The BEST episodes written by Frank Cardea
#1 - Hard Knocks / Lady Godiva
Fantasy Island - Season 4 - Episode 22
In "Hard Knocks" an ambitious young man gets some helpful pointers from Bogey himself as he sets out to become one of those hard-boiled private eyes of the 1940's. And in "Lady Godiva" Sheila Godfrey wants to be an accomplished equestrienne gets much more than she bargained for when she becomes Lady Godiva.
#2 - A Dangerous Game
Hack - Season 1 - Episode 12
Mike helps a Department of Justice employee whose sister has been kidnapped by a hitman who wants information about a banker in the Witness Protection Program who is scheduled to testify against the drug dealer whose money he laundered.
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NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 24
Sloane is adamant that a man who held her hostage and tortured her years ago in Afghanistan, and was believed to have been killed following her rescue, is alive and in D.C. Also, Vance and Gibbs fear Sloane is willing to risk everything to destroy this man.
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NCIS - Season 13 - Episode 9
In order to clear his name, a petty officer volunteers to be court martialed if NCIS agrees to conduct its own investigation after his murder case is dismissed due to a mishandled warrant. Also, Bishop and Jake discuss their marital problems.
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NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 8
The NCIS team is forced to re-examine a hit-and-run murder case when a former FBI agent turned lawyer confides in Gibbs that her client’s confidential alibi is solid. Meanwhile, McGee grows suspicious of Tony’s strange behavior.
#11 - Lost Time
NCIS - Season 16 - Episode 23
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a Marine Sergeant in the States who was hailed as a war hero for his efforts overseas. Also, Gibbs turns to Doctor Grace Confalone for advice after he uncharacteristically unravels and abandons his team at a crime scene investigation.
#12 - Sins of The Father
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 10
After Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. is found in a car with a dead body in the trunk and no memory of the previous night, the NCIS team must figure out if he is capable of murder. Meanwhile, Tony is sidelined for this case and must go against orders to try and prove his father’s innocence.
#13 - The Namesake
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 5
A petty officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.
#14 - Dead Reflection
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 21
The NCIS team tracks a Navy lieutenant's killer after a Pentagon security camera reveals a petty officer committing the crime. Meanwhile, Gibbs announces that Agent Barrett and her team will take over the Port-to-Port serial killer case.
#15 - Sub Rosa
NCIS - Season 1 - Episode 7
A decomposed body is discovered in a tub of acid at a naval base and Ducky and Abby learn that the victim was a submariner. Gibbs discovers that there have been no reports of a sub crewmember missing, so he deduces that one of the subs has an imposter on board. With this new information, the team must find out which sub the man posing as the victim is in and what intentions he may have towards the sub.
#16 - Broken Arrow
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 7
The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.
#17 - Dressed to Kill
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 16
When DiNozzo confronts a man impersonating a Navy officer, guns are drawn and the perpetrator is left dead. The subsequent investigation uncovers that the only eyewitness is DiNozzo's father, who is in town to disclose a secret to his son.
#18 - Under the Radar
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 3
The NCIS team must rely on Twitter for a case involving a missing Navy Lieutenant. Meanwhile, McGee misplaces his badge but withholds the information from Gibbs and the authorities.
#19 - Shooter
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 22
When a Marine photographer disappears prior to providing his testimony in an Army court-martial hearing, the NCIS team investigates both the murder he witnessed as well as his current piece on military veterans who are homeless in the D.C. area. Meanwhile, Abby tries to help a young homeless woman reconnect with her family.
#20 - Probie
NCIS - Season 3 - Episode 10
While on duty, McGee kills a man who is later discovered to be an undercover police officer. When Jenny decides to approve the investigation on McGee, the NCIS team is forced to prove that McGee is not guilty, pushing Gibbs' relationship with Jen to the limit. Meanwhile, Tony is troubled by his past.
#21 - Dark Secrets
NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 12
After a seemingly happy and successful Navy Lieutenant appears to have taken her own life, Gibbs and the team conduct a thorough investigation, interviewing family and friends from her past and present.
#22 - Playing With Fire
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 22
The NCIS investigation of a fire on a Navy vessel reveals evidence that elevates security at all U.S. Navy facilities worldwide. Meanwhile, DiNozzo and Ziva travel to Italy when an explosive device is found hidden on a Navy ship.
#23 - Heart Break
NCIS - Season 2 - Episode 8
A strange case for Gibbs and his team opens when a Navy Commander dies after successful surgery. While researching through the commander's past, the team finds out that he collected a lot of enemies lately and tracks down an ensign making him the prime suspect. Abby soon realizes that they got the wrong man.
#24 - Incognito
NCIS - Season 13 - Episode 3
After a Marine is found murdered in Quantico hours after calling Gibbs to discuss a possible case, Bishop and McGee go undercover as a married couple to run surveillance on a Marine Lieutenant and his wife.
#25 - Privileged Information
NCIS - Season 14 - Episode 3
When the NCIS team investigates a marine sergeant’s tragic fall from a building, her doctor, Grace Confalone, confides in Gibbs and suggests he treat it as a murder investigation. Also, Torres searches for a place to live.
#26 - The Enemy Within
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 12
The NCIS team searches for a home-grown terrorist after a rescue mission in Syria reveals an American was involved in the capture of a social worker. Meanwhile, McGee and Bishop question DiNozzo's unusual behavior. Joe Spano and Marisol Nichols guest star.
#27 - Defiance
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 15
A botched assassination attempt in Belgravia forces NCIS to protect the Defense Minister's daughter, who is studying in the U.S. and smitten with McGee. Meanwhile, Gibbs investigates the death of the U.S. Marine who was killed in the bombing.
