The Best Episodes Written By Wendy Battles

Every TV Episode Written by Wendy Battles Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Peaches
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Peaches

    S1:E5

    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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  2. undefined Season 11 Episode 16 - Bronx Cheer
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Bronx Cheer

    S11:E16

    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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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - East of Islip
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #3 - East of Islip

    S2:E11

    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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  4. undefined Season 11 Episode 9 - Hubris
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Hubris

    S11:E9

    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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  5. undefined Season 12 Episode 3 - For Love or Money
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #5 - For Love or Money

    S12:E3

    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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  6. undefined Season 15 Episode 3 - The Brotherhood
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #6 - The Brotherhood

    S15:E3

    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. undefined Season 11 Episode 17 - Ego
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Ego

    S11:E17

    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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  8. undefined Season 11 Episode 13 - Phobia
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Phobia

    S11:E13

    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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  9. undefined Season 14 Episode 3 - Patient Zero
    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Patient Zero

    S14:E3

    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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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Obscura
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Obscura

    S3:E12

    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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  11. undefined Season 12 Episode 12 - Undercovered
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Undercovered

    S12:E12

    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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  12. undefined Season 13 Episode 3 - True Crime
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #12 - True Crime

    S13:E3

    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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  13. undefined Season 14 Episode 22 - Gaijin
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Gaijin

    S14:E22

    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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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Day of the Jackie
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Day of the Jackie

    S2:E3

    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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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Longworth's Anatomy
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Longworth's Anatomy

    S3:E3

    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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  16. undefined Season 14 Episode 13 - Married with Children
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Married with Children

    S14:E13

    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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  17. undefined Season 15 Episode 15 - Obsession
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Obsession

    S15:E15

    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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  18. undefined Season 11 Episode 3 - Dissonance
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #18 - Dissonance

    S11:E3

    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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  19. undefined Season 11 Episode 14 - A Losing Season
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #19 - A Losing Season

    S11:E14

    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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  20. undefined Season 12 Episode 6 - Formerly Famous
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Formerly Famous

    S12:E6

    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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  21. undefined Season 13 Episode 18 - Maritime
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Maritime

    S13:E18

    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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  22. undefined Season 15 Episode 22 - Sport of Kings
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Sport of Kings

    S15:E22

    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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  23. undefined Season 15 Episode 6 - Cut
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Cut

    S15:E6

    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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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Whistleblower
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Whistleblower

    S3:E2

    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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  25. undefined Season 16 Episode 7 - House of Cards
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - House of Cards

    S16:E7

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

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Wendy Battles Ratings Summary

"Peaches" is the best rated episode written by Wendy Battles. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 2/28/2012 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Bronx Cheer".