8.1/101,246 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2015
Four new first-year residents are immediately put to work by the ER's tough-minded residency director Dr. Leanne Rorish.
Director: David Semel
Writer: N/A
7.9/101,188 votes#2 - We Plug Holes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2015
Christa saves a woman's life and then pleads with Neal to perform a surgery that will save the patient's reproductive future. Meanwhile, Mario gets into a fight with a patient after he delivers a diagnosis that could end the man's hockey career.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/101,185 votes#3 - Pre-Existing Conditions
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2015
The doctors work 36 consecutive hours in code black and must deal with a distraught mother of two sons who were in a devastating car accident. Meanwhile, Mario bullies Angus into performing an unnecessary operation and lets Angus take the blame when Leanne finds out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/101,180 votes#4 - Sometimes It's a Zebra
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2015
A new surgical attending Cole Guthrie joins Angels Memorial with the help of his estranged father and clashes with Leanne over their contrasting approaches to medicine. Christa has a crisis of confidence in the middle of a procedure on her first infant since the loss of her son.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.9/101,186 votes#5 - Doctors with Borders
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2015
Neal clashes with his neurosurgeon father over how to treat his gravely ill mother, whose mysterious symptoms force Angels Memorial to quarantine Trauma One.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/101,159 votes#6 - In Extremis
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2015
Leanne must deal with the difficult decision of whether to save Tom Moreno (Michael Trucco), the police officer who helped her during her family's accident, or his shooter, who has more serious injuries. Also, when Malaya's pregnant ex-girlfriend, Carla Niven (Shiri Appleby), arrives at the hospital with pain in her arm, Malaya is shocked by her MRI results.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/101,087 votes#7 - Buen Arbol
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2015
Angus utilizes his background in psychology when a woman cannot remember how she injured herself and others; Christa bonds with the mother of a patient with cystic fibrosis.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: N/A
8.1/101,125 votes#8 - You Are the Heart
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2015
Christa must handle all emergencies at Angels Memorial that happen outside the emergency room; Malaya arranges a bone marrow drive for Carla; Leanne turns down a date.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/101,219 votes#9 - The Son Rises
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2015
When the lead actor of the musical “The Lion King” tour arrives at Angels Memorial with a throat infection, Leanne gives him a diagnosis that puts both his career and life in jeopardy. Also, the doctors and the cast of “The Lion King” help a 17-year-old boy deal with the difficult decision of taking his father off life support,
Director: Andrew Bernstein
Writer: N/A
9.1/101,154 votes#10 - Cardiac Support
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2015
Leanne becomes rattled at the thought of losing Jesse, as he fights for his life after suffering a massive heart attack. Meanwhile, Mario asks the residents to cover for him so he can search the city for a patient’s son, which goes against Neal’s direct order not to leave the hospital
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
9.0/101,170 votes#11 - Black Tag
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/2015
Heavy fog at the scene of a massive multi-vehicle accident puts the doctors in danger; Jesse's confidence has taken a hit; Carla's condition turns critical.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/101,111 votes#12 - The Fog of War
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/2016
As the doctors treat patients from the chaotic multi-vehicle accident, a love triangle begins to build between Mario, Angus and Heather. Also, when Malaya learns that Carla is at the hospital, she goes against Carla's wishes and stays by her side during the delivery of her baby. Shiri Appleby guest stars.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/101,123 votes#13 - First Date
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/20/2016
Angus' older brother, an "all-star" ER doctor, tries to secure a position at Angels Memorial. Meanwhile, Christa's romantic feelings towards Neal begin to grow; and Malaya deals with a patient who is obsessed with her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.8/101,105 votes#14 - The Fifth Stage
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2016
Leanne visits a prison to finally confront the drunk driver who killed her family. Meanwhile, Malaya begins to feel uncomfortable around her patient.
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
9.1/101,179 votes#15 - Diagnosis of Exclusion
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2016
After a violent incident inside the hospital results with some grave injuries, the doctors are questioned. Christa and Neal admit their relationship to human resources.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/101,061 votes#16 - Hail Mary
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/2016
Christa is feeling insecure after Neal's former girlfriend makes a return to the hospital after a year of volunteering in Haiti.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/101,065 votes#17 - Love Hurts
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/2016
Christa has to try and ignore her personal feelings as she and Grace attempt to help a patient who says he was abused at a camp for troubled teenagers.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: David Marshall Grant
8.4/101,096 votes#18 - Blood Sport
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/2016
Mario confronts Angus about his Adderall abuse and Christa is surprised to learn how romantically involved Neal and Grace were before she left for Haiti. Also, Dr. Mark Taylor returns to help Leanne find the money in their budget to keep Jesse and the nurses from walking out.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Michael Seitzman, Kayla Alpert
The Best Episodes of Code Black Season 1
Every episode of Code Black Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Code Black Season 1!
Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Code Black" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 1246 votes. Directed by David Semel and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/2015. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "We Plug Holes".