The BEST episodes written by Joe Hortua
#1 - Control
The Night Shift - Season 4 - Episode 4
A patient from a distant town arrives for surgery. Meanwhile, Jordan gets creative to help a veteran in need; Drew struggles with being a working parent; Kenny learns to not worry about trivial matters; and TC joins in a daring rescue mission in Syria.
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#2 - The Scare in the Score
Bones - Season 12 - Episode 7
When a series of corpses with ties to Booth’s former Army unit appear around D.C., Booth must dive into his past to find the killer before the killer finds Booth. Meanwhile, Brennan’s father, Max, hides a serious medical procedure from Brennan, leaving her to grapple with her father’s trust and mortality, as well as her family being in danger.
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#3 - The Biggest Life
Home Before Dark - Season 2 - Episode 9
Tragedy strikes the Lisko family. Hilde loses her paper. Izzy takes a stand.
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#4 - England
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 9
Sam and fam take a trip. Sam needs the circle to be complete.
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#6 - High Man. Bye Man.
Better Things - Season 4 - Episode 7
Sam goes to the weed store and visits her brother and Frankie and Sam eat ice cream.
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#10 - The Fight in the Fixer
Bones - Season 11 - Episode 15
The team investigates the body of a private investigator who was found frozen in ice, after being dumped in the Potomac. The victim, a man with many enemies, was a “fixer” who made sure his cllients’ problems got “resolved.” Meanwhile, Aubrey is shocked to find information tied to his father’s whereabouts, Angela and Hodgins continue to work on their rocky relationship, Brennan and Booth get Christine’s first report card and criminal behaviorist Karen Delfs asks Aubrey out on a date.
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#11 - Batceañera
Better Things - Season 4 - Episode 9
Sam throws Frankie a Batceñera.
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#12 - Just a Bird
Home Before Dark - Season 2 - Episode 7
Hilde and her friends face the consequences of their actions. The Liskos try to help Sylvester jog his memory.
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#13 - Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It
Backstrom - Season 1 - Episode 10
When a young female sex surrogate is found dead in Portland's Rose Garden, the S.C.U. investigates what could be a crime of lust, rage, passion or possibly even love. Meanwhile, Backstrom receives very upsetting news about his mother.
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#14 - Canyon Flowers
Life (2007) - Season 2 - Episode 11
A food bank delivery man is found buried up to his neck in a backyard.Crews disregards the FBI's warning and confronts Mickey Rayborn about his role in the conspiracy that put Crews in jail.
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#15 - The Promise in the Palace
Bones - Season 11 - Episode 7
The team investigates the murder of an escape artist whose body is found in the woods. They discover that the victim worked at the Magic Palace, and had some secret activities in the works that might have made him enemies in the magic community. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth poll their friends as to whether or not the tooth fairy should visit Christine, and Angela continues to work with Sebastian Kohl on her photography.
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#16 - Bella
Backstrom - Season 1 - Episode 2
Arson investigator Samantha Orland calls upon the Special Crimes Unit for help with a case that gets escalated to attempted murder when a serial arsonist's most recent fire involves a family. Although all evidence points to a local fire artist, Backstrom is positive their arsonist is someone they least suspect. The investigation takes a turn when the team discovers evidence missing from the crime scene and Backstrom suspects someone insides the investigation. Meanwhile, Backstrom gets tormented by childhood neighbors who stole something very special from him when he was younger and Valentine helps Niedermayer recover stolen evidence
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#17 - Jesus Saves
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 8
Sam deals with anxiety.
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#20 - Rip Taylor's Cell Phone
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 2
Sam makes a choice.
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#21 - Ephemera
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 4
Sam learns about pronouns and finance.
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#22 - San Francisco
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 6
Sam goes to San Francisco for a job while Max holds down the fort.
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#23 - Oh, I'm Not Gonna Tell Her
Better Things - Season 5 - Episode 3
Sam volunteers.
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#24 - Give 'Til It Hurts
Backstrom - Season 1 - Episode 8
Backstrom and the S.C.U. investigate a hit-and-run that leaves a wealthy woman dead. When the evidence points to vehicular homicide, the S.C.U. looks into controversy involving her charitable endeavors and finds that perhaps not everyone was pleased with her philanthropy. Meanwhile, Backstrom's unhealthy habits stand in the way of him pleasing both his doctor and his ex-fiancée.
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#25 - Nesting
Better Things - Season 3 - Episode 3
Sam sees old friends and cooks for everyone.
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#26 - Troy
Apples Never Fall - Season 1 - Episode 5
Troy makes a risky decision while evading the police, who know he's hiding important information about his mother’s disappearance.
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#27 - Get Lit
Better Things - Season 3 - Episode 11
Sam chaperones and Frankie slams.
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#28 - The Exile
Cane - Season 1 - Episode 9
Alex's plan to bring down Joe for his illegal land deals falls apart, and instead the Duque Rum trucks are hijacked by mobsters. When Pancho learns of everything that Alex's been up to, he forces him to step down as CEO of the company.
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