The BEST episodes directed by Darnell Martin
#1 - A Coffin That Small
Chicago Fire - Season 1 - Episode 19
Tragedy strikes when a rescue attempt at a tenement building proves unsuccessful, leaving the men and women of firehouse 51 affected by the loss of the victim. Severide's decision to put Mills on the fast track to move from Truck to Squad doesn't sit well with some of the others and tension mounts between Severide and Casey over Heather Darden. Shay and Dawson are forced to deal with a junkie's crazy behavior while on a call and Shay considers a different way to have a family. Meanwhile, the team draws the ire of local drug dealers who threaten the peace and safety of the neighborhood and firehouse.
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#2 - Sniper (2)
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 4 - Episode 9
The sniper continues the shootings and everyone returns to duty lacking sleep. The media starts to make their presence felt. Munch begins to worry about Howard's safety, fearing she'll be wounded again. Frank makes his wife wear a bulletproof vest. Gee asks for Russert's help even though Barnfather had ordered her to stand down during the rest of this investigation. A man at the scene of both of the day's shootings is put into the box for questioning. Russert has a talk with the suspect with the subject being keeping people's attention and respect.
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#3 - The Man Who Sold the World
Life on Mars (US) - Season 1 - Episode 7
When the baby of a prominent family is kidnapped for ransom, Sam Tyler is shocked to discover that his own father, Vic Tyler, may be involved. Sam's discovery leads him to face some deep dark secrets about his childhood.
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#4 - Plan B
Oz - Season 1 - Episode 7
A recovered Said ostracizes Huseni Mershah for turning his back on him when he was dying--and orders all the Muslims to cast him out. Impressed by Said's power, Groves decides to kill Glynn in his honor, but ends up stabbing and killing an officer by mistake. Condemned to death, Groves chooses the firing squad as his form of execution. Meanwhile, Schibetta is still being fed ground glass by O'Reilly and Adebisi, and ends up hemmorhaging. Beecher, transformed by prison life, finally gets revenge on his nemesis, Schillinger.
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#5 - Switzerland
For Life - Season 1 - Episode 11
Aaron bolsters his case with newfound information from Marie but finds himself torn between two worlds when Cassius suspects Aaron is a snitch and seeks retribution. Foster struggles to lay low during his last two weeks before retirement, but Safiya turns up the heat, confiscating religious texts to stop the drug trade.
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#7 - King of Swords
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 16
When a history-making blizzard hits New York, Max and his staff must work together to keep their patients safe with little resources, even if it means taking to the streets of the city and braving the storm.
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#8 - Ground Zero
ER - Season 4 - Episode 6
Kerry investigates Synergix, an ER management group specializing in balancing budgets. She is later forced to fire Jeanie. In turn, Jeanie is asked by Al to move to Atlanta with him. Greene is still suffering from the aftereffects of his attack, snapping at patients and staff alike. Dr. Ross is stunned by a collect phone call from California informing him of his father's death. Benton clashes with Corday after she apparently "steals" a rare procedure out from under his nose. Carol meets with Carter's grandmother to pitch her idea for a free health clinic. Anna is perturbed when she discovers Carter's wealthy background.
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#9 - Cavitation
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 5
A journalist visits New Amsterdam to shadow Max and learn about the hospital. Bloom and Reynolds have a major disagreement after she makes a call against protocol and Kapoor deals with issues from his past.
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#10 - Freak Show
ER - Season 4 - Episode 8
Benton takes advantage of a grieving father for a chance to write a paper on a boy with reversed internal organs. George Henry returns to complete his clerkship and suffers a near fatal attack. Jeanie confronts Kerry and Anspaugh over what she perceives as wrongful termination. Cynthia's error forces the free clinic to open a week early; Carol enlists new ER nurse Yosh to help out. Mark strikes a deal with attorney Herb Spivak for legal representation.
