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The Worst Episodes of Close to Home

Every episode of Close to Home ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Close to Home!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"There's Something About Martha" is the worst rated episode of "Close to Home". It scored 6/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Charles Beeson and written by N/A, it aired on 11/10/2006. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Getting In".

  • There's Something About Martha
    6.0/1031 votes
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    #1 - There's Something About Martha

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2006

    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: N/A

  • Getting In
    6.5/1026 votes
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    #2 - Getting In

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/2007

    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: N/A

  • Making Amends
    6.5/1027 votes
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    #3 - Making Amends

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/30/2007

    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: N/A

  • Hoosier Hold 'Em
    6.6/1025 votes
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    #4 - Hoosier Hold 'Em

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2007

    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: N/A

  • Silent Auction
    6.7/1024 votes
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    #5 - Silent Auction

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2006

    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: N/A

  • Prodigal Son
    6.8/1022 votes
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    #6 - Prodigal Son

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2006

    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: N/A

  • Road Rage
    6.8/1029 votes
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    #7 - Road Rage

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Drink the Cup
    6.8/1026 votes
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    #8 - Drink the Cup

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2007

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suburban Prostitution
    6.9/10122 votes
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    #9 - Suburban Prostitution

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2005

    Annabeth finds it difficult to convince the women working for the ring leader to testify against her because they are afraid that their husbands will leave them and take away their children. Meanwhile, Steve urges Maureen to push for more drug convictions so that their office can receive a $7 million grant from the federal government.

    Director: Steven DePaul

    Writer: N/A

  • Divine Directions
    6.9/10128 votes
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    #10 - Divine Directions

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2005

    After a competency hearing finds that the woman is fit to stand trial, Annabeth tries to find a motive for the murder and discovers several skeletons in the church-going couple's closet. Meanwhile, Maureen finds out there is more to the story behind a seemingly open and shut case of justifiable homicide. Annie Potts (""Any Day Now"") guest stars as Dr. Marla Dodds, the defendant's razor sharp, media-loving lawyer.

    Director: Helen Shaver

    Writer: N/A

  • Homecoming
    6.9/1029 votes
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    #11 - Homecoming

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2006

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Protégé
    6.9/1026 votes
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    #12 - Protégé

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Father's Story
    7.0/1030 votes
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    #13 - A Father's Story

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2006

    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: N/A

  • Miranda
    7.1/10108 votes
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    #14 - Miranda

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2005

    Annabeth must choose between making a case against a kidnapping suspect or saving his victim's life. Annabeth takes a huge gamble when she denies kidnapping suspect, Derrick Adler (guest star Mason Gamble) his right to have a lawyer present during his interrogation in order to force a confession with the hope that he will lead the police to his victim's whereabouts so that she can be brought home alive. Derrick had kidnapped college mate Amy Flynn (guest star Shannon Floyd) after a campus party, a person who he has been stalking for over a year. With time running out Annabeth is put in a tough predicament. Meanwhile, Maureen must decide whether or not to prosecute a detective who obstructed justice in order to protect a fellow cop.

    Director: Karen Gaviola

    Writer: N/A

  • Legacy
    7.1/1030 votes
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    #15 - Legacy

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2006

    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: N/A

  • Barren
    7.2/1025 votes
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    #16 - Barren

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2007

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

    Director: Steve Boyum

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.4/10133 votes
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    #17 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2005

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shoot To Kill
    7.4/1026 votes
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    #18 - Shoot To Kill

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2006

    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: N/A

  • Eminent Domain
    7.5/1033 votes
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    #19 - Eminent Domain

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2007

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

    Director: Matt Earl Beesley

    Writer: N/A

  • Parents on Trial
    7.7/1042 votes
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    #20 - Parents on Trial

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2005

    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: N/A

  • Hot Grrrl
    7.7/10115 votes
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    #21 - Hot Grrrl

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2006

    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: N/A

  • Truly, Madly, Deeply
    7.7/1042 votes
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    #22 - Truly, Madly, Deeply

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2006

    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

  • Deacon
    7.7/1036 votes
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    #23 - Deacon

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2006

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Maternal Instinct
    7.7/1038 votes
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    #24 - Maternal Instinct

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2007

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shot
    7.8/10120 votes
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    #25 - The Shot

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/2006

    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: N/A