The BEST episodes directed by Martha Mitchell
#1 - The Common Defense
Madam Secretary - Season 5 - Episode 17
While Elizabeth is away on a retreat thinking about her presidential campaign, her staff tries to secure an international agreement to protect citizens who have been displaced due to global warming. Also, the staff works to contain a measles outbreak that threatens the life of Daisy’s daughter, Joanna.
#2 - Such a Time as This
Touched by an Angel - Season 6 - Episode 1
A US senator is called upon to bring to light the suffering of the people of Sudan in the illegal slave trade. Initially the senator (married to a political cynic) refuses but, nudged by her son, it soon changes.
#3 - Under Threat
Close to Home (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 8
Annabeth prosecutes a case involving a gangster who resorts to violence to prevent a key witness from testifying against him. When the defendant realizes that Annabeth might be able to convince a jury to convict him of the crimes he is accused of, he then has members of his gang threaten to harm Annabeth's daughter in order to scare her from trying the case.
#4 - Burton & Ernie
The Guardian - Season 2 - Episode 21
Burton, Lulu & Nick each find themselves in tight spots. Burton tries to stop Shannon from being hurt, Alvin finds Nick & Lulu at the office late Will they still have jobs after Alvin finds out?
#5 - Fool Me Twice
Chicago Justice - Season 1 - Episode 12
After a man is shot multiple times and left for dead, and a kilo of diluted heroin is found in his car, Antonio discovers other similar cases where murder victims were found with the same type of adulterated drugs. Ultimately, the narcotics detectives involved in the case-one a decorated hero-appear to be the common thread. Meanwhile, Stone is hesitant to let Nagel be involved in the case, as she has a close connection to the victim.
#6 - The Rapist Next Door
Close to Home (2005) - Season 1 - Episode 13
A recently paroled sex offender who moves into Annabeth's neighborhood becomes the prime suspect in the rape of a young woman. Although the victim identifies the paroled rapist as the man who attacked her, Annabeth does not think she can convince a jury that he is guilty of committing the crime because the behavior he exhibited is different from his usual M.O. Meanwhile, Maureen tells Steve that they should ease up on Annabeth's work load because she thinks juggling a new baby along with all of her cases is spreading her too thin.
#7 - Nickel and Dimed (1)
Without a Trace - Season 3 - Episode 6
A young mother disappears after leaving her three year old son with a babysitter.
#8 - True/False
Without a Trace - Season 7 - Episode 4
The team discovers a long festering secret which sets off a deadly chain of events when they investigate the disappearance of the teenage son of a Secret Service man.
#9 - Heartbeats
Without a Trace - Season 7 - Episode 19
The suspect list keeps growing as the team investigates the disappearance of a Russian matchmaker.
#10 - Alternate World
Timecop - Season 1 - Episode 6
A rogue timecop alters Logan's past — making Logan into a wanted criminal. With the entire TEC after him, Logan must set his own past right, and expose the rogue timecop's time-tampering.
#11 - I Am God
Veronica Mars - Season 2 - Episode 18
Veronica begins having dreams involving the dead students from the bus crash, who drop clues along the way. Meanwhile, Logan and Wallace become unlikely lab partners in Mr. Wu's class, and Keith helps Clemmons expose a doctor's scam.
#12 - House and Home
The Fosters (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 12
Callie meets Rita Hendricks, a woman who works in the foster care system, and it’s clear it will take Callie some time to adjust to Rita’s no-nonsense guidance. Brandon comes clean about the reason Callie ran away and, unbeknownst to Stef and Lena, he sets out to track her down. Meanwhile, Mariana volunteers to help with the school play in order to impress a cute boy, but when she gets paired up with an old “friend,” it could spell trouble. Jesus’ meds are having concerning side effects, and he’s desperate to find an alternative to taking the pills. Mike suggests he participate in contact sports to help relieve his aggression, and Jesus tries out for the wrestling team.
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The Fosters (2013) - Season 2 - Episode 3
Stef and Lena go on a babymoon, leaving Brandon and Callie in charge of the house. Brandon’s bandmates pressure him into having a few friends over to hear their new sound, but when Mariana and Jesus find out, the night turns into an all-out rager. Determined to follow Stef and Lena’s rules, Callie tries to police the party but fails miserably. Jude finds himself in an awkward game of spin the bottle. Meanwhile, Lena tries to reconnect with Stef, who is finding it hard to relax on their weekend getaway.
