The BEST episodes written by Diane Frolov
#1 - Love Hurts
Chicago Med - Season 2 - Episode 23
A new hotshot doctor arrives at Chicago Med causing competition for Dr. Rhodes. Dr. Halstead and Dr. Manning work together to diagnose a Syrian refugee without a medical record. When Robin is admitted back into the hospital for more complications, Dr. Reese takes a different approach to her treatment. Distracted from work because of Robin’s worsening case, Dr. Charles is challenged by Goodwin and Noah hosts a graduation party that brings everyone together.
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#2 - Mr. Sandman
Northern Exposure - Season 5 - Episode 12
The aurora borealis causes the residents of Cicely to swap their dreams, exposing secrets. Maggie has Holling's dream about being a cab driver in Quebec, driving his overbearing father around. Ron has Maurice's dream about blue pumps. Joel sleepwalks in search of candy, having a child's dream. Holling has Dave's dream about kayaking with a spatula. Walt has someone's dream (Joel's?) about climbing a never ending tower.
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#3 - Cold Front
Chicago Med - Season 2 - Episode 14
Chicago Med braces for an influx of trauma patients when a pre-dawn pileup finds the hospital in full scramble mode. As a result of the storm and emergencies, supplies become limited and Goodwin, Dr. Manning and Dr. Halstead must deal with making an impossible decision. Meanwhile, Dr. Choi handles a severely burned patient who has one final request and Dr. Charles deals with an agitated patient.
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#4 - Infection (2)
Chicago Med - Season 5 - Episode 4
An entire apartment complex is forced into quarantine when cases of a deadly virus turn into an epidemic. P.D. chases a lead that could point to a case of bioterrorism, and Will gets dangerously close to the suspect.
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#5 - Cicely
Northern Exposure - Season 3 - Episode 23
Joel meets an old man who's returned to Cicely after many years. The man tells him the story of two remarkable women, Roslyn and Cicely, whom transformed the town into "the Paris of the North" back in 1909.
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#6 - The Quest
Northern Exposure - Season 6 - Episode 15
Joel finds a map and brings Maggie with him on a quest to find a mythical city, they meet a belligerent gatekeeper, and when faced with a crossroads, Joel sees his future and departs. Phil cleans out some impacted earwax for Chris, but Chris sues him for malpractice when his inner ear is damaged. Maurice lets Holling know that Michelle is writing an article on restaurants for Alaska Highways magazine, but she can't find any good words to describe the food at the Brick.
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#7 - With a Brave Heart
Chicago Med - Season 4 - Episode 22
Dr. Charles and Caroline set some major plans. Ava fights to keep her relationship with Connor. Agent Lee informs Will of news that may put his life in danger.
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#8 - Our Wedding
Northern Exposure - Season 3 - Episode 22
As their wedding approaches, Adam debates with Joel about women and Eve lets a gung-ho Shelly take over the wedding plans as she worries about more important matters. Maggie and Joel try in their own ways to come to grips with their experience in Juneau.
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#9 - Timing
Chicago Med - Season 1 - Episode 18
Dr. Rhodes treats his mentor and Goodman faces personal issues in the Season 1 finale. Also: April deals with a disorderly patient; Dr. Manning’s past catches up with her; and Sarah’s graduation day arrives, but she remains conflicted about her future.
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#10 - 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.
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#11 - Wake Up Call
Northern Exposure - Season 3 - Episode 19
As spring blossoms, Shelly suffers from a skin rash, Holling gives away eggs, Joel gets a new outlook on patient care from a tribal medicine man and Maggie experiences a spiritual and physical re-awakening with a handsome stranger.
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#13 - The Taking of Dick McWilliams
Magnum, P.I. - Season 2 - Episode 10
Magnum is hired by an old friend's Japanese wife when her now wealthy husband is kidnapped and held for $500,000 ransom. She wants Thomas to deliver the ransom without her strict father, who has never approved of the marriage, finding out. But the further he gets involved, Thomas more and more comes to suspect that not all about the kidnapping is as it seems...
