The BEST episodes written by Ted Mann
#1 - Lost Israel (1)
NYPD Blue - Season 5 - Episode 8
A young boy is reported missing by his parents. Simone and Sipowicz agree to look for the young boy, when the father tells them it may have been his fault for letting him talk to a homeless man. Instincts tell Andy that the father is guilty. They locate the homeless man, named Israel; however, communication is difficult because he is a mute. Unfortunately, the boy's body is found and the detectives now must determine if Israel is responsible or perhaps the boy's father. Andy may have tipped his hand to the boy's father that he likes him for the murder. So for a while Andy bows out of the case and Diane steps in. Meanwhile, a Hasidic Jewish girl is murdered and the other detectives have to juggle the need for their investigation against the needs of her faith for a quick burial. Israel is brought in for further "questioning" to let father think suspicion has been removed from him. The father watches the interrogation of Israel with interest. The father has set-up all the evidence to poi
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#2 - Rockin' Robin
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 22
Kelly gets a high priced attorney to defend Janice and helps out with her bail. Andy tries to make amends with Sylvia who's been attending Alanon meetings. Kelly investigates the murder of a priest. While helping his son look for a car, Andy comes across a lead in the disappearance case that has frustrated him for 2 1/2 years. John and Robin meet for lunch and then again later that night.
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#3 - Vishy-Vashy-Vinny
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 11
After discovering a key piece of evidence, Simone gets his chance to question the serial killer suspect. The detectives work on stopping the armored car robbery and then Fancy plays the incriminating tape that he had Vinnie record for him. Haverill is given the choice of retiring or a trial and he elects retirement. Martinez and Lesniak arrest an odd extortionist. James tells Adrianne that he enjoys working with her.
#4 - Bombs Away
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 15
Bobby and Andy collide with a Rumanian immigrant who has a woman locked in the trunk of his car, later investigation shows him to be a terrorist. While transporting the serial killer out of the station house, the Webster serial killer is shot and his last victim's father is on the premises. Bobby begins to investigate the father and another member of a victim's support group. Greg tries to talk with Dana about his relationship with Donna, but she takes advantage of the situation. James asks Adrianne out for dinner; however, she rejects him because she does not want to be involved in relationship with someone she works with, given her previous history.
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#5 - A.D.A. Sipowicz
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 22
Two years ago he called her a "pissy little bitch," tomorrow he will call her "Mrs. Sipowicz," pre-wedding jitters put Andy in rare form. Russell's problem makes her miss getting a gun off a suspect and Bobby isn't happy about it; later she admits to having a problem. Fancy's brother, still having trouble with his sergeant and he is being investigated by the IAB, Bobby and the squad work to help clear his name. James goes out with Adrianne. Greg brings his wife to the wedding. Andy Jr. makes it to the ceremony.
#6 - In the Butt, Bob
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 10
Lesniak is flashed, brings the perpetrator in and deals with his "high priced lawyer and shrink," especially when he repeats the offense. Another detective uses his pull to take a possible serial killer case away from Bobby after he brings in a possible suspect. One of Fancy's old contacts, Vinnie Greco, brings in a tip about a couple of guys looking for some heavy hardware to do an armored car job; Sipowicz works with him but the guy is really working for someone else against Fancy. Fancy discovers this and has Vinnie wear a wire for him. Andy invites his son over for dinner and finds out Andy Jr. is joining the Air Force; later, Andy proposes to Sylvia; this time she accepts.
#7 - Sold Under Sin
Deadwood - Season 1 - Episode 12
The U.S. Army--under General Crook a.k.a. "Custer's Avengers"--rolls into Deadwood, prompting a parade...and business solicitations from Farnum and Tolliver. Swearengen delivers a tortured soul from suffering; Bullock reacts decisively to Russell's intentions regarding Alma; Con Stapleton's new commission proves short-lived; Adams shows Clagett where his loyalties lie; and Bullock and Alma have a late-night meeting.
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#8 - The Final Adjustment
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 6
After looking into it, Simone and Sipowicz suspect a chiropractor of murdering his wife. A woman, whom Bobby knows, finds her 11-year-old son in possession of a gun. Medavoy changes to a high-fiber diet. While moonlighting as a security guard for Roberts, Martinez becomes attracted to the college student he's been assigned to protect and she's worried about her father. Next week, Andy and Sylvia will move in together, but first they take a shower.
#9 - Part 1
Hatfields & McCoys - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton star in this all-new miniseries about the legendary and deadly family feud that broke out in the backwoods of West Virginia and Kentucky after the Civil War. The clash of clans begins when a Hatfield murders a McCoy, and Randall McCoy's daughter and Devil Anse Hatfield's son begin a tempestuous, forbidden love affair.
