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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 a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Code Black Season 3 Episode 5 - Cabin Pressure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Cabin Pressure

    S3:E5

    Over the radio, Leanne and Jesse talk a young girl through how to use the supplies on board a small plane to build a makeshift defibrillator when her mom, the pilot, loses consciousness mid-flight. Also, Rox and Willis are taken hostage at gunpoint while on their way to meet the plane at the landing site.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Code Black Season 3 Episode 6 - Hell's Heart
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Hell's Heart

    S3:E6

    Willis and Rox are called to the scene of a wildfire in the mountains of Los Angeles to tend to the injured firefighters, and they choose to stay to look for a missing young boy who was separated from his father in the chaos.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Code Black Season 3 Episode 7 - Step Up
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Step Up

    S3:E7

    Rox decides to make amends with her former step coach when she arrives to Angels Memorial with the local high school step team after a pyramid stunt goes wrong. Also, Noa pleads with Leanne and Campbell to try any other method before performing an emergency hysterectomy on a young teenage girl, who is experiencing complications after giving birth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Code Black Season 3 Episode 8 - Home Stays Home
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Home Stays Home

    S3:E8

    Mario joins Rox and Willis on the scene of a boat crash and, in Center Stage, Leanne works to save a brother and sister who drank boiling water through a straw as part of a challenge. Also, Max's father tells Leanne to keep Ariel away from his son after he finds them kissing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Code Black Season 3 Episode 9 - Only Human
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Only Human

    S3:E9

    Max is brought to Angels Memorial with breathing difficulty, and Ariel tells him she loves him. Also, Rox accompanies Willis and Martin to the funeral of an army buddy of Willis' brother, and Willis decides to get to the bottom of what happened to his brother's unit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Code Black Season 3 Episode 10 - Change of Heart
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Change of Heart

    S3:E10

    Elliot fears the worst after hearing the emotional testimony by Detective Gomez's wife at his malpractice trial, but he hopes footage Diego shot for his documentary will change her mind. Also, Rox attempts to connect with Willis but he pushes her away, and Leanne attempts to comfort Ariel in the wake of a devastating loss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Code Black Season 3 Episode 11 - One of Our Own
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    #7 - One of Our Own

    S3:E11

    While rescuing an injured firefighter, Rox is hit by a drunk driver and rushed to Angels Memorial. Willis begins to realize his feelings for Rox and goes to great lengths to help her. Also, Leanne is excited to tell Ariel good news about her adoption.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Code Black Season 2 Episode 2 - Life and Limb
    6.3/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Life and Limb

    S2:E2

    Willis must help a promising soccer player make a life-altering decision after he's seriously injured, and another patient's hesitation to share that she's transgender makes it difficult for the doctors to diagnose her severe abdominal pain.

    Director:Lee Rose
    Writer:David Marshall Grant

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  9. Code Black Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown

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  10. Code Black Season 2 Episode 4 - Demons and Angels
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Demons and Angels

    S2:E4

    On Halloween night, Willis, Noa and Elliott rush to the scene of a fire at a haunted theater, where Dr. Nolan and her boyfriend’s son are trapped,

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Code Black Season 1 Episode 17 - Love Hurts
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Love Hurts

    S1:E17

    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

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  12. Code Black Season 2 Episode 3 - Corporeal Form
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Corporeal Form

    S2:E3

    Willis defies Campbell’s orders when he helps Mario and Heather perform a radical procedure on a maintenance worker stuck under a boiler that exploded. Also, Angus’ father, Dr. Desmond Leighton, tries to seize Power of Attorney over Mike, who is still in a coma, even though Mike granted that right to his brother, Angus.

    Director:David Von Ancken
    Writer:Corey Evett

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  13. Code Black Season 2 Episode 7 - What Lies Beneath
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - What Lies Beneath

    S2:E7

    Willis and Campbell are sent to a Russian submarine in U.S. waters to treat a sailor badly wounded during an explosion, and violent convicts injured during a prison riot descend upon Angels Memorial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Code Black Season 2 Episode 1 - Second Year
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Second Year

    S2:E1

    The new residents are introduced to the ER. A new doctor from the army who knows many advanced procedures is flown to a shark attack on the beach with Mike Leighton and Leighton falls 20 feet from the helicopter. Dr. Guthrie Jr. is promoted to the director of the ER in addition to the OR.

    Director:Loni Peristere
    Writer:Michael Seitzman

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  15. Code Black Season 3 Episode 4 - The Same As Air
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Same As Air

    S3:E4

    Willis and Rox arrive at a road rage accident resulting in multiple serious injuries. Also, Elliot doubts his ability as a doctor when he’s sued for his role in the death of the SWAT officer involved in the drug bust-turned-shootout, and Leanne discovers Ariel on an ice cream “date” with Max, a young patient at the hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Code Black Season 2 Episode 8 - 1.0 Bodies
    7.1/10(5 votes)

    #16 - 1.0 Bodies

    S2:E8

    The doctors treat cult members who unwillingly survived a mass suicide attempt, and Mario decides to connect with his late father’s girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Code Black Season 2 Episode 12 - One in a Million
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - One in a Million

    S2:E12

    Leanne defies Campbell's order and uses the hospital helicopter to reunite a family for the last time. Meanwhile, Willis and Loa use a cell phone app to communicate with an autistic young girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Code Black Season 2 Episode 14 - Vertigo
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Vertigo

    S2:E14

    After pulling a double shift, Mario risks his own life when he follows Willis to a construction site where two brothers are trapped on a crane 300 feet above the ground.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Code Black Season 1 Episode 7 - Buen Arbol
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #19 - Buen Arbol

    S1:E7

    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:Unknown

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  20. Code Black Season 2 Episode 15 - The Devil's Workshop
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Devil's Workshop

    S2:E15

    The ER is quarantined when a viral outbreak jeopardizes the lives of the doctors and patients at Angels Memorial. Also, Ariel, the young girl Leanne bonded with a year ago when she lost her father, returns to Angels.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Code Black Season 1 Episode 14 - The Fifth Stage
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Fifth Stage

    S1:E14

    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:Unknown

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  22. Code Black Season 2 Episode 6 - Hero Complex
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Hero Complex

    S2:E6

    Malaya must inform a college student who regains consciousness at Angels Memorial that she's the victim of a rape. Meanwhile, Willis and Campbell butt heads over a terminally ill woman who wants to end her life on her own terms; and a comedian is treated after he collapses on stage during a performance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Code Black Season 2 Episode 13 - Unfinished Business
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Unfinished Business

    S2:E13

    Guthrie becomes the hospital's new chaplain and considers undergoing a risky surgery to treat his Parkinson's. Meanwhile, the doctors treat patients involved in an apartment fire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Code Black Season 1 Episode 2 - We Plug Holes
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #24 - We Plug Holes

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Code Black Season 1 Episode 13 - First Date
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - First Date

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Cabin Pressure" is the worst rated episode of "Code Black". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/30/2018. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hell's Heart".