The BEST episodes written by René Balcer
#1 - A Person of Interest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 23
Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a former nurse and discover a possible anthrax terrorist plot. The case takes a turn for the worse when Goren is blamed for driving a suspect to commit suicide. Now disgraced, Goren learns that a cunning adversary from his past may be involved.
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#2 - Catacombes
Jo - Season 1 - Episode 8
A young geneticist was stabbed in the Catacombs. On his back is engraved a Satanist symbol. Jo is convinced that this is a crime of passion. But the case takes an unexpected turn when the team discovers that the victim was conducting experiments with plague bacteria recovered from the skeletons of the catacombs. The trail leads to a mysterious woman who could be a serial killer at large. It already seems to have chosen his next victim: the family of a politician first plan.
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#3 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 8
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 8
After the first trial ends in a hung jury, the District Attorney refuses to offer the defense a deal. A second trial gets underway as Barry Levin (Harry Hamlin) joins the defense team.
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#4 - Monster
Law & Order - Season 8 - Episode 24
During the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, Van Buren learns that her job is in jeopardy; McCoy is ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee because of his conduct in a DUI case; and the increasingly political Schiff worries that the rape case may adversely impact his reelection bid.
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#5 - D.A.W.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 3 - Episode 20
The investigation into the death of a woman searching for the whereabouts of her late mother's antique ring leads Goren and Eames to a physician serial killer who has cleverly concealed the murder of over two hundred of his patients.
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#6 - Pro Se
Law & Order - Season 6 - Episode 21
The investigation into multiple homicides at a clothing store leads to the arrest of a schizophrenic who presents McCoy with a formidable opponent when he decides to represent himself.
#7 - Harm
Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 16
Briscoe and Curtis investigate a possible homicide while probing the assault of a retired divorce attorney.
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#8 - Terminal
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 23
The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Schiff goes toe to toe with the governor and the States Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty.
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#9 - Le Marais
Jo - Season 1 - Episode 6
A young gallerist, Marie-Eve Lambert, Place des Vosges lies, killed by a violent blow to the head. Believing at first to a crime of passion, Jo discovers in the hand of the victim leading a mysterious message at the National Archives, where Marie-Eve was researching resistant deported to Auschwitz.
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#10 - Tuxedo Hill
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 22
When Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a man linked to a corporate finance officer, they uncover a stock manipulation scheme which enriched the corporate executives by defrauding investors.
#11 - Rubber Room
Law & Order - Season 20 - Episode 23
Lupo and Bernard race against time to find a student posting internet blogs threatening to blow up a school.
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#12 - Refuge (1)
Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 23
A shootout between a motorist and the police leads to the discovery of a gruesome Russian mob killing --- and a traumatized boy who was an eyewitness to the murder.
#13 - Empire
Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 20
The death of a corporate mogul caused by an overdose of a sexual performance-enhancing drug leads to a case with a witness that puts Curtis in a compromising position.
#14 - Refuge (2)
Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 24
McCoy and Carmichael risk violating the civil liberties of witnesses when they are forced to jail them in order to safely continue their investigation.
#15 - Guardian
Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 11
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
#16 - Invalides
Jo - Season 1 - Episode 3
Charlotte, a Mirage pilot of thirty-five years, was found dead at the Hotel des Invalides. The victim was wearing a ring stolen a year earlier in the murder of a family in the south of France. Her lover, a mysterious mechanic, quickly suspected. Unearthing the elements of this crime forgotten, Jo maintains a conspiracy ...
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#17 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 7
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 7
With Lyle and Erik's juries both struggling to reach a unanimous decision, the possibility of a mistrial leaves Leslie hopeful for the opportunity to work out a deal with the D.A.'s office.
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#18 - Corruption
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 5
Curtis, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Briscoe's, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA's office into competition with an ambitious judge and Briscoe under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.
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#19 - Showtime
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 17
The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surpise accusation.
#20 - 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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#21 - The Third Horseman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 11
The killing of an abortion doctor who was shot in his own apartment sends the detectives on a search for the sniper before someone else becomes the next victim. Carver worries that the case will end up being all about abortion rights.
#22 - Jones
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 5
The detectives become suspicious when an abusive lawyer's girlfriends keep turning up dead, but his wife stonewalls the investigation.
#23 - Vaya Con Dios
Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 24
The death of an elderly man trying to find who was responsible for the torture killing of his son in 1973 Chile leads to a high-level foreign colonel who is now in a Manhattan hospital.
