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The Best Episodes of Burden of Truth

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    Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 8 - Standing by Peaceful Waters
    8.6/10(110 votes)

    #1 - Standing by Peaceful Waters

    S4:E8

    With her abrupt departure from her preliminary hearing and her legal career seemingly over, Joanna begins to chart a new path for the future outside the law.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 8 - The Right Road
    8.5/10(174 votes)

    #2 - The Right Road

    S2:E8

    As Luna's trial starts, Joanna and Billy defend against an avalanche of evidence. With things not looking good, Joanna risks everything by putting an unexpected witness on the stand.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writer:Brad Simpson

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  3. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 10 - Cause in Fact
    8.3/10(204 votes)

    #3 - Cause in Fact

    S1:E10

    After being reinstated, Joanna plays her trump card, but it's not enough to elicit a settlement.

    Director:Grant Harvey
    Writer:Brad Simpson

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  4. Burden of Truth Season 3 Episode 8 - Shelter from the Storm
    8.3/10(129 votes)

    #4 - Shelter from the Storm

    S3:E8

    Joanna and Billy head to trial against ClearDawn labs while still desperately searching for a way to expose the fraudulent science used to wrongfully apprehend children. Season finale.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writers:Brad Simpson, Mary Galloway

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  5. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 2 - Breaking Points
    8.2/10(93 votes)

    #5 - Breaking Points

    S4:E2

    Joanna (Kristin Kreuk) searches for her client's long-lost daughter to protect her client's legal interests and keep the case alive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 3 - From Out the Gloomy Rack
    8.2/10(90 votes)

    #6 - From Out the Gloomy Rack

    S4:E3

    Joanna becomes the target of a mysterious criminal investigation. Luna rushes back to Millwood to aid her sister. Beckbie helps Kip deal with a personal problem. Taylor makes a shocking discovery as she continues her investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 6 - The Homecoming
    8.2/10(87 votes)

    #7 - The Homecoming

    S4:E6

    As Joanna and Billy scramble to keep their case alive, the evidence they uncover begins to point to a shocking conclusion about the mine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 7 - Where the Shadows Lie Waiting...
    8.2/10(84 votes)

    #8 - Where the Shadows Lie Waiting...

    S4:E7

    With one day left before the disciplinary hearing, Joanna and Billy set out to finish the case against the mine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 7 - Never Face the Hangman
    8.1/10(158 votes)

    #9 - Never Face the Hangman

    S2:E7

    On the eve of Luna's trial, Joanna reaches out to an old client when she discovers a new piece of evidence that will lead her to the identity of the real killer. Billy attempts to get help for Shane but is forced to make an agonizing choice.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writer:Eric Putzer

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  10. Burden of Truth Season 3 Episode 7 - Name Your Ghosts
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    #10 - Name Your Ghosts

    S3:E7

    Coming off the loss of class certification, Joanna and Billy decide to go after ClearDawn alone, turning to the only lead they have - an unreliable whistleblower.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writer:Eric Putzer

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  11. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 4 - Scorched Earth
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #11 - Scorched Earth

    S4:E4

    Joanna races to find evidence to dismiss the charges against her before her end-of-day hearing. Billy's search for a lead in the case has personal consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 3 - The Milk of Human Kindness
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    #12 - The Milk of Human Kindness

    S2:E3

    Joanna struggles to control the narrative of Noah's case when Lovand starts a smear campaign against him. Billy and Gerrilynn wait for an answer in their civil suit, when an unexpected visitor turns up in Millwood with an offer.

    Director:Stephanie Morgenstern
    Writer:Renée St. Cyr

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  13. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 4 - Guilt by Association
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    #13 - Guilt by Association

    S2:E4

    Back in Millwood after learning of a death of someone close to her, Joanna won't get a moment to mourn, as the overzealous police are already zeroing in on Gerrilynn Spence. Joanna and Billy team up to halt a rush to judgment.

