The Best Episodes Written By Graham Yost

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(95 votes)

   #1 - The Breaking Point

   S1:E710/14/2001

   Easy Company battles near Foy, Belgium, losing numerous men. In the episode, the actions of 1st Lt. Norman Dike, the Company's commander, are examined and questioned. Serving as narrator is 1st Sgt. Carwood Lipton, who attempts to keep the morale of the men up as they endure their trials in the forest near Foy.

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   8.6/10(16 votes)

   #2 - Decoy

   S4:E113/19/2013

   After capturing Drew Thompson, Raylan must find a way to get him past Boyd and the Detroit mob henchmen who've been sent to stop him.

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   8.5/10(17 votes)

   #3 - Watching the Detectives

   S3:E83/6/2012

   A shocking murder forces Raylan to face past mistakes. Meanwhile, Boyd goes up against Harlan's corrupt sheriff.

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   8.4/10(103 votes)

   #4 - Replacements

   S1:E49/23/2001

   With the addition of many new men, Easy Company heads to Holland to participate in Operation Market Garden and prepare an Allied route into Germany, but they meet stiff German resistance.

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   8.1/10(22 votes)

   #5 - Save My Love

   S2:E73/23/2011

   Winona's blunder could put her behind bars, unless Raylan can weave his way through a federal courthouse locked down over death threats.

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   7.9/10(48 votes)

   #6 - Fire in the Hole

   S1:E13/16/2010

   Gunslinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens faces off against his oldest friend in Harlan, Kentucky, a 21st Century Wild West.

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   7.7/10(20 votes)

   #7 - The Gunfighter

   S3:E11/17/2012

   The arrival of a Detroit mobster in Lexington puts Raylan on a collision course with a sadistic Dixie Mafia hit man. Raylan also has another altercation with Boyd.

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   7.6/10(34 votes)

   #8 - Riverbrook

   S1:E23/23/2010

   Raylan hunts an escaped prisoner who is determined to reunite with his ex-wife...and his stashed fortune.

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   7.6/10(18 votes)

   #9 - Slaughterhouse

   S3:E134/10/2012

   After the murder of his friend, Raylan is a man on fire as he goes after any- and everyone he holds responsible on the way to a bloody final showdown.

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    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #10 - The Moonshine War

    S2:E12/9/2011

    Raylan tangles with a ruthless Harlan County crime family while hunting for a fugitive sex offender.

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    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #11 - The Collection

    S1:E64/20/2010

    After an apparent suicide on an opulent Kentucky horse farm, Raylan must resist the sexy widow as he searches for the dead man's missing art.

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    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #12 - A Murder of Crowes

    S5:E11/7/2014

    As Raylan investigates the Crowe crime family's role in the disappearance of a corrupt Florida Coast Guard officer, Boyd revives a failed drug deal to help keep Ava's murder case from going to trial.

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    7.1/10(111 votes)

    #13 - Freedom Day

    S1:E15/4/2023

    Sheriff Becker's plans for the future are thrown off course after his wife meets a hacker with information about the silo.

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    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #14 - The Armory

    S1:E26/19/2011

    While scouting for supplies, Tom, Hal and their squad encounter a gang of marauders determined to get their hands on the 2nd Massachusetts’ weapons. Leading the gang is an ex-con named John Pope, who decides to use his hostages as bargaining material.

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    7.0/10(21 votes)

    #15 - Hole in the Wall

    S4:E11/8/2013

    Raylan investigates a burglary that's uncovered a diplomatic courier's bag hidden in his imprisoned father's house, while a new preacher's ministry cuts into Boyd's drug trade.

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    6.8/10(45 votes)

    #16 - Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika

    S1:E44/4/2010

    Finally enlisted as a Marine, Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott. The 1st Marine Division lands at Cape Gloucester on the Japanese-held island of New Britain. As Leckie and the other Marines battle the Japanese, they quickly realize that the more ominous enemy is the smothering jungle itself. Having survived Gloucester and stationed on the godforsaken island of Pavuvu, Leckie begins displaying the physical and mental effects of combat and is sent to a naval hospital on nearby Banika for psychiatric observation.

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    6.5/10(90 votes)

    #17 - The Janitor's Boy

    S1:E55/25/2023

    Sims appoints Billings as chief deputy to keep tabs on Juliette, whose efforts to solve two murders lead to a showdown.

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    6.5/10(89 votes)

    #18 - The Engineer

    S2:E111/14/2024

    Juliette finds sanctuary in a silo long ago destroyed by war, thinking she's alone.

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    5.9/10(38 votes)

    #19 - Who Are You?

    S3:E17/2/2026

    New mayor Juliette can't remember anything from her time outside—or her past.

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