The Worst Episodes of Atlanta
Every episode of Atlanta ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Atlanta!
Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Atlanta" is "Tarrare", rated 7.3/10 from 2442 user votes. It was directed by Donald Glover and written by Stefani Robinson. "Tarrare" aired on 5/19/2022 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Big Payback".
7.3/10 2,442 votes#1 - Tarrare
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2022
Yo Tarrare was a real person. Wild. They gotta stop biting these better shows tho.
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Stefani Robinson
7.4/10 3,554 votes#2 - The Big Payback
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2022
I was legit scared watching this.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Francesca Sloane
7.5/10 2,862 votes#3 - Champagne Papi
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/12/2018
Yeah girl, we gonna party tonight! But if you don't post about it, did it really happen?
Director: Amy Seimetz
Writer: Ibra Ake
7.5/10 2,513 votes#4 - Trini 2 De Bone
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/2022
White people watching this be like... Pain.
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Jordan Temple
7.8/10 3,197 votes#5 - Value
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2016
Van meets her WAG friend Jayde for dinner and they clash over their respective lifestyles. Later, they smoke weed and reconcile, but Van forgets she is scheduled for a drug test the next day. She tries to use her daughter's urine, but spills it and finally admits to her boss that she's smoked, who understands but has to fire her.
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Stefani Robinson, Donald Glover
7.8/10 1,664 votes#6 - Born 2 Die
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/2022
I'm tired of all these old heads hating, just let me listen to my Italian drill music and blue eyed trap in peace. Y'all can listen to D'Angelo or whatever.
Director: Adamma Ebo
Writer: Jamal Olori
7.9/10 2,896 votes#7 - Helen
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/2018
When you go outside the city white people be acting different. That's why I can't even go to Marietta. Too weird.
Director: Amy Seimetz
Writer: Taofik Kolade
8.0/10 3,212 votes#9 - Nobody Beats the Biebs
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/2016
Justin Bieber, who is depicted as an African-American, makes an appearance in Atlanta at a celebrity basketball game, rubbing Paper Boi the wrong way. Meanwhile, Earn sneaks his way into a high-powered agents meeting after being mistaken for someone else, and Darius gets involved in an incident at a shooting range where he is criticized for a questionable choice for target paper.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.0/10 1,622 votes#10 - Light Skinned-Ed
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/2022
My family is so crazy we need our own reality TV show. How you still got beef from the 70's? Whew. And y'all need to stop flirting with people's daddy.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stefani Robinson
8.1/10 4,068 votes#11 - The Big Bang
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2016
The series opens with a confrontation between local rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles and a man who breaks off the side view mirror of Alfred's parked car. Alfred's cousin Earn tries to mediate the situation while stoned sidekick Darius has a sensation of déjà vu.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Donald Glover
8.1/10 3,336 votes#12 - Go for Broke
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2016
Earn goes on a date with Van even though he's broke; Paper Boi proves he might have what it takes to hustle.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.1/10 3,254 votes#13 - The Streisand Effect
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/2016
Paper Boi deals with a social media troll, internet criticism, and exploitation; While Earn tries to trade his phone for quick cash, Darius sets up an investment for the future.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Donald Glover
8.1/10 2,732 votes#14 - Sportin' Waves
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/8/2018
Trappin ain't easy, ya dig? Shout out to all my credit card scammers in the club tonight.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.1/10 2,441 votes#15 - Rich Wigga, Poor Wigga
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2022
Black and White episode? Yawn. Emmy Bait. Why do they hate black women so much?
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Donald Glover
8.1/10 1,801 votes#16 - Snipe Hunt
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2022
Libra men are the WORST. How you a air sign and ain't got a passport? Ain't nobody trynna go on vacation in the woods with bugs.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Francesca Sloane
8.3/10 2,771 votes#17 - Money Bag Shawty
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/2018
Earn is out here making that money. Too bad he still look broke as hell. This whole city runs on stunting, you feel me?
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.3/10 2,580 votes#18 - Sinterklaas Is Coming to Town
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/24/2022
I think everybody knows blackface ain’t cool anymore, we get it. They be trying too hard to go viral.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Janine Nabers
8.3/10 1,791 votes#19 - Work Ethic!
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2022
One time I was gonna be an extra on this TV show but then they started asking me about Social Security numbers and taxes and being up there at 5am. I know y'all ain't doing that with Taraji.
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Janine Nabers
8.4/10 3,731 votes#20 - Streets on Lock
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2016
Issues like police brutality, mental illness, and transphobia are addressed as Earn awaits bail after the boys get arrested for their shooting incident.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.4/10 3,125 votes#21 - Juneteenth
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/2016
Earn wakes up in another woman's bed and Van comes by to pick him up for a Juneteenth-themed party which she believes will help her establish good networking. The luxury home's owner is a rich White man who is shown to know quite a lot about Black culture in an anthropological way and his bourgeois Black wife. To impress the party's attendees, Vanessa and Earnest have to pretend they are a married couple who love fine art. Earn ends up going off on the homeowners when the wife insults Paper Boi and his hip hop management career after he is outed by some valets. On the drive back home, Earn and Van have sex in their car.
Director: Janicza Bravo
Writer: Stefani Robinson
8.5/10 3,093 votes#22 - The Jacket
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/2016
Earn loses his jacket, which has imporant items to him, after a night of partying. The Uber driver, who is a drug and weapons dealer, has it but ends up getting shot by police while wearing it. Later, Paper Boi gives Earn a generous 5% pay which he gives to Van. Earn's coworker Justin comes by and returns the important item he desperately needed—a key which unlocks the storage facility space he is living in.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Stephen Glover
8.5/10 2,531 votes#23 - The Old Man and the Tree
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2022
This one was cool. Going to rich parties and meeting weirdos. Season 1 was better.
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Taofik Kolade
8.5/10 2,480 votes#24 - Cancer Attack
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/14/2022
Sometimes shows just be over my head acting fake deep. Where's the poop jokes?
Director: Hiro Murai
Writer: Jamal Olori
8.5/10 2,169 votes#25 - The Goof Who Sat by the Door
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/2022
An in depth look at the making of the American Classic A Goofy Movie.
Director: Donald Glover
Writer: Francesca Sloane, Karen Joseph Adcock
