The Best Episodes Written By Woody Strassner

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #1 - 3 Up, 3 Down

   S8:E163/30/2026

   A double homicide in Brooklyn sets the team after a corrupt longshoreman but they soon discover something sinister has been smuggled into NY. As they race to stop the threat, Isobel enlists the help of CIA's Deputy Chief of Station Nikki Reynard.

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   8.4/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Fadeaway

   S8:E712/1/2025

   When a large-scale explosion rocks a Brooklyn apartment complex, the team quickly locates the perpetrator and discovers he's acting on the orders of a convicted felon currently serving time. Meanwhile, Isobel must name her successor before she moves into her new role.

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Ratlined

   S8:E812/8/2025

   When a journalist is shot while interviewing a prime minister, all fingers point to an assassination attempt, but the team uncovers a deeper conspiracy after the assassin is also targeted.

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Lineage

   S7:E174/8/2025

   When a famous rapper and two teen fans are gunned down on his tour bus, the team discovers there may be more to the story than his feud with another rapper. Meanwhile, Isobel hits a major milestone that has her contemplating her future at the Bureau.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #5 - Unearth

   S7:E132/25/2025

   After two jurors for a high-profile mafia trial are gunned down, the team jumps into an organized crime investigation until it is discovered that the jurors may not have been the intended targets at all. The case becomes personal for Scola when he learns that one of his former drill instructors from the military academy he attended may be linked.

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Riptide

   S7:E812/17/2024

   After three customs officers are shot dead in a cargo heist, the team entrusts OA's old army buddy Clay to help determine if it was an inside job.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Fly Me to Kowloon

   S8:E36/1/2016

   Hank finds romance in Hong Kong. Divya treats a repo man. Paige convinces Evan to rethink their parenting path.

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