#24 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 5
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 5
The trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez gets underway. Before the trial begins, Judge Weisberg grants a petition allowing the court proceedings to be broadcast on television.
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#25 - Bad Faith
Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 20
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
#26 - Jeopardy
Law & Order - Season 6 - Episode 4
A triple murder at a magazine publishing company leads to a case of sibling rivalry, a protective matriarch and a corrupt judge.
#27 - Most Wanted
FBI - Season 1 - Episode 18
OA and Maggie team up with members of the FBI’s Fugitives Department to track down a person wanted for murder who is also on America’s top 10 most wanted list.
#28 - Excalibur
Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 18
A jeweler's murder may have ties to a prostitution ring, and once the case goes to trial, D.A. McCoy's job is on the line as favors are called in.
#29 - 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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#30 - Cruel and Unusual
Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 19
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
#31 - Sound Bodies
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 3 - Episode 8
Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy.
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#32 - Precious
Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 7
When Briscoe and Logan suspect that a missing infant may have been murdered by her parents rather than kidnapped, they uncover a terrible family secret which hides a mentally ill serial killer.
#33 - Brother's Keeper
Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 21
Briscoe and Green discover a murdered businessman may have been the target of a well-known criminal , but the investigation stumbles when the FBI acts as the suspect's alibi.
#34 - D-Girl
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 15
A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Briscoe and Curtis out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect while McCoy and Ross back in New York try to obtain a court order for the procedure.
#35 - Barter
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 12
An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the matter of ethical conduct as he tries to make a case against a lendor who uses unscrupulous methods to collect the money owed to him.
#36 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 2
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 2
Comments Lyle makes about his parents come back to haunt him when detectives begin interviewing the brother's friends. Erik is overcome with guilt and makes a shocking confession to his psychologist.
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#37 - Shandeh
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 9
A businesswoman who becomes a suspect in the murder of her daughter-in-law, who was was strangled in her garage. Disparate bruises on her body lead Goren and Eames to believe that there were two assailants.
#38 - The Menendez Murders: Episode 4
Law & Order True Crime - Season 1 - Episode 4
After admitting to the murders, Erik and Lyle begin to divulge details of the psychological and sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of their parents. Also, Pam Ferrero faces increasing pressure from the D.A.'s office.
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#39 - Shield
Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 17
Briscoe and Curtis investigate the murder of a police officer who was shot while on an undercover stakeout.
#40 - Mayhem
Law & Order - Season 4 - Episode 17
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have a heavy caseload that includes 5 unrelated murders and a domestic quarrel, which results in the maiming of the husband.
#41 - Memo from the Dark Side
Law & Order - Season 20 - Episode 1
The body of a young war veteran is found in a parking garage and the murder is connected to a law professor who used to work for the Department of Justice.
#42 - Pigalle
Jo - Season 1 - Episode 4
During a parade of Fashion Week, a former model of thirty-eight years is precipitated from the Eiffel Tower. First wife of her lover is suspected, but Jo then a trail back to Jasmine, twenty-two years, showgirl in Pigalle and abandoned illegitimate daughter of supermodel ...
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#43 - Mad Dog
Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 18
McCoy becomes obsessed with nailing a serial rapist recently released on parole and pushes the cops perilously close to harassment as he attempts to connect the man with a new rape and murder matching his previous M.O.
#44 - Vengeance
Law & Order - Season 2 - Episode 16
The parents of a murdered woman contest Stone's prosecution of her killer so that he can be extradited to their home state, where the death penalty still exists.
#45 - Patsy
Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 7
The investigation that follows the discovery of a comatose woman in her apartment leads to an unusual case involving murder and a possible frame-up, despite the prosecution having key DNA evidence to the contrary.
#46 - Benevolence
Law & Order - Season 3 - Episode 22
Logan and Briscoe begin their investigation into the death of a hearing-impaired young woman by questioning her two most recent boyfriends.
#47 - Stiff
Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 23
The detectives' investigation into why a wealthy woman is comatose involves her husband, daughter and doctor.
#48 - Challenged
Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 2
A mentally challenged man is reunited with the mother who gave him away after his brother is killed.
#49 - Conduct Unbecoming
Law & Order - Season 3 - Episode 17
Stone and the police battle the closed ranks of the Navy to investigate the death of a female Naval officer during a party in a Manhattan hotel.
#50 - Gunshow
Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 1
A murderer's shooting spree in Central Park prompts Briscoe and his new partner, Detective Eddie Green, to trace the murder weapon's origination; McCoy makes it his mission to punish the killer and the gun manufacturer.