#28 - Short Fuse
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 3
The team investigates a bomb tech's guarded personal life after she is attacked.
#29 - Witness
NCIS - Season 2 - Episode 14
Erin Kendall (guest star Danica McKellar) claims to have seen a murder of a sailor in an apartment across from hers. Gibbs assigns the case to McGee who believes that he can resolve it himself. However, due to the lack of physical evidence, McGee turns to the team to help him.
#30 - Silent Night
NCIS - Season 6 - Episode 11
While stuck working on a case over Christmas, the team searches for a suspect presumed dead...and begins to discover some startling personal revelations.
#31 - Leap of Faith
NCIS - Season 5 - Episode 5
The NCIS team is called in to stop a naval officer from committing suicide by jumping off a rooftop, but when the suicide attempt turns into a murder, the NCIS team will have to find out who did it.
#32 - Kill the Messenger
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 2
When a Navy Lieutenant is killed on his way to a private meeting with the President, the NCIS team must determine if the murder was part of a recent stream of muggings in the area or a targeted hit to keep intel secret. Tony Gonzalez guest stars.
#33 - Head Case
NCIS - Season 3 - Episode 15
While discovering an illegal automotive chop shop, the NCIS team stumbles upon a severed head of a Marine, hidden in one of the cars from the shop. When they find possible suspects, the team will have to find the rest of the body and find the murderer.
#34 - Vanished
NCIS - Season 2 - Episode 3
Marine helicopter is discovered in the middle of a crop circle in a rural area and the pilots are missing. Soon, NCIS discoveres that only one of the pilots was on the flight, that there is a decade long feud going on in town, and that the missing pilot is out for revenge.
#35 - Dead Man Talking
NCIS - Season 1 - Episode 19
An NCIS agent has been murdered while investigating a case and the team's job is to find out what happened...
#36 - Obsession
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 21
DiNozzo finds himself increasingly captivated by a woman he's never met while investigating the murder of her brother.
#37 - Prime Suspect
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 17
A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.
#38 - Untouchable
NCIS - Season 3 - Episode 20
When a Pentagon cryptographer is found dead, the NCIS team has to discover whether the person was or wasn't a Pentagon mole, and if the person committed suicide. As the investigation continues, the team discovers that the person wasn't alone when she died, so someone must have murdered her. So, the team has to find the person, a mole, who murdered the cryptographer.
#39 - Stakeout
NCIS - Season 5 - Episode 12
The NCIS team goes on a stakeout in a warehouse to catch a suspected thief of a high-tech naval radar, but they accidentally end up witnessing a murder. Meanwhile, Ducky hides a secret from the rest of the team.
#40 - Need to Know
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 17
Top-secret clearance from a Naval research laboratory is jeopardized when the murder of a Chief Petty Officer is connected to an international arms dealer. Meanwhile, Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget tries to butter up Gibbs in hopes of joining the team.
#41 - Hometown Hero
NCIS - Season 2 - Episode 21
A young Marine is killed in Iraq, but he was investigated by police for a murder on a young girl in his hometown. While going through his personal belongings, they find the body of that girl. The local police believes that the corpsman murdered the girl, but Gibbs believes that he is innocent and he will try to prove it with a help of Faith Coleman.
#42 - Recoil
NCIS - Season 5 - Episode 16
While on an undercover mission, Ziva's life is put in grave danger when the serial killer she's been tracking becomes suspicious of her.
#43 - Eye Spy
NCIS - Season 1 - Episode 11
When a Navy commander, who was a technical advisor to a civilian contractor for a Navy weapon, is found dead on the beach, the NCIS team investigates the murder using satellite technology.
#44 - Capitol Offense
NCIS - Season 6 - Episode 3
A distinguished senator asks Gibbs for help in solving the murder of a young female Naval officer.
#45 - Flesh and Blood
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 12
Gibbs is worried about Tony's ability to handle his job when Tony's father turns out to be linked to their newest investigation, an assassination attempt on a foreign prince.
#46 - South by Southwest
NCIS - Season 6 - Episode 17
When a fellow agent is murdered, the NCIS teams heads into the desert to locate a woman who might hold the answer to the mystery murder.
#47 - No Good Deed
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 20
DiNozzo is partnered with his girlfriend ATF Special Agent Zoé Keates after evidence reveals that the murder weapon in an NCIS case was originally purchased for the controversial ATF sting operation “Operation Fast and Furious.” Also, Anthony DiNozzo Sr. returns to town for a special dinner to meet his son’s girlfriend.
#48 - Double Identity
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 17
Gibbs and the team investigate the shooting of a Marine and uncovers more to his life than anyone would have ever imagined.
#49 - Playback
Painkiller Jane - Season 1 - Episode 17
A Neuro causes the team to become stuck in a timeloop, causing them to relive the same day repeatedly. Meanwhile, the Neuro who caused the timeloop tries to finish an assassination.
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Hack - Season 2 - Episode 3
Bettina's client Brian is released on a technicality after being accused of murder, and he seeks Mike's help in finding out who actually committed the crime so that his name and reputation can be restored; Marcellus undergoes surgery and gets good news from his doctor and a rebuke from Deborah for keeping his condition hidden; Liz helps Brian find a job and place to live when his employer and his wife abandon him; Jamie uses his street skills and some fast talking to provide Mike with an impressive vehicle in his search for information to support Brian's story; when he unearths information about the victim which reveals that she and her family were not who they appeared to be, Mike traps the murderer and clears Brian's name; as Mike arrives to take him home from the hospital, Marcellus is shot by a man posing as an orderly.
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