7.6/10786 votesLoading...#1 - Episode One
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/5/2015
After a young couple is attacked in their home, the case sends shock waves into the community, stirring up tensions across racial lines.
Director: John Ridley
Writer: John Ridley
7.7/10625 votesLoading...#2 - Episode Two
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/12/2015
Thirty-six hours have passed and shock slowly gives way to the harsh realities now in front of the victims and accused.
Director: John Ridley
Writer: John Ridley
7.8/10588 votesLoading...#3 - Episode Three
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/19/2015
Nearly a month after the arraignment of the accused, the emotional complications of all involved continue to deepen.
Director: Gloria Muzio
Writer: John Ridley
7.8/10497 votesLoading...#4 - Season Three: Episode Two
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/19/2017
Luis finds himself sinking into servitude on the farm, while field captain Isaac forms a complicated relationship with Coy. Jeanette comes to realize her family's role in exploiting farm workers. Kimara tries to transition Shae from being an underage victimized prostitute to sustaining herself as she tries to convince Shae to testify against her former pimp.
Director: Julie Hébert
Writer: John Ridley
7.8/10471 votesLoading...#5 - Season Three: Episode Five
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/9/2017
Consequences of forced labor continue to roil, as Shae contemplates having another abortion while Dustin introduces her to the world of online sex work. Jeanette makes a decision that results in a disheartening situation, as she struggles to accept the value of her self-worth. Meanwhile, Kimara tries to help another troubled girl while Nicholas and Clair’s troubles worsen, and Gabriella experiences an unsettling incident that makes her realize her new life isn’t exactly what she hoped it would be.
Director: Tanya Hamilton
Writer: Keith Huff
7.9/10576 votesLoading...#6 - Episode Six
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/9/2015
Barb talks to the media to gain some attention to her son's case. Carter's situation behind bars gets worse.
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Davy Perez
8.0/10593 votesLoading...#7 - Episode Four
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/26/2015
Russ and Barb receive a visit from their estranged son. Some new information sees Carter's defense team securing a bail hearing.
Director: Joshua Marston
Writer: Diana Son
8.0/10532 votesLoading...#8 - Episode Seven
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/16/2015
Carter remains in solitary confinement as Aliyah meets with an investigator who uncovers new details regarding her brother’s case. Mark’s fianceé arrives in Modesto to meet Barb.
Director: Sam Miller
Writer: Stacy A. Littlejohn
8.0/10458 votesLoading...#9 - Season Three: Episode Seven
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/23/2017
In the days following a fatal altercation in the webcam house, Dustin reaches out to Kimara for help, realizing he is no longer safe. Kimara struggles with the burden of a difficult moral choice and decides to take time off of work at her shelter. Meanwhile, Nicholas and Clair’s volatile marriage continues to unravel, which in turn makes Gabrielle commit an ill-conceived act based on fear for her life. Jeanette becomes alarmed when Raelyn overreacts to a random drug test request.
Director: John Krokidas
Writer: Kirk A. Moore
8.1/10490 votesLoading...#10 - Episode Eight
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/23/2015
Aliyah's plans to organize a march for Carter's cause results in heightened emotions.
Director: Rachel Morrison
Writer: Julie Hébert
8.1/10497 votesLoading...#11 - Episode Nine
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/30/2015
Alonzo seeks helps from an unexpected source; Aubry receives news that leaves her distraught.
Director: Jessica Yu
Writer: Keith Huff
8.1/10492 votesLoading...#12 - Episode Ten
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/7/2015
Russ must pick up the fight when new allegations against Matt Skokie's role come to light.
Director: Millicent Shelton
Writer: Sonay Hoffman
8.1/10583 votesLoading...#13 - Season Three: Episode One
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/12/2017
Luis, a migrant worker from Mexico, transitions into life as a farmer, while Coy, a hopeless drug addict, also finds work on a farm. Social worker Kimara offers her aid to Shae, a recently rescued prostitute.
Director: So Yong Kim
Writer: John Ridley
8.1/10486 votesLoading...#14 - Season Three: Episode Three
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/2017
Luis arrives at the Hesby Farm and receives important information about his missing son while Coy witnesses a horrific incident that changes his entire perception about life in the field and confirms his dark new reality. Meanwhile, Shae begins to reconsider her decision to stay in a shelter, and Kimara receives difficult personal news. After a deep and revealing conversation, Jeanette and JD attend the workers’ rally.
Director: Victoria Mahoney
Writer: Janine Salinas Schoenberg, Moisés Zamora
8.1/10475 votesLoading...#15 - Season Three: Episode Eight
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/30/2017
Kimara advises Dustin to inform the police about the crime that took place in the webcam house, which leads to an unforeseen outcome. Meanwhile, detectives open up a troubling investigation into Clair and Nicholas, who maintain their innocence and contend that Gabrielle is the guilty party. Jeanette must confront and consider the costs and sacrifices of social change.