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#14 - Institutional Fail
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 4
A starving toddler found wandering the streets alone leads detectives to the home of Manuela Ozuna and another child in grave condition. The police question Department of Child Services caseworker Keith Musio, whose vague and backdated reports on the family suggest he hadn't checked on the children in months. When the overworked Keith accuses his supervisor, Janette Grayson, of orchestrating the false reports, Chief Dodds promises to conduct an internal investigation. But when neglect leads to death, Barba takes matters into his own hands and arrests them for manslaughter. Meanwhile, Dodds indicates some changes coming to Benson's squad.
#15 - Samaritans
NYC 22 - Season 1 - Episode 12
Lazarus digs deeper when an anonymous Good Samaritan who helped him save a boy from a burning building disappears. Meanwhile, Tonya and Ahmad work undercover on a drug deal, and Kenny and Jackpot find themselves trapped by a live alligator.
#16 - Abby
Haunted - Season 1 - Episode 4
Whilst head of the New Orleans PD six years earlier, Marcus was on the case of a ritualistic murder that remained unsolved. Back in the present, Marcus asks for Frank's help in trying to solve a similarly linked murder, but the case is complicated by the disappearance of the victim's cousin, whom Marcus was having a relationship with.
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The Fosters (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 20
As the high school’s Winter Ball approaches, Mariana and Jesus fret about dates and a surprise nomination for Winter Queen raises suspicions. Zac’s mom shows up at school to talk to Lena. An old friend pays a visit to Callie wanting to make amends, and Brandon feels threatened. But a past mistake could cause Brandon to lose Callie for good. Ana returns with unsettling news for Stef.
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#19 - Aftershock
Law & Order - Season 6 - Episode 23
After Briscoe, Curtis, McCoy, and Kincaid witness the execution of a criminal they brought to justice, their unique reactions to the event culminate in personal tragedies for each of them.
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#20 - Red Flag
Jericho (2006) - Season 1 - Episode 10
Supplies are dropped by air into Jericho and the Green's and Hawkins think that they know where they came from. Jonah Prowse returns to Jericho causing even more trouble.
#21 - Patrimonial Burden
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 7
A reality TV family secrets begin to spill when their young teenage daughter learns she's pregnant.
#22 - Pattern Seventeen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 9
Rollins connects a series of assaults to several rapes she worked in Atlanta. Meanwhile, a family court judge threatens to remove Noah from Benson's care.
#23 - Corrosive
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 27 - Episode 13
An attempt on a respected judge's life is connected to an anonymous video posted to the SVU tip line. Rollins tries to help a victim come to terms with their abuse.
#24 - Mother Nature
The Fosters (2013) - Season 2 - Episode 14
The Adams fosters kids are not very excited to head out to the wilderness for a family camping trip, but Jesus shakes things up when he can no longer hold onto his secrets and gets a surprise visit. Callie and Brandon awkwardly navigate their relationship while Jude gets fed up with the way he’s being treated. Meanwhile, Mike asks Ana to move in with him.
#25 - She's a Man, Baby, a Man!
Charmed - Season 2 - Episode 5
The sisters discover that Phoebe is psychically linked, through her powers, to a man-killing demon known as a 'Succubus.' In order to lure the Succubus to the sisters, Prue casts a spell, which turns her into a man. Meanwhile, Piper discovers from a video tape at the dating service that their new neighbour, Dan, is interested in her.
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#26 - The Long Arm of the Witness
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22 - Episode 6
Carisi takes on a powerful judge when he inexplicably dismisses the rape case of a university student.
#27 - Depravity Standard
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 9
Benson seeks justice in the trial of child abductor Lewis Hodda, but when a plea deal is rejected, Barba must rely on decades-old evidence to make his case and faces off against former SVU colleague Dr. Huang.
#28 - Revenge
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 4
As a string of break-in assaults grows more violent, the cops investigate an online incel group to identify a suspect.
#29 - Once Lost
Without a Trace - Season 7 - Episode 13
Elena is forced to face the consequences of her past, as the team is put on the case to search for her former partner who went missing during an undercover sting.
