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The Best Episodes of Close to Home

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Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS.

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    Close to Home Season 1 Episode 19 - Sex, Toys and Videotape
    9.0/10(102 votes)

    #1 - Sex, Toys and Videotape

    S1:E19

    Annabeth gets involved on a murder trial where her victim was strangled the night before her wedding. During the trial Annabeth discovers that her victim was hiding a terrible secret from her friends and family which may have lead to her death---that she was previously married and not a virgin that many had thought to believe..

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 9 - Meth Murders
    8.9/10(94 votes)

    #2 - Meth Murders

    S1:E9

    A man high on meth that has killed two people has apparently killed the wrong two, Annabeth discovers after beginning prosecution. During the murder investigation the defendant reveals the identities of the intended targets. Annabeth attempts to track them down in order to convince them to testify against the drug lord so that he can be brought to trial. Meanwhile, Steve worries that the nature of the crime will cause a media circus and asks Maureen to keep the press at bay.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 10 - Baseball Murder
    8.9/10(96 votes)

    #3 - Baseball Murder

    S1:E10

    Annabeth is assigned to try a case involving the death of a all star baseball player by an opposing player (Cole Evan Weiss). Sammy's parents seem more worried about his athletic career rather than the severity of the crime. During the investigation prior to the boy's trial, Annabeth discovers a videotape of the attack which causes her to suspect the boy's coach may have encouraged him to hit his opponent after their team lost the game. Meanwhile, Maureen's younger sister is arrested for shoplifting.

    Director:Emilio Estevez
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 14 - Dead or Alive
    8.9/10(94 votes)

    #4 - Dead or Alive

    S1:E14

    Annabeth tries to convince the mother of a man who confesses to the murders of three people to testify against her son after a judge rules the blood found in the defendant's home is inadmissible in court. The defendant's attorney argues in court that his client did not commit any crimes but confessed to the killings because he is fascinated by crime and police investigations. Annabeth's case against the defendant begins to crumble after one woman he confesses killing turns up alive and admits she ran away from her parents to be with her boyfriend. Annabeth tries to convince the defendant's mother to testify against her son in order to salvage her case and bring the defendant to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 15 - Reasonable Doubts
    8.8/10(102 votes)

    #5 - Reasonable Doubts

    S1:E15

    When Annabeth has to prosecute a man for killing his mother-in-law, his defense attorney creates a case against his own wife by claiming she committed the murder in order to establish reasonable doubt for the jury. The judge throws out the defendant's testimony after his lawyer claims that he was not given legal counsel during his interrogation. When Annabeth learns of a hidden secret in the defendant's past which easily explains why he killed his mother-in-law, the defense tries to deliberately mislead the jury into believing the defendant's wife committed the murder in order to create doubt.

    Director:Andy Wolk
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 8 - Under Threat
    8.7/10(100 votes)

    #6 - Under Threat

    S1:E8

    Annabeth prosecutes a case involving a gangster who resorts to violence to prevent a key witness from testifying against him. When the defendant realizes that Annabeth might be able to convince a jury to convict him of the crimes he is accused of, he then has members of his gang threaten to harm Annabeth's daughter in order to scare her from trying the case.

    Director:Martha Mitchell
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 17 - Land of Opportunity
    8.7/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Land of Opportunity

    S1:E17

    Annabeth and her office investigate a string of real-estate fraud cases involving a crooked real estate developer. Annabeth and her D.A team try to help homeoowners who are being scammed into buying homes more than they're worth by the housing developer who build them. It gets to the point where the real estate developer fires her own husband from his contruction housing job in order not to get caught by the D.A.

    Director:Jonathan Glassner
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 18 - Still a Small Town
    8.7/10(59 votes)

    #8 - Still a Small Town

    S1:E18

    Annabeth attempts to link several of her former classmates to the murder of their high school friend who dies after a game of touch football.

    Director:Kevin Bray
    Writer:Robert Levine

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  9. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 12 - Privilege
    8.6/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Privilege

    S1:E12

    A successful African-American man is abducted from his home and presumed dead. A suspect is quickly arrested and refuses to cooperate, but he reveals the location of the body to his lawyer. Annabeth tries to persade the defending attorney to testify against his client after a second black man goes missing, hoping to stop the hate crimes, but the man is reluctant to betray his client's confidence.

    Director:Roxann Dawson
    Writer:Carol Barbee

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  10. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 11 - The Good Doctor
    8.5/10(55 votes)

    #10 - The Good Doctor

    S1:E11

    Annabeth prosecutes a case involving a respected doctor who accuses a teenage delinquent of murdering his wife. Annabeth learns there's more to the story when the suspect arrested for the murder has an airtight alibi for the night the crime was committed. As a result, Annabeth delves deeper into the case only to find out that the doctor's wife was planning to sue her husband for divorce because he was hiding a dark secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 16 - Escape
    8.5/10(50 votes)

