The BEST episodes directed by Michael Smith
#3 - Taking Account
White Collar - Season 3 - Episode 7
When an expert hacker drains a prominent New York bank, Neal assumes the criminal's identity in order to spend the pilfered fortune and draw him out of hiding.
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#4 - Burke's Seven
White Collar - Season 2 - Episode 10
When Peter is suspended by the FBI for a crime he didn't commit, he is forced to run a sting with Neal and the gang to catch Mozzie's shooter, and clear his name.
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#8 - Trophy Wine
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 10 - Episode 5
A wine importer's death on the heels of an exclusive wine tasting is investigated. The detectives focus on the workings of a high-end auction house, while the man's wife and a grifter couple also become suspects.
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#9 - Deadline
White Collar - Season 3 - Episode 3
When a magazine journalist's life is threatened, Diana goes undercover as her assistant to protect her while Peter and Neal investigate the subject of the journalist's story.
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#10 - Surrender Benson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15 - Episode 1
The SVU squad searches for Detective Benson and her abductor.
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#11 - Official Story
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 13 - Episode 12
Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.
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#13 - Murdered at a Bad Address
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 6
The case of a teenage girl assaulted in the projects leads to a startling discovery; Benson puts her trust in someone from her past.
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#14 - By the Book
White Collar - Season 2 - Episode 4
Mozzie fears that the object of his affection has been kidnapped, and turns to Neal and Peter for help.
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#15 - Countermeasures
White Collar - Season 2 - Episode 13
When an old friend of June's late husband shows up at Neal's doorstep, Neal suspects he's looking for more than a trip down memory lane.
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#16 - Front Man
White Collar - Season 1 - Episode 13
Neal helps an old friend whose daughter has been kidnapped, without realizing that it's all a trap from an old enemy. Meanwhile, Neal makes Alex an offer. If she tells him where the music box is, he'll steal it and give it to her.
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#17 - Admission of Guilt
Suits - Season 6 - Episode 14
Louis and Tara get to know each other better. Meanwhile, Mike uses the legal clinic to go after Velocity Data Solutions. Harvey demands that Seidel schedule a hearing for Mike before the ethics board as soon as possible. When Mike has to bring Pearson Specter Litt into the case, Oliver gets to work with the firm’s new associates, but others are suspicious of Mike’s motives and Oliver urges him to come clean to Nate, their boss at the clinic, upon learning Mike has more riding on this than initially stated. Harvey learns that Seidel has more at stake in the Velocity lawsuit than he revealed and refuses to take his demands. While helping Mike, Harvey neglects to support Louis with the firm’s clients, so Louis brings in Rachel and Katrina; they lose a big client because of Harvey's absence, but Rachel and Katrina become friends. Donna keeps experimenting with Benjamin’s project, but has trouble explaining empathy to him.
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#18 - Fork in the Road
Suits - Season 4 - Episode 13
Harvey and Louis take a drive to aid an out-of-town client to whom they both have deep ties; and Harvey uses the opportunity to force a confrontation between Louis and Mike about their trust issues. Meanwhile, in a flashback, we discover the root of Harvey and Louis’s competitive relationship in their early days at the firm. And Mike first learns the limitations of his genius when it comes to the law.
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#20 - Playing God
NYC 22 - Season 1 - Episode 9
Jackpot and White House are first on the scene after a car crash leaves a pregnant woman and her husband trapped. Meanwhile, a plum assignment with a veteran detective isn't what it seems for Kenny and Ahmad, and Lazarus and Tonya guard a raided PCP lab.
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#21 - Compensation
Suits - Season 5 - Episode 2
Harvey searches for a replacement for Donna. Mike takes a case as a favor, which he must justify to Jessica - while Rachel's father, Robert Zane, offers some unsolicited advice about Rachel's engagement to Mike. And Louis is embroiled in surprising money matters, while an up-and-coming partner, Jack, makes his presence known to Jessica, confronting her about whether Harvey's way of doing business is beneficial to the firm.
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#22 - Privilege
Suits - Season 5 - Episode 6
Harvey reels from Dr. Agard's revelation about the root of his panic attacks; and has to make a tough decision in a case that touches a nerve. In other events, Mike and Louis take over responsibility for Harvey's oldest client; and Donna tries to make Rachel's dream wedding possible.
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#24 - Identity Crisis
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 8 - Episode 3
A man's murder puts Goren and Eames on the trail of an upper echelon businessman whose secrets have taken over his life and put him on the run.
