The Worst Episodes of Code Black
Every episode of Code Black ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Code Black!
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 the patients who need them the most.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Code Black" is "We Plug Holes", rated 7.9/10 from 1185 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "We Plug Holes" aired on 10/7/2015 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Love Hurts".
7.9/10 1,185 votes#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
8.0/10 1,063 votes#2 - 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
8.0/10 1,043 votes#3 - 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
8.0/10 384 votes#4 - 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
8.1/10 1,244 votes#5 - 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
8.1/10 1,085 votes#6 - 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
8.1/10 1,123 votes#7 - 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
8.1/10 1,058 votes#8 - 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
8.1/10 1,087 votes#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
8.1/10 1,022 votes#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
8.1/10 388 votes#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
8.1/10 383 votes#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
8.3/10 1,071 votes#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
8.4/10 1,177 votes#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
8.4/10 1,094 votes#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
8.4/10 1,045 votes#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
8.4/10 997 votes#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
8.4/10 559 votes#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
8.5/10 1,078 votes#19 - 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
8.5/10 1,043 votes#20 - 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
8.5/10 422 votes#21 - 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
8.6/10 1,182 votes#22 - 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
8.6/10 1,096 votes#23 - Life and Limb
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2016
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
8.6/10 433 votes#24 - La Familia
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/9/2018
Jesse is in denial when his brother arrives at Angels Memorial in bad shape after being pinned down in a warehouse collapse and further tests reveal he has advanced congestive heart failure. Also, Willis opens up to Rox about his brother who was killed in Afghanistan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/10 1,156 votes#25 - 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