The BEST episodes written by William N. Fordes

Rigged
star
7.92
386 votes

#1 - Rigged

Drop Dead Diva - Season 4 - Episode 6

A faulty oil rig leads to the death of an engineer; Parker's ex-wife fights for sole custody of their son; Jane battles uncertainty about where Owen is and what it means for their upcoming nuptials.

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Follow the Money
star
7.87
1593 votes

#2 - Follow the Money

Bosch - Season 2 - Episode 8

Bosch focuses on taking down a criminal mastermind. Eleanor delivers for the FBI. Opposing forces with violent intentions all converge on the same spot.

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Closure
star
7.82
375 votes

#3 - Closure

Drop Dead Diva - Season 3 - Episode 6

Jane works pro bono on a murder case for the DA's office, where she learns that old Jane used to work and had a tryst with the current DA. Elsewhere, Grayson represents Stacy when a mother accuses her of persuading her teen to purchase products via her video blog; and Parker thinks Kim is dating, so he asks Fred to snoop.

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Acceptable Losses
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7.81
88 votes

#4 - Acceptable Losses

Proven Innocent - Season 1 - Episode 9

When the Injustice Defense Group is approached to exonerate a former frat boy, Daniel Hernandez, who is charged with rape and murder, a turn in Davon Watkins' case forces Madeline to head back to Ohio, leaving Easy and Bodie to solve this case alone before Easy's mentor, Judge Fry. Meanwhile, Bellows struggles with the values of his campaign, Levi follows up with a high school classmate to find out more about Rosemary's past and Wren is up for parole.

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Double Blind
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7.78
148 votes

#5 - Double Blind

Law & Order - Season 7 - Episode 6

The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.

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Born Again
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7.78
164 votes

#6 - Born Again

Law & Order - Season 12 - Episode 16

The investigation into the death of an 11-year-old girl uncovers the possible culpability of the child's mother and a rebirthing therapist.

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Over Here
star
7.77
124 votes

#7 - Over Here

Law & Order - Season 17 - Episode 21

The detectives link the deaths of two homeless men to the war in Iraq.

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Gunplay
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7.76
143 votes

#8 - Gunplay

Law & Order - Season 15 - Episode 5

After Green goes undercover to gather evidence on the gun dealers who murdered two detectives during a buy-and-bust, McCoy is able to connect the hit men to the attorney who paid them to avenge the death of his gun-running stepson at the hands of the same detectives during a similar buy-and-bust several years earlier.

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Guardian
star
7.73
244 votes

#9 - 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.

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Mammon
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7.72
145 votes

#10 - Mammon

Law & Order - Season 15 - Episode 12

The investigation into the murder of a wealthy husband leads to the uncovering of a conspiracy involving infidelity and greed and leads to one defendant attempting to evade justice by killing the other.

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Knock Off
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7.70
182 votes

#11 - Knock Off

Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 5

A revered sheriff becomes a possible conspirator in a case involving a murdered tourist.

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High Low
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7.69
1714 votes

#12 - High Low

Bosch - Season 1 - Episode 8

Bosch gains a new ally in his ex-wife Eleanor. Deputy Chief Irving makes a series of deals that will shape the future of the police department - and possibly even the city itself. Waits's disturbing focus on Bosch intensifies.

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Tragedy on Rye
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7.69
122 votes

#13 - Tragedy on Rye

Law & Order - Season 13 - Episode 4

A struggling actress is murdered in an apparent robbery-homicide where a video tape, made by a couple touring the city sold to a local news station, shows three suspects loading the stolen property into an SUV. They are charged with felony murder, a capital crime, and causes unrest with Southerlyn surrounding the death penalty.

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Uncertainty Principle
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7.68
1456 votes

#14 - Uncertainty Principle

Chicago Justice - Season 1 - Episode 2

Stone and the State's Attorney team investigates the chain of events following the arrest and death of a young man, ultimately seeking charges against Police, Fire Department and Medical personnel, only to have a recalcitrant Grand Jury indict a single individual: Officer Kevin Atwater. Paul Robinette defends Atwater.

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Gone
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7.67
1628 votes

#15 - Gone

Bosch - Season 2 - Episode 5

Bosch and Edgar are now hot on Joey Marks's trail. George Irving is pulled deeper into his mission. And Bosch must go to extremes to ensure the safety of those closest to him.

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Ego
star
7.65
130 votes

#16 - Ego

Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 17

When the dead body of Karen Hall, an investigator with the State Attorney General's Office Criminal Division, is found in a Manhattan river, Detectives Briscoe and Green find that her boss, Frank Conroy, had written off her disappearance as a random kidnapping from an Albany train station. But as more is learned about Conroy's controlling relationships -- with the dead woman, with his wife and with a long-term girlfriend -- he quickly becomes a suspect.

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Bodies
star
7.63
202 votes

#17 - Bodies

Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 1

While investigating the death of a teenaged girl, the detectives stumble on a pattern of crimes that indicate they are after a serial killer. The suspect, however, puts the prosecutors through an ethical ringer when he discloses his attorney's knowledge of the victims and their whereabouts.

