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The Best Episodes of Conviction

Every episode of Conviction ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Conviction!

A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She...
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"A Different Kind of Death" is the best rated episode of "Conviction". It scored 8.5/10 based on 265 votes. Directed by Andrew McCarthy and written by Lynne E. Litt, it aired on 12/5/2016. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Simple Man".

  • A Different Kind of Death
    8.5/10265 votes
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    #1 - A Different Kind of Death

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2016

    Wallace brings the case of a death-row inmate, Earl Slavitt, to the CIU. Earl was convicted of murdering federal prosecutor Tom Simon, one of Wallace’s best friends. Simon did not believe in the death penalty, and Wallace, along with Simon’s widow, want to ensure that Earl did in fact commit the crime. With only days left before the execution, the CIU team shifts into high gear, looking for possible errors in the case.

    Director: Andrew McCarthy

    Writer: Lynne E. Litt

  • A Simple Man
    7.9/10237 votes
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    #2 - A Simple Man

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2016

    The next case Hayes accepts for the CIU is that of Leo Scarlata, a man with diminished mental capacities, imprisoned for burning down his family’s restaurant with fatal repercussions. Hayes realizes she may have taken on more than she bargained for, especially when a documentary crew approved by Wallace begins following the team.

    Director: Brad Turner

    Writer: Simran Baidwan

  • Bad Deals
    7.9/10226 votes
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    #3 - Bad Deals

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2016

    CIU revisits the case of Sierra Macy, a teenage girl who was kidnapped ten years ago and assumed dead—until she manages to escape her captor’s home after he suffers a heart attack and dies.

    Director: John Scott

    Writer: Eduardo Javier Canto, Ryan Maldonado

  • Mother's Little Burden
    7.7/10298 votes
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    #4 - Mother's Little Burden

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2016

    Hayes and the team tackle the case of a mother convicted in the death of her autistic son.

    Director: Paul Holahan

    Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller

  • Black Orchid
    7.7/10183 votes
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    #5 - Black Orchid

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2017

    While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous “Black Orchid Killer.” Is the latest murder the work of a copycat? Or is the man now in prison for the earlier crimes actually innocent? As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team, spearheaded by unlikely serial-killer expert Tess, closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders – but will it be too late?

    Director: Samantha Corbin-Miller, Metin Hüseyin

    Writer: Steve Lichtman

  • Not Okay
    7.6/10196 votes
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    #6 - Not Okay

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/2017

    After Hayes and Wallace share a passionate night together, Hayes returns to reality and cautiously considers sticking her toe into relationship waters with Wallace. Simultaneously, she also tries to make amends for her bitter loss in the death penalty case of Earl Slavitt. Hayes implores the CIU team to aggressively pursue the case of Sophie Hausen, a young woman serving a life sentence for murdering a popular college basketball player, whom she accused of raping her.

    Director: Jan Eliasberg

    Writer: Simran Baidwan, Thomas L. Moran

  • Enemy Combatant
    7.6/10173 votes
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    #7 - Enemy Combatant

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2017

    Former President Morrison pays Hayes an unexpected visit and lobbies her (and CIU) to take on the case of Omar Abbas, a Muslim-American citizen held for years without trial in a military facility for allegedly planning a chemical attack on Manhattan. But taking on the federal war on terror is a hot-button issue, and Hayes and the CIU find themselves battling the authorities in their search for the truth.

    Director: Paul A. Edwards

    Writer: Eduardo Javier Canto, Ryan Maldonado

  • Dropping Bombs
    7.5/10321 votes
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    #8 - Dropping Bombs

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2016

    The CIU team tries to exonerate a political activist with suspect views who is serving a life sentence for bombing a mosque and killing an influential Imam and three followers.

    Director: Liz Friedlander

    Writer: Thomas L. Moran

  • The 1% Solution
    7.5/10243 votes
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    #9 - The 1% Solution

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2016

    Hayes launches into damage-control mode following her controversial nationally televised interview, seeking to limit the repercussions within her family and to her mother's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, the CIU takes on the case of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted for killing a wealthy woman whose privileged family took him in and treated him as one of their own.

    Director: Scott Hornbacher

    Writer: Steve Lichtman

  • #StayWoke
    7.5/10252 votes
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    #10 - #StayWoke

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/2016

    The accidental death of a young African American boy, shot by a cop, sparks a racial firestorm and inspires Hayes to re-examine the controversial case of Porscha Williams. Williams, a devoted African-American civil-rights activist and leader, is serving time for killing a white female cop at a race equality rally five years ago.

    Director: Jewel McPherson, Christine Moore

    Writer: Lynne E. Litt, Jewel McPherson

  • Past, Prologue & What's to Come
    7.5/10177 votes
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    #11 - Past, Prologue & What's to Come

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2017

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bridge and Tunnel Vision
    7.4/10348 votes
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    #12 - Bridge and Tunnel Vision

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2016

    Wallace's career-making case is reexamined by CIU team, but there are unforeseen complexities in this rape and robbery case, and the woman at the center of the crime becomes victimized again, this time by the press.

    Director: Rob Seidenglanz

    Writer: N/A

  • Pilot
    7.3/10473 votes
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    #13 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2016

    Hayes Morrison needs to dig herself out of what could be a publicly embarrassing situation. She makes a clandestine deal with her adversary, Conner Wallace, to take on the Conviction Integrity Unit and justice system in order to save face for herself and her family. The first case Hayes pushes her team to consider is that of Odell Dwyer, a handsome former high school football player who has been in prison for eight years for murdering his girlfriend.

    Director: Liz Friedlander

    Writer: Liz Friedman