    #11 - Escape

    S1:E16

    Annabeth tries to build a case against a convicted criminal whom she put in jail years earlier after he is arrested for robbing a jewelry store. After he is arrested for robbery, the D.A.'s office learns that during the convict's escape from jail he murdered a guard and kidnapped a young woman whom he has held hostage for a year. During the investigation, Annabeth discovers inconsistencies in the kidnapped woman's story and uncovers a secret causing her to question who is really to blame for the prison-break and robbery.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 7 - Double Life Wife
    8.2/10(55 votes)

    #12 - Double Life Wife

    S1:E7

    During the investigation of the crime, Annabeth discovers a picture of the defendant and the victim's husband, leading her to believe that the murder of his wife may not have been an accident. Meanwhile, Steve asks for Maureen's help after he must recuse himself from the appeal of a death penalty case after a key witness accuses him of suborning perjury.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 5 - Romeo and Juliet Murders
    8.1/10(67 votes)

    #13 - Romeo and Juliet Murders

    S1:E5

    Annabeth and Maureen prosecute a case involving siblings whose parents are found murdered after they discover a secret which the teenagers had been keeping from them. Meanwhile, Maureen and Annabeth admit to each other that they sometimes think that each other's life is more desirable -- Maureen wishes she had a family to go home to, while Annabeth wishes she did not have to be responsible for anyone but herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jim Leonard

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  14. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 1 - Community
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    #14 - Community

    S2:E1

    As Annnabeth is still being challenged with the changes of being a single mother after her husband's death, she also has to adjust to a lot of changes at her job. A new DA has come to work with Annabeth and their first case involves the multiple homicides of a family. New ADA James Conlon (David James Elliot) and Annabeth work together to bring justice and find new ways to draw a confession out of the suspects. Lastly, Annabeth tries to smooth over the animosities between Ed Williams (Cress Williams), a tough no-nonsense cop, and Ray Blackwell (Jon Seda), Conlon's right hand man from New York who transferred to Indianapolis to work with him.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 16 - Internet Bride
    8.0/10(361 votes)

    #15 - Internet Bride

    S2:E16

    The Dean of a prep school is suspected of killing his wife, and attempting to make it look like a suicide. The prosecutor's office and public defenders compete over a basketball game.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 20 - The Shot
    7.8/10(122 votes)

    #16 - The Shot

    S1:E20

    Annabeth brings down a high school basketball player on murder charges on the death of another teammate in court. The suspect confesses that it was an accident. During the teenager's trial, a witness comes forward to testify that the shooting was intentional. Soon after hearing the testimony, the defendant's father changes his initial statement and confesses to the crime. Convinced that the teenager's father is lying to protect his son from prosecution, Annabeth digs deeper and stumbles upon a secret the boys were keeping which may have been the motive for the shooting.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 21 - Fall From Grace
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #17 - Fall From Grace

    S2:E21

    Annabeth tries to re-prosecute a dirty cop for murder, after a witness in his previous case is found dead.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 6 - Parents on Trial
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #18 - Parents on Trial

    S1:E6

    Annabeth must combat the defense’s strategy of putting the victim’s parents on trial by claiming their lifestyle and the father’s relationship with the defendant is to blame for their son’s death. Now, Annabeth must find evidence that will convince a jury that the defendant is guilty of the murder of the 6-year-old boy.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 22 - Hot Grrrl
    7.7/10(118 votes)

    #19 - Hot Grrrl

    S1:E22

    Annabeth prosecutes two teenagers for the murder of a man they claim was an online sexual predator. However, the more she investigates the more the teenagers' story falls apart. And at home, she and Jack make plans to go on vacation, not knowing that their lives will soon change.

    Director:Paul McCrane
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 3 - Truly, Madly, Deeply
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Truly, Madly, Deeply

    S2:E3

    Annabeth's case involves herself prosecuting a man who is being convicted of drugging and raping a teenage girl next door to his house. At first it seems like an open-and-shut case. Annabeth soon discovers there is more to story with the suspect's wife and that the couple may be hiding a dark secret.

    Director:John Peters
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  21. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 4 - Deacon
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #21 - Deacon

    S2:E4

    Annabeth prosecutes a drug addict for the murder of a young woman, when evidence that a dormant serial killer may be the actual suspect surface.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 19 - Maternal Instinct
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #22 - Maternal Instinct

    S2:E19

    Annabeth prosecutes a man suspected of murdering his father but when the supposed killer's mother recants her first assertion that her son assaulted her and killed his dad, the case falters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 2 - A House Divided
    7.6/10(46 votes)

    #23 - A House Divided

    S2:E2

    Annabeth prosecutes a woman who claims that she killed her husband in self defense.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.5/10(139 votes)

    #24 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Since having a baby with her husband Jack (Christian Kane) Annabeth has been having a more difficult time returning back to work as her cases are hitting more close to home and in her neighborhood---literally. It'll be a struggle for her to balance family

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Close to Home Season 1 Episode 21 - David and Goliath
    7.5/10(109 votes)

    #25 - David and Goliath

    S1:E21

    When a professional baseball player goes on trial for the murder of his mistress, Annabeth has to go up against a high-powered celebrity defense lawyer.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sex, Toys and Videotape" is the best rated episode of "Close to Home". It scored 9/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/28/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Meth Murders".