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#25 - Dreams Deferred
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 9
A man goes on a killing spree, but he has links to a prostitute that Benson encountered in an earlier investigation, so the FBI contacts SVU for information.
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#26 - Better Halves
Burn Notice - Season 5 - Episode 11
Michael and Fiona pose as a wealthy couple at a South American resort in order to extract a bioweapons specialist. Elsewhere, Sam and Jesse try to trap Max's killer.
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#27 - The Consoler
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 10 - Episode 2
Goren and Eames investigate the death of a banker who was working with the Catholic church and could be part of a cover-up.
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#28 - Blind Spot
Burn Notice - Season 4 - Episode 11
Michael finds the man behind the Bible book code, so he and Jesse try to get him on their track. In the middle of all this, Fiona takes on a client, a woman seduced by a scam artist.
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#29 - The Mystery of the Taken Boy
The Mysteries of Laura - Season 2 - Episode 1
When a boy is kidnapped from his TriBeCa family, Laura and team are thrust into a high-stakes race against time and must uncover a host of family secrets in order to save the boy.
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#30 - Undercover Blue
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 17
A woman claims that Brian Cassidy raped her while he was working under cover; when Cassidy and his lawyer utilize surprising defense methods, Detective Amaro is affected.
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#31 - ...Through Admission
Satisfaction (2014) - Season 1 - Episode 2
Grace finds it difficult to rejoin the working world while Neil is encouraged by Adriana to continue pursuing his secret life.
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#32 - Vivian's Here
How to Get Away with Murder - Season 6 - Episode 2
As Michaela, Asher and Connor gear up for their last semester of law school, they take on a weighty case involving an illegal immigrant who wants asylum. Meanwhile, Michaela boycotts going to class after a blowup with Annalise about her father. Elsewhere, in an unexpected confrontation, Annalise learns a shocking truth that makes her question everything she thought she knew.
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#33 - Playing Dead
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 8 - Episode 1
Season 8 opens with Goren and Eames investigating a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.
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#34 - Miss Understood
Elementary - Season 7 - Episode 8
Sherlock and Joan search for an ulterior motive when a brilliant young criminal they helped put in prison, seeks their help in solving a murder.
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#35 - Betrayed
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 7 - Episode 13
Captain Ross loses his objectivity, and jeopardizes the case, when an old flame becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover.
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#39 - People vs Richard Wheatley (1)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 23 - Episode 9
Carisi tries Richard Wheatley for the murder of Kathy Stabler. Benson finds herself at odds with a friend when Barba agrees to take the case.
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#41 - Liars and Thieves
Allegiance - Season 1 - Episode 6
Natalie must rely on an outsider to hunt down vital information on Black Dagger and risks Victor discovering her plan. Anxious to detain an SVR source before he escapes the country, Sam and Alex set up a risky sting operation in broad daylight. Meanwhile, Katya asks Alex to help throw the task force off track, and the outcome brings him face to face with Victor. Also starring Scott Cohen and Alex Peters.
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#42 - Crosswinds
Manifest - Season 1 - Episode 10
Michaela's mystifying, next-level calling launches her on a mission that brings her relationship with Jared to a head. Determined to protect his family, Ben explores an alternate meaning to Michaela's calling that leads him to a new alliance and a powerful new adversary. Cal's struggle with Ben's absence from home forces the Stones into an agonizing confrontation that could alter the family's fabric forever.
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#45 - Escapology
Deception (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 3
When an art museum docent is held hostage, Kay enlists Cameron and his team to help rescue her using the art of escapology.
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#46 - Speed of Life
Covert Affairs - Season 3 - Episode 4
Annie investigates a break-in at a high-tech company and reaches out to the FBI for help. But her plan is complicated by Simon's unexpected arrival in town.
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#47 - Rocket Man
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 19
Suspicion turns to a married astronaut after his lover is found murdered.
#48 - Wingman
Manifest - Season 3 - Episode 3
While in pursuit of criminals, Michaela is sidelined by devastating news. Ben teams up with a gifted 828er to aid a young teen. Grace confronts ancient family wounds. Olive explores ancient mythology in hopes of helping all the passengers.
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#49 - Squawk
Manifest - Season 4 - Episode 5
Michaela, Vance, Jared and Zeke's search for Ben at the compound leads to an explosive confrontation — and a divine miracle.
#50 - Smile
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 7 - Episode 3
When a dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients, Goren and Eames follow the trail of evidence to a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.