The BEST episodes written by Aaron Zelman
#1 - Donnie or Marie
The Killing (US) - Season 2 - Episode 12
Sarah and Holder close in on the murderer. Meanwhile, the Richmond campaign preps for the election; and the Larsens seek to get their lives back in order.
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#2 - The Returned
Resurrection - Season 1 - Episode 1
When deceased loved ones begin to reappear, the people in Arcadia change forever.
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#3 - Torn Apart
Resurrection - Season 1 - Episode 8
The return of the dead reaches critical mass, sending the town into chaos; Sheriff Fred implements his own agenda, triggering an unexpected siege.
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#4 - Teenage Wasteland
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 12
The beating death of a restaurant owner leads Briscoe and Green to thrill-seeking teenagers; McCoy and Lewin are forced to decide how young is too young for the death penalty.
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#5 - Myth of Fingerprints
Law & Order - Season 12 - Episode 7
A murder investigation uncovers deliberately faulty forensics in the wrongful conviction of two men 12 years earlier in the case that paved the way for Van Buren's promotion.
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#6 - Machismo
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 19
The BAU team travels to Mexico to aid in the capture of a serial killer who is targeting elderly women.
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#7 - Stonewalled
The Killing (US) - Season 1 - Episode 8
Sarah and Holder evade the FBI and unearth new evidence. Mitch endangers the boys, prompting Stan to take matters into his own hands. Richmond tries to climb back in the race.
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#8 - Poison
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 13
The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned (one fatally) with LSD ten times more potent than the street version.
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#10 - Revelation
Resurrection - Season 2 - Episode 1
Bellamy awakens alone and abandoned at Arcadia’s outskirts, missing a week of his life. As his memory returns, he has a shocking revelation. Arcadia welcomes one more returned... the powerful matriarch of the Langston family, dead for over three decades.
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#12 - Openings
The Killing (US) - Season 2 - Episode 6
Sarah zeros in on a Larsen-family secret; Stan comes to grips with some past indiscretions; and Mitch takes in a runaway girl. Meanwhile, the Richmond campaign entertains a surprise visitor.
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#13 - Won't Get Fooled Again
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 3
Gideon and his team track down a copycat bomber terrorizing a quiet community.
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#14 - Fear and Loathing
Criminal Minds - Season 2 - Episode 16
The BAU becomes involved to prevent a possible race riot when the murder of four young black women in a mostly white New York suburb appear to be hate crimes.
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#15 - DR 1-102
Law & Order - Season 12 - Episode 13
The bludgeoning of two women in their apartment leads the detectives to a suspect who has taken a hostage while demanding legal representation ... and Southerlyn's actions, while heroic, results in disbarment proceedings against her for violation of Disciplinary Rule 1-102.
#16 - Psychodrama
Criminal Minds - Season 2 - Episode 4
The BAU is called to investigate a series of bank robberies after it becomes evident the crimes are not based on money because the robber abuses his victims by forcing them to undress before he leaves the crime scene.
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#17 - Suicide Box
Law & Order - Season 13 - Episode 16
A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty policy officer.
#19 - Can I Get a Witness?
Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 16
McCoy faces an uphill battle in proving that witnesses to the murder of a drug mule were bribed, intimidated, and eventually murdered on the orders of the drug dealer accused of the crime.
#20 - Prophecy
Resurrection - Season 2 - Episode 10
As a violent storm hits Arcadia, knocking out all the power, Jacob goes missing – along with Margaret, and The Langstons and Bellamy struggle to find them. Meanwhile, the tempest signals the arrival of another visitor – a stranger with a mysterious link to Bellamy.
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#21 - The Chopping Block
Lucky Hank - Season 1 - Episode 8
Hank is faced with an impossible decision at work, as his department's jobs are on the line. Lily settles into a new normal in New York.
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#22 - Whiplash
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 19
When an hispanic male is found dead from a severe chest trauma, Detectives Briscoe and Green discover that he and two other illegal immigrants had been in a staged automobile accident. As evidence mounts linking numerous similar car crashes with the same employer, chiropractor, insurance adjuster, and lawyers, A.D.A.s McCoy and Carmichael must determine who is ultimately responsible for the man's death, from which so many others profited.
#23 - Honor Among Thieves
Criminal Minds - Season 2 - Episode 20
Elizabeth Prentiss, a foreign ambassador and SSA Emily Prentiss' mother, seeks the aid of the BAU when a Russian immigrant is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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#24 - Return
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 5
The murder of a storeowner leads to a case where the suspect flees to Israel and may be protected from extradition by Israel's Law of Return.
#25 - White Lie
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 18
An ARMY MAJOR FACES SURPRISING BATTLE IN WAR ON DRUGS- When a couple is found dead in their apartment, Detectives Briscoe and Green follow the trail of drugs and money, which leads to Caryn Wyman (guest star Charlotte D'Amboise), the wife of a U.S. Army Major (guest star Michael Gaston) responsible for the country's anti-drug efforts in Colombia. Despite the evidence linking Caryn to the drugs, she is fearful of cooperating with the police--until A.D.A. McCoy convinces her and her husband that she has no choice but to risk her life to catch the killer.
#26 - Blaze
Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 5
A teenager's need for parental love, acceptance and recognition sets in motion the events leading to the deaths of 23 concert goers in a blaze started by a rock band's illegal pyrotechnics.
#27 - Judge Dread
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 23
An attempted murder of a tough Judge leads Briscoe and Green on a wild goose chase to track down the inimical criminal. When the perpetrator is found, Carmichael and McCoy have a difficult time making a case.
#28 - 3 Dawg Night
Law & Order - Season 12 - Episode 9
When a celebrity is implicated in a nightclub murder, McCoy and Southerlyn battle the flaks who attempt to insulate their client from any involvement or interrogation.
#29 - Ill-Conceived
Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 10
The owner of a clothing company with alien immigrant workers is found murdered which sends the detectives on a search for an unidentified evening caller whose girlfriend, also a worker in the factory, recently gave birth. Upon discovery that the victim was also the baby's father, the boyfriend is arrested with the motive being an office affair until the victim's widow discloses that it was a surrogate arrangement.
#30 - American Jihad
Law & Order - Season 13 - Episode 1
An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.
#31 - The Dog Is Happier Without Her
Damages - Season 3 - Episode 2
Patty and Tom continue to dig into the Tobin family's sordid past, while Joe Tobin must decide between his family and his integrity. Ellen aids Tom in his investigation of the Tobin's, but in doing so receives some bad news of her own. While locked in the midst of a bitter divorce, Patty and Phil find one piece of common ground in the form of their beloved dog.
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#32 - Don't Forget to Thank Mr. Zedeck
Damages - Season 3 - Episode 6
Patty is under tremendous pressure from the Attorney's Office to make progress in the Tobin case, and winds up striking a bargain with an unlikely source. Ellen discovers some new evidence in Louis Tobin's death and Tom's financial troubles begin to effect him in more obvious ways.
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#33 - George Saunders
Lucky Hank - Season 1 - Episode 2
When George Saunders visits Railton College, the professors scramble to impress the celebrated writer, while Hank is reminded of his own failed writing career. Hank and Lily anticipate an announcement from their daughter Julie.
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#34 - Pilot
Lucky Hank - Season 1 - Episode 1
Hank rants against Railton College, calling it "Mediocrity's Capitol," and the administration is pressured to fire him. Hank and Lily contemplate a future outside of Railton.
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