    Director:Stephanie Morgenstern
    Writer:Shannon Masters

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  14. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 6 - Manic Street Preacher
    8.0/10(157 votes)

    #14 - Manic Street Preacher

    S2:E6

    Joanna struggles at work and with Luna's upcoming trial while dealing with her grief. Billy finds evidence that may provide an alternate theory.

    Director:Michelle Latimer
    Writers:Renée St. Cyr, Felicia Brooker

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  15. Burden of Truth Season 3 Episode 6 - It Takes a Village
    8.0/10(111 votes)

    #15 - It Takes a Village

    S3:E6

    Joanna reluctantly agrees to try to put together a class-action suit.

    Director:Sherry White
    Writer:Hayden Simpson

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  16. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 5 - Spirits in the Material World
    8.0/10(92 votes)

    #16 - Spirits in the Material World

    S4:E5

    Joanna and Billy, struggling to deal with the demands of being new parents, are blindsided when their injunction against the mine is overturned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 4 - Family Ties
    7.9/10(238 votes)

    #17 - Family Ties

    S1:E4

    Joanna and Billy are convinced that the local steel mill and its owner Ben Matheson are responsible for the barrels. A shocking revelation in Joanna's personal life leads her to question everything her father had told her.

    Director:Jordan Canning
    Writer:Shannon Masters

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  18. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 5 - Witch Hunt
    7.9/10(234 votes)

    #18 - Witch Hunt

    S1:E5

    The sick girls and their families are faced with the mill employees who are worried about losing their jobs.

    Director:James Genn
    Writers:Eric Putzer, Brad Simpson

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  19. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 7 - Ducks on the Pond
    7.9/10(215 votes)

    #19 - Ducks on the Pond

    S1:E7

    Stuck in Millwood without a case and no firm to return to, Joanna is at loose ends on what to do next until a whistleblower comes forward.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writer:Graeme Stewart

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  20. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 8 - Hang Together
    7.9/10(200 votes)

    #20 - Hang Together

    S1:E8

    New leads bring Joanna and Billy to make the horrific discovery of a massive dumpsite on farmland near the school. Joanna’s father takes over as lead counsel and it becomes clear that they’re running out of time.

    Director:Douglas Mitchell
    Writer:Hayden Simpson

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  21. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 9 - Home to Roost
    7.9/10(199 votes)

    #21 - Home to Roost

    S1:E9

    Joanna faces the one person who can help her defeat her father.

    Director:Grant Harvey
    Writer:Lynn Coady

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  22. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 5 - Hungry, Cold & Tired
    7.9/10(158 votes)

    #22 - Hungry, Cold & Tired

    S2:E5

    Joanna and Billy try to get Luna out of jail, but a surprise witness comes forward with information.

    Director:Michelle Latimer
    Writer:Hayden Simpson

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  23. Burden of Truth Season 4 Episode 1 - River City
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    #23 - River City

    S4:E1

    With Millwood divided over a proposed mining project, lawyer and new mother Joanna Chang (Kristin Kreuk) takes on the case of a landowner whose farm is standing in the way of the mine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Burden of Truth Season 1 Episode 3 - Still Waters
    7.8/10(250 votes)

    #24 - Still Waters

    S1:E3

    Joanna uses her esteem as partner at CTS to convince a hydrologist to test Millwood's soil. With reluctant permission from the mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community.

    Director:Jordan Canning
    Writer:Lynn Coady

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  25. Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 1 - Salesman, Cheats and Liars
    7.8/10(190 votes)

    #25 - Salesman, Cheats and Liars

    S2:E1

    Joanna Chang is living a new life at a new firm with a new name when she's assigned a case of a brilliant young Internet privacy activist who will turn everything in her new life upside down. Meanwhile, back in Millwood, Billy Crawford is dealing with the aftermath of the Matheson Steel lawsuit.

    Director:Grant Harvey
    Writer:Brad Simpson

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Best Episodes Summary

"Standing by Peaceful Waters" is the best rated episode of "Burden of Truth". It scored 8.6/10 based on 110 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/18/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Right Road".