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Admissions
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7.62
126 votes

#18 - Admissions

Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 22

A coed's killing leads to a case involving the deceased's relationship with a professor and two male students who vouch for each other's whereabouts on the night of the murder.

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Kasumi (Through the Mists)
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7.62
1221 votes

#19 - Kasumi (Through the Mists)

The Man in the High Castle - Season 3 - Episode 8

Juliana realizes time might be running out, but recruiting supporters continues to prove challenging. Tagomi finds himself in a dangerous life-or-death struggle. In therapy, Helen Smith crosses a line. Kido pursues his target in the Neutral Zone.

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Fool Me Twice
star
7.60
922 votes

#20 - Fool Me Twice

Chicago Justice - Season 1 - Episode 12

After a man is shot multiple times and left for dead, and a kilo of diluted heroin is found in his car, Antonio discovers other similar cases where murder victims were found with the same type of adulterated drugs. Ultimately, the narcotics detectives involved in the case-one a decorated hero-appear to be the common thread. Meanwhile, Stone is hesitant to let Nagel be involved in the case, as she has a close connection to the victim.

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All in the Family
star
7.60
138 votes

#21 - All in the Family

Law & Order - Season 15 - Episode 9

When the investigation into the contract killing of a jeweler uncovers his plan to roll over on his Russian mob connections to a federal prosecutor, as well as an unhappy wife whom he refused to divorce, McCoy must determine who financed the hit.

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Amends
star
7.60
162 votes

#22 - Amends

Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 7

Under pressure from the department's top brass, a 20-year-old murder case, initally investigated by Briscoe's now retired boss, is reopened involving the slaying of a teen-age girl with the spoiled son of a politically connected family as the prime suspect.

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Darkness
star
7.58
159 votes

#23 - Darkness

Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 2

Lupo and Green's first offical case together is a kidnapping that happened during a citywide blackout; a housekeeper is slain and a mother and daughter are kidnapped. The evidence that links all the kidnappers is the father and husband of the kidnap victims. When they search the kidnappers' hideout, they find preparations which implies that the kidnappers knew that the blackout was coming. Cutter must convince the man to testify after he has lied about a search warrant to save the man's daughter, or else the kidnappers will all go free. Issues of a warrantless search arise. Courtroom scenes revolve around questions of Enron-like manipulation of energy.

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Deep Vote
star
7.56
146 votes

#24 - Deep Vote

Law & Order - Season 11 - Episode 24

A woman's murder leads the police to discover the actual target was a reporter who did a story about improprieties in a recent senatorial election. Carmichael can't get the reporter to reveal her sources for a story that contains allegations that the vote was fixed and ballots tampered with, even though the reporter's life is at risk. Without the source, McCoy and Carmichael have a difficult time making a case against the Senator, who they believe has ties to the mob and ordered the hit on the reporter. The case hinges on 2000 missing ballots from the vote that were stolen by the mob. Once the ballots are found, there is a big court battle about whether or not the ballots should be counted. McCoy believes that the ballots will show Benton's motive for ordering the hit, but an appellate court won't allow it, so their case is virtually dead. In the end, McCoy is able to convince the reporter to reveal her source and have him testify against the senator.

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Nowhere Man
star
7.56
142 votes

#25 - Nowhere Man

Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 19

The District Attorney's Office is set on its ear when the investigation into the death of an A.D.A. uncovers a scandal that could imperil hundreds of cases.

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All New
star
7.54
138 votes

#26 - All New

Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 19

Firefighter Thomas Cooper and his wife Linda are tortured and murdered in their new townhouse. The murders are thought to be linked to an old unsolved drug case, but then the detectives learn about a firefighter named Nick Spence, who had just joined Cooper's company and was being severely hazed. The investigation suffers a setback when Spence dies in a fire under suspicious circumstances.

Strike
star
7.54
150 votes

#27 - Strike

Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 16

A legal aid strike ends in the death of a lawyer, and the investigation leads to a golf greenskeeper who proclaims his innocence, again. Then the case takes an even stranger twist when Rubirosa is pitted against Cutter because of the strike that started it all.

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Mama's Boy
star
7.53
1687 votes

#28 - Mama's Boy

Bosch - Season 1 - Episode 5

As the Raynard Waits matter escalates, Deputy Chief Irving sidelines Bosch. The detective turns his focus to unraveling the mystery of the bones case - until he becomes ensnared in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

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Quit Claim
star
7.53
154 votes

#29 - Quit Claim

Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 7

A hit-and-run investigation leads back to a title company, and Green and Lupo must go undercover to crack the case.

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Genius
star
7.52
145 votes

#30 - Genius

Law & Order - Season 13 - Episode 17

Investigating the murder of a cab driver, the detectives come to suspect a famous author and his protege, a former child prodigy.

Disappeared
star
7.51
177 votes

#31 - Disappeared

Law & Order - Season 8 - Episode 19

A defendant refuses to allow his lawyer to raise the issue of insanity, this complicating matters for the brother who turned him in with hopes of securing medical treatment for him.

