The BEST episodes written by Alan Di Fiore

#1 - Immolation

The Expanse - Season 3 - Episode 6

The final battle between Earth and Mars threatens the very future of humanity. A new monster is unleashed on Prospero Station. Anna receives the smoking gun she needs.

#2 - A City Called Heaven

The Long Road Home - Season 1 - Episode 5

Tomas Young learns about the realities of war, beginning a lifelong struggle through which he'll touch countless lives.

#3 - Red Door (1)

The Bridge - Season 1 - Episode 1

When beat cop Frank Leo becomes fed up with the corrupt police brass, he leads a walkout strike and makes himself a target as a renegade union rep.

#4 - The Fat Lady Sings the Blues

The Bridge - Season 1 - Episode 3

"Play by the book" rules are set aside when Frank looks into the death of a retired narcotics officer.

#5 - Highway of Tears

Grimm - Season 4 - Episode 6

The justification for Nick to become a Grimm again is made much clearer in the wake of the most recent attack against Monroe and Rosalee. At work, Nick and Hank are called to a stretch of highway that acts as a staging area for a horrifying Wesen ritual. In Vienna, Viktor meets with a completely broken Adalind, now ready to be of assistance in finding and retrieving the baby. Meanwhile, Trubel is surprised by the sudden arrival of an old friend.

#6 - Speed Demon

Ghost Whisperer - Season 2 - Episode 14

Melinda's Jeep breaks down on a deserted road and a young woman who owns an auto shop comes by to help. Melinda meets a ghost who comes to her in the form of a skeleton. Melinda must first decipher the mysterious code that is linked to the drag racing society. Melinda finds that Ned is involved with the society and needs his help. Ned lies to his mom and sneaks out to go to the drag races. At the end the ghost finds closure and crosses over into the light.

#7 - Mr. Sandman

Grimm - Season 2 - Episode 15

While trying to work out the ramifications of his new alliance with Renard, Nick investigates a murder where the victim was blinded with parasites sprayed into her eyes. Meanwhile, Juliette's hallucinations become clearer, and Adalind asks for help with her pregnancy.

#8 - Plumed Serpent

Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 14

While investigating an arson-related homicide with Hank, Nick finds himself in the heated world of Portland fire-dancing where he meets a woman who might just be too hot to handle. With Monroe’s help, Nick will have to find out if he can investigate the case without getting himself or those close to him burned.

#9 - Big Feet

Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 21

After Juliette stumbles upon a brutal murder, Nick learns the suspected creature, and friend of Monroe, is suffering from a mysterious condition — the inability to completely return to human form. This mysterious condition leads them to a therapist who’s created an artificial drug to suppress the creature side, with horrifying side effects. Meanwhile, the investigation takes a surprising turn when Hank sees something he can’t quite explain.

#10 - Tarantella

Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 11

Nick and Hank find themselves on the hunt for a deadly heartbreaker leaving behind a web of dead bodies. Meanwhile, Nick’s growing recognition among the creature world is starting to threaten not only his safety but Juliette’s as well, and it may be time for him to take action to keep her safe.

#11 - Mishipeshu

Grimm - Season 4 - Episode 18

A homicide leads Nick and Hank onto the dark and mysterious path of a local Native American power quest. Meanwhile, Juliette's erratic behavior lands her on the wrong side of the law. At the spice shop, Rosalee and Monroe are on a mission and call on Captain Renard for help.

#12 - Once We Were Gods

Grimm - Season 3 - Episode 15

Nick and Hank find themselves thrown into the middle of an ancient battle and things heat up when the Wesen Council decides to get involved. Monroe and Rosalee fill everyone in on early Wesen history. Meanwhile, Sgt. Wu is still reeling from the events he recently experienced. As things heat up in Europe, one of the Resistance’s most trusted allies gets compromised as he tries to protect Adalind.

#13 - 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.

#14 - Red Menace

Grimm - Season 3 - Episode 9

Nick and Hank investigate a Wesen "healer" whose ability holds risks that far outweigh its rewards. Meanwhile, Juliette takes in a friend when domestic issues escalate and Hank makes a move on his physical therapist Zuri. Elsewhere, Captain Renard finally tracks down Adalind and has a stern warning for her.

