The BEST episodes written by Judith Mccreary
#1 - Venom
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 7 - Episode 18
Ken Randall calls Benson for help after he's picked up in an alley late at night. He claims that he was looking for a body after overhearing a man talk about murdering a woman and dumping her body while he was at the bar that night. Tutuola is upset that no one informed him, and determined to clear his son's name even though Ken immediately gets his own lawyer. Tutuola turns his eye on Ken's cousin, Darius Parker, who was with Ken that night and has been in and out of trouble for years, and after Ken voluntarily submits his DNA to clear his name, a shocking family connection between Darius and Ken is revealed. Darius confesses to having murdered the woman and her baby, but his confession is out because no one had contacted his lawyer.
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New York Undercover - Season 3 - Episode 24
The detectives go after a bank robbery ring. Torres and Moreno get married. Musical performance by Johnny Gill.
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#3 - Execution
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 - Episode 15
As an inmate gets closer and closer to his death penalty sentence, Stabler struggles to find out whether that man was the perpetrator of a different crime with an unidentified murderer. Dr. Huang assists Stabler but the investigation goes haywire to mixed results.
#4 - Closure (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 2 - Episode 3
Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked six months ago whose victim follows her alleged attacker and reports his activities to the police. (Part 1: "Closure": season 1, episode 10.)
#5 - Kill the Noise
New York Undercover - Season 3 - Episode 6
A California rapper is shot, sparking off a war between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Musical performance by New Edition, Busta Rhymes, Chuck D., Doug E. Fresh, M.C. Lyte and Richie Rich.
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#6 - The Lie
Secrets and Lies (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 10
Certain that he is not responsible for Tom's death, Ben tries to finally relax and enjoy the Christmas that he missed with his family -- until a shocking discovery changes his plans. Meanwhile, with the evidence having been re-tested, Cornell puts all the pieces together and prepares to make an arrest. But in the stunning conclusion, Ben makes a decision that will change his family's life forever. The nightmare is only just starting.
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New York Undercover - Season 3 - Episode 19
A female bounty hunter uses Williams to help find a fugitive in protective custody. Natasha visits the precinct. Musical performance by Lisa Stansfield.
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#8 - The Truth
Secrets and Lies (2015) - Season 2 - Episode 10
Patrick grapples with his new reality, as Detective Cornell closes in on Kate’s killer, and the murderer is finally exposed. Meanwhile, Danny frantically continues his search for his daughter, hoping to get one more chance to be a real dad. However, in the end, it is Cornell that faces a devastating surprise.
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New York Undercover - Season 3 - Episode 12
Lt. Cooper is taken hostage in her office by a man threatening to blow up the precinct if his son is not reprieved from a death-row sentence. Nina learns the daughter she gave up for adoption 11 years ago wants to meet her. Musical performance by Groove Theory.
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#10 - The Mother
Secrets and Lies (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 9
Ben’s discovery in the attic further exacerbates his tension with Christy, who, to make matters worse, continues to keep the kids away from him. When Ben finally does get some much needed father-daughter time with Abby at the Christmas fair, an unwelcome guest changes the course of the evening. Meanwhile, after the leak in the crime lab left most of the forensic evidence in Tom’s case unusable, Det. Cornell refuses to sit idly by and wait for everything to be re-tested. She returns to the crime scene, hoping to find something new to drive her towards an arrest.
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#11 - 10-13
East New York - Season 1 - Episode 10
With Bentley fighting for his life, Haywood and team race to track down the shooter, whose true target may have been another one of their own.
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New York Undercover - Season 3 - Episode 5
Nina and McNamara work together on a case where two robbers are murdered. Nina freezes in battle and has to make a difficult choice. G continues rebelling and gets caught running with juvenile delinquents. Musical performance by Blackstreet.
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#13 - One Small Step
Doc (US) - Season 1 - Episode 4
Amy must confront who she has become after the tragedy that struck her family seven years ago. Sonya and TJ disagree on how to treat a sick Marine, and Amy and Jake make a life-changing discovery about an Alzheimer’s patient.
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#14 - Screwed
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 8 - Episode 22
Darius Parker (Ludacris), goes on trial for the rape and murder of a woman and her 14-month old child. The case brings Fin under fire from the media and even has Munch and Stabler at odds. Novak prosecutes the trial that brings Stabler and Tutuola, among others, to the stand. Many previous stories are brought into the trial
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#15 - Confession
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 10 - Episode 2
Teenage boy Eric Byers admits himself into the squad room, and warns the team about an unnatural desire towards his younger stepbrother, Cory Kelly. Detective Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson’s suspicions arise, and Eric admits to also looking at a website to try to curb his pedophilic urge. With no crime committed, the detectives decide to investigate this “self-help” website for pedophiles leading them to it’s creator, Jake Berlin. Eric’s rage induced stepfather is also questioned, and shortly after Eric is found missing. The detectives must race to place the clues together to find and stop Eric before any crime is committed.
