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The Best Episodes of Bull Season 1

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bull Season 1 Episode 1 - The Necklace
    7.1/10(1299 votes)

    #1 - The Necklace

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Paul Attanasio, Phil McGraw

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  2. Bull Season 1 Episode 2 - The Woman in 8D
    7.3/10(994 votes)

    #2 - The Woman in 8D

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:David Wilcox, Mark Goffman

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  3. Bull Season 1 Episode 3 - Unambiguous
    7.2/10(886 votes)

    #3 - Unambiguous

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro

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  4. Bull Season 1 Episode 4 - Callisto
    7.4/10(689 votes)

    #4 - Callisto

    S1:E4

    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.

    Directors:Dennis Smith, Dennis Smith
    Writer:Jesse Stern

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  5. Bull Season 1 Episode 5 - Just Tell the Truth
    9.0/10(775 votes)

    #5 - Just Tell the Truth

    S1:E5

    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

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  6. Bull Season 1 Episode 6 - Bedside Manner
    9.0/10(725 votes)

    #6 - Bedside Manner

    S1:E6

    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

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  7. Bull Season 1 Episode 7 - Never Saw the Sign
    9.0/10(695 votes)

    #7 - Never Saw the Sign

    S1:E7

    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
    Writers:Mark Goffman, Elizabeth Peterson

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  8. Bull Season 1 Episode 8 - Too Perfect
    8.2/10(701 votes)

    #8 - Too Perfect

    S1:E8

    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:Unknown

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  9. Bull Season 1 Episode 9 - Light My Fire
    9.7/10(665 votes)

    #9 - Light My Fire

    S1:E9

    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.

    Directors:Dennis Smith, Dennis Smith
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  10. Bull Season 1 Episode 10 - E.J.
    8.0/10(622 votes)

    #10 - E.J.

    S1:E10

    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

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  11. Bull Season 1 Episode 11 - Teacher's Pet
    9.0/10(640 votes)

    #11 - Teacher's Pet

    S1:E11

    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
    Writers:Chris Erric Maddox, Indira G. Wilson

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  12. Bull Season 1 Episode 12 - Stockholm Syndrome
    9.0/10(702 votes)

    #12 - Stockholm Syndrome

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Bull Season 1 Episode 13 - The Fall
    9.8/10(574 votes)

    #13 - The Fall

    S1:E13

    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
    Writers:Thomas Wong, David Hoselton

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  14. Bull Season 1 Episode 14 - It's Classified
    8.8/10(555 votes)

    #14 - It's Classified

    S1:E14

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

    Directors:Dennis Smith, Dennis Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Bull Season 1 Episode 15 - What's Your Number?
    9.0/10(558 votes)

    #15 - What's Your Number?

    S1:E15

    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

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  16. Bull Season 1 Episode 16 - Free Fall
    8.3/10(547 votes)

    #16 - Free Fall

    S1:E16

    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

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  17. Bull Season 1 Episode 17 - Name Game
    9.0/10(495 votes)

    #17 - Name Game

    S1:E17

    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

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  18. Bull Season 1 Episode 18 - Dressed to Kill
    8.7/10(499 votes)

    #18 - Dressed to Kill

    S1:E18

    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

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  19. Bull Season 1 Episode 19 - Bring It On
    8.0/10(486 votes)

    #19 - Bring It On

    S1:E19

    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

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  20. Bull Season 1 Episode 20 - Make Me
    9.0/10(475 votes)

    #20 - Make Me

    S1:E20

    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

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  21. Bull Season 1 Episode 21 - How to Dodge a Bullet
    8.0/10(633 votes)

    #21 - How to Dodge a Bullet

    S1:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. Bull Season 1 Episode 22 - Dirty Little Secrets
    8.0/10(510 votes)

    #22 - Dirty Little Secrets

    S1:E22

    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.

    Directors:Dennis Smith, Dennis Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bull Season 1 Episode 23 - Benevolent Deception
    8.0/10(689 votes)

    #23 - Benevolent Deception

    S1:E23

    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:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Necklace" is the best rated episode of "Bull" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 1299 votes. Directed by Rodrigo García and written by Paul Attanasio, Phil McGraw, it aired on 9/20/2016. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Woman in 8D".