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The Worst Episodes of Banged Up Abroad

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Worst episode
S9E9 Fast, Furious and Busted
3.850 votes
Best episode
S13E4 Undercover Arms Dealer
9.321 votes
Top season
Season 13
8.1avg
Binge time
4d 2h
132 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 9 - Fast, Furious and Busted
    3.8/10(50 votes)

    S9:E9

    Locked Up Abroad comes home to the United States to visit 19-year-old street racer Rick Cedar in Spokane, Washington.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Banged Up Abroad Season 12 Episode 2 - Greece/Greek Border Bust
    4.6/10(46 votes)

    S12:E2

    David embarks on an epic road trip, where he attempts to smuggle hash from Afghanistan to Germany. He is caught in Greece and imprisoned on an island.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 1 - From Hollywood to Hell
    6.6/10(76 votes)

    S7:E1

    When young actor Erik Audé discovers that he was tricked into smuggling opium out of Pakistan, he must fight to stay alive and clear his name.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 7 - Cuba/Hooked In Havana
    6.5/10(37 votes)

    S4:E7

    When Kahlilah met big-shot music producer Roy, she didn't expect that her life would change forever. Just months into their relationship, Roy forced her to smuggle 18 pounds of cocaine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Banged Up Abroad Season 8 Episode 4 - Not Without My Baby
    6.5/10(35 votes)

    S8:E4

    When Susan's Haglof's adoption goes wrong, she ends up in an Egyptian jail, facing a charge of human trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Banged Up Abroad Season 5 Episode 5 - Spain / Smuggler Makeover
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    S5:E5

    With his girlfriend pregnant, American musician Michael Morey needs money and agrees to smuggle cocaine from Quito to Spain. He barely makes it through Ecuadorian customs, but when he lands and goes through Spanish customs, he's not so lucky.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Banged Up Abroad Season 15 Episode 1 - Narco Neverland
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S15:E1

    To escape a life of poverty, a young Chicago gangster is drawn into smuggling drugs for a dangerous Mexican cartel, until the day it all goes wrong.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Banged Up Abroad Season 6 Episode 7 - The Cocaine Trap
    6.7/10(29 votes)

    S6:E7

    Stephen Sutton gets caught up when he is offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold, leading to an 11-year prison sentence.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 5 - Uganda: Death in the Jungle
    6.6/10(20 votes)

    S2:E5

    Safari guide Mark Ross and his tour group are kidnapped by Hutu rebels in Uganda.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Banged Up Abroad Season 5 Episode 3 - Tokyo Takedown
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    S5:E3

    After accepting an offer to work as a hostess in Japan, Jackie Nichols meets a charming Israeli drug smuggler and agrees to smuggle hashish with him. She gets away with it four times, but the fifth time, she's not so lucky.

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  11. Banged Up Abroad Season 6 Episode 5 - Heroin Sting
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    S6:E5

    After being caught with a kilo of heroin in Mauritius, Brigene Young faces 45 years in jail unless she can help catch the drug traffickers. Young eventually served 7 years in prison.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 6 - Cocaine Mule Mom
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    S7:E6

    Ruthie Lambert, a middle-aged mother of three, decides to smuggle drugs to make ends meet. She is imprisoned for years but eventually escapes by bribing a corrupt official.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 3 - Snakes on a Plane
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    S9:E3

    Tom Crutchfield smuggled snakes, tarantulas and king cobras around the world. But when the U.S. builds a case against him, Tom escapes to Belize. There, authorities imprison him without electricity or plumbing.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 8 - Vegas Mobster
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    S9:E8

    Vegas, 1979, and Frank Cullotta's 'Hole in the Wall' gang is becoming notorious. The FBI catches up to him and while not exactly 'locked up abroad,' he enters witness protection. Now Frank shares his mob secrets.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 12 - Jamaica/Jamaican Getaway
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    S4:E12

    T.K. White and her girlfriend are sent to Kingston's notorious central prison after attempting to smuggle marijuana.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Banged Up Abroad Season 13 Episode 5 - Model Drug Runner
    7.0/10(23 votes)

    S13:E5

    Stripper Garrain Jones hits the big-time when he stars in a Beyoncé video, but then loses it all when he gets caught smuggling heroin through Europe.

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  17. Banged Up Abroad Season 9 Episode 4 - Buried Alive
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    S9:E4

    For Roy Hallums, a routine trip to the office turned into the fight for his life. In 2004, the 20-year Navy veteran was working in Iraq when he was suddenly kidnapped.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 2 - Venezuela (James and Paul's Story)
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    S2:E2

    Jim Miles and Paul Loseby, two British teenagers, are arrested in Venezuela for trying to smuggle drugs.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 1 - Caracas/Venezuela Blues
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    S4:E1

    David Evans is arrested trying to smuggle drugs from Venezuela to Amsterdam.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Banged Up Abroad Season 5 Episode 6 - Panama / Colombia Ambush
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    S5:E6

    A jungle adventure turns sour when American backpacker Mark Wedeven and his travel companions are taken hostage by armed guerilla soldiers in Panama.

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  21. Banged Up Abroad Season 6 Episode 8 - Drug Dealer Revenge
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S6:E8

    Company director Robert Pringle is sentenced to seven years in a violent South-American lock-up after being pressured by his dealer to smuggle drugs.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Banged Up Abroad Season 3 Episode 4 - Pakistan
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    S3:E4

    Amardeep Bassey, a British journalist on the way to Afghanistan for an assignment, is accused of being a spy and arrested in Pakistan.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Banged Up Abroad Season 4 Episode 4 - Brazil/Sao Paulo Death Trap
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    S4:E4

    Hollywood "party animal" Brendan Cosso and three friends are arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil to Hungary.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Banged Up Abroad Season 7 Episode 9 - Caribbean Nightmare
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    S7:E9

    David and Jayne Bladen's dream of a new life overseas turns into a nightmare journey of drug smuggling and violence culminating in 20 months behind bars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Banged Up Abroad Season 2 Episode 4 - Colombia
    7.3/10(21 votes)

    S2:E4

    The Colombian National Liberation Army kidnaps American adventurer Glen Heggstad.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Fast, Furious and Busted" is the worst rated episode of Banged Up Abroad. It scored 3.8/10 from 50 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on June 5, 2013. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Greece/Greek Border Bust".

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