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#16 - Asunder
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 2 - Episode 7
The truth behind the alleged rape of a woman by her police officer husband comes to light when a history of domestic abuse is uncovered.
#17 - Burned
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 8 - Episode 11
Stabler and Benson find themselves on opposite sides when Valerie Sennet accuses her estranged husband, Miles Sennet, of breaking into her home and raping her. Because Miles has no history of violence and Valerie refuses to allow detectives to use her daughter Tessa as a witness, he is soon released, and Stabler and Benson continue to clash as Benson remains convinced that Miles raped Valerie and is a danger, and Stabler believes it may be a case of a wife crying foul to punish her soon-to-be ex-husband.
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#18 - Unstable
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 11 - Episode 1
Officer Nate Kendall aids a woman in trouble and becomes roped into solving a rape case. While Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson believe that Kendall is not right for the case due to his unstable personality, Executive ADA Sonya Paxton joins the team, bringing evidence of a common thread among three other rape cases. With Paxton’s help, the team might expose a serial rapist.
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#20 - The Cop
Secrets and Lies (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Ben visits a prison inmate who provides information that might prove Detective Cornell is pushing the boundaries of the law. As he attempts to bring Cornell down, an anonymous tip puts the spotlight back on Ben as the prime suspect, and the Crawford family finally collapses under the strain.
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#21 - The Husband
Secrets and Lies (2015) - Season 2 - Episode 2
Eric’s shocking past transgression leads Detective Cornell to interrogate him, revealing the first of Kate’s many secrets. Desperate to prove that his life with Kate wasn’t just one big lie, Amanda helps him search for answers. Despite her strong objections, Eric wants to bring his new findings to Detective Cornell. However, once he sees an ex-girlfriend – one of his worst nightmares – with Cornell at the police station, his hopes of redirecting her investigation quickly fade.
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#22 - PTSD
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 10 - Episode 9
The death of a marine who was pregnant by a rapist puts the unit at odds with the Pentagon when they fight to keep the case, and Benson's flashbacks of her own assault may further impede the investigation.
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#23 - Signature
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 9 - Episode 12
A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".
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#24 - Cold
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 9 - Episode 19
The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.
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#25 - Turmoil
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 11 - Episode 8
Stabler is torn between a troubling rape case which victim has had pictures posted on the net and his son, whose friend's actions may endanger a life and both of their futures.
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#26 - Snapped
East New York - Season 1 - Episode 4
When the team receives an unusual call for police assistance, they must employ creative methods to defuse a critical family conflict. Also, Haywood's mother encourages her to connect with her estranged father, and rookie officer Bentley bristles at career advice from his mentor, Sandeford.
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#27 - Broken Mirror
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 5
The BAU investigates the kidnapping of a U.S. District Attorney's daughter and determines the kidnapper isn't seeking money -- he's after her twin sister.
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#28 - In the Bag
East New York - Season 1 - Episode 18
The 7-4’s investigation into a violent home invasion leads them to question one of their own. Also, Morales contends with a situation at her son’s school, and Haywood is forced to confront her father’s past.
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New York Undercover - Season 2 - Episode 21
Williams poses as a member of a militant religious group engaged in an ongoing conflict with a religious sect. Torres's father receives devastating news.
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#30 - Doomsday
FBI - Season 1 - Episode 5
Special Agents Maggie Bell and OA Zidan investigate the death of a safety inspector and its possible connection to a leak at a nuclear power plant.
#31 - What Fresh Hell?
Criminal Minds - Season 1 - Episode 12
When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.
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#32 - Denial
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 - Episode 21
When a heroin junkie is found raped, Tutuola takes an interest in Claire, but he's not the only one. When they find a finger in her purse, it opens a can of worms that spans back thirteen years, to when a teenaged Claire witnessed her mother beating her baby sister Lisa to death, and even further back, when Claire's grandmother, Rose, turns Grace in for the murder of her first-born son, Anthony, years before Claire was born.
#33 - Dirty
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 12 - Episode 14
Detective Saliyah “Sunny” Qadri goes in search of Brooklyn District Attorney Page Ferguson, who she fears may be in danger. Qadri finds Ferguson just in time to witness her fall from the top of a parking garage. When Benson arrives, she discovers that the crime scene has been tampered with. Benson turns to an old friend, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson for help. As the investigation progresses, Benson begins to question Ferguson’s suspicious past and Qadri’s involvement in the case.
