7.3/10595 votesLoading...#1 - Promise Ring
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2010
When Denise goes away for the weekend, she gives Craig a promise ring which he ends up losing after a wild, drunken night at a strip club with Alex and Sammy, who hatch a plan to keep Denise from killing Craig while they search for the ring.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Eric Falconer, Chris Romano
7.4/10497 votesLoading...#2 - There's Only One Second Best
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/2010
Alex's lack of commitment to the team gets him demoted to special teams. Meanwhile, Craig suspects Denise is having an affair and Sammy leads a mob of angry cheerleaders looking for revenge on all the college guys who have wronged them.
Director: Jeff Melman
Writer: Drew Hancock, J.D. Ryznar
7.4/10383 votesLoading...#3 - Hockey
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/29/2010
Alex decides that becoming the backup goalie for BMS' hockey team is the perfect way to avoid his conditioning obligations and Radon quickly follows suit. Meanwhile, Mary Jo becomes Thad's personal cheerleader.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Chip Hall
7.5/10753 votesLoading...#4 - It's Called Hazing, Look It Up
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2010
Three incoming freshman attending college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State University must quickly adapt to college life while juggling football, girls and nonstop hazing.
Director: Brian Robbins
Writer: Eric Falconer, Chris Romano
7.5/10515 votesLoading...#5 - Rivalry Weekend
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/2010
Leading up to a rivalry game against Overland University, the Mountain Goats' starting quarterback is suspended, Alex is named the starter and Sammy is accidentally kidnapped along with Billy the Goat as part of a prank by Overland.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Eric Falconer, Chris Romano
7.6/10493 votesLoading...#6 - LAX aka The Truce
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2010
When Alex has sex with a lacrosse player's girlfriend, he unwittingly breaks a 23-year football/lacrosse team truce, causing a take-no-prisoners war which he must figure out how to end.
Director: Clark Mathis
Writer: Chip Hall
7.6/10436 votesLoading...#7 - Controversy
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2010
In response to last season's dismal outcome, Coach Daniels brings in a new star QB who turns out to be a loose cannon, taking Alex on an increasingly dangerous adventure. Meanwhile, Sammy's sister, Mary Jo, arrives at BMS and joins the cheerleading squad after some hazing.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Eric Falconer, Chris Romano
7.6/10408 votesLoading...#8 - Nerds
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2010
The campus nerds revolt, leaving the jocks unable to function academically and causing an identity crisis in Sammy.
Director: Clay Weiner
Writer: Drew Hancock
7.6/10345 votesLoading...#9 - Fun Facts
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2011
As Coach Daniels prepares to be inducted into the College Hall of Fame, Thad comes to terms with some troubling secrets from Daniels' past while Alex connects with Marty on a new level.
Director: Eric Appel
Writer: J.D. Ryznar
7.7/10414 votesLoading...#10 - Pay For Play
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2010
The team begins accepting increasingly ostentatious gifts from agents, while Coach Daniels fends off pressure to play the annoying, Rudy-like son of a local booster.
Director: Fred Savage
Writer: Chip Hall
7.7/10394 votesLoading...#11 - The Captain
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2011
While Alex adjusts to becoming the starting quarterback and team captain, Thad awaits word on his future with the team after his drug related arrest following BMS' loss in last season's championship game. In the meantime, Sammy attempts to move into the Goat House and Mary Jo begins her try-sexual journey.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: J.D. Ryznar
7.7/10353 votesLoading...#12 - Superstition
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2011
When his pre-game rituals start to betray his game-time performance, Harmon goes on a quest to find new mystical superstitions that will restore his kicking abilities. Meanwhile, off the advice of a psychic, Sammy explores career opportunities that will really show his worth.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Kristofor Brown
7.8/10410 votesLoading...#13 - Pregnant
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2010
Alex, Thad, and Radon receive a message from an unknown woman saying she is pregnant and each respond very differently. Meanwhile, Sammy must decide between staying with a girl out of his league at a price or to go back to being single while Coach Daniels attempts to rekindle his relationship with his son.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Heather Flanders
7.8/10353 votesLoading...#14 - Training Day
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2011
Thad offers to teach Alex what it is to be a local celebrity but he has ulterior motives. Mary Jo goes to exterme lengths to impress Coach Daniels' wife, who herself is trying to revive her sex life with her husband.
