The BEST episodes directed by Michael Pressman
#1 - The Beginning
The Guardian - Season 1 - Episode 22
In The Season Finale Burton and Lulu tells Nick damaging information but that deals with a wanted killer. Dr. Reed asks to be his son's (Hunter)Trustee but their future could be in trouble.
#2 - The Apparition
Alpha House - Season 2 - Episode 5
Gil John tries to right things after the Watts brothers "Swift Boat" his former player. Julie shocks Louis and Louise by announcing she's pregnant from an anonymous donor, while Adriana confronts Marta the housekeeper about Andy. Louis tries to debate Penn Jillette, but he's no match for what the magician has up his sleeves.
#3 - Never Going Back to Normal
Chicago Med - Season 5 - Episode 1
Will and Natalie battle for their lives after a car accident. An investigation is launched following the suspicious death of Cornelius Rhodes. Maggie receives life-changing news. Dr. Charles cuts his honeymoon short to tend to a patient.
#4 - Missed Conception
Chicago Hope - Season 3 - Episode 16
An old friend of Austin's asks for help in getting pregnant. A cancer patient needs marijuana for her well being. Shutt's friend returns from Italy without his wife.
#5 - One Hundred and One Damnations
Chicago Hope - Season 5 - Episode 5
The hospital prepares for the Doctor of the Year party, and several old friends drop by. Watters goes into a virus-induced coma and gets some words of wisdom from Alan Birch. Camille Shutt returns for the party and Aaron discovers he still has feeling for her. Dr. Nyland returns to the hospital and reveals that he has really changed his life. Geiger also visits the hospital.
#6 - Y'Gotta Have Heart
Chicago Hope - Season 6 - Episode 2
A heart becomes available for transplant, but there are two patients waiting and Drs. Geiger and Watters must choose which patient will receive the heart. Jeffrey tries to place Alicia into an exclusive kindergarten. Aaron tries to hold a welcoming party for the new doctors.
#7 - Restitution
Justified - Season 5 - Episode 13
Raylan has one last shot at taking down Art's would-be assassin, while cartel killers have Boyd's back against the wall.
#8 - Number One with a Bullet
Kidnapped - Season 1 - Episode 4
The kidnappers target Leopold's bodyguard Virgil once again as he prepares for surgery. Conrad is questioned by the police regarding something from his past. Ellie joins an annoymous group for parents of kidnapped children. Knapp looks into the bullet that was used to shoot Virgil.
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#9 - Miller Time
Chicago Hope - Season 6 - Episode 19
The hospital is purchased by an HMO, and immediately suffers budget cuts. During an operation that Miller is filming for a documentary, the heart stops beating on both the patient and her unborn child.
#10 - Part II
The Practice - Season 1 - Episode 2
Eugene tries to protect a client whose husband terrorizes her and their son. Meanwhile, Bobby seeks the help of an old friend who's a loan officer in an attempt to keep the firm afloat.
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#11 - Decaying Morality
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 13
Two families are left to pick up the pieces of their lives when a rape case goes terribly wrong.
#12 - Sanctuary (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 21
In the conclusion of the season finale, the unexpected release of a suspect in a hate crime case leaves Benson and Barba caught between two families seeking justice for their loved ones. As public protests escalate to violence, Benson goes to desperate lengths to make an arrest.
#13 - Forty-One Witnesses
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 13
A woman is followed home and raped outside her building, where several neighbors witness the crime but fail to call for help.
#14 - Melancholy Pursuit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 8
The hunt for a missing teenage girl takes an emotional toll on Sgt. Dodds, and DNA evidence becomes a crucial lead in finding the girl's abductor.
#15 - Collateral
Justified - Season 6 - Episode 12
Raylan and Boyd’s paths cross as they search for Ava in the mountains. Markham recruits an unlikely ally to his cause.
#16 - Dreamers Often Lie
Star-Crossed - Season 1 - Episode 5
When Gloria tells the Atrian Seven they are allowed to spend some time outside their sector, Roman sees it as an opportunity to further investigate his father’s mysterious past and makes a stunning discovery. Emery and Grayson go out on a date, but their night is ruined after Eric calls Grayson for help and ends up putting everyone in danger. Drake mistakes Taylor for an undercover Trag, and Lukas makes his move on Sophia. Meanwhile, Teri tries to take over Drake’s mission.