Director: Jessica Yu
Writer: Julie Hébert
8.2/10598 votesLoading...#16 - Episode Five
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/2/2015
After being freed on bail, Carter attempts to flee jurisdiction with Aubry. Barb deal’s with her older son’s burial in Oakland as her younger son, Mark, reveals delicate news to his mother.
Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper
Writer: Ernie Pandish
8.2/10567 votesLoading...#17 - Season Two: Episode Nine
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2016
The entire community is forced to re-examine all of the choices they have made in the wake of the sexual encounter between Eric and Taylor, while leaked personal information implicates both Kevin and Becca to the shooting. Sebastian targets the Leyland school by releasing its most sensitive information online, causing Leslie to take drastic measures, and at Marshall, Chris finds himself at a career crossroads when he faces a school review board.
Director: James Kent
Writer: Julie Hébert
8.2/10624 votesLoading...#18 - Season Two: Episode Ten
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/2016
Sebastian gets a taste of his own medicine and is stunned to discover that someone is usurping his cause, initiating a chain reaction that could cause the downfall all of those involved. Dan and Steph deal with the fallout of Becca's arrest, while Michael goes to extreme measures to ensure that Kevin is not implicated as being complicit in the beating of Taylor, and Chris makes a decision about his future at Marshall.
Director: Nicole Kassell
Writer: Diana Son
8.3/10656 votesLoading...#19 - Season Two: Episode Two
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2016
After Anne calls 911 to get help for Taylor, she encounters difficulty getting the authorities to pay attention to the alleged crime. Meanwhile, Leslie makes sure Leyland is ready for the impending investigation, Terri has an intervention with Kevin, and Eric's truth comes out.
Director: Clement Virgo
Writer: Ernie Pandish
8.3/10598 votesLoading...#20 - Season Two: Episode Five
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2016
In the hours after Eric is forced to openly discuss his sexuality, Taylor must defend his actions on the night of his alleged assault to the police. Anne struggles with the discovery that her son is gay, while a critical decision by the detectives makes some involved feel as though the worst may be over, and at Marshall, Chris deals with the aftermath of a seemingly innocuous incident that begins to take on racial overtones.
Director: Rachel Morrison
Writer: Davy Perez
8.3/10587 votesLoading...#21 - Season Two: Episode Six
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2016
Against the school lawyer's advice, Leslie decides to take it upon herself to welcome Eric back to Leyland with a school-wide showing of empathy—but Eric soon discovers that his return does not sit well with some of his fellow basketball team members. Meanwhile, Anne decides that she'd rather take the school to court over what happened to Taylor than accept a settlement, and Chris finds himself being vilified when students begin picketing Marshall after three Hispanic students are suspended for fighting with a black student, who received no punishment.
Director: Jessica Yu
Writer: Stacy A. Littlejohn
8.3/10480 votesLoading...#22 - Season Three: Episode Four
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/2/2017
Luis learns about the fate of his son, as Coy devises a plan to get himself off the farm. Jeanette tries to plead her case about the working conditions in the fields to Laurie Ann while Shae comes to a decision that will affect the rest of her life. Meanwhile, business owner Nicholas Coates struggles with making a profit in a market that continuously demands lower prices while his wife, Clair, decides to hire and provide a working visa for a Haitian woman, Gabrielle, to be their son’s nanny.
Director: Steph Green
Writer: Sonay Hoffman
8.3/10468 votesLoading...#23 - Season Three: Episode Six
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/16/2017
Nicholas is distraught with the reality of his failing business and takes his frustration out on Clair. Upset about her deteriorating marriage, Clair becomes increasingly controlling over Gabriella. Jeanette attempts to find a job while continuing to live with her sister Raelyn, and Kimara is faced with a difficult decision that will test her morals. Meanwhile, Shae begins to feel as though she’s being shortchanged for her work in the webcam house, which leads to a tragic confrontation.
Director: Ramsey Nickell
Writer: Steve Harper
8.4/10731 votesLoading...#24 - Season Two: Episode One
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2016
Issues of sexual orientation and socioeconomic disparity come to a boil when lurid photos of a high school boy named Taylor Blaine are posted on social media following a school party. Circumstances become more complicated when Taylor accuses two players on his private high school's championship basketball team of drugging, assaulting and then posting the pictures of him online.
Director: John Ridley
Writer: John Ridley
8.5/10634 votesLoading...#25 - Season Two: Episode Three
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2016
A news article is published online describing what happened at the captain's party and naming Kevin as a participant in the alleged assault on Taylor. Anne is forced to defend herself after the item is published, while new evidence is revealed that paints a murkier picture of what really happened on the night in question.
Director: Gregg Araki
Writer: Sonay Hoffman
The Worst Episodes of American Crime
Every episode of American Crime ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of American Crime!
An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
Genres:DramaCrimeMystery
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Episode One" is the worst rated episode of "American Crime". It scored 7.6/10 based on 786 votes. Directed by John Ridley and written by John Ridley, it aired on 3/5/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode Two".