NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - The Barrel
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 7/17/2024
In the Miami suburbs, a hard working mother from Trinidad vanishes into thin air; detectives Danny Smith and Jonathan Zeller soon uncover her secrets but then are stalled until they come up with a highly unusual way to smoke out the perpetrator.
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#2 - Wayward Son
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/31/2024
Detectives must unravel a web of bizarre fantasies, twisted relationships, when the body of a hardworking father is found dead in his home.
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7.2/1035 votesLoading...#3 - Tale of Two Knives
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2021
A med student is found pinned to her bedroom floor with a large knife. Suspicions turn to a disarmingly casual 911 caller. But when the caller's alibi checks out, Det Frank Dillard must employ his skills as an interrogator to hunt down a serial killer.
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7.3/1027 votesLoading...#4 - What She Saw
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2021
A quiet Maryland town is shaken to its core when a local couple is savagely slain in their bedroom. Det. Joe Bellino wonders if the key to unlocking the mystery lies with the victim's disabled daughter, who bore witness to both murders.
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7.6/1045 votesLoading...#5 - Hazard Lights
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/4/2021
The abduction and murder of a beloved young schoolteacher shakes a sleepy New England town to its core. Veteran investigator Robert Cushing is called in to lead the manhunt, but even he is caught off guard by depravity of the killer's plan.
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7.7/1037 votesLoading...#6 - From The Deep
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/13/2021
Some three miles off the Jersey shore, boaters discover the decomposed remains of a 16-year-old girl, bound in metal chains. Detectives from Delaware and New Jersey join forces to unravel a cold-blooded conspiracy and catch an unlikely killer.
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#7 - Candy
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/19/2024
Deep in the kudzu of Alabama, police get a call about the body of a young man burned beyond recognition; Detective Kevin Palmer turns to the victim's phone records and picks up on a plot to lure the victim...
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7.8/1056 votesLoading...#8 - Fourteen Stories Down
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2021
When a promising young realtor plunges to his death from the 14th story of a trendy Miami high-rise, first responders assume suicide. But Det Joe Schillaci suspects foul play and follows a series of clues to the bloodied body of a second victim.
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7.8/1048 votesLoading...#9 - "Murder, Murder, Murder"
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2021
A Seattle woman is slain steps from an infamous homeless encampment known as "The Jungle". After navigating a set of false leads, Det. Cloyd Steiger connects her case to a pair of unsolved homicides, triggering a city-wide hunt for a serial killer.
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7.8/1034 votesLoading...#10 - Goodbye Horses
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/2021
On Chincoteague Island, a beautiful young mother is murdered steps from a vacant summer home. Detective Danny Plott learns she was lured to her death by a mysterious phone call and soon realizes the killer has been hiding in plain sight.
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7.8/1028 votesLoading...#11 - A Face With No Name
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/3/2021
A North Carolina teen's body is found in an empty dirt lot - beaten, blindfolded, and riddled with bullets. To catch an unlikely band of killers, Det. Josh Hamilton must trace a series of mysterious transactions and expose an ugly truth.
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7.9/1026 votesLoading...#12 - Black Water
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/17/2021
In Bensalem, Pennsylvania, the long-dead body of a kind natured computer programmer is found submerged in the bathtub of his ransacked house. Leads are scarce until Detective Chris McMullin discovers a series of troubling voicemails.
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8.2/1026 votesLoading...#13 - Lights Out
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/24/2021
An elderly couple is viciously attacked at their Phoenix home, and the ravaged crime scene points to a gruesome sexual assault. Determined investigators focus on a missing wedding ring, which could be the key to tracking down this diabolical perpetrator.
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8.2/1015 votesLoading...#14 - It Begins With One
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2024
When a young woman turns up dead in South Texas, Captain Calderon fears the killer has disappeared into Mexico. As more bodies turn up, investigators pick up on the trail of a serial killer, leading to a showdown in the streets of Laredo...
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8.2/1012 votesLoading...#15 - Mr. Innocent
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2024
In Minnesota, firemen put out a housefire and find a woman's body inside; Agent Rob Fraik learns that the victim was babysitting a friend's daughter, who is now missing; it is a race against time to track down the killer with a horrifying motive...
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - Prodigal Son
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/2022
A hardworking father of five lies dead on his kitchen floor with a bullet to the back of the head. To get to the bottom of the mystery, Det. James Colley must untangle a web of twisted relationships and bizarre fantasies.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#17 - The Creek
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2022
A home health care aide's body floats in a rural Connecticut creek, and detective Garritt Kelly joins the investigation to bring justice to a community gripped by fear. But Kelly will need to employ burgeoning forensic technology to secure a conviction.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#18 - Run the Wickets
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/2/2022
The former mayor of Powhatan Point, OH, turns up dead in his hunting cabin. Detective Ryan Allar and his team begin the search to figure out if this is political retaliation or something more personal. What they find hits a little too close to home.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#19 - Radio Silence
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/2022
The body of a promising young radio host turns up on the side of the road in south Houston. When Detective Brian Harris arrives to determine who wanted the second-generation immigrant dead, he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deceit.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Drugstore Cowboy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/16/2022
The murder of a young entrepreneur in the entranceway of his family home sends shockwaves through his affluent seaside community. To catch the killer, Detective Dale Mason must navigate a tangled conspiracy and outwit a band of career criminals.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#21 - Death Roll
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/23/2022
Gunshots ring out in broad daylight, killing a young mother of four only steps from her workplace in Carson, CA. Veteran detective Louie Aguilera works hard to find the assailant, but the investigation leads him across international borders.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#22 - Body Parts
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2022
Two South Carolina women make unthinkably horrifying discoveries on their doorsteps, including ominous death threats and trash bags containing severed human appendages.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#23 - Lothario
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/2022
Arson investigators find a man dead in a burned-out Kentucky home. The police investigation quickly uncovers victim number two. It’s up to Detective Meroni to catch the killer before he strikes again.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - Mr. X
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/2022
A farmhand goes missing from a sprawling cattle ranch, but the case takes a sinister turn when his body shows up miles down the Coweeman river.
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10.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Murder Capitol
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2022
After a hard-working young mother goes missing on the mean streets of Washington, DC, Det. Jackie Middleton must get to the bottom of a cold-blooded conspiracy.
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The Worst Episodes of American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Barrel" is the worst rated episode of "American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/17/2024. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wayward Son".