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The Best Episodes of Close to Home Season 2

Every episode of Close to Home Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Close to Home Season 2!

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

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

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

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

    #4 - 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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  5. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 5 - Legacy
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Legacy

    S2:E5

    The team investigate the murder of a prominent buisnessman's wife and discover that her husband and father-in-law were involved in her death.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 6 - Homecoming
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Homecoming

    S2:E6

    Two football players are charged with a teammate's murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 7 - Silent Auction
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Silent Auction

    S2:E7

    The team investigates a man's murder during a function at his kids school. Further investigations reveal a secret affair between the victim and another woman.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 8 - There's Something About Martha
    6.1/10(33 votes)

    #8 - There's Something About Martha

    S2:E8

    A minister's wife and secretary are possible suspects when he is found dead in his home; when the team discovers that the church's building fund is missing, they realize the case is about greed

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 9 - Shoot To Kill
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #9 - Shoot To Kill

    S2:E9

    Annabeth prosecutes a man for the murder of his co-worker. The case gets complicated when his sons fingerprints are also found on the murder weapon.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 10 - A Father's Story
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #10 - A Father's Story

    S2:E10

    A courthouse shooting results in one lawyer dead and another, Annabeth's friend Doug Hellman, badly wounded. The shooter, a man looking for justice for his murdered daugher, is looked at as a sympathetic victim. His lawyer tries to transfer blame to the prosecutor's office for mishandling the orignal case that led to his daughter's killer going free.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 11 - Prodigal Son
    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Prodigal Son

    S2:E11

    A woman is killed the night she gets engaged and the suspect is her excessively obsessed uncle, a recovering alcoholic who was discovered drunk near the scene of the crime. The defense team pleads insanity, but Annabeth feels that she has a solid case when she makes a discovery of another crime the man committed that has the same characteristics that demonstrates his unstableness.

    Director:Anthony Hemingway
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 12 - Road Rage
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Road Rage

    S2:E12

    Annabeth prosecutes an English Professor after he kills another man during a road rage incident. Meanwhile, Maureen appeals the vehicular homicide ruling for the drunk driver who killed Annabeth's husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 13 - Getting In
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Getting In

    S2:E13

    A woman dies during a little plastic-surgery operation, and her husband asserts it was murder and not a chance event. Annabeth is unwilling to take the case, but the evidence displays there was a troubled past between the victim and the doctor that offered ample motive.

    Director:Kevin Dowling
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 14 - Hoosier Hold 'Em
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Hoosier Hold 'Em

    S2:E14

    Annabeth prosecutes a college student for a bank robbery, who did it to fund a gambling dependency. However, the case takes an peculiar turn when the young man is discovered dead.

    Director:Dermott Downs
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 15 - Barren
    7.3/10(27 votes)

    #15 - Barren

    S2:E15

    A surrogate mother is found dead in her home and the baby's biological mother is arrested for her murder.

    Director:Steve Boyum
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #16 - 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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  17. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 17 - Protégé
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #17 - Protégé

    S2:E17

    Annabeth and Conlon disagree on whether to seek the death penalty or not for a developmentally disabled defendant who is charged with killing a respected judge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 18 - Making Amends
    6.6/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Making Amends

    S2:E18

    Annabeth appeals to have the statue of limitations for be increased, after a raptist confesses to a woman that he raped her 11 years ago.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #19 - 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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  20. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 20 - Drink the Cup
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Drink the Cup

    S2:E20

    The team uncovers a group of dirty cops while prosecuting a drug dealer for murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #21 - 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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  22. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 22 - Eminent Domain
    7.3/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Eminent Domain

    S2:E22

    While the case against the corrupt police officers continue, someone in the D.A's office is murdered.

    Director:Matt Earl Beesley
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Community" is the best rated episode of "Close to Home" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Kevin Dowling and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/2006. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A House Divided".