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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...
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".

  • We Plug Holes
    7.9/101,188 votes
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    #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

  • Hail Mary
    8.0/101,061 votes
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    #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

  • Love Hurts
    8.0/101,065 votes
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    #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

  • Corporeal Form
    8.0/101,044 votes
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    #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

  • Change of Heart
    8.0/10384 votes
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    #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

  • Pilot
    8.1/101,246 votes
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    #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

  • Buen Arbol
    8.1/101,087 votes
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    #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

  • You Are the Heart
    8.1/101,125 votes
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    #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

  • Second Year
    8.1/101,089 votes
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    #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

  • 1.0 Bodies
    8.1/101,023 votes
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    #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

  • Step Up
    8.1/10388 votes
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    #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

  • Home Stays Home
    8.1/10383 votes
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    #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

  • Landslide
    8.3/101,072 votes
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    #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

  • Sometimes It's a Zebra
    8.4/101,180 votes
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    #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

  • Blood Sport
    8.4/101,096 votes
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    #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

  • What Lies Beneath
    8.4/101,046 votes
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    #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

  • One in a Million
    8.4/101,044 votes
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    #17 - 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

  • Vertigo
    8.4/10999 votes
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    #18 - 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

  • Better Angels
    8.4/10560 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • Pre-Existing Conditions
    8.5/101,185 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Sleight of Hand
    8.5/101,080 votes
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    #21 - 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

  • The Same As Air
    8.5/10422 votes
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    #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

  • In Extremis
    8.6/101,159 votes
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    #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

  • The Fog of War
    8.6/101,111 votes
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    #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

  • First Date
    8.6/101,123 votes
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    #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