7.4/10107 votesLoading...#1 - Desperate Measures
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2020
With no hope left in the judicial system, Kodie snatches her kids and goes on the run.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Julie Puckrin
7.5/10319 votesLoading...#2 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2018
Tired of being passed over for promotion at her law firm, Joanna Hanley returns to her hometown to defend a drug company.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Brad Simpson
7.5/10145 votesLoading...#3 - Crawford Chang
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2020
Joanna and Billy face a verdict in their first case, but when they return to Millwood for a high school reunion, an old friend from Joanna's past suffers a devastating loss that forces Joanna to face long-buried demons from her past
Director: James Genn
Writer: Brad Simpson
7.5/10118 votesLoading...#4 - Wherever You Go
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2020
Joanna is reeling from the sudden apprehension of Kodie's children by Millwood Family Services.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Adam Pettle
7.6/10156 votesLoading...#5 - The Rabbit Hole
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2019
Joanna is dealing with the aftermath of a serious and dangerous invasion of her privacy, while in Millwood, Billy entertains his brother Shane’s idea to save the town.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Adam Pettle
7.6/10108 votesLoading...#6 - No Fathers and Sons
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2020
After losing at the custody hearing, Joanna is desperate to help Kodie.
Director: Kelly Makin
Writer: Felicia Brooker
7.7/10259 votesLoading...#7 - The Ties That Bind
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2018
A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Brad Simpson
7.7/10205 votesLoading...#8 - Devil in the Desert
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2018
As threats against her and Billy escalate, Joanna hopes that a neuropsychologist will prove that the girls were poisoned.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Hayden Simpson, Laura Good
7.7/10181 votesLoading...#9 - Salesman, Cheats and Liars
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2019
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
7.8/10239 votesLoading...#10 - Still Waters
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2018
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
7.8/10227 votesLoading...#11 - Family Ties
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2018
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
7.8/10223 votesLoading...#12 - Witch Hunt
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2018
The sick girls and their families are faced with the mill employees who are worried about losing their jobs.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Eric Putzer, Brad Simpson
7.8/10207 votesLoading...#13 - Ducks on the Pond
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2018
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
7.8/10190 votesLoading...#14 - Home to Roost
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2018
Joanna faces the one person who can help her defeat her father.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Lynn Coady
7.8/10109 votesLoading...#15 - Crisis of Faith
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2020
With more potential cases of wrongful child apprehensions, Joanna and Billy investigate.
Director: Sherry White
Writer: Laura Good
7.9/10192 votesLoading...#16 - Hang Together
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2018
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
7.9/10152 votesLoading...#17 - Guilt by Association
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2019
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
7.9/10149 votesLoading...#18 - Hungry, Cold & Tired
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2019
Joanna and Billy try to get Luna out of jail, but a surprise witness comes forward with information.
Director: Michelle Latimer
Writer: Hayden Simpson
7.9/10147 votesLoading...#19 - Manic Street Preacher
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2019
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
Writer: Renée St. Cyr, Felicia Brooker
7.9/10103 votesLoading...#20 - It Takes a Village
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2020
Joanna reluctantly agrees to try to put together a class-action suit.
Director: Sherry White
Writer: Hayden Simpson
7.9/10118 votesLoading...#21 - River City
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/2021
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10151 votesLoading...#22 - The Milk of Human Kindness
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2019
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
8.0/10148 votesLoading...#23 - Never Face the Hangman
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2019
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
8.1/10106 votesLoading...#24 - Name Your Ghosts
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2020
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
8.1/1084 votesLoading...#25 - Spirits in the Material World
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/2021
Joanna and Billy, struggling to deal with the demands of being new parents, are blindsided when their injunction against the mine is overturned.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Burden of Truth
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A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBC Television
Worst Episodes Summary
"Desperate Measures" is the worst rated episode of "Burden of Truth". It scored 7.4/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Kelly Makin and written by Julie Puckrin, it aired on 1/29/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Pilot".