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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!

The Best Episodes of Bull Season 5

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

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  1. Background image for A Friend in Need
    8.2/10(257 votes)

    #1 - A Friend in Need

    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. Season finale.

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  2. Background image for Snatchback
    7.9/10(200 votes)

    #2 - Snatchback

    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

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  3. Background image for Truth and Reconciliation
    7.8/10(234 votes)

    #3 - Truth and Reconciliation

    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.

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    7.7/10(233 votes)

    #4 - The Head of the Goat

    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.

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    7.5/10(259 votes)

    #5 - The Ex Factor

    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.

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  6. Background image for To Save a Life
    7.5/10(232 votes)

    #6 - To Save a Life

    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.

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  8. Background image for Cloak and Beaker
    7.5/10(248 votes)

    #7 - Cloak and Beaker

    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

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    7.5/10(221 votes)

    #8 - The Boy Who Cried Murder

    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.

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  10. Background image for The Great Divide
    7.4/10(281 votes)

    #9 - The Great Divide

    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.

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    7.4/10(268 votes)

    #10 - Prison Break

    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.

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  12. Background image for Law of the Jungle
    7.2/10(229 votes)

    #11 - Law of the Jungle

    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.

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    Director:Joe Morton
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    7.2/10(192 votes)

    #12 - Under the Influence

    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.

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  14. Background image for Fallen Idols
    6.9/10(273 votes)

    #13 - Fallen Idols

    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.

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    6.7/10(282 votes)

    #14 - The Bad Client

    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

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  16. Background image for Evidence to the Contrary
    6.4/10(287 votes)

    #15 - Evidence to the Contrary

    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.

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    6.3/10(576 votes)

    #16 - My Corona

    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.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"A Friend in Need" is the best rated episode of "Bull" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 257 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".