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#34 - Pursuit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 12 - Episode 17
The TV host of a show that spotlights predators receives threats to her safety, and this reawakens her hunt for her sister's abductor. An ADA with connections to the TV host then assists detectives in their investigation.
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#35 - Educated Guess
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 13 - Episode 8
A patient in a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a sexual assault. However, although the supposed victim is a fellow patient who has a history of making rape allegations, she denies being assaulted this time.
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New York Undercover - Season 2 - Episode 8
Moreno poses as a nurse. to solve a newborn's abduction.
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#37 - Merchandise
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 12 - Episode 4
The duo are called to look into the death of Carly, a teenage girl involved in an apparent hit-and-run case at a local farmers’ market. However, this incident was more than a straightforward traffic accident. Carly was a vulnerable adolescent who had been forced to work for a shady organisation known as Mission Farms after her desperate, cash-strapped father sold her to the group. The reason that Dr Warner wants her death investigated is that she showed signs not only of having been starved but also of having recently given birth. Fin and Dr Huang track down Carly’s brother Micah, who was also sold to the group. He tells them some disturbing facts about Mission Farms, including a further shocking revelation about his sister. When US Attorney Christine Danielson hears the details of the case, she vows to help her former colleagues expose the traffickers. Using her high rank and influence, she pulls strings and discovers some vital information from a prisoner with connections to this shady underworld. The team decide to mount a dramatic rescue operation at the farm, which results in a tense face-off with the traffickers.
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#38 - No Humans Involved
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 5 - Episode 10
Grissom and his team investigate the starving death of a five year old boy. They discover the boy has siblings who are in danger too. Catherine and her team determine who killed a prisoner in a holding cell brawl.
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#39 - Noncompliance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 2 - Episode 6
The question of patients' rights surfaces when a schizophrenic man refusing to take his medication is a suspect in the stabbing death of psychiatric doctoral student.
#40 - No More Bets
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 4 - Episode 22
Grissom and Warrick investigate the murder of two men who had scammed Sam Braun's casinos.
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#41 - Baggage
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 10 - Episode 18
A turf war ensues when Stabler and Tutuola link an artist's murder to a serial killer, and the detective assigned to that case focuses more on their involvement in an investigation he believes belongs solely to him than on identifying the killer.
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#42 - Big Middle
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 5 - Episode 16
Catherine, Nick, and Warrick investigate a badly mutilated body in the woods. The cause of death was a shotgun blast. Nearby is a beaver dam made in part with cash. Grissom, Sarah, and Nick try to determine how a man was killed in a hotel room. It leads them to a convention of big women.
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New York Undercover - Season 2 - Episode 14
After being freed, a policeman's murderer is killed--and the cop's partner is under investigation. Meanwhile, the murderer's girlfriend plots revenge on the gang leader who ordered the officer's death.
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#44 - Ridicule
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 - Episode 10
What appears as an accidental death leads to a case involving a male stripper who claims that the deceased was one of three women who raped him at a bachelorette party.
#45 - Disabled
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 11 - Episode 17
Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler are called in to investigate when a disabled woman, Cara Benson, is beaten and raped. Though the victim's condition has rendered her unable to speak, the detectives soon deduce that someone close to her is responsible, with the lead suspects being her resentful sister and troubled nephew. As the investigation continues, Benson and Stabler strive to make Cara comfortable with coming forward to stand up for herself and illuminating some of the disturbing truths about the assisted living business.
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#46 - Harvest
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 5 - Episode 3
A child is abducted. As the Amber Alert goes out, the entire team investigates in a race against time. Lindsay Willows is found hitchhiking, to the alarm of Catherine.
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#47 - Confrontation
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 8 - Episode 5
Stabler and Beck disagree on how to handle a case involving a rapist who seems to be escalating his attacks. Beck is getting too personally involved in the case and with the victims, which Stabler warns her against. The key witness in the case is a pregnant woman who denies having been raped more than once by the man, whose goal appears to have been to impregnate the women.
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#48 - Harbor City
Law & Order: LA - Season 1 - Episode 3
A former surf champion is murdered in what appears to be a robbery gone awry.
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#49 - Pique
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 2 - Episode 20
Observed by an FBI psychiatrist, the detectives uncover a horrifying motive for the slaying of a software company employee by a fired colleague when they learn of the suspect's true relationship with his overbearing mother.
#50 - Wrath
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 - Episode 2
The detectives investigate three murders that seemingly have with no connection to each other, but each one has ties to Benson's previous cases and the detectives worry that Benson is the intended target.