager and sons after his explanation of the events surrounding her death have no credibility.

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    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Cut

    S15:E610/27/2004

    When a plastic surgeon's greed and narcissism contribute to his failure to care for a patient that ultimately results in her death, Branch insists that McCoy prosecute him for criminally negligent homicide, rather than leave the matter to the civil courts, after an investigation reveals a several instances of the doctor's inattention to patient care.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - House of Cards

    S16:E711/9/2005

    The team investigates the killing of a single mother and the abduction of her child.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Whistleblower

    S3:E29/30/2015

    New leads suggest Wombosi is not behind the murder and kidnapping. Rather the person who gave Sophie the evidence is the real target of a much more complex plot.

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