The BEST episodes written by Howard Chaykin
#2 - Aftermath
Viper - Season 4 - Episode 8
An apparent terrorist bombing camouflages an elaborate plot for an heir to claim her father's million-dollar pension.
#3 - White Fire
Viper - Season 2 - Episode 7
A string of diamond thefts points to a notorious criminal, but she cooperates with the Viper team to catch whom she claims is the real culprit.
#5 - Standoff
Viper - Season 2 - Episode 6
Thieves after a new weapon have the Viper team trapped in an abandoned refinery.
#6 - Paper Trail
Viper - Season 3 - Episode 14
Cole's girlfriend becomes a prime suspect in a million-dollar robbery.
#7 - Hidden Agenda
Viper - Season 3 - Episode 4
An arson killing rings a bell for Cole, who investigated similar cases years ago and suspects they're related. His only lead is a mysterious woman who was on the scene.
#8 - Ex Marks the Spot
Mutant X - Season 1 - Episode 18
Shalimar's former boyfriend shows up and is trying to recover a Fabrege Egg that holds a microchip of extraordinary power.
#9 - Ghost in the Machine
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 9
The Ghost, a villain from 1955 emerges from a deep freeze, intent on continuing his plan to extort money from the city. Nightshade comes out of retirement to help the Flash stop him.
#10 - The Trickster
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 12
An insane magician wreaks havoc throughout Central City as the maniacally clever Trickster.
#11 - The Trial of the Trickster
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 22
With the help of an insane admirer who wants to be his sidekick, the Trickster escapes from police custody and places the Flash under his mind control.
#13 - Thief of Hearts
Viper - Season 1 - Episode 12
An artificial heart that will save the life of a young girl is stolen.
#15 - I Scream the Body Electric (2)
Mutant X - Season 1 - Episode 2
Brennan is captured and falls under Eckhart's control, and forced to work against the New Mutants.
#16 - Deadly Nightshade
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 16
There's a new vigilante in town, the Deadly Nightshade, who fights crime by killing criminals. The Flash and the original Nightshade team up to take him down.
#17 - Past as Prologue
Mutant X - Season 2 - Episode 1
Ashlocke revives an ancient Egyptian alchemist in an attempt to preserve his own life.
#18 - Done with Mirrors
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 19
A battery is stolen by a criminal calling himself the Mirror Master. He soon steals a crystal from Star Labs. Tina will get fired if they can't recover the crystal. Tina's mother comes for a visit, and an old friend of Barry's also stirs up trouble.
#19 - Watching the Detectives
The Flash - Season 1 - Episode 3
The corrupt District Attorney Thomas Castillo hires a private eye named Megan Lockhart to find out the Flash's identity. He then blackmails Barry to work for him, or he'll expose his secret.
#20 - In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Mutant X - Season 1 - Episode 8
Jesse falls in love with a computer hacker, who Eckhart wants to "procure" to use to corrupt the public computer news channels against New Mutants and to the GSA's benefit.
#21 - Chances Are
Human Target - Season 1 - Episode 7
Chance finds himself falling for a TV journalist whose life is being threatened by a group she has been attempting to expose.
#23 - Rogue
The Sentinel (1996) - Season 1 - Episode 7
While guest-lecturing in Blair's anthropology class, Jim saves the entire building from a deadly gas leak designed to distract the attention while a canister of the Ebola virus was being stolen from the hazardous materials lab.
#24 - Survival
The Sentinel (1996) - Season 2 - Episode 22
Dawson Quinn, a cop-killing thief who stole five million dollars that has never been found, is transported through forested wilderness. The convoy is attacked and the criminals flee with Banks as hostage.