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#11 - In the Graveyard
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 2 - Episode 13
The doctors stop at nothing to help their patients, following a shocking realization that prompts a change in the hospital. Reynolds must make an important decision in his career.
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#12 - The Red Mile
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 18
A man who claims to have been abducted by aliens is murdered and his body is stolen from the coroner's van. Van Pelt moves ahead with her wedding plans.
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#13 - Heal Thyself
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 5 - Episode 4
Max mandates a personal health day for the staff at New Amsterdam and meets with surprising resistance. Reynolds finds himself intrigued by a persuasive new member of the staff. Bloom struggles with job stress after being taken off an essential medication. Iggy goes on his first date. Max convinces Wilder to get much needed surgery.
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#14 - Fire and Ice
Unforgettable - Season 3 - Episode 10
When Homeland Security takes over a bombing investigation from Major Crimes, Carrie doubts their conclusion that it's tied to terrorism and secretly continues her own investigation. Meanwhile, Webster makes friends with Murray's daughter.
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#15 - She's Come Undone
The Vampire Diaries - Season 4 - Episode 21
The Salvatore brothers ask for backup from a surprising source when Elena calls their bluff. Katherine is suspicious when Bonnie makes her an offer.
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#16 - Capital P
Oz - Season 1 - Episode 4
Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state; and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Jefferson Keane, who killed a Latino in a skirmish set up by the Co's. Before he's executed, Keane donates a kidney to his ailing sister, then turns down lawyer-turned-inmate Tobias Beecher's offer to take up his defense. After Keane's death, Richard L'Italien -- slaughterer of women -- is executed by lethal injection after he makes a startling admission.
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#17 - All the Young Dudes
Life on Mars (US) - Season 1 - Episode 15
When Sam goes undercover as a gang member, he has to reveal a dark side in order to keep his cover. While undercover, Sam is pushed to the limit when he is ordered to bind and shoot a woman.
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#18 - The War at Home
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 8
Ross, Goren and Eames are called in on Thanksgiving when Amanda Dockerty, the daughter of the first deputy commissioner of the NYPD, goes missing while on leave from the army. The investigation into her disappearance soon turns into a murder case when Amanda's body is found, but Goren's mind is anywhere but on his job as he struggles to deal with a personal crisis concerning his mother.
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#19 - Wesen Nacht
Grimm - Season 5 - Episode 6
Nick and Hank investigate a wave of coordinated Wesen gang vandalism that results in the death of a local business owner and the kidnapping of Monroe and Rosalee's friend. As they dig deeper, they learn that Portland wasn't the only city hit with a wave of violence. Meanwhile, Truble fills Nick and Adalind on what she has been up to. Elsewhere, Capt. Renard dips his toes into politics as he endorses a local candidate.
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#20 - The Routine
Oz - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the "Emerald City" experimental unit of Oswald State Penitentiary, we meet some of the diverse inmates who live within a pecking order of Homeboys, Latinos, Muslims, Irish, Aryans, and Wiseguys. No clear-cut leader emerges -- with the possible exception of Kareem Said, a Muslim author who preaches non-violence and abstinence. Said's arrival doesn't prevent a short-fused Mafia inmate named Dino Ortolani from ticking off just about everybody--a habit that ends up burning him.
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#21 - Zoey's Extraordinary Failure
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist - Season 1 - Episode 5
After hearing her first duet, Zoey gets a little too involved in her brother's marriage. Leif receives negative feedback at work. Maggie is offered an enticing work opportunity.
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#22 - Little Brother
Masters of Science Fiction - Season 1 - Episode 5
Set in the future, we are introduced to courtrooms without human judges or juries, and automated justice is the law of the land.