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#14 - Graveyard Shift
Chicago Med - Season 2 - Episode 11
It’s a long night on the graveyard shift at Chicago Med, especially for Dr. Reese, who must deal with pronouncing patients dead on more than one occasion. April gets called in to work, much to the dismay of Tate, who pressures her to slow down. Meanwhile, Dr. Charles passes along some vital news to Dr. Latham, and Goodwin asks Dr. Rhodes to work on a most unusual patient.
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#15 - Get Real
Northern Exposure - Season 3 - Episode 9
A stranded bus of carnival performers brings romance to Marilyn, doubts about her future to Maggie, the mysteries of magic to Chris, and a break to the studious Joel; Shelly however, is pained when Holling becomes fixated on her large feet.
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#16 - Mite Makes Right
Northern Exposure - Season 5 - Episode 13
A musician tries to stop Maurice from storing, in his safe, a 1.6 million-dollar violin he's just bought as an investment. Maggie becomes obsessed with ridding her house of dust mites after she develops an allergy to them. Chris struggles to find inspiration for his latest sculpture. Joel and Maggie have their first date, which ends early because of talk about things microscopic.
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#17 - Does One Door Close and Another One Open?
Chicago Med - Season 8 - Episode 22
Shocking information threatens Jack Dayton's surgery and the future of OR 2.0. Archer goes rogue to save a patient in need. Maggie questions her future at Med.
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#18 - Up River
Northern Exposure - Season 6 - Episode 8
Maurice sends Ed after Joel, who's moved up river; and Joel tells Ed of the few days he and Maggie spent together, where every time they got together, there was gunfire. Chris hires a contractor to improve the lot around his trailer and it turns his world upside down. When Walt goes away to check his traps, Ruth-Anne realizes that she's fallen in love and tries to fight it.
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#19 - The Tipping Point
Chicago Med - Season 3 - Episode 20
Dr. Rhodes second guesses his decision to remove himself from the team of doctors who work to separate conjoined twins. Dr. Choi and April make a startling discovery about his sister, Emily, and Dr. Charles uncovers troubling information concerning Dr. Reese’s father. Season Finale
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#20 - Old Tree
Northern Exposure - Season 4 - Episode 25
The town's oldest tree is dying. Shelly wakes up and finds that she can't talk, but she can sing. The town asks Joel to diagnose Old Vicki. Chris goes wireless and is freed from the confines of the broadcast booth. Shelly's singing starts to get on Holling's nerves. Maggie tries to be pleasant to Joel and the result of all this kindness is that Joel keeps getting injured. Maurice is intent on bringing the tree down. Shelly becomes worried that she may never talk again. After the felling of Old Vicki, the town has a wake. Maurice feels remorse after the felling of Old Vicki. Maggie and Joel cut a deal to try keeping Joel injury free.
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#21 - Alternative Medicine
Chicago Med - Season 2 - Episode 6
Dr. Manning tends to a young cancer patient and struggles to inform the parents of her dire condition. Elsewhere, Dr. Reese gets contacted by Danny, the troubled young man, and turns to Dr. Charles and Det. Lindsay for help in resolving a difficult situation. Goodwin and Maggie do their best to clear the logjam in the hospital and Dr. Rhodes fine-tunes his instincts after both Dr. Latham and Dr. Halstead pick up on things he doesn’t. Meanwhile, a teenage science geek and her friends impress Dr. Choi and Natalie with their bio-engineering lab.
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#22 - Soprano Home Movies
The Sopranos - Season 6 - Episode 13
Bobby and Janice host a wild 47th birthday bash for Tony at their Adirondacks vacation home. Tony's actions following Johnny Sack's arrest come back to haunt him.
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#23 - You'd Be Surprised
Boardwalk Empire - Season 3 - Episode 5
Rothstein vents to Nucky and delivers a message to Gyp. Gaston Means sees an opportunity. Billie gets a new co-start. Van Alden and Sigrid receive an unexpected visitor. Gillian worries about her business.
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#24 - When to Let Go (2)
Chicago Med - Season 4 - Episode 2
The doctors and nurses of Chicago Med find themselves on high alert when an overflow of patients are rushed into the doors following a terrifying apartment complex blaze. Dr. Rhodes fights to save the life of one of “Chicago Fire’s” own, while Dr. Halstead and his brother Jay struggle with their own personal battle. [Chicago Fire S07E02 Going to War (1)] [Chicago P.D. S06E02 Endings (3)]
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#25 - The Fleshy Part of the Thigh
The Sopranos - Season 6 - Episode 4
Tony goes home and returns to business, perhaps with a new frame of mind. Paulie receives a shock about his mother.
