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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...

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  1. Background image for Life and Limb
    6.3/10(5 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for Demons and Angels
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #2 - 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,

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Corporeal Form
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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  4. Background image for What Lies Beneath
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Second Year
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. Background image for 1.0 Bodies
    7.1/10(5 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for One in a Million
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Vertigo
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Devil's Workshop
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Hero Complex
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Unfinished Business
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for We Plug Holes
    7.9/10(1.2k votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Hail Mary
    8.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #13 - Hail Mary

    S1:E16

    Christa is feeling insecure after Neal's former girlfriend makes a return to the hospital after a year of volunteering in Haiti.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Love Hurts
    8.0/10(1.1k votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for Fallen Angels
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Fallen Angels

    S2:E16

    The doctors work with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to find an antidote to the deadly viral outbreak at Angels Memorial. Also, Leanne makes a life-changing decision, and Jesse welcomes a new batch of residents.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Pilot
    8.1/10(1.3k votes)

    #16 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Four new first-year residents are immediately put to work by the ER's tough-minded residency director Dr. Leanne Rorish.

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    Director:David Semel
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Buen Arbol
    8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Director:Nick Gomez
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for You Are the Heart
    8.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #18 - You Are the Heart

    S1:E8

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Home Stays Home
    8.1/10(393 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Change of Heart
    8.1/10(395 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Landslide
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Landslide

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Step Up
    8.2/10(399 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Sometimes It's a Zebra
    8.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #23 - Sometimes It's a Zebra

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Blood Sport
    8.4/10(1.1k votes)

    #24 - Blood Sport

    S1:E18

    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.

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  26. Background image for Ave Maria
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Ave Maria

    S2:E10

    A 13-year-old girl arrives at Angels Memorial following a seizure caused by spina bifida and the doctors are shocked to learn she is Campbell's daughter. Meanwhile, a workaholic deaf patient and her translator are treated after their car rolls into the Los Angeles River.

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    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Life and Limb" is the worst rated episode of "Code Black". It scored 6.3/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Lee Rose and written by David Marshall Grant, it aired on 10/5/2016. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Demons and Angels".