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The Worst Episodes of American Gangster

Every episode of American Gangster ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of American Gangster!

"American Gangster" chronicles the life and times of some of Black America’s most notorious crime figures. The show will explore without glorifying, and investigate without...
Genre:Documentary
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Stanley Tookie Williams" is the worst rated episode of "American Gangster". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/28/2006. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "'Freeway Ricky' Ross".

  • Stanley Tookie Williams
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    #1 - Stanley Tookie Williams

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/2006

    He was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, he worked with troubled youth and he co-founded one of the most infamous gangs that continues to terrorize the Black community nationwide. His life is documented in this installment.

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  • 'Freeway Ricky' Ross
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    #2 - 'Freeway Ricky' Ross

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/2006

    This installment chronicles Ross' rise and fall in narcotics distribution and his unusual connection to the Reagan-era CIA/Iran-Contras controversy.

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  • Leroy Nicky Barnes
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    #3 - Leroy Nicky Barnes

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2006

    This installment chronicles Barnes' life addiction to heroine beginning in the 1950s. He is now known as the most notorious snitch in history.

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  • Troy & Dino Smith
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    #4 - Troy & Dino Smith

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2006

    This installment explores the Smiths' rise from teen criminals to masterminds of some of Bay Area's most cunning crimes.

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  • The Chambers Brothers
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    #5 - The Chambers Brothers

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/26/2006

    Billy Joe, Larry, Willie and Otis Chambers are some of the most notorious drug lords in America. This installment chronicles their high points and their fall in 1988 because Larry videotaped the drug deals, and the tapes were found.

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  • Lorenzo 'Fat Cat' Nichols
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    #6 - Lorenzo 'Fat Cat' Nichols

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/2/2007

    This installment shows what Queens, NY was really like when Nichols roamed the streets.

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  • Philly Black Mafia
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    #7 - Philly Black Mafia

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2007

    Black Mafia was the most feared force in Philadelphia’s criminal Black underworld. One of the most ambitious criminal enterprises in the history of Black America, the group extorted, hustled, plundered and murdered with impunity. It also maneuvered skillfully through many worlds, shielding itself inside the Nation of Islam, conning politicians and other leaders, and devising multiple layers of protection and cover.

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  • Larry Hoover
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    #8 - Larry Hoover

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2007

    “King” Larry Hoover is the architect of Chicago’s largest and most powerful street organization, the Gangster Disciples. This installment presents a complex portrait of a complex man, including interviews with federal prosecutors, former associates of the Gangster Disciples, Larry Hoover’s son, his wife - and Hoover himself.

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  • Melvin Williams
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    #9 - Melvin Williams

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2007

    Before he was old enough to shave, “Little Melvin” Williams possessed a genius I.Q. and was a prodigy in the gambling haunts and alleyways along glittering Pennsylvania Avenue. His exploits helped inspire the hit series “The Wire.” On this episode of ‘American Gangster’ he tells his story, his way.

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  • The D.C. Snipers
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    #10 - The D.C. Snipers

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2007

    In October, 2002, the ‘D.C. Snipers’ introduced a new kind of terror to the US. public. For three weeks, the killers shot people at random - ordinary citizens doing the most mundane things - shopping, pumping gas, waiting for a bus. John Muhammad, 42, was a deranged dad on a mission to get back his kids. Lee Boyd Malvo, 17, was a homeless juvenile desperate for a father – who John Muhammad methodically transformed into a boy soldier.

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  • Frank Lucas
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    #11 - Frank Lucas

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2007

    Frank Lucas is the subject of a blockbuster movie, also titled "American Gangster," starring Denzel Washington as Lucas and Russell Crowe as the detective and prosecutor Ritchie Roberts, who helped bring him to justice. In this episode of BET's "American Gangster," Lucas faces the camera himself and tells his story – with an assist from the real Ritchie Roberts.

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  • Felix Mitchell
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    #12 - Felix Mitchell

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2007

    Felix Mitchell, Jr. was Oakland, California’s first major heroin kingpin – and in 1986 he had the funeral to prove it. TV cameras rolled as Felix’s body was transported in a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of East Oakland before awestruck local residents, with 17 Rolls Royces following in procession. Twenty years later, rappers Too Short and Yukmouth, former rival Mickey Moore, former Oakland mayor Elihu Harris, and others help "American Gangster" revisit the life and times of Felix Michell Jr.

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  • Charles Chaz Williams
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    #13 - Charles Chaz Williams

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2007

    In the 1970s, Charles “Chaz” Williams went well beyond traditional hustles by robbing over 60 banks in several states. Decades later, Chaz - or Slim as he is known on the streets - takes ‘American Gangster’ on a personal tour of his life’s journey, including how he continued his bank-robbing escapades after going to jail under the blanket protection of the prison work release program.

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  • Rayful Edmond III
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    #14 - Rayful Edmond III

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2007

    To many in his home town of Washington D.C., he was public enemy No. 1 during his 1980s reign as the city’s biggest cocaine and crack dealer. However, Rayful Edmond III says he was only trying to help his family live a better life and enjoy the finer things life had to offer.

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  • Kenneth Supreme McGriff
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    #15 - Kenneth Supreme McGriff

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2007

    Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff's long, strange journey led him to form a Queens-based drug ring, The Supreme Team. Once released from prison he became a friend and associate of music entrepreneur Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo, and re-invented himself as a movie producer with "Crime Partners," the first Goines novel to be made into a film, and featuring Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and Ja Rule. However, his newfound career ended abruptly when he was charged and convicted for ordering deadly hits on two rivals, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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  • Larry Davis
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    #16 - Larry Davis

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/2008

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  • Monster Kody
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    #17 - Monster Kody

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2008

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  • Midget Molley
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    #18 - Midget Molley

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/2008

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  • Cornell Jones
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    #19 - Cornell Jones

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/2008

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  • J. Edgar Hoover
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    #20 - J. Edgar Hoover

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2008

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  • Guy Fisher
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    #21 - Guy Fisher

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/2008

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  • Willie Lloyd
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    #22 - Willie Lloyd

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/2008

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  • The Shower Posse
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    #23 - The Shower Posse

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/2008

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  • Romper Room Gang
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    #24 - Romper Room Gang

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/2009

    This group of notorious homegrown bank robbers, from the troubled Bay Area suburb of Vallejo, robbed dozens of banks in that area in the mid-'90s.

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  • Mutulu Shakur
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    #25 - Mutulu Shakur

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2009

    This group of notorious homegrown bank robbers, from the troubled Bay Area suburb of Vallejo, robbed dozens of banks in that area in the mid-'90s.

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