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#23 - Wrongful Life
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 5 - Episode 15
Goren and Eames investigate the death of Eric Newsome, an urban explorer who was found in a water tower. During their investigation, they learn that Eric had been looking into the files of Dr. Everett Janns, an OB/GYN who had examined his sister Nikki's boyfriend Drew's mother years earlier when she had been carrying his sister Lisa. Lisa Ramsey was born with spina bifida, and Victoria Carson was suing her primary OB/GYN, Dr. Dominic McKenna, with a wrongful life suit, charging that he did not perform the necessary tests needed to establish whether or not her child had spina bifida, which would have influenced whether or not she had an abortion.
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#24 - Laughter and Hope and a Sock in the Eye
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 4 - Episode 6
Dr. Reynolds and Dr. Malvo have a heart-to-heart with Dr. Baptiste. Max learns more about Sharpe when someone from her past resurfaces. Iggy plays referee between two patients and their families. Dr. Wilder reconsiders Max's offer to join the staff.
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#25 - Castles Made of Sand
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 4 - Episode 21
When an elder care facility shuts down, New Amsterdam is forced to intake many new patients. Max struggles with his decision to head back to London. Reynolds takes his personal frustrations out on his department with near disastrous results.
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#27 - Things Fall Apart
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 3 - Episode 12
A burst pipe plunges the ED into chaos. Iggy counsels two stressed-out parents about their child. Gwen and Calvin have some devastating news for Max.
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#28 - The Bottle Imp
Grimm - Season 2 - Episode 7
After investigating a grisly murder, clues lead Nick and Hank to a seemingly unstable father who is on the run with his daughter. As they learn more about the case they realize that the girl’s father may be the least of their worries. At the spice shop, Monroe finds out filling in for Rosalee isn’t as simple as he’d hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Captain Renard finds himself paying unwarranted attention to more than one woman from his past.
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#29 - Debt Collection
American Rust - Season 1 - Episode 6
Alejandro learns of Lee's history with Billy. Isaac turns his first trick solo. Harris travels back to Pittsburgh with his old partner to repay a debt.
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#30 - Jojo Ameri-Go
American Rust - Season 1 - Episode 5
Harris races the clock in his search for the anonymous eyewitness. Lee seeks professional advice about whom to protect. Harris’ old Pittsburgh PD partner pays him a visit.
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#32 - Dolls
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 4 - Episode 7
When the decomposing body of sexually molested five-year-old girl is discovered, Detectives Benson and Stabler's investigation leads them to the painful reality that they are searching for a serial pedophile as they race to save the life of his latest victim. As the mother of the missing girl frantically awaits news of her daughter's whereabouts, she must reconcile the fact that her own recent bout with addiction may have played a part in her daughter's fate.
#33 - The Self-Destruct Button
Grey's Anatomy - Season 1 - Episode 7
Derek and Meredith try (unsuccessfully) to be discreet as they spend the night together at Meredith's house, but their haggard appearance speaks volumes to everyone - including Bailey, who warns Meredith to end the relationship. Meanwhile George suspects an anesthesiologist of drinking on the job but is reluctant to speak up about it, Alex treats a former competitor who now finds honor in self-mutilation, Izzie has to deal with a patient who won't let go of his girlfriend - literally, and Cristina seems to be battling a case of the flu.
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#34 - Hot In the City
The Night Shift - Season 3 - Episode 6
Shannon and Jordan venture out for some fun at a local wrestling event only to find themselves treating people onsite when a fight breaks out amongst the audience. Back at the hospital, Sam attends to a marathon runner who has collapsed from the heat and things start to heat up even more when the air conditioning breaks. Meanwhile, tensions between TC, Jordan, Sam, and Annie start to boil.
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#35 - Anatomy of a Fall
The Irrational - Season 2 - Episode 5
Simon's mother asks Alec to help stop a suicide contagion when a third student death strikes the campus. Alex asks Marisa to help when he thinks there might be more to the case. Phoebe struggles with her next career move.
