7.3/10474 votes#1 - 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
7.4/10349 votes#2 - 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
7.5/10322 votes#3 - 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
7.7/10299 votes#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
7.5/10244 votes#5 - 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
7.5/10253 votes#6 - #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
7.9/10238 votes#7 - 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
7.9/10227 votes#8 - 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
8.5/10266 votes#9 - 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
7.6/10198 votes#10 - 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
7.7/10185 votes#11 - 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
7.6/10175 votes#12 - 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
7.5/10179 votes#13 - Past, Prologue & What's to Come
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2017
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Conviction Season 1
Every episode of Conviction Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Conviction Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Conviction" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 474 votes. Directed by Liz Friedlander and written by Liz Friedman, it aired on 10/3/2016. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Bridge and Tunnel Vision".