Director: Eric Appel
Writer: Heather Flanders
7.9/10505 votesLoading...#15 - The Legend of the Golden Arm
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2010
A player-recruitment weekend brings out a running back who poses a threat to Craig's position while Alex tries to enlist the top high-school quarterback for Blue Mountain State.
Director: John Fortenberry
Writer: Brian Burns
7.9/10462 votesLoading...#16 - Ransom
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2010
The father of Alex's date becomes fixated on him while Sammy contends with his own daddy issues.
Director: Clark Mathis
Writer: Chip Hall
7.9/10391 votesLoading...#17 - The Badger
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/22/2010
During rivalry weekend, Overland's mascot gets loose, and Alex and Thad set out to find it so Alex can tailgate and Thad can eat its balls.
Director: Rob Schrab
Writer: Kristofor Brown
8.0/10647 votesLoading...#18 - Pocket P***y
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2010
When the team's lackluster play leads to a team curfew leading up to the Mountain Goats' biggest game of the season, Thad's prized pocket p***y gets passed around from teammate to teammate leading to an outbreak of syphilis.
Director: Brian Robbins
Writer: Eric Falconer, Chris Romano
8.0/10505 votesLoading...#19 - Midterms
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2010
Principal Simmons and Coach Daniels issue an ultimatum to the players: pass the upcoming midterms or forfeit the rest of the season.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Drew Hancock, J.D. Ryznar
8.0/10494 votesLoading...#20 - The Fingering
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/20/2010
After being sodomized in a fumble pile during practice, Thad sets off on an investigation into who violated him, with each teammate's version of the story conflicting with the next.
Director: Lev L. Spiro
Writer: Drew Hancock
8.0/10428 votesLoading...#21 - Debra
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/2010
Alex unwittingly sleeps with Coach Daniels' ex-wife and gets used as a pawn in their bitter relationship, while Sammy struggles to end Mary Jo's new fascination with a guitar-toting heartthrob.
Director: Clay Weiner
Writer: J.D. Ryznar
8.0/10441 votesLoading...#22 - Vision Quest
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2010
After the campus is vacated, Thad goes on a vision quest to help him decide between staying at BMS next year and going pro.
Director: Clark Mathis
Writer: Drew Hancock
8.0/10396 votesLoading...#23 - Drunk Tank
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2011
Alex and his teammates end up in the local drunk tank, where they must stay until they blow a .06 on the breathalyzer. Sammy attempts to get drunk enough to join them so he can break them out from the inside, a la Prison Break.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Drew Hancock
8.0/10379 votesLoading...#24 - Thad's Back
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2011
Alex takes on Thad's persona as he struggles to pull Thad out of a post-suspension slump while Sammy meets the perfect girl only to realize he will soon lose her.
Director: Clark Mathis
Writer: Heather Flanders
8.0/10370 votesLoading...#25 - The Peak
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2011
Alex and Sammy have a falling out when Alex plays the best game in his career and accepts it as the peak in his life. Meanwhile, Daniels and Jon Jon have mixed feelings about a job offer that Jon Jon received.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writer: Drew Hancock
The Worst Episodes of Blue Mountain State
Every episode of Blue Mountain State ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Blue Mountain State!
Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.
Genre:Comedy
Network:Spike
Worst Episodes Summary
"Promise Ring" is the worst rated episode of "Blue Mountain State". It scored 7.3/10 based on 595 votes. Directed by Lev L. Spiro and written by Eric Falconer, Chris Romano, it aired on 1/12/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "There's Only One Second Best".