The BEST episodes written by Theresa Rebeck
#1 - Torah! Torah! Torah!
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 2
A father suspects his retarded son of killing his daughter. Simone and Sipowicz get the case. Lesniak keeps reporting on James' condition. Morrisey's tactics with a suspect in a murder don't sit well with Fancy; however, the facts in this case match Andy & Bobby's case. While Simone and Morrisey work out the details of their combined case, Andy and Greg pose as Hasidic Jews to recover a stolen Torah. Sylvia takes another test (results positive) and asks Andy to be discrete. Later she discovers his level of discretion.
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#2 - Girl Talk
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 16
A rapist-murderer is throwing small children from the tops of buildings and a cop from another precinct joins Simone and Sipowicz with their investigation. The only thing Andy knows about this cop is "she got her 1st grade money, the year I got screwed out of mine." Martinez and Russell investigate an alleged case of date rape, but the women of the squad and Sylvia, have major disagreement with James' decisions regarding the suspect. Andy shows his son some of the ropes of being a cop.
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#3 - Cold Heaters
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 8
Simone and IAB share the suspect after Bobby gets some information from his incarcerated friend, Ray, about a case that Mike Roberts once worked. Fancy and Sipowicz both work the case of a self-confessed gunman in a neighborhood shooting, once they get the story they help the shooter out. Medavoy investigates the assault case of an actor who was injured in staged fight that went awry.
#4 - I Can't Go Back
The Divide - Season 1 - Episode 7
Christine meets with Stanley Zale and asks if she can call upon his son Eric to be a character witness for Terry if there is a retrial. Meanwhile, Terry's investigation into his own case puts him in a risky situation.
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#5 - The Name of the Game Is Five-Card Stud
Dream On - Season 2 - Episode 13
Gibby informs the crew that they are all fired, just to soften the blow that there will not be bonuses (not really fired). Martin is talked into a nickel and dime porker game with his co-workers. They play in Martin's apartment. Expecting pizza, Martin finds Gibby at the door. Carter, the brown nose, had told Gibby about the game. Gibby lays down a large pile of $100s (the firm is doing financially badly, not him). All but Martin want to play high stakes, until Martin sees his cards. After losing big ($12,000), Gibby starts betting vacation days. Eventually clothing and household appliances get bet.
#6 - I Love Lucy
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 18
Two female impersonators come into the squad room; one of them is seeking protection from a man who's beaten him/her. Arthur's wife asks him to let the squad know about some products she is selling. Jill pursues the investigation of the theft of some small items by an old friend's parents. Her old friend is drug user. The transvestite is murdered; Andy, Bobby and Diane investigate and eventually receive help from an old friend. Medavoy calls in sick and Arthur worries that it might be related to Lillian's products. Jill's old friend turns up at her apartment strung out on drugs; while her parents dropped their charges, Jill is filing her own. Bobby and Diane try to make plans for their wedding, but while at a restaurant they encounter an old acquaintance of Bobby's who is an "independent" stick-up man.
#7 - Demolition Derby
Third Watch - Season 1 - Episode 10
An explosion in a building about to be demolished leaves men trapped inside, forcing the firefighters to make terrible choices; Fred's drinking problem escalates; Doc cancels his date with Brenda.
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#8 - Legion
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 18
When a father and son have their throats slit, the detectives discovers that a group of adolescent boys have disappeared from the same neighborhood. When the locals don't cooperate with the investigation, the cops think the boys are being used by someone operating a bicycle theft ring. The cops are led to a studio owner who brainwashes the boys to prove their worthiness.
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#9 - Unembraceable You
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 8
Diane stops by Bobby's apartment where they make up for lost time. Some female impersonators witness a homicide that they say was committed by a perp who's supposed to be doing hard time for a previous crime. Fancy's former foster son is charged with possession of a kilogram of heroin. After doing their daily lunchtime jog, Greg asks Abby if she would like to have dinner sometime. Unsure of where he might be going with the request, she informs him that she is gay. Fancy tries to get a deal worked with the "blow hard" from the DEA who worked out of the squad room last year. A deal is made and Fancy is able to help out his former foster son he is also able to get some revenge on the real mother who's a junkie. Liery's malevolence puts Diane's life in danger when he puts a pill in her ginger ale.
#10 - The Aftertime
First Wave - Season 1 - Episode 21
A woman travels back in time to change history and save Cade from assassination. - - - Quatrain 81, Century 5: "Dusk will become dawn / And the man twice-bless'd will be resurrected / The follower will beckon him to the great war ahead' s tears washes away ties to Rome / Fear extracts vain sacrifice, until the raging pyre of the deluge is quenched." I had no idea what Nostradamus was talking about till we got a message on our Web site from someone claiming to be Joshua. He asked me to meet him in an abandoned lot in Cleveland, Ohio. Can't say I trusted him, but couldn't turn the meeting down either. I had to hear what Joshua had to say. He told me someone using the handle "Rover" had intercepted a Gua transmission and recorded it on disk. If this was another alien experiment I wasn't playing. I was already walking away when Joshua showed his real hand. It was a warning & the Gua would find the tape, and Rover would be killed.
#11 - Baggage
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 2 - Episode 11
When an airline baggage supervisor is found murdered in the trunk of her car, the detectives investigate the employees listed in a sexual harrassment complaint which leads them to a scam involving credit cards and credit reports with foreign links.