#17 - Maternal Instincts
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 6
Rollins' mother Beth throws her a baby shower while the SVU reports to a four-star hotel where a famous violinist was raped by her colleague, Anton Krasnikov. With no memory of the crime, Anton claims a hired escort drugged and robbed him, and evidence leads to the shocking return of Rollins' fugitive sister Kim. Meanwhile, Sgt. Mike Dodds arrives for his first day at SVU.
#18 - Brothel
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 15
Fin teams up with an old colleague to track down the proprietor of a pop-up brothel.
#19 - Star-Struck Victims
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 16
When a lack of evidence leads Barba to drop rape charges against a popular actor; Rollins takes matters into her own hands.
#20 - Starvation
Justified - Season 5 - Episode 12
Raylan puts pressure on every criminal in town as a ploy to arrest Darryl Crowe Jr., while Boyd and Duffy enlist an unlikely ally to fight off cartel killers.
#21 - My Maharishi is Bigger than Your Maharishi
Life on Mars (US) - Season 1 - Episode 3
The murder of a returning Vietnam veteran has Lieutenant Hunt outraged, as he demands a quick resolution to what quickly becomes a complicated and controversial case. As Sam and the squad's team of detectives explore the circumstances surrounding the homicide, Tyler is sent down a mysterious path that may provide clues about his own family's past and why he is back in 1973
#22 - To Serve with Love
The Closer - Season 7 - Episode 3
Flynn and Provenza get into the usual trouble moonlighting as process servers when a man dies shortly after they serve him.
#23 - Zero Tolerance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 3
After the rescue of a young girl from a sex trafficker, Benson and Stone must take drastic measures to reunite her with her mother. Meanwhile, Rollins decides to give her rocky relationship another chance.
#24 - All That Glitters
Blue Bloods - Season 1 - Episode 20
Frank’s frustrations rise when the media sensationalizes the murder of a tourist shot and killed outside a trendy Lower East Side restaurant.
#25 - Exchange
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 21
Benson helps a teenaged exchange student after she’s assaulted by a cab driver.
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#26 - Appraisal
Law & Order - Season 22 - Episode 21
Cosgrove and Shaw suspect an art dealer was murdered but can't make an arrest until they locate her body. Price and Maroun must go to trial with a circumstantial case and a suspect with unlimited resources. The squad celebrates a birthday.
#27 - Sunk Cost Fallacy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 19
The search for an abducted woman and her young daughter leads Lt. Benson to cross paths with an old friend. Stone must make a tough decision on behalf of his sister.
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#28 - Making a Rapist
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 2
Newly tested DNA evidence leads to the exoneration of a prisoner who served 16 years for a rape conviction. However, he's investigated again one day later in the wake of a shocking new crime.
#29 - Acid
Law & Order - Season 16 - Episode 10
After the daughter of one of Van Buren's college friends is found dead in her room, a suicide, Van Buren joins Green and Fontana in hunting down the man who burned her face with acid months earlier, ultimately leading to her suicide. Van Buren is unsucces
#30 - Fathers and Sons
Blue Bloods - Season 3 - Episode 10
When two motorists driving gas-guzzling cars die at the hands of a sniper, Danny and Kate are put on the case of what the city believes is the work of a radical environmental serial killer. Meanwhile, a bicycle accident sends Danny’s son Sean to the hospital with a life-threatening injury.
#31 - We Are Everyone
Elementary - Season 2 - Episode 3
When Holmes and Watson set out to track down a civil contractor who leaked classified information, their lives are disrupted when they are targeted by the group of cyber-activists protecting him. Meanwhile, Joan takes the advice of a friend and signs up for an online dating service.
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#32 - Producer's Backend
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 3
Amaro's by-the-book handling of a starlet's arrest gets him back on the SVU squad in time to investigate the actress's latest offense, statutory rape.
#33 - Mother's Day
Blue Bloods - Season 2 - Episode 22
Frank must race to stop a biological weapon attack on New York City, while keeping it a secret from his family during their most sentimental holiday, Mother’s Day. Meanwhile, a long-standing conflict between Danny and Jamie comes to a head.