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#26 - Dead Man's Channel
Magnum, P.I. - Season 2 - Episode 2
After her archaeologist father's boat is found deserted at sea in the Nehoa Channel, a young marine biologist student hires Magnum to find out what happened to him. Ancient superstitions say that the channel is "cursed", and local natives warn Magnum to stay away, but he is determined to get to the bottom of what happened to the missing man, and so, with aid of Rick's yaught, they go hunting for both sunken treasure, and whoever was behind the girl's father's disappearance...
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#27 - I Make A Promise, I Will Never Leave You
Chicago Med - Season 9 - Episode 5
Goodwin recruits Charles to evaluate her ex-husband's memory. Archer treats one of Sean's peers from the rehab center. Asher treats a woman from a rural clinic whose miscarriage was improperly treated.
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#28 - First Snow
Northern Exposure - Season 5 - Episode 10
As the town prepares for winter, a healthy elderly patient tells Joel she is dying, much to his disbelief. Maggie decides to redecorate her house before winter sets in and gets a new chair that no one seems to like. Holling must figure out how many plots to dig at the cemetery before the ground freezes. Shelly lies to Maurice about never saying she loved him and she thinks her nose has begun to grow because of it.
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#29 - Intervention
Chicago Med - Season 1 - Episode 11
Dr. Rhodes and Dr. Choi clash over the final decision made by a dying patient. Meanwhile, a pending lawsuit against Dr. Halstead moves forward, and doctors race to save a patient with a misdiagnosed flesh-eating bacterial disease.
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#30 - All the Things That Could Have Been
Chicago Med - Season 7 - Episode 14
Goodwin assigns Med's new compliance officer to a patient with a long-hauler COVID condition. Maggie helps Halstead treat a patient who's been in an iron lung for 60 years. Hammer learns hard truths about her mother.
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#31 - I Can't Imagine the Future
Chicago Med - Season 5 - Episode 9
April receives unfortunate news that makes her question her future with Ethan. Dr. Charles and Maggie see tough times on the horizon. Natalie’s memory from the accident starts to return.
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#32 - This Could Be the Start of Something New
Chicago Med - Season 8 - Episode 9
Will relies on Crockett and Med's newly donated OR 2.0 to save his patient. Charles helps an elderly confused patient who's mourning the loss of his high school sweetheart. As their wedding day approaches, Ethan and April run into some roadblocks.
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#33 - The Ghosts of the Past
Chicago Med - Season 5 - Episode 17
Dr. Manning and Dr. Charles assist in a complicated case helping a 4-year old who they quickly learn is no stranger to the ED. Dr. Marcel and Dr. Choi tend to a police officer with a mysterious gunshot wound to the abdomen. Relationships are put to the test as secrets are revealed.
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#34 - Lock It Down
Chicago Med - Season 3 - Episode 14
After a baby is abducted from Med, Goodwin enlists the help of Dr. Charles and Dr. Reese to find the suspect. Due to the lockdown, Dr. Rhodes must figure out a way to get into the operating room to help perform open-heart surgery. Dr. Manning and Dr. Halstead disagree on the right treatment for a patient.
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#35 - Tell Me the Truth
Chicago Med - Season 4 - Episode 18
Dr. Rhodes receives an alarming phone call that prompts him to rush out in the middle of an important surgery. Dr. Halstead comes to the aid of an FBI agent who is brought into the ER, but he suspects there is more to the story than he is being told. Dr. Manning and Dr. Choi find themselves on opposite sides of a major disagreement over doctor-patient confidentiality.
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#37 - Us
Chicago Med - Season 1 - Episode 13
A husband makes a request following his wife’s death; Dr. Charles tries to reason with a patient who wants to remove his own arm from his body; a child arrives at the hospital after swallowing magnets; Sarah has last-minute thoughts about her residency.
