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The Best Episodes of Bull Season 5

Every episode of Bull Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bull Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 16 - A Friend in Need
    8.3/10(278 votes)

    S5:E16

    Izzy puts the brakes on her wedding to Bull after he jeopardizes Benny's election campaign by handling the defense in the corruption trial of the former District Attorney that Benny hopes to replace.

    Director:Eric Stoltz
    Writers:Pamela J. Wechsler, Travis Donnelly

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  2. Bull Season 5 Episode 15 - Snatchback
    8.0/10(219 votes)

    S5:E15

    Bull aims to win over a federal jury without the use of hard evidence when TAC represents Hank Alston, a child recovery agent charged with fraud for not having documented proof of his covert work. Also, Izzy wants Benny to consider hitting back at his opponent in the District Attorney race when the other candidate engages in mudslinging before an important debate

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writer:Sarah H. Haught

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  3. Bull Season 5 Episode 11 - Truth and Reconciliation
    7.8/10(254 votes)

    S5:E11

    The origin story of TAC is revealed through flashbacks when Bull tries to get a new trial for the wrongly convicted prisoner who inspired him to work in trial science 12 years earlier.

    Director:Deborah Reinisch
    Writer:Gia Gordon

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  4. Bull Season 5 Episode 7 - The Head of the Goat
    7.7/10(253 votes)

    S5:E7

    Bull and Benny mount a difficult federal trial defense for a young mother accused of aiding and abetting her extremist husband in an act of domestic terrorism. When the controversial case makes news, Benny's commitment to TAC complicates his burgeoning political career.

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Sarah H. Haught

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  5. Bull Season 5 Episode 10 - The Boy Who Cried Murder
    7.6/10(242 votes)

    S5:E10

    Izzy asks Bull to petition the court to have her best friend's body exhumed when the woman's son alleges she was murdered, despite her death already ruled accidental.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Zyanya Salazar

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  6. Bull Season 5 Episode 4 - The Ex Factor
    7.5/10(280 votes)

    S5:E4

    TAC braces for an un-jolly Christmas when Bull and Benny represent Marissa and her estranged husband, Greg, in federal court after they're charged with money laundering and fraud connected to Greg's restaurant. As Bull and Benny defend the divorcing couple together so the prosecution can't use them against each other, they search for jurors who will believe Marissa had no knowledge of Greg's business dealings. Also, as Bull and Izzy prepare to baptize Astrid before the Christmas holiday, they reach an impasse regarding what they want from their renewed relationship.

    Director:Dan Lerner
    Writers:Marissa Matteo, Glenn Gordon Caron

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  7. Bull Season 5 Episode 6 - To Save a Life
    7.5/10(252 votes)

    S5:E6

    Bull and Chunk represent an emergency room doctor being sued for malpractice after she ignored direct orders to save one near-death patient in favor of helping another who was also critically injured.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Chamblee Smith

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  8. Bull Season 5 Episode 8 - Cloak and Beaker
    7.5/10(266 votes)

    S5:E8

    Bull heads to federal court for a client accused of stealing his own scientific research from the company he works for, a corporation he says buried his ground-breaking work because selling medication is more profitable than curing diseases

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Steven Paul Martinez

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  9. Bull Season 5 Episode 2 - The Great Divide
    7.4/10(300 votes)

    S5:E2

    The TAC team experiences a conflict of interest in court when Benny represents the plaintiff and Chunk represents the defendant in the same civil suit, where a mother sues a young artist she deems responsible for her daughter's death.

    Director:Michael Weatherly
    Writer:Pamela J. Wechsler

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  10. Bull Season 5 Episode 3 - Prison Break
    7.4/10(287 votes)

    S5:E3

    Bull assists Chunk as he represents a convict from his law school's legal aid clinic, a woman accused of killing a guard while trying to escape during a prison transport. While the prosecution alleges the woman shot the guard as she tried to flee, Chunk argues that she is being falsely accused by a guard who attempted to sexually assault her during the transport.

    Director:Eric Stoltz
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  11. Bull Season 5 Episode 13 - Law of the Jungle
    7.3/10(249 votes)

    S5:E13

    Bull is hired to help a woman determined to go against legal advice when she insists on pleading guilty to the murder of a wealthy philanthropist who preyed on her a teenager.

    Director:Joe Morton
    Writer:Marissa Matteo

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  12. Bull Season 5 Episode 14 - Under the Influence
    7.3/10(211 votes)

    S5:E14

    Chunk does his daughter, Anna, a favor and convinces Bull to represent a teenager on trial robbery, a defendant who faces an uphill battle in court when he refuses to name his accomplice. Also, Chunk is suspicious of Anna's older boyfriend who's a writer with the financial resources to pay the legal fees for TAC's teen client, and Taylor's forced to lean on her ex-husband's girlfriend as childcare for her son when the trial has her working around the clock.

    Director:Geary McLeod
    Writers:Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price

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  13. Bull Season 5 Episode 5 - Fallen Idols
    6.9/10(292 votes)

    S5:E5

    Bull worries he can't convince a jury his religious leader client didn't kill his wife when a major secret the pastor is hiding about the marriage is revealed, damaging his credibility in court.

    Director:Kevin Berlandi
    Writer:Steven Paul Martinez

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  14. Bull Season 5 Episode 9 - The Bad Client
    6.8/10(301 votes)

    S5:E9

    Bull uses the First Amendment's freedom of speech to defend a controversial news commentator blamed for a man's suicide after she accused him on air of murder

    Director:Eric Stoltz
    Writer:Travis Donnelly

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  15. Bull Season 5 Episode 1 - My Corona
    6.4/10(605 votes)

    S5:E1

    Bull and the TAC team struggle to adjust to a virtual court system as they weather the New York City shutdown due to the coronavirus.

    Director:Glenn Gordon Caron
    Writer:Glenn Gordon Caron

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  16. Bull Season 5 Episode 12 - Evidence to the Contrary
    6.4/10(310 votes)

    S5:E12

    Bull and the TAC team worry about jury bias when Bull mounts a murder trial defense for a Black Lives Matter activist who is also the son of the wrongly convicted man who inspired Bull to start his trial science company.

    Director:Carl Seaton
    Writer:Leland Jay Anderson

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"A Friend in Need" is the best rated episode of "Bull" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 278 votes. Directed by Eric Stoltz and written by Pamela J. Wechsler, Travis Donnelly, it aired on 5/17/2021. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Snatchback".