#34 - Choice of Evils
Law & Order - Season 16 - Episode 15
After the body of a teenage boy is found dead in a warehouse, detectives use DNA to connect the boy to a convicted rapist and serial killer, then to the boy's mother, Allison Ashburn, the convict's ex-wife. While trying to solve Danny's murder, Fontana and Green learn that he recently got his girlfriend Tina pregnant, and his mother had seen him recently when she had given him money despite having claimed she hadn't seen him for months. Allison finally admits that she murdered her son after the police arrest her new husband John, but claims she did it to save the world from her son, whom she was convinced would become a monster just like her father. Borgia and McCoy face an uphill battle trying to convict the perfect soccer mom.
#35 - Little Fish
Blue Bloods - Season 1 - Episode 11
A high-end escort’s body is found in the river; Frank vows to get justice in a 25-year-old case.
#36 - Chinatown
Blue Bloods - Season 1 - Episode 8
After meeting with federal agents in a dark edge of Chinatown, Jamie witnesses a crime in progress and his suspect is killed while in pursuit. Now, Danny must solve the case in order for Jamie to avoid an Internal Affairs investigation.
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#37 - Sport of Kings
Law & Order - Season 15 - Episode 22
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.
#38 - Rape Interrupted
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 5
A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
#39 - Mercy
Blue Bloods - Season 2 - Episode 1
Frank is put on the spot when a supporter for the mayor is found dead and the mayor wants Frank to position it as a random act of violence to the public. Meanwhile, Jamie goes on his first undercover assignment at a bar where meets and bonds with a suspicious patron.
#40 - Charity Case
Law & Order - Season 17 - Episode 12
Green and Cassady investigate after Sean Archer, a producer who had recently adopted a child from Africa with his wife, well-known actress Sofia, is gunned down outside an ice cream shop while holding baby Christopher. The shooting is soon linked to the recent adoption of Christopher, which had received international scrutiny because it appeared to have been pushed through based on the couple's celebrity status. McCoy and Rubirosa initially investigate the murder of Sean Archer, which soon turns into an investigation of a child's death when the identity of baby Christopher comes under question.
#41 - Rush to Judgement
Alaska Daily - Season 1 - Episode 9
When a new finding makes a familiar face the top suspect in Gloria Nanmac’s case, Eileen and Roz hustle to report first. Meanwhile, Austin and Claire follow Conrad Pritchard’s trail to figure out what he is really up to in Alaska.
#42 - Admissions
Unforgettable (2011) - Season 3 - Episode 9
Carrie and Al dig into the secrets of students and faculty at an elite prep school when a high-powered CEO and father of one of the students is murdered.
#44 - Genes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 13
An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
#45 - Mood
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 2
The bizarre details of a woman’s rape put the SVU at odds when Rollins and Carisi think her story is fabricated. Meanwhile, Benson goes on the offensive when her personal life is scrutinized.
#46 - Mr. Success
Sneaky Pete - Season 1 - Episode 3
Marius' exacting parole officer insists that he come into the city for a mandatory appointment. To get there on time, Marius must fend off Pete's curious cousins Julia, Taylor, and Carly, an increasingly suspicious Audrey, and a terrifying ambush. Meanwhile, Eddie becomes desperate in captivity, Vince's lieutenant Winslow hunts for Marius, and a reluctant Katie helps Marius cover his tracks.
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#47 - Pilot
The Guardian - Season 1 - Episode 1
Nick Fallin, a high-powered, high-priced attorney living the good life is brought down to earth when he has to pay the price for his indulgent lifestyle. Busted for drugs, he must now perform 1,500 hours of community service and so Nick juggles his white-collar world of litigation with the not-for-profit world of child advocacy working with Children's Legal Services. Under the supervision of Alvin Masterson, Nick is thrust into the life of Hunter Reed, a young boy who has witnessed the murder of his mother by his father's hand. Back at Fallin & Associates, owned by Nick's father, Burton Fallin, he is dealing with company presidents who are looking to bring their business to Pittsburgh and spoiled dot com kids who want to get rich quick.
#48 - April: Week Six
In Treatment - Season 2 - Episode 27
When April reveals something about one of her closest friends, Paul questions her ability to rely on other people.
#49 - House of Cards
Law & Order - Season 16 - Episode 7
The team investigates the killing of a single mother and the abduction of her child.
#50 - Flight Risk
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 11
An airline pilot accuses her captain of sexual assault, so Barba convenes a grand jury to determine their employer’s complicity in the crime. Fin ensures that Benson is protected at work.