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Prince of Darkness
star
7.51
283 votes

#32 - Prince of Darkness

Law & Order - Season 3 - Episode 8

Cerreta poses as a weapons dealer to help Stone build a case against a Columbian hit man, but the deal takes an unexpected turn, resulting in bloodshed.

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Censure
star
7.50
219 votes

#33 - Censure

Law & Order - Season 4 - Episode 14

A phone call threatening a woman's young daughter leads to a case that causes Kincaid to resign from Schiff's office because of an affair in her past.

Patriot
star
7.49
136 votes

#34 - Patriot

Law & Order - Season 12 - Episode 24

A tenement building explodes and the lone victim is Joseph Haden. The building was rent controlled and there had been a tenant strike, so the police initially suspect arson. But the landlord doesn't have insurance, ruling out their arson theory, and the medical examiner discovers that Haden's neck was broken and he was tied up before the explosion happened. Trying to figure out Haden is even more difficult. He didn't appear to have a family or a girlfriend and never got any substantial mail. He worked at the Jiffy Job service station making minimum wage, yet had $90,000 in the bank. Briscoe and Green do some more digging and find out that Haden was using an alias, and his real name was Yusuf Haddad.

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Chattel
star
7.49
200 votes

#35 - Chattel

Law & Order - Season 19 - Episode 8

While investigating the murder of two divorce lawyers, detectives Lupo and Bernard uncover a child slave trade ring.

Hunters
star
7.49
128 votes

#36 - Hunters

Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 13

Briscoe and Curtis race against time to find the killer of a parolee before two bounty hunters find the suspected murderer.

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Purple Heart
star
7.49
176 votes

#37 - Purple Heart

Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 21

The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.

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Family Matters
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7.49
329 votes

#38 - Family Matters

Drop Dead Diva - Season 4 - Episode 11

Jane represents the mother of a teenage girl who is on life support; Teri and Luke pretend to be Jane and Owen at a wedding menu tasting with a celebrity caterer; Grayson and Kim take a case involving a sperm donor.

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Tabula Rasa
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7.47
178 votes

#39 - Tabula Rasa

Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 19

After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.

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Bride-a-Palooza
star
7.46
404 votes

#40 - Bride-a-Palooza

Drop Dead Diva - Season 3 - Episode 12

Jane takes a case of a law student who had his fiancé trampled by other brides on a off the rails bridal gown super-sales.

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Flight
star
7.46
167 votes

#41 - Flight

Law & Order - Season 9 - Episode 4

After a child in a day-care center dies of a virus, Briscoe and Curtis try to find the source of the infection, leading to a case involving an extramarital affair, embezzlement and a drug manufacturer.

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Married with Children
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7.43
136 votes

#42 - Married with Children

Law & Order - Season 14 - Episode 13

The death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony leads to a case involving a lesbian couple and a state law banning gay adoption

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Sanctuary
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7.42
188 votes

#43 - Sanctuary

Law & Order - Season 4 - Episode 19

A black minister fans the flames of racial intolerance after a hit-and-run in Harlem claims the life of a 12-year-old and the Jewish driver isn't indicted.

Justice
star
7.41
199 votes

#44 - Justice

Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 5

Jamie Ross returns as a defense attorney to represent a previous client who has key evidence concerning a prisoner on death row.

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The Taxman Cometh
star
7.41
220 votes

#45 - The Taxman Cometh

Law & Order - Season 20 - Episode 20

Detectives uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients in the calendar year 2010 so that their inheritors don't have to pay an Estate Tax, but legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.

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Illegal
star
7.41
174 votes

#46 - Illegal

Law & Order - Season 18 - Episode 8

A riot at an immigration rally ends in murder, and the political climate causes McCoy to assign a special prosecutor increasing tensions at the office.

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Collision
star
7.35
191 votes

#47 - Collision

Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 11

The investigation of a schizophrenic woman's death leads to a case involving a homeless man and his right to refuse medication.

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High & Low
star
7.35
152 votes

#48 - High & Low

Law & Order - Season 10 - Episode 22

Detectives Briscoe and Green probe the strangulation of a college coed who moonlighted as a stripper, and while they believe a pair of drug-dealing skinheads committed the murder, they struggle to determine the motive of the strip club owner who paid them for the hit. However, as they work their way up the ladder of complicity, the cops learn that the slaying is keyed to an insider trading scam that forces Assistant D.A. McCoy to connect a former porn star with a businessman.

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The Working Stiff
star
7.29
318 votes

#49 - The Working Stiff

Law & Order - Season 2 - Episode 22

The murder of a Wall Street legend begins a case involving an ailing union worker and a former governor and old friend of Schiff's.

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Family Values
star
7.29
181 votes

#50 - Family Values

Law & Order - Season 5 - Episode 4

After it's determined that a wealthy woman did not commit suicide but was murdered, the detectives question both her first and second husbands and her teenage daughter.

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