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#10 - NYPD Lou
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 7
A man thinks he is a werewolf and demands to be locked into a cell before he kills someone. Sipowicz discovers that his estranged son's future wife has been sleeping around. A homeless man is suspected in the death of a nine-year-old. Giardella is killed before he can testify and Laura is the only witness to the crime.
#11 - Boy-The-Earth-Talks-To
Deadwood - Season 2 - Episode 12
Swearengen's shrewd manipulation of the rumor mill pays off in a Yankton counter-offer that requires only slight amending. Meanwhile, George Hearst's arrival in Deadwood has shaken up the camp's status quo from Wu to Farnum to Wolcott. Tolliver, for his part, seeks to avoid marginalization by offering the tycoon damning nuggets about his engineer's nasty habits.
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#12 - Double Abandando
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 7
Donna's sister Dana moves in with her and Greg; later she tries to move in on Greg. Shots are fired at the school across the street, but Bobby doubts the confession of his friend's son, the 11-year-old murder suspect in a gang related shooting. A lothario appears to be targeted by a woman he's infected with HIV, Lesniak and Martinez try to bring him down for reckless endangerment.
#13 - The Judge
Millennium - Season 1 - Episode 4
When Annie Tisman opens a parcel containing a human tongue, Bob Bletcher asks Frank Black for help. This is the fourth package within the last four years containing fingers or other members cut from living victims - but no bodies were ever found. When Cheryl Andrews, expert pathologist of the Millennium Group, checks the tongue she discovers that it has been removed postmortem - the killer has changed his MO. When Bardale, a career criminal, is released from prison, a man who introduces himself as the Judge makes him an offer - to carry out his verdicts in exchange for immunity. His first job: to kill his predecessor, a man named Carl Nearman who botched the last job, the killing of former police officer Jonathan Mellen. Mellen's body is discovered in the woods. When Frank visits the morgue, Carl Nearman's body is on the table. In a vision he sees a connection between Mellen and Nearman. When Catherine tells him that Annie Tisman's husband died twelve years ago in prison where h
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#14 - Black Men Can Jump
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 17
LaSalle has a chance to move out of the precinct and into a more regular routine of detective work. A thirteen-year-old boy is shot. Sipowicz suspects a private investigator of bilking a father, for the past six months, in a scheme to find the man's daughter. Andy's also was looking for her for the past 2 1/2 years. The father of the murdered boy apprehends the killer, after he discovers the killer (whose injured LaSalle) has escaped from the precinct.
#15 - Big Bang Theory
NYPD Blue - Season 6 - Episode 11
A woman is murder in her apartment and a woman (who only wants to talk to Sorenson) keeps pointing to the building's gigolo as the culprit. Meanwhile, Sorenson has problems of his own. He takes lost time to help his Army buddy deal with some emotional problems, but calls in Sipowicz for support when the situation gets out of hand. They get the situation under control, but later in the day Sorenson gets a message from Joey that he's leaving town.
#17 - Loin Like a Hunting Flame
Millennium - Season 1 - Episode 12
A pharmacist drugs unsuspecting couples and forces them to enact his sexual fantasies that he cannot carry out with his wife. Will Frank and the Millennium Group be able to end these crimes before he can strike again?
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#18 - Good Time Charlie
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 20
Janice gets promoted and will be working with the other detectives until she can be transferred to the re-organizing intelligence division. Kelly suspects that his friend is being framed for the murder of his mistress, even after his behavior in the squad room. Arthur's wife lets him know she is pregnant again; he is less than enthusiastic considering the complications of her previous pregnancy. Andy takes a sip of a drink at a birthday party for Sylvia's father and later he has more and then he throws her out of his apartment.
#19 - Full Faith and Credit
Deadwood - Season 3 - Episode 4
While Alma officially opens the bank of Deadwood, Langrishe asks Joanie whether she is willing to sell the Chez Ami, so he could make it into a theatre. Stapleton sets his eye on one of the new actresses in town and Jane receives a telegram from Fields. Hostetler and the latter arrive in camp and engage Steve with regard to the ownership of the livery, forcing Bullock to intervene. Meanwhile, Al delegates Adams to represent him in his affairs with Hearst and Tolliver.
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#20 - Boxer Rebellion
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 19
Fancy works with James to help him get ready for the boxing tournament. Simone is attracted to an undercover cop that works with him on an arson sting. A woman that Sipowicz gets to testify in a case is murdered by the men she was going to testify against.
#21 - His Visit: Day Two Continued
John from Cincinnati - Season 1 - Episode 3
Dr. Smith believes a paranormal phenomenon has occurred within the Yost family; Kai takes John to her trailer; and Cass comforts Mitch, unaware of her connection to Linc.
