7.9/101,188 votesLoading...#1 - 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
8.0/101,060 votesLoading...#2 - 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
8.0/101,064 votesLoading...#3 - 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
8.0/101,043 votesLoading...#4 - Corporeal Form
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016
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
8.0/10384 votesLoading...#5 - Change of Heart
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/27/2018
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/101,246 votesLoading...#6 - 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
8.1/101,087 votesLoading...#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 votesLoading...#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
8.1/101,088 votesLoading...#9 - Second Year
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2016
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
8.1/101,022 votesLoading...#10 - 1.0 Bodies
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2016
The doctors treat cult members who unwillingly survived a mass suicide attempt, and Mario decides to connect with his late father’s girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10388 votesLoading...#11 - Step Up
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 6/6/2018
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10383 votesLoading...#12 - Home Stays Home
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/13/2018
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/101,071 votesLoading...#13 - Landslide
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2016
The Angels Memorial doctors treat victims caught in a landslide, and a group of children come in from a camping trip with measles putting the entire ER at risk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/101,180 votesLoading...#14 - 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
8.4/101,095 votesLoading...#15 - 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
8.4/101,045 votesLoading...#16 - What Lies Beneath
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2016
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10998 votesLoading...#17 - Vertigo
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10560 votesLoading...#18 - Better Angels
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2018
Angus and Mario treat a patient who is a self-proclaimed psychic and envisions the staff singing and dancing, seeing beauty amid the chaos at Angels Memorial. Also, Willis and Rox put their lives in danger to rescue a congressman and his staffer from a multi-car accident.
Director: P.J. Pesce
Writer: David Marshall Grant
8.5/101,185 votesLoading...#19 - 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
8.5/101,078 votesLoading...#20 - Sleight of Hand
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2016
Willis, Leanne and Jesse risk their lives to operate on an injured officer who has an explosive bullet lodged in her leg. Meanwhile, Mario, Noah and Guthrie treat a magician who comes to the hospital with breathing difficulties.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/101,043 votesLoading...#21 - One in a Million
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/2017
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.5/10422 votesLoading...#22 - The Same As Air
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/16/2018
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.6/101,159 votesLoading...#23 - 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
8.6/101,111 votesLoading...#24 - 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
8.6/101,122 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Code Black
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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"We Plug Holes" is the worst rated episode of "Code Black". It scored 7.9/10 based on 1188 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Hail Mary".