#15 - Of Mouse and Man

Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 9

While investigating a gruesome homicide, Nick learns that a seemingly mild-mannered resident could be festering a potential monster created from a dark childhood. Meanwhile, Monroe is sent an unsettling message by the creature community, who are beginning to wonder if his priorities lie with them or a Grimm.

#16 - Lonelyhearts

Grimm - Season 1 - Episode 4

After investigating a strange cluster of female deaths and disappearances, Nick sends Monroe undercover to get a whiff of a hypnotic suspect. In the meantime, a stranger shows up looking to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a Grimm, but he'll have to get past Captain Renard.

#17 - You See How It Begins?

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 10

A jockey is found dead in a stall at the race track. Da Vinci investigates. A former member of the Guatemalan secret police claims to be dying after being attacked at a bus stop. Pursuing the attacker, Leary confronts the harsh truth about the victim's past.

#18 - We All Fall Down

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1 - Episode 6

The Coroner's office investigates the cause of a devastating fire at a seniors' care facility that left most of the residents dead and an elderly man missing. Arson or accident may have caused the fire but while he investigates with Chief Fire Investigator Henry Whiteside, Da Vinci uncovers evidence of abuse at the home. The harsh realities of caring for the elderly are brought into sharp focus by his own mother's increasing inability to care for his father alone. Mick's partner Kosmo and his brother Danny have struck up a friendship that has the potential for a romance. Danny's club looks like it might get off the ground, although his business partners appear to be mob-connected.

#19 - Too Late For Mr. Early

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 1

Working with Shannon and Leary, Da Vinci investigates an apparent suicide in the woods of an ex-convict released on day parole. Patricia starts her new job as a professor at the university. Sunny finds some artifacts of interest in historic Chinatown. Detective Kosmo tries a new approach to an old unsolved case.

#20 - Cheap Aftershave

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 4

A detained Chinese boat migrant dies while on a hunger strike. Da Vinci investigates. Shannon and Leary's prime suspect is a possible stalker as they continue their investigation of a double homicide.

#21 - Ugly Quick

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 5

An officer is shot dead and Detective Leary is in the hot seat. Da Vinci and Kurtz investigate the circumstances surrounding the police shooting.

#22 - A Cinderella Story (1)

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 1

Da Vinci is back in the headlines when he calls for Vancouver City to set up a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort, and the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes who are presumed dead.

#23 - Birds Have Been At Her

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 6

When a dead woman is found floating at sea in a small boat, Da Vinci is called in to investigate. Shannon and Leary probe the disappearance of a young pregnant woman.

#24 - Sixes and Sevens

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 8

Traffic Inspector Zack McNab calls in Da Vinci to investigate a suspicious highway accident that's missing a driver. Shannon and Leary look into the murder of an elderly lady in a west end penthouse. Kosmo runs into a dead end with her prime suspect in the case of the missing prostitutes.

#25 - The Hanged Man

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 3

Da Vinci desperately searches for the truth behind a death in custody and implications of police corruption. The death of an elderly woman during a suspected home invasion puts rookie Coroner Winston at odds with the Chief Pathologist.

#26 - Simple, Sad

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 10

Gina asks Da Vinci to look into the hospital death of an infant. Danny Leary joins the undercover operation to get close with the wife of Kosmo's prime suspect.

#27 - Better Broke Than Naked

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 9

Da Vinci leads the search for the body of a boy who fell into a river. Is there something more to the death than just a tragic accident? Kosmo investigates a man whose wife has disappeared. A doctor is shot on his way to a clinic. Shannon and Leary chase down his killer.

#28 - In The Bear Pit

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 13

Zack calls in Da Vinci when a body is found in the trunk of a car at the scene of an accident. Shannon and Leary investigate the death of a man found in the Stanley Park Zoo's deserted bear pit.

#29 - Ass Covering Day

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 5 - Episode 2

Da Vinci investigates the death of a man who was crushed by a parking-garage door. Meanwhile, Shannon and Leary search for suspects involved in a suspicious death.

#30 - His Wife

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 5

Kosmo and Leary discover that when it comes to spousal abuse nothing is simple. Da Vinci steers through a political minefield when a body turns up under suspicious circumstances.

#31 - A Big Enough Fan

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 5 - Episode 3

Da Vinci investigates a cemetery with remains buried together, and declares it a crime scene. Meanwhile, a man claims that a homeless man killed his wife, and another man is injured in a suspicious house fire.