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#38 - When Did We Begin to Change
Chicago Med - Season 6 - Episode 1
The staff adjusts to the new normal of the pandemic. Dr. Choi, Dr. Lanik and April fight on the front lines. Dr. Halstead and Hannah face a troubling reality. Dr. Charles tries to clear the air with his daughter following recent developments.
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#39 - Ties That Bind
Chicago Med - Season 3 - Episode 6
Ethan attempts to diagnose a man with no symptoms while Sarah’s paranoia goes to the extreme when she uses pepper spray on an aggressive patient. Will treats a young couple willing to sacrifice anything in order to have a baby. Meanwhile, Natalie must inform a woman that she was sterilized as a young girl without knowledge, and Goodwin and Maggie devise a way to persuade paramedics to bring in more patients.
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#40 - Secret Santa Has a Gift for You
Chicago Med - Season 7 - Episode 9
The outcome of Halstead's investigation weighs heavily on his mind as he works with Scott to save an infant. Hammer and Taylor both struggle to keep their secrets. Marcel and Blake work with Abrams to save a patient in need of a liver transplant.
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#41 - Soul Care
Chicago Med - Season 2 - Episode 1
In a period of change in the ED and the hospital, Dr. Rhodes is introduced to Dr. Latham. After Reese declined a post in Pathology (at the end of Season 1), Dr. Charles asks her to become the new Psychology intern. Choi is the new head of the Residents.
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#42 - How Do You Begin to Count the Losses
Chicago Med - Season 8 - Episode 1
In the aftermath of Halstead's apartment fire, Marcel, Choi and Archer work together to try to save the survivors. Charles and Med's new fellow, Cuevas, help a paranoid patient. Scott makes a life-changing decision.
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#43 - All the Lonely People
Chicago Med - Season 4 - Episode 10
April finds herself in a dangerous situation and Natalie gets an update on Will. Dr. Rhodes gears up for a gala honoring his hybrid O.R. and tries to convince Dr. Bekker to join him.
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#44 - Derailed
Chicago Med - Season 1 - Episode 1
The grand opening of Chicago Med’s emergency department is interrupted by victims of an elevated train crash, pushing the staff to their limits.
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#45 - And Now We Come to the End
Chicago Med - Season 7 - Episode 22
Will and Hannah clash over a patient in need of a kidney transplant. Crockett is faced with a tough decision when Blake is in surgery. Ethan and Archer treat the son of Med's general counsel. Med's family grows.
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#46 - Be My Better Half
Chicago Med - Season 4 - Episode 1
Goodwin finds herself quickly clashing with the new hospital COO Gwen Garrett while April questions whether or not Ethan’s sister, Emily, is using again. Dr. Charles deals with his past actions.
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#47 - Speak Your Truth
Chicago Med - Season 3 - Episode 1
As the third season opens, the doctors of Chicago Med take their opinions to the extreme as they try to bring justice to the perpetrator in the shooting of Dr. Charles. Dr. Halstead and Dr. Manning work on a heart-wrenching case that forces them to examine their own matters of the heart. Though Robin’s brain tumor was removed and she is discharged from the rehabilitation center, Dr. Rhodes remains on edge that her problems are not quite resolved. Meanwhile, Rhodes gets blindsided by his colleague Dr. Bekkar, Maggie sticks up for a patient and Dr. Choi and April try to navigate their new working relationship.
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#48 - I Will Come to Save You
Chicago Med - Season 6 - Episode 16
Carol receives a second chance at life when a new heart becomes available. Ethan and Archer find themselves in hot water with an old patient. Will faces the consequences of the stolen trial medication.
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#49 - Folie à Deux
Chicago Med - Season 3 - Episode 11
After a neighbor is stabbed, Dr. Choi enlists the help of April to figure out who is the real cause of the incident. Dr. Bekker and Dr. Rhodes expertise is put to the test when Noah misdiagnoses a patient. Dr. Charles is put in an uncomfortable position when Dr. Reese’s estranged father comes to him as a patient without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Dr. Manning rushes to save a baby with whooping cough.
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#50 - Cold Stones
The Sopranos - Season 6 - Episode 11
Phil takes out his revenge on Vito, while Tony grows frustrated with Anthony's lack of ambition or work ethic.
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