The BEST episodes written by Gina Gionfriddo
#1 - Chapter 12
House of Cards (US) - Season 1 - Episode 12
The President sends Frank to St. Louis to persuade Raymond Tusk into becoming the new Vice President. Zoe and Janine investigate Peter Russo's death.
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#2 - Masquerade
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 6
Goren and Eames head to Vietnam to pick up Simon Henry Fife, who has recently confessed to the 1992 murder of ten-year-old actress Amberleigh Harner. Both Goren and Eames have trouble believing what Fife has to say, and it isn't long before Goren manages to find holes in Fife's story. Eames and Goren have twenty-four hours to look into the murder and turn their attention to the original investigation, contacting the original officer on the scene. Their investigation leads them to believe that the suspect may be much closer to home than anyone thought.
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#3 - Dollhouse
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 5 - Episode 10
After Joseph Sabo is found lying dead in the street, Barek and Logan investigate who was nearby that night that may have had a motive. They are soon led to Danielle Quinn, who had been blackmailing six different men claiming they fathered her child, asking for money. The detectives realise she was the one who killed Sabo, but when none of her victims will testify against her for fear of their wives finding out what they've done, Barek and Logan hit a dead end.
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#4 - Belly of the Beast
The Alienist - Season 2 - Episode 5
After the horrific murder of a Lying-In Hospital employee, the team are now hot on the heels of the murderer. Sara enlists the help of Joanna to tail their prime suspect. Sara, Kreizler and Moore try and put the pieces together.
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#5 - These Bloody Thoughts
The Alienist - Season 1 - Episode 4
Kreizler and Sara discuss the capacity to kill. Moore goes on a date. Byrnes and Captain Connor keep an eye on a potential suspect. Roosevelt finds himself under public scrutiny.
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#6 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 6
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 6
The jury hears from the brothers for the first time when they testify in court, recounting in detail the years of sexual abuse that led them to fear for their lives.
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#7 - Country Crossover
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 6 - Episode 7
The death of a music producer is initially believed to be connected to his professional interests, but later the attention turns to his romantic interests.
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#8 - Getaway
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 1 - Episode 14
When a father and son bank robbing duo escape from a prison transport van on their way to trial and pick up where they left off, the team must hunt them down before they steal enough money to escape the country. Also, Jess draws on his own personal history to profile the duo's father-son dynamic.
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#9 - Pledge
Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 10
When the son and housekeeper of a pair of prominent biologists are murdered, detectives suspect the couple's work on a controversial pharmaceutical study may have made them targets for the killer.
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#10 - Ghosts
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 1 - Episode 7
After the disappearance of his daughter is ignored by local police, a Native American man decides to take matters into his own hands. When his search escalates to murder, the team must track him down before his crusade claims any more lives.
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#12 - Toxic
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 2 - Episode 13
The team tracks two brothers set on getting revenge against members of the company that caused their town’s environmental destruction. Also, Sarah meets the rest of the LaCroix family, including Jess’ sister, Louise.
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#13 - Silver Smile
The Alienist - Season 1 - Episode 3
Innovative evidence leads the team to discover a crucial element in the case has gone missing. Kreizler and Moore interview a witness to find out what happened to Moore at the Brothel. Sara attempts to live in a world outside the investigation. Kreizler challenges them to look within themselves.
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#14 - Inheritance
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 3 - Episode 21
When a wealthy East Hamptons couple are killed by a female con artist posing as a personal trainer, the team works to find out her true identity and track her down. Also, Ortiz is put in a tough place when Hana’s brother asks a favor.
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#15 - Labyrinth
The Alienist - Season 2 - Episode 3
All is not what it seems at the Lying-In Hospital as Sara persuades a young nurse to disclose what happens behind closed doors. Kreizler is convinced that hypnosis might unlock the traumatic memories of Senora Linares.
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#16 - Ride or Die
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 1 - Episode 12
After a manipulative student commits murder in a fit of jealousy, the team races to capture her before she escapes across the border. Also, Jess teaches Tali how to stand up to bullies.
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#17 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 3
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 3
With the boys in custody on murder charges, the defense attorney is looking for a motive. Meanwhile, the prosecution goes after the psychiatrist to release his audio notes from his sessions with Lyle and Erik.
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#18 - The Drowned and the Saved
Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 22
A prominent charity executive is murdered and claims of stalking and blackmail surface during the investigation.
#19 - Vacancy
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 5 - Episode 17
Goren and Eames investigate after a bridesmaid, Megan, is found dead in the cheap motel room she had been sharing with Alice, another bridesmaid at their friend Tory's wedding. The two detectives start with investigating Pete and Jayson, the two guys the women had met at Brasserie Nylorac, but soon realise that Alice's story has a lot of holes in it, and the presence of cigar smoke around Megan, a young woman who hated smoking, leads Goren and Eames to suspect that the killer had a personal connection to Megan. Their investigation soon leads them to a cab driver named Lester Summerhill, whom they soon realise is an actor preparing for the ultimate role.
#21 - Prisoner
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 5 - Episode 3
Prison warden William Hendry is found brutalised after he goes to drop off a large ransom payment for his wife, kidnapped years earlier by an escaped convict. Eames and Goren track down Jenny Hendry, living happily under a new name, and begin to realise that Hendry isn't the squeaky clean martyr that he's been portrayed as for years, especially once they discover that Jenny's supposed 'kidnapper' was originally hired by the warden to kill his wife.
#22 - Betrayal
Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 11
The murder of a psychiatrist focuses the suspect list to his clients and wife, and the defense of the murderer will challenge the D.A.'s office to somehow show the jury that a bad childhood is not a justification for crime.
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#23 - Hairtrigger
FBI: Most Wanted - Season 1 - Episode 3
When a young man is traumatized by his experience surviving a mass shooting, and radicalized into becoming an anti-government terrorist, the team must act quickly to track him down before he can exact revenge on those he believes failed him.
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#24 - Beast
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 4 - Episode 19
When Lisa Ross is brought into the emergency room with a severe case of cloracne, suspicion quickly turns to her husband Greg, a well-known dentist, especially after she dies. During their investigation, Goren and Eames hear whispers about Lisa's infidelities, but the real break comes with they learn that Lisa is not the first woman Greg Ross has been connected to who died of the same symptoms years earlier. After discovering Lisa's connection to Greg's former fiancée Morgan Dexler, Goren and Eames believe they have the answer, but they're not there yet.
#25 - Bogeyman
Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 15
A novelist's apparent suicide soon changes to a murder investigation with suspects that include a cult and her husband, but Cutter's case may not be closed when jury tampering puts lives at risk.
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#26 - Driven
Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 5
Lupo and Green investigate the shooting death of young white teenager and a 9 year old black girl. The investigation hits a brick wall when both white and black communities refuse to talk - an unfortunate result of formerly black neighbourhoods being bought out by rich whites. The detectives discover that the teenage victim and two of his friends had a basketball taken from them by a black teenager which eventually led to an altercation with deadly consequences and subsequently to surprising culprits.
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#27 - Executioner
Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 9
A case of mistaken identity leads Green and Lupo to suspect that a murdered doctor may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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#28 - Crimebusters
Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 13
An unconscious war widow and her lifeless infant are found in the rubble of a bombed army recruitment center; Jack McCoy is forced to make one of the most unpopular decisions of his career.