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The Best Episodes of Bull Season 1

Every episode of Bull Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bull Season 1!

Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

Genres:CrimeDramaComedy
Network:CBS

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Bull" season 1 is "The Necklace", rated 6.9/10 from 1236 user votes. It was directed by Rodrigo García and written by Paul Attanasio, Phil McGraw. "The Necklace" aired on 9/20/2016 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Woman in 8D".

  • The Necklace
    6.9/10 1,236 votes

    #1 - The Necklace

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2016

    Dr. Jason Bull, the brilliant, brash founder of a prolific trial consulting firm, combines psychology, human intuition and high tech data to create winning strategies that steer high-stakes trials in his clients’ favor.

    Director: Rodrigo García

    Writer: Paul Attanasio, Phil McGraw

  • The Woman in 8D
    7.3/10 949 votes

    #2 - The Woman in 8D

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2016

    Dr. Bull and his Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) team must formulate a new defense strategy when they discover the jury has a subconscious gender bias toward their client, a female pilot accused of negligence after one of her flights crashes.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: Mark Goffman, David Wilcox

  • Unambiguous
    7.3/10 846 votes

    #3 - Unambiguous

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2016

    Bull and his team tackle jury bias against their client, a woman on trial for the murder of a star athlete she very publicly accused of assaulting her. Also, the case brings Benny face-to-face with his former flame, Amanda, a fellow attorney he hasn’t seen since their breakup.

    Director: Jan Eliasberg

    Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro

  • Callisto
    7.7/10 650 votes

    #4 - Callisto

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2016

    When Bull and Trial Analysis Corporation (TAC) help a young woman fight a drug patent lawsuit, they’re forced to travel to Callisto, the small Texan town where Bull suffered the only trial loss of his career.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: Jesse Stern

  • Just Tell the Truth
    7.3/10 741 votes

    #5 - Just Tell the Truth

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2016

    Bull turns down a major pay day for his company in order to assist a cook accused of murdering his socialite fiancé when he realizes the man's confession to the crime was coerced by the police. Also when Marissa, Cable, and Danny find out Chunk is going on a date with a man he doesn't know well, they try to convince him to use their collective skills to investigate him beforehand.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Cole Maliska

  • Bedside Manner
    7.4/10 693 votes

    #6 - Bedside Manner

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2016

    Bull must find a way to reverse the negative effect his egomaniacal client, a surgeon with a God complex being sued for malpractice, has on the jury. Also, Bull hires Liberty Davis, a previous client’s attorney, when he decides Benny may not be sympathetic enough to the jurors.

    Director: Paul A. Edwards

    Writer: Dan Dietz

  • Never Saw the Sign
    7.2/10 668 votes

    #7 - Never Saw the Sign

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2016

    Bull uncovers a conspiracy involving a corrupt assemblyman (John Ventimiglia) while helping a new client facing vehicular manslaughter charges. Also, Danny and Cable investigate why Marissa is acting and dressing differently.

    Director: Peter Leto

    Writer: Mark Goffman, Elizabeth Peterson

  • Too Perfect
    7.2/10 674 votes

    #8 - Too Perfect

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/2016

    Bull’s efforts to assist with his ex-wife Isabella Colón’s defense in a wrongful death lawsuit are hindered by unresolved issues from their marriage and her longstanding rift with her brother, Benny.

    Director: Dan Lerner

    Writer: N/A

  • Light My Fire
    7.4/10 641 votes

    #9 - Light My Fire

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2016

    Dr. Bull confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home, assisting in the arson defense of a young man whose contentious ties to the town mirror Bull's own.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: David Wilcox

  • E.J.
    7.0/10 597 votes

    #10 - E.J.

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2017

    When Bull assists CEO Ginny Bretton, whose company is accused of killing an employee with its self-driving car, he discovers his client is keeping a major secret that could sabotage a trial win.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Paul Attanasio

  • Teacher's Pet
    6.9/10 614 votes

    #11 - Teacher's Pet

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2017

    An attorney for one of Bull’s former clients, Liberty Davis, asks him to consult on a couple’s civil suit against a teacher who had a sexual relationship with their son. However, his trial strategy suffers a major setback when the teen switches to the teacher’s side.

