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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Close to Home Season 2 Episode 1 - Community
    8.1/10(62 votes)

    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 16 - Internet Bride
    8.0/10(94 votes)

    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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  3. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 21 - Fall From Grace
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    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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  4. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 2 - A House Divided
    7.7/10(44 votes)

    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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  5. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 4 - Deacon
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    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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  6. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 19 - Maternal Instinct
    7.7/10(36 votes)

    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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  7. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 3 - Truly, Madly, Deeply
    7.6/10(39 votes)

    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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  8. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 9 - Shoot To Kill
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    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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  9. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 10 - A Father's Story
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    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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  10. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 15 - Barren
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    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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  11. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 22 - Eminent Domain
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    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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  12. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 5 - Legacy
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    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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  13. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 6 - Homecoming
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 11 - Prodigal Son
    7.0/10(24 votes)

    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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  15. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 12 - Road Rage
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    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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  16. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 17 - Protégé
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    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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  17. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 20 - Drink the Cup
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    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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  18. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 13 - Getting In
    6.9/10(29 votes)

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

    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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  20. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 14 - Hoosier Hold 'Em
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    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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  21. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 18 - Making Amends
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    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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  22. Close to Home Season 2 Episode 8 - There's Something About Martha
    6.0/10(34 votes)

    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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Community" is the best rated episode of Close to Home season 2. It scored 8.1/10 from 62 votes. Directed by Kevin Dowling and written by Unknown, it aired on September 22, 2006. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Internet Bride".