#12 - Age of Insolence
L.A. Law - Season 8 - Episode 13
Kelsey represents a woman being sued for the custody of her adopted daughter by the girl's biological father, who's heavily influenced by a psychologist with her own unresolved adoption issues; Halliday defends a client with heightened sensibilities against the impolite palaver of the woman's coworker and an impish Becker; the partners resentfully capitulate when Rollins gives them an ultimatum about a partnership offer.
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#13 - Yesterday
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 18
When the well-preserved body of a woman tortured and murdered twenty years earlier appears on the banks of the Bronx River, chemical residue on the body leads Goren and Eames to the basement of the house in which the body had originally been buried and to the junkie whose parents owned the home. When the junkie ends up murdered as well, their investigation focuses on his college classmate, a man with a history of drugging and sexually assaulting women.
#14 - These Old Bones
NYPD Blue - Season 3 - Episode 12
A woman comes into the precinct and gives Andy some information about a murder that may have occurred 8 years ago. Greg and Andy look into the situation, but question a lot of people who don't care that the victim is missing. Meanwhile a domestic violence situation in Russell's parent's apartment leads to tragedy. Bobby presses to get the truth and finds out what really happened to Diane's father.
#15 - The Trial of Joshua Bridges
First Wave - Season 2 - Episode 19
Joshua is put on trial, and must defend himself against charges that he is a human sympathizer and a traitor to the gua. - - - No quatrain this week. Eddie and I are sifting through the database, checking some out, following up leads but we haven't discovered anything solid enough to head in. But that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about the fight. Days like this I worry about the fight. If we don't keep making strides we could lose. Hate to say it but it's true. Try to push myself, harder, further, faster everyday – want to get some kind of momentum going. Times like these, I think a lot about the enemy. I think about Joshua. He says he's not on our side – he's just looking out for the best interests of the Gua – a true patriot. Don't really care, as long as it benefits us. Like the time I was on the run from the Feds in Montana and Joshua first helped me. I'd handed an alien a gun – she was posing as a forest ranger, was supposed to ""protect"" me from the FBI once they took me
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#16 - Large Mouth Bass
NYPD Blue - Season 2 - Episode 12
Simone & Sipowicz investigate the brutal murder of the daughter of woman whose ex-husband has made threats against her. Lesniak and Martinez's case involves a con artist who sells a black box to homely women, promising them beautiful skin. The new Borough Commander checks in and lets Fancy know his overtime policy; that doesn't sit well with Sipowicz when it compounds their investigation. Bobby's childhood friend is involved with a nightclub that is frequented by wiseguys.
#17 - Faith
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 21
When a wealthy publisher is murdered to prevent him from exposing an elaborate confidence game that enveloped him, his company and one of his editors, Goren and Eames run their own con to extract a confession from the killer.
#18 - Moby Greg
NYPD Blue - Season 4 - Episode 1
Greg needs to lose weight, Andy's baby is sick again, Bobby plans to propose to Diane, the new PAA arrives and a body in a trunk is moved from the 13th precinct into the 15th's jurisdiction. Andy is shot at while chasing a perp, he's not hit, but he stops the chase and the suspect gets away. Andy worries about the baby's health, getting shot Sylvia's return to work and the uncertainty of the future. Bobby pops the question, but Diane is hesitant to give him an answer. Greg worries about his weight as James expresses his interest in the new PAA for Anti-Crime. The new PAA for our squad adjusts Andy's collar for him. I think James needs to worry about his weight! Bobby inherits a building and Henry, the son of the deceased woman, is a little upset.
#19 - The Pardoner's Tale
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Season 1 - Episode 8
The deaths of a reporter and his fiancée, gunned down on orders, leads the detectives to investigate political bribery involving the governor's office, which Deakins isn't pleased with.
#20 - What I Did for Lust
Dream On - Season 2 - Episode 8
Eddie pushes an ""ugly"" sister onto Martin to score points with Marsha. The ""ugly"" sister (Chloe) has a book (""The Feminist Manifesto"") she wants Martin to read. Martin likes Chloe (who isn't actually ugly), but hates the book. Reluctant to reveal his true feelings, and hoping his publisher with reject the book, Martin passes the book to Gibby. Gibby really likes the books market potential.
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#22 - What Women Want
Dream On - Season 3 - Episode 12
Martin's new girlfriend has just come out of a bad relationship. She and her former lover, Ryan, had many problems before their breakup. But now Ryan is trying to rekindle their relationship despite her new relationship with Martin. Now Martin finds himself competing against her former lover, and Ryan has qualities that may be more than Martin can compete with.
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L.A. Law - Season 7 - Episode 6
Kelsey represents a man who wants to prevent his ex-wife from implanting the frozen embryos that they created during their marriage; Taylor stumbles in her first unsupervised appearance in court opposite Romney, but manages to get back on track with McKenzie's help; Rollins gets a surprise when he finally meets the landlord of the South Central apartment he rented to establish residency during the campaign; Mullaney agrees to father Melman's child; another present that's accompanied by a creepy note and a man who's watching her in the courtroom leads Taylor to suspect that she's being stalked; Markowitz confides to Benny that he damaged the house by firing his gun and then lied to Kelsey about the incident.