    Director: Holly Dale

    Writer: Chris Erric Maddox, Indira G. Wilson

  • Stockholm Syndrome
    7.0/10 676 votes

    #12 - Stockholm Syndrome

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/2017

    The wife of a man who Danny helped imprison for manslaughter detonates a bomb at the TAC offices and takes the team hostage in order to force Bull to prove her husband's innocence.

    Director: Jet Wilkinson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fall
    7.1/10 549 votes

    #13 - The Fall

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2017

    Bull helps disgraced Titanfall multiplayer champion Jace (Omar Maskati) file a suit against his former employer, after the employer publicly accuses Jace of intentionally losing a championship match and fires him.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: David Hoselton, Thomas Wong

  • It's Classified
    7.1/10 532 votes

    #14 - It's Classified

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/2017

    Bull comes to the defense of a military intelligence officer who leaked documents, leaving TAC offline and Benny in hot water.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: N/A

  • What's Your Number?
    7.3/10 535 votes

    #15 - What's Your Number?

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/2017

    After a skybridge collapse kills fifteen people, Bull helps prosecute a New York real estate tycoon (and his landlord), only to discover he's a sociopath who will do anything to win, whether it be hiring one of Bull's toughest opponents as his attorney, bribing the mirror jurors, or shutting down the power in TAC. Meanwhile, Benny learns that he is being investigated by the DA's office.

    Director: Edward Ornelas

    Writer: Cole Maliska

  • Free Fall
    7.2/10 524 votes

    #16 - Free Fall

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/7/2017

    The Governor of Connecticut takes his senior office staff skydiving and dies when his parachute fails to deploy; the owner of the skydiving company is also killed attempting to save the Governor. Bull offers his services to the skydiving company, now run by the owner's daughter, after they are sued by the Governor's widow. Meanwhile, Bull is challenged by the widow's counsel, occassional trial partner Liberty Davis, while Danny investigates possible sabotage.

    Director: Jan Eliasberg

    Writer: John A. Norris

  • Name Game
    7.2/10 473 votes

    #17 - Name Game

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/2017

    Bull funds a class-action lawsuit pitting thousands of victims against a bank that ran a corrupt pump-and-dump investment division, which puts his business at risk. Unbeknownst to Bull, Benny is being haunted by a trial from his past, which throws him off his game and threatens the success of the suit.

    Director: Laura Belsey

    Writer: Pamela J. Wechsler

  • Dressed to Kill
    7.1/10 476 votes

    #18 - Dressed to Kill

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/2017

    The bond between Chunk and Bull is tested when TAC takes on as a client the prime suspect in the death of Chunk's fashion mentor killed during her own show. Meanwhile, Bull rekindles a romance with one of his toughest opponents.

    Director: Larry Teng

    Writer: Ashley Gable

  • Bring It On
    7.1/10 460 votes

    #19 - Bring It On

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2017

    When Bull assists Jules Caffrey, a high-powered attorney on trial for his fiancée's murder, he takes advantage of his client's penchant for courtroom theatrics by letting him defend himself.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: Simran Baidwan

  • Make Me
    7.2/10 450 votes

    #20 - Make Me

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2017

    A young man he believes was brainwashed by a cult-like spiritual learning center to kill his father. Also, Danny and Chunk go undercover at the learning center to find the perpetrator responsible for their client's reprogramming.

    Director: Tricia Brock

    Writer: Mary Leah Sutton

  • How to Dodge a Bullet
    7.4/10 604 votes

    #21 - How to Dodge a Bullet

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/2017

    Bull makes a deal with top criminal attorney J.P. Nunnelly to defend Benny when he goes to trial for misconduct in a case related to his former career with the District Attorney's office.

    Director: Russell Lee Fine

    Writer: John A. Norris

  • Dirty Little Secrets
    7.2/10 482 votes

    #22 - Dirty Little Secrets

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/2017

    Bull works with top criminal defense attorney J.P. Nunnelly on the first of three cases to repay her for defending Benny at trial. However, they clash over their client, a computer cloud company that is battling the F.B.I. to retain privacy over their customer's flies that could help identify the source of a recent eco-terrorist attack.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: David Hoselton

  • Benevolent Deception
    6.7/10 661 votes

    #23 - Benevolent Deception

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/23/2017

    Bull and the Trial Analysis Corp. team travel to Miami with top criminal defense attorney J.P. Nunnelly to work on a controversial drug trafficking case in which both the client's and the jurors' lives are in danger.

    Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

    Writer: Mark Goffman