#32 - It's Backwards Day

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 11

In this real-time episode, a hit and run in an alley on the downtown Eastside and a shooting at a convenience store put Da Vinci, Shannon and Leary in a high-pressure situation.

#33 - Oppenheimer Park

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 2

Da Vinci has to track down a body that is stolen conspicuously from the death scene. Shannon and Leary investigate an elderly woman found dead in the washroom of Vancouver's most notorious park.

#34 - Final Chapter

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1 - Episode 11

Patricia Da Vinci's career is on a high when she is asked to be a guest speaker at the prestigious Seattle Homicide Conference. Her presentation involves the recent case of the prostitute serial killer Charlie Josephs, who himself was found murdered. Her re-examination of the case leads to the discovery of several discrepancies and uncovers some new clues in Joseph's death, clues that seem to implicate the police. Sioux, who is now a police informant for Kosmo, implicates Danny in the drug trade and Kosmo is forced to examine her feelings for him.

#35 - Shoulda Been A Priest

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 7

Da Vinci's morning is swamped when a young man is found in a rail yard boxcar and a body washes up under the Burrard Street Bridge. While performing an autopsy with her students, Patricia uncovers some new evidence that may help Detective Kosmo.

#36 - A Cinderella Story (2)

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 2

#37 - Be A Cruel Twist

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 9

A fire in a basement claims two lives and Da Vinci is there to investigate. Shannon and Leary are called to the dig site in Chinatown when Sunny makes a new discovery. An abandoned eastside house may provide the answer to Kosmo's questions.

#38 - Dizzy Looking Down

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 5 - Episode 6

Leary and Shannon investigate whether a hermit killed his wife. Meanwhile, Da Vinci looks into the death of a man who appears to have fallen out of the sky.

#39 - Pretend You Didn't See Me

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 4 - Episode 11

At Vancouver's most notorious street corner, Da Vinci tries to track down the next of kin of a recent suicide, but is called to investigate the bizarre falling death of a schizophrenic man.

#40 - Tommy's on the Corner

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 4

Da Vinci has to untangle the truth of two fatalities that happened during a controversial high-speed police car chase. Shannon and Leary try to solve that the hold up of an armoured car.

#41 - A Nice Place in the Country

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 7

The excavation for a water main turns up human bones. Kosmo takes up the challenge of piecing together the puzzle of Vancouver's 28 missing prostitutes.

#42 - God Forbid We Call It What It Is

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 5 - Episode 7

Da Vinci uncovers some disturbing information about one of the commingled bodies. Meanwhile, Kosmo finds more evidence that a cop may be involved in a drug dealer's death and Rose continues to help Shannon and Leary in their search for a killer.

#43 - Blues in A-Minor

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 8

The death of a child always hits hard for those who have to investigate, especially when it looks like suicide. Da Vinci tries to rein in a community on a quest to publicly expose a suspect.

#44 - The Looking Glass

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 9

A police shooting is always a complicated, politically charged matter. Da Vinci convenes a Coroner's Court to investigate, and untangle the web of conflicting evidence, some of it presented by his closest colleagues

#45 - At First It Was Funny

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 5 - Episode 5

Kosmo investigates the fatal shooting of a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Da Vinci has difficulty with his house-fire investigation, and Leary and Shannon search for suspects in a gas-station robbery.

#46 - Sister's Light

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 6

A fishing boat goes down in calm seas and three men with more than a century of experience die. Da Vinci, who is coping with his own grief, must navigate his way through the secrets of a grieving family, a stonewalling corporation and his own sympathies to find the truth.

#47 - The Lottery

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 10

Da Vinci and Shannon investigate a death that brings them face to face with their own ethics. Meanwhile, Leary takes on a dangerous undercover assignment.

#48 - This Shit Is Evil

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 6

Da Vinci investigates the death of a man left to die outside the emergency room. The whole homicide team is called in when an infant is abducted from her nursery.

#49 - An Act of God

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 7

A decomposed body in the back of a stolen truck puts Shannon and Leary on the trail of a bounty hunter. A young man dies working for his father's contruction company: Da Vinci investigates. Kosmo helps a woman who thinks her husband is an imposter.

#50 - All Tricked Up

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 3 - Episode 8

When the body of a woman is discovered in a trunk shipped across the border, Da Vinci is called in to investigate. Shannon and Leary pursue the killer of a pool hustler burned to death in a car fire.