#30 - Eating Away
Without a Trace - Season 5 - Episode 13
Barry Rosen goes missing shortly after being poisoned with bleach in a chili eating contest. While investigating Barry's disappearance, the team soon learns that he had been approached to throw the eating contest, and also that he had been spending a lot of time with a local prostitute in an effort to learn how to act around women. Danny is caught in the middle when Carlos asks him for a letter of reference in an upcoming custody review, and Elena informs him that Carlos is actually suing her for sole custody of Sofie. Danny warns Carlos that he is not going to be caught in the middle.
#31 - Absalom
Without a Trace - Season 6 - Episode 7
When a college student disappears after making racial remarks in a class, the team wonders if those may be directly connected to his disappearance.
#32 - Fashionable Crimes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 20
A young model is raped by a renowned fashion house photographer, who looks to his successful brother to make the charges disappear.
#33 - No Good Reason
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 4
A teenager disappears after schoolmates make her the subject of a vicious cyberbullying attack.
#34 - Real Fake News
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 17
A congressman falsely accused of soliciting underage girls asks SVU to debunk the rumor, but the investigation leads to a real sex trafficking ring. Meanwhile, Benson and Rollins become the targets of a salacious website.
#35 - All Hands
NCIS - Season 19 - Episode 11
After a civilian research vessel in the North Atlantic picks up a small boat of wounded Navy officers, NCIS arrives on the ship and is forced to hide after discovering terrorists on board. Also, Agent Knight takes a paper doll with her on the mission to capture photos for her niece’s grade school class.
#36 - Lost & Found
NCIS - Season 5 - Episode 9
The NCIS team has to babysit a 9-year-old son of a missing man, a survivalist who is somehow connected to a cold case murder. The investigation leads the team into the wilderness, where they discover a shocking truth about the man's past.
#37 - A Dollar and a Dream
Without a Trace - Season 6 - Episode 16
After the latest lottery winner goes missing, the team works to figure out why.
#38 - Class
The Protector - Season 1 - Episode 3
A prestigious private school is rocked when a beloved college advisor is found stabbed to death in her apartment. During the course of their investigation, Gloria and Michelle discover a world where parents, students and professors will do anything for an Ivy league acceptance letter. When Gloria's son, Nick, gets a high score in a statewide exam and is thought to be gifted, Gloria must decide whether she wants to send her son into the high stress world of a private school.
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#39 - Miss Red
The Mentalist - Season 1 - Episode 21
Patrick Jane uses his mentalist skills to play suspects off each other in order to solve the case of a wealthy software company CEO found murdered on his yacht.
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#40 - Great Expectations
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 11
The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
#41 - The Burden of Our Choices
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 4
Rollins clashes with the parents of a teenaged runaway. The squad comes together for a special event.
#42 - Deadline
Law & Order - Season 22 - Episode 16
When a celebrated journalist is killed, Cosgrove and Shaw explore an unpublished report involving a prominent politician. Price and Maroun fight an uphill battle when their only credible witness is currently awaiting trial for another heinous crime.
#43 - Who's Your Daddy?
House - Season 2 - Episode 23
A 16-year-old Hurricane Katrina victim suffering from hallucinations as a result of the tragedy is brought to House by his former bandmate who recently found out the girl is his daughter. Although House fears his friend is being scammed, he takes the case. As he works his way through the girl's lies so he can diagnose and treat her, he's forced to tell a few lies of his own.
#44 - Blood for Blood
The Mentalist - Season 3 - Episode 14
When a witness under Van Pelt's protection is killed, her position within the CBI comes into question.
#46 - Walls of Jericho
Jericho (2006) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Jake finds a stranger who is sick with radiation poisoning and he must make a decision whether or not to help him. The hospital’s generator is running out of gas and the residents find that their supplies are also running low.
#47 - Greener Grass
Blue Bloods - Season 3 - Episode 6
When Erin’s key witness, an infamous photographer, is nearly killed in a hit and run, she arranges for Danny to work protection detail to safeguard him. Meanwhile, Jamie and Vinny bust a drug operation.
#48 - 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.
#49 - Nowhere Man
Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 19
The District Attorney's Office is set on its ear when the investigation into the death of an A.D.A. uncovers a scandal that could imperil hundreds of cases.
#50 - Family Separation (2)
Madam Secretary - Season 5 - Episode 11
Elizabeth goes head to head with a U.S. governor over the state's new policy of separating unauthorized immigrants from their children. Also, she and Henry plan to renew their wedding vows.