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#22 - Tell Your God to Ready for Blood
Deadwood - Season 3 - Episode 1
Deadwood's first true elections are nearly here, with the offices of sheriff and mayor to be decided. Tonight, the candidates will state their cases to the townspeople. One of Hearst's Cornish workers is killed at the Gem, leading Swearengen to suspect that the incident was a staged Hearst power play. Ellsworth and Doc Cochran are alarmed by complications involving Alma's pregnancy. Star gains a new home from Adams' orchestrated foreclosure. Jane prepares to tell the camp's children about her experiences scouting for General Custer. Shocked by her inability to make a clean break from the gut-stabbed Tolliver, Joanie considers taking the easy way out. Hearst will give Bullock his political backing if Bullock promises to exert influence over certain areas of the camp.
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#24 - True Colors
Deadwood - Season 3 - Episode 3
New arrivals on the stagecoach usher into Deadwood: Jack Langrishe, a stage promoter and friend of Al Swearengen, and Aunt Lou Marchbanks, Hearst's longtime cook. Also returning to town is a newly westernized Wu, with news for "Swegin" about a soon-to-arrive group of imported Hearst workers. Recovered from her ailments, Alma decides to approach Hearst with a claim deal, despite Ellsworth's adamant objections. Bullock uncovers the truth about the Gem killings, and vows to put Hearst on notice. Hearst calls Tolliver's bluff, then offers him a "fresh start."
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#25 - Oscar, Meyer, Weiner
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 10
The detectives investigate the brutal murder of an upper class family. Lastarza orders Janice to cooperate with the mob though it results in the death of the person whose plates she ran through the computer. Kelly deals with his relationship with Janice as she tries to keep him out of her current situation. Sipowicz takes the statement of a gay writer whose Academy Award was stolen.
#27 - Emission Accomplished
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 5
James goes to visit his brother but finds the super at the building is a cop who is on the take and slowly forcing tenants out. Det. Stillwell's pranks become a nuisance for everyone. Martinez's brother's building is the scene of an "accidental" death that convinces him the cop is bad. James' father comes down on him for not keeping an eye on his brother. John contacts an old friend who's in IAB about Martinez's theories, but to protect Martinez from IAB, John takes a tape recorder in and gets Hanlon to talk. Laura's new job as an ADA takes a twist as she is assigned a case that involves Giardella.
#28 - Tell Him Something Pretty
Deadwood - Season 3 - Episode 12
In the third, and last, season finale, the camp turns out to vote--but as Bullock notes, the election may already have been decided. In light of the populace's mood, Langrishe delays the opening of his theater, and ponders his future in Deadwood. After detouring at Nuttall's Number ten, Hawkeye arrives at the Gem with "almost 18" men to complement Wu's contingent. Alma works out a deal for her claim; Utter recieves another body for Hearst; and Harry gets his fire engine. Stubbs reaches out to a frustrated Tolliver, who finds himself with a folded hand as the action heats up. Through Farnum, Hearst issues his conditions for departure, forcing Swearengen to finish what Burns can't.
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#29 - Trials & Tribulations
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 1
Kelly risks the consequences when he testifies on Licalsi's behalf and IAB begins to investigate him. Sipowicz works with an abused woman who's reluctant to testify against her husband. The detectives investigate robberies of drug dealers in their apartments. John tells Robin about the feelings he still carries for Janice. Sipowicz's AA sponsor wants him to agree to abide by a contract before he lets him try to restart his relationship with Sylvia. Donna tries to give Greg advice about dealing with his divorce.
#31 - Jumpin' Jack Fleishman
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 14
Medavoy and Martinez work a strangulation murder case that appears to be the work of a cross-dresser. Andy has a bad tooth, hates needles, and tries to prevent a dentist from jumping off a 28th floor ledge; he fails. LaSalle's first case involves a woman who was raped and she, John, Andy, Janice and Licalsi's hot-headed new partner try to catch the most probable suspect; however the hot-head blows the bust. Lois tries to reconcile her relationship with Andy.
#32 - Abandando Abandoned
NYPD Blue - Season 1 - Episode 13
Medavoy leaves his wife and tells Donna about his feelings for her, which it turns out are mutual. An academy classmate of Kelly's joins the squad; then Sipowicz and Kelly investigate the death of her husband, whom was an ex-cop trying to stop a robbery on her first day at the 15th precinct. An alcoholic woman keeps lodging complaints with Kelly against her husband that she never follows through with, later she confesses to killing him.
#33 - Space Truckers
The Worst Movies of All Time - Season 11 - Episode 15
John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight, the shipment has many unstoppable and deadly killer robots. (themoviedb.org)
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