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#36 - The Thing with Feathers
Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 16
Nick pulls out all the stops to plan a romantic getaway for Juliette in an attempt to get their relationship back on track. Nick’s duties as a Grimm get in the way of romance when he meets the unsettling neighbors and discovers that the troubled wife has a rare and valuable treasure to protect. It’s left to Nick to keep everyone safe. Back in Portland, Hank and Monroe each find themselves on the brink of new romantic relationships.
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#37 - We're in This Together
New Amsterdam (2018) - Season 4 - Episode 2
Max and Sharpe go public with their relationship at the hospital. The team struggles to keep a handle on an overcrowded and understaffed ICU and everyone must pitch in. Iggy's overly critical feedback alienates his residents.
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#38 - Dead
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 1
The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.
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#39 - Graansha
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 21
Goren and Eames enter the closed world of a thieving Irish Traveller clan when they investigate the death of a Ann Lawson, a probation officer who was run over three times after meeting a friend at the bar. They soon learn that Ann, a probation officer, had been involved with Malcolm Bryce, the father of Paul, one of her charges. It appears as though Ann is also very close with the thieving Irish Travellers they are investigating, determined to save a young girl from their style of life.
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#40 - Dr. Estrangeloved
Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Episode 19
Dr. William van der Woodsen unexpectedly shows up in Manhattan. Serena and Nate continue to have relationship issues. Meanwhile, Dan finds out that he didn’t get accepted into the Tisch writing program.
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#41 - By Perjury
Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 9
The murder of the plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against a major airline leads detectives to a defense attorney (Dallas Roberts) who is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure his big payday.
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#42 - Beeware
Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 3
The station is abuzz as Nick and Hank are called to a case where an innocent flash mob results in a gruesome homicide. As Nick delves further into the investigation, he learns more about his unique family history, and finds himself at odds when he and Hank are assigned to protect a dark character from his recent past.
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#43 - Shibboleth
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 4 - Episode 17
When Phoebe Morton is murdered on the phone with a 911 operator, Goren and Eames take the case and soon realize Morton is one of five women murdered with a similar bent, the killer known as Body By Jake (B.B.J.). Their investigation leads them to Keith Durbin, a recently released parolee who seems to be perfect. Goren has his suspicions about Durbin, who doesn't seem right to him, and when they learn that there are similar killings going much further back, Goren and Eames soon focus their attention on a new suspect, and soon realize that even though he's not guilty, Durbin is the key.
#44 - Absentia
Law & Order - Season 13 - Episode 13
When the witness in a jewelry store robbery-homicide fails to appear in court, McCoy suspects foul play until he discovers that the man is a fugitive in a 20-year-old murder case.
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#45 - Go Getters
The Walking Dead - Season 7 - Episode 5
Saddled with grief and surrounded by enemies, members of the group try to find safety at the Hilltop before it's too late.
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#46 - Cuba Libre
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 16
After the trophy wife of a recently released prison inmate is murdered, Goren plays on the man's paranoia to find a connection to another inmate with a hit list.
#47 - Mister Fred
The Good Lord Bird - Season 1 - Episode 3
Following the battle in Pikesville, John Brown, now one of the most wanted men in America, travels north with Onion to raise funds for the abolitionist cause. They take refuge at the home of famed orator and “King of the Negroes” Frederick Douglass and his two wives. When Brown and Douglass clash over methodology, Onion discovers just how complex the fight for justice and human equality really is.
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#48 - Sick Burn
Sleepy Hollow - Season 4 - Episode 8
When internet sensation Logan Macdonald comes to town, a supernatural infection hits, via a viral video. Meanwhile, Molly has a frightening vision that could predict a bleak future. Can the team cure the curse before it takes over town?
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#49 - Crashers
Law & Order - Season 20 - Episode 19
The body of a model is found burning in an alley, Detectives search for her killer.
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#50 - Human Flesh Search Engine
Law & Order - Season 20 - Episode 6
Bernard becomes the target of a dangerous website that